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Community

The Rural We: Ellen Lynch

After working as a graphic artist in New York City, Ellen Lynch made a 180-degree turn and moved to Southeast Idaho to establish a cattle ranch in the Grand Teton Mountains. Since 2011, Lynch has lived in the Hudson Valley, eventually settling in Stuyvesant and opening a pop-up gallery of

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Food

The RuraList: 5 Pumpkin Pies For Your Thanksgiving Table

Few traditions seem to be as rooted as pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. And while there are those who make their own, we in the Rural Intelligence region are fortunate to have pastry chefs and bakeries that can supply some outstanding pumpkin pies for those who’d rather leave the baking

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Arts

Katharine T. Carter Makes The Art Go Around

Katharine T. Carter with Hugo T. Poodle. Photo: Michelle Barclay. By Jamie Larson As patrons and appreciators of the fine arts that fill the institutions and galleries across our region, most of us spend little time contemplating how the art got there. The complex mechanisms, bureaucracy and caprice that fill

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Parties

PS21 Invites A Crowd To Help Celebrate Its New Home

Amy Krzanik reports from Chatham. At long last, Performance Spaces for the 21st Century (PS21) was able to hold a fundraising gala inside its very own building. On Saturday, Nov. 11, supporters flocked to tour the brand-new black box theater and to help PS21 and its director Judy Grunberg celebrate

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Food

Recipe: Pasta with Chicken Sausage & Broccoli Rabe

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on learning experiences on

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Real Estate

Treehouse Dining

There's a one-of-a-kind dining room is inside this real-life treehouse residence in Richmond. Designed by a famous architect, the three-bedroom, four-bathroom treehouse has open common rooms along with cozy spaces that heavily use natural materials such as tree beams and stone. The three levels of living space offer

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Real Estate

Formal Seating

Every room in this exquisite property in Ghent is spacious and stylish, including the formal dining room with a fireplace and crown moldings. Inside the 4,900 square-foot home is a formal living room, library, family game room, large chef’s eat-in kitchen, office, five bedrooms, and four bathrooms. The

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Real Estate

Dinner Party Ready

Soaring ceilings and considerable space make this dining room perfect for large gatherings. In Goshen, a stone exterior encases a post-and-beam open floor plan with hardwood floors and many windows. The house has an open kitchen, sunroom, living room, formal dining room, three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a screened porch

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Real Estate

Dining Alcove

Ideally located in an alcove with three sides of windows, this dining room looks out to six acres in Alford. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom Contemporary is finished with high-end materials and handcrafted details. The layout includes a foyer, kitchen, living room, and screened porch. A lower level walks out to the

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Real Estate

Room With A View

The dining room in this Lakeville home is hallmarked by expansive windows offering views and natural sunlight. The 12-room house holds a gourmet chef’s kitchen, breakfast room, butler’s pantry, and living room. Additional spaces include a paneled library, luxurious master suite, and six bedrooms with bathrooms en-suite. Outside

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Real Estate

Great Spectacle

Inspired by Nantucket summer homes, this shingle-style residence offers a dining room that looks out to North Spectacle Lake in Kent. Designed by a renowned architect, the interior has high ceilings, a kitchen that opens to the great room, a mahogany-paneled library, formal main entrance and a mudroom with builtins.

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Arts

At Hudson Hall, The Mother Of All Operas

R.B. Schlather. Photos by Tobin Del Cuore. By Sharon Smullen“The Mother of Us All” is not your grandma’s opera — unless she's a fan of Gertrude Stein’s words and wit, Virgil Thomson’s modernist music, and Susan B. Anthony’s civil rights and suffrage struggles.

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