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Arts

Review: A Dazzling and Delightful "Guys & Dolls" at Barrington Stage Company

The television series Glee has proven that a passion for Broadway show tunes and 1980s pop songs can be invigorating, sexy and relevant. Week after week, Glee has shown that old-fashioned song-and-dance numbers can be infused with a contemporary sensibility to bridge the generation gaps, appealing to

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Food

AgriCulture: A Tail of Two Cultures

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week,  Peter writes: That’s right, “tail” not “tale.” Our sheeps’ tails have gotten caught in a collision of cultures. As some of you may know, we breed karakul, a desert sheep originating

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Parties

Farm-to-Table Dinner at Hancock Shaker Village

Hancock Shaker Village is always lovely, but on a perfect summer evening, after the crowds have dispersed, it is a beyond idyllic.  Thursday, June 16 was just such an evening, when friends of the HSV's agriculture programs gathered for a special farm-to-table dinner produced by a

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Community

Dan's Diary: The Berkshire/Cape Cod Connection

If you ever wondered why Ellen Spear left her plum job as president and CEO of Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, you'll understand after visiting her at the magnificent Heritage Gardens and Museums in Sandwich, MA, which is a couple of miles from the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges.

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Community

A Free Introduction to Fly Casting

by Betsy Miller “What I try to teach is this,” says Fred Moran, fly caster extraordinaire. “You have to set up a motion of the line that pulls the rod back over your shoulder.  Then, when you feel the line tug on the rod, you start the forward motion.  The

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Chesterwood Opens Its Annual Contemporary Scultpure Show

For the past 32 years, Chesterwood, the home and gardens of the American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850 -1931) in Stockbridge has hosted a contemporary sculptures show on its lush grounds. A property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Chesterwood's centerpiece is the intact studio of French

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Food

Alternative to Shopping: The 21st Century Root Cellar

by Betsy Miller Before there were refrigerators, even before there were ice boxes, there were root cellars.  Homemakers knew how to preserve their summer harvests for safe consumption in the dark of winter.  And they didn’t pay a cent for energy. Root cellars were a common part of every

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Community

The Second Annual Hudson Pride Festival June 17 - 19

One year ago, Hudson became the undisputed LGBT capital of the Rural Intelligence region with the inaugural Hudson Pride Parade and Festival. Galvanized by the surprising and groundbreaking election of Hudson High School seniors Charlie Ferrusi and Timmy Howard as prom queen and king (who were recruited at the last

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Community

Step into the Gilded Age at the Orleton Pleasure Driving Show

In the center of Stockbridge, at the intersection of Main and Elm, there is a modest fountain, erected, according to engraving on its back, in 1881.  In front, water spits from the merry mouth of a verdigris Pan into what appears to be a watering trough for horses.  Apart from

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Community

Lift Ev'ry Voice Arts and Heritage Festival

by Tresca Weinstein Berkshire County’s Lift Ev’ry Voice arts and heritage festival doesn’t officially begin until Sunday, but it’s already bringing the community together. “This has been one of those projects that is very unifying—there’s a place that has been made for everyone,” says

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Parties

Party for Pissaro's People Illuminates the Clark

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Williamstown: Camille Pissarro may have used his canvas to express his anarchist leanings— eschewing society portraiture to paint humble household staff at work, peasants laboring in the fields, and bustling marketplace scenes, in addition to his luminous landscapes— but the crowd that

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Food

The Wine Tasting Train, Drinking in the Scenery

by Betsy Miller The clicking of the wheels on the rails.  The breeze rushing through windows that actually open.  The comfort of knowing this is one train ride with no office waiting at the end.  It is a train ride to nowhere; better yet, a train ride through glorious Berkshires

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