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Style

Panning for Gold at the New York Designer Fabric Outlet

Shopping for home furnishings fabrics is no picnic for non-professional decorators.  Visualizing which fabric will look and perform best in a given situation is difficult and confusing work.  Which is why, most days at the New York Designer Fabric Outlet in Valatie (Columbia County), New York, the place is

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Arts

Review: CND2 at Jacob’s Pillow

In his final visual feast before stepping down as artistic director of the Madrid-based CND2 (Compañía Nacional de Danza 2), Nacho Duato has cooked up a tasty three-course meal at Jacob’s Pillow, though there seems to be a bit of confusion in the order of the courses.

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Arts

Review: Monica Bill Barnes at Jacob’s Pillow

Photos by Kristi Pitsch Pillow gala attendees uproariously laughed during a preview of new work by Monica Bill Barnes & Company that was co-commissioned by the Pillow and created in part during a Creative Development Residency here. In its engagement at the Pillow this week, the company presents three

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Food

Amy Cotler's Tuscan Tomato Bread Soup

My husband may be the love of my life, but soup is my culinary ballast, reliably providing a hug, asking little in return, only a bowl to hold it and a spoon to consume it. And this soup is summer’s embrace—a trip to Tuscany-in-a-bowl. Make

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Food

The Sublime Taste of Columbia County Bounty

Since the food one gets  at the Columbia County Fairgrounds during the county fair has the Ridiculous category well covered (if it can't be deep fried, forget it), the sophisticated locavore fare that will comprise next Tuesday's gala Columbia County Bounty dinner at that same charming

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Community

Walk on Over: The 2nd Annual Hillsdale Historic House Tour

If, like us, you could do with a little less driving in your life, you'll be happy to know that the second annual Hillsdale Historic House Tour is a pedestrian-friendly event: All of the buildings are on  a 1/4 mile stretch of Cold Water Street, which

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Parties

Clowning Around at the Berkshire Fringe Gala

Summer culture in our region is defined by historic institutions such as Tanglewood, Jacob's Pillow and the Berkshire Theatre Festival, which is why the edgy Berkshire Fringe Festival has been embraced by forward-thinking arts enthusiasts of all ages, who attended the opening night "gala" at

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Parties

The Chattering Class Communes at Berkshire WordFest

It's hard to remember that The Mount was facing the possibility of a bank foreclosure a little more than two years ago ("The Age of Innocence Is Over,"RI, February 27, 2008.) Under the leadership of executive director Susan Wissler and board chairman Gordon Travers, Edith

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Parties

Paradise Found at Olana

"I'll have a Dark & Stormy, please," one guest requested of the bartender, seemingly unaware of how portentous her cocktail order might be.  But, as it usually does, the weather cooperated on Saturday, July 24, for Olana's annual (rain or shine) summer garden party.

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Community

Fitch's Corner Horse Trials: Over the Top & Down to Earth

Millbrook is a breed apart, a town that revolves around the equestrian life.  And the Fitch's Corner Horse Trials is a picture perfect reflection of the community—J. Crew crossed with Ralph Lauren. Hosts Fernanda Kellogg and Kirk Henckels open up their farm to hundreds of horses and

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Food

AgriCulture: The Sanctity of Leeks

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: At last, rain. If only in helpful little increments. The ground at last feels soft underfoot, and the pastures are rapidly greening. What a difference rain water, as opposed to well water,

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Arts

"Lombardi" is a Winner!

Through July 28 at The Mahaiwe Football has not always been big business. Eric Simonson's  new play Lombardi, which is having its pre Broadway run at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, is set in 1965, when the most famous football coach in the land lived in an ordinary

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