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Wrapped! Father & Son Mummy Reunion at Berkshire Museum

"Mummies represent the potential for people to be immortal," says Dr. Jonathan Elias, an Egyptologist and curator of the new exhibition Wrapped! Search for the Essential Mummy at the Berkshire Musem (June 19 - October 31. ) As he installed the exhibition featuring the museum's own 2,300-

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Parties

The Clark's Opening of "Picasso Looks at Degas"

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Williamstown: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s annual summer exhibition openings are always something of a moveable feast, as guests shuttle across the bucolic campus from the party tent to the special exhibition galleries to the Stone Hill Center, and

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Style

Matthew White's La Dolce Vita in Columbia County

You don't normally hear people talk about Hillsdale, NY, and Venice, Italy, in the same breath, but Matthew White has never been interested in what's normal.  An interior designer whose whose work is classical, eclectic, and widely published ( Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home)

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Food

Hudson Caterer Marianna Vadukul to Appear on Bobby Flay

"I met Nitin on his first day in New York," says Marianna Vadukul, of her husband, the photographer Nitin Vadukul.  At the time, Marianna, the daughter of a Venezuelan diplomat, had not long been in the States herself.  In due course, the couple married, and Marianna found herself

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Community

Prom Kids Galvanize Hudson for Gay Pride Weekend

That queen is no heroine; in fact, he is every bit as much a hero as the king.  Charlie Ferrusi and Tim Howard, the openly gay Hudson High School seniors who ran for Prom King and Queen and won by a landslide in a vote by the student body, made

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Arts

Lauren Ambrose Goes Hog Wild on Father's Day

You probably know that we're big fans of actress Lauren Ambrose's jazz singing with The Leisure Class. Now we're psyched to hear her sing Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline tunes on Sunday, June 20, at Lester Blumenthal's Route 7 Grill in Great

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Food

AgriCulture: The Ancient Lore and Allure of the Fava

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: It’s spring, folks—time to Fava! Our favas have suddenly burst into full production, presenting us with one of the best crops of these quirky beans we have had yet. Some

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Arts

Sally Helgesen Signs "The Female Vision"

June 19, 4 - 7 p.m Sally Helgesen , an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and consultant, is one of the world’s brand-name experts on women’s leadership.  Her latest book, The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, co-authored with executive coach Julie Johnson, explores the strategic

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Arts

Ben Hewitt's "The Town That Food Saved"

Wednesday, June 16 @ 7:30 p.m. Ben Hewitt's The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food now rivals Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma as the must read for locavores. Hewitt chronicles how Hardwick, VT, leanred to feed itself

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Arts

The Summer of Steig at the NRM

Now - October 31 Newsweek once called him the "King of Cartoons" for his brilliant work in the New Yorker, but William Steig (1907-2003) is just as famous to several generations of children and their parents for his endearing children's book characters—Sylvester, Dr. DeSoto, Farmer

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Food

Guido's Chèvre Cheesecake

Jim Gop, the in-house chef at Guido's Fresh Marketplace, has come up with a dessert that takes full advantage of the season and local bounty. "Goat's cheese is never better than at this time of year," he says. "Soft, slightly chalky with

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Food

Mezze Bistro + Bar Makes Its Move in Williamstown

When Nancy Thomas opened Mezze fourteen years ago on Water Street, she was behind the stove. Her restaurant had 50 seats and served mostly mezze—small plates of exoctically spiced food inspired by her Moroccan mother. It quickly became the hangout for academics and the dot.com crowd (led by

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