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A Happening in Hillsdale: Goliath Gallery Debuts

On Saturday, October 3, in Hillsdale, the Goliath Institute inaugurated its new gallery located behind Herrington's in a 19th century grain mill and depot, which was once the Hillsdale Mercantile Association. Goliath, which also has outposts in Nice and Jerusalem, is dedicated to the "blending of cultural

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Food Writers and Their Fans Mingle at The Mount

Eminent food writers, editors and about a hundred of their ardent readers gathered in the Stable at The Mount in Lenox on Saturday, October 3rd, for a panel discussion on food writing in the digital age. Everyone agreed that food is part of the national conversation as never before, as

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Arts

Williamstown Film Festival Tickets on Sale

Suitably enough, the highlight of the first weekend of the 11th Annual Williamstown Film Festival (October 23 - 25; second weekend, October 29 - November 1), will be dinner and a movie on Saturday night.  The annual benefit dinner is being held this year at Mezze's new catering facility in

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The Wandering Eye: The Hunt Slonem Sale at Stair

In 2001, Hunt Slonem, a New York-based painter with a passion for collecting and preserving historic houses, purchased Edgewood Terrace, an imposing Second Empire-style brick mansion that stands at the top of a hill overlooking the city of Kingston across the Hudson.  After restoring his country retreat to

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Food

Tomatillo Salsa: Sunshine In Your Freezer

Amy Cotler, the author of The Locavore Way: Discover and Enjoy the Pleasures of Locally Grown Food, which will be published next month, shares another one of her of-the-moment recipes: Now that the edges of the trees are tinged with color, I feel the push to put things

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Community

Columbus Weekend Harvest Festival Hopping

Crisp apples, bright orange pumpkins, pressed cider, home baked pies, sugary cider donuts, and live bluegrass: if you can't find a harvest festival near you this weekend, you must be hiding under your bed.  Throughout the region cities, villages, and historic sites are sponsoring all manner of festivities,

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FilmColumbia Celebrates its 10th Year

The four-day movie marathon known as FilmColumbia, which was founded in 1999, comes to the village of Chatham from October 22 - 25.  A star-studded lineup of more than 30 international screenings, plus panel discussions, script readings, parties, and more, the festival “has something for everyone,” according to Peter

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Food

Final Call for Corn-and-Tomato Soup

"I should have called this Last Chance Soup," says Amy Cotler, who's been living and cooking in the Berkshires for nearly two decades. The soup is not only another way  to savor the last corn of the year but also a last chance to use cherry

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A Feast in the Field at Farm Girl Farm

What do chefs and farmers like to do when they're not working? They like to hang out together and prepare food, which is what happened on Monday night at Laura Meister's Farm Girl Farm in Egremont, MA. It was supposed to be an improvised and impromptu

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A Love-In for the Library in Falls Village

The small towns in our region take pride in their public libraries the same way small towns in Texas take pride in their high-school football teams.  So it’s not surprising that library fundraisers often resemble spirited pep rallies. There was no shortage of hometown chauvinism in Falls Village,

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Community

Rooms With A View: Bascom Lodge Reopens on Mount Greylock

There's nowhere better to take in the fall foliage than a mountaintop with panoramic views, and once again, after a couple of years of work that kept the road to the summit closed, you can drive to the top of Mt. Greylock, which is the highest peak in

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Walkway Over the Hudson Officially Opens

This weekend marks the opening celebration of the Walkway over the Hudson, a 1.28-mile "linear park" for pedestrians, the longest walkway bridge in the world.   The occasion is the culmination of nearly two decades of effort on the part of visionary community activists, led by board

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