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Berkshire Theatre Festival Celebrates at The Mount

The Berkshires' arts scene depends on volunteers and donations of every type, which was clear at the Berkshire Theatre Festival party at The Mount on July 26 that honored Betsey McKearnan and raised funds for BTF's education programs. She was serenaded by the cast of Candide and

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The Mount Is A House of Mirth Once More

When Susan Wissler took over as executive director of The Mount last year, the Edith Wharton Estate & Gardens in Lenox was on the brink of foreclosure and we believed The Age of Innocence Was Over.  Working tirelessly with board chairman Gordon Travers, Wissler has not only kept The Mount

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Openings: Pittsfield Contemporary Art Show

Cultural correspondent Bess Hochstein reports: It felt a little bit like Brooklyn in the Berkshires on Saturday, July 25, as Pittsfield Contemporary opened its second annual show of work by artists living and/or working in Pittsfield.  The city’s art crowd, in all its hatted and tatted splendor, filled

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Dan's Diary: Lightning Strikes Williamstown Theatre Festival

What's going on with the stagehands at Williamstown Theatre Festival? At both True West and What Is the Cause of Thunder?, the stagehands, who are dressed like bellhops at chic boutique hotels, take a bow at the curtain call. The sets, lighting and sound for both productions are

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Olana's Colorful Festival of Chinese Music, Lanterns and Dance

Inspiration for the Olana Partnership's Seventh Annual Summer Party came from a Chinese bed that was amongst Hudson River School painter Frederic Church's vast collection of international treasures and still lives on Olana's second floor, a Forbidden City all its own that we all

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Art Omi: The Shangri la on the Hill

On Saturday, July 18, at the culmination of their annual International Artists Residency, Art Omi gave a farewell party for this year's residents on the eve of Open Studios day. Each year, approximately 30 artists, some established, others emerging, are selected from a pool of applicants that generally

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Berkshire Fringe Festival Grows Up

Fringe founders Peter Wise, Sara Katzoff & Timothy Ryan Olson The Berkshire Fringe Festival operates in the spirit of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which started in Scotland in 1947, when eight theater troupes turned up uninvited at Edinburgh International Fesitval and had to perform on the outskirts of the city.

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Food

The Sweet William's Smell of Success

Sweet William's Bakery is no longer the worst-kept secret in Falls Village, CT.  For the past two and a half years, Jason Young has baked cookies during the week for his wholesale accounts (including Guido's and the Berkshire Co-op Market) and officially opened only

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Shakespeare & Company Is Up to the Challenge

What better way to raise money for a theater company than with a one-time-only theater event? Shakespeare & Company, which needs to raise $1 million to get an $800,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to complete its $10 million capital campaign, invited supporters to see a

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Fitch's Corner Horse Trials This Weekend

Now in its 16th summer, the Fitch’s Corner Horse Trials in Millbrook this weekend, are, in essence, a competition, with each horse performing three disciplines.  Dressage will take place at 8 a.m. Saturday morning, and there will be cross-country jumping and stadium jumping on both days.  Two

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The Wandering Eye: The Mills Mansion

Barely back from another research trip for their book on the great houses of Cuba, our intrepid blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney and his long-suffering spouse Hermes Mallea [Writer's Note: Rather brutal editorializing, RI guys...], an architect, both of M (Group), have hit the historic house trail

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Invitation to a Wild Party

According to local legend, a few years ago, Midwesterners Linda Horn and Allan Davidson threw a dart at a map of the Northeast, and it landed on Spencertown, NY, where they have lived and gardened ever since.  This weekend, Horn, an artist, invites anyone who is interested to their property

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