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Karen LeSage at the Ober Gallery in Kent

Rob Ober likes to hold his openings on Sunday afternoon, which is why they have such a leisurely quality. Nobody seems to be rushing off to the next activity, so they linger and spend time studying the art. And Karen LeSage's abstract impressionist canvases only get more interesting

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Summer Starts Here & Now with 3rd Thursday in Pittsfield

Pittsfield has become the region's Street Fair Mecca. Megan Whilden, the city's director of cultural development, has mastered the art of organizing a monthly, massive block party. The third year of Third Thursdays, as the street fairs are called, begins on the eve of Memorial Day

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Food

Agri-Culture: Finding A Breed They Can Live With

Peter Davies is a dealer in world textiles and kilim rugs, particularly those from Turkey, a destination he knows well and for which he also is a travel consultant.  His partner, Mark Scherzer, this week’s correspondent, has his own law firm, specializing in health law.  For most of the

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Road Trip: Hillsdale Heats Up!

What the do-dad is happening to Hillsdale?  Long the very definition of a sleepy crossroads, it's suddenly showing signs of, well, awakening. Around these parts, it's usually a sign that things are looking up when a town gets a place to buy fresh fish.  Recently,

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Rural Rules: 20 Questions for MASS MoCA Director Joe Thompson on the Museum's 10th Anniversary

Although MASS MoCA is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend,  its founding director, Joseph C. Thompson, has been involved with MASS MoCA since it was conceived in 1987. A 1981 graduate of Williams College who has masters degrees in both art history and business from the University of Pennsylvania, Thompson

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Style

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Recession? Not Hudson

Last week our restoration blogger Carey Maloney reported on a Manhattan antiques shop, Naga, that recently opened a bigger branch, Naga North, in Hudson.  This week, we are reporting on four new shops that have opened during the past month within just one block on Warren Street.  A coincidence?  Or

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Anton Kuskin Opening at the Moviehouse

Sunday at the Moviehouse in Millerton, fans, friends and art lovers, such as Erika and Sheryl Knapp and Lilly Murphy (left), of the photographer Anton Kuskin gathered to celebrate the opening of his exhibition, Transformations, digitized, large-scale Giclee prints of extreme close-ups. The show runs through August 6.

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Trade Secrets: The Ultimate Outdoor Shopping Party

Trade Secrets is one of those charity events where the volunteers (in their trademark aprons) have as much fun as anyone. And it takes an army of volunteers to transport all the plants and antiques from the 50 vendors' booths to the drive-through pick-up area and to

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Opening Night of the Berkshire International Film Festival 2009

The Twitterati were Tweeting that they were hoping for a rainy weekend to watch movies at the 4th Annual Berkshire International Film Festival, but, thankfully, the wet weather did not dampen the spirits of the guests at the opening night cocktail party at Pearl's in Great Barrington, which

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Antiques: New in Hudson, Naga North

Over the years we’ve seen Hudson offer a mini lesson in globalization: There are dealers who concentrate in the arts and wares of all four corners of the earth, but until now there was no one specializing in the arts of Japan. That’s changed…. Jim Marinaccio and his

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Charity Calls on Cooks' Night Off: Restaurants Rally for Construct Inc.

Many restaurants in our region are closed on Monday nights, which is why Construct, Inc., the not-for-profit that provides homeless prevention and supportive housing services for people with low to moderate incomes in the Southern Berkshires, holds its Mayfest benefit on a Monday. "I can't

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Food

AgriCulture: A Harrowing Mother's Day Tale

The following story, told alternately by Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer of Turkana Farms, is not for the queasy or the faint of heart.   But, for those who tough it out, particular those of us who are mothers of daughters, there is ample reward in the end.   Get out your

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