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From Pittsfield to Pougkeepsie: The Evolution of "The Burnt Part Boys"

Four years ago, Julie Boyd and William Finn announced that they would start a Musical Theater Lab in Pittsfield, which would make its home at Barrington Stage Company's Stage 2. They said it would be an incubator for new musicals, and it got off to a brilliant start

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Parties

The NW CT Arts Council Culture Mix at Infinity Hall

Infinity Hall, the music venue in Norfolk, CT, that has gotten universal raves since opening last fall, co-hosted a "culture mix" for artists of every sort on April 29, with the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council, which was only established five years ago.  The multifacted event was a

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Arts

Norman Rockwell Museum Turns Back Time

The Norman Rockwell Museum has turned the clock back to 1960. "It was a very significant moment in Norman Rockwell's life," says Corry Kanzenberg, the musuem's curator/archival collections, who has overseen the reinstallation of Rockwell's studio on the museum's

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Community

Dan's Diary: Berkshire Museum's Stimulus Plan

The venerable Berkshire Museum is one of those secret gems in plain sight. Located in the heart of Pittsfield, it is an eclectic family-friendly museum that is especially family friendly for the entire month of May when admission will be free to all. "It's our version

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Susan Silver Antiques: A Survivor of the Mid-Century Storm

Reason suggests that the antiques business should be immune to the vicissitudes of time; but, in fact, the furnishings of the past are just as susceptible to the whims of fashion as any other aesthetic choice.  Twenty-seven years ago, in 1982, when Susan Silver (left), of the eponymous antiques

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Ferrin Gallery Celebrates Community Access to the Arts

The Ferrin Gallery was jam-packed on Thursday night for the opening reception of I Am A Part of Art on Tour, a traveling exhibition of paintings by people with severe disabilities.  Exhibiting artists created their work through the use of an adaptive painting system called Artistic Realization Technologies (A.

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Food

Sesame Noodles With A Side of Hope

Why was Kirsten Thorn, a shy 16-year-old, offering plates of addictive sesame noodles in the produce department of Guido's in Great Barrington the other day?  "She's part of the Railroad Street Youth Project," explained her mentor, Daire Rooney, the executive chef at

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Michael Devine: Designer without Borders

Michael Devine is the Scarlet Pimpernel of the interior design world. He's here: His headquarters, if a moving target can be said to have a home base, is an enchanting little retail shop (shown here) in enchanting, little Kinderhook, NY, where he sells his own fabrics and stylish

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Arts

Professor Karen Allen Directs "Moonchildren" at Simon's Rock

Karen Allen—the actress who played opposite John Belushi in Animal House, Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark,  and Joanne Woodward and John Malkovich in The Glass Menagerie directed by Paul Newman—has become famous in Great Barrington for her eponymous Railroad Street store that sells Allen'

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AgriCulture: Ossabaw Island Hogs

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, has his own law firm, specializing in health law.  For most of the past decade, the pair

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Dan's Diary: Is Now A Good Time to Buy Art?

It's sometimes hard to believe gallery owners who tell you now is a great time to buy art, but you should pay attention when two of the world's top collectors say buy.Raymond J. Learsy and Melva Bucksbaum, who spend weekends in Sharon, CT, will be

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Community

The Racetrack Next Door: Rights Incur Responsibilities

On April 21, at the Taghkanic Fire House, at 6:30 p.m. there will be a public hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals on the controversial issue of Alan Wilzig's proposed racetrack, which has already won Planning Board conditional approval.  Here, Sam Pratt, who had been

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