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Lincoln Russell's Love Letter to Burgundy

Lincoln Russell is a baby boomer with a school-boy crush. The Stockbridge photographer has crafted a sumptuous Valentine to the object of his affection, a coffee-table book called Adventures in Burgundy (Pinot Press; $50). He has visited France twenty times in the past three years to take photographs,

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Arts

The Murder of Lidice; A Multi-Media Event

With the very air around us still crackling with political energy, the Spencertown Academy will host a live performance of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem, "The Murder of Lidice" this Friday night. On June 10, 1942, the German government announced that it had destroyed the small

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Arts

"Over the Top: American Posters from World War I" Opens at the Norman Rockwell Museum

As anyone who has spent time at the Norman Rockwell Museum knows, the quintessential American illustrator was a politically-minded man with a highly developed social conscience.  Rockwell's spirit lives on not only in the museum's extraordinary permanent collection of his paintings, but also in the

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Community

Early Voting, An Option?

For registered voters who at the last minute find it impossible to vote locally on Election Day, options vary state-to-state.  Alas, Connecticut voters with a last-minute change of plans are out of luck unless they had the foresight to apply for an absentee ballot. In Massachusetts "

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Arts

"Forces of Nature" at Kent's Ober Gallery

"Some of my best clients are my former students," says Rob Ober, the former tennis pro at the Sharon Country Club who became an art dealer two years ago when he opened the Ober Gallery in Kent. "One day during a lesson, the man I was teaching

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Food

Brunch: Beyond Bagels

When I first started visiting Columbia County, long before living here full-time was even an inkling of an idea, let alone a plan, I noticed that folks here (and by folks, I mean weekenders) often practiced the elsewhere neglected ritual of the Sunday lunch. I ate many a glorious

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Style

Food for Thought: The 6th Annual Northwest Connecticut Kitchen Tour

The last thing you're probably thinking about at the moment is renovating your kitchen. But now's a good time not only to day dream about new cabinets, countertops and appliances but also to put together that binder of ideas and inspiration so when the economy bounces

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Arts

6th Annual Local Authors Day in Sheffield

If you have any lingering doubts that our region has more than its fair share of writers in residence, just take a look at the list (below) of 49 authors and illustrators who will be signing books in Sheffield on Saturday, November 1, at the 6th annual Bushnell-Sage Library&

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Community

Stealing Beauty: the Olana Viewshed Tour

It's like having a license to trespass on some of the most felicitously sited private properties on earth.  On Saturday, November 1, friends and supporters of Olana, the Frederic Church historic site in Greenport, NY, will be permitted, thanks to the generous owners of twelve Olana-adjacent properties,

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Parties

Openings at BCB Art in Hudson

Saturday night, two new shows at BCB ART—"Black, White & Blue, new paintings by Bart Gulley" and "Around Here: 9 Local Landscapes by Sasha Chermayeff"— drew art world cognoscenti from both sides of the river and Massachusetts to the Hudson gallery.   Despite harrowing weather, nearly

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Community

Dan's Diary: The Amazing Miller as the Amazing Martha

Two summers ago, a friend introduced me to Annette Miller who insisted that I see her peform in the play Martha Mitchell Calling at Stageworks in Hudson. Miller had debuted the show at her artistic home, Shakesepeare & Company, but she wanted the show to reach a wider audience, hoping

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Arts

Infinity Music Hall Debuts in Norfolk

Live music and good booze are a great combo, but you don't always get to enjoy them at the same time when you attend a concert.  At the just-opened Infinity Music Hall, an intimate yet grand 300-seat club in a restored 1883 building in Norfolk, CT,

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