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Arts

The White Gallery Reopens in Lakeville

Susan and Tino Galluzzo believe in second careers, second marriages and second acts. She's a former lawyer and he's a former investment banker, who became art dealers six years ago when they opened The White Gallery in Lakeville. Two years later, they became husband and wife

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Style

A New Museum Shop at Clermont

Our faithful correspondent, interior designer Carey Maloney, partner, with architect Hermes Mallea, in M (Group), fills us in on the holiday shopping potential of the new museum shop at Clermont. No one appreciates a good museum shop more than me. I have to fight my assorted demons to hold out

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Community

Dan's Diary: Gulp!

One of the nicest things about Dottie's Coffee Lounge on North Street in Pittsfield is that they serve coffee in real ceramic mugs; you certainly won't find that at Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks. The cups at Dottie's gave me pause because they are so

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Community

Dan's Diary: There's a New Path to Paper Trail

One of our favorite shops, Paper Trail in Rhinebeck, was always a sort of secret because of its location. Now Paper Trail has moved to a storefront on Route 9 (across from Gigi's Trattoria), and co-owner Maureen Missner says that business is booming because of the shop&

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Community

Old Houses, New Life: The Ancram Historic House Tour

Ancram is one of those off-the-beaten track towns that feels more remote than it actually is. For the most part, the residents like it that way, but they are also fiercely proud of their community's history which dates back to pre-Revolutionary days when it was

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Community

Dan's Diary: The Lesbian Next Door

Leslie Ferrin, who runs the Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield and lives in Cummington, MA, says her town was excited to see their neighbor Rachel Maddow—the rising star of MSNBC—featured in this week's New York Times Magazine . Everywhere you go, people are talking about the first openly-

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Style

Atelier Renee, A Framer in Red Hook

Our Rural Restoration Blogger Carey Maloney, an interior designer who is a partner, with architect Hermes Mallea, in the M (Group), expounds on why Atelier Renee, in Red Hook, is such an outstanding place to get art, maps, and pictures, especially old ones, framed. Many of the framers we’ve

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Parties

7 Dutchess Grand Opening

On Saturday evening in Millerton, 7 Dutchess, the new fashion-and-home-furnishings store run by Joan Osofsky of Hammertown Barn and Mimi Harney, had its official grand opening. Located on the side street across from The Moviehouse, 7 Dutchess carries the kind of stylish clothes that are just right

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Food

Getting Back to Our Roots

The past week of warmth and sunshine might have made you think that winter's far, far off, but a trip to the farm stand will fill you in: summer, Indian or otherwise, is done. Tomatoes and corn have been replaced by winter squashes, alliums (onions, leeks, chives, garlic,

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Parties

Eat, Drink and Be Literary: Hotchkiss Library Auction at the Sharon Country Club

The public library is the heart and soul of most towns in our region, and, volunteers are the backbone of the library. No one is more committed to the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon than the indomitable octogenarian trustee Dorothy Felske, who organized Sunday night's "Eat, Drink and

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Food

Found! A Perfect Local Camembert

In these trying times, one way to help our community and ourselves is to spend what money we have left as close to home as possible. Toward that end, food writer Jan Greenberg, who keeps an eye on gastronomic developments in Dutchess County, has made a wonderful discovery, especially for

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Community

Historic Hudson Offers a Tour of. . .Claverack?

Before the town we now know as Hudson, New York was formed, the area by the river was called Claverack Landing, and it was a whaling port teeming with sailors and sin. Fortunately, all this lurid conduct took place at a seemly remove from the respectable town of Claverack proper,

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