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Parties

BAA's Annual RAP Party Draws A Creative Crowd

Amy Krzanik reports from Pittsfield. Pittsfield’s 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival, held for 10 days each February, is an ingenious way to bring residents out of hibernation to attend or participate in readings, concerts, plays, dance performances, children’s activities and more all throughout the city’s downtown. One of

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Community

The Rural We: Lisa Lansing Simont

Lisa Lansing Simont is one of those people whose careers you look at and say “whoa.” Following graduation at Mount Holyoke, she was a reporter at the Berkshire Eagle, after which she moved to Washington, D.C. There she took a position at the Congressional Quarterly, then worked for Pierre

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Community

Sylvia Center Cooks Up A Family Class at Valley Variety

Program Director Jenn So with young cooks in training. By Jamie LarsonThe Sylvia Center at Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook is an excellent example of how our regionally specific “farm to table” philosophy runs deeper than commerce and consumption. The programing provided on site at the farm during the growing season,

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Food

Recipe: Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on learning experiences on

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Arts

The RuraList: Bestselling Winter Reads Of The RI Region

We thought it would be interesting to canvas some of our region’s booksellers to see what books are among the most popular buys right now. Would a theme emerge? Sort of. Not surprisingly, books that are overtly political are selling well, as are nonfiction titles that help us live

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Community

It’s A Zoo At Millbrook School (And We Don’t Mean The Kids)

Red panda cub with Millbrook School student Zooies. Photos courtesy Millbrook School. By Merida Welles Coati and Kinkajou, Kea and Rhea. Foreign dishes? Exotic holiday spots? Hardly! These extraordinary creatures are just a few of the 180 exotic and indigenous animals housed at Trevor Zoo, Millbrook School’s six-acre animal

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Parties

Happy Feet: The Hudson Charity Sock Auction

Amy Krzanik reports from Hudson. More than 80 knitters and bidders crowded into Verdigris Tea & Chocolate on Warren Street for the very first Charity Sock Auction on Saturday evening, Feb. 18. The event, sponsored by Countrywool and Neighborhood Knitters of Hudson, was an ingenious way to supply neighbors with

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Real Estate

Queen of Hudson

Located in Hudson's historic district, this 1882 Queen Anne displays classic architectural details such as a gable roof, patterned wood shingles, and different shaped windows. For sale is the townhouse on the right. Its first floor has pocket doors that divide the living room and dining room, the

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Real Estate

Victorian Plus

This Queen Anne offers a carriage house and guest cottage that sit behind the main home in Housatonic. The 8,000-square-foot house was built in 1892 and features five bedrooms with their own private bathroom, updated kitchen, sunken sunroom, a games room, and library. The carriage house has two bedrooms

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Real Estate

Historic Row

Sited on a historic street of other Queen Anne and Victorian houses in Hudson, this 1890 residence has thoughtfully restored details like original pocket doors, windows and moldings. The house has six wood-burning fireplaces, a formal foyer and two living rooms. The kitchen and dining areas overlook the tree-filled backyard.

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Real Estate

The Gilded Age

This 19th-century Queen Anne in Lenox is one of the original Berkshire "cottages." Renovated and restored for today's lifestyle, the house is elegant and comfortable, offering a kitchen with walk-in pantry, dining room with fireplace, living room, game room, wine cellar, and a solarium. There are

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Berkshire History

This Pittsfield Queen Anne-style Victorian is rich with Berkshire history, as it was orignally home to William Stanley, who invented the precursor to the transformer. Built in 1895 and impeccably maintained, the interior decor is a mix of yesteryear and current style. Encompassing an impressive 7,559 square feet, six

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