Food Recipe: Ba Mee Gia If you’re in the Berkshires and need to meet with someone, in a place where you can get a nice pastry and coffee or a local/organic/homemade meal in a convivial (and wired) setting, where do you go? Very likely, it’ll be one of the two Haven By Editor
Parties Literacy Network of South Berkshire Turns The Page On 25 Years Amy Krzanik reports from Stockbridge. “They say it takes a village to raise a child, and I would say it’s the same for immigrants,” said Dr. Sukhpaul Mann as he accepted the Literacy Network of South Berkshire’s “Founder of America” award on behalf of everyone who has helped By Editor
Community Along The Clay Way In Northern Conn. and Nearby N.Y. State Alison Palmer in her studio. By CB Wismar For the three days that comprise Columbus Day Weekend, from Saturday, Oct. 8 through Monday, Oct. 10, 18 area clay artists will present an inaugural studio tour – Clay Way. Visitors are encouraged to tour as many of the western Connecticut and nearby By Editor
Food The Farmer's Wife Opens A New Kitchen In Millbrook By Don Rosendale For decades, the rustic Mabbetsville Market on Route 44 outside of Millbrook, New York was where Millbrook residents enjoyed their morning coffee and flank steak takeout. I’d shared a table with the local farrier, a captain of industry and a guy scribbling notebook pages on what By Editor
Community The Rural We: Zoe Bellot Bellot at the press. Zoe Bellot is an artist with a passion for printmaking, bookmaking, mixed media and blogging. “These are among my weapons of choice to celebrate words,” she says. The Hudson Opera House has selected her to be its artist-in-residence from October 8 to November 13. Bellot will By Editor
Real Estate Panoramic Mountain View An Austerlitz Adirondack-style house delivers 360-degree views of the Catskills, Berkshires, Hudson Valley and the Connecticut hills. There are wood finishes everywhere, and the kitchen and dining areas are flooded with light. The great room has a fieldstone fireplace and the first-floor master has an office ensuite. A bunk wing By Editor
Real Estate Commanding Heights This Canaan property commands views of the mountains and vistas of the entire Hudson Valley. The Contemporary has an open-plan living area with a cathedral ceiling and walls of glass. The gourmet kitchen offers custom cabinetry and opens to an eating area, living room, and a spacious deck overlooking the By Editor
Real Estate Natural Landscape This 156-acre estate in Norfolk is surrounded by Dennis Hill State Park to the north and rolling views of Litchfield hills and the Naugatuck River valley to the south. The 6,1000-square-foot Colonial was built in 1958 and has been updated. There is a two-story entrance hall, dining room with By Editor
Real Estate Greenery Backdrop A charming post-and-beam Timberpeg home offers long-range views on one of Lakeville's most desirable roads. The light wooded view is framed in the living room with beamed ceilings, dining room, kitchen with breakfast bar and the huge wraparound deck. At the center of the open floor plan is By Editor
Real Estate Contemporary Vision Upon entering this Rhinecliff house you're greeted with a direct view of the Hudson River and the surrounding beauty of the Hudson Valley. The property offers unparalleled views from three floors of living space, especially notable in the dining area and open kitchen, which has a wall of By Editor
Real Estate Nature Surrounds This Monterey Contemporary is located on a three-acre setting across from Beartown State Forest, and every room caters to the view. The kitchen, dining room, living room with a fireplace and four bedrooms in this house captures wooded views thanks to an abundance of windows. A screened porch and deck By Editor
Arts Counting Down For The Pittsfield City Jazz Festival Karrin Allyson and Scott Robinson. By Lisa Green The 12th annual Pittsfield City Jazz Festival, Oct. 7-16, proves that it takes a village to create — and sustain — a jazz festival. “We’re at a critical mass now,” says Ed Bride, festival chair and president of Berkshires Jazz, the nonprofit educational By Editor
