Arts Contemporary Printmaking: 10 Artists Explore the Range of Printmaking Today at Spencertown Academy An invitational show of etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, silkscreens, photogravures, and artist books by artists from Columbia County, the Hudson Valley, and New England runs through November 1. By Jamie Larson •
Community RambleFest Weekend in Adams: Street Festival Sunday, 58th Greylock Ramble Hike Monday Live music, local beer, vintage train rides, and a campfire on Sunday lead into the 6.6-mile hike up Massachusetts’ highest peak, with free shuttles. By Jamie Larson •
Style Handcrafted Octoberfest Brings 100 Makers, Craft Beer, and a Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off to Rhinebeck The seventh annual harvest festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds pairs a juried craft show with demonstrations, carriage rides, and a petting zoo By Jamie Larson •
Community Babies Bob Down the Bantam River for “Tiny Trekking” Kelly Orr leads a free, one-hour paddle at a child’s pace, watching for beavers, herons, and turtles. By Jamie Larson •
Photo credit: Lisa Nichols. Food RSVP: Rural CT's Most Exclusive Reservation Reopens With Star Chef, Global Tasting Menu, and More Seatings Chef Bolivar Hilario spent years working some of New York's most demanding Michelin-starred kitchens before cold-calling his way into one of Connecticut's most mysterious restaurants. Twenty-five years after it opened, RSVP's secret is out. By Jamie Larson •
Community LitNet Honors Lee Bank and its English Learners at Annual Celebration LitNet's annual fundraiser honored Lee Bank, but the real speeches came from the students. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Metaphysical Maze": New Exhibition Spreads From MASS MoCA's Biggest Building to Olana and Beyond The French conceptual artist's largest US exhibition opens at MASS MoCA November 7, with satellite shows at Olana, the Thomas Cole Site, setting his work in dialog with the historic homes of two icons of American landscape painting. By Jamie Larson • •
Real Estate A Livingston Property Villa With Hudson River Views, Close to Otto's in Germantown If you're excited about Hawthorne Valley Farm taking over Otto's Market in Germantown, here's a villa in the neighborhood. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "The Urmetazoan," a Play About Two Sisters and a Move to Mars Premieres at Barrington Stage Alex Rugman's drama stages its North American premiere in Pittsfield. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate The Papachristou House: A Famed Architect's Own Home, on 70 Acres in Sheffield Tician Papachristou designed this three-level modernist compound for his family in 1998. Breuer's own desk lived here until it was donated to Syracuse University. By Jamie Larson •
Food Actor Luca Calvani Talks New Vegetarian Tuscan Cookbook at Talbott & Arding Calvani, who runs a Tuscan guesthouse with his husband, joins olive oil importer Walter Pogliani for a conversation, an Italian wine reception, and three dishes from "A Tuscan Table" By Jamie Larson •
Arts Skye Consort and Emma Björling Bring Swedish Songs, Irish Reels, and Canadian Dance Tunes to the Stissing Center A Canadian chamber-folk ensemble and a Swedish singer, who formed a band after a storm grounded her flight, play four-part harmonies on fiddle, nyckelharpa, cello, and bouzouki. By Jamie Larson •
