Arts "Women Inspiring Women" Opens at Childs + Clark Gallery A two-painter show dedicated to women who inspire, with glass and porcelain from six more artists. By Jamie Larson •
Community Hawthorne Valley's Harvest Festival Adds a Creature Parade and a New Biodiversity Trail Walk The free, 25-year-old farm festival keeps its marionettes, cider pressing, and pie contest, and this year highlights the farm's wild residents By Jamie Larson •
Food Hawthorne Valley Farm Buys Otto's Market, Reopens Next Monday The Ghent-based Biodynamic farm and Waldorf school is taking on stewardship of the Main Street market ahead of its 2027 centennial, the third ownership change for the space in less than two decades. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Lena Dunham Discusses "Famesick" With Robert Becker in Cornwall The Cornwall resident, whose memoir topped the New York Times bestseller list this spring, sits down with the writer and former Interview editor at the United Church of Christ By Jamie Larson •
Arts Kiki Smith's "Visiting" Opens at Shaker Museum's Outpost in Chatham The Hudson Valley artist's show, the third at Shaker Museum's downtown pop-up, runs through December 20 alongside Maira Kalman's General Store. By Jamie Larson •
Michaela Carpenter. Photo by Rachel Bock. Style She's Reimagining the Rhinecliff Hotel With Art, Style, and Historic Care, One Room at a Time The business’s new owner Michaela Carpenter is commissioning original work from regional artists for every room, then designing around it—and building a communal gathering space downstairs meant to turn the historic hotel into a home base for local makers. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Harry Belafonte Biographer Screens 1959 Hudson NY Noir "Odds Against Tomorrow," Saturday in Chatham Biographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro introduces the 1959 heist film and signs "Daylight Come," his new book on Belafonte. By Jamie Larson •
Style Palestine Heirloom Seed Library Fundraiser on Ghent Farm With Designer Neville Wisdom Fashion Show The Jamaica-born, New Haven-based designer premieres "GEORGE" on an outdoor catwalk, with proceeds funding Palestinian seed preservation. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Found Footage Fest: Absurdly Obscure VHS Showcase at the Triplex This Sunday Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher have spent over 20 years mining thrift stores for obscure VHS tapes of funny and telling uncommon human behavior. On October 4, they bring their latest haul to Great Barrington. Donations welcome. By Jamie Larson •
Community Bard Partners with Hudson River Housing to Take Over Columbia County Housing Safety Net from Galvan The Rural Preservation Company designation, the state contract that determines who administers home-repair grants and foreclosure prevention for the whole county, to be transferred from Galvan Foundation to HRH as Bard works logistics of real estate gift. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate Deceptively Modern: 1999 Top Architect's Greek Revival on 45 Acres in Amenia Gil Schafer's interpretation of the American country house—antique wide-plank floors, three fireplaces, a kitchen garden, and garden rooms defined by hornbeam and yew hedges. Just listed. By Jamie Larson •
Food "The Fungus Among Us": Mushroom Foraging Class in Litchfield The self-taught Litchfield Hills mushroom expert teaches identification and foraging basics on a two-hour forest walk. By Jamie Larson •
