Jim Finnerty and Carole Murko (left with Maurice Peterson of Seven Salon) had an intimate fundraising dinner at Boulderwood, their historic Stockbridge home, to benefit Berkshire Grown, the organization that facilitates the farm-to-table movement in all sorts of ways. Murko, who is the creator and executive producer of Heirloom Meals, not only cooked the multi-course meal (with help from Christopher Blair), but also produced a small booklet of recipes for dishes such as Taft Farm Cold Corn Soup with Adobo, Leeks Vinaigrette and Whippoorwill Farm Maple Syrup Braised Shortribs. After dinner, singer-songwriter Emily Mure performed, which made the the Murko/Finnerty living room feel like a very hip coffee house.
Kate Morris and orthopedic surgeon Pier Boutin; Ali Ansari & Bernd Pegels.
Country Living Style & Market editor Natalie Warady, Country LIving editor in chief Sarah Gray Miller and garden designer Honey Sharp.
Seven Salon's Mark Johnson with Caroline Finnerty; Functional Medicine guru Dr. Mark Hyman with Karen Lee of Pilates Central in Lenox.
Millerton lamp and lampshade maker Susan Schneider with Wendy and Rob Akroyd of Greylock Design.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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