Arts Intro to Opera With the Berkshire Opera Festival A free, one-hour family concert designed to bring opera to audiences who may never have sat through one. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate 1850s Getaway by a Swimming Hole and the Racetrack in Lakeville An 1850 farmhouse by the Limerock racetrack, with its own private swimming hole. By Jamie Larson •
Food Doves Diner Opens in Ancram, Preserves Historic Parkway Pitstop Doves Diner reopened in the former West Taghkanic Diner in Ancram on March 6, with a classic menu "elevated" through local farm sourced ingredients and run by skilled kitchen pros. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Rebecca Novack Brings "Murder Bimbo" to Kinderhook Books Novack's attention grabbing debut novel is getting praise as "Gone Girl" for a new generation. By Jamie Larson •
Emily Johnson / Catalyst, Quilt Being Star, worn by Ty Fierce Metteba, photo by Two Hawks Young. Arts "YOUR HONOR, a care procession" at MASS MoCA Yup'ik choreographer and performance artist Emily Johnson brings a communal performance inside Jeffrey Gibson's monumental Building 5 exhibition. By Jamie Larson •
Wellness Some Expert Help Planting Your Edible Garden This Spring Raised beds, smart placement, and realistic expectations: Kristen Svorka of Sproutwell shares how to build an edible garden that actually produces—and fits your life. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts New Book Finds Frederic Church's Greatest Art Underfoot at Olana The book is laid out as a series of walks, unpacking the history of everything visible in the landscape. By Jamie Larson •
Style Former Ralph Lauren Creative Exec Alfredo Paredes Opens Hudson Interiors Shop Opening March 27, Alfredo Paredes Hudson, integrates vintage furnishings, and art with Paredes own growing line of furniture. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate Restored 1820 Colonial, Stunning Interior, by the River in Stuyvesant The interior design is out of control at this restored early-19th-century house set along the Hudson. By Jamie Larson •
Arts UFOs Land at Tanglewood—in New Concert that Invokes 1969 Local Sightings “Mirage,” a composition by Daniel Wohl, will be performed at Tanglewood’s Linde Center by contemporary quartet Hub New Music. By Jamie Larson •
Adam Gopnik Credit: Bridgette Lacombe Arts The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik Brings “Adam Gopnik’s New York” to the Mahaiwe New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik transforms four decades of city life into a one-man show blending memoir, humor, and cultural history on April 25 at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Style Writer Karen Rinaldi’s Cocteau-Inspired Copake Home is a Refuge After Divorce After a divorce upended her life, writer and editor Karen Rinaldi found a modest eyebrow Colonial in Copake and, with help from her sister, transformed it into a deeply personal retreat shaped by the spirit of Jean Cocteau. By Mary Angeles Armstrong •
