Rural Intelligence (Page 399)

Real Estate

Dual Household

This New Marlborough home and guest house are surrounded by conserved land. Offering a contemporary kitchen with Gaggenau ovens and concrete island counter, wood and metal cabinetry, and a dramatic stone fireplace centerpiece in the timber beam addition on 8.3 acres with heritage apple trees. The main house has

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Real Estate

Greek Revival And Guest

A guest house in Millerton is located on 55 acres of expansive meadows, a pond, orchards, and lightly wooded acreage. The main house is a 4,000 square-foot Greek Revival built in 1940 that has a formal living room, grand dining room, kitchen with pantry, family room, garden room,

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Real Estate

Guest Compound

Day-O Farm in Chatham includes the 1792 main house accompanied by a one-bedroom loft-style cabin, a two-bedroom pool house, a one-bedroom carriage house, and a two-bedroom caretaker's home. The main house has original details, eat-in kitchen, fireplaces, and a main floor

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Real Estate

Separate But Equal

This Spencertown compound overlooks a large pond and includes a huge four-bedroom main house along with a separate guest house. Surrounded by fields and trees, the main residence has a gourmet kitchen with breakfast nook, mudroom, family room, large office, dining room, den, and sun-filled living room. There

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Real Estate

Live And Rent

This property in Housatonic has two buildings: a three-bedroom home and a large barn with loft space and kitchen. The two-story main residence has hardwood floors, an eat-in kitchen, two bathrooms and a wraparound porch. The barn, which has great rental potential, has an open kitchen with

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Community

The Rural We: Derek Delaney

Long Island native and Juilliard and Yale graduate Derek Delaney began his musical career as a horn player. But he has spent the bulk of his time as an arts administrator in the northeast, working at the Marlboro Music Festival, as development director at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and

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Arts

The 12th Annual BIFF Reveals Karen Allen's Filmmaking Chops

By CB Wismar The 12th Annual Berkshire International Film Festival – affectionately known as “BIFF” opens with its much-anticipated gala on Thursday, June 1 in Great Barrington. The schedule of films, as always, is eclectic. Fresh features that capture the essence of independent film making on a global scale ("

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Food

Vegan Or Not, You’ll Love Shire Kitchen’s Community Dinners

Mariana Bergtold in the tempeh shed, where the kitchen manufactures 100 pounds of chickpea tempeh at a time. By Lisa Green Fans of the Dancing Vegan, a plant-based, takeout shop in Pittsfield, Mass., were severely disappointed when Chef Mariana Bergtold closed its doors in 2009. Even now, local vegans

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Parties

Raising Glasses And Funds For The Berkshire Music School

Lisa Green reports from Great Barrington. There were toasts…and toasts…and toasts to the Berkshire Music School at its wine pairing dinner on Tuesday, May 9 at the Castle Street Café. And although there was a special wine selected for each course, the cheer could be attributed to the

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Arts

Dani Shapiro's 'Hourglass' Explores A Marriage Over Time

In her new memoir, Hourglass (Knopf), Dani Shapiro of Litchfield County excavates and celebrates her marriage of nearly 20 years to screenwriter/director Michael Maren. In her previous critically acclaimed memoirs—Slow Motion and Devotion —Shapiro has put her personal history under the microscope to come to terms with her

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Community

The Rural We: Caroline Crehan Becker

Photo: Lisa Vollmer Photography Inc. Owner of Mulberry Hair Company in Great Barrington, Mass., Caroline Crehan Becker has created a warm and welcoming studio in her new location on Rosseter Street. Originally from Birmingham, England, she met her husband, an Old Chatham, New York, native, in Boston. They moved to

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Community

Art In The Elements: Turn Park Art Space Opens

By Amy Krzanik It goes without saying that you visit a sculpture park in order to view its sculptures. But, if that were the only reason, why would collectors go through the trouble of purchasing land and building a park, when they could house these artworks in a building – a

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