Rural Intelligence (Page 402)

Arts

50 Years Later, "The Concerned Photographers" Still A Focus

MUSCLE BOY, Harlem, NY 1963 © Leonard Freed/Magnum By Shawn Hartley Hancock Ralph Brill, owner of the Brill Gallery in the Eclipse Mill Building in North Adams, Mass., calls it “probably the most important photography exhibit in 2016.” Leonard Freed’s Civil Rights Photographs of the 1960s, he says, are

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Parties

The Hudson Library Holds A Swingin' Sock Hop

Amy Krzanik reports from Hudson. Things were really cookin’ at the Raise The Roof Sock Hop, a benefit for the new Hudson Area Library, on Saturday evening, August 6. Around 150 supporters “made the scene” in their best ‘50s duds at the home of artists Ken Kraus and Anna d&

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Parties

"SoHo Sins" At The School Explores An Illicit NY Art Scene

Jamie Larson reports from Kinderhook. Crime and culture, art and mayhem describe the focus and backdrop of the posh gathering Saturday, Aug. 6 at Jack Shainman Gallery: The School. The event, celebrating the release of SoHo Sins, the first novel by Richard Vine, managing editor of Art in America, included,

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Parties

Farm-To-Table With Purpose in Roxbury

Rachel Louchen reports from Roxbury. Farm-to-table dinners are fairly regular occurrences in our region, but Litchfield County's Sustainable Healthy Communities (SHC) annual Farmer's Table dinner served an important cause: the farmer. On Saturday, August 6, Toplands Farm was host to the annual dinner, which benefits the

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Real Estate

Magical Getaway

You won't find a better location for a guest house than this one in Stuyvesant, situated by the bluestone pool with country views on 13 acres and no neighbors in sight. The three-bedroom guest house beside a huge barn complex looks out to river views. The main house

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Real Estate

Guest Quarters

Keep your guests close, but not too close at this gracious manor in Housatonic with a two-bedroom open-concept guest cottage. The 1892 main house offers more than 10,000 square feet and 18 rooms, and has been restored with the original woodwork, plaster details, lighting, fireplace tiles, and stained glass.

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Real Estate

A Manor For All

Crow Hill Manor's grounds in Spencertown include several year-round houses: a six-bedroom main house, a two-bedroom guest house, a pond house and a caretaker's apartment above the three-car garage. On 42 acres, the estate has a 1929 main house which was crafted from local stone and

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Real Estate

Family Compound

This Sheffield property has enough room for a very large family to visit comfortably. There is a guest house, six-bedroom main home, post-and-beam barn, kids' playhouse and lots of outdoor space. The 1,500-square-foot guest home has a full kitchen and two sun porches that look out to the

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Real Estate

Historic Weekender

This historic compound in Washington has an 18th-century main home and a guest cottage that still maintains its period character with antique floors and original hardware. The three-bedroom main house has six fireplaces, exposed beams, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, living room and stone patios with scenic vistas beyond. The

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Real Estate

Open For Guests

In Milan, a 118-acre property includes a rambling farmhouse with a restored brick barn that has been turned into a guest house, which has an open-floor kitchen, living room and dining room on the first floor and two large bedrooms upstairs. There is a fireplace in the kitchen/living room,

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Food

Papa's Best Batch (Food Truck)

A smoked meat sandwich trailer in a bucolic setting

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Style

Oatmeal Studios: Always Good For A Laugh

A trade show display. By Lisa Green When Oatmeal Studios gathers its team for a creative brainstorming session, it’s no ordinary staff meeting. The greeting card company based in Lenox Dale, Mass., has been in the business of making people laugh for over 35 years, and the writers, illustrators

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