Rural Intelligence (Page 402)

Food

Spiced Steamed Buns With Miso-Maple Pulled Chicken And Pumpkin

If you’re in the Berkshires and need to meet with someone, in a place where you can get a nice pastry and coffee or a local/organic/homemade meal in a convivial (and wired) setting, where do you go? Very likely, it’ll be one of the two Haven

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Parties

Ferrin Contemporary Dishes + Dines With The Presidents

Lisa Green reports from North Adams. Leslie Ferrin of Ferrin Contemporary obviously scheduled the “Know Justice” exhibit to coincide with the presidential election season, but who knew the collection of works by Justin and Brooke Rothshank would be imbued with such significance? On Saturday, Oct. 15, a small group of

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Parties

Nick Cave's Immersive Exhibition, "Until," Opens At MASS MoCA

Amy Krzanik reports from North Adams. The word “wow” has likely been heard thousands of times inside MASS MoCA’s galleries during the museum’s 17-year lifespan. The football field-sized Building 5 exhibition space can take some of the credit for this, as its vast proportions have allowed

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Community

The Rural We: Anne Garrels

For more than three decades, Anne Garrels reported from some of the most dangerous places on earth — the Middle East, Nicaragua, El Salvador, both Gulf Wars, Afghanistan and Iraq. She was the Moscow bureau chief and reporter for ABC, and the NPR correspondent in Russia, and has won nearly every

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Real Estate

Mod Century

This architect-designed house in Lee has retained much of its mid-century flavor. Featuring the distinct flat planes, open space and clean lines of the style, the home, which was built in 1951, was renovated in 2002 to contemporary standards that included radiant heat, high-speed wiring and energy

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Real Estate

Retro Revamp

This Salisbury house presents an opportunity to update an authentic, untouched 1960 mid-century modern. Pure in design with distinctive sleek lines, the floor plan features an open living room with brick fireplace, formal dining room and eat-in kitchen, all of which are original. There are three bedrooms on

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Real Estate

Vintage And New

Sprawling on a park-like setting in Copake, this residence is distinctively mid-century modern with its ample windows, open interior spaces and the integration of the outdoors. With 4,600 square feet, the 1963 mid-century has been well-maintained by its owners for the past 30 years. There

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Real Estate

Today’s Mid-Century

Originally built in 1957, this Roxbury mid-century modern is a perfect example of the lasting design, but has been updated just enough to make the living spaces distinctively 2016. The three-bedroom, four-bathroom house has an updated kitchen with a wood stove and stone flooring, plus a living

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Real Estate

Redwood Retreat

This 1955 mid-century modern in Sheffield sits on three acres with fruit trees and gardens on South Undermountain Road. Built with California redwood, the home features a gas fireplace made with local marble, a cathedral ceiling in the open living/dining room and an eat-in kitchen. There are

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Community

10 Things To Love About Clinton

Hummingbird Ranch By Merida Welles Formally settled in 1786, the picturesque Town of Clinton in Dutchess County offers stunning pastoral scenery, a profusion of winding country roads (many unpaved), and a number of architectural gems, no fewer than four on the National Register of Historic Places. The town (not to

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Food

Recipe: Potato Salad with Sautéed Kale

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on

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Arts

Ladies First: Grace Bonney Is In Great Company

Author photo by Christopher Sturman By Amy Krzanik Writer Grace Bonney, founder of the immensely popular long-running website Design*Sponge, gets right to the point in her new book, In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs. In the very first sentence

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