Rural Intelligence (Page 406)

Parties

1Berkshire Celebrates What Makes The County Special

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. Many of Berkshire County's most community-minded residents gathered at Tanglewood on Thursday, Sept. 15 as 1Berkshire honored the illustrious music venue and its summertime residents, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for “Putting the Berkshires on the Map.” As acknowledged by the evening'

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Style

The Garden Season's Last Hurrah

The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. Our garden writer, Madaline Sparks, is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years she was the contributing garden editor

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Community

The Rural We: Jayne Benjulian

Jayne Benjulian grew up in Westchester, New York, but lived many lives before returning to the East Coast and making a home in the Berkshires. She served as chief speechwriter at Apple, investigator for the public defender in Washington, director of new play development at Magic Theater, lecturer in the

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Style

FineHome Source 2016 Adds Fashion To The Mix

FineHome Source 2016 adds fashion to the roster.

By Jamie Larson

Parties

For Stakeholders, A Preview Of Building 6 At MASS MoCA

Lisa Green reports from North Adams. As if MASS MoCA wasn’t animated enough on Friday, Sept. 16, just a few hours before the FreshGrass music festival began, a group of North Adams city employees and tenants of the complex gathered for a special tour of Building 6. The museum’

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Real Estate

Personal Library

In Stockbridge, a Contemporary house features a library with walls of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. A winding driveway leads to the house and the entrance has a two-story foyer. It leads to a sun-filled living room, dining room with fireplace, large eat-in country kitchen, butler's

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Real Estate

Bibliophiles Welcome

A book lover will appreciate this richly appointed library with lots of built-in bookshelves and places to relax and read. In Sheffield, this architect-designed home was fashioned from three dairy barns on 17 acres. There is a great room with a cathedral ceiling, a unique circular-shaped kitchen,

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Real Estate

Formal Library

A library with built-ins and gleaming hardwood floors add to this Dutch Colonial's grand and polished feel. The stately Washington home is classic in design with an elegant entrance foyer, an eat-in country kitchen, a formal dining room with double-height ceiling and formal living room

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Community

Intersection Austerlitz: Fashion, Fabrics And Literary Materials

By Madaline Sparks This weekend, in Austerlitz, New York, a passport is your ticket for a day of exploring costume, culture, and the art of hat making. And so much more it's hard to believe it's all happening in such a tiny radius. Nestled in eastern

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Food

Recipe: Orecchiette With Broccoli And Sausage

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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Food

Vong's Thai Restaurant Hits The Sweet Spot in Pittsfield

By Regina Burgio With the arrival of Vong’s, the long wait for a Thai restaurant in Pittsfield, Mass. is officially over, and its owner, restaurateur Jae Chung, has definitely hit the sweet spot. While his eponymous Jae’s Asian Bistro in Lenox (which will soon be moving to Pittsfield,

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Community

The Rural We: Marlene Marshall

Marlene Marshall has been many things during her circuitous career. She is now the proprietor of the elegant and cozy vintage clothing store Discipline Park, just off Warren Street at 25 North 5th Street in Hudson, New York. She is also an accomplished artist and designer, and author of three

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