Rural Intelligence (Page 412)

Real Estate

Sustainable Saltbox

This classic Saltbox in Norfolk takes a green spin with solar panels, advanced air handling systems, sustainably-harvested bamboo wood floors, and full insulation. Because the custom-built house is situated to take advantage of passive solar heat, the result is low operating costs. There is an open kitchen that

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Arts

Chatham Dance Festival: Last Time In The Tent

By Amy Krzanik RIOULT Dance NY This August might be your last opportunity to see a Chatham Dance Festival performance in the tent at PS21. No, not because it’s closing up shop, but a key feature of it is changing forever. According to founder and board president Judy Grunberg,

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Style

Master Artists Reimagine The Modern Jewelry Box

By CB Wismar Tim McClelland is laughing. Which is okay, because he’s laughing at himself. “I just thought it would be fun to reach out to 15 extraordinarily talented people who had been part of an intense, creative environment 35 years ago and see what they're doing

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Community

The Rural We: Aaron Thier

Aaron Thier is the author of "The Ghost Apple" and the just-released "Mr. Eternity." He is the recipient of a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a columnist for "Lucky Peach," and a regular contributor to "The Nation."

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Food

Recipe: Spicy Scallop Ceviche

Customers often ask me what I like to bake at home, and the answer, truthfully, is nothing; I love to bake, but I certainly get my fill at the bakery (and it's so much more enjoyable when there's someone else to do your dishes!). I do,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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