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Choosing A Favorite Flower Is Like Picking A Favorite Child

The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. This week, we welcome Madaline Sparks to our gardening column. She 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

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Parties

Two Firsts For Two Artists At MASS MoCA

Amy Krzanik reports from North Adams. Another month, another chance to experience exceptional new art at MASS MoCA as the museum ramps up for its summer season. On Saturday, April 16, two exhibits shared an opening reception. Alex Da Corte’s Free Roses, comprised of sculptures, paintings and video installations,

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Arts

2016 Season Preview (AKA Tickets Not To Miss)

Some people try to tell you their favorite season is autumn. And personally, I do have a soft spot for spring. But here in the Rural Intelligence region, summer is a time like no other. This much we know. So even all you confirmed ski addicts and avid leaf peepers

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Real Estate

Custom Bathroom

This historic 1899 barn conversion in Litchfield has been restored and renovated and includes a master bathroom that has every modern amenity — and takes up practically an entire floor. The main level has wide-board pine floors, a two-story living room with a huge stone fireplace visible from nearly

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Real Estate

Images Of The Country

There are 50 miles of views outside of this Litchfield home including one from the bathroom's large spa-like bathtub. The bathroom offers a glass shower with marble seating, floor and wall tiling and a chandelier. The 45-acre estate sits on a private plateau and was built

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Real Estate

Ambiance Awaits

The bathroom in this Hillsdale house has hardwood floors, a soaking tub, glass walk-in shower, two sinks, two toilets and a bidet. Located on rolling fields with both a reflecting pond and swimming pond, the home has a large kitchen, a spacious living room with a fireplace, and two

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Real Estate

Luxury Suite

This bathroom has it all: double vanity with honed marble counters, built-in dressing table, marble flooring, soaking tub, cherry cabinets, radiant heat, and walk-in shower with overheads, side sprays and three jets. The rest of this Lakeville country estate is as meticulously designed and impressive, featuring a great

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Real Estate

Bath Time

A bathroom with double sinks, a large tub and a glass shower is the centerpiece of an already well-designed home. Located high in the hills of Austerlitz, the contemporary Colonial was built in 2005. There is a professional eat-in kitchen, a great room with a stone fireplace that

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Community

Road Trips: The Wildflower Festival At Bartholomew's Cobble

By Amy Krzanik April showers bring May flowers, but to a very special area of Berkshire County they bring flowers even earlier than that. At Bartholomew’s Cobble in Sheffield, Mass., a National Natural Landmark under the care of the Trustees of Reservations, the best showing of wildflowers is beginning

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Arts

Seeing Through The Camouflage: Animals On Canvas At HSV

By Shawn Hartley Hancock If you've ever watched a wild-animal nature documentary where a cheetah runs down an antelope for supper, you know why camouflage is central to survival. "Wild animals have it down," says artist Susan Merrill. But Merrill's latest exhibit of

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Susanna Salk's 'Little Things' Come To Life In New Preston

By Lisa Green As far as we’re concerned, New Preston, Conn. is already a destination. The cluster of high-end antiques and specialty stores and markets are unparalleled in their quality and picturesque setting, even among our region’s justifiably famed claim to “charm." How many village shopping

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Food

Recipe: Strawberries With Balsamic And Fresh Mint

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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