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Community

The Rural We: Vlada Rousseff

Vlada Rousseff, the woman behind the name and cartoon face of Vlada Boutique in Stockbridge, Mass., has owned the women’s clothing and accessories shop that bears her name for more than 45 years. An artistic career that began with sewing bags for the shop has grown into a love

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Parties

One More Round: BART Holds Its 9th Annual Fundraising Trivia Competition

Amy Krzanik reports from Adams. All of Northern Berkshire County’s biggest brains were at BART Charter Public School on Saturday, April 9 for the annual “Get BART Smart" trivia night. Now in its 9th year, the school’s largest annual fundraising event supports its college preparatory program. And

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Parties

The Hudson Area Library, Chapter 1: A New Beginning

Lisa Green reports from Hudson. It takes a village to support (and use) a public library, so it wasn’t surprising to see a sizable crowd turn out for the ribbon cutting of the new Hudson Area Library on Saturday, April 9. The move to the former Hudson Armory (built

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Real Estate

Brand New On The Lake

There's no work and no construction necessary at this brand new Craryville home built just last year. The 2,910-square-foot home was designed with an Arts and Crafts accent and is ready for move-in immediately. The main level has an open kitchen/dining/great room

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Real Estate

Futurist Home

This 2015 architect-designed contemporary in Stockbridge is as intelligent and energy-conscious as it is stylish and modern. Simple clean lines and sleek finishes are the backdrop for state-of-the-art amenities including air conditioning and radiant heat. The three-bedroom, two bathroom home offers the convenience of

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Real Estate

Lakeside Lodge

This brand-new contemporary lodge on Onota Lake in Pittsfield needs some final finishing touches so you can customize the interior to your liking. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom house sits directly on the lake with water views from the great room, chef's kitchen, the first-floor master

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Wellness

A Trip To Serenity With A Moroccanoil Treatment

By Lisa Green Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez all use Moroccanoil products, but I didn’t know that when I saw the Moroccanoil exfoliation treatment offered by Lotus Salon & Spa in Pittsfield, Mass. Maybe it’s because I’m itching to go to Morocco, but the name of

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Community

The Rural We: Lavender Suarez

Lavender Suarez is a sound and energy healing practitioner and educator in Hillsdale, New York. Through performing and exploring music she began to experience the healing properties inherent in sound and vibrations. Now she shares that with others through classic and emerging sound healing techniques. Lavender further went on to

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Food

Recipe: Haven Cafe's Coconut Almond Vegan Bars

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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Community

Housatonic River Adventure: The Long Or Short Of It

By Jamie Larson There’s a singular calming and introspective sensation to paddling a kayak or canoe down stream, drifting through changing scenery, warm air above mixing with the cool coming off the water where you sit, inches from the surface. The Housatonic River is a great, underused producer of

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Style

Classical Tents & Party Goods Hosts A Warehouse Sale

If you’ve been to a tented event in the Rural Intelligence region, you’ve probably been to one set up by Classical Tents and Party Goods. And if you’ve oohed and aahed over the table settings, the chairs, the dance floor or the lighting, you now have a

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Parties

Curtain Comes Up On Powerhouse Theater's New Season

Lisa Green reports from Poughkeepsie. Actually, there was no curtain, but there was a buzz (aided, no doubt, by the Dutch’s Spirits being sampled) as the Powerhouse Theater kicked off its 32nd season at Canvas on Tuesday, March 29. A collaboration of Vassar College and New York Stage &

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