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Parties

'Side By Side' Opens At Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon

Amy Krzanik reports from New Lebanon. An intimate gathering of Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon trustees, supporters and staff members attended an exclusive reception as the site’s newest exhibition was unveiled in the Wash House ironing room. Side By Side: Shaker and Modern Design, curated by Jeff Daly, displays 19th-

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Style

Shopping And Strolling: A Midsummer Pastime

Theater, music, dance and a panoply of festivals are all in full swing, but for those of us whose shopping bug never takes a vacation, retail therapy is alive and well in the Rural Intelligence region. So, for you, we have gathered up a cartful of sales and celebrations happening

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Food

Recipe: Strawberry/Rhubarb Tart

Madeline Delosh, a Columbia County resident, owns Mado Patisserie in Chatham, NY. A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, she worked with Jean-Georges Vongerichten and was the pastry chef at La Grenouille Restaurant. “I like to reach out to those who love baking and pastries," Madeline says. With

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Parties

A Toast To Berkshire Museum's Wine Gala

Rachel Louchen reports from Pittsfield. Everyone could feel like a sommelier at the Berkshire Museum'sbiennial wine gala and auction on Saturday, June 27, with its huge selection of fine and vintage wines available for purchase via some vigorous bidding action (yes, there were paddles). The auction has turned

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Real Estate

Two-Story For Stories

A bibliophile will be in paradise at this West Stockbridge home — it has a giant two-storied library with bookshelves from top-to-bottom and wall-to-wall. There's even a fireplace to snuggle up by with a book. The secluded 63-acre grounds overlook rolling land, a

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Real Estate

Library With History

This historic homestead was built in the early 1800s and has its own library with built-ins. Set back from the road and surrounded by a large lawn with old-growth trees and rolling pastures, this Sandisfield property was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. Renovated in 2007, there

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Real Estate

Reading Room

In Gallatin, this home has devoted an entire room to the pleasures of reading: a wall of built-in bookshelves, a rolling ladder to access them, and a cozy nook with couches to relax with your book. This custom-built home on 131 acres, which includes a three-acre lake,

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Real Estate

Library Panels

A gleaming wood-paneled wood library adds to this Greek Revival's grand and polished feel. This stately Millbrook home is classic in design, opening to a large oval foyer that leads to a living room parlor with two fireplaces. There is a large dining room overlooking the patio,

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Real Estate

Novel Victorian

A richly appointed library with lots of bookshelves and places to relax with a book is natural for a Victorian, such as this Austerlitz residence. Surrounded by 21 acres of gardens, streams and a carriage house, the house is entered from a wraparound porch into double parlors and hardwood floors.

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Food

Review: The Bistro Box Is A Roadside Classic

[Editor's note: We're bringing back one of the most visited stories of last year because The Bistro Box continues to draw rapturous fans. Go and enjoy.] By Nichole Dupont There are those places that are just cursed. You know the kind. Switches hands every 1 to

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Arts

Review: "My Fair Lady" at Sharon Playhouse

By Dan Shaw As the nine-piece Sharon Playhouse orchestra delivers a rousing rendition of the lush, melodic Overture to Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady, the heart overflows with expectations and the mind with anxiety: One wonders whether Rufus Collins as Professor Henry Higgins and Lee Harrington as

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Community

Rural Intelligence Gets Smarter: Introducing The RI Mobile App

Not to toot our own horn, but we hear it time and time again: “I really rely on Rural Intelligence." Lest you think we simply rest on our laurels (and thank you for the most satisfying feedback, by the way), we take that comment seriously. It’s made us

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