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The Great Barrington Historic House Tour Invites You Inside

By Amy Krzanik Many of us enjoy paging through House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Dwell and other design and decorating magazines looking for inspiration and basically ogling how other people live. Luckily for us, the folks at the Great Barrington Historical Society (GBHS) share our interests. On Saturday, May 2 from

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The Wandering Eye Does April In Paris

I got an email from Lisa de Rural Intelligence asking for a blog a week before we were booked to go to Paris for a busman’s holiday of client shopping and celebrating a birthday. I’d been putting her off. I only like doing these blogs if I can

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Food

Recipe: Meringue With Berries And Whipped Cream

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

Literary Death Match Returns To The Mount

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. Edith Wharton’s former stables became the scene of fierce competition on Friday, April 24, as Literary Death Match made its triumphant return to The Mount. The reading series/story slam, created and hosted by Adrian Todd Zuniga, gives four authors a chance to read

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Community

A Day Trip To Daffyness

By Lisa Green Photos courtesy of Allison Stafford. A spring tradition in Litchfield County has been delayed and the blame rests solely on Mother Nature, but even she can’t shut down the happy-making spread of daffodils at Laurel Ridge Narcissus Plantings on Wigwam Road in Northfield. First planted

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Parties

A Woman Of Will — Tina Packer — Launches Her Book At S&Co.

Lisa Green reports from Lenox. Over many years, audiences have gravitated to performances by Shakespeare & Company Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer, and they were just as attracted to the launch and celebration of her much-anticipated book, Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare’s Plays. On Saturday,

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Real Estate

Renovated To Perfection

With its rustic exterior, it's clear this Litchfield property used to be barn, but the interior of this 1899 residence has been completely renovated. The main level has wide-board pine floors and a two-story living room with a fireplace and window overlooking the front terrace. The

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Real Estate

A Conversion With Character

A barn in its previous incarnation, this conversion features original details brought to today's standards. Hardwood floors and beams are on display in the Washington barn-style house which has a dining room, family room and gracious eat-in kitchen on the first floor. There are four full

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Real Estate

Sunlit Conversion

Built in 1900 and lovingly updated and transformed over the years, this converted barn in Lenox retains original wood floors. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home has a spacious open living area with built-ins, a bright kitchen and sunroom. The second floor has a large skylit studio. There is

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Real Estate

Lakefront Carriage Barn

This barn home has classic redwood siding and exterior trim work, but the inside has been completely converted. The Sheffield carriage barn conversion offers an open floor plan, with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, fieldstone fireplace, sunroom and a two-level master suite with a dressing room. Across the road, on

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Parties

Animalia Attracts At Hillman-Jackson Gallery

Amy Krzanik reports from Great Barrington. The Hillman-Jackson Gallery at Bard College at Simon's Rock is a forward-thinking, eclectic gallery at an equally forward-thinking and eclectic school. The Gallery’s current exhibition, Animalia, featuring the most recent work by painter Michael Caines, opened with an

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Spring's Garden Maintenance Is Part Work, Part Pleasure

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best: one of the master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey. This past weekend was the first I had at home where

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