Real Estate Spirits By The Lake After a day on the lake, this bar is the perfect place to relax with a drink. The Canaan seven-bedroom home is sun-drenched on 250 feet of water frontage on Lake Queechy, with a huge dock just waiting for a boat. There is also a gourmet kitchen with By Editor
Real Estate Entertain With Ease This house was designed for entertaining guests, from the large living spaces, outside deck with views and the hardwood wet bar with bar stools. This Garrison Colonial is statuesque in Great Barrington, set far back from Route 7 and nestled on a 10-acre property right next to a state By Editor
Arts Review: "Merrily We Roll Along" at Sharon Playhouse By Dan ShawWalking out of the Sharon Playhouse after its exhilarating production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, it’s impossible to comprehend how this musical was a flop when it opened on Broadway in 1981, closing after 16 performances. The story of three best friends — composer Franklin By Editor
Style You Can Be As Sweet As Honey, But The Bees Still Might Swarm The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by Brian Cruey, who as General Manager of Naumkeag for the Trustees of Reservations, knows about beautiful gardens. Last week during one of my evening garden walks, I noticed something By Editor
Wellness Fitness From The Field: Swimming At Sand Springs The Rural Intelligence region offers a plethora of fitness and healing modalities, but it can be hard to know which is the one that fits your needs, your body type and your schedule. Enter Paula Boyajian, a yoga instructor certified in Interdisciplinary Yoga and Yoga for the Special Child, who By Editor
Community The Rural We: Bob Rasner Bob Rasner and his wife Marie are the owners of Elijah Slocum, which designs and crafts fine handmade cabinetry and furniture. The store is now located in Hudson, but it wasn’t always so: until fairly recently, the Rasners lived in Los Angeles and had a showroom in New York. By Editor
Food Recipe: Northern Thai-style Pork Shoulder This week's recipe is from Berkshire-based duo The Butcher & The Baker. The Butcher is Jake, a nose-to-tail butcher/artist, who loves to cook and grew up in the woody hills of Western Massachusetts where his passion for local, fresh food was first instilled in By Editor
Parties Mass Live Arts Kicks Off Its Third Season With A Bang And A BBQ Amy Krzanik reports from Great Barrington. “I thought I was done being surprised by theater," marveled an audience member after Friday, July 10th’s performance of Andrew Schneider'sYOUARENOWHERE at Mass Live Arts (MLA). Schneider, a 2015 OBIE winner, uses technology (some self-created), cleverly timed sounds and By Editor
Food Fish & Game Turns Tasting Into An A La Carte Option By Jamie Larson When star chef Zak Pelaccio opened his Hudson restaurant Fish & Game in the spring of 2013, he took the “farm-to-table" ethos and aesthetic to its pinnacle with a seven-course, tasting-menu-only dining experience. It was all about taking one hundred percent By Editor
Parties BART Charter School Grows Bigger And Better Amy Krzanik reports from Adams. With the students away for the summer, Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School (BART for short) finally had a chance to show off its newly built wing to the adults in the community on Friday, July 10. Teachers, administrators and trustees past and present By Editor
Food Elixir: Eat, Heal, Repeat in Great Barrington By Nichole Dupont “Make your food your medicine and your medicine your food." The concept is an ancient one, but the carrying out of the creed is still one of the greatest challenges in this country. So many bad choices to make. Obesity rates and disease rates indicate that By Editor
Parties Berkshire Grown Brunchers Talk Food With Ruth Reichl Lisa Green reports from Sheffield. It’s not as if there’s ever a bad time to enjoy the bounty of the Rural Intelligence region, but the exquisite summer weather of the past weekend seemed particularly felicitous for Berkshire Grown to hold a fundraising brunch. On Sunday, July 12, supporters By Editor
