Rural Intelligence (Page 492)

Arts

Stage AND Screen: Broadcasting Broadway to the Berkshires

Chris O'Dowd and James Franco. Photo by Richard Phibbs. By Nichole Dupont The greatest moments are sadly the most fleeting. And what is more fleeting than the stage? We mourn that we never saw the sweat on Lawrence Olivier’s newly-muscled forearm in his stage debut as

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Food

Recipe: Perfecto Meatballs

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

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Parties

A Dazzling Evening For Berkshire United Way

Rachel Louchen reports from Lenox. Blantyre, the prestigious Gilded Age mansion-turned-luxury-hotel resort is opulent year round, but during the holidays the property manages to surpass its own standards, decorated to the nines with lights and wreaths from nearly every mantel. It was an ideal location for Be

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Parties

Berkshire Creative's Guests Sparkle At Ventfort Hall

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. If pressed to use only one phrase to describe Berkshire Creative’s Sparkle! holiday party on December 4th, I would employ “dressed to the nines." It’s a description that could be used to compliment both the guests at the event and the festively

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Parties

A Winter Songfest At Bard Celebrates The Future Of Music

Lisa Green reports from Annandale-on-Hudson. Anyone in attendance at the Bard College Conservatory of Music’s "A Winter Songfest" on Sunday, December 7 will tell you that the future of vocal arts is secure. The graduate students, consummate professionals all, presented a program of festive songs

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Style

The Wandering Eye Ends 2014 With A Roar

Our blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his partner Hermes Mallea, an architect, are principals in the M (Group). Okay — four years ago I wrote about our holiday decorating experiences at The New York Public Library and I gave some pithy (probably useless) advice. It is way too long for

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Real Estate

Rock Hall

Designed in 1912 by noted American architect Addison Mizner, Rock Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was the home of Jerome Alexandre, a descendant of the Alexandre Steamship Company. The manor home is located on 23 acres in Colebrook and has been meticulously restored so

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Real Estate

Oldest in Town

This Kinderhook home, built in 1728, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The six-bedroom, three-bathroom residence has been well maintained. It has a Dutch door entrance with traditional inglenook, fireplace mantels, beams, moldings, paneling, wide-board floors and 9-foot ceilings. Stately trees and manicured

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Real Estate

The Pulver-Bird House

The Pulver-Bird house, a Greek Revival built by renowned architect Nathaniel Lockwood in 1839, is listed on the National Register of Historic places. Located in the heart of Stanford, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom property exudes period charm and has been enlarged with a 1997 addition. Sited on 18

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Real Estate

In The Village

Located within walking distance to the Village of Hillsdale, this Colonial Revival is on the National Register of Historic Places and maintains many of its circa 1871 features, such as the beautiful woodwork, three-sided bay windows, exposed brick and defining moldings. The house has an updated kitchen, large living

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Real Estate

Historic Georgian

Torrington is home to a truly historic Georgian, built in 1790 and located on the National Register in a Historic District in part because it is a noted Underground Railroad house. Full of period details, there is a spacious living room with a fireplace and a kitchen updated with stainless

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Real Estate

National Register Village

This Carpenter's Victorian is sited on a tree-lined street in the center of Falls Village, which as a town itself is on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1912, the house has spacious light-filled rooms with high ceilings, and a great flow. The first

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