Rural Intelligence (Page 494)

Wellness

Fitness From The Field: The No-Ego, But Competitive CrossFit

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

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Food

Recipe: Pork Shoulder Roast

This week, we asked Jeremy Stanton, owner of The Meat Market in Great Barrington, if we could borrow one of his recipes. It looked like just the thing you'd want to serve at a big holiday dinner, and if anyone knows how to prepare a pork shoulder roast,

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Parties

Monet | Kelly Opens At The Clark

Amy Krzanik reports from Williamstown. A large crowd packed the atrium and gallery of the recently redesigned Clark Art Institute on Saturday night, November 22 for the unveiling of the new exhibit Monet | Kelly. The exhibition focuses on the role Claude Monet’s motifs and the sites that inspired his

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Parties

Oenophiles Flock To Support The Warner Theatre

Rachel Louchen reports from Torrington.The Warner Theatre'sAnnual Wine Tasting kicked off the holiday season on Friday, November 21. A critical fundraiser for the Warner, proceeds raised go not only towards programming theater, music and dance performances, but for arts education as well. The signature event usually sees

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Style

The Merchants of Lenox: 69 Church Street

By Nichole Dupont On a frigid Saturday, nothing was keeping the shoppers away. Ghost town be damned. And while many were certainly on the hunt for traditional gift items, they were delighted to find fine art nudes, bright, cozy blankets and high-end jodhpurs in the mix. The “complex"

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Community

10 Holiday Traditions We Love In The RI Region

By Rachel Louchen The Rural Intelligence region is never short on things to do. But come the holidays, each weekend is packed with festivals, strolls, bazaars, parties and performances that have become beloved traditions. While some of these holiday happenings are fairly new, many of them have been going on

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Community

The Rural We: Kris and Joshua Kanter

New York transplants Kris and Josh Canter moved to the Berkshires on a whim 10 years ago, and the impulse decision has worked out wonderfully. Owners of JK Custom Furniture & Design, the two put emphasis on fine craftsmanship, which usually keeps them at their shop most of the time.

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Real Estate

City Italianate

From the outside, it's fairly obvious this Italianate townhouse was built in 1867, but the inside has been beautifully and tastefully renovated while maintaining a wealth of original details. Located in downtown Hudson, close to Warren Street, the house has a welcoming foyer with gracious staircase, formal living

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Real Estate

Period Gem

Simple bracketed cornice, subdued center gable, wide verandah, and elegant Italianate windows are just a few of the many details that set this home apart from the others for sale in Kinderhook. The 19th-century Italianate has a stately dining room, living room with built-in shelves, kitchen with exposed

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Real Estate

Rich In History

Built in 1825, this brick Italianate was once owned by Glover Sanford, who played a large part in Bridgewater's history with his hat-making business in the 1800s. You can still see traces of that period in the wide moldings, trim work, raised paneling, pristine wood floors and

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Community

MASS MoCA Announces A Mind-Boggling Expansion

By Jeremy D. Goodwin Sometimes bigger really is better. We already knew that MASS MoCA was one of the biggest contemporary art facilities in the country. So it’s mind boggling to consider that its new expansion project will double its existing gallery space. That’s not a fudged number

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Style

Into The Woods You Go, To Emerge With A Sustainable Wreath

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. Here at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, the first signs of the

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