Rural Intelligence (Page 513)

Wellness

Fitness From The Field: Going With The Flow In Tai Chi

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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Arts

Michael Lindsay-Hogg: Author And Director Shows, But Doesn’t Tell

Michael Lindsay-Hogg photo by Lisa Ticknor. By Robert Ayers Many artists use ambiguity in their work, but the City of Hudson is about to gain a new resident whose whole life story is shot through with intrigue and uncertainty. Michael Lindsay-Hogg (born 1940) is definitely not the son

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Food

Recipe: Summer Squash and Ricotta Pasta

Twice a month, Berkshire native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller status,

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Parties

An Evening In The Afternoon Garden At Naumkeag

Amy Krzanik reports from Stockbridge. There can never be too many garden parties – it's the perfect opportunity to stockpile sights, smells and sunshine to help us make it through the long winter. Naumkeag's garden party on July 26 definitely will be one to remember fondly while

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Parties

A Summer Wind Breezes Through Fête des Fleurs

Lisa Green reports from Stockbridge. As if on cue, the breezes blew gently at the Berkshire Botanical Garden's Fete des Fleurs on Saturday, July 26, where kites on mobiles (some provided by students at IS183 Art School of the Berkshires) twirled beneath the tent. This year’s theme,

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Parties

The FarmOn! Foundation Celebrates Its Fourth Amongst Friends

Rachel Louchen reports from Copake. The annual Friends of the Farmer Hootenanny! Fundraiser Dinner returned for the fourth year bigger and better than ever on Saturday, July 26. At the Copake Country Club (with views of Copake Lake below), the dinner was nirvana for a locavore, featuring a menu filled

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Real Estate

White Horse Inn

If the Broadway-caliber theater and fine dining establishments are any indication, now is the perfect time to take advantage of a commercial opportunity in Pittsfield. The restored White Horse Inn could be a boutique hotel, small inn, spacious home or office and offers excellent visibility on South Street, yet

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Real Estate

The Berkshire 1802 House

The Berkshire 1802 House is located on Route 7 in Sheffield, making it easy for your guests to find. Once a blacksmith's shop, it was, as its name indicates, built in 1802. The stately Victorian exudes period charm from every room to the tiniest of details. There is

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Real Estate

Ragamont House

In a town filled with New England charm, the Ragamont House stands out from its location on Main Street in Salisbury for its statuesque exterior — and the interior style does not disappoint, either. Starting as two separate structures that were joined together in 1853, the property was renovated in 2004

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Real Estate

Simmon's Way Village Inn

Be the next in a long lineage of proprietors to run the beloved Simmon's Way Village Inn, right on Main Street in the heart of Millerton. The inn has been a major part of the town's history for more than 150 years and was the birthplace

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Real Estate

Historic Greenwoods Gate

Built in 1795, the historic Greenwoods Gate in Norfolk includes eight bedrooms, three of which are very large suites, and five-and-one-half-bathrooms, a perfect size to fill up with guests while having enough space for an innkeeper's family. The spirit of the 1700s remains with

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Community

W. Cornwall's Covered Bridge Parties With A Paint-In

By Kimberly Jordan Allen Some people know it as the Kissing Bridge. Others recognize it from its cameo in the opening scene of the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls. And for some Connecticut residents, it’s just the way they get to work each day. “Our family has been

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