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Real Estate

Country Cottage

This little ranch is a total charmer, meticulously maintained with love and care. Located in Kinderhook, the house is bright, open and airy, which gives it a large feel, and it's recently been modernized. The eat-in kitchen has stainless steel appliances and open shelving, the living room

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Real Estate

Stylish Update

The raised ranch has been a mainstay home style since its heyday in the 50s, but this two-bedroom Mt. Washington house has had a major remodel. Located on 13.5 acres, the ranch has been transformed into a fashionable home with new roof and heating systems plus updated bathrooms,

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Arts

Hear This: 'Beethoven' Mixes Music And Theater At The Mount

Photo: Jacqueline Chambord By Jeremy D. Goodwin Though we may tend to think of it nowadays in terms of visuals, theater is an art form that’s always been very concerned with listening. In Shakespeare’s day, audiences went to “hear" a play, not see one. There’s a

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Community

The Rural We: Shawn Fischer

Shawn and Kurt Fischer in the Spiegeltent. Shawn Fischer is a teacher, director and actress who had a career in theater, dance, sketch comedy and improv in NYC for 25 years before moving to Tivoli full time in 2009. She now teaches theater at Woodbourne Correctional Facility through the non-

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Arts

30 Years In, Powerhouse Theater Still Thrives On Risk Taking

John Patrick Shanley directs Kyra Sedgwick and Annika Boras in "The Danish Widow." (Photos by Buck Lewis.) By Robert Burke Warren Chances are good that at least one great playwright is, at this moment, making last minute adjustments to his/her script for a Powerhouse Theater performance of

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Arts

Review: "Falsettos" at Sharon Playhouse

By Dan Shaw William Finn’s 1992 Tony Award-winning musical Falsettos now at Tri Arts Sharon Playhouse (through July 20) begins in 1979 (Act I) and ends in 1981 (Act II). The first act was originally its own musical written before the AIDS crisis, and it tells a quintessential

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Food

Recipe: Midsummer Galette

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

Northwest CT Arts Council Cultivates Art In The Garden

Rachel Louchen reports from Harwinton. The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council is a non-profit dedicated to promoting arts and culture in the 25-town region, so it was fitting that its annual party featured artists painting on site and numerous musical performances on grounds that are themselves a work of

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Wellness

Fitness From The Field: Zaanti Yoga, Hatha Yoga Path To Peace

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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Parties

Stonover Farm IS183 Benefit Art Show

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. No one needs an excuse to visit the picturesque grounds of Stonover Farm, to sit by the pond and watch the ducks, or to visit with Tom and Suky Werman. But on Thursday, July 10, there was a fantastic excuse to stop by the Lenox

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Real Estate

Contemporary Work Space

A new-construction property in North Egremont offers an airy home office surrounded by windows and basking in natural light. Move-in ready, the house is surrounded by 7.5 acres of meadows and views. There are four bedrooms and four bathrooms, cathedral ceilings, Wolf stove, granite counters, screened porch,

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Parties

Tanglewood Gala Celebrates Andris Nelsons' Arrival

Lisa Green reports from Lenox. The silvered roses that graced the tables at the Tanglewood Gala on Saturday, July 12 represented the commitment between new BSO music director Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (The rose is a token of betrothal in the opera Der Rosenkavalier, a portion of

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