Food Recipe: Garlic Scape Pesto 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
Style It's Prime Time For Garden Photography 101 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 fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey. Every season/week/day in the garden brings its own By Editor
Food Pera Mediterranean Bistro Brings A New Accent To Williamstown By Amy Krzanik The first thing you notice about Pera's owner, Fahri Karakaya, is that he's there. I mean, he's in the restaurant and he's handing you the menu and he's pouring your water and he's checking on By Editor
Style The Wandering Eye Jumps On The Valley Harvest Bandwagon Our Wandering Eye blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his husband, architect Hermes Mallea, are principals in the Manhattan based design firm M (Group). He signed on with Rural Intelligence early on to document the restoration of their neighbor’s historic manse, but over time his mind and his eye By Editor
Community Ramblewild Sees The Forest For The Trees — And Then Some By Lisa Green A tree-hugger’s dream-come-true has materialized in the forest on Brodie Mountain in Lanesborough, MA. At the same place and time, anyone who fancies a challenging adventure on the mountain will be equally delighted. The two interests can coexist, and they do, in Ramblewild, By Editor
Parties Red Hook Education Foundation Throws A "First Choice" Party Amy Krzanik reports from Annandale-on-Hudson. In only its fourth year, the Red Hook Education Foundation has amassed the support of local parents, teachers, government officials, community members and other volunteers to become a powerhouse fundraising body, augmenting area school budgets by over $170,000. This year's By Editor
Parties A Utopian Evening At Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon Lisa Green reports from New Lebanon. “It’s a flowering season for all things Shaker," declared David Stocks, president of the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon at the opening of Francis Cape’s Utopian Benches exhibition on Saturday, June 21. Due to a death in his family, the artist was By Editor
Arts Bookmark This: No Muss, No Fuss Concerts In The Parks By Rachel Louchen There's the Big One — Tanglewood — looming large over our summer afternoons and evenings of music. But there are also dozens of outdoor concerts taking place throughout our region this summer, with many cities and towns offering a wide variety of musical genres. It might be By Editor
Parties Butterflies Take Flight At Berkshire Museum's Summer Gala Rachel Louchen reports from Pittsfield. On the first day of summer, the Berkshire Museum unveiled its latest (quite seasonally appropriate) exhibit, Butterflies and had a massive party to celebrate the bright-winged beauties, as well as the solstice. On Saturday, June 21, the museum was filled with jazz music and By Editor
Real Estate Private Spa The calming neutral tones in the master bathroom of this Monterey house give it a spa-like feel, as do the large bathtub, frameless glass shower, cathedral ceiling and skylight. There are four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, large living room, chef's kitchen, and state-of-the-art remote- By Editor
Real Estate Expansive His-And-Hers This Bridgewater cottage has a large, light-filled master bathroom, equipped with two sinks and generous counter space. The four bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom stone and clapboard cottage has an eat-in kitchen with breakfast nook, multi-purpose mudroom (perfect as a working area or butler's By Editor
Community The Rural We: Pooja Ru Prema Photo by Sabine Vollmer von Falken Pooja Ru Prema brings original and site-specific theatrical experiences to the community with her Rogue Angel Theatre Company. She loves performing for and working with her community and she encourages everyone to participate. But you don't have to be an actor By Editor
