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Real Estate

Fit For A Queen

Straight out of a page in a storybook, this Great Barrington home actually has a “bed chamber" located in a Rapunzel tower with distant views on the horizon. Despite that fairytale feature, the rest of the house is contemporary and suited for modern life, with bright and open living

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Wellness

Fitness From the Field: Radiantly Hot Yoga

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

Ashton Hawkins & Johnnie Moore: A Collected Life At Auction

Moore and Hawkins. By Jamie Larson Auctions at the laudable Stair Galleries in Hudson often capture specific artistic moments or movements. On display now and up for sale this Saturday is the sum of an artistic life steeped in style, history and love. The personal collection of Ashton Hawkins and

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Food

Third Annual Sandwich Summit: A Rye Look Between The Bread

Photo: Danny Ghitis By Andrea Pyros “Is It Insane To Insist That There Is No Such Thing As Half An Open Faced Sandwich?" If that query strikes you as irrelevant, ridiculous or just plain nuts, you’re probably not a sandwich aficionado. But if you are, you might actually

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Food

Recipe: Any Green Pesto

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

Barnraising Begins At A Brunch For The GB Fairgrounds

Lisa Green reports from New Marlborough. It takes a village to build a barn, and the townspeople came out in force for the brunch to raise funds for the cowshed at the Great Barrington Fairgrounds. The long-dormant site is undergoing a renaissance thanks to the efforts of co-owners

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Parties

The Fairview Gala Hits A High Note With The Midtown Men

Amy Krzanik reports from Great Barrington.Fairview Hospital, a part of Berkshire Health Systems, gathered together staff, friends and supporters on the green outside the Mahaiwe Theater on Saturday, September 20 for its annual celebration. Guests mingled, dined and bid on some amazing silent auction items like stays in France

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Parties

OMI Lights Up The Night With A Fundraising First

Rachel Louchen reports from Ghent. Sight, sound, smell, touch and taste were all accounted for at Omi International Arts Center on Saturday, September 20 for the first Light Into Night, a unique fundraiser that combined an auction, dinner, art exhibit and dance party. Art abounded in every nook and cranny

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Community

Autumn Outings: Harvest Festivals Across the Region

By Rachel Louchen Oh summer, we hardly knew ye. After our never-ending winter, it felt like things finally were getting warm again. But if there's one positive that comes with the return of cooler temps, it's the abundance of harvest festivals and autumn activities in

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Community

The Rural We: Howard Rosenfeld

When Howard Rosenfeld first came to our region, his mind was set on relaxing. But soon, despite no retail experience, he saw a lot of business potential in the walkable village of New Preston. Using vintage materials and methods, he rebuilt the village blacksmith's shop and opened The

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Real Estate

Private Park

While a tennis court, heated paddle-ball court, swimming pond, stream with footbridge, waterfall, horse barn, walking trails, fields and flower gardens on 115 acres sound like features in a park, they're just the lawn at this Tyringham house. Known as South House, the estate was the home

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Real Estate

Ample Acreage

High fields and level land, woods, apple orchard, a stream and ponds await on 51.8 acres in Hillsdale. The main home is a center-hall farmhouse that was completely rebuilt in 1996 and has wood floors, a fieldstone fireplace, large kitchen and high ceilings. Included on the property is

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