Food Recipe: Spring Garden Soup 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
Arts Barrington Stage Opener Takes Audiences To 'The Other Place' By Jeremy D. Goodwin In Hamlet, when the Danish prince is on full tilt, having just stashed the body of the freshly murdered Polonius behind some stairs, the king furiously demands to know where his (late) advisor is. “In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not By Editor
Parties Curtains Up For Sharon TriArts' 25th Season Rachel Louchen reports from Sharon. The TriArts Sharon Playhouse opened its season on Saturday, May 24 with its annual gala and largest fundraising event of the year. The hotly anticipated event always serves as an opening of the summer season but this year, in honor of the 25th season, added By Editor
Style The Country Living Fair: Highly Curated, Extremely Shoppable By Andrea Pyros The Country Living Fair is coming to the Dutchess County Fairgrounds for the second year in a row this June 6-8. If you’re looking to replenish your tube sock drawer, keep on driving. This is not the fair for you. But if you’re interested By Editor
Parties MASS MoCA's Big Day (And Night) Lisa Green reports from North Adams. It’s not unusual for MASS MoCA to be the Grand Central of the Berkshires’ north county, but on Saturday, May 24, the reason for the extreme hustle bustle was twofold. In the late afternoon, there was the opening and reception for a new By Editor
Food Copake Ag Center A Big Opportunity For Small Farmers Jenny Elliott of Tiny Hearts Farm on the "new" 1951 tractor. By Nichole Dupont Pop open any regional real estate guide, and you will notice a cornucopia of old Victorians, rambling farmhouses and beautiful New England vistas. But the real estate that Monet would deem as priceless, in By Editor
Parties A New Face For An Inspiring Space At Chesterwood Amy Krzanik reports from Stockbridge. It doesn't take much convincing when you're invited to enjoy a cocktail on the piazza of Daniel Chester French's studio, overlooking the lush gardens of his former summer estate. As Chesterwood celebrated the reopening of French’s refurbished studio By Editor
Community The Rural We: Annie Brody Annie Brody's reasons for living in our region is for the dogs, literally. After adopting a dog in 1999, she saw wide-open spaces in her future, so she left New York City for East Chatham and quickly acclimated to the rural lifestyle. A longtime film buff, she By Editor
