Rural Intelligence (Page 525)

Real Estate

A Dip On Top Of The Hill

Copake is home to a gracious hilltop estate with a gunite pool and hot tub surrounded by green lawn as far as the eye can see (129 acres, to be exact). The huge property allows for a sprawling main house, two guest houses, tennis court, numerous barn and outbuildings, large

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Real Estate

Carved Into A Quarry

A Sheffield property takes advantage of its natural surroundings with a state-of-the-art quarry pool surrounded by the original rock walls. The carriage house style home has a large foyer, gourmet kitchen and open living room and dining room, plus three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms.

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Real Estate

Swimming In Style

April Hill is a meticulously restored Greek Revival with privacy, guest house, swimming pool and spectacular views.

By Rachel Louchen

Real Estate

Pool Seclusion

This Old Chatham home has a heated gunite pool perfect for lap swimming, plus a pool house equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, wine fridge. There is also a outdoor grill station, outdoor shower and fire pit set on 55 acres (five of which are beautifully manicured). The six-bedroom, five-

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Style

Mary Randolph Carter's New Book Title Is A Collector's Mantra

Mary Randolph Carter knows the frisson of discovery at tag sales and antique shops. After all, she's written the book (and blog) on junking. In her newest, she extolls the virtues of living with your treasures. "There are so many reasons to say, I don’t need

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Arts

Kristin Wold Takes Center Stage In The Story Of The Bard's Bed

By Jeremy D. Goodwin Among other things, Kristin Wold has spent the past two-and-a-half decades playing and teaching all things Shakespeare. But with the exception of a cluster of iconic female leads— like Rosalind in As You Like It and Viola in Twelfth Night—the Bard was

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Community

The Rock Star of Stockbridge: Daniel Chester French

By Dan Shaw Although sculptor Daniel Chester French is less well-known than his Berkshires neighbors Edith Wharton and Norman Rockwell, he was as influential as they were and more of a rock star. After all, French often worked in stone, most famously when he designed the iconic 19-foot-

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Arts

Farm To Frame Puts Hudson Valley Artists (And Food) On View

By Lisa Green Two years ago, Dorit Straus, an art and insurance advisor, attended a dinner for collectors at Henry Klimowicz'sRE Institute in Millerton. The part-time Hudson Valley resident was taken with the intimate setting and interaction between the artist and guests over a meal composed of

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Food

Recipe: Rhubarb Meringue

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

CATAtude Brings Attitude To Gratitude

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. CATAtude – this year's Community Access To The Arts' performance and gala – took over Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse on Saturday evening, May 17. The organization's supporters enjoyed cocktail hour in the lobby, but as soon as the lights

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Parties

Trade Secrets: It's A Good Thing For Gardeners And WSS

Lisa Green reports from Sharon. “Has anyone seen Martha?" called out a portly matron in canvas sunhat to no one in particular early on at Trade Secrets. No one answered her, but everyone knew who she meant, because everyone knows Trade Secrets, the rare plants and antiques extravaganza in

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Parties

Wining And Dining For The Berkshire Music School

Lisa Green reports from Great Barrington. Several anniversaries were noted at the Berkshire Music School’s wine-pairing dinner at Café Adam on Thursday, May 15: the school’s 75th and Tracy Wilson’s 10th as executive director (Tracy, at left, flanked by realtor Nancy Kalodner and Malinka Johnson). But

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