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Community

Kitchens For A Cause: The 12th Annual NWCT Kitchen Tour

If you're looking for pie-in-the-sky kitchen design ideas, you can read scores of shelter magazines, watch endless HGTV programs, and tour pristine kitchen showrooms. But the best way to accumulate ideas for redoing your own kitchen is snooping around other people's houses to

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Community

The Rural We: Avery Danziger

Photographer and filmmaker Avery Danziger was born in Chapel Hill, NC and spent many years living and teaching in both Los Angeles and Mexico. Three years ago, he moved to Sharon, CT and embarked upon what became known as the "Harlem Valley/Wingdale Project." After gaining permission to

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Food

Recipe: Apple Ricotta Tartine

Twice a month, Berkshire County 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

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Parties

Berkshire South Celebrates Community Advocate Barbara Manring

Rachel Louchen reports from Great Barrington.Barbara Manring (far left, with friend, Susie Weekes is a familiar face in the community for her multiple philanthropic contributions to numerous organizations. Barbara is currently President of the Board of Directors at Railroad Street Youth Project and involved with Construct Inc., but one

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Real Estate

Sears Arts And Crafts

Tucked away on a hillside in Canaan is a newly renovated Sears Arts and Crafts home with a classic rocking chair porch. There's a country kitchen, dining room, living room, downstairs den/office, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The second floor has a walk-out deck. A separate

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Real Estate

21st-Century Craftsman

The Arts and Crafts movement can be traced back to the 1880s but this newer Craftsman offers the best of the classic style with modern amenities. Located by Stockbridge Bowl, on 200 feet of water frontage, with mountain views over Lake Mahkeenac, this four-bedroom, three-and-a-hour bathroom

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Real Estate

Bright And Spacious

This Pittsfield Craftsman is pretty deceiving; while from the outside it appears modest, inside it has many large rooms and great closet space. Bright and extremely well-maintained, the house has wood floors, French doors, original woodwork and a fireplace, and an enclosed front porch. The large living spaces include

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Real Estate

Stylish Influences

Wallpaper, textiles and unique glass are notable features of the Arts and Crafts style and are on full display at this Rhinebeck home, which also has original details such as warm chestnut woodwork, paneling, mantels and built-in cabinetry. The updated kitchen has granite countertops and stainless steel appliances, the

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Real Estate

Beautiful Bungalow

Located in the heart of Hudson, this Arts and Crafts bungalow was built in 1920, and it has maintained a lot of period character despite its renovation. There's a front screened porch, gleaming hardwood floors and spacious open living spaces with original details like stained glass and period

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Food

Italian Market

The unambiguously named Italian Market in Hudson just might be the posh little city’s best-kept secret.

By Jamie Larson

Arts

In Its 15th Year, FilmColumbia Branches Out — To Hudson

By Jamie Larson It’s movie time in Columbia County and this year the FilmColumbia Festival is celebrating its 15th year by expanding its offerings to a venue in Hudson for the duration, October 22-26. Of course, the festival remains centered where it all began, the Crandell Theatre in

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Arts

To Tell The Truth: Speak Up Storytelling Comes To The Mount

By Amy Krzanik “My friends have always said that I’ve lived one of the most unfortunate lives (including surviving homelessness and an armed robbery), so I’ve got a lot of material for stories," says Matthew Dicks [left] who will be at The Mount in Lenox with his

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