Rural Intelligence (Page 542)

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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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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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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Community

The Rural We: Josephine Proul

After six years as Executive Chef at Local 111 in Philmont, Josephine Proul assumed ownership of the restaurant in late March. A month into running her own restaurant, Proul is working seven days a week, but whether she's stocking the sparkling water or managing the books, she does

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Real Estate

Country Conservatory

The conservatory in this Washington farmhouse is a room you — and your beloved plants — can revel in. The spacious main house was built in 1925 but updated to provide every amenity and modern-day comfort. It includes a large living room overlooking the deck, a study, upper-level studio, country

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Real Estate

Winden Hill Cultivation

Winden Hill is located in Lenox on a park-like setting of meadows, evergreens, hardwoods and wetlands. Happily, there is the four-season conservatory from which to view it all. The house offers a total of 23 acres and the main residence evokes a feeling of years past. The four-

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Elegant English Conservatory

While some people may choose to use a conservatory strictly for cultivation, at the Thistlewood Estate it is sunny sitting room with floor-to-ceiling windows offering views of the formal gardens. The gracious Colonial Revival Berkshire cottage opens to a grand entrance hall with a sweeping semi-circular staircase;

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Real Estate

Mountain House

This is the definitive mountain retreat, set high up in the hills of Sharon, with a design that invites the outdoors in. Sophisticated yet comfortable, the three-bedroom house has a beautiful conservatory (with four sets of French doors) filled with light and a high ceiling, making it ideal for

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Architect Inspired

One look at this Sheffield house and it's clear that an architect had a hand in its design. This one-of-a-kind home was meticulously conceived to look like the quintessential rural farmhouse but inside has newer house amenities and mechanics. There are pine floors, carved wood

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Four Square Style

Let the light shine in this unique four square Colonial in Claverack with a conservatory, sunroom and large windows in every room. Completely restored in 2013, the home has original floors, double-hung windows, high ceilings and French doors. There are four bedrooms, three bathrooms, large living spaces, and a

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Style

Garden: Throwing Shade

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, who is as delighted as every gardener that spring appears

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Community

Why The Colonial Style Was Revived, At The Litchfield Historical Society

By Lisa Green Litchfield may look like the archetype of the perfect Colonial village — white clapboard Congregational meetinghouse, big white homes with black shutters, a pastoral town green. Yet there’s more to it than meets the eye, because the picturesque place you see now evolved from a Victorian setting.

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