Rural Intelligence (Page 581)

Real Estate

Step By Step

This contemporary Richmond farmhouse offers total privacy on 35 acres, and panoramic views that only a home in the Berkshires can offer (with close proximity to Great Barrington to boot). The four-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom home has an open kitchen that leads to the dining and sitting

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Cinematic Steps

There's drama in this post-and-beam home in Sharon. It's contemporary but comfortable at the same time. The centerpiece of the house is the oak floating staircase, a fabulous conversation piece from whatever direction you're looking at it. The rooms are spacious and

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A Welcoming Set of Stairs

A Colonial never goes out of style, and neither will the finely woodworked, subtle staircase in this Kinderhook abode, with its state-of-the-art kitchen, flowing dining area, and great room. There are also formal living and dining rooms, three large bedroom suites, five bathrooms, and separate guest suite

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Fancy Flight

Designed by architects Rotch and Tilden in 1890, this Lenox home was renowned for its exceptional craftsmanship that still stands today. This gracious Colonial Revival sits on 12 acres within walking distance to the village of Lenox and many of the town's attractions. The sweeping semi-circle staircase

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Going Up In Style

This Stockbridge home has nearly 5,000 square feet of living space, with a two-story entry hall and a stunning staircase that doesn't just serve as bridging the gap between floors, but as a work of art, displaying fine woodwork craftsmanship. The classic home includes formal dining,

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Style

Garden: The Bee-Bee Tree

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. This week, Brian Cruey waxes arboreal about one his favorite trees, named

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Parties

Spiegeltent's Last Waltz

Dale Stewart reports from Annandale-on-Hudson. The first signs of the season’s end came on Sunday, August 18 at the closing party for Bard’s SummerScape series housed in Spiegeltent, the rare authentic Belgian “mirror tent." The eight-week-long festival featured live jazz music, salsa, tango

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Arts

From Bach to Bawdy, Sonnets to Sonatas, Shakespeare to Schubert: Music and More in the Berkshires

By Robert Burke Warren Attendees of the 2013 Music and More Festival in New Marlborough, Massachusetts enjoy the unique experience of walking into history, both literally and figuratively; the impeccably performed chamber music, jazz, Renaissance reels, and Elizabethan poetry take place in the township’s circa 1839 Meeting House, home

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Small Batch, Big Space: A Hipster’s Mecca in Great Barrington

By Nichole Dupont At first glance, Abby Webster and Andrew Pruhenski are the typical hipster couple. They are young. They raise chickens. He is mousy-haired and sports vintage jeans and canvas shoes. She is uber-creative, only slightly adorned with a gray t-shirt and asymmetrical bead necklace (which

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Art Studio Views Showcased at Rhinebeck Bank

Jamie Larson reports from Rhinebeck.Doris Cultraro, an outgoing stained glass artist from Rhinebeck, is quick to point out that artists don’t always make the best self-marketers (herself excluded perhaps). That’s why, six years ago, she co-founded Art Studio Views, a program that connects working artists

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Community

Lime Rock Limelight: Litchfield's Historic Race Car Parade

By Penny Stirling Michels “Start your engines!" A colorful caravan of privately owned and lovingly maintained vintage race cars takes to the back roads of Litchfield County, Thursday, August 29, for Lime Rock's Historic Festival, a humming herald to the beginning of Labor Day Weekend. The line-

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Arts

Ghost Adventures: Edith Wharton Live (and in Spirit) at the Mount

By Sarah Ellen Rindsberg It’s time to visit your stately but inviting neighbor in the Berkshires: Edith Wharton. Although the esteemed writer will not be there in the flesh to greet you, her spirit reigns in more ways than one. Which is a good thing: she was a lovely

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