Rural Intelligence (Page 603)

Real Estate

A Barn in the Berkshires

This home offers all the joys of living in the Berkshires; 13 acres, a swimmable pond, and close proximity to surrounding towns. Built in 1840, this Alford farmhouse is Greek Revival in style and holds four bedrooms and three bathrooms. There's a main level master, three upstairs bedrooms

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Parties

Filling A "Blank Planet": Opening at Ornamentum Gallery in  Hudson

Scott Baldinger reports from Hudson. The young contemporary jeweler Alexander Blank may hearald from Munich, Germany, where he studied his art at the university level. (He is pictured here to the left of Stefan Friedman and Laura Lapachiy, owners of the Ornamentum Gallery, where his work is being displayed under

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Style

Great Finds in a Little Locale

“I have dug my heels into this spot." Maggie Calhoun is talking about Great Finds, her bright, airy, restored 1880’s millhouse perched directly across from the Cotton Mill Falls on Kinderhook Creek in Valatie. “I like the underdog. Valatie isn't as posh or pretty as its

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Parties

Close Encounters with Music (and Romance) at Blantyre

Sarah Todd reports from Lenox.The romance of salon music--intimate and dramatic, ideally accompanied by fluttering lace fans and curlicued mustaches just barely masking bold passion--isn't often on display in this day and age. So it was all the more remarkable to behold on Sunday, April

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Food

AgriCulture: Land of the Lotus Eaters

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. As much as I loved New Orleans when I lived there, it was, I am convinced (after living on Turkana Farms these past twelve years), one of the least agricultural

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Real Estate

Country Charmer

A Pine Plains cottage, built in 1790, has the lines of a Greek Revival on a charmingly petite scale. Located in picturesque Pulver’s Corners in northern Dutchess County, this tastefully renovated sun-filled home offers two bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths, and a separate studio. Sitting on landscaped

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Real Estate

Preservation Perfection

A Hillsdale home built in 1823 has been updated but still maintains the inherent elegance of the Greek Revival style. The 2,600 square feet include a large living room, parlor, generous office area with yet another sitting room, a downstairs bedroom and bath plus three bedrooms upstairs, each with

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Arts

Old-Timey Future Rock: The Lisps Present "Futurity" at MASS MoCA

Indie rockers do not often traffic in hope, but the Lisps are not your run-of-the-mill, irony-wielding indie combo. With their acclaimed Civil War-era steampunk rock musical Futurity, at MASS MoCA on Saturday, April 27th at 8 p.m., the Brooklyn-based band brings heartfelt storytelling

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Food

Gallic Goings On: The Newly Reopened Café Adam and Chez Nous

I haven’t been to Paris this spring and, what with husband Edgar always going off on business trips and my increasingly busy schedule as a freelance journalist and fundraiser, it doesn’t look as if we will be able to any time soon. All the more reason I'

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Community

In Millbrook, Dyslexia Gets Unscrambled

When Ellie O’Heaney was in fifth grade, she didn’t picture college in her future. Diagnosed with dyslexia years before, she’d grown accustomed to feeling frustrated and adrift in the classroom. “She’d say, ‘Why would I willingly go on to more school?’" her mother Elizabeth O’

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Food

Global Gourmet: Four Markets Bring International Flair to North Street

When you need a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, or a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, you pack the reusable totes and head to the local supermarket. But where do you go for a bit of gooseberry conserve, cassava couscous, stuffed cabbage rolls, or broad-bean

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Parties

Neumann Fine Art & McDaris Fine Art

Dale Stewart reports from Hillsdale and Hudson. From the country to the city, art aficionados got their fill from Hillsdale to Hudson, with openings at the venerable Neumann Fine Art in Hillsdale and the uber-hip McDaris Fine Art in Hudson on Saturday, April 13. A subdued Berkshire/Columbia County

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