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IS183's Annual Gala: Ground Control to Major Fun

Sarah Todd reports from Lenox.On Saturday, March 9, hundreds of arts supporters broke out their best bubble helmets, space rays, and electric tutus and embarked on a swinging space odyssey. Blastoff came courtesy of the Big Bang at the Energy Vortex, a benefit for IS183, the Berkshires' non-

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Wellness

Heavenly Hell on Wheels: The Hudson Valley Horrors

Woe to the person who attends a Hudson Valley Horrors bout thinking that women's roller derby is just a bunch of babes in skates pushing each other around. Over the course of roller derby’s nearly one hundred-year history, it’s gained a reputation for blending campy

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Food

AgriCulture: Needing That Buzz

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. There's nothing like a late season snow storm to put visions of the blossoming trees, flowers, and buzzing insects of spring in one's head. Peter began

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Food

Black Bottom Cupcakes, Revised

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making(Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help

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Parties

Taste of Community: Feeding the Soul

Rachel Louchen reports from Great Barrington. Guests noshed for a great cause on Thursday, March 7, for the third annual Taste of Community at Berkshire South in Great Barrington. The event raised proceeds for the Community Supper Program, which serves 125 people once per week with meals prepared by chefs

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Parties

For Mothers and Others: Opening Night of the Berkshire Festival for Women Writers

Great mothers and great writers packed the house for the opening night of the Berkshire Festival for Women Writers.

By Rachel Louchen

Community

IS183's Annual Gala: As Out of This World as the Arts School Itself

From the dedicated yogis of Kripalu to the myriad musicians, painters, actors, writers, and other artistic types who flood the western edge of Massachusetts, the Berkshires’ ability to attract creative energy is downright otherworldly. It’s almost as if there’s a mysterious force hidden in the region’s mountains

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Jacob's Pillow Preps for Summer 2013 at Stonover Farm

Fiona Breslin reports from Lenox.The Jacob's Pillow 2013 season hasn't started quite yet, but that didn't stop fans and supporters of the historic dance festival from singing its praises on Thursday, February 28. The Pillow and Stonover Farm, inn owner Suky Werman (pictured

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Arts

Art by Serendipity: Isha Nelson Gallery Brings Light

Step one foot into the Isha Nelson Gallery on (Great Barrington's haute highway) Railroad Street and you will not want to leave — not too soon anyway. The gallery, which had a soft opening at the beginning of December, is an aesthetic amalgamation of bohemian chic meets pristine cathedral.

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Community

The Best of Media Matters 2012

Ah, 2012. We remember it....vaguely. Actually, it turned out to be another year in which not only The New York Times continued to be fascinated with what's happening in our territory. Many magazines, national radio networks, webzines, and other newspapers reported on us, too. Here are some

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Food

AgriCulture: Spring Awakening

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. Spring, as they say, "is in the air." A few days ago was March 1st, St. David’s Day, one of the oldest harbinger’s of spring for

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Arts

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fame: Mary Gauthier at Towne Crier

What do Boy George, country music superstar (and co-host of The Voice) Blake Shelton, and R & B/gospel artist Candi Staton have in common? These disparate artists have each recorded the songs of restaurateur/chef/Americana troubadour Mary Gauthier (pronounced go-SHAY — it’s Cajun). Touring behind acclaimed

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