Rural Intelligence (Page 630)

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Wassaic Project Hits the Five-Year Mark

Fiona Breslin reports from Wassaic. On most nights, all you can hear in this quiet hamlet of Wasssaic is the Metro-North train whistling by. But over the weekend of August 3 - 5, the joint was jumping with energy and music as more than 100 young artists from around the

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Food

Blueberry Hill Café: Stealth Sophistication in Humble Pie

There are loudly-ballyhooed, celebrity-chef-driven restaurant openings, and then there are restaurants that slip quietly into town, barely making a ripple until customers notice that something special is going on. “This is the best burger I ever ate.” Such was the reaction of one recent diner at Blueberry

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Katchkie Farm Benefit Dinner for the Sylvia Center

Sarah Todd reports from Kinderhook. The Sylvia Center’s annual Farm-to-Table benefit dinner was love at first bite for 235 attendees on Saturday, August 4. The fundraiser, held at Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, NY, showcased the talents of regional farmers, chefs, bakers, and brewers. Partygoers kicked off cocktail

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Arts

Jonah Bokaer: In-Between Days

Photos by Liza Voll, courtesy of Jacob's Pillow The dancer/choreographer Jonah Bokaer seems to be fascinated with the spaces and states that fall in between – the shades of gray (though not so well defined as that) between black and white. Thus one of the most compelling moments

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Food

Eat Your View: Agriturismo Dinners at Gigi Market

“I was in love with this spot for so many years,” says restaurateur and cookbook author Laura Pensiero, referring to Greig Farm in Red Hook, and its bright red 19th-century barn. Since 2006, the barn has been home to Gigi Market – a gourmet shop and casual café that feels

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Arts

Review: "Allergist's Wife" at Shakespeare & Company

The actress Annette Miller has a history of playing formidable women on the stages at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox. We've seen her as the prime minister of Israel in Golda's Balcony, the fashion legend Diana Vreeland in Full Gallop, and as the outspoken Watergate wife

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Food

Gin Yummy! Screen Door Opens New Cocktail Horizons

In June, soon after we featured locally made Ice Glen Vodka from Berkshire Mountain Distillers in Hilary Deely’s Green Greyhound cocktail recipe, the New York Times published a tasting report of gins from small, young U.S. distilleries. Greylock Gin, from Berkshire Mountain Distillers, came out on top, rated

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Recipe: Tomato and Tomatillo Panzanella

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas at the Great Barrington Farmers’ Market. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural

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Berkshire Botanical Garden's Fête des Fleurs

Skies were cloudy overheard, with intermittent rain all day, but that did nothing to dampen the spirits of nearly 200 guests at the Berkshire Botanical Garden'sFête des Fleurs on Saturday evening, July 28. We can imagine no better example of flower power than the décor inside the tent,

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Arts

Review: The Elephant Man at Williamstown

Bradley Cooper and Alessandro Nivola in"The Elephant Man." Any theatrical production of The Elephant Man, the Bernard Pomerance play about the hideously deformed neurofibromatosis-type-I-sufferer John (Joseph) Merrick, has a lot of memories to live up to, particularly the excellent 1980 film version starring John

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NADA 2012 Art Fair at Basilica Hudson and Beyond

Dale Stewart reports from Hudson.A little rain can't keep a good art show down. This was evident at New Art Dealers Alliance 2012 Art Fair at the Basilica Hudson and at pop-up galleries and exhibitions up and down Warren Street and all around town on Saturday,

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Food

AgriCulture: Creatures of Habit

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. I guess all of us are creatures of habit, some more than others. Mark is almost totally so. He would be content in the same place, doing the same exact

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