Rural Intelligence (Page 635)

Arts

Film Festivals: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

So you missed your chance. But why waste tears on regret? Sure, opening night at the Williamstown Film Festival and the ever-popular Saturday Night Sneak at the FilmColumbia Festival are both (predictably, at this late date) SOLD OUT. But there is still plenty of powerful hanky action to be

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Food with a View: Olanafest 2012

Rachel Louchen reports from Greenport.The only thing more beautiful than the view of the Hudson Valley and the madcap Persian-inspired house that Frederic Church built for himself, were the art-inspired hors d’oeurves served at the Olanafest Gala, October 7. Held on the east lawn of the

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Food

AgriCulture: Turkana in Turkey, The Journey Continued

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter Davies writes from a quiet cove near Ucagiz, Turkey. We have left the Black Sea hazelnut and tea regions for the beautiful, rocky, and arid Mediterranean coast (no rain at all

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Style

Joshua Howe Design: Machine Age Organic

Lighting and furniture designer Joshua Howe, covered neck to toe in a rubber welding suit (head protected simply in a dark blue oversized ski cap), greets me in the middle of a narrow, bumpy, tree-crowded Chatham off road. He motions me to follow him onto a rocky private road,

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Arts

Singing Change Along: The Old Mezzo Debuts at WAM Theatre

WAM co-founder Kristen van Ginhoven and playwright Susan Dworkin What are the politics of singing—and what are the costs? These questions are at the heart of Women’s Action Movement (WAM) Theatre’s world premiere of The Old Mezzo, which runs from October 12-28. The Old Mezzo

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Parties

Historic Hudson’s Room With A View cocktail party

Dale Stewart reports from Greenport, NY.No doubt that one of the season’s best views of near-peak foliage was at Historic Hudson’s Seventh Annual House Tour sunset cocktail reception on Saturday, October 6. This year’s theme, A Room With A View, was based upon local landscapes

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Food

A PYO Plethora of Macs and Jacks

Fall is teaming with brilliant golds, reds, and oranges this year. And I'm not just talking about the foliage. The beautiful bounty of the season is busting at the seams of the Rural Intelligence region. Apples and pumpkins, the sentinels of autumn, are ripe and ready for the

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Made in the Berkshires Opens with a Taste of Local Art & Food

Bess Hochstein reports from Pittsfield.Artists and aficionados were treated to a smorgasbord of performance and visual art during the second annual Made in the Berkshires Festival, which kicked off on Friday, October 5, at The Colonial Theatre. Opening Night festivities included an eclectic array of performances — dance, music, film,

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Washington Antiques Show Preview Party

Scott Baldinger reports from Washington. A golden hue and relaxed, congenial air pervaded the preview party for the annual Washington Antiques Show, which took place on October 5, at a local primary school due to recent damage to the Bryan Memorial Town Hall (where it usually happens). The show, one

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Wellness

Destination Detox: Hudson, NY

Hudson has gone through a number of transformations as a destination spot since being chartered as a city in 1785. In its earliest days, it was the port of call for whaling and merchant ships returning from the ends of the earth laden with exotic goods, barrels of whale oil,

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Food

Recipe: Apple Bread Brings Perfection to a Messy Kitchen

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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Style

Oliphant: In Living Color

Cara Hotchkiss, jewelry designer and owner of the Litchfield store Oliphant, has always had a relentless penchant for color. “It's like a candy store. I love color, I’m not afraid of it.” With those bold, bright, blazing hues, Hotchkiss – London-born, San Francisco bred, Litchfield-based but

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