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Pie Contest in A Box: Competitive Baking with a Soul

Two years ago, Gina Hyams was helping organize the pie contest for Hancock Shaker Village's annual Country Fair, and she was knocked out by the passion of the participants. "People were so excited to be judges," she recalls, noting that the panel included The New Yorker&

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Style

Style Shopping: Carolyne Roehm's Big DeClutter

We don't normally alert readers to tag sales, as, without actually vetting the merch in advance (impractical), it's impossible to tell which ones are worthwhile. But earlier this week, when style guru Carolyne Roehm, author of countless books, including At Home with Carolyne Roehm, sent us

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Arts

Review: "Moonchildren" Shines at BTF

Comedy is so much harder to get right than tragedy: making an audience laugh is more difficult than making them cry. The veteran actress Karen Allen, in her directorial debut at Berkshire Theatre Festival, gave herself a formidable challenge: to resurrect Moonchildren, a 40-year-old comedy about Vietnam era

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Food

Celebrity Chef Lydia Shire Debuts at Tanglewood

by Sally Helgesen Lydia Shire has been to the Boston restaurant scene what Alice Waters was to Northern California: a creative force, influencer-in-chief, modernizer, experimentalist, provocateur and muse. Now Shire brings her outrageously delicious cuisine to the Berkshires as guest chef at Tanglewood’s opening night Gala at

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Community

To the Lighthouse: An Interview with Emily Brunner

by Betsy MillerOn Saturday, July 9th, a Hudson Cruise Boat departs from the Henry Hudson Riverfront Park in Hudson on the hour every hour between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for the season's first regularly scheduled tours of the Hudson Athens Lighthouse. The tour takes about

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Arts

Mark Morris Directs Milhaud's Operas-Minutes at Tanglewood

Berkshire audiences are long-accustomed to seeing Mark Morris Dance Group at both Jacob’s Pillow (since 1982) and at Tanglewood (since 2003). This year—MMDG’s 30th anniversary—the company bookends the season, with its pre-BSO-arrival Tanglewood performances last week and its season-closing appearance at Jacob’

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Parties

Celebrating "Three Hotels" at Williamstown Theatre Festival

The spirit of the Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) is best expressed on its opening night: The entire audience is always invited to the post-performance party along with the scores of young apprentices who are spending their summer honing their theatre skills under the tutelage of Broadway veterans. On Thursday,

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Food

In Rhinebeck, A Pop-Up Market That’s Here (Please) to Stay

by Kathryn Matthews Aha moments often occur under duress. Last December Elizabeth Ryan was desperately trying to figure out how to keep her staff from Breezy Hill Orchard intact through the winter. It had been a challenging year. In fact, for several years all Hudson Valley growers had been having

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Food

AgriCulture: The Farm and I

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: Ah being a “farmer!” But, what’s in a name, as they say? My first memory of the term is from baby nursery rhymes: “The farmer in the dell The

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Arts

U.S. Debut of Carte Blanche at Jacob’s Pillow: Frosty Moves from Norway

Dance review by Bess J.M. Hochstein Ella Baff is a dance-world star-maker. Each year she travels the globe, reaching out to artists unknown in the United States, extending invitations for them to perform at Jacob’s Pillow. Each spring, in the Festival calendar, she presents the results

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Arts

Crandell Celebrates Anniversary with Special Screenings

This weekend, the Chatham Film Club, which bought Chatham's historic Crandell Theatre last year, is celebrating its one-year anniversary as owners with a weekend of special movie events, including two rarely seen Buster Keaton silent films, with live musical accompaniment, and the local premiere of Project Nim,

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Arts

This Week at Jacob’s Pillow: Jane Comfort and Company

Dance preview by Bess J.M. Hochstein “Dance theater,” like its cousin “performance art,” can be a weighted term. Purists of either discipline – dance or theater – tend to view it as a bastardization of both. In the hands of a smart, engaged choreographer/director such as Jane Comfort, who has

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