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Arts

The Litchfield Hills Film Festival Finds a New Home, and a New Name

When Frank and Patrice Galterio launched the Kent Film Festival in 2006, they didn’t even know how to run a projector. The couple was more than a little surprised, and relieved, when upwards of 400 people showed up for the Festival’s maiden run of 45 films over two

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Parties

Tradition Remains Alive at Barrington Stage Company Gala

Fiona Breslin reports from Pittsfield.It's a longstanding tradition for Barrington Stage Company to open its main stage for the summer with a classic musical, and this year's opener is Fiddler on the Roof. Despite the heavy subject matter, there was a celebratory air on the

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Community

Artist Tom Patti's Berkshire Museum Commission Is a Glass Act

Portrait by Paul Rocheleau; photos of the installation courtesy of Tom Patti Design At age eight, Tom Patti lost the sight in his right eye when a spinning contraption he was building came apart and a sharp piece flew into his face. Perhaps because of that accident and how it

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Parties

Keeping Time by Sunlight at Berkshire Botanical Garden

Samara DiMouro reports from Stockbridge.The sun exhibited perfect timing on Saturday evening, June 23, shining brilliantly as the Berkshire Botanical Garden held its opening reception for Garden Time: Objects Employing  the Sun. Artist/curators Greg and Natalie Randall, owners of R.T. Facts in Kent, had strategically and artfully

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Food

Recipes: Two Simple Summer Beet Salads

Cookbook author and local politician Alana Chernila has holed herself up lately, unplugged from the Internet, but when met up with her at her usual post behind the Indian Line Farm table at the Great Barrington Farmers' Market she invited us to delve into the archives of her blog.

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Parties

Aglet Theatre Gala Ties It All Together

Scott Baldinger reports from Salisbury. A demigod of the theater world appeared as a special guest on Saturday, June 23, at a garden party benefit for Sharon’s cozily literate Aglet Theatre (the name of which means the tags at each end of shoelaces) at Ragamont House. It turns out

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Arts

Kidd Pivot Founder Crystal Pite, 2011 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award Recipient, Turns Heads

Note: A version of this interview was posted on July 5, 2011. It has been slightly updated to run in advance of Kidd Pivot's 2012 engagement at Jacob's Pillow. The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award is no mere honor. In addition to the prestige of being

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Food

AgriCulture: Some Like It Hot

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: It is Wednesday, an indoor day. The heat is pushing at the window panes. The pigs are hardly interested in eating. And the geese are busier at their waterer than

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Parties

Litchfield County Antiques & Mid-Century Show Preview Party

Dale Stewart reports from Kent, CT.Those who braved the fearsome thunderstorms in northwest Connecticut on Friday evening, June 22, to reach the 15th annual Litchfield County Antiques & Mid-Century Show Preview Party were rewarded with the first look, and chance to buy, American, British, French, and Asian antiques

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Arts

Mimulus and Circa Open Jacob's Pillow: Give 'em Enough Rope

The Jacob’s Pillow 80th anniversary dance festival opened with two spectacular performances by Mimulus Dance Company, from Brazil in the Ted Shawn Theatre, and Circa, from Australia, in the Doris Duke Theatre. The two troupes share more than just their home in earth’s southern hemisphere. Both companies also

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Arts

Who's on Second? Berkshire Actors Theater, with a Shanley Double-Header

There seems to be a pattern afoot in the nascent Pittsfield-based Berkshire Actors Theater. The company made its debut last summer with John Patrick Shanley’sFour Dogs and A Bone, and BAT’s sophomore season, which begins June 21, features a remount of that production, along with another Shanley

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Jacob's Pillow Joyfully Dances into its 80th Season

Fiona Breslin reports from Becket. The excitement was palpable as guests dressed in the first of summer's cuts and colors (including Carol Zimmerman, Joan Hunter, chair of Jacob's Pillow board of directors, and director emerita Ann Herbst, at left) arrived at Jacob's Pillow for

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