Rural Intelligence (Page 652)

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AgriCulture: Perspective Shifts from Picturesque to Practical

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: Having a farm does change the way one sees animals. I can remember in my pre-farm academic days in the early 70’s living on Phyllis Curtin’s estate

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Big-Spending Boomers Ogle Vintage Bikes

by Betsy MillerGot an extra $200 thousand? Then you might want to head to the antique and vintage motorcycle show in Rhinebeck on June 10 - 12. Once there you’ll be able to plunk down your money and ride home on a beautiful, showroom quality, 1936 Harley Davidson—commonly known

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Parties

BIFF's Sixth Wraps in Style

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports: The sixth annual Berkshire International Film Festival set Great Barrington and Pittsfield reeling with four days of nearly nonstop screenings and almost as many parties, and Festival founder Kelley Vickery (right, with BIFF board chair Al Togut) seemed to be everywhere at once.

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A Riverfront Benefit for the Empire State Pride Agenda

Our Wandering Eye blogger, Carey Maloney, and his architect husband, Hermes Mallea, have been passionate supporters of many LGBT causes over the years, but the fight for marriage equality speaks very directly to them. When they decided to finally get married two years ago, they couldn't have the

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Opening Night of the 6th Berkshire International Film Festival

For the opening of the 6th annual Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) on June 2 in Great Barrington, the red carpet outside the Mahawie Performing Arts Center was donated by Dash & Albert, the Pittsfield textiles company owned by Annie Selke, and inside some 500 people gathered to see the

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Dan's Diary: Musical Chairs in Millerton

It's a good thing that the merchants of Millerton never decided to make a Monopoly board of the village, because there have been several changes in the retail landscape. Most notably, Jane Eckert Fine Art, which features the work of Eric Forstmann and Robert Rauschenberg, has arrived from

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Pittsfield Season Opens with a Double Header at Ferrin Gallery and Berkshire Museum

Cultural correspondent Bess Hochstein reports from Pittsfield: Downtown Pittsfield was the place to be on Saturday, May 28 for lovers of wine and art, as Leslie Ferrin (in photo, on the right) reopened her North Street gallery with The Pursuit of Porcelain, a show she called one of her best

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TriArts Gala at the Salisbury School Boathouse

TriArts in Sharon, CT, is rethinking how it defines "crowd pleaser." A unique blend of professional designers, directors, musicians, Equity actors, non-Equity actors, and dedicated community performers and volunteers, TriArts built its reputation on reprising Broadway classics primarily from the Rodger & Hammerstein era. After this year&

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Food

Serge Madikians Cooks from the Soul at Serevan in Amenia

Serge Madikians treats running a restaurant as if it were a cross between a grand opera and an extreme sport. As the chef/owner of six-year-old Serevan in Amenia, NY, he does everything from taking reservations and driving to New York City to buy fresh fish to crisscrossing

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Community

A Designer Showcase at Ventfort Hall

Vivian Kimmelman of Berkshire Home & Antiques created an Italian loggia, an indoor sitting room with an outdoor feel, from a skylit space mid-way up the grand staircase, that had perhaps been a fernery in the Morgans' day. When times are good, as they were in the late

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AgriCulture: Instead of Roasting, They're Grilling

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Mark writes: I am much relieved that Saturday before last we dodged another bullet at Turkana Farms. Just after 5:59 p.m., I interrupted chores to yell into the house to

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Architecture for Art: Where Things Intersect

Architecture for Art, or A for A, a gallery that opened this past winter in Hillsdale, is, as its name implies, dedicated to exploring the nexus between two disciplines. Fittingly, for a concern that takes siting and points of convergence seriously, it is situated at an important crossroad for this

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