Rural Intelligence (Page 656)

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Alchemy Initiative's Earthy Earth Day Fundraiser

Fiona Breslin reports from Pittsfield.Perhaps it was the gypsy theme that set the wild, whirling scene for Alchemy Initiative’s third annual Earth Day fundraiser on Friday, April 20. Held in the second-floor event space above Spice Dragon, the evening kicked off with music from Hudson’s Pamelech

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Invisible Cities on View at MASS MoCA

Fiona Breslin reports from North Adams.The opening of the group show Invisible Cities at MASS MoCA on Saturday, April 14 felt a bit like Epcot in the Northeast. Named for Italo Calvino’s novel of the same title, Invisible Cities features two- and three-dimensional art and architecture by

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West Street Grill

The beloved eminence grise of the Litchfield green

By Lisa Green

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Rural Intelligence Returns! Publication Resumes on May 3

Rural Intelligence, the four-year-old online culture-and-lifestyle magazine for Berkshire, Columbia, Dutchess and Litchfield counties that has been on hiatus for the past six months, will resume publication at the beginning of May. Mark Williams, who lives in the Tyringham Valley of Massachusetts, has purchased Rural Intelligence

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Food

AgriCulture: The Off-Label Uses of Basil

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: One of the minor mysteries that nagged at me while living in Turkey years ago was the pots of dwarf bush basil I saw on the sills of the village

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Ferrin Gallery Dish+Dine: An Arts Salon on Decadence & Decay

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield.The genteel tradition of the art salon finds new vitality at the Ferrin Gallery’s periodic Dish+Dine soirees, which bring together local artists, food, academics, and chefs, plus guests interested in any or all of those topics, to share a

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Passages: A Farewell from Marilyn & Dan

From the start, Rural Intelligence was an experiment. Our goal to create an online culture-and-lifestyle magazine that would unite four counties in three states was and remains, as far as we know, unique. We are proud of the work we've done and that we've

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Arts

David Dorfman: Dance to the Music

Dance review by Bess J.M. Hochstein Photos: above, Kate Enman; below, Cherylynn TsushimaProphets of Funk, an evening-length work performed by David Dorfman Dance this week at Jacob’s Pillow, begins with the choreographer strutting his stuff diagonally across the stage on a path of light. He’s no

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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet: Articulate Company

Dance review by Bess J.M. Hochstein Photos: Rosalie O'Connor A well-composed program of work by three European choreographers, in performance by Aspen Santa Fe Ballet this week at Jacob’s Pillow, shows off the many skills of this company’s ten talented dancers: speed, strength, grace,

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The Wharton Salon: Bringing Edith Wharton's Works to Life at The Mount

Preview by Bess J.M. Hochstein Longtime Berkshire theater goers fondly reminisce about the days in the late 1970s when Tina Packer and her merry band of thespians took up residence at The Mount, where, in addition to Shakespeare, they performed theatrical adaptations of the work of the estate’s

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Community

The Hyde Park Trail: History in Motion

by Kathryn Matthews “If beauty is good for the soul, then I wish I could have taken the whole world to walk with me early Saturday morning in the woods at Hyde Park,” Eleanor Roosevelt once wrote of her restorative walks at Val-Kill, her Dutchess County retreat. Dogwood trees

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From Mountaintop to Rooftop: Celebrants Scale the Heights

Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Monterey and Pittsfield.Parties reached a peak this Saturday, August 13 – at least two of them did in the Berkshires, where celebrants could scale a rural mountainside to sip pina coladas and daiquiris, or climb a steep set of stairs for an urban party

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