Rural Intelligence (Page 664)

Food

Alternative to Shopping: The 21st Century Root Cellar

by Betsy Miller Before there were refrigerators, even before there were ice boxes, there were root cellars. Homemakers knew how to preserve their summer harvests for safe consumption in the dark of winter. And they didn’t pay a cent for energy. Root cellars were a common part of every

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Community

The Second Annual Hudson Pride Festival June 17 - 19

One year ago, Hudson became the undisputed LGBT capital of the Rural Intelligence region with the inaugural Hudson Pride Parade and Festival. Galvanized by the surprising and groundbreaking election of Hudson High School seniors Charlie Ferrusi and Timmy Howard as prom queen and king (who were recruited at the last

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Community

Step into the Gilded Age at the Orleton Pleasure Driving Show

In the center of Stockbridge, at the intersection of Main and Elm, there is a modest fountain, erected, according to engraving on its back, in 1881. In front, water spits from the merry mouth of a verdigris Pan into what appears to be a watering trough for horses. Apart from

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Community

Lift Ev'ry Voice Arts and Heritage Festival

by Tresca Weinstein Berkshire County’s Lift Ev’ry Voice arts and heritage festival doesn’t officially begin until Sunday, but it’s already bringing the community together. “This has been one of those projects that is very unifying—there’s a place that has been made for everyone,” says

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Parties

Party for Pissaro's People Illuminates the Clark

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Williamstown: Camille Pissarro may have used his canvas to express his anarchist leanings— eschewing society portraiture to paint humble household staff at work, peasants laboring in the fields, and bustling marketplace scenes, in addition to his luminous landscapes— but the crowd that

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Food

The Wine Tasting Train, Drinking in the Scenery

by Betsy Miller The clicking of the wheels on the rails. The breeze rushing through windows that actually open. The comfort of knowing this is one train ride with no office waiting at the end. It is a train ride to nowhere; better yet, a train ride through glorious Berkshires

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Food

Food News: Le Pain Not So Quotidien

by Scott Baldinger Warren Street in Hudson is an uphill climb from its start at Front Street to its commercial finale a couple of blocks past Park Place. Luckily there’s a quality pit stop every half a block or so for pedestrians in need of lattes, iced coffees and

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Parties

Norman Rockwell Celebrates Opening of Ice Age to Digital Age

Now through October 31, the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, has put nostalgia on ice and is reaching back to prehistory for it's summer exhibition, “Ice Age” To The Digital Age: The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios. Chris Wedge (far left) and Peter de Sève, who

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Food

AgriCulture: Pretty Weeds, Friend or Foe?

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Mark writes: It is still late Spring, though the recent stretches of extreme heat and the explosion of vegetation read more like mid summer. In the late afternoon sunlight, the pasture is

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Arts

Tony Margherita: The Massachusetts Man Behind the Band Wilco

Tony Margherita has managed Wilco since the band first formed in 1994. The band arrives in North Adams for its second Solid Sound Festival, June 24 - 26, taking over the MASS MoCA campus with a stellar line-up of musical acts, including The Levon Helm Band and Thurston Moore in

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Parties

Chris Lehrecke Opens New Design Hub in Hudson

Furniture and lighting designer Chris Lehrecke christened his new store location at 415 Warren Street in Hudson with an elegant opening on Saturday, June 4. Lehrecke's curated collection of design objects also includes jewelry by Gabriella Kiss, jewelry and objects by Ted Muehling, gilded objects by Maureen Fullam

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Food

Culinary Insitute of America's Grilling and BBQ Boot Camp

by Betsy Miller Ladies and gentlemen, start your charcoal. Or propane. Or gas. The grilling season has arrived. Across the country, summer hails the beginning of the outdoor cooking season. Legend has it that food cooked al fresco tastes better. At the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, they are doing

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