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Parties

Toasting "Woodland Style" at Berkshire Museum

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield: Artists, home décor devotees, and other friends and fans of Marlene Marshall converged on Berkshire Museum on Saturday, September 25, for her book signing. An artist, art teacher, and author, Marshall’s latest book, Woodland Style, was released recently by Storey

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Parties

Cider Mash Bash at Chesterwood

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Stockbridge: Lenox has its Apple Squeeze, and now Stockbridge has its Cider Mash Bash — at least that’s plan of the stewards of Daniel Chester French’s historic home, studio and gardens, who introduced Chesterwood’s First Annual Cider Mash Bash on

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Food

Surprise Red Pepper Soup

This intense soup combines the local harvest and eastern seasonings with a touch of butter to round them them all out. It’s terrific eaten immediately with crusty bread—I couldn’t help myself—but radically better the next day. Serve for lunch or as a first course, rather than

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Parties

Hetrick-Martin Institute Celebrates Fall at Horizon Hill

By Kathryn Matthews Beneath a vibrant canopy of crimson, orange and gold, 130 guests gathered on September 25th for the 5th annual Hetrick-Martin Institute Fall Fest Cocktail at Horizon Hill, the 35-acre Dutchess County property of A/X Armani Exchange CEO Harlan Bratcher and his partner, Toby Usnik,

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Style

Home Improvement: A Day of High-End Show and Tell

No question, the internet simplifies shopping. You hear about a product, and within a click or two, you know exactly where you can get it, how much it costs, and what it looks like...on a computer screen. But for certain kinds of purchases—custom work, expensive things, technically complicated

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Parties

Berkshire Grown Throws The Ultimate Nosh-a-Thon

By 6:30 p.m., the ostensible starting time, the stable-turned-party-space at the Eastover Hotel & Resort in Lenox, was hopping. "They start lining up at 6," explains Barbara Zheutlin, Executive Director of Berkshire Grown, of the hundreds of ticket buyers at this year'

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Parties

The Berkshire Forum Bows at The Colonial Theatre

Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield: The usually casual Berkshires saw a preponderance of jackets and business wear swarm its central city as the first Berkshire Forum convened at The Colonial Theatre on September 14.The three-day forum¹s theme, "Cultivating Commerce, Culture and Creative Entrepreneurship,"

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Community

Cycling Season: Three Unique Bike Rides for Good Causes

Is there any better way to take in the glories of fall than on a bicycle? The hills and roadways of the Rural Intelligence region provide cycling challenges and quintessential country vistas, and for the next three Sundays—September 19 in Lime Rock, September 26 in the southern Berkshires, and

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Community

20 Questions for Millerton Sportswriter Peter Richmond

Peter Richmond's love for professional football the-way-it-used-to-be is clear from the books he writes. Last year, he co-wrote with Frank Gifford The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever, which made The New York Times best-seller list. Now,

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Arts

Lane Smith Defends Print

Saturday, September 18 @ noon Best-selling children's book author Lane Smith (Madam President and John, Paul, George & Ben) will read from and sign his latest, It's a Book, a defense of print in the digital age targeted at little ones. Smith, who lives in Litchfield

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Food

AgriCulture: The Urbanity of Farm Life

Rural Intelligence bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: Last year at this time I wrote of what seemed to be the “ho hum” nature of the 8th anniversary of an event that deeply affected our lives and,

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Foodies & Farmers Come Together in Connecticut

Connecticut has been ahead of the curve when it comes to locavorism. Ten years ago, the Connecticut Farmland Trust held its first annual Celebration of Connecticut Farms fundraiser where chefs and food-and-beverage producers serve up food and drink from across the Nutmeg State. This year's massive

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