Rural Intelligence (Page 677)

Parties

Holiday Cheer at Mills Mansion

By Kathryn Matthews It felt like 1910 again. On December 3rd, guests, dressed in festive attire, gathered at Mills Mansion in Staatsburgh, NY, for its annual holiday party, hosted by The Friends of Mills Mansion (FOMM). Decked out in its Edwardian holiday finest through December 31st, the mansion—the late

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Berkshire Botanical Holiday Marketplace

Early shoppers on Friday evening, December 3, at the The Berkshire Botanical Garden's Holiday Marketplace did well even as they were doing good. A wide array of tempting mostly seasonal items, including wreaths, tabletop decorations, barely-sprouted bulbs in handsome containers, alpaca coats for humans and dogs, a

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Arts

Michael Korda on His T.E. Lawrence Bio

December 3, @ 5 p.m.; December 4 @ 5 p.m. According to Michael Korda's new biography of the British soldier and adventurer T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia; 1888 – 1935), George Bernard Shaw once scolded his friend, who had just published a biography, Seven Pillars of Wisdom,

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Style

Shop Bells & Sleigh Bells Ring Out in Rhinebeck

Shopping locally is not solely about geography. It's about supporting independently-owned businesses that give our communities their unique character and patronizing the merchants who can always be relied upon to donate goods and services to fundraisers for our libraries, volunteer fire departments, historical societies, and theatre companies.

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Community

Twenty Questions for Hudson's Brightest Light: Trixie Starr

Trixie Starr is getting her act together and taking it on the road. The wonder woman who masterminded the first annual Hudson Pride Parade last June has teamed up with actor and musician Tom Judson for Christmas with Tom & Trixie: Is That All There Is?, which promises to be

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Food

AgriCulture: What's in a Gizzard? A Pretty Surprise

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: Our Thanksgiving marathon begins early—very early—on Monday of that week. We’ve found that the easiest, least traumatic time to get the birds onto the truck is while

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Community

Hudson's 14th Annual Winter Walk

Just for a moment, let's put aside all legitimate concerns and revel in some positive news. According to Hudson-watcher Ellen Thurston, thirty-four new businesses have opened on or near Warren Street since last year’s Winter Walk—six antiques stores, a couple of home furnishings emporiums,

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Arts

Molly O'Neill of "One Big Table" at Oblong

December 4 @ 4 - 6 p.m. To celebrate the spirit of the season, Oblong Books is hosting a community cookie swap with Molly O'Neill, author of the delectable new cookbook, One Big Table. Oblong has invited local home cooks and professional bakers to rustle up a batch and

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Community

The 25th Annual Pine Plains Parade of Lights

If you're going to wait out in the cold for a parade, it better be worth it and the Pine Plains Parade of Lights did not dissapoint. For the past 25 years, the beginning of the Christmas season is heralded by the parade of fire trucks, hay wagons,

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Parties

Lynn Davis and A. T. Mann Sign "Sacred Landscapes"

On Saturday, November 27, Hudson residents Lynn Davis, the renowned photographer, and A. T. (Tad) Mann, an architect, author and astrologer, signed copies of their recently published book, Sacred Landscapes: The Threshold Between Worlds, at a reception hosted by Timothy Dunleavy at his shop Rural Residence, on Warren Street in

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Arts

Mann and Davis' "Sacred Landscapes"

Saturday, November 27 @ 6 - 8 p.m. Generally, the bigger the book, the slighter its content, but this rule of thumb is turned on its head by A.T. Mann and Lynn Davis's Sacred Landscapes: The Threshold Between Worlds (Sterling Publishers, $35). Yes, it is a big, lushly

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Art for Animals Benefit Rocks Club Helsinki Hudson

Cultural Correspondent Bess J. M. Hochstein reports from Hudson: On the weekend before Thanksgiving, cats, dogs, and other animals found themselves with much to be grateful for, thanks to the efforts of Art for Animals. The NYC- and Columbia County-based organization, which draws on artists to support animal rescue

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