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Arts

"Local" Self Portraits at the Opera House

Now - August 14 Lynn Davis, "Meroë, Sudan, 1998" toned silver gelatin print The words "local artist" can cast a pall over an exhibition, implying, as they usually do, artists whose reach does not exceed their own neighborhood.  But the current show at the Hudson Opera House
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Style

The Berkshires' First Lady of Fashion: Mikki Brown

If you see a woman wearing a dress this summer that is so exceptionally pretty, quirky or arresting that you have to stop and ask her, "Where'd you get that?" the answer will more than likely be "The Browns."  Located on Water Street in
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Food

AgriCulture: No, We Are Not The Fabulous Beekman Boys

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: ...but our chickens are very tasty. It started around three weeks ago, when Ronda Goldfein, a lawyer friend in Philadelphia, hearing from me on a decidedly non-agricultural matter, responded by telling
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Style

The Wandering Eye: Tivoli, (Mostly) The Madalin

Our blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his partner Hermes Mallea, an architect, are principals in the M (Group). OK, we are suckers for proximity when it comes to our restaurants and bars.  If it is close, it doesn’t need to be that good. We’ll be loyal supporters
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Community

The Long Road Home: Septuagenarians Celebrate their Union

A few people wore buttons that read, "I Do Support Marriage Equality."  But even for them, this wedding celebration (the legal proceedings took place some months ago in the enlightened state of Iowa) was a purely sentimental occasion.  An old friend, Dr. Norman Posner (wearing a green shirt
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Community

The First Annual Hudson Gay Pride Parade

There were rainbow flags flying in front of many shops and restaurants along Warren Street in Hudson on Sunday, June 20, as the raffish, stylish Columbia County city officially laid claim to being the gay capital of the Rural Intelligence region with the 1st Annual Hudson Gay Pride Parade. It
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Parties

Sally Helgesen Reads at Chatham Books

Chatham resident Sally Helgesen, whose latest book, The Female Vision: Women's Real Power in the Workplace, published just last week and already #2 on Amazon's Business and Leadership list, had a reading and signing at the Chatham Bookstore on Saturday, June 19.  Helgesen's selection
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Parties

Good Dog Foundation Square Dance at Carolyne Roehm's Barn

Once upon a time, in the 1980s, fashion designer-turned-lifestyle guru Carolyne Roehm presided over gala fundraisers at places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Lincoln Center. Now, she spends much of her time at Weatherstone, her estate in Sharon, CT, which has a equestrian complex that would
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Parties

A Night on the Nile at the Berkshire Museum

To celebrate the opening of Wrapped! Search for the Essential Mummy, the Berkshire Museum had a "Night on the Nile" gala on June 18. Several guests wore Egyptian-style jewelry but nobody took the theme more seriously than Vicki Bonnington (left, with musuem executive director Stuart Chase) who
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Parties

Steig Show Gala Opening at Norman Rockwell Museum

Over 200 guests and admirers visited Norman Rockwell Museum on Saturday, June 12, to attend the opening of the exhibition "William Steig: Love & Laughter." Also in attendance at the opening/dance party were the artist's wife Jeanne Steig, his daughter Maggie, granddaughters Melinda and Lucy,
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Arts

The Art Soldier Takes on BP at Ferrin Gallery

Now - July 8 Michael Boroniec, the sculptor we reported about in April  ("Portrait of the Pittsfield Artist As A Young Man"), wasn't scheduled to have another show at the Ferrin Gallery so soon.  But Boroniec's visceral response to the massive oil spill in the
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Style

A Tour of Private Gardens Benefits Cornwall Library

Having one's garden chosen for a charity tour must be, for the gardener, what a ticker tape parade is for a triumphant general.  Glory reigns, all bloodshed—and with gardens as with war, there is always bloodshed; failsafe strategies that nonetheless go awry—momentarily forgotten.  This Saturday, June
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