Food A Locavore Indulgence: Oysters on the Half Shell It's best to plan ahead with oysters. Although you can always find them in the fish department at Guido's, I like to order them through {encode="cheesemonger@verizon.net" title="Rubiner's"}. If you sign up for the Great Barrington grocer& By Editor
Community A 'Step-Down' House in Salisbury That's A Cut Above The journey from alcoholism to altruism has brought Pete Hathaway back to the scene of the crime. In 2004, when he moved from New York City to a 19th century Greek Revival mansion that he renovated on Main Street in Salisbury, CT, he had a grand, perhaps grandiose, vision. He By Editor
Community A Step-Down Facility That's a Cut Above The journey from alcoholism to altruism has brought Pete Hathaway back to the scene of the crime. In 2004, when he moved from New York City to a 19th century Greek Revival mansion that he renovated on Main Street in Salisbury, CT, he had a grand, perhaps grandiose, vision. He By Editor
Parties A Picture Perfect Opening for Boldini at The Clark Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Williamstown: To open its winter exhibition, Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris, on February 13, The Clark threw a somewhat French-accented party -- largely by dint of the food: fondue (both cheese and chocolate) served in the café; classic Gallic dishes, such as By Editor
Food AgriCulture: The Inside Story on "Animal Welfare Approved" A friend recently asked that we write something about “Animal Welfare Approved” (I’ll call it AWA), a certification that has begun to appear around the region. I had seen their certificate at Hilltown Pork, the Canaan facility where most of our cattle, lambs and pigs are slaughtered. Although I By Editor
Parties Art! Beer! Wings! The Radioactive Bodega Preview Party It was, appropriately, an evening of cultural dissonance. Supporters of IS 183 Art School of the Berkshires (including Karen Lee and Jeremy Goodwin, left) gathered at the boozy Brick House Pub in Housatonic, MA, to preview some of the fine art that will be part of the silent auction at By Editor
Parties Welcoming A Royal Gardener to the Berkshires You rarely see men wearing ties in the Berkshires, but then you rarely see a royal gardener in our neck of the woods. The trustees of the Berkshire Botanical Garden had a cocktail party on February 12 to welcome Debs Goodenough, Head Gardener to HRH Prince Charles, who would be By Editor
Style Interiors: A Hands-On Couple's Graphic Redesign "The day I met him," says Raina Kattelson of her husband, Robert Butscher, an architect with Wadia Associates in New Canaan, CT, "he was trying to shore up the porch." For some women, that might have been an uh-oh, see-you-around-pal moment of By Editor
Arts RI Selects: Beautiful Film, Ugly Predicament Friday, February 26 @ 7 p.m “We have a 10-15 year window to make some noise,” says Columbia County resident Sven Huseby. “I would love to see the term ‘ocean acidification’ become part of the political discourse.” According to the documentary Huseby appears in and co-produced and that By Editor
Style Everybody's All American: Paul Rich & Sons Tom Rich has been betting on North Street's renaissance for 27 years. When he and his parents, Paul and Betty Rich, opened their furniture store, Paul Rich & Sons, in 1983, "Pittsfield was still a GE town," recalls Rich. "The England Brothers department store was By Editor
Parties Barrington Stage Company's Carnivale at Jae's Spice Nicole Garzino reports from Pittsfield: Why fly south when you can enjoy a red-hot, rock-n-roll salsain Pittsfield? More than 100 masked revelers did just that on Saturday, February 6, dancing the night away to the Latin groove of Los Sugar Kings at last weekend’s benefit Carnivale By Editor
Parties Williamstown Theatre Festival Brings 'ART' to The Clark The venerable Wililiamstown Theatre Festival is making an effort to have more of a year-round presence in the Berkshires. Now that it has a Williamstown-based general manager, Joe Finnegan (left with Kristen Johanson), it's reaching out to full-time residents and a staged reading of Yasmina By Editor
