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Passages: Horse Heaven, Escaping the Plate

Elizabeth Hess, the author of "Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human" lives in Spencertown, NY. She writes here about Equine Advocates, an animal rescue facility in Chatham, NY that is welcoming visitors this Sunday, July 11, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Last week, the staff

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Arts

Will "Pool Boy" Be the Summer's Splash Hit for Barrington Stage Company?

Poolside in Pittsfield: Reba Evenchik and Nikos Tsakalakos. There are two swimming pools that played a crucial role in the genesis of Pool Boy, Nikos Tsakalakos's musical that is having its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company's Stage 2 (July 13 - August 8). One is the

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The Wandering Eye: Portraits, a Point of View

Our blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his partner Hermes Mallea, an architect, are principals in the M (Group). Portraits are a tricky thing. They should be ‘art’—the first thing you should think is, “What a great painting / photograph / statue.” Not "what a great (or terrible) ‘portrait’…"

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The 63rd Annual Litchfield Open House Day

The collection of antique houses that line Litchfield's North and South Streets are so impressively well-kept that you cannot help but wonder whether they're historic homes or merely facades constructed for a movie set. They are very real indeed, and this weekend you have an

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Lenox Garden Club's 20th Annual House & Garden Tour

The Lenox Garden Club, which has been been around for 99 years, is more than a group of ladies who like to grow flowers and wear big straw hats as they troop around one another's backyards. It's a philanthropic organization that supports all sorts of local

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Food

Stockbridge Sangria from the Red Lion Inn

You don't have to be staying at the historic Red Lion Inn to have cocktails beneath an umbrella table in its tranquil pebbled courtyard. The house drink of the summer is "Stockbridge Sangria," which is the creation of The Red Lion Inn’s Sommelier, Dan Thomas,

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Duane Hampton, author of 'Mark Hampton: An American Decorator' at Rural Residence

July 10 @ 6 - 8 p.m. The interior designer Mark Hampton (1940 - 1998) was almost as highly regarded for his writing (a column in House & Garden) and painting (watercolors, one of which is in the collection of London's V & A) as he was for his chosen

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Food

Our Incredible Shrinking Pond and Other Alarming Signs

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: It's Too Damned Hot! Cole Porter got that part right. It's also too damned dry. I feel like a contrarian, but looking at the weather forecast and seeing

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Parties

Monica Miller Opens at Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chatham

The Albany art world turned out in force at the Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chatham on Saturday, July 3, for the opening of one they think of as their own, Malden Bridge painter Monica Miller. On a surprise visit from Seattle for her sister's opening Melanie Miller, the

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Review: Camille A. Brown and Dancers at Jacob's Pillow

Camille A. Brown and Juel D. Lane in Been There, Done That; Christopher Duggan photoCamille Brown is a young dancer/choreographer taking the dance world by storm. As a sophomore at the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (New York City’s “Fame” school) she earned

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Review: A Fab "Forum" at Williamstown

Now through July 11 "Something familiar, something peculiar" are the opening lyrics of Stephen Sondheim's 1962 musical comedy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but there's probably never been a production this unexpectedly and delightfully peculiar. I was clueless about

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Parties

Williamstown Theatre Festival's Opening Night 2010

The stunning '62 Center for Theatre & Dance not only looks but also feels like the Lincoln Center of the Berkshires when the Williamstown Theatre Festival is in residence. WTF kicked off its 56th season with a dinner catered by Mezze in an airy dance studio, which was followed

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