Rural Intelligence (Page 701)

Food

Last Chance Sandwich: Eggplant and Arugula

To be a locavore is to live on the cutting edge. The end of the season for harvesting any given vegetable differs depending on where you live, and Amy Cotler, author of the forthcoming The Locavore Way: Discover and Enjoy the Pleasures of Locally Grown Food, has come up with

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Community

Holy Smoke! The Berkshire Hosemen's Calendar

Photographer Sarah Edwards has an eye for hunky guys. Last year, she photographed the Treemen Calendar (which included a picture of her boyfriend, Cord Kenyon, aka Mr. January), which raised $25,000 for the daughter of an arborist named Rafe Kozaka who died in a logging accident in 2008. This

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Style

Historic Hudson's Hidden Gems of Greenport Tour

That's right, Greenport. It's easy to dismiss this sprawling town, which embraces the city of Hudson on all borders except riverfront. The part north of the city, anchored by Fairview Avenue, is notable mostly for its strip malls. But even within this region, a textbook example

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Parties

NAMI's Fundraiser at Stonover Farm

Looking more like movie stars than a political power couple, Diane and Deval Patrick stopped by the first dinner dance that the National Alliance of Mental Illness of Berkshire County (NAMIBC) has had since it was founded 25 years ago. The governor spoke eloquently about de-stigmatizing mental illness. "

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Parties

BIFF Brings Together Cineastes and Environmentalists

Cultural correspondent Bess Hochstein reports from Great Barrington:How is it that The Triplex cinema managed to fill one of its screening rooms to capacity on Monday, October 5, with an episode of the PBS series NOW that had already aired back in April? Perhaps it’s due to the

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Parties

A Happening in Hillsdale: Goliath Gallery Debuts

On Saturday, October 3, in Hillsdale, the Goliath Institute inaugurated its new gallery located behind Herrington's in a 19th century grain mill and depot, which was once the Hillsdale Mercantile Association. Goliath, which also has outposts in Nice and Jerusalem, is dedicated to the "blending of cultural

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Parties

Food Writers and Their Fans Mingle at The Mount

Eminent food writers, editors and about a hundred of their ardent readers gathered in the Stable at The Mount in Lenox on Saturday, October 3rd, for a panel discussion on food writing in the digital age. Everyone agreed that food is part of the national conversation as never before, as

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Arts

Williamstown Film Festival Tickets on Sale

Suitably enough, the highlight of the first weekend of the 11th Annual Williamstown Film Festival (October 23 - 25; second weekend, October 29 - November 1), will be dinner and a movie on Saturday night. The annual benefit dinner is being held this year at Mezze's new catering facility in

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Style

The Wandering Eye: The Hunt Slonem Sale at Stair

In 2001, Hunt Slonem, a New York-based painter with a passion for collecting and preserving historic houses, purchased Edgewood Terrace, an imposing Second Empire-style brick mansion that stands at the top of a hill overlooking the city of Kingston across the Hudson. After restoring his country retreat to

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Food

Tomatillo Salsa: Sunshine In Your Freezer

Amy Cotler, the author of The Locavore Way: Discover and Enjoy the Pleasures of Locally Grown Food, which will be published next month, shares another one of her of-the-moment recipes: Now that the edges of the trees are tinged with color, I feel the push to put things

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Community

Columbus Weekend Harvest Festival Hopping

Crisp apples, bright orange pumpkins, pressed cider, home baked pies, sugary cider donuts, and live bluegrass: if you can't find a harvest festival near you this weekend, you must be hiding under your bed. Throughout the region cities, villages, and historic sites are sponsoring all manner of festivities,

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Arts

FilmColumbia Celebrates its 10th Year

The four-day movie marathon known as FilmColumbia, which was founded in 1999, comes to the village of Chatham from October 22 - 25. A star-studded lineup of more than 30 international screenings, plus panel discussions, script readings, parties, and more, the festival “has something for everyone,” according to Peter

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