Rural Intelligence (Page 709)

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Gallery Hopping in Lenox

Church Street in Lenox was hopping early Saturday evening, thanks to a well-attended gallery crawl that had crowds spilling out of the galleries onto porches and sidewalks. Church Street Gallery was featuring the work of outsider artist James Martin, an 81-year-old Seattle recluse who, regrettably, was not

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Twilight in the Garden

Friday Evening, July 10, friends of the Spencertown Academy gathered at the elegant Spencertown home of interior designer and Hudson antiques dealer Michael Krieger and Cris Morales for a festive twilight garden party. James Rapant, Austerlitz Town Supervisor George Jahn, Marie Cavosora, and Verena Bopp Photographer and exectuvie director of

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Arts

Still Some Tickets Left for Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" Chatham Premiere

There was a time when lots of small towns across America had an old movie palace like the Crandell, a theater in Chatham that was built in 1926 as a venue for vaudeville and the silent picture show. Since 1960, the year Psycho was the big hit, the Crandell has

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Food

The New Ice Cream Cart on the Block

The other day, Great Barrington cheesemonger Matthew Rubiner—who a has sense of irony about foodie culture (though nobody is more serious about good food than he is)—sent out the following email to his customers, and we wanted to share it with you. Until recently we were ardent devotees

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Community

If the Parade Passed You By: July 4th in Pittsfield

Our cultural correspondent Bess Hochstein was an official judge at Pittsfield's famous Independence Day Parade and filed this photo essay and report: Last year USA Today called the Pittsfield 4th of July Parade one of the Top Ten in the nation, so this year I grabbed a front-

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Opening Night: Tanglewood Puts Its Best Foot Forward

The best-dressed ladies at the Tanglewood gala on July 3 had a sense of fun, and gaily walked on the soggy lawns in their black-and-white Wellies that they bought in the Tanglewood gift shop. Diane Cataudella, Libby Roberts, and Marjory Jassy (photo left) were happy to show

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In the Swirl at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

The Williamstown Theatre Festival, which has been around for 55 summers, has managed the neat trick of upholding tradition while staying contemporary and relevant. Under the leadership of Nicholas Martin (left, onstage center), WTF opened its season on July 2 with theatrical comfort food: A.R. Gurney's Children

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Shaker Shalom at Hancock Shaker Village

Cultural correspondent Bess Hochstein reports: The Shaker City of Peace is one of the few places to actually find peace in the frenzy of the Berkshire summer. All the hustle and bustle of running to make the curtain for this or that cultural event fade away as soon as you

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Community

The Mahaiwe's Mix-Master: 20 Questions for Beryl Jolly

Beryl Jolly, the executive director of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, has been at the historic theater since its grand renovation and reopening in 2005. Before joining the Mahaiwe, Jolly was the director of individual giving and development at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and a

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Food

Farming: The Mid-Life Crisis Career Option

Roberto Flores's face is a familiar one in the Berkshires. For 15 years, he owned and operated Seven Hills Inn, a 60 room mansion hotel next door to The Mount in Lenox, which he sold last spring. But he's a fresh face at the farmers'

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Community

The Wassaic Project Brings Art to the Right Side of the Tracks

The Wassaic Project has a lofty home and ambitions. Located in a majestic, partially restored granary just a half mile south of the Wassaic Metro-North station, it is the brainchild of Eve Biddle & Bowie Zunino (who produce art together as Eve + Bowie) and Elan Bogarin, a movie producer.

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Arts

Dan's Diary: The Greatest Generation's Favorite Musical?

Though I'd argue with Time Magazine's contention that Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel is the greatest musical of the 20th century, Julianne Boyd, the artistic director of Barrington Stage Company, has given Carousel the kind of stunning production that only a great musical deserves. Boyd&

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