Rural Intelligence (Page 711)

Community

Kripalu Weathers Change by Being Flexible and Disciplined

Change is never easy but when change comes to a beloved institution, one that has been a source of succor for tens of thousands, it can be downright dangerous. This is why cathedrals are built to last. The brains behind Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, a "

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Food

Think Pink: Now Is The Time To Drink Rosé

Whether he is selling a $10 bottle of wine or a $1 million house, Andrew Gates wants to see people fall in love. As both a real-estate broker at Sotheby's in Lakeville, CT, and a shopkeeper in Millerton, NY, he cultivates clients by paying attention to their

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Community

Summer Solstice: Fairies in the Garden, Solar Panels on the Roof

It is the day the sun is said to stand still, the wedding of earth and sky, the first day of summer, and the longest of the year. The pagans celebrated by staying up all night. In the Rural Intelligence region, there are a range of ways to express joy

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Food

The Guru of Indian Cooking Comes to Cornwall

In a world where the term "celebrity chef" is used to describe anyone who has ever cooked in front of a TV camera, Madhur Jaffrey is the real deal. Since publishing her first book, An Invitation to Indian Cooking (Knopf) in 1973, she has earned her celebrity by

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Parties

Marge Champion's Birthday Party at Jacob's Pillow

Cultural correspondent Bess Hochstein reports from Becket: Membership does have its privileges, at least at Jacob’s Pillow, where members were invited on June 14 to celebrate the 90th birthday of legendary Marge Champion, the part-time Berkshires resident and star, with her late husband, Gower, of classic films such

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Arts

Dan's Diary: A Youthquake at Music Mountain

On Sunday afternoon, two teenage girls with apples-and-cream complexions who looked like they were dressed for their high school prom, opened the 80th season at the Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Falls Village. Madalyn Parnas, an 18-year-old violinist, and her sister Cicely, a 16-year-

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Food

Farming: The 60% Solution

Here Mark Scherzer of Turkana Farms laments never being able to get more than 60% of the farm chores done. Yet the photographs he and Peter Davies sent of Turkana as it appears right now belies his claim that a high degree of chaos (40% to be precise) prevails. Makes

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Community

Jacob's Pillow Dances To Its Own Drummer

Jacob's Pillow celebrates every imaginable form of dance in every conceivable way. The Pillow, as it's called by insiders, is more than an historic performing arts venue in a bucolic setting. It's a multidisciplinary cultural center that during the season pulses with activity from

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Style

The Secret Side of Hunter Bee

Hunter Bee, the antiques store that opened last fall in Millerton selling furniture and folk-art objects that give a country house wit and soul, has a funky and fashionable alter ego. Co-owner Jonathan Bee, who was a club kid in 1980s New York City, has opened a shop-

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Style

The Other Hyde Park: The Vanderbilt Mansion

Among the great Hudson River country houses, McKim, Mead & White’s Vanderbilt Mansion at Hyde Park is a standout—though not in an entirely amiable way. True, it is a pure expression of the Beaux Arts style, but it looks uncomfortable here, as if it might feel more at

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Style

Getting It Right the First Time: A House Tour in Canaan, NY

Ever wonder why our Yankee forebears seem to have been incapable of designing a bad house, whereas, nearly everything we build requires remodeling every 20 years? On Sunday, June 14th, the Canaan (NY) 250 Committee launches its Bisesquicentennial Celebrations with an historic house tour, the town's first in

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Parties

A Tea Dance at Wilderstein

By the time Margaret "Daisy" Suckley died in her 100th year in 1991 at Wilderstein, her family's Hudson River home, the place was derelict. Today it is well on its way to becoming what it had been in its (and Daisy's) prime. So it

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