Rural Intelligence (Page 746)

Parties

The School of Rock: IS 183 Parties in Pittsfield

Talk about school spirit. Hundreds of people attended Saturday night's IS 183 benefit in Pittsfield, and they heeded the invitation that read: "Zealous 'Rock-n-Opera' Costumes Encouraged." The mix of guests—from Lenox High School students to Berkshire business leaders—proved that the

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Arts

Summerscape: Back in the USSR

How would you like your politics this morning, sir? "Prokofiev and his World," a seven-week festival at Bard College, kicks off on July 4th, with the sublime--a fully restored version of the composer's 1935 ballet Romeo & Juliet, as written but never before performed

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Community

The Age of Innocence is Over

"The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it."—Edith Wharton David Dashiell The Mount, novelist Edith Wharton's estate and gardens in Lenox, MA, is fighting for its survival. The not-for-profit's board must raise $3

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Arts

Hudson: A Fork and Fine Art Fete

The Columbia County Council on the Arts is at it again. Not content with long ago having won our hearts and minds, they now appear to be after our stomachs, as well. On Saturday, March 1, they will celebrate their 13th Annual Juried Art Show with a gala opening and

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Style

Hudson: Revising History on Warren Street

Hudson resident Belinda Breese relates the saga of her house, one of the town’s earliest and among its proudest. Built in the late 18th century by a whaler from Providence, R.I., it later became a brothel; still later, welfare apartments. Now it has come full circle and resumed

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Food

La Puerta Azul

If you're one of those people who disdain dining in strip malls, La Puerta Azul (less than a mile from the Taconic Parkway's Route 44/Millbrook exit) will radically change your outlook. The colorful, professionally decorated interior with its locally-wrought iron chandeliers is so exuberant

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Food

Bistro Zinc

You've gotta love a high-end Berkshires restaurant that keeps the bar open 'til 1 a.m. Not that one would ever avail herself of the privilege. But it strikes a blow for a brand of fun that's thin on the ground around here. Berkshire-

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Parties

What Do You Wear to Rock the Opera?

For its annual costume ball benefit, IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, the innovative not-for-profit center for children and adults in Stockbridge, MA, practices what it teaches. Its fundraisers are displays of exuberant creativity, and this year's Rock the Opera dance party on March 1 at

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Food

Stissing House Restaurant & Tavern

After 20 years running the pioneering SoHo bistro Provence, Michel & Patricia Jean finally moved full-time to their weekend house in Dutchess County and purchased the landmark Stissing House, a quintessential New England inn, which just so happens to be in New York State not far from the Taconic

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Arts

Red, White & Blacklisted: "Trumbo" Opens at Barrington Stage in Pittsfield

In this highly politicized season, Barrington Stage artistic director Julianne Boyd decided to open her 2008 season on February 14 with Trumbo, a play that explores how the United States government's crackdown on dissent in the McCarthy era affected the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (who, apparently, liked to

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Baba Louie's

Food

Baba Louie's

Bring along a hungry friend; portions are huge

By Lisa Green

Food

Baba Louie's

The sourdough pizzas are thin-and-crispy-crusted below, hearty on top.

By Lisa Green