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In Local Living Color: Vince Pomilio’s Thornbush Grid

By Dave King Vincent Pomilio no doubt cleans up nicely, but in his New York City studio he’s the archetype of the painter at ease, answering the door in splattered painter’s pants and a white t-shirt that clearly doubles as a paint rag. On the day I visited,

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Season of the Son: Teddy Thompson Closes Out 2013 at Helsinki Hudson

By Robert Burke Warren In a career spanning almost a decade-and-a-half, Teddy Thompson, the only son of folk icons Richard and Linda Thompson (pictured below in earlier days), has worn several hats; he’s been a sideman for Rosanne Cash and Rufus Wainwright, an acclaimed recording artist in his own

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In Their Own Image: Inuit Art at Vassar Focuses on the Indigenous Experience

By Robert Burke Warren In recent years, the “official" history of indigenous North Americans – as told from European perspectives – has fallen under increased scrutiny. Potent critiques of the “textbook take" are increasingly common, and slowly but surely, the narrative is changing; the term “Native American" has displaced

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The Queen of Arts: Kim Taylor Joins the President's Committee

By Nichole Dupont When President Obama calls, Kim Taylor answers. The Lenox resident and longtime trustee and employee (some 30 years) of the Boston Symphony has just been appointed to the president’s committee on the Arts and Humanities. Taylor joins a powerhouse gang that includes actor Sarah Jessica Parker,

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"First Flight" at Shakespeare & Co: Berkshires Duo Takes Off

By Robert Burke Warren We live in a noisy, often dissonant age. Harmony is all too rare, so when we happen upon it, we’re captivated, especially if it emanates from the up-and-coming Tyringham, MA, duo (and devoted couple) Oakes & Smith. They’re bringing that sweet sound to Shakespeare

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Dramatic, Ecstatic Klezmatics Bring Danceable Joy to the Mahaiwe

By Robert Burke Warren When trumpeter-composer Frank London formed the Klezmatics in the East Village in 1986, he and his bandmates sought to revitalize and update klezmer music, the Yiddish folk/American jazz amalgam popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At the band’s first gigs, the

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Songbird Returns to the Valley: Allison Moorer Graces Helsinki Hudson

By Robert Burke Warren When this writer last saw Grammy-and-Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Allison Moorer, she lit up a 2011 Midnight Ramble at Levon Helm’s barn, an act she intends to repeat at Helsinki Hudson on Friday, November 15 at 9 p.m.. Back at that Ramble, Hurricane Irene had just

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Going To Pots: "Sangha," More Than A Thousand Miniature Vessels By Kathryn Walker

By Shawn Hartley HancockPhotos of pottery and shop by Kelby Lawson Sangha, the Sanskrit word for community, is an appropriate name for the stunning installation of miniature earthen pots, each decorated by artist Kathryn Walker, that are on view through November 30 at Pergola, the luscious home store in the

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Novelist Glenda Ruby Conjures Up A "Death at Olana"

By Marilyn Bethany The fictional character of Lindsey Brooks, an expert on antiques, fell into sleuthing early in her career at the behest of an acquaintance in law enforcement who understood what convenient containers antiques can be for smuggling contraband. In addition to running an international auction house, Miss Brooks

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Adapting to Ourselves: Williamstown Film Festival Celebrates 15 Years

The Great Chicken Wing HuntBy Nichole DupontHe remembers the first year like it was yesterday. A few indie films sprinkled in with funny shorts and a documentary or two, the distinct feeling that this could be a “thing." Now, Steve Lawson — veteran director of the Williamstown Film Festival — cannot

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Zip: Two Boots Brings Bawdiness to Bard With Filthy Gorgeous Burlesque

By Robert Warren You can pull all the stops out ‘till they call the cops out, Grind your behind till you're banned. But you gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get a hand! -- Miss Mazeppa, from the Sondheim/Styne musical Gypsy “It’s high time we

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Books: "Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley" A Vicarious Pleasure

By Dan Shaw The imaginary line that divides Connecticut's Litchfield County from New York's Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam Counties became very real to Jane Garmey as she researched and wrote her beautiful new coffee table book, Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley. "When I began

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