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The Berkshires' First Farm To Fork Fondo Pedals Into Town

By Amy Krzanik When I first heard that Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass. would host the Berkshires’ first Farm to Fork Fondo on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24 I thought, “Sounds great!... wait, what’s a fondo?” If, like me, you’re more of a casual bicycle

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The Rural We: Ron Harrington

Hillsdale, New York resident Ron Harrington has been a TV commercial actor, print model, interior designer, bookkeeper and, along with his husband, Rick, a longtime member of the PantoLoons at the Ghent Playhouse. This weekend, he’ll reveal another of his talents in his first one-man show, “Works on Wood,

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Paws Up If You Want To Dance At Jacob's Pillow

By Lisa Green Despite the fact that I took ballet, tap and jazz dance lessons from age toddler (solo performance at age two, thank you very much) through post-college years, I’d be too self conscious now to take one of Jacob’s Pillow’s community dance classes. But with

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The Light In August Turns Personal

By Ralph Gardner Jr.Ralph Gardner Jr. is a journalist who divides his time between New York City and Columbia County, and who writes commentary for WAMC Northeast Public Radio. You can read more about him in our Rural We column. There’s something about August light that makes it

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Historic Hudson Has 10 Million Reasons To Celebrate

By Jamie LarsonHistoric Hudson already would've had a lot to celebrate at their upcoming Drinks on the Waterfront party at the Dunn Warehouse Site on Friday, Sept. 1, as the Hudson, New York organization brings attention to one of the city’s most visible abandoned historic structures right

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The Rural We: Elyse Sadtler

Elyse Sadtler lives in Kent, CT.

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The Rural We: Michael Beck

Michael Beck, a former patent lawyer with a master’s degree in biochemistry, has been the executive director of the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Mass. since 2014. Beck had been a part-time Richmond, Mass. resident and a trustee of the BBG since 2012 when the directorship became available. He

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Great Barrington Gears Up For Another Berkshire BikeNFly

By Lisa Green From just about any vantage point, Berkshires views are pretty gorgeous. On Saturday, Aug. 19, the Berkshire BikeNFly presents an opportunity to marvel at the mountains, forests, farmland and rivers from two perspectives: via bicycle or from the air, aloft in a plane, helicopter or hot air

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The Rural We: David Adkins

David Adkins is an Artist Associate at the Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) in Pittsfield, Mass., where he’s performed in 25 productions and is currently the director of the intern acting program. He began his acting career as a teen at the McDonogh School in his native Maryland, but left

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Tomorrow' House Today: Hillsdale Tour Goes Contemporary

The Hillsdale Historic House Tour Committee will offer tours of the town's best examples of contemporary 'green' homes.

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The Rural We: Rowan Willigan

What do you do when you have a surfeit of talent, energy and interests in a long list of creative realms? If you’re Rowan Willigan, a dancer-choreographer-artist-photographer-teacher and food blogger (we’ve probably left out a few other activities), you do them all. Red Hook, New York born and

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The Rural We: Rory Block

Photo by Sergio Kurhajec “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly,” The New York Times has said of singer and guitarist Rory Block. Born in Princeton, N.J., Block grew up in Manhattan, where she was playing guitar by the age of 10 and sitting in on jam sessions in

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