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The Rural We: Carrie Haddad

Photo: Linden Scheff On Saturday, May 28, the Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY is celebrating its quarter century in business with a 25th anniversary exhibition opening and artists’ reception. Although the gallery owner had originally planned to be a famous dancer (she won a scholarship with Alvin Ailey), studied

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The Rural We: Lisa Dolan

Book Festival co-directors Lisa Dolan and the "amazing" Jennifer Clark. The founder of the Hudson Reads mentoring project and co-founder of the Hudson Children’s Book Festival may be retiring from the city’s school district in June, but she will leave a lasting impression on

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Hudson Sloop Club Embodies The Past But Looks To The Future

A digital rendering of the future Everett Nack Estuary Education Center proposed by the Hudson Sloop Club. By Jamie Larson Hudson, New York has a long and complicated relationship with its namesake river. Centuries of industry and pollution led to a city built with its back to the Hudson. It

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The Rural We: Lynn Gelormino

Lynn Gelormino has been the executive director of The Warner Theatre in Torrington for the past three years. But before that, she was a longtime volunteer involved with nearly every aspect of production, as well as front and back of the house. But her connection to the theater goes back

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Now There Are Four RI Apps On The Map

When we launched our first app, The Rural Intelligence Guide to the Berkshires and Beyond, last spring, we were thrilled to bring our readers into the app universe with us. It was — and still is — the only app of its kind that focuses on our region. As we said at

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The Rural We: Erica Freudenberger

Erica Freudenberger, a Hudson Valley resident since 2001 and the director of the Red Hook Public Library since 2010, was recently named a Library Journal “Mover and Shaker." She was selected because of her commitment to the profession, her excellent leadership, and her ability to build community through collaboration

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The Rural We: Rich Volo AKA Trixie Starr

Photo by Chad Weckler. Rich Volo is Hudson, New York’s renaissance man and its resident drag queen, Trixie Starr. Volo juggles an exhaustive list of jobs, gigs and responsibility throughout the city. When it was announced recently that his former organization, The Hudson Pride Foundation, wasn’t going to

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The Olde Rhinebeck Inn Offers A Two-For-One Innkeeper Deal

Photo courtesy of the Olde Rhinebeck Inn. By Lisa Green When she started reading, Jonna Paolella couldn’t have cared less about Amelia Bedelia or Pippi Longstocking. She was obsessed with Country Inns and Back Roads, by Norman T. Simpson. “I’ve known since age seven that I wanted to

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The Rural We: Nick Martinelli

Nick Martinelli's career transition from lawyer in Boston to running a Berkshire-based food hub isn't as an unlikely story as is seems. His fondness with the region began as a student at Williams College and he's had a life-long interest in agriculture.

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Road Trips: The Wildflower Festival At Bartholomew's Cobble

By Amy Krzanik April showers bring May flowers, but to a very special area of Berkshire County they bring flowers even earlier than that. At Bartholomew’s Cobble in Sheffield, Mass., a National Natural Landmark under the care of the Trustees of Reservations, the best showing of wildflowers is beginning

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The Rural We: Vlada Rousseff

Vlada Rousseff, the woman behind the name and cartoon face of Vlada Boutique in Stockbridge, Mass., has owned the women’s clothing and accessories shop that bears her name for more than 45 years. An artistic career that began with sewing bags for the shop has grown into a love

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The Rural We: Lavender Suarez

Lavender Suarez is a sound and energy healing practitioner and educator in Hillsdale, New York. Through performing and exploring music she began to experience the healing properties inherent in sound and vibrations. Now she shares that with others through classic and emerging sound healing techniques. Lavender further went on to

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