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The Rural We: Liana Toscanini

Liana Toscanini is the Development and Marketing Director at Community Access to the Arts (CATA), the organization she has been involved with for 13 years out of its 22-year history, five as a board member and seven on staff. CATA's long-term success, Liana believes, is due

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The Rural We: Erik Hoffner

Erik Hoffner is a freelance photojournalist and writer. He is also the outreach coordinator for the non-profit environmental/nature magazine, Orion. Hoffner has lived all over the country and has traveled extensively across the world. He is a regular blogger/contributor for Grist and his photography now appears in

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The Milliner Guesthouse And Inn: Hudson In Four Rooms

Photos by Shannon Greer. By Jamie Larson One of the most enjoyable things about the ongoing small business renaissance in Hudson is its vast diversity of style. Each shop, guesthouse, restaurant and cultural center is a reflection of the unique style, and often caprice, of the individuals involved. The Hudson

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Jumpfest: From The Sublime To The Silly In Salisbury

Photos by Mark Niedhammer. By Lisa Green Very soon, there will be things going on in Salisbury you aren’t likely to find anywhere else: a human dog sled race, a leaf blower air hockey tournament, a curling demonstration. And most especially, the annual Jumpfest Winter Festival, with the 89th

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The Rural We: Peter Filkins

Peter Filkins, a published poet and literature professor at both Bard and Simon’s Rock colleges, has recently translated the third in a trilogy of novels by German author H.G. Adler. The novels — The Journey, Panorama and, released this past December, The Wall — have garnered critical acclaim from the

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The Rural We: Eugenia Zukerman

Eugenia Zukerman is a world-renowned flutist, a writer, an  arts administrator and video blogger (she is co-founder of NotedEndeavors.com), and a part-time resident of Ancramdale. On top of all that, she’s the new music director of Clarion Concerts in Columbia County’s Leaf Peeper Concert

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Let It Snow! Spots for Snowshoeing & Cross-Country Skiing

A skier enjoys Notchview in Windsor, MA. Whether cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or merely sledding, now is the time and this is the place. Guardians of some of the region's largest, most scenic properties—from country clubs to art parks to historic estates to resorts like Cranwell in

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The Rural We: Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie’s "Alice’s Restaurant" is as much a part of our local history as the Red Lion Inn or the Hudson River School. The fact that Arlo and many of his expansive brood still live in the Berkshires — and the Guthrie Center at the Old Trinity

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The Rural We: Dan McManmon

Dan McManmon enjoyed growing up in the Berkshires but has a newfound appreciation for the area now that he is raising a family of his own. He has been involved with the College Internship Program (which his father, Michael McManmon, founded in 1984) for a good portion of his life,

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10 Holiday Traditions We Love In The RI Region

By Rachel Louchen The Rural Intelligence region is never short on things to do. But come the holidays, each weekend is packed with festivals, strolls, bazaars, parties and performances that have become beloved traditions. While some of these holiday happenings are fairly new, many of them have been going on

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The Rural We: Kris and Joshua Kanter

New York transplants Kris and Josh Canter moved to the Berkshires on a whim 10 years ago, and the impulse decision has worked out wonderfully. Owners of JK Custom Furniture & Design, the two put emphasis on fine craftsmanship, which usually keeps them at their shop most of the time.

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MASS MoCA Announces A Mind-Boggling Expansion

By Jeremy D. Goodwin Sometimes bigger really is better. We already knew that MASS MoCA was one of the biggest contemporary art facilities in the country. So it’s mind boggling to consider that its new expansion project will double its existing gallery space. That’s not a fudged number

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