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A Vintage Modern Bed and Breakfast in Williamstown

By Amy Krzanik When a top-notch innkeeper rhapsodizes about a bed-and-breakfast other than his own, you pay attention. Ira Goldspiel, a design aficionado who runs the Inn at Kent Falls, stayed at The Guest House at Field Farm in Williamstown and he raved about experiencing authentic 1940s

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Locally Grown: Made In The Berkshires Festival

By Amy Krzanik This year's Made in the Berkshires Festival (running October 11-13) is practically overflowing, with over 30 works of original live theater, music, dance, and literary readings, but co-curator Hilary Somers Deely swears that “it's actually streamlined this year." Created three

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Hudson Valley Arts Festival Rises in Rhinebeck

By Robert Burke Warren The folks behind the inaugural Hudson Valley Arts Festival – October 4th, 5th, and 6th at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck – are aiming high. “We want to be awe-inspiring," says organizer Stacey Jarit. As the director of Artrider productions, Jarit has been producing arts

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Autumn Walks With A Purpose: Heritage Walks Weekends

By Shawn Hartley Hancock What could be better than a leisurely walk on a crisp autumn day? Not much. Unless it’s dozens of walks, each with a different flavor and distinct point of view, led by an expert. That’s what Housatonic Heritage has planned for its impressive 12th

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The Barlow: A Hotel For Hudson (Finally!)

By Jamie Larson The small city of Hudson leaves visitors wanting for little. Warren Street's center is lined with world-class art and antique galleries, restaurants that rival Manhattan's (or at this point, Brooklyn's) best, bars, spas, niche boutiques, and eclectic theaters a block

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Lime Rock Limelight: Litchfield's Historic Race Car Parade

By Penny Stirling Michels “Start your engines!" A colorful caravan of privately owned and lovingly maintained vintage race cars takes to the back roads of Litchfield County, Thursday, August 29, for Lime Rock's Historic Festival, a humming herald to the beginning of Labor Day Weekend.  The line-

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New Deal for a New Generation: The FDR Library and Museum, Renovated and Rededicated

By Robert Burke WarrenFranklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945, and his wife, Eleanor, in 1962, but modern technology at the recently renovated FDR Library and Museum in Hyde Park comes thrillingly close to revivifying these icons. In its first major facelift since FDR himself dedicated the library in 1941, state-

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Chekhov Re-imagined, Tap-Dancing, and Frankenstein Onstage: Mass Live Arts Begins With a Bang

By Robert Burke Warren Fame lust. Celebrity worship. Delusion. Codependency. Jealousy. Unrequited love. Wayward teenage girls. Are these the makings of modern-day tabloid fodder? Perhaps. But… Anton Chekhov’s revered 1895 ensemble comedy The Seagull? Yes. Tina Satter, director, playwright, very fast talker, and major creative force behind Obie

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The Better B&B: Stonover Farm in Lenox

Photographs by Kevin SpragueBy Shawn Hartley Hancock“Our guests, basically, enter through the kitchen," says Tom Werman, owner and proprietor of Stonover Farm, the luxury B&B a mere two miles from Tanglewood that he runs with his wife, Suky. “We like it that way," he says.

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Treat Your Beasties Well: A Guide to Pooch Pampering In The Region

By Dale StewartNo need to say it: People feel more strongly about dogs than they do about any other breed of domesticated animal (sorry cat and ferret owners), holding a category no other animal has attained. Paul McCartney wrote "Martha My Dear" about his sheepdog. Virginia Woolf wrote

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Bascom: A Venerable and Democratic Lodge Celebrates A Diamond Jubilee

By Shawn Hartley Hancock Visiting a stone lodge at the top of a mountain appeals to everyone, even the not-very-outdoorsy. The delicious smoke and crackle of a campfire, the bracing fresh air, or maybe just the absence of a TV and a break from the quotidian all seem

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Hudson's Oliver Bronson House: History in Brackets

By Shawn Hartley Hancock Among the Hudson Valley’s many historic homes is one that’s still a well-kept secret, mostly because of its location on the grounds of the Hudson Correctional Facility, an impediment that adds an obstacle for visitors sensitive to strip searches. (We’re kidding about

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