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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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Housatonic River Adventure: The Long Or Short Of It

By Jamie Larson There’s a singular calming and introspective sensation to paddling a kayak or canoe down stream, drifting through changing scenery, warm air above mixing with the cool coming off the water where you sit, inches from the surface. The Housatonic River is a great, underused producer of

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Food

Popup Tuesday Dinners At Rivertown Lodge Start March 29

By Lisa Green There’s something sort of magical, a little Brigadoon-like, about popup dinners. Whether its Outstanding In The Field,PlaceInvaders or a Dinner in White, they are happenings that are here and gone in a matter of hours. The food may be the centerpiece, but it’s the

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Meet Your Makerspace: Four New Spots To Learn And Create

By Amy Krzanik For a number of years, many folks habitually bemoaned how quickly the younger generations (and the older ones, too) had so fully embraced “the digital age." As they would have you believe, soon no one would be able to sew a button back on, grow an

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IWOW: The Space And Place For Artistic Voices

Deb Koffman By Lisa Green There’s only one rule at Deb Koffman’s open mic. You get five minutes, and for a few reasons: so that everyone who wants to can share, and so that if someone’s contribution is, well, not exactly stellar, it’s over before things

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Tierra Farm's Gunther Fishgold Takes On Main Street

By Jamie LarsonTierra Farm, based in Valatie, New York, is well known for its high-quality organic nuts, coffee, chocolate and dried fruits. While Tierra’s owner, Gunther Fishgold, could easily rest on the accomplishments of his growing company, his latest endeavor is a mix of philanthropy, commerce and civic redevelopment

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Zephyr Teachout, New HV Resident, Makes A Move For Congress

By Jamie Larson New York’s progressive breeze is intensifying these days with Zephyr Teachout now running for the state’s 19th district congressional seat, which represents half of the Rural Intelligence region. If you don’t know who she is by now, you will soon. The former Democratic gubernatorial

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Food

Knead To Know: Take A Class In Bread Making

Bread making is one of those activities that can feel intimidating. The yeast, the kneading, the waiting …it just seems easier to go out and buy bread at one of the many good bakeries and farms in the Rural Intelligence region. But there’s really nothing like making your own,

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'Specials' Night Out: A Roundup Of Restaurant Deals

By Lisa Green Does anyone ever need a reason to dine out? Not really. But there are some very savvy restaurants in the Rural Intelligence region that are reeling us in simply by rustling up something just a little different on one night of the week. Some are meals at

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10 Things To Love About Kinderhook

By Jamie Larson While the City of Hudson has rapidly re-ascended in stature over the past decade and a half, the town of Kinderhook, New York had been the center of life and less-fashionable culture in Columbia County for generations before that. The town’s rolling farms, forests and streams

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Forecast Looks Good For The Fifth 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival

“The spirit of collaboration is alive and well," says Jen Glockner, director of Pittsfield’s Office of Cultural Development, speaking about the fifth annual 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival slated for Feb. 11-21. The festival, proposed by Julianne Boyd, artistic director of Barrington Stage, began in 2012 with ten 10-minute

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'Facing Our Truth' In Berkshire County And Beyond

Sirker, Hampton-VanSant and van Ginhoven. By Amy Krzanik We hear the word “privilege" thrown around a lot these days, specifically in relation to “white privilege," but what does it really mean, what does it look like, and what can we do about it? Three Berkshire County activists and

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