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Searching For Bigfoot In The Hudson Valley

BRHV's Debbie Ray and lead researcher Gayle Beatty. By Jamie Larson We all choose to believe in certain things that help alleviate our general anxiety about the incomprehensible complexity of existence. Gayle Beatty, lead researcher for the Bigfoot Researchers of the Hudson Valley, and her ever-growing group of

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Ellsworth Kelly's Legacy Of Giving

Kelly, Bill Thompson and Marie Claude Giroux. By Jamie Larson As an artist, Ellsworth Kelly, who passed away on December 27 at the age of 92, left a mark on the world —a gift of great size, color and beauty. Greater still is the mark he has left here in

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Food

Better Than Your Average Bar: Berkshire County's Hidden Gems

These overlooked taverns have surprisingly good food and a friendly ambience.

By Amy Krzanik

Food

Review: A New Nest For Mockingbird In Bantam, CT

By Jacque Lynn Schiller The wait has been long. For those of you, like me, who entertained friends and clients over an icy martini at the bar or savored the crunchy kale salad near its blazing fireplace, the loss of restaurant Mockingbird Kitchen at historic Tollgate Hill Inn was soothed

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A Rockin' Party Ushers In Greylock WORKS And 2016

This is not the year to settle for a quiet New Year’s Eve. Not when the organizers of the first-and-only Greylock WORKS New Year’s Eve event are engaging all resources to create a “choreographed intermingling of energies." The party, which they’re calling UNLOCK, opens up the

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Happy News For The New Year At The Bargain Barn

By Lisa Green You can practically feel the sighs of relief — and the air of jubilation — whirling around the filled-to-the-rafters Bargain Barn Thrift Shop, and not just because it’s Christmas shopping time. No, it’s because the Sharon, Conn. thrift shop — a community center, everyone insists — was saved from

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A New Beginning For The Ancram Opera House

By Jamie Larson It’s been said that art grows like a weed. No matter where it’s sprung, once rooted and flowered it remains forever. The humble Ancram Opera House (in Ancram, New York) is one such enduring place. Repurchased recently by theater professionals Paul Ricciardi and Jeff Mousseau,

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Food

Open House: PlaceInvaders Dinners Pop Up In Great Barrington

By Amy Krzanik If you’re anything like us, you love to see how other people live — how they decorate and use their space, what they collect. You also love being the first to experience a new restaurant — the more eclectic, the better. On Friday, Dec. 4 through Sunday, Dec.

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Food

Chefs Weigh In On A Tradition At The Tipping Point

By Andrea Pyros Should restaurants do away with tipping and switch to a service-included policy? News that famed New York restaurateur Danny Meyer plans to eliminate tipping in all 13 of his Union Square Hospitality Group restaurants has chefs, restaurant owners and diners all taking notice. Meyer’s “hospitality included&

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Wm. Farmer And Sons Raises A New Bar In Hudson

By Jamie Larson There’s a lot new in Hudson, New York these days (see this week's accompanying story). All over town, recently opened businesses are raising the bar in lodging, food, drink, design and style. One of them is bringing all those aspects together in a truly

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Eye On Hudson: Five New Hotspots You Should Know About

By Jamie Larson You hear it all the time: those who occasionally visit Hudson will remark on the many changes they've encountered since their last swing through town. New businesses are always opening and the end of summer 2015 was an especially active time for the little city’

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Frankenstein And Dracula Have Some Things To Say In Litchfield

From a "Miracle on 34th Street" production. Photos courtesy Peter Tavino. The Rural Intelligence region excels in community spirit, and in Litchfield, some of the spookiest spirits are coming to life in Halloween Radio Plays being produced at the Oliver Wolcott Library on Oct. 27 and 28. The

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