News

Community

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 years ago

By Editor

Community

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 events

By Editor

Food

Dining: Caught In Charlotte's Web

By Don  RosendaleCharlotte’s Restaurant is my “local." It’s two miles up the road from my Millbrook farm, and I've eaten at the site (including three prior restaurants with different names) at least once a week for the last 30 years. That comes to, give or

By Editor

Food

Columbia County's Oldest Bars Still Have A Lot to Offer, Even Good Grub!

By Jamie Larson An old Columbia County bar can be a thing of great beauty if you look at it from the right angle. The squeaking door, the dim glow of red-brown light over a long plank of wood, worn-in patches from the thousands of familiar forearms and perspiring tumblers.

By Editor

Food

John Andrews Farmhouse Restaurant: A Revisit, This Time With The Family

By Elizabeth Goldfarb Richardson You may not have realized it when reading some of my reviews here, but my dear husband Edgar--despite his preference for ordering hamburgers at many of the finer culinary places we have visited in the region-- is British. Which means, of course, that his family is

By Editor

Food

The Serious Business of Making Ice Cream, Au Naturel

by Jamie Larson Good ice cream, really good ice cream, can be a time machine. On a hot summer day, a lick of that perfect scoop, cold and creamy, rich and smooth, stops time, melts away worries, and becomes that one scoop you’ve enjoyed since childhood. But any time

By Editor

Food

A Welcome Tweak: No. Six Depot Roastery and Café

By Elizabeth Goldfarb Richardson Living in this region is a joy a minute (OK a joy an hour), but I, or more often husband Edgar, sometimes tire of all the driving. The need for as many delectable coffee destinations as possible is something we both can appreciate while schlepping to

By Editor

Food

A Breath of French Air: Patisserie Lenox ... In Great Barrington

By Nichole Dupont That there is a new cafe on the main drag in Great Barrington is not necessarily a surprise. The town is laden with coffee/bakery joints, each with their own idea of what a perfect cafe actually is. Gypsy Joynt has its outrageous cinnamon buns the size

By Editor

Community

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 grant-winning,

By Editor

Food

A Breath of Fresh Air: More Chances for Dining Outdoors

The Fourth of July has come and gone, which means that summer in New England is officially heating up. Take full advantage of balmy brunch weather and lazy summer evenings under the stars with these thirteen al fresco dining options in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts. Litchfield County Country BistroSalisbury’

By Editor

Food

Food Studio Adds to Hudson's Happy Pancake of Restaurants

By Sam Pratt Hudson has at least two dozen spots to buy coffee, and even more for catching a drink. There are a half-dozen local venues serving burgers, three Italian restaurants, several West Indian canteens, two French cafés, two burrito joints, a couple of luncheonettes, a sushi place, an organic

By Editor

Community

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

By Editor