Community In Memoriam: Paul Newman The drivers and fans at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville are in mourning. They lost a legend, a friend and a fan this weekend when Paul Newman, age 83, passed away on September 26. With ten Oscar nominations, countless awards and credits, Newman's film career was well documented By Editor
Community Volunteers in Medicine Needs You Thank goodness the Third World has Doctors Without Borders. And thank goodness our prosperous corner of the richest nation on earth has Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires. Founded in 2004 by Leonard Simon, a former business professor turned banker, now retired, and his wife Marion (below), of Monterey, VIM Berkshires, a By Editor
Food Lucky for Lenox: A True Haven Delicious food with a side of good will: Haven, as its name promises, is a stress-free zone. On her website, Shelly Williams, owner of one-month-old Haven Cafe and Bakery in Lenox, cautions wannabe employees, "Must love food. Be interested in continuing education related to food and service. And be By Editor
Food Quinn’s Cause: Once Forbidden, Now #1 Superfruit “I always knew I would live here,” Greg Quinn says of idyllic, 140-acre Walnut Grove Farm, which he and screenwriter-producer Carolyn Blackwood moved to from Manhattan eight years ago. “I just didn’t know where ‘here’ was.” Or what “here” held in store. At the time, Quinn, a writer, figured By Editor
Food The Trojan Tea Shop “I inherited a tea shop in Park City, Utah from my mother,” says Kim Bach. Actually, this assertion is not entirely accurate. To begin, Bach’s mother, Bonnie Deffebach, now 85, is still very much in the picture, so not technically in a position to “leave” anything to anyone. Moreover, By Editor
Food Bubby's is the Burrito Stand of Your Dreams Update July 2010: Bubby's is now located by Hardeman Orchards.Most people we know turn up their noses at trailers, except for the little trailer near the intersection of Route 9G and Route 199 in Red Hook (or Annandale on Hudson, depending on who you ask), which makes By Editor
Food Food Festival: The Long Day of the Knives and Forks This Saturday, the Cornwall Free Library’s Food, Glorious Food Festival will have us covered in delicious crumbs from breakfast through cocktails. The day starts at 9:30 with coffee and breakfast baked goods under the tent. But for our money, things get serious at 11 a.m. That' By Editor
Food The Greening of the Red Lion Inn Like the rock band Wilco playing at Tanglewood (on August 12), Brian Alberg's running the kitchen at the Red Lion Inn is a case of cultural dissonance. Like many old guard Berkshires institutions, the Red Lion wants to maintain beloved traditions while developing a modern sensibility. Even as By Editor
Food The Saturday Night Special Leave it to Matthew Rubiner to turn eating a prosaic grilled cheese sandwich into an event. A few weeks ago, Rubiner decided to start keeping Rubi's cafe in Great Barrington open until midnight on Saturday nights (it closes at 4 PM the rest of the week) and feature By Editor
Food Tasting: Apple Blossoms, a Walk and Some Wine On Friday and Saturday, Furnace Brook Winery at Hilltop Orchards introduces its eagerly awaited Dry Riesling at the 6th Annual Apple Blossom Bash. In 2007, their Johannisberg Riesling won the Gold Metal at the Big E Northeast Wine Competition (having copped the silver just the year before), so hopes for By Editor
Community Whose Mount Is It Anyway? "This is a sorry sight." —Macbeth Update, July 6, 2008: Granted a six-month reprieve by the banks, The Mount had raised $1,000,000 by mid-June—just one-third the amount needed by October 31 to forestall foreclosure. Along with it's other troubles (detailed below), The Mount By Editor
