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Take A Bow: Jacob's Pillow Closes Out Festival 2016

Amy Krzanik reports from Becket. You never know what moves you’ll see on the dance floor at a Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival after-party. There might be a few couples waltzing around the perimeter or salsa-ing in the center of a crowd of onlookers, there very well could be

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The Thrill of the Grill: Eating And Competing At Grillsdale

Lisa Green reports from Hillsdale. Like moths to a flame, a parade of cars veered off Route 22 to the Roeliff-Jansen Park in Hillsdale, NY on Saturday, Aug. 27. Why? Because there were flames a-plenty at the first-ever Grillsdale produced by Shire 935 Productions and sponsored by many local and

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Shaker-Style Summer Soiree

Rachel Louchen reports from New Lebanon. Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon'sGreat Stone Barn was the focal point of the annual benefit dinner, Visualizing the Museum's Future, on Saturday, August 27.  This year's benefit honored museum supporters Martha Clarke and Alfred Uhry, creators of the off-Broadway

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Bowling For Berkshire Baby Box In Great Barrington

Lisa Green reports from Great Barrington. Back in the day, there was a TV show called Bowling For Dollars, but on Monday, August 22, a group of people gathered at the Cove Bowling Alley to bowl for Berkshire Baby Box. A new nonprofit engineered by South Egremont resident Hinda Bodinger,

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A Bevy Of Exquisite Boxes Appears At McTeigue & McClelland

Amy Krzanik reports from Great Barrington. The Saturday, Aug. 20 opening reception for Modern Treasure Chests, an exhibition of jewelry boxes by master artisans that is now on view at McTeigue & McClelland, also served as a reunion for the artists. All of the featured makers are friends of the

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A Local Hero Is Unmasked At Berkshire South's Annual Gala

A Local Hero Is Unmasked At Berkshire South's Annual Gala

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Hancock Shaker Village Undergoes A Revival

Amy Krzanik reports from Pittsfield. It was a hoedown scheduled on what turned out to be one of the steamiest (and later, summer-stormiest) of the year, but that didn’t stop supporters from flocking to Hancock Shaker Village’s Summer Revival on Saturday, Aug. 20. Much of the credit for

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Tea For Two Hundred In 100 Degrees

Rachel Louchen reports from Washington. You could hardly find a better venue for a garden party than charming Washington with its renovated farmhouses and rolling pastures — the entire town oozes New England charm, even as the heat index hit 108 degrees. On Saturday, August 13, the 19th annual Tea For

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The Hudson Library Holds A Swingin' Sock Hop

Amy Krzanik reports from Hudson. Things were really cookin’ at the Raise The Roof Sock Hop, a benefit for the new Hudson Area Library, on Saturday evening, August 6. Around 150 supporters “made the scene” in their best ‘50s duds at the home of artists Ken Kraus and Anna d&

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"SoHo Sins" At The School Explores An Illicit NY Art Scene

Jamie Larson reports from Kinderhook. Crime and culture, art and mayhem describe the focus and backdrop of the posh gathering Saturday, Aug. 6 at Jack Shainman Gallery: The School. The event, celebrating the release of SoHo Sins, the first novel by Richard Vine, managing editor of Art in America,  included,

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Farm-To-Table With Purpose in Roxbury

Rachel Louchen reports from Roxbury. Farm-to-table dinners are fairly regular occurrences in our region, but Litchfield County's Sustainable Healthy Communities (SHC) annual Farmer's Table dinner served an important cause: the farmer. On Saturday, August 6, Toplands Farm was host to the annual dinner, which benefits the

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Challenge Accepted For North East Community Center

Rachel Louchen reports from Lakeville.North East Community Center's (NECC) annual Chef & Farmer brunch is always a well-attended event and, this year, it sold out more quickly than ever. On Sunday, July 31, the Hotchkiss School's bucolic Fairfield Farm (featuring jaw-dropping views of rolling fields,

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