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Spencertown Revels

Dale Stewart reports from Spencertown, New York.On Saturday, February 16, love was in the air at this year’s Spencertown Revels Movable Feast. The event, which boasted a Be Our Valentine theme, was a benefit for The Spencertown Academy Arts Center, and also served as a much needed mid-winter

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Lit: The Clark Lights Up For Electric Paris

Rachel Louchen reports from Williamstown. At the opening - night gala "Exposition Universelle," held on Saturday, February 16, for Electric Paris, the new exhibit at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, guests were greeted by a giant projection of an illuminated Arc de Triomphe. A fitting entranceway

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Inspiration by the Decades at 10x10 On 10

Lisa Green reports from Pittsfield. What inspires you most at this decade of your life? That’s the question curator Diane Firtell (left) asked of each girl/woman who created a piece of artwork for the Alchemy Initiative’s art exhibit that opened on Saturday at Y Bar on North

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Goin' to Town: Townscape Valentine's Party at Gilmor Glass

Fiona Breslin reports from Millerton. Millerton's Townscape Valentine’s Day Party had a special, grateful air; a grouping of the town's lovers eager to finally get out on a Saturday night (February 9) post Nemo. The evening was, pardon the pun, chill, with everyone relaxing with

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At the Berkshire Museum, Nature Seen Anew

Sarah Todd reports from Pittsfield.A heart cockle shell the size of a skyscraper. A desert sunrise dividing a sand dune into even slopes of light and dark. At the Berkshire Museum’s opening reception on Saturday, February 9 for exhibits by Ansel Adams and Andreas Feininger, striking, Modernist nature

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Intensive Care: Columbia Memorial Benefit At Helsinki Hudson

Scott Baldinger reports from Hudson. This observer has been bandaged, injected, medicated, and cuffed (for blood pressure) under the auspices of Columbia Memorial Hospital – but never served hor’s doeuvres or entertained by the Bindlestiff  Family Cirkus (Stephanie Monseu, seen at left on her trademark stilts), at least until attending

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Honoring a Legacy at Hotchkiss Tremaine Gallery

On Saturday, February 2, Hotchkiss alumnus Raymond McGuire (class of ’75) returned to his former prep school as the guest of honor. He was there for the closing reception of “I Am,” a Tremaine Gallery exhibit featuring works by African-American photographers that spans a half-century. The artwork on display was

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Hitting Home: Benefit Rock Concert for Columbia County Habitat for Humanity

Scott Baldinger reports from Hudson. Passive-solar housing for people of modest means is a very worthy cause for a number of reasons, both environmental and social.  But it’s hard to imagine it generating as much heat as it did Sunday, January 27, at Columbia County Habitat for Humanity’sHome

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People and "Stuff": Carey Maloney Book Signing

Scott Baldinger reports from Hudson. “Tout Warren Street is here,” said the lovely couple at the book signing for  interior designer Carey Maloney’s Stuff,  held Saturday, January 26, at Stair Galleries. The auction house was all set up for an appropriately eclectic sale of  Deco, Art Nouveau and mid-century

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At the Mount, A Literary Birthday with Cake and Quizzes

Sarah Todd reports from Lenox, MA. After last year's blowout bash celebrating Edith Wharton's 150th birthday, the Mount took a low-key yet festive approach to honoring literature's grand dame on Saturday, January 26. Free admission gave guests from Connecticut, New York, and the Berkshires

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Greening Up A Winter Day: Margaret Roach Book Signing

Rachel Louchen reports from Millerton. Gardeners and readers (many of whom were both) gathered at Oblong Books in Millerton on Sunday afternoon, January 20, to hear Margaret Roach speak about her new book, The Backyard Parables, as well as get their copies personalized. For the talk, the author read excerpts

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Scenic Hudson at the Hudson Opera House

David Franck reports from Hudson, NY.On Saturday, January 19, an artful throng filled the historic hall of The Hudson Opera House for the opening reception of On Time and Place: Celebrating Scenic Hudson's First 50 Years, an exhibition of photographs that uses the Hudson Valley as its

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