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Having a Ball at North East Community Center's Masquerade

Sarah Todd reports from Lakeville.On Saturday, October 13, revelers donned their finest gourd masks, flapper dresses, and top hats for the North East Community Center’s annual masquerade ball.  The home of hosts Robert Bristow and Pilar Proffitt (pictured at left), the architectural and interior design team behind Poesis

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Food with a View: Olanafest 2012

Rachel Louchen reports from Greenport.The only thing more beautiful than the view of the Hudson Valley and the madcap Persian-inspired house that Frederic Church built for himself, were the art-inspired hors d’oeurves served at the Olanafest Gala, October 7. Held on the east lawn of the historical home,

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Historic Hudson’s Room With A View cocktail party

Dale Stewart reports from Greenport, NY.No doubt that one of the season’s best views of near-peak foliage was at Historic Hudson’s Seventh Annual House Tour sunset cocktail reception on Saturday, October 6. This year’s theme, A Room With A View, was based upon local landscapes that

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Made in the Berkshires Opens with a Taste of Local Art & Food

Bess Hochstein reports from Pittsfield.Artists and aficionados were treated to a smorgasbord of performance and visual art during the second annual Made in the Berkshires Festival, which kicked off on Friday, October 5, at The Colonial Theatre. Opening Night festivities included an eclectic array of performances — dance, music, film,

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Washington Antiques Show Preview Party

Scott Baldinger reports from Washington. A golden hue and relaxed, congenial air pervaded the preview party for the annual Washington Antiques Show, which took place on October 5, at a local primary school due to recent damage to the Bryan Memorial Town Hall (where it usually happens). The show, one

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Hudson Opera House Jazz Gala is a Rhapsody in Blue

Dale Stewart reports from Hudson.The crisp fall evening cast a silvery-blue hue, as if in perfect alignment with the Hudson Opera House’s "Rhapsody in Blue" Jazz Gala, held for the second year in a row at the Basilica Hudson on Saturday, September 29. The former foundry

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Art on the Farm at The Re Institute

Sarah Todd reports from Millerton.Three years ago, Millerton artist Henry Klimowicz (left) set about transforming his 1960s-era barn into a state-of-the-art exhibition space. Now The Re Institute, located on the 40-acre farm where Klimowicz lives with his wife, physician Kristie Schmidt, is a regular destination for artists and art-lovers.

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Hungry for the Harvest at Berkshire Grown Fall Fundraiser

Fiona Breslin reports from Lenox.A crowd of chefs, foodies, and farmers filled Eastover's Tally Ho barn on Monday, September 24 for Berkshire Grown's 14th Annual Harvest Supper fundraiser. More than 20 restaurateurs, chefs, and farmers from across the county shared the spotlight as guests waltzed

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Shopping and Grazing — and Fundraising — at Hammertown

Lisa Green reports from Pine Plains.A tent nearly rivaling the size of Hammertown Barn in Pine Plains was just spacious enough to accommodate the tables and displays of auction items at the venerable shop’s 7th annual Shop for a Cause Event on Saturday, September 22. The fundraiser was

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Laughter Is the Best Medicine at Fairview Hospital Gala

Sarah Todd reports from Great Barrington. Though comedian Paula Poundstone ribbed the crowd at the 2012 Fairview Hospital Gala about indulging in luxuries like “eating gold on heated sidewalks,” no edible metals were on offer at Saturday’s hospital fundraiser. There was, however, plenty of first-rate fare at the dinner

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Berkshire History Two Ways: From Farm to Gilded-Age Table

Silka Glanzman reports from Great Barrington and Lenox.The heritage of the Berkshires was served up two ways on Saturday, September 15, with an elegant plein air farm-to-table dinner in Great Barrington followed by a Gilded Age Gala in Lenox. The evening kicked off at Indian Line Farm — the site

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The Writerly Whirl of WordFest Weekend at The Mount

Sarah Todd reports from Lenox.When writers come together, stories get passed around like dinner rolls. The authors’ dinner on opening night of The Mount’s second Berkshire WordFest writers' festival, held at the historic estate of literary lion Edith Wharton, was no exception. On a terrace overlooking Laurel

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