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Fitch's Corner Horse Trials Brimming with Flair

Dale Stewart reports from Millbrook, NY.On any given Sunday, Millbrook’s hunt country already feels like the Cotswolds of the Hudson Valley. That feeling is heightened for one weekend each year during Fitch’s Corner Horse Trials. The multi-faceted event includes more than 300 horses competing in dressage, cross-country,

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Shaker Museum Country Dance and Dinner at Darrow School

Dale Stewart reports from New Lebanon.Partygoers were easily coaxed into joining in the square dance under a waxing crescent moon at the Shaker Museum Summer Benefit on Saturday, July 21, at the Darrow School in Mount Lebanon. The dinner and dance had a true countrified feel, right down to

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A Pleasant Valley Evening for Crickets, Critters, and Cocktails

Samara DiMouro reports from Lenox.Mother Nature served up a perfect evening of sunny, then starry, skies on Saturday, July 21, for the annual Crickets, Critters, and Cocktails  benefit for Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. Nature-loving guests enjoyed each other's company along with food and wine, live

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The Mount Prepares for Edith Wharton’s 150th Birthday

Bess Hochstein reports from Lenox. If Edith Wharton were still alive, she’d be celebrating her 150th birthday this year. And she’d have found fine companionship on the terrace of The Mount, her Lenox estate, on the hazy evening of Sunday, July 15, where bibliophiles and others gathered to

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A Historic Affair: Tanglewood's 75th Anniversary

Fiona Breslin reports from Lenox. Turning 75 is monumental enough, but Tanglewood’s anniversary concert and gala on Saturday, July 14, was a historic event in and of itself. The evening featured performances by legendary musicians and conductors, including James Taylor, pianists Peter Serkin and Emanuel Ax, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter,

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French-Themed Fête for Bard's Bastille Day SummerScape Gala

Bess Hochstein reports from Annandale-on-Hudson.The fantastical Spiegeltent served as the appropriately festive setting for both the start and the conclusion of the Bard SummerScape 2012 Gala Celebration on Saturday, July 14. That the celebration took place on Bastille Day was in keeping with the francophile theme of year'

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A Midsummer Party for Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust

Dale Stewart reports from South Kent.There was something uniquely Gatsby-esque about the Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust Midsummer party on Saturday, July 14. In the glow of a cinematic sunset, to a soundtrack of jazzy world music, impeccably dressed guests mingled and nibbled on fig and jambon mousse canapés, all

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Artists and Curators and Guests, Omi!

Scott Baldinger reports from Ghent. Who knew that artists, particularly those from around the world, such as Omi resident artistsAhmed el Shaer, from Egypt, and  Kakyoung Lee, from South Korea (at left) -- and even curators, board members, and just plain supporters and guests from more local parts -- could

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IS 183 Art School Stokes the Appetite for Midsummer Soul

Samara DiMouro reports from Lenox.Stonover Farm overflowed with artists, their supporters, and party people on Friday, July 13, for Soul Appetite, a gallery opening and dinner/dance party to benefit IS 183 Art School of the Berkshires. Board member Nancy Kalodner and founding chair Lucy Holland (left) beamed with

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New Berkshire Museum Exhibit Rethinks American Indian Art

Fiona Breslin reports from Pittsfield. Just a few short weeks after Berkshire Museum unveiled its new commission by glass artist Tom Patti, the museum's galleries came alive again after-hours on Thursday, July 12, for the opening reception for Rethink! American Indian Art at Berkshire Museum. The exhibit combines

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Leisurely Lenox Gallery Crawl

Fiona Breslin reports from Lenox.  A trifecta of openings brought art enthusiasts to Lenox for an early evening gallery crawl on Saturday, July 7. At The Bookstore, The Shade Gallery held a reception to unveil Kindle-ing, a multi-media show featuring the work of 25 local artists inspired by the changing

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Upstreet ArtsWalk #3 in Pittsfield

Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield.For the past few years, Pittsfield has become accustomed to downtown crowds in the warm months during its monthly 3rd Thursdays street festivals, and now the city hopes to to spark similar enthusiasm for its monthly ArtsWalk, held on the first Friday of

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