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A Close Encounter with Music at Blantyre

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Lenox: As the daylight hours diminish with winter’s approach, the concept of an afternoon benefit becomes much more appealing than venturing out in the cold, dark night. It’s hard to think of a more perfect place to spend a chilly

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An Artful Night in Millerton

Everywhere you turned in Millerton on Saturday night, which hosted a town-wide "Fall for Art" party, you saw artists—from the sidewalk outside the Oakhurst Diner to the Gallery at the Moviehouse, which opened a three-month exhibition, "The Big Country," curated by the organizers of the

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Rhinebeck Farmers' Market Dinner at Astor Courts

No wonder Chelsea Clinton chose Astor Courts for her wedding last summer. It's certainly as grand and stately as The White House, where she spent her teenage years. Last Saturday, owners Kathy Hammer & Arthur Seelbinder gave a party to thank local farmers and merchants (who'd

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NoAd > NYC: MASS MoCA's Manhattan Benefit

Although MASS MoCA is best known as a museum of the visual arts, it is equally committed to the performing arts, which is why there were so many performances at its sold-out annual New York City benefit at the Highline Ballroom on October 14, including the Brooklyn-based band, Bathrop, Alabama

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Tony & Tina, I & II, Exchange Vows at Shakespeare & Company

The only thing better than a wedding is a double ceremony, and Shakespeare & Company delivered just that on Saturday, October 9, with its benefit performance of Tony n' Tina's Wedding.   Following a cocktail reception where actors in character mingled among the guests, many of whom were

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Proud to be Out & Partying in Pittsfield

On Friday night at the City of Pittsfield's Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Mayor James Ruberto issued an official proclamation—proudly held (left) by Jason Verchot and Dana Bixby of the Berkshire Stonewall Community Coalition— declaring it Out in the Berkshires Weekend. It began: "Whereas the city

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Saving the Bay at Mark & Larry's Antiques

Everyone seemed to have his or her own agenda on Friday, October 8, when they gathered at Mark & Larry's Antiques on Warren Street in Hudson for a drink.  Sam Pratt had called to meeting to raise funds for Save the Bay, but he didn't make

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Berkshire Taconic Foundation's Good Neighbor Policy

The Rural Intelligence regions abounds with generous, community-minded souls, and hundreds packed the tent in front of Hammertown Barn in Pine Plains on Saturday, October 2, for the 5th annual silent auction to benefit the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Neighbor-to-Neighbor program, which provides cash assistance to families in

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Historic Hudson Celebrates at the Tin Ballroom

Vince Mulford's antiques showroom offered a hushed, candlelit prelude for guests at Historic Hudson's lively Post-House-Tour cocktail reception on Saturday, October 2, as they made their way to a staircase in back leading to the magical "Tin Ballroom."   (RI's advice: Do not

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A Hudson Opera House Lovefest Among the Ravishing Ruins

The 17th Annual Gala to support the Hudson Opera House was held on Saturday, September 25 at the Cannonball Factory in Hudson, which proved to be a great place to have a party.  Nearly two hundred guests mingled outdoors for cocktails in a space that had once had a roof,

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Toasting "Woodland Style" at Berkshire Museum

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield: Artists, home décor devotees, and other friends and fans of Marlene Marshall converged on Berkshire Museum on Saturday, September 25, for her book signing. An artist, art teacher, and author, Marshall’s latest book, Woodland Style, was released recently by Storey

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Cider Mash Bash at Chesterwood

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Stockbridge: Lenox has its Apple Squeeze, and now Stockbridge has its Cider Mash Bash — at least that’s plan of the stewards of Daniel Chester French’s historic home, studio and gardens, who introduced Chesterwood’s First Annual Cider Mash Bash on

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