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A Paeon to Industry at the Ferrin Gallery Dish and Dine

Those who make political hay by promoting the fiction that liberals "hate America" would have been discomfited to hear the art photographer Susan Mikula and the art potter Frances Palmer sing the praises of American industry on Saturday night, July 10, at the Ferrin Gallery's Dish

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Now It's Summer! Tanglewood Opening Night Gala 2010

Resurrection indeed! Summer does not officially begin in the Berkshires until the opening night of Tanglewood, and the sun was shining brightly on the lawn outside the Hawthorne Tent as Tanglewood's loyal supporters arrived for a gala dinner before heading to the Koussevitzky Music Shed on Friday, July

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Monica Miller Opens at Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chatham

The Albany art world turned out in force at the Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chatham on Saturday, July 3, for the opening of one they think of as their own, Malden Bridge painter Monica Miller. On a surprise visit from Seattle for her sister's opening Melanie Miller, the

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Williamstown Theatre Festival's Opening Night 2010

The stunning '62 Center for Theatre & Dance not only looks but also feels like the Lincoln Center of the Berkshires when the Williamstown Theatre Festival is in residence.  WTF kicked  off its 56th season with a dinner catered by Mezze in an airy dance studio, which was followed

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Susan Rodgers/Joe Wheaton Show Opens at Berkshire Museum

Only Stuart Chase, Berkshire Museum's estimable director, could get away with scheduling an opening for a Thursday night (July 1) and draw a crowd like this—a veritable who's who of those who get things done in Berkshire County. Of course, he had plenty of help

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Susan Mikula Show Opens at Ferrin Gallery

Pittsfield grew into the city it once was largely on the strength of the General Electric Corporation, which dominated economic and civic life and shaped the very landscape there.  Now a greatly diminished presence, and fading by the day, it seems, General Electric's industrial sites and their surroundings

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Bagels & Art for All at Bard's Hessel Museum

It was an art opening crossed with a kiddush luncheon—the kind of glamorously academic event that often happens at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.  The collectors responsible for At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg hosted the afternoon brunch featuring mimosas, endless

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Barrington Stage Gala Honors Mary Ann Quinson

The Barrington Stage Company's annual gala always begins with a fashion parade as guests walk two blocks up North Street from the Mainstage to the party at the gym at St. Joseph's High School. This year, guests were encouraged to wear red and black to match

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Jacob's Pillow: Season Opener a Dance Bonanza

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Becket: In a departure from the past few rainy years, on June 19 sunshine greeted a resplendent crowd gathered for the kick-off of the 78th anniversary of Jacob's Pillow's world-famous dance festival. Guests assembled for cocktails on the

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Columbia County Garden Party for the AIDS Council

Everyone at the Inaugural Columbia County Garden Party for the AIDS Council of Northestern New York was on a high from the Hudson Pride Parade earlier in the day, and their hearts continued to soar as the approached Forth House, the historic Hudson Valley home of composer Scott Frankel and

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Sally Helgesen Reads at Chatham Books

Chatham resident Sally Helgesen, whose latest book, The Female Vision: Women's Real Power in the Workplace, published just last week and already #2 on Amazon's Business and Leadership list, had a reading and signing at the Chatham Bookstore on Saturday, June 19.  Helgesen's selection

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Good Dog Foundation Square Dance at Carolyne Roehm's Barn

Once upon a time, in the 1980s, fashion designer-turned-lifestyle guru Carolyne Roehm presided over gala fundraisers at places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Lincoln Center. Now, she spends much of her time at Weatherstone, her estate in Sharon, CT, which has a equestrian complex that would make Ralph

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