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FilmColumbia Festival-goers Celebrate

Despite the deluge, the Saturday night Sneak Preview, a George Clooney comedy, Up in the Air, was sold out, and after cineastes, including scores of visiting filmmakers, gathered at the Tracy Memorial Village Hall in Chatham to celebrate FilmColumbia Festival's tenth anniversary. Members of the documentary Axis of

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Carrie Haddad Packs the House

Most residents of Hudson, NY, are architecture buffs, which is why they migrate to this historic city and devote so much time to renovating and decorating their houses. And that's probably why Carrie Haddad Photographs, the gallery at 318 Warren Street, was jammed for the opening of  Architectural

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Hunt Slonem Sale Preview at Stair Galleries

On Saturday, October 17, antiquarians from near and far descended on Stair Galleries in Hudson (that's Colin Stair, far left, with veteran Hudson antiques dealer Rich Rasso)  for a preview of the season's most eagerly-awaited sale, the Hunt Slonem Collection from Edgewood Terrace.  Slonem, a New

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Historic Hudson's Post-Tour Party

All day Saturday, David Hart, President of the Greenport Historical Society, stood outside, seemingly oblivious to the damp and cold, greeting visitors to the 1799 Toll House that he and his group are hoping to restore.  Anyone who drives on 23B has passed it—a mysterious, boarded-up, old stone structure,

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ArtsWalk Opening: Outsider Art at Basilica Industria

The Dr. Pepper and Pabst Blue Ribbon flowed on Friday, October 9, as ArtsWalk in Hudson got off to a festive start with the gala opening of a one-man show of works from private collections by the outsider artist Earl Swanigan at Basilica Industria .  At least 300 people crammed into

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NAMI's Fundraiser at Stonover Farm

Looking more like movie stars than a political power couple, Diane and Deval Patrick stopped by the first dinner dance that the National Alliance of Mental Illness of Berkshire County (NAMIBC) has had since it was founded 25 years ago. The governor spoke eloquently about de-stigmatizing mental illness. "No

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BIFF Brings Together Cineastes and Environmentalists

Cultural correspondent Bess Hochstein reports from Great Barrington:How is it that The Triplex cinema managed to fill one of its screening rooms to capacity on Monday, October 5, with an episode of the PBS series NOW that had already aired back in April? Perhaps it’s due to the

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A Happening in Hillsdale: Goliath Gallery Debuts

On Saturday, October 3, in Hillsdale, the Goliath Institute inaugurated its new gallery located behind Herrington's in a 19th century grain mill and depot, which was once the Hillsdale Mercantile Association. Goliath, which also has outposts in Nice and Jerusalem, is dedicated to the "blending of cultural

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Food Writers and Their Fans Mingle at The Mount

Eminent food writers, editors and about a hundred of their ardent readers gathered in the Stable at The Mount in Lenox on Saturday, October 3rd, for a panel discussion on food writing in the digital age. Everyone agreed that food is part of the national conversation as never before, as

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A Feast in the Field at Farm Girl Farm

What do chefs and farmers like to do when they're not working? They like to hang out together and prepare food, which is what happened on Monday night at Laura Meister's Farm Girl Farm in Egremont, MA. It was supposed to be an improvised and impromptu

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A Love-In for the Library in Falls Village

The small towns in our region take pride in their public libraries the same way small towns in Texas take pride in their high-school football teams.  So it’s not surprising that library fundraisers often resemble spirited pep rallies. There was no shortage of hometown chauvinism in Falls Village, CT,

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Berkshire Grown's 11th Annual Harvest Supper

On the last day of summer, Berkshire Grown, the not-for-profit champion of the farm-to-table movement, held its annual harvest buffet where hundreds of guests tasted dishes made by local chefs with local ingredients. Some chefs and farmers, including Laura Meister of Farm Girl Farm and Daire Rooney of Brix (left)

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