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A Belated Opening Celebration at HunterBee in Millerton

Four months after opening their antiques shop in Millerton, Kent Hunter and Jonathan Bee (left with Moira Kelly) had a cocktail party in their store, HunterBee, to thank their neighbors and customers for their enthusiastic support during difficult times. Many guests said the ebullient fellows had done much to foster

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"These Days: Elegies for Modern Times" Opening at MASS MoCA

April showers—of both the rain and snow variety—did not deter large crowds of visitors from attending the opening reception of These Days: Elegies for Modern Times at MASS MoCA. It’s a definitively dark show, appropriately enough for the cloudy weather, but that didn’t dampen the spirits

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Berkshire International Film Festival Preview Party

After combing through more than 500 submissions, Berkshire International Film Festival founder Kelley Vickery announced the roster of films for her fourth annual festival on March 27 at the sprawling Victorian home of Lisa Newmann and Sandy Sanderson in Housatonic, reports cultural correspondent Bess Hochstein. There’s a strong current

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Berkshire Grown Celebrates at the Red Lion Inn

On Monday, March 23, some of Berkshire County's most committed locavores—farmers, restaurateurs, chefs, civilians who are fussy about where their food comes from— gathered at the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge to celebrate the first harvest of the season (maple syrup) at Berkshire Grown's annual

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The IS 183 Art School "Hair Ball" Was Over-the-Top

What do all generations have in common? They all have a love of creativity, a big dance floor, an open bar, and a good cause. Twentysomethings, thirtysomethings, fortysomethings, fiftysomethings, sixtysomethings, and seventysomethings partied together at the IS 183 Hair Ball on March 14 at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox. Basically

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She's Got Moxie! Saluting Creative Women of the Berkshires

Writer Bess Hochstein, who seems to know everybody worth knowing in the Berkshires, reports from Lenox: A brilliant sunset cast a festive glow in the lobby of Founders Theatre at Shakespeare & Company on March 13, as the Berkshire creative community gathered to fete the recipients of the She’s

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Ferrin Gallery Opens "Women: Portrait + Figure"

Writer Bess Hochstein, who's an aficionado of the Berkshires cultural scene, sent us her report on the big opening Saturday night in Pittsfield: Gallerista Leslie Ferrin (left with artist Michael Rousseau) jumped the gun on the month-long Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts, drawing a large crowd

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Clermont's Red-and-White Pre-Dinner Party Reception

The Friends of Clermont's festive Valentine's dinner parties at an assortment of wonderful nearby houses was preceded on Saturday, February 14 by a red-and-white reception at the Robert Livingston historic site in Germantown.  Alas, most of the furnishings at this most graceful of riverfront houses were

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Everyone Loves Lizzie at Shakespeare & Company

It was an early Valentine's Day for Elizabeth Aspenlieder on Thursday, February 12,  when the longtime Shakespeare & Company actress was honored with a cocktail reception before she performed in the one-woman play Bad Dates. Everyone was talking about how Lizzie had received a well-deserved rave review from

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Prescription for Winter Blues: Gotta Dance!

Sure this winter doesn't seem to know when to quit, but you'll get no sympathy from us unless you try to dance. Herewith a couple of suggestions for kicking up your heels, regardless of age, and keeping the blues and the blahs at bay: Grab your

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Super to You, Maybe, But for Some It's Just Another Ugly Bowl

Generally, we like to do our own scribbling here at Rural Intelligence, but we can't improve on this.  Here, directly from the (p.m.) winebar website: "Finally...Super Bowl Sunday!!!!!! This weekend is Super Bowl Sunday!!! The Big Game!!! Millions of Americans will enjoy the action, drinking

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Celebrating the Inauguration Together at the Mahaiwe

Happy voters from Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York came together as one community to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama at the Mahaiwe Theatre in Great Barrington. The free event (sponsored by public television station WMHT and the law firm of Cain Hibbard & Myers) was standing room only.  There

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