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A Costume Lark at the Clark

The ice outside was rock solid but inside the Clark Museum in Williamstown on Friday, January 17, the Renaissance-style merriment flowed like mead.  Men in doublets and women in farthingales feasted on suckling pig and trifle between outbreaks of boogieing to the strains of Abba and The Isley Brothers (you

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Storefront Artists Greet the New Year

Between its December and January openings, the Storefront Artist Project in Pittsfield had a post-holiday open house on Sunday, January 4, for its board and most loyal supporters, who came to see the work of resident artists Michael St. John and Lisa Desrosiers. The next opening is on January 17

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Berkshire Creative Economy Council Sparkles in Lenox

It was like a Facebook reunion when hundreds of actual and virtual friends of the Berkshire Creative Economy Council gathered at Seven Hills in Lenox on Thursday, December 4, for the Sparkle holiday party. Berkshire Creative's chairman Nancy Fitzpatrick (left) urged guests to bid on silent auction items

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Antiques: Hudson Supermarket Celebrates

On Saturday, November 22, Vintage and Modern Inc. and the Hudson Supermarket co-hosted a drinks and dim-sum do to introduce new vendors.  Dealers from up-and-down Warren Street joined in welcoming (have these people never heard of cut-throat competition?) Olenka, whose "Artworks" floral designs now occupies the space near

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The Bold Ones: Celebrating Sol LeWitt at Mass MoCA

Fashion seemed to be on many peoples' minds on Saturday at Mass MoCA's gala opening of Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective. Some guests wore bright stripes in homage to the artist, while others wore basic art-world black so as to not clash with the painted walls.

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A Silent Auction Ends with a Bang

Before the deluge, the night was weirdly warm.  Which could also describe the action inside the house at Hammertown Barn on Saturday, November 15.  Culminating a week of on-line silent auction bidding, attendees came bent on winning.  With continued federal and state support looking less likely by the day, everyone

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A Fête for the Festival of Trees at the Berkshire Museum

Remember when every city, big and small, had at least one great department store with holiday windows and decorations that set the mood for the season? Alas, the great department stores are practically extinct, but the Berkshire Museum's 24th annual Festival of Trees is like several city blocks

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Findustry's New Show: Dirty Dishes and Other Stories

The fun at Findustry, a gallery/store on Warren Street owned by John Findysz, always starts outside, with the windows.  These had been done on Saturday afternoon, November 8, by the star of that evening's performance piece, Homer Snyder (in cowboy gear at left), using nothing but masking

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Linda Horn's Opening at the Nicole Fiacco Gallery

Lots of warm, family feeling infused the gala opening on Saturday, November 8, at the Nicole Fiacco Gallery in Hudson.    The exhibition, "Negative Space," a one-woman show of sculpture by the artist Linda B. Horn, is comprised almost exclusively of all-white plaster pieces.  Everyone talked about how wonderful

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Openings at BCB Art in Hudson

Saturday night, two new shows at BCB ART—"Black, White & Blue, new paintings by Bart Gulley" and "Around Here: 9 Local Landscapes by Sasha Chermayeff"— drew art world cognoscenti from both sides of the river and Massachusetts to the Hudson gallery.   Despite harrowing weather, nearly

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7 Dutchess Grand Opening

On Saturday evening in Millerton, 7 Dutchess, the new fashion-and-home-furnishings store run by Joan Osofsky of Hammertown Barn and Mimi Harney, had its official grand opening. Located on the side street across from The Moviehouse, 7 Dutchess carries the kind of stylish clothes that are just right for women who

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Eat, Drink and Be Literary: Hotchkiss Library Auction at the Sharon Country Club

The public library is the heart and soul of most towns in our region, and, volunteers are the backbone of the library.  No one is more committed to the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon than the indomitable octogenarian  trustee Dorothy Felske, who organized Sunday night's "Eat, Drink and

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