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The Race is On: Hudson Political Party

Some were politically motivated, others turned up just to see how co-host, artist/designer Frank Faulkner's latest adventure in Hudson real estate is coming along.  Everyone left dazzled, both by the house, barely furnished until the old one sells, and by Ken Dow (inset), candidate for the State

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Berkshire Grown's Harvest Supper

For anyone who thinks that the Berkshires turns into Brigadoon when the weekenders and summer residents head back to Boston and New York, witness this: Hundreds of food fanatics and locavores packed the old stables at the Eastover resort in Lenox on Monday, September 15, to celebrate the work of

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Literary Lights Shine in Spencertown

Evidence abounds that our region is packed with the sort of left-brainers who like to stay at home with a good book (litmus test: nightclubs per capita—uh, zero?; independent bookstores—off the charts), but on Saturday night, readers and writers alike were out in force to attend the Spencertown

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VIM Adds Vigor to Sedate Lenox Club

The torrential downpour on Saturday night did nothing to dampen spirits inside the graciously genteel Lenox Club (left, on a dryer evening), where vigorous supporters of VIM (Volunteers in Medicine) Berkshires ate, drank, and made merry at the gaming tables at the second annual Monte Carlo Night.  The sold-out event,

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Before the Rain: Housatonic Child Care Celebrates at Linden Hill

On the eve of its 25th annual house tour, the supporters of the not-for-profit Housatonic Child Care Center gathered by pool of Linden Hill, a Lakeville estate with stunning views in every direction.  Many of the guests did not have school-age children—or any children at all—which proved once

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Friends of Clermont Shindig

Saturday night the Friends of Clermont discovered how the west was won—with great chow (hot dogs, chili, corn bread) and wildly flattering duds.  The party, held on the grounds of Clermont, the lovely historic Hudson River home of Robert Livingston, was chaired by none other than Rural Intelligence'

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Hudson Gallery Reopens with Karen Halverson Show

Saturday night Nicole Fiacco held a double celebration at her eponymous gallery: the inauguration of her soaring new space at 336 Warren Street and an artist's reception for Karen Halverson, a photographer whose work is in the collections of the Getty and Smithsonian, among other museums.  Art-scene cognoscenti,

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Cast Party: Barrington Stage Toasts the Opening of "Private Lives"

Reba Evenchik is the Perle Mesta of Pittsfield, and she opened her  red-brick house and garden for the opening night cast party for Barrington Stage Company's splendiferous production of Noel Coward's Private Lives. Evenchik enjoyed introducing her fellow Barrington Stage board members to the cast and

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Everyone Plays at Tanglewood on Parade

It's not a day at the beach, but people come to Tanglewood as if it were. Besides packing elaborate picnics, they brings all manner of folding furniture as well as novels, crossword puzzles, cards and board games to pass the time. Tuesday night's annual Tanglewood on

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For the Love of the Library: Book Signings in Sharon

Under tents erected next to the venerable Hotchkiss Library of Sharon overlooking the town green, some three dozen authors signed copies of their books for shoppers with the proceeds benefiting the library. Many guests said they were stockpiling books to give as Christmas gifts. Author Betsy Howie of Falls Village

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Shaker Museum Gala at Future Site in New Lebanon

"Raise the Roof!" was the theme of this year's Shaker Museum and Library Gala, a dinner dance with silent and live auctions held under a tent on the grounds of the Darrow School, a beautiful former Shaker enclave in New Lebanon.  The roof in question is

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A Litchfield Garden Party for Two Good Causes

It's called Tea for Two Hundred but there seemed to be many more people than that at the home of Gael Hammer and Gary Goodwin in Washington, CT, on Saturday afternoon, July 26, at the fundraiser for the Northwestern Connecticut AIDS Project and the Susan B. Anthony Project,

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