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The Rural We: Sarah Kilborne

Photo by Jane O'Connor. Sarah S. Kilborne is an author, performer and activist residing in Germantown, N.Y. She has written fiction and non-fiction for both children and adults. Her most recent book, American Phoenix, is the biography of industrialist William Skinner, her great-great grandfather. She is founder

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The Rural We: Barbara Zheutlin

Barbara Zheutlin, director of Berkshire Grown, which supports and promotes local agriculture, has had almost too many careers to name. Here are few: work in Hollywood as an author and documentary film producer, with Salvadoran refugees and involvement in global nuclear disarmament causes, all in Los Angeles, where she’s

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The Rural We: Danielle Steinmann

If you live in the Berkshires, you know Danielle Steinmann. The curly-haired, smartly dressed smiling face at so many local events is the Director of Visitor Interpretation at The Trustees of Reservations, as well as the president of the Berkshire Art Association, and an IS183 gala volunteer. Originally from Queens,

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The Rural We: Amanda Judge

Ghent resident Amanda Judge is a brilliant example of a young, socially-minded entrepreneur. She is the creator and owner of Faire Collection, an accessories company that supplies fair trade jewelry, scarves and other fashion goods to thousands of boutique around the world. Since 2008,  Judge has set up 10 workshops

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The Rural We: Mary Anne Davis

Mary Anne Davis of davistudio in Spencertown, NY, is a nationally recognized ceramic artist whose work can be seen across the country in galleries, stores and museums. So, while her high-end dinnerware and adorable giftware can be found in homes everywhere, Davis, her husband and their two chihuahuas are happy

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The Rural We: Lisa Nilsson

Berkshire County artist Lisa Nilsson began her career in painting and illustration for greeting cards and magazines, moved into 3D shadowbox work and then into quilling (intricate work with paper), which gained her worldwide attention from places like The Huffington Post, Smithsonian.com and "The Independent." She has

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The Rural We: Darcie Sosa

Darcie Sosa is the first to admit she has a full and robust work schedule. But it allows her to interact with new people and travel all over her beloved Berkshires. After graduating UMASS in Amherst, she returned back home to the Berkshires and quickly immersed herself in the arts,

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The Rural We: Alexander Sovronsky

Photo by Abby Wood. Alexander Sovronsky is an actor, multi-instrumentalist, and the resident composer at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. His career highlights include composing for, and acting and playing music in, the 2007 Broadway production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" (starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner) and

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The Rural We: Simon Treadway Gato

Simon Treadway Gato, the four-legged Lobby Ambassador of The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, MA, has the important job of greeting visitors, posing for photos, and making himself available for head scratches and tummy pats. Simon escorts guests to their rooms and, on rare occasions, spends the night. This cat

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The Rural We: Stan Hirson

Stan Hirson started his professional career as a documentary filmmaker in Boston. He covered the civil rights movement in the South and made film portraits of James Baldwin, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Hirson joined the documentarians Maysles brothers and was involved in films such as The

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The Rural We: Janice Kaplan

Janice Kaplan is the author of the current best seller, “The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life," a research-backed memoir of her year of living gratefully. Four years ago, she and her husband bought a country home in Kent, Conn., where

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The Rural We: Jeff Daly

Ancramdale resident Jeff Daly is the retired head of Museum Design for Exhibits and Capital Projects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But he's still heavily involved in that world as board chair of the Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon and a museum design consultant for projects around the

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