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The Rural We: Nicholas Lenski

Born and raised in northern Berkshire County, Nicholas “Nick" Lenski is the man behind Brier Road Guitars, where he’s been making acoustic steel string guitars, mandolins and ukuleles by hand for the past four years. In his North Adams studio, where he shares space with fellow luthier and

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The Rural We: Cynthia Wade

Cynthia Wade, the Berkshires-based filmmaker who won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, is one step closer to her goal of making full-length fiction films now that her award-winning doc, "Freeheld," has been released by Lionsgate as a full-length film. The movie stars Julianne Moore and

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The Rural We: Rinker Buck

Cornwall, Conn. resident Rinker Buck began his career in journalism at the Berkshire Eagle and was a longtime staff writer for the Hartford Courant before he began a 20-year career writing for the likes of Vanity Fair, New York, Life, and other well-known publications. His most recent book, 2015’s

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The Rural We: Ella Baff

Accepting the National Medal of Arts from Pres. Obama. Photo: Jeff Malet. After 17 years as executive and artistic director of Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, Mass., Ella Baff is leaving the world-renowned dance colony to join the Mellon Foundation in NYC. Baff’s list of accomplishments is stunning; under

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The Rural We: Darren Winston

Darren Winston of Sharon, Conn. has been selling rare books since 1995, a business he ran out of his New York City apartment. After he and his wife had their first child, they realized it was time to move out of the city, and vaguely knew the region from their

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The Rural We: Jen Glockner

Photo by Eric Korenman. Twelve years ago, Jen Glockner had never even heard of the Berkshires. Now she is one of the biggest and most vocal supporters of our culturally rich region. She specifically loves her new hometown of Pittsfield, where she works as the Director of the Office of

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The Rural We: Joe Rose

Chances are, if you’ve been to a choral concert, a cocktail reception with music or a cabaret show in the area, you’ve heard pianist Joe Rose. Highly accomplished at just about any genres of music, he’s the accompanist for several choral groups and directs three choirs as

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The Rural We: Carlo and Dominique DeVito

Carlo and Dominique DeVito turned their love of touring wineries into their very own successful endeavor nine years ago when they moved from New Jersey with their twin boys to open the Hudson-Chatham Winery. The couple, who are founding members of the Hudson-Berkshire Beverage Trail, still find time to write

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The Rural We: Beth Linskey

Although the farm-to-table movement may seem commonplace now, Beth Linskey remembers a time back when it wasn't so easy to get milk and eggs from your neighborhood farm. But she was committed to locally sourcing ingredients for her preserves company, Beth's Farm Kitchen, which she founded

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The Rural We: Rebecca Soffer

Raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the co-founder of Modern Loss also holds a master's in journalism from Columbia and is a former producer of "The Colbert Report." For the past four and a half years, she and her husband and young son have been splitting

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The Rural We: Bob Rasner

Bob Rasner and his wife Marie are the owners of Elijah Slocum, which designs and crafts fine handmade cabinetry and furniture. The store is now located in Hudson, but it wasn’t always so: until fairly recently, the Rasners lived in Los Angeles and had a showroom in New York.

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The Rural We: David Joseph

Actor and singer David Joseph, who is celebrating his 10th season at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, currently can be seen playing five different characters in the company’s Henry V, which is up at the Bernstein Theatre until August 23. The self-proclaimed “Berkshires boy," who was raised in

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