The Rural We

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The Rural We: Lisa Landry

Lisa Landry, husband Flavio Lichtenthal and two sons, Sebastian and Paolo, moved to the Berkshires from Brooklyn 13 years ago. After living and working for 10 years at Gould Farm, they moved to Great Barrington. A little over a year ago, they opened No. Six Depot Roastery and Café in

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The Rural We: Gina Hyams

Gina Hyams moved to the Berkshires from the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Dave, and their then 10-year-old daughter, Annalena, in June of 2005, to to live closer to Dave’s elderly parents, who were in Norfolk, Connecticut. They’d rented sight unseen what turned out to be

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The Rural We: Carole Osterink

Carole Osterink's relationship with the city of Hudson is truly a love story. Inspired by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the The Gossips of Rivertown blogger came to Hudson Valley to escape city life and hunker down with her writing. However, things changed when she visited Hudson and immediately become

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The Rural We: Bella Erder

Bella Erder, and her husband, Mark, were living and working in Hong Kong in 1997 when they bought a vacation home in Norfolk, CT, where they would spend summers and Christmas vacations. Seven years later, they decided that they wanted their sons, Luke and Jake, to be educated in the

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The Rural We: Justin Ball

Justin Ball may have stumbled upon our region, but it's no accident he ended up staying here permanently. After a decade of working in NYC as a director, producer and arts educator, he was instantly charmed by the rural lifestyle of Litchfield County and soon found that our

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The Rural We: Shawn Fischer

Shawn and Kurt Fischer in the Spiegeltent. Shawn Fischer is a teacher, director and actress who had a career in theater, dance, sketch comedy and improv in NYC for 25 years before moving to Tivoli full time in 2009. She now teaches theater at Woodbourne Correctional Facility through the non-profit

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The Rural We: Maurice "Pops" Peterson

Photo by Edward Acker Co-owner and business manager of Seven Salon/Spa —in addition to being a supporter of numerous local charities — Maurice “Pops" Petersen is a well-known face in the community. But slightly less known is what a truly remarkable nine lives he has lived. He has successfully

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The Rural We: Pooja Ru Prema

Photo by Sabine Vollmer von Falken Pooja Ru Prema brings original and site-specific theatrical experiences to the community with her Rogue Angel Theatre Company. She loves performing for and working with her community and she encourages everyone to participate. But you don't have to be an actor to

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The Rural We: John Bartlett

John Barlett is an award-winning fashion designer and a passionate animal activist. His has his own nonprofit dedicated to distributing funds to animal rescue groups. He is co-hosting an event at J.Seitz & Company on June 28 for The Little Guild, a no-kill shelter for abandoned or abused animals

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The Rural We: Kari Feuer

Artist and longtime Red Hook resident Kari Feuer started The Red Hook Community Arts Network to unite the artists of her community and establish her town as an art destination. It's had another benefit, too: Surrounding herself with other artists has had a positive effect on her own

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The Rural We: Bill Heaton

Bill Heaton began small with his big-time brewery dreams, and now he is owner/operator of the beloved Big Elm Brewery in Sheffield. My wife Christine and I moved to Pittsfield in March of 2005 to open our first business venture, Pittsfield Brew Works, a brewpub downtown. We left well-paying

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The Rural We: Annie Brody

Annie Brody's reasons for living in our region is for the dogs, literally. After adopting a dog in 1999, she saw wide-open spaces in her future, so she left New York City for East Chatham and quickly acclimated to the rural lifestyle. A longtime film buff, she volunteered

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