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It Takes Two To Tango

Dance was always Jackie Wong’s destiny. Her father, a Chinese immigrant, named her after his beloved dance teacher, and she grew up devouring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies like ice cream. In the 1980s, she worked during the day as the manager of a bread and cheese shop

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Spring Cleansing

When I spotted a bluebird attempting to get a good look at itself in a parked Toyota’s rearview mirror last week, I knew that spring was finally here. It's a time of year when, much like bluebirds, people feel inspired to make sure everything looks sharp. We

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Heavenly Hell on Wheels: The Hudson Valley Horrors

Woe to the person who attends a Hudson Valley Horrors bout thinking that women's roller derby is just a bunch of babes in skates pushing each other around. Over the course of roller derby’s nearly one hundred-year history, it’s gained a reputation for blending campy spectacle

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In Amenia, A Community Grows by Leaps and Bounds

To start a dance revolution, the first thing to do is ditch the choreographer. That’s what the wildly creative Pilobolus Dance Theater did when it was founded by a ragtag group of Dartmouth students and their dance teacher in 1971. Ever since, the watchword of the troupe has been

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Snowcapades: Winter Sports

By New England standards, this winter is looking positively mild-mannered — all the more reason to get out and enjoy it! Thanks to the magic of modern snowmaking machines, skiers and snowboarders can find fresh powder at any one of six resorts in Berkshire and Litchfield counties, each of which offers

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At Hudson Wellness Collective, Health As Human Right

Sarah Falkner, Masha Schmidt, Caroline Ruderman; Photo credit Nicholas Kahn There's nothing clinical about walking into the Hudson Wellness Collective, a center for healing arts that opened on Hudson’s bustling Warren Street last fall. Strings of tiny white lights and a paper lamp cast a warm glow

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Looking Good, Locally

It’s one the paradoxes of life that the busy social calendar of the holiday season coincides with formidable beauty opponents such as pasty skin, dry winter winds, and the skin-dulling effects of too little fresh air and too much online shopping. But thanks to our area’s diverse array

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At Sruti, Strength Training for Body and Serenity for Mind

Between eggnog-fueled family feuds, latke hangovers, and strangely competitive Secret Santa exchanges, peace of body and soul can be in short supply during the holiday season.  But take heart, weary reindeer. Chances are that Sruti Berkshire Yoga Center in Great Barrington—part fitness mecca, part spiritual hub, part community center—

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Swing, Shimmy, Sweat: Exercising Off the Beaten Path

Come November, a familiar jog or bike ride around New England streets can start to feel a little lonely. Where are the neighbors, fellow health nuts, and eager leaf-peepers? And is wind chill some kind of cruel punishment designed to keep dutiful exercisers from getting in their morning cardio? But

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Destination Detox: Hudson, NY

Hudson has gone through a number of transformations as a destination spot since being chartered as a city in 1785. In its earliest days, it was the port of call for whaling and merchant ships returning from the ends of the earth laden with exotic goods, barrels of whale oil,

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