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Hillsdale’s Davis and Draves Think Locally and Act Globally --...
Draves and Davis By Jamie Larson Ken Davis and Kevin Draves run two traditional small-town businesses in Hillsdale, New York: an ice cream parlor and a “lifestyle boutique,” but their unique approach...
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Recipe: Egg In A Cornhole Muffin -- Food Section -- Recipes
This is a recipe I used to make at the bakery/coffee shop I was baking for in Brooklyn just before my husband and I left to move up to the beautiful northwest corner. I tried it a couple of times in...
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Bowling For Berkshire Baby Box In Great Barrington -- Parties © Openings...
Lisa Green reports from Great Barrington. Back in the day, there was a TV show called Bowling For Dollars, but on Monday, August 22, a group of people gathered at the Cove Bowling Alley to bowl for...
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It’s Un Bel Di As We Welcome The Berkshire Opera Festival -- Arts Section --...
By Lisa Green Since the Berkshire Opera Company folded in 2008, opera productions have been conspicuously absent from the performing arts scene in the Berkshires. So when Jonathon Loy and Brian Garman,...
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Shaker-Style Summer Soiree -- Parties © Openings Section -- Parties
Rachel Louchen reports from New Lebanon. Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon’s Great Stone Barn was the focal point of the annual benefit dinner, Visualizing the Museum’s Future, on Saturday, August 27....
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The Thrill of the Grill: Eating And Competing At Grillsdale -- Parties ©...
Lisa Green reports from Hillsdale. Like moths to a flame, a parade of cars veered off Route 22 to the Roeliff-Jansen Park in Hillsdale, NY on Saturday, Aug. 27. Why? Because there were flames a-plenty...
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Weekend Of Wheels At Lime Rock (And A Parade, Too) -- Road Trips Section --...
Photos courtesy Lime Rock Park. By CB Wismar For some, they are exquisite rolling sculptures – the finest representation of the designer’s art. For others, they’re nothing more than a necessity, like...
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Recipe: Pasta With Cherry Tomato Sauce -- Food Section -- Recipes
One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is...
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Oldtone Roots Music Festival Is A Fun New Frolic -- Arts Section -- Music
Lauren Ambrose and Kip Beacco at 2015’s festival By Amy Krzanik As the Duke Ellington song says, “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing,” and the Oldtone Roots Music Festival does got that...
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Take A Bow: Jacob’s Pillow Closes Out Festival 2016 -- Parties ©...
Amy Krzanik reports from Becket. You never know what moves you’ll see on the dance floor at a Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival after-party. There might be a few couples waltzing around the perimeter or...
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Traghaven Whiskey Pub Brings West Cork To Tivoli -- Food Section -- News
One of the delicious burgers at Traghaven. By Jamie Larson Traghaven Whiskey Pub & Co. in Tivoli, New York has some magic to it. The pub is transportive, seemingly pulled from another time and...
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Down On Runaround Farm -- Real Estate -- Listings of the Week
Runaround Farm is a contemporary farmhouse on 12 rambling acres in Austerlitz. There is a true country kitchen which opens to a family room with a stone fireplace, formal dining room, living room,...
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Copake Revival -- Real Estate -- Listings of the Week
Built in 1820, the E. W. Sweet House is a carefully restored Greek Revival in Copake with original details and custom cabinetry throughout. The four-bedroom, three-and-one-half bathroom home has a...
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Rural Retreat -- Real Estate -- Listings of the Week
A rural road in Ancram leads to this house, located in a peaceful setting with far reaching mountain views of the Catskills. The three-bedroom, three-and-one-half bathroom main home was built in 2007...
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Modern Interpretation -- Real Estate -- Listings of the Week
This is a renovated 1900 Victorian in Hudson with 2,1000 square feet of living space. It has a well-proportioned living room, dining room with fireplace and a high-end kitchen with professional grade...
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