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I WITNESS: Goodbye to the Berkshires

I will miss the Berkshires, particularly the home where we have lived for the past 13 years, the longest stretch that I have ever lived in one location.

Bits & Bytes: Gangspil at Dewey Hall; ‘Acis and Galatea’; vegan Thanksgiving; Rotary Halloween painting

On Nov. 13, Rotary’s weekly lunch at Crissey Farm featured a presentation by Monument Mountain Regional High School art teacher Neel Webber of some of the best work in this year’s Halloween poster contest.

Welcome to Real Estate Friday!

Jonathan Hallam of The Kinderhook Group offers a beautifully lavish historical property in Kinderhook! A selection of new listing for the new season!

A possible format for Du Bois statue

In his letter Gary Leveille writes: “I would like to recommend a bench-style statue that allows visitors to interact with the subject.”

In NY-19 race, Democratic candidates take shots at ‘empty suit’ Faso

Though its boundaries have shifted in recent years, NY-19 has been represented by a mix of Democrats and Republicans over the decades.

Life’s a Beech…Tree

The beech tree was very important hardwood here in the Berkshires, and the species is capable of living 300 years or more.

A political storm brewing in New York’s 19th District

On Friday, June 2, Indivisible Chatham will be hosting a mock town hall on women’s rights in front of Republican Congressman John Faso’s house in Kinderhook. Can a motivated group of dismayed activists grow their grassroots movement into a coalition capable of winning elections? “It’s easier to resist when all the cards are against you, it’s very motivating. Now we just have to win some elections.” -- Indivisible Chatham, N.Y., founder Alan Gelb

Business Briefs: New director at Construct Inc.; Guido’s food program donations; performance award for Hilton Garden Inn; music grant for BCArc; Best of Service...

A native of Wisconsin, Jane Ralph joins Construct Inc. from north central Vermont where she served as executive director of the Clarina Howard Nichols Center, an agency offering domestic and sexual violence victims and survivors emergency shelter, support and services.

Veronica DiFederico Harrington, 88, of Lee, educator and realtor

She had an antique shop in Lenox during the 1980s, and also worked for Charles Flint Antiques in Lenox. She later worked in real estate for 12 years as a realtor for the former Reinholt Real Estate in Lenox.

ART REVIEW: ‘A Change of Place,’ extraordinary new work at Jack Shainman’s School

"A Change of Place" is nothing less than a major cultural event. We are genuinely fortunate that it is happening in our part of the world.

‘SoHo Sins’ author Richard Vine to illuminate murderous art world

If you’ve ever thought that “the contemporary art world is in many respects a criminal enterprise,” then you shouldn’t miss this talk on August 6, for this is exactly the sort of idea that Richard Vine will be exploring.

ART REVIEW: ‘Winter in America,’ uplifting look at war, violence, alienation

However it is remembered, no one will imagine that this winter in America is a time for complacency or easy answers.

The School: A New York art dealer’s dream gallery — in Kinderhook

If you have not visited Jack Shainman's gallery, The School in Kinderhook, New York, you should. A genuine pleasure awaits you. The School has, without exaggeration, one of the most beautiful gallery spaces anywhere in the country. The School, like all of Shainman’s projects, has a specific focus: “To exhibit, represent and champion artists from around the world, in particular artists from Africa, East Asia, and North America.”
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