Friday, January 17, 2025

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Diana L. Redfern, 93, of Lenox

There will be a memorial gathering at Kimball Farms in the spring, with the date to be determined.

Indoor Parking: Properties with Garages

Ah, the luxury of a house with an attached garage in January! No more warming up or cleaning snow off the windshields.

Work from Home

Why leave the house when you can get all your work done from home? We have beautiful home offices offered by Stone House Properties, The Shire Group of William Pitt Sotheby's International, Chapin Fish of Brockman Real Estate, and Brandon White of Cohen+White Associates.

CONNECTIONS: Berkshire liaisons, Part III: Theodore Tilton v. Henry Ward Beecher

Beecher preached that love was the basis of religious experience and that God would forgive all sins. For the last decade, there were rumors that he practiced what he preached.

Irene Magnus, 93, formerly of Hillsdale, N.Y.

Known to many as Idy, she was an avid reader and a remarkable cryptoquip player.

Susan M. Cutter, 82, of Housatonic, a nurse at Berkshire Medical Center

Susan loved living on her farm in Stephentown, N.Y., where she raised Angora goats.

Thomas J. Casey, 26, journalist, of Great Barrington

"Tom Casey is an excellent reporter who covers his beat conscientiously, who thinks deeply about the issues involved, who has developed strong, fertile relationships with his sources, writes imaginatively and accurately and is a warm, intelligent and good humored presence in the newsroom." --- Letter of support from fellow journalists at the Hudson Register-Star

Culinary Adventures: Markristo Farm, a family enterprise

Farming in Columbia County has changed remarkably in the last 25 years. When we got started, there was just Ted Dobson, Hawthorne Valley, and us. Today? Every little town has a farmers market.” -- Martin Stosiek of Markristo Farm

Theatre: ‘An Iliad’ is a tour de force

Haas is wonderful in the role of the Poet. She has no specific gender and no particular age. She is not from the present but, as the character, knows about it. She is neither in control of the story, nor unable to avoid its telling. She is part seer, part mesmerizer. She is weary of the tale, yet wed to it without the possibility of reprieve.

John James Dunn Sr., 91, of Hillsdale, New York

John was also a long-time farmer in Hillsdale, active in the Hillsdale Cadby-Shutts V.F.W., a member of the Northwestern University Midshipman’s School Association, the Alford Land Trust, a Eucharistic Minister at Saint Peter’s Church in Great Barrington, a member of the Fairview Hospital Fundraising committee, and served on the Hillsdale Zoning Committee and Planning Board.

Review: Classic Coward at Ghent Playhouse

If you are a Noel Coward enthusiast, you get to hear one of his most unusual and least heard musical compositions, “Même les Anges,” rescued for this production through the effort of Playhouse member Judy Staber. For that alone it is worth the price of a ticket.

Bits & Bytes: Shred Day, then BerkshireSpeaks

BerkshireSpeaks: Seven pioneering speakers will present their visions of what it will take for the Berkshires to thrive and prosper in the coming decades.

A revealing, satisfying ‘Full Monty’ at the Mac-Haydn

This is a perfect show with which to bring to a close the principal season (there is a fall show to come) for this best of all summer stock houses in this region.

Review: ‘Tomorrow in the Battle,’ must-see world premiere revival at Stageworks

“Tomorrow in the Battle” is memorable, penetrating theater that will make you think and feel. Who knows. It may even be a masterpiece.

Connections: Waiting for a train

The first time around, from concept to completion, it took 44 years to establish passenger train service in Berkshire and there is no reason to believe it will take less time to restore it.
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