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Tony Pisano, an artist and woodworker, beekeeper, musician and more in North Adams, carves spoons in a workshop at he has set up at Mass MoCA as part of an exhibit in 2018.

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Local shops

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Locally owned small businesses and entrepreneurs, artisans and makers, cafes and farms and more …

The Clinton Church welcomes the community after a tribute to W.E.B. DuBois at the River Walk.
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Writing

W.E.B. DuBois strengthens the soul of a community (February 17 newsletter)

February 23, 2021
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This morning I remembered a day in July in a garden along the Housatonic River. A woman was singing in a strong, rich alto, leading a spiritual in the W.E.B. Dubois memorial garden, and we were thinking about how he felt about the town where he was born. 

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A drink with a kick of ginger swirls at MoonCloud in Great Barrington.
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Food stories

MoonCloud seasonal cocktails bring warmth home

February 11, 2021
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How about a drink with a kick for a night with frost in the air — a touch of pumpkin, honey spiced with ginger and cloves? At Moon Cloud in Great Barrington, you can pick up a carefully blended bottle to bring home.

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Croissants wait on the counter in the sun at the Lost Lamb bakery and cafe in Stockbridge.
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Parisian pastry adapts to the country at the Lost Lamb Bakery

February 10, 2021
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Pumpkin tarts and spicy chocolate mousse … clam chowder and crusty baguette … where does New England meet a French pâtissière? In Stockbridge, Claire Raposo runs the Lost Lamb bakery and cafe.

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A farmer gathers greens on a late summer morning at Indian Line Farm.
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Food stories

The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook savors local stories

January 31, 2021
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On a warm and quiet day, Elisa Spungen Bildner was sitting with Kim Wells, the farmer at East Mountain Farm in Williamstown. They had walked up into the woods where his pigs forage in summer …

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Mike Zabian tries on a tie and an orange vest at Zabian's, his family business in Lee. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Community

Zabian family builds businesses and trust on Main Street

January 27, 2021
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Mike Zabian cuts a striking figure as he strolls in front of the Main Street building that bears his name, wearing dark gray slacks and an orange wool sweater-vest, smiling at people passing by.

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In a pandemic spring and summer, A-Ok Barbecue responded with their own homemade doughnuts.
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Food Shops

A-Ok Barbecue spices up take-out in style

January 15, 2021
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She is an Australian artisanal bread baker trained in New York. He is a former Manhattan chef and a butcher — a Russian Hungarian Jew from Connecticut. Together, at A-Ok, they are inventing Berkshire barbecue.

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J.K. Custom Furniture and Designs crafts woodwork. Courtesy of the artists.
J.K. Custom Furniture and Designs
Winter holidays

A holiday artist co-op forms in Great Barrington

December 10, 2020
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In a year when Covid has cancelled in-person markets across the region, makers from the Great Barrington Arts Market and their friends are forming a popup holiday co-op.

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Sheffield's Festival of Holidays returns with tabletop trees. Press photo courtesy of Sheffield Historical Society.
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Winter holidays

Festival of Holidays in Sheffield turns up the lights

December 9, 2020
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In Sheffield, the historical society is creating its own new tradition in lights. In the grounds of the historic Dan Raymond House, 20 lighted Frasier firs will glimmer.

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The Prairie Whale in Great Barrington adapts its gardens for outdoor dining in the pandemic.
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Food stories

The Prairie Whale adapts in a Covid world

July 20, 2020
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At the Prairie Whale in Great Barrington, strings of lights are gleaming above the tables on the lawn. Most of the chairs are full on a Friday night, and voices carry over the grass. The diners and the waiters are all wearing masks.

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The Round House Cafe has served homemade pastries, turnovers and more in Cambridge, N.Y.
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Food stories

Round House Bakery closes at Hubbard Hall and regroups in the pandemic

July 20, 2020
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Scott and Lisa Carrino have built a local community around the Round House Bakery Café, and the pandemic has closed their restaurant at Hubbard Hall. They will keep their bakery running at Pompanuck Farm in White Creek.

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