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10th Annual Eagle Street Beach Party
For Founder Eric Rudd Life Is a Beach
By: - Jul 17th, 2008It was the kind of hot summer day when folks head for the beach. But for the tenth annual occasion the North Adams based artist, Eric Rudd, brought the beach to Eagle Street downtown.
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Carnival Had Better Luck in Pittsfield
Singing in the Rain in North Adams
By: - May 20th, 2008It rained on the parade as the North Adams Carnival was a washout last weekend. We dropped by to capture the dampened spirits. But the sun came out over Memorial Day in Pittsfield.
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Mt. Greylock Greenhouses in Adams
Tending to Your Berkshire Garden
By: - May 14th, 2008On Memorial Day New Englanders plant and pray. Folks seem to take enormous pride as to who has he first ripe tomato. Each year we enjoy visits to Mt. Greylock Greenhouses in Adams, Mass.
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Fenway 2008 Opening Day Ceremonies
Celebrating the 2007 Red Sox Championship
By: - Apr 17th, 2008Since the 2002 season and the new ownership took over, the author has been a design consultant to the Red Sox. The 86 year old Curse of the Bambino was broken and the Old Town Team has now won two World Series in the last four years. Is there cause and effect?
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British Invasion at the Clark
Shagadelic Baby
By: - Mar 01st, 2008The Mod Squad took over the Clark for a British Invasion party. Even a nasty night couldn't dampen the festive spirit of fighting of the winter blues.
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Sculptures of Mass MoCA's Richard Criddle
A Little Shop of Horrors
By: - Feb 09th, 2008Since 1998 Richard Criddle has been the Director of Fabrication and Art Installation for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. His own fantasy, figurative assemblages are currently on view in the museum's Kidspace.
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North Adams Artist: Ralph Brill
Eclipse Mill Based Gallerist Discusses Visionary Plans
By: - Jan 28th, 2008If all goes according to plan in April gallerist Ralph Brill will light up a section of the Hoosic River between the Eclipse Mill and Mass MoCA in North Adams. He is involved in the development of a World War II Museum that would become the Northern Berkshires' "Fourth Museum."
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Palimpsests of Stephen Hannock
Oxbow Paintings Featured at Bowdoin College Museum of Art
By: - Sep 29th, 2007When we visited the artist Stephen Hannock in his Berkshire studio several works were nearing completion including a view of the Oxbow for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and a landscape for the 25th anniversary of the Sundance Institute.
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Whitney's Farm's Halloween Pumpkin Festival
Along Route 8 in Cheshire
By: - Sep 21st, 2007On weekends between now and Halloween families come to Whitney's Farm for the annual Pumpkin Festival and petting zoo.
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Remembering Joseph Michael Avery Conway
Mass MoCA Hosts a Celebration of His Life
By: - Sep 16th, 2007The Northern Berkshires arts community gathered at Mass MoCA to celebrate the life of Joe Conway who was killed in a head on collision with an alleged drunk driver which also injured his partner, gallerist, Kurt Kolok.
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Boston Photo Gallerist Arlette Kayafas
Surveying 39 Years of Collecting 13,000 Objects
By: - May 31st, 2007Recently Arlette, a gallerist, and Gus Kayafas, head of Palm Press a fine art photography studio, jointly celebrated their 120th birdthday with 180 friends. They started collecting soon after they married at 20 and today own 13,000 works of which they have donated another thousand to major museums.
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Charles Giuliano: Beer and Burgers
Last Call for a Hardly Retiring Artist and Critic
By: - May 03rd, 2007Contributor Mark Favermann turned the tables and took Charles Giuliano to his favorite pub for a face to face over a brew and burger. The discussion focused on a retrospective and retirement as well as relocation to the Berkshires. Their lives in the arts have overlapped since the 1970s.
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Vico Fabbris: Beer and Burgers
Botanical Unknown
By: - Mar 27th, 2007In the past year Vico Fabbris has shown with Forum in their Los Angeles gallery and in four other venues in Boston, Provincetown and Italy where they have an apartment in Florence. La dolce vita.
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Hudson Antiques Opens in North Adams
Grand Opening Creates Festive Mood
By: - Mar 25th, 2007Mixing art and antiques in a super sized space brings new life to retail in North Adams. A shot in the arm for Main Street traffic.
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Rachel Perry Welty: Beer and Burgers
Twist and Shout with ICA Finalist
By: - Mar 13th, 2007Rachel Perry Welty was one of four finalists for the biannual Foster Prize awarded by the Institute of Contemporary Art. The competition entailed one woman installations during the widely covered launch of the new ICA. Over a beer we discussed the hectic pace of the past several months and what comes next.
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Beer and Burgers with Denise Marika
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By: - Dec 16th, 2006With David Zinn the video installation artist, Denise Marika, designed the set for the American Reportory Theatre production of "Orpheus" last summer. Over a beer and burger she discussed the use of her body as a constant in the work.
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Berkshire Artist Linda Mieko Allen Solos in Soho
'Territories' at Nancy Hoffman Gallery,
By: - Dec 09th, 2006Linda Allen shows 'Territories', an exhibition of paintings and works on paper exploring complex organic and systematic relationships.
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Photographer Daniel Ranalli: Beer and Burger
Artist, Writer, and Director of BU's Arts Administration Program
By: - Dec 02nd, 2006Beer and Burger with photographer, writer, and director of the Boston University graduate program in arts adminstration. For many years we were colleagues and columnists for Art New England.
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Berkshire Basket Maker Brian Jewett
That's the Ticket
By: - Dec 01st, 2006During the holiday season Brian Jewett, who with his author wife, Leanne, relocated to the Berkshires last summer, is in high production of his popular "ticket bowls." Recently we visited the studio to chat with the basket maker.
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Mary Sherman's TransCultural Exchange
Beer and Burger: There's Something About Mary
By: - Nov 17th, 2006In 1989 in Chicago Mary Sherman founded the TransCultural Exchange. During April it will host a "Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts" in Boston. Recently we met for a beer and burger.
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What I did on my Summer Vacation
Went Antiquing!
By: - Oct 08th, 2006An introduction to the world of antiques in the Northern Berkshires
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Seneca Artist Peter Jemison
Raising $9 million for Ganondagan
By: - Aug 24th, 2006In the studio in Victor, New York with native artist and director of the Ganondagon Historic Site, Peter Jamison
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Baseball Hall of Fame
Men and Boys flock to Cooperstown
By: - Aug 23rd, 2006In the summer season little leaguers from all over America flock to Coopertown to suck up the history of legendary players and compete on the Field of Dreams.
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