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Rural Intelligence is a digital lifestyle magazine that celebrates the culture and country life throughout the Berkshires (MA), the Litchfield Hills (CT) and Columbia and Dutchess counties (NY). Since 2008 we’ve been introducing readers to places, people, and events they’re unlikely to read about anywhere else. Succinct stories cover to the events, cultural happenings, restaurants, shopping, parties, nonprofit organizations and personalities that make life so rich in our neck of the woods. Vibrant, upbeat, and sometimes a little quirky, this “good news” magazine is presented as a conversation with readers who consider Rural Intelligence the friend who shows them the best way to participate in all this region has to offer. We publish two free newsletters a week: RI Recommends on Tuesdays, and the Intelligence Report on Thursdays. Rural Intelligence also publishes a print edition each summer, a highly anticipated season preview filled with our recommendations for residents and visitors eager to experience all that the summer season in our region offers. Let's have fun together. Source
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Search ArticlesBerkshire Screen Icon Karen Allen Talks BIFF 20 Honor and Major Milestones
When the Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) opens its 20th anniversary season in Great Barrington next week, the celebration will have a very fitting face at the center of it: Karen Allen. The Hollywood star, theater veteran, indie film champion, longtime BIFF board of directors member, and owner of Karen Allen Fiber Arts in Great Barrington has lived here since the '80s, and says she's touched to be receiving BIFF's accolade in this seminal year.
20th Berkshire International Film Festival With Amy Goodman and Karen Allen, May 28–31
The Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) marks its 20th anniversary this year with its largest lineup to date, featuring more than 80 films from 27 countries, screening over four days in Great Barrington and Lenox from May 28 through May 31. Tickets are on sale now.
UFOs Land at Tanglewood—in New Concert that Invokes 1969 Local Sightings
One late summer night in the Berkshires in 1969, dozens (by some counts hundreds) of people reported seeing the same thing move through the sky: a large, silent object tracked across multiple towns by people who didn’t know each other and couldn’t explain what they saw. More than 50 years later, the story still hangs over the region. On May 1 at 7pm at Tanglewood, that history becomes part of a new work.
The Top 7 Food Stories of 2025
RI Food coverage in 2025 was rich with stories of community, creativity, and culinary craft — from markets and pop-ups to standout brick-and-mortar restaurants. These seven pieces captured the spirit of rural dining this year: Honoring tradition, embracing innovation, and bringing people together around the table.
Reading and Tea with Pulitzer Prize Winner Debby Applegate
Sunday, November 23 | 2pm Herman Melville’s Arrowhead, Pittsfield The Berkshire County Historical Society hosts Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Debby Applegate for a special afternoon at Arrowhead, the historic home where Herman Melville wrote Moby-Dick. The program begins inside Melville’s study, with Applegate reading selections from her work in the room where the book about the iconic white whale was conceived.
Curvy, Esoteric Estate in Hudson
Here is a special, crazy one that draws on esoteric architecture for its country charm. 14 Fabiano Boulevard in Hudson is so curvaceous it’s known as the “Old Turtle House.” Built in 1820, it’s a rare example of Italian/Russian-inspired Federal architecture, sitting above the road on two acres, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s a definite estate, with a circular driveway, old fireplaces, and 3,180 square feet of one-of-a-kind rooms with curvy glass.
1890 Hudson Row House
I always have room for a beautiful Hudson row house. This one’s name is the Fritts Crawford House, and it’s an 1890 Victorian with renovations at 19 8th Street, near the top of Warren and the train tracks. It has three bedrooms, two full baths, 2,058 square feet of living space, and rare off-street parking for up to five cars.
Tucked-Away Chatham Contemporary
This is a beautiful situation, tucked away in Chatham with a winding driveway and 11 acres. Willow Pond Retreat is at 40 Engel Road, a modern Cape house in view of a pond and willow trees. It’s cute but large, 2,846 square feet, with four bedrooms and seven bathrooms. This house was built in 1984 and it has updated 1984 aesthetics, plus a newly lined in-ground pool.
1860 Colonial in West Stockbridge
Here’s a great-looking Colonial with a name and updates to important infrastructure. Built in 1860 and known as the George Tyler Homestead, 16 Swamp Road in West Stockbridge is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,842-square-foot farmhouse-style cottage on 1.54 acres. It has lots of original details: wood-paneled living room, a big brick hearth, vintage kitchen, and a split staircase.
December at the Foundry Brings Inclusive Merriment
December in the Berkshires always sparkles, but the Foundry is determined to crank the wattage all the way up. The West Stockbridge arts hub is rolling into the holiday season with a month-long slate of comedy, drag, global music, and community performances that embrace nostalgia with a thoroughly modern, irreverent perspective.