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ountry dwellers in spring
and fall are nonstop
worker bees. We love a
good project, and the transition
months launch us into motiva-
tion. We have so many plans.
It may mean doing something
we’ve never done before — like
discovering a new way to orga-
nize. Or it might mean return-
ing to an old work cycle, like
getting the garden ready for the
growing season.
Summer, however, is a chance
to be less productive and be
more selfish. Selfishness, I think,
gets a bad rap.
There are fantastic ways to be
selfish in summer, if you think
of it less as being ego-centric
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That’s work. Don’t even set a
goal; that just leads to stress
or disappointment. Read what
you want to read (though Divya
Symmers has compiled a stel-
lar list of suggestions on Page
7). Wear what you want to wear
(though per Anne Day’s discov-
ery taking photos in Paris on
Page 16, you might be happy to
discover the most fashionable
footwear is also very comfort-
able). Get out and exercise when
the moment feels right (and
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take Deb Aleksinas’ advice on
Page 24: Wear sunscreen. Now
that’s self-love.
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Summertime Is Calf Cuddling

The New Goat Yoga?
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it difficult for a reporter experience as a Mother’s Day

to see what it is all about,
because it’s supposed to be
a quiet and intimate affair.
I guess the assumption is
that reporters are boister-
ous.
Persistence paid off, and
I went up on a hot, sunny,
cloudless, blue- skied Sun-
day morning and I got to
observe Christine Mills and
her niece, Angela Petretta,
brushing the wiry brown
coat of a 3 month old Jer-
sey cross named Bruiser.
Looking as happy as a pig
in you know what, Bruiser
snuggled up to the women
as they petted him, brushed
him and generally played
around with him. He was an
extremely willing cuddlee
and they were genuinely
enchanted with the experi-
ence. Mills said that she
asked her husband for this
gift. She brought her niece,
because she couldn’t choose
between her two daughters
and the experience is only
meant for one or two. Mills
loved it so much that she
plans to make it a Mother’s
Day tradition. She has al-
ways adored cows and has
never been so up close and
personal with one.
The program, which is
on Sunday mornings at 11,
run by the impressive and
knowledgeable 20-year-old
livestock manager, Allie
Kowalczyk from Hinsdale,
Mass., is booked through
June 30.
When asked why? What
made anyone think of this
as a thing? Kowalczyk says it
grew out of the popularity
of their goat yoga program,
Continued on page 6 PHOTO BY ANNE DAY

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… calf cuddling
Continued from page 5
which often has 40 yoga prac-
titioners in a field among the
goats. She says, “The idea is ani-
mal-human interaction, which
most people do not get to ex-
perience. Calf cuddling is one
step closer to that than goat
yoga because it is one on one
and it is also the experience of
taking care of the animal and
feeding it.” She believes that
Hancock Shaker Village, which
has been in operation since
1783, the oldest working farm
in the Berkshires, is the only
farm that offers this calf cud-
dling experience. The young
farm manager who has been in
this job for a month has spent
her life on farms and was very
active in her high school ag-
riculture education program.
She loves what she does and
says, “All the stars lined up. I’m
here and I love it.”
I got to pet Bruiser and hug
him and he got closer to me
than I have ever been to a cow.
I had no idea how sweet these
little guys are. Though I cer-
tainly wasn’t nervous, I wasn’t
sure about the de-stressing part,
but something good was hap-
pening. Kowalczyk said that one
reason why the calf has an effect
on a human is because its lower
heart rate and higher body tem-
perature have a way of calming
the human. I left Bruiser feeling
relaxed and happy.
Hancock Shaker Village is a
working farm in Pittsfield, Mass.,
that holds classes and private
events. Go to www.hancockshak-
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All the Books to Pack

In Your Beach Bag
By Divya Symmers

R
ecently I asked a few
librarians for their best
summer reading recom-
mendations and what they
personally plan on reading,
as the weather turns sultry.
From mystery novels to erudite
histories to mind-expanding
explorations of life and nature,
the resulting suggestions are
books you can stretch out with
happily under a shady beach
umbrella, or delve through on
a rainy day from your comfiest
chair. So settle in — and drop by
your own favorite library for
more good suggestions!
CLAUDIA CAYNE
SCOVILLE MEMORIAL
LIBRARY, SALISBURY
I love books written by poets
because they know how to use
language, and “Rough Beauty:
Forty Seasons of Mountain Liv-
ing,” by Karen Auvinen, is no
exception. Auvinen, along with
her dog Elvis, has chosen to live
in a remote area of Colorado to
be close to the natural world;
you’ll find yourself transported.
“The Various Haunts of Men,” by
Susan Hill, is the first in an ex-
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Serailleur of Lafferton, England.
“Reservoir 13,” by Jon McGregor,
also set in rural England, is
a meditation on nature, the
rhythms of life, human rela-
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Hot new release: “The Guest
Book,” by Sarah Blake, for its high
drama and summer island set-
ting; the book I’ve been meaning
to read (and finally got!): “Becom-
ing,” by Michelle Obama; guilty
pleasure: “Mrs. Everything,” by
Jennifer Weiner – she’s always so
entertaining. And because I’m
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the Edinburgh detective Jackson
Brodie, which comes out in June.
Stella Fortuna,” by Juliet Grames,
is a wonderful debut novel by a
young woman with Connecticut
roots, based loosely on her color-
ful family, who emigrated from
the poverty of southern Italy
to Hartford just before World
War II. “Normal People,” by Sally
Rooney, a young and gifted Irish
writer, has been getting a lot of
hype, and my first reaction was,
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“My Sister, the Serial Killer,”
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other a resentful yet competent
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“The Overstory,” by Richard
Powers, which won a Pulitzer
Prize in fiction, is a book so wide
and expansive I have to read it
again. The author’s knowledge
of ecosystems and botany is
impressive and well explained.
“Biased: Uncovering the Hidden
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comprehensive look into the ef-
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group that wants to be able to
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HOTCHKISS LIBRARY
OF SHARON
I try to read a thriller each
summer and this year it will
be “The Darkness,” by Ragnar
Jonasson, set in my favorite
place away from home, Iceland.
This is the first in a series—the
second, “The Island,” is just out
to rave reviews. For some non-
fiction, I will be dipping into
Ulrich Raulff’s “Farewell to the
Horse: A Cultural History,” a re-
ally interesting book translated
from a German tome. Since we
are getting ready for the 23rd
annual Sharon Summer Book
Signing on Aug. 2, I’m plan-
“Reading each one is like running into an old friend. I’m taking
my time because I don’t want them to end.”
ning to preview a few of our
30 featured books, including
“Trust Exercises” by Susan Choi,
and Brenda Wineapple’s “The
Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew
Johnson and the Dream of a Just
Nation.”
MARGARET HASKE
THE CORNWALL LIBRARY
I’d like to make my way
through “The Deepest Well,” by
Nadine Burke Harris, M.D. It’s
about healing the long-term
effects of childhood adversity. I
think a lot about kids today and
I wonder how individuals and
public institutions (like librar-
ies) can help.
— Margaret Haske
I can’t resist Jacqueline
Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs; there
are 15 books in the series and
I’m on number four. Reading
each one is like running into an
old friend. I’m taking my time
because I don’t want them to
end. I also want to read Fanny
Flagg’s “The Whole Town’s
Talking.” I missed it somehow
when it first came out, and it
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Memorial Day book sale. I’ve put
it in the collection because we
all need a good laugh now and
then. 
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The Sound of Film

At Bard Music Festival
By Alexander Wilburn

F
or 30 years each August the
Bard Music Festival at the
Fisher Center for the Per-
forming Arts in Annandale-on-
Hudson, N.Y., celebrates a single
composer over two weekends,
shifting each year from levels of
fame, centuries and countries
of origin. For the 2019 season
the spotlight falls on Erich Korn-
gold, an Austrian-born classical
piano prodigy who would go on
to be an Academy Award-win-
ning composer of film scores
and have the distinction of
being buried in the Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, a who’s-who
grave site in Los Angeles, Calif.
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The Bard Music Festival will celebrate Austrian-born composer
Erich Korngold, who helped define the sound of Hollywood films.
scape Film Series, “Korngold
and the Hollywood Film Score,”
will showcase the films he wrote
music for, including the 1935
swashbuckler “Captain Blood”
starring Errol Flynn and Olivia
de Havilland, and the screen
couple’s re-teaming in the
1938 “The Adventures of Robin
Hood.”
The Bard Music Festival is
shaped by Artistic Director Leon
Botstein and Co-director Chris-
topher H. Gibbs (who has been
with the festival for 20 years and
is a professor at the Bard Con-
servatory of Music). While on a
trip to Salsburg, Austria, earlier
in the summer, Gibbs spoke

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what attendees can expect this
year.
Alexander Wilburn: For the
2019 festival you’re focusing on
the career of a composer many
may not be so familiar with.
Christopher H. Gibbs: This
year with Korngold is unusual
in maybe not having name
recognition, except that ev-
eryone knows his music from
the part of his career where he
was in Hollywood, creating the
sound of Hollywood films. So
even if people aren’t aware of
the name, he’s very often per-
formed and a significant figure.
We wanted to look at the whole
issue of music and film, which
is more and more becoming
an area of interest. A lot of
orchestras will devote evenings
to performing live “Stars Wars”
or “Harry Potter” or “2001: A
Space Odyssey.” Our festival has
never looked at film music as
a concentration before. Many
of the composers featured in
past festivals — Aaron Copland,
Shostakovich, Prokofiev — all
wrote for film, so it’s always
played something of a tangen-
tial role, but never so front and
center. With Korngold his life
splits evenly in half. He only
lived 60 years. The first half was
in Vienna, in the world of opera
and operetta. Being an Austrian
Jew he was forced out; luckily
he and his family were able to
be in Hollywood and survive.
But that also led to a new career
scoring films that was fantasti-
cally successful.
AW: And he really kept that
operatic sensibility in his film
scoring.
CG: Yes, it was sort of a
natural progression. When
you think about it, a lot of
our images of film music and
sound derive ultimately from
Wagner, who died before film
was invented. But that sound of
the Wagnerian orchestration,
themes, leitmotifs and small
motifs connected with particu-
lar places or objects, is totally
the world of Korngold, but also
of John Williams and compos-
ers to this day.
AW: The list of people he
must have influenced in scoring
films must be expansive.
CG: He overlaps with other
figures who, if their names
aren’t always known, their
music is. Many of them were
European Jews who fled as well,
like Max Steiner or Bernard Her-
rmann, who wrote the score for
Hitchcock movies like “Psycho”
and “Vertigo.” These compos-
ers were contemporaries and
they were influencing each
other and knew each other. But
Korngold was initially the most
successful of them.
AW: The Bard Music Festival is
unique in that it allows audi-
ences to take a deep dive into
the intricacies of a single career.
Can you talk a bit about how the
festival unfolds over two weeks?
CG: This year the weeks are
split between his two lives. The
first weekend is about his life
in Europe. Korngold really was
one of the great prodigies. What
he was able to do at age 6 and
10 and so forth was comparable
to Mozart and to Mendelssohn.
His first big theater piece was
performed at the Vienna Court
Opera when he was 10 or 12
years old. Just extraordinary
exposure from a very young
age with pieces that are fully
mature — chamber music and
orchestral music and ballet and
opera. That meant even though
he was born in 1897 he was sort
of discovered by Mahler and
Richard Strauss. Korngold’s a
teenager, yet he’s had contact
with these great, great monu-
mental figures of his time.
AW: And moving into the
second weekend, that’s about
his American career?
CG: That’s the American
Bass baritone Alfred Walker as The Ruler in Erich Korngold’s opera “The
Miracle of Heliane,” which will be performed at Bard College.
career. One night is film music
by him and his contemporaries
in Hollywood like Steiner and
Herrmann. But then almost all
of them did continue to com-
pose concert music — concertos
and string quartets and piano
sonatas. So a lot of the concerts
the second weekend also focus
on these types of pieces. One of
Korngold’s big pieces after he’s
moved to America, but pre-
miered in Europe, is his one big
symphony. That will be on the
second weekend on Saturday
night, when we’re juxtaposing
him with two of the leading
German figures who survived
the war: Richard Strauss and
Paul Hindemith. Hindemith
was in America teaching at
Yale at that point, and Strauss
was a very old man living still
in Germany. Then we end the en-
tire festival on the final Sunday
with his most famous opera,
“Die tote Stadt,” The Dead City,
in a semi-staged performance.
He wrote it in his earlier years,
but it’s how we wanted to end
the festival. The other thing
we’re doing at the festival this
year, that we haven’t before, is
popular music, both in Europe
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PHOTO BY TODD NORWOOD
and America, and its interac-
tion with classical music. The
first weekend we have music
that was played in taverns and
cabarets and early silent films.
The second weekend is Broad-
way musicals and Hollywood
musical films, like “Singin’ in
the Rain.” Because these worlds
overlapped. You have Leonard
Bernstein or Rodgers and Ham-
merstein or George Gershwin…
while early in his career, Johann
Strauss Jr. and composers of
operetta were writing the pop
tunes of their own time. The
split that we’re so used to in our
culture today of so-called “clas-
sical music” and “pop music”
was not nearly as much of a di-
vide in the early 20th century. So
you had composers like Mahler
and Brahms being influenced
by the pop music of the day and
putting it into their composi-
tions. Korngold is part of that
tradition.
The Bard Music Festival begins
Aug. 9, at the Fisher Center for
the Performing Arts on the Bard
College campus. For more infor-
mation and tickets go to www.
fishercenter.bard.edu/bmf.
12 SUMMERTIME, July 2019
Celebrate a 100th Year
Anniversary in Kent’s
Artistic History
By Alexander Wilburn
F
or lovers of discovery, one
of the great privileges of
living in a New England
town is that so many of the
houses are in possession of
more than just old rustic charm;
they hold our stories. Turn the
corner on an unlikely rural road
and you might just stumble
upon a hidden landmark central
to the town’s cultural lore. Such
is the case when driving down
the winding, out-of-the-way
Studio Hill Road in Kent. Look
to the right among the foliage
and you’ll be met with Seven
Hearths, the large, charcoal gray
clapboard house that once be-
longed to Kent’s Colonial town
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
founder, John Beebe Jr.
A self portrait by G.L. Nelson. Nelson bought the historic home Beebe built the house a de-
Seven Hearths 100 years ago this summer and left the house cade after the American Revolu-
to the Kent Historical Society when he died in 1978. tion, in 1791, but this year The
Kent Historical Society actually
celebrated another landmark
anniversary for the centuries-
old structure: its purchase in
1919 by the historical society’s
benefactor, painter George Law-
rence Nelson.
Seven Hearths historical
preservationist Jeffrey Morgan
hosted an early summer eve-
ning for the Historical Society’s
trustee board at the gorgeously
designed waterfront home
in South Kent that he shares
with French interior decorator
Robert Couturier and five Shih
Tzus. With the late Lawrence
Nelson’s granddaughter, great-
granddaughter and great-
great-granddaughter in atten-
dance, the outdoor celebration
PHOTO BY ALEXANDER WILBURN
Decorator Robert Couturier, left, and Seven Hearths historic honored the painter’s artistic
preservationist Jeffrey Morgan hosted the 100th anniversary contribution to the community.
celebration at their home in South Kent in June. Three floral still-life lithographs
by Nelson were auctioned off.
Lithographs were a specialty of
his, but for the really good stuff,
the definitely not for sale stuff,
you’ll have to step inside Seven
Hearths. Luckily, this summer
the doors are opening.
“Faces of the Past: Portraits
by George Laurence Nelson,”
opening July at Seven Hearths
Museum, will showcase Nel-
son’s romantic, large-scale oil
portraits, which captured the
elegance, wit and even melan-
choly of East Coast creatives in
the first half of the 20th cen-
tury. We may be noting the 100
years since his purchase of the
house, but it’s clear the true
turning point in Nelson’s life
was five years earlier, in 1915.
A society fashion model work-
ing as a critic for the New York
Globe arrived at his studio for
an interview and left, having
been painted by Nelson. He
married her a year later. Her-
mine Charlotta Redgrave, who
went by Helen, is the subject of
much of Nelson’s most vibrant
work as he chronicles their
relationship, and her changes
over the years. Captured in
her husband’s portraits — a
gently painted blend of Ameri-
can glamour and a French,
patrician sense of angularity
— Helen was a woman of many
faces, easily transformed by her
temperaments and wardrobe,
as vibrant while gazing for-
lornly out the window of their
New York apartment at a win-
tery Central Park landscape as
she was beaming in black velvet
Continued on page 14
 SUMMERTIME, July 2019 13

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Five generations: A portrait by Nelson of his wife Hermine PHOTO BY ALEXANDER WILBURN

Redgrave, also known as Helen, and their daughter Beatrice, At the anniversary celebration in June, Bunny’s daughter, Bonnie Hinkle,
also known as Bunny. with her daughter Kerry Barrett and her granddaughter Avery.
14 SUMMERTIME, July 2019
… artistic history
Continued from page 12
jacket and sunhat, standing in
her garden in Kent.
For 15 years Morgan has been
painstakingly restoring and
caring for Seven Hearths, slowly
chipping away at fresher paint
to reveal the original under-
neath, and maintaining the
integrity of the 18th century
home. The majority of the sec-
ond floor acts as an intimate liv-
ing room gallery where Nelson’s
sometimes life-size portraits
run floor to ceiling. They com-
mand more than just attention;
they feel like living characters
inhabiting the space. Nelson
painted Helen, but often him-
self along with her, his young
scholar’s face giving way to age
and a curving, broom-brush
mustache. Loving portraits
also include his mother, silver-
haired Alice, with whom Nelson
shared a close relationship; as
well as his brother Edgar, who
led a difficult life, but whom
Morgan often refers to as “The
Handsome Brother.” It’s not dif-
ficult to see why.
“Faces of the Past: Portraits by
George Laurence Nelson” will be
on display at Seven Hearths Mu-
seum in Kent through Aug. 31., on
Saturdays and Sundays from noon
to 3 p.m. There will be an open-
ing reception on Saturday, July 13,
from 3 to 5 p.m.
An exhibit is planned for the
unveiling of the restoration work
that has been done in the Fur
Trading Post on the second floor of
the museum. For more go to www.
kenthistoricalsociety.org.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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On the Streets of Paris

The Sneaker Rules All
By Anne Day

L
et’s start by agreeing that
5 inch, needle-heeled,
pointy-toed spikes are
designed by evil people (mostly
men) who want to torture wom-
en. The dictionary definition of
a spike heel is: “a high tapering
heel on a woman’s shoe.” and
the way they use it in a sentence
is: “She tottered forward on
5-inch spike heels.” I, for one,
would rather glide than totter.
Are they sexy? Maybe. I don’t
know. What I do know is that
after wearing them your feet
will not be sexy. You will have
bunions, hammertoes, ingrown
toenails, heel spurs, pinched
PHOTO BY ANNE DAY
The old adage goes: only Americans wear white sneakers in Paris. These nerves and more stuff that I
days, comfy sneakers are the leading choice of the fashionable French.
haven’t even thought of. I know
that Oprah, one of my favorite
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spiky pointy shoes. Nobody is
perfect – not even O. But she
probably never actually walks
in those things. I’m guessing
that she only puts them on in
the limo and then takes them
off as soon as she is finished
with whatever cool event she is
attending. She probably has a
built-in foot soaker in the back
of the limo. Or maybe a person-
al reflexologist waiting in the
back seat after every event.
What I also know is that when
you wear these high-heeled
shoes, you will have back pain

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and might break your ankle
trying to walk on a slick city
street — never mind navi-
gating the soft lawn at that
lovely outdoor wedding you
are going to this summer. If
you are smart, one day you
will realize that teetering
and tottering are stupid not
sexy.
I just got back from Paris.
You know those red-soled
French shoes that celebri-
ties wear made by Christian
Louboutin — the red on the
soles is the blood of the fools
who wear them. In 10 days I
did not see a single person
wearing his bloody shoes. I
think Louboutins have been
outlawed on Paris streets
the way smoking has been
outlawed in the restaurants.
I did see a beautiful woman
wearing loose espadrilles
riding a bike with a baby in
a handlebar seat. She was
smoking a cigarette and
talking on the phone while
weaving in and out of traffic
but her baby looked happy
and her feet were not bleed-
ing. Who am I to judge?
On my own pre-Paris shoe
search I consulted my shoe
expert, Shari Rosen, an inter-
national event planner who
does a lot of urban walking
and says she only wears
sneakers. Rosen said, “My
next purchase is going to
be On Cloud — I was sitting
with a group of successful
entrepreneurs who all swore
that they were the most
comfortable sneakers they
had ever worn. Yeezy sneak-
ers are like wearing slippers.
Kanye just came out with a
new model a few days ago.
Golden Goose are my fashion
forward sneakers but not as
comfortable as Yeezy or All
SUMMERTIME, July 2019 17
Birds. APLs are light-weight,
well designed and good for
working out.” So after talk-
ing with Shari I started my
search by ordering 12 pairs
from Zappos and ended up
with one pair of fairly plain
black Nikes. Despite my fear
that I’d be stared at because
of my oh so American foot-
wear — no one in Paris was
looking at my feet (or even
at me for that matter) so I
comfortably covered at least
12 miles every day on foot
without so much as a blister.
So what do the French
wear walking the streets
of Paris? They wear exactly
what every other tourist
from places like China, the
U.S., Thailand, Australia and
Germany wears: sneakers.
Also called trainers, tennies
and tackies, and called “bas-
kets” by the French.
Sneakers are chic. Though
most sneakers I saw on
the street were the garden
variety Adidas and Nikes
there are lots of high-
fashion choices — even my
go-to store of sweet, simple,
French chic — agnès b. — had
some neon sneaker booties
that tempted me.
Thanks to the recent(ish)
collaboration between rap-
pers and designers — Given-
chy, Balenciaga, Chanel,
Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Fendi her shoes caught my eye:
and some brands I’ve never bejeweled sneakers with
heard of (Golden Goose, APC big diamondy bows. When
and APL — just to confuse us, I asked her where she got
Common Projects and oh so them she proudly said she
many others) — cool sneak- had bought them in Italy.
ers abound. It turns out that shoes can
I met a shy, observant Mus- be glittery, shiny, pretty, fun
lim girl walking at midnight and comfortable. So if your
on the Champs Élysée. Her foot is indeed an erogenous PHOTOS BY ANNE DAY
head was covered with the zone, protect its virginal Photographer and Compass Editor Anne Day stalked the
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concealing black coat but able shoes. — from Gucci to glitter, sneakers come all ways.
18 SUMMERTIME, July 2019

The Berkshires Dining

List You Want to Be On
By Cordelia Schiller

S
omething great about liv-
ing here in the Northwest
Corner is that you can
drive for 45 minutes and end up
in a city, surrounded by people
and cars and buildings and
that dizzying city energy. But
on the other hand, if you drive
45 minutes in another direc-
tion you could find yourself
in a wide-open field guarded
by lush green hills and wild-
flowers, with a few cows in the
distance and a large country
barn, tucked away from soci-
ety’s hustle, in a place of pure
serenity.
PHOTOS BY CORDELIA SCHILLER Such a place is Gedney Farm
A can of Canaan Mountain Lager, which was served with charcuterie
in New Marlborough, Mass.,
at Gedney Farm’s Sommelier Series dinner and tasting in June.
where I found myself one
weekend in June. Originally
built for horses, the barns of
Gedney Farm have become a
picturesque country inn, with
a restaurant and venue space.
Gedney has hosted many wine
tasting dinners, but that night
was one of their first beer
tastings, featuring beer from
Great Falls Brewing Company
in North Canaan. The turnout
was great, with six tables filled,
eight people at each.
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The company has 14 beers on
tap right now, and they selected
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the meal. “It’s so great to look
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The evening started with
charcuterie and Great Falls’ best
seller, Canaan Mountain Lager.
The first course of grilled aspar-
agus was paired with their Lazy
Hazy Housy IPA, another popu-
lar brew. These two beers were
described by Bergfield as “doing
something people know and do-
ing it well,” but it was clear that
he loves to be spontaneous and
creative in the brewing process
as well.
As each course and beer was
served, Bergfield shared some
behind-the-scenes info on the
beer. He shared the story behind
the “Oh Really? Oh Wow! Pine-
apple Milkshake IPA,” which is
made with lactose, the sugar
in milk. Lactose accentuates
the hops and fruit in the beer
and rounds the flavor out for a
sweet, juicy, hazy tasting beer.
According to Bergfield, in the
very early days of the company,
he would try to make conversa-
tion with one of his cowork-
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would receive the same reply
of “Oh really? Oh wow!” which
became a catchphrase used at
the company. The Undermoun-
tain Black Lager, a deep colored
beer with less bite and a more
earthy flavor, was named after
Undermountain Road. The
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I realized these beers are local in
every sense of the word.
The evening was relaxed and
the dinner had a drawn-out,
lazy summer feel to it, with the
beer slowly fizzing away in large
round glasses while people
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Love All: Advice for

Tennis in the Country
By Cynthia Hochswender

T
he first thing you need to
know if you want to play
tennis in the Tri-state re-
gion in summertime is that the
best bug spray is called Mighty
No Bitey. My tennis friend Mau-
reen discovered it. She’s right
about a lot of things and as it
turns out, she was right about
the bug spray.
It’s about $14 for an 8 ounce
bottle, which is expensive but
it’s worth it. You won’t come
close to using it all up in one
summer. And there’s nothing
more annoying than having a
cloud of insects around your
head when you’re trying to
patterned shorts that surfers
wear) with a white T-shirt when
playing tennis.
The happy medium that I’ve
found is a tank top of some kind
with a tennis skirt. Not to make
this an ancient history tour but
in the old days, we wore sport
skirts and separate undergar-
ments that had little pockets
in them for tucking away the
tennis balls so your hands could
be free.
Today, most tennis skirts
come with stretchy shorts at-
tached and underneath. You can
tuck the balls into the shorts.
I like Athleta (www.athleta.
advantage of ordering online
is that you get a larger selec-
tion. Even Paragon in Manhat-
tan doesn’t have all the many
choices you can find online.
I personally prefer shoes
made by Asics, because they
have a slanted toe box. I often
switch back and forth between
playing on clay courts (where
you slide to a stop) and hard
courts (where you just … stop).
If you try to slide on a hard
court, you’ll bruise your toe nail
and it will probably turn black.
I find that the slanted toe box
helps you to avoid this problem.
LEARNING TO PLAY (AGAIN) ILLUSTRATION BY ALEXANDER WILBURN

serve. gap.com), especially for their If you haven’t played in a

WHAT TO WEAR
The second thing to know is
that no one really dresses up to
play tennis around here. People
actually take it to an extreme.
Very good players will often
wear cut-off shorts and a T-shirt
with words (such as the name of
a beer) on it.
That isn’t necessarily relevant
to the many players who belong
to country clubs, which hold a
higher standard.
When I was a teenager and
first playing, the rule was still
that everyone wore white on
the court (and women were
only allowed to play during the
daytime hours on weekdays,
because of course “The Men”
worked and should have unim-
peded access to the course after
work and on the weekends).
In those days and in sub-
sequent years, my mother
drummed into my head that
it was not acceptable to wear
surfer jams (those lovely long
cool-weather leggings, which
are usually cut attractively and
often have pockets in them.
FINDING A RACKET
There are also many excellent
tennis gear websites, where you
can buy rackets, clothing and
footwear. I had a good experi-
ence buying a racket online,
but I was fortunate in having a
friend who is an excellent player
and suggested that I look for a
racket appropriate to someone
“with a 1970s hitting style.” I
bought a Prince. The most popu-
lar new brand of racket seems
to be Babolat.
There are many excellent
pros around here; it can’t hurt
to consult with one before you
buy a racket. Make sure it’s a
pro who’s had some time to
understand your style of play, so
they’re actually recommending
a racket for you, not making a
general recommendation.
PROTECT YOUR FEET
For rackets and for shoes, the
while, there are some excellent
coaches, and most will accom-
modate the fact that, for exam-
ple, you have a 1970s style.
Greg Reiss is the tennis and
squash coach at the Millbrook
School. He runs high-level ten-
nis workshops in spring and
autumn. To get on the mailing
list, and to find out how to be-
come a summer member at the
outdoor Millbrook hard courts,
email Greg at gregreiss2@
gmail.com.
Edgar Giffenig is an excep-
tional pro-level coach who also
does private and group lessons
even for mere mortals. He can
fix a bad swing with just one
Delphic observation.
He is the director of tennis
at the Norfolk Country Club,
which has beautifully main-
tained Har-Tru courts. Email
him at giffenig@hotmail.com.
Coach Doug Madeux has a
very devoted following among
players at the Twin Lakes Beach
Club in Salisbury (which has an
unusual sort of plastic astroturf-
style court surface) and at the
indoor Pinewoods Health and
Racket Club in Torrington.
WHERE TO PLAY
There are many country clubs
in the area. Perhaps the friendli-
est one in the area is the Wyan-
tenuck Country Club in Great
Barrington, which has red clay
courts (www.wyantenuck.org).
Sharon Country Club has
beautiful Har-Tru courts but you
need to be recommended to be
considered for membership.
The Millbrook Golf and Ten-
nis Club has an excellent tennis
program, beautiful facilities
and a really tasty restaurant on
the side of the courts.
The Hotchkiss School in
Lakeville is extremely gener-
ous with their outdoor courts,
which are open to the public
whenever students aren’t using
them.

PHOTO BY ALEXANDER WILBURN
Soup in Summer?
By David Wilburn
I
made this variation of
everyone’s favorite sum-
mertime cold soup while
I was in culinary school. The
grilling adds a smoky flavor
and color variation. It is
adapted from the Culinary
GAZPACHO SOUTHWEST STYLE
1 large Vidalia onion, sliced
thick and grilled
1 large green pepper, charred,
peeled and seeded
2 medium red peppers,
charred, peeled and seeded
1 jalapeno, charred, peeled
and seeded
1 medium eggplant, peeled,
sliced and grilled
1 ½ pounds of ripe tomatoes,
halved, grilled and peeled
(skins will easily pull off)
½ pound of tomatillos,
papery skins removed,
halved and grilled
Once the vegetables are fin-
ished, add a head of roasted
garlic and a large seeded
and peeled cucumber.
The vegetables need to be
ground. I use the grinder
attachment for my Kitch-
enAid stand mixer with the
fine grinding disc. You can
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L
ong before smoking
became taboo, riding in
a car without seatbelts
became unlawful and the food
police took the fun out of eating
Twinkies, there was baby oil and
iodine.
As a teen growing up in the
’70s, an era that idolized the
likes of Farrah Fawcett with her
golden, sun-kissed tan, sporting
pale skin — particularly while
wearing mini-skirts and baring
your midriff — was considered
totally uncool. For many of
us Baby Boomers, the solution
was found in, well, a home-
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Each summer, my friends
and I would head to the shore,
slather the oily mixture onto
our skin from head to toe, and
bake all day under the blazing
sun. Like hotcakes on a griddle,
we would flip sides every 20
minutes or so to ensure an
even tan. Being the most fair-
skinned of the group, while
my friends turned an envious,
golden brown, I often ended up
resembling an atomic, over-ripe
tomato.
Today, I cringe at the torture
and irreparable damage I must
have put my pasty skin through
while soaking in all those harm-
ful ultraviolet rays. Fortunately,
my sun-worshipping phase was
short-lived. And while I still
yearn for a bronze hue come
time to don sundresses, shorts
and sandals, I am wiser about
taking precautions before head-
ing outdoors for fun under the
summer sun.
Dermatologists will tell you
that there is no such thing as
a healthy tan. When they see a
tan, they see damaged skin. The
National Institute on Aging has
pointed to sunlight as a major
culprit of wrinkles, dryness and
age spots. And while awareness
about skin cancer risks caused
by excess exposure to the sun
has increased over the years, we
still live in a society where a tan
equates with health and fitness.
While those killer rays may
feel sensational, the effects of sun
exposure may not be as agree-
able over time. According to the
American Academy of Dermatol-
ogy (AAD), one in five Americans
will develop some form of skin
cancer during their lifetime.
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A study done by the AAD points to further worrisome

A study by the AAD points to
further worrisome statistics. It
found that 63% of teens believe
they look better when they
have a tan, and 59% of teens
believe people in general look
healthier with a tan. Also, 43%
of teens say they lie out in the
sun, and 78% of female teens
and 14% of male teens say they
never use sun block. Further,
only three in 10 teens who lie
out in the sun say they always
use sun block, the AAD study
found.
And never forget to protect
your peepers. Prolonged ultra-
violet exposure may also lead
to cataracts, which affects more
than 20 million Americans over
age 40, according to the Na-
tional Eye Institute.
Thankfully, wash-off faux
tanners and brush-on bronzers
have come a long way in terms
of looking natural and smell-
ing less, well, smelly, and they
are a safer substitute to sun
tanning. Still, there’s no doubt
that summer can take a toll on
your skin if you are not careful,
so we asked a local expert to
shed some light on the topic.
Dr. Kathleen Mantaro, a pri-
mary care physician with Sha-
ron Hospital Medical Practice,
had these helpful tips to share:
Apply sunscreen with an SPF
of 50 or more to your face and
body. Reapply every two hours.
statistics: 43% of teens say they lie out in the sun, and 78% of
female teens and 14 % of male teens say they never use sun
block, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.
Limit your time in the sun So while the tan-demic of the
to between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., ’70s, like shoulder-pads and big
when UV rays are strongest. hair, may be over, au naturel
Wear a wide-brim hat to pale is still not the desired skin
protect your scalp and face from tone for many. But it’s OK to
direct exposure to the sun. enjoy the hot, sunny months
Children and older adults are ahead; just play it safe. Carry a
especially vulnerable to the heat well-stocked bag of summer sun
and sun and should limit their essentials, like hats, sunscreen,
time outside. sunglasses and protective cloth-
Drink water throughout the ing. And for goodness sake,
day to stay hydrated and keep leave the baby oil behind. Your
cool. future self will thank you.

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2019 Summer Day Trips
Action Wildlife Foundation Inc.
337 Torrington Road, Goshen, CT,
860-491-9191, www.actionwildlife.org
Farm zoo with animals from
around the world. Drive through
or walk. Petting barn, hayrides.
Wheelchair accessible. Check
website for seasonal hours.
Appalachian Trail
Rte. 41, Undermountain Road,
Salisbury, CT, www.appalachiantrail.org
Park your car and hike the
beautiful trail, dawn to dusk. Be
aware of ticks.
Baseball Hall of Fame
& Museum
25 Main St., Cooperstown, NY,
888-425-5633, www.baseballhall.org
Museum open 7 days a week. Gift
shop. Hall of Fame Induction
Weekend, July 19-22. Summer
hours, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Beckley Furnace
140 Lower Road, East Canaan, CT,
www.beckleyfurnace.org
Open Memorial Day through
Columbus Day, docents on site
Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Historic iron furnace on the
Blackberry River; Connecticut’s
designated Industrial Monument.
Berkshire Botanical Garden
Rtes 183 & 102, Stockbridge, MA, 413-298-
3926, www.berkshirebotanical.org
Courses & lectures in plant
anatomy, physiology, botany,
landscape design. Annual Grow
Show. Display gardens and visitor
center open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
through Columbus Day. Gift Shop.
Guided tours available.
Berkshire Museum
39 South St., Pittsfield, MA,
413-443-7171, www.berkshiremuseum.org
Art, natural history and history
for the entire family. Touch tank
and aquarium, special outings
and events. Spark! Lab hands-on,
creative laboratory. Gift shop.
Open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Sun., noon to 5 p.m. Members &
children, under 3, free. Wheelchair
accessible.
Berkshire Scenic
Railway Museum
Lenox Station, 10 Willow Creek Road,
Lenox, MA, 413-637-2210,
www.berkshirescenicrailroad.org
Historic Lenox Station, ride the
Yard Jitney or experience a cab
ride with an engineer, and tours,
May through early September.
The Lenox Station is listed on
the National Register of Historic
Places. See website for updates and
museum schedule.
Canaan Railroad Days
North Canaan, CT, 860-824-8250,
www.canaanrailroaddays.com
54th Anniversary Canaan Railroad
Days, July 17-28; Canaan Carnival,
July 17-20 .
Catamount Aerial
Adventure Park
2962 State Highway 23, Hillsdale, NY,
518-325-3200 or 413-528-1262,
www.catamounttrees.com
Aerial forest adventure, ages 7
and up, with 12 courses of varying
difficulty, 170 elements, 50-plus zip
lines. See website for information
and seasonal hours.
The New Children’s Museum
950 Trout Brook Drive,
West Hartford, CT, 860-231-2824,
www.thechildrensmuseumct.org
The Children’s Museum offers
hands-on fun with science and
nature for younger children
and families. Exhibits and
demonstrations, education
classes and activities, a live animal
wildlife sanctuary, state-of-the art
digital science dome, movies and
planetarium shows.
Columbia County Fair
Columbia County Agricultural Society,
32 Church St., Chatham, NY, 518-392-
2121, www.columbiafair.com
179th fair, Aug. 28 through Sept. 2.
Danbury Railway Museum
120 White St., Danbury, CT, 203-778-8337,
www.danburyrailwaymuseum.org
Unique line of vintage diesel
locomotives, guided tours, train
rides, exhibits, library, celebrate
your child’s birthday, gift shop.
Special events each month.
Dinosaur State Park
400 West St., Rocky Hill, CT, 860-529-
8423, www.dinosaurstatepark.org
Registered National Landmark,
open year round. Picnic area, 500
dinosaur tracks, trails, gift shop.
Special events & activities, school
programs. Park grounds open daily,
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, closed Mondays.
Fee for Exhibit Center only, children
under 5 are free.
Dutchess County Fairgrounds
6550 Springbrook Ave., Rte. 9,
Rhinebeck, NY, 845-876-4000,
www.dutchessfair.com
28th Annual Hudson Valley Hot-Air
Balloon Festival, July 12-14; Dutchess
County Fair, Aug. 20-25. Check
website for the full calendar of
events.
Fireman’s Association of
State of New York Museum
of Firefighting
117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson, NY, 518-
822-1875, www.fasnyfiremuseum.com
More than 300 years of firefighting
history on display. Children 3 and
under free. Wheelchair accessible.
Tours available by request. Open
daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Goshen Fair
Goshen Fairgrounds, Rte. 63, Goshen,
CT, 860-491-3655, www.goshenfair.org
Adult spelling bee, fireworks, hay
bale toss contest, skillet throw
contest, pie eating contest, parade,
rides, demonstrations, food, live
music, tractor pulls, animal shows
and judging. Aug. 31-Sept. 2, Sat. and
Sun. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Mon. 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Hancock Shaker Village
1843 W Housatonic St. (Rtes. 20 & 41),
Pittsfield, MA, 413-443-0188,
www.hancockshakervillage.org
Craft demonstrations, oval box
making, exhibits, farm animals, and
more. Children 12 and under, free.
Hours are mid-April through late-
June 10am-4pm and summer and
fall hours, July through October, 10
a.m.-5 p.m.
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Presidential Library and
Museum
Rte. 9, Hyde Park, NY, 845-486-7770,
www.nps.gov/hofr
Tours, orientation film, New Deal
museum store, cafe. Grounds are
open from sunrise to sunset for
walking paths. Tours are daily from
9 a.m. -5 p.m., except Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Howe Caverns
255 Discovery Drive, Howe’s Cave, NY,
518-296-8900, www.howecaverns.com
Visit the limestone cave discovered
by Lester Howe, 165 feet below
ground. Open year-round with
seasonal hours.
Innisfree Garden
362 Tyrrel Road, Millbrook, NY, 845-677-
8000, www.innisfreegarden.org
185-acre public garden. Open five
days a week through Oct. 15. Closed
Mondays and Tuesdays, except legal
holidays.
Irondale Schoolhouse
16 Main St., Millerton, NY,
www.irondaleschoolhouse.org
Tour the historic 1858 one-room
schoolhouse that was saved from
demolition and relocated to the
center of the village as a tourist
destination and an institution for
learning. Open through mid-October
on Saturdays and Sundays from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Kent Falls State Park
Rte. 7, Kent, CT,
www.ct.gov/deep/kentfalls
Five miles north of Kent center. 275
acres, 200-foot waterfall, hiking,
beautiful picnic area and plenty of
parking.
Lake Compounce
186 Enterprise Dr., Bristol, CT, 860-583-
3300, www.lakecompounce.com
Family-friendly fun theme park.
Includes roller coaster and thrill
rides, water rides, classic and kiddie
rides and shows. Lake Compounce
serves a wide variety of food options
as well.
Lebanon Valley Speedway
& Dragway
1746 Rte. 20, Lebanon, NY, 518-794-7130,
www.lebanonvalley.com
Dirt-sanctioned stock car racing.
Muscle car drag racing, swap meets,
Wed. nights street cars only. Sat. and
Sun., gates open 8 a.m.; Wednesday
nights gates open 5 p.m., racing
6 to 10 p.m. See website for more
information.
Lime Rock Park
60 White Hollow Road (Rte. 112),
Lakeville, CT, 860-435-5000,
www.limerock.com
2019 Auto racing season. Food
concessions, bring your lawn chair
and cooler. Call or go online for
park information including camp
sites and complete racing schedule.
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Magic Wings Butterfly Sharon Audubon Center cabins, nature center, kayaking,
Conservatory and Gardens 325 Cornwall Bridge Road (Rte. 4), canoeing, fishing. 25 miles of
281 Greenfield Road, South Deerfield, Sharon, CT, 860-364-0520, trails. Call for schedule.
MA, 413-665-2805, www.magicwings. www.sharon.audubon.org
com Eleven miles of woodland and Trevor Zoo
meadow hiking trails. Pond, Millbrook School, 131 Millbrook
Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
exhibits, gift shop, visitor center. School Road, Millbrook, NY, 845-677-
summer. Features an 8,000-square-
Open year-round. 3704, www.trevorzoo.org
foot indoor conservatory home
to nearly 4,000 exotic and
180 animals, exotic species.
domestic butterflies in a tropical Eric Sloane Museum Open daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
environment. and Kent Iron Furnace
31 Kent-Cornwall Road,
Val-Kill
Rte. 9G, Hyde Park, NY, 845-229-9115,
Mystic Seaport Kent, CT, 860-927-3849
845-229-9422, www.nps.gov/elro
75 Greenmanville Ave., Rte. 27, Mystic, Reconstructed studio and artwork
The private retreat of Eleanor
CT, 860-572-0711, or 888-973-2767 of Eric Sloane. Antique machinery,
Roosevelt. Only National Historic Site
www.mysticseaport.org rock, gem and mining exhibits. Gift
Maritime Art Gallery, education shop. Thurs.-Sun., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
dedicated to an American first lady.
Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through
& special kids programs, group
Stormville Airport Antique October. Tours of grounds, gardens
tours, planetarium, classes,
Show and Flea Market and cottage. Age 15 and younger, free.
recreated 19th-century seafaring
village with shops. Climb aboard 428 Rte. 216, Stormville, NY,
Vanderbilt Mansion
an historic tall ship. Stop by the 845-221-6561, www. Rte. 9, Hyde Park, NY, 845-229-7770,
Mystic Aquarium while there. stormvilleairportfleamarket.com
www.nps.gov/vama
Open daily, year-round. Members More than 600 exhibitors, food court. Gilded Age country home, grounds
and kids under 5, free. Discounts See website for 2019 show dates. Free
with walking paths. Seasonal
for seniors. Check website for admission and parking, no pets. 8 schedule of tours every day. Closed
upcoming events. a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
New England Air Museum Taconic State Park Year’s Day.
Bradley International Airport, 253 Rte. 344, Copake Falls, NY,
36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 518-329-3993, www.parks.ny.gov
860-623-3305, www.neam.org Hiking trails, swimming, camping,
Helicopters, DC-3 airliner, WWII
aircraft, jet fighters, etc. One-
day activities for kids during
summer. Open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 2019 Season
2019 Season
Contemporary
Contemporary Theatre
Theatre
p.m. Children 3 and under free. Alternative Cabaret
Alternative Cabaret
Discounts for seniors. Storytelling
Storytelling
Norman Rockwell Museum
9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge, MA,
413-298-4100, www.nrm.org July 12-14 August 8 - 25
Largest collection of Norman
Rockwell art including original Marty
Saturday Evening Post covers, gift
shop, tours, cafe, beautiful ground
Moran The
for walking and having a picnic. Brothers Size
Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free
parking, wheelchair accessible. 5
and under, free.
Old Sturbridge Village
1 Old Sturbridge Village Road,
Sturbridge, MA, 800-733-1830,
www.osv.org
A recreated village and outdoor
history museum that brings to The
life the world of ordinary men Tricky Part
and women in early 19th-century By Tarell Alvin McCraney
rural New England. Wheelchair
accessible, free parking, children
under 3, free; senior discount.
New England’s largest military www.ancramoperahouse.org
enactment, Red Coats and Rebels,
Aug. 3-4.
1330 County Route 7, Ancram, NY 12502 518.329.0114
Ancram Opera
Opera House
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season is
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the New
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State Legislature.
Legislature.
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SOLOISTS - 2019
WEDNESDAYS at 5:00PM
JULY 24 & 31
~ 30 Union St., Pittsfield, MA, 413-236-8888,
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Ancram Opera House
1330 County Route 7, Ancram, NY,
518-329-0114, www.ancramoperahouse.org
Contemporary Theatre, Alternative
Cabaret, Storytelling. “The Tricky
Part,” July 12-14; “The Brothers Size,”
Aug. 8-25.
Bard SummerScape
Bard College, 60 Manor Ave.,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY,
845-758-7900, fishercenter.bard.edu
Seven weeks of music, opera,
theater, dance, film and cabaret
performances, through Aug. 18. Go to
the website for full calendar.
Barrington Stage Company
www.barringtonstageco.org
“Time Flies and Other Comedies,”
though July 27; “Gertrude and
Claudius,” through Aug. 3; “Fall
Springs,” world premiere, Aug. 9-31.
Center for Performing Arts
at Rhinebeck
308, Rhinebeck, 1
NY, 845-876-
3080, centerforperformingarts.org
“The Secret Garden,” through July 14;
“Mamma Mia!,” July 26-Aug. 18; “Jesus
Christ Superstar,” Aug. 30-Sept. 15;
“Comedy Center 4,” Aug. 25.
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
44 County Road 7D, Hillsdale, NY
The 31st Annual Falcon Ridge Folk
Festival, Aug. 2-4.
Grillsdale
Roeliff Jansen Park, 116 Old Rte. 22,
Hillsdale, NY, www.grillsdale.com
Live music and food by locally–
sourced chefs, Aug. 24, 7-11 pm.
Infinity Music Hall & Bistro
8232 Rte. 44, Norfolk, CT, 866-666-6306,
www.infinityhall.com
“Cast of Beatlemania,” July 13, 7 pm;
“Anders Osborne,” July 19, 8 pm;
“Cowboy Mouth,” July 25, 8 pm.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance
358 George Carter Road, Becket, MA,
413-243-0745, www.jacobspillow.org
Festival season runs through Aug.
25. Go to the website for the full
schedule.
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
20 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, CT, norfolk.
yale.edu
Season runs through Aug. 17. Go to
the website for the full schedule.
Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble St., Lenox, MA, 413-637-3353,
www.shakespeare.org
“Twelfth Night,” through Aug. 4; “The
Taming of the Shrew,” through Aug.
17; “Coriolanus,” Aug. 21-25.
Sharon Playhouse
49 Amenia Road, Sharon, CT,
860-364-7469, www.sharonplayhouse.org
“Beauty and the Beast,” July 19-
Aug. 4; “Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Aug. 9-25;
“Nunsense,” Aug. 30-Sept. 15.
Sherman Playhouse
5 Rte. 39 North, Sherman, CT, 860-354-
3622, www.shermanplayers.org
“The Tempest,” through July 20.
Tanglewood
297 West Street, Lenox, MA, 413-637-1600,
www.tanglewood.org
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Rtes. 44 and 272, Norfolk, CT, 860-868-
0739, www.lccu-us.org
Go to the website for the full
Symphony Orchestra. Season full
of music and events runs through
Sept. 1. Go to the website for the full
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A Good Vintage
On Four Wheels:
Classic Cars Roll Out
By Debra A. Aleksinas
A
really big show in a re-
ally small town is how
the annual Falls Village
Car Show, now in its 10th year,
is known. The popular event,
to be held this year on Sunday,
July 14, in downtown Falls Vil-
lage, is one of several anxious-
ly awaited classic car shows
scheduled to take place this
summer around northwest
Connecticut in a tradition that
is as American as apple pie.
Throughout summer, many
towns great and small will be
closing their main streets, or
opening a field at a country
fair — as is the case in Cole-
brook, Goshen and Bethlehem
— so that hundreds of classic
and vintage cars, motorcycles
and trucks can be parked for
all to see. People of all ages
wander around, basking in
the warm nostalgia of days
gone by. Car owners proudly
display their shiny, painstak-
ingly detailed hot rods, mus-
cle cars, classic cars, lowrid-
ers, vintage motorcycles and
trucks. Every car has a history,
and every owner has an inter-
esting tale they are eager to
share with spectators.
Chances are, there is a car
show in your area this sum-
mer, and even if you don’t
know a Bugatti from a VW
Bug, taking in the sights and
sounds of a classic car show is
a great way to spend a mid-
summer’s day.
Here is a sampling of some
of the popular car shows
scheduled to roll into the area
over the next few months:
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JULY 14, FALLS VILLAGE
CAR SHOW
Now in its 10th year, this
popular event will return
this summer on Sunday,
July 14, from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. in downtown Falls
Village. Proceeds benefit
the Falls Village Volunteer
Fire Department. The show
features street rods, muscle
cars, classic cars, race cars, PHOTO BY ALEXANDER WILBURN
antique cars, customs, im- At Sunday in the Park, Lime Rock Park’s massive Concours d’Elegance held
ports, trucks and motorcy- each year on Labor Day weekend, owners and collectors like Gary Franzi (with
cles. Registration fee is $10, his 1966 Austin-Healey 3000 BJ8) display their vintage automobiles to visiting
enthusiasts. “I’ve had the car since 1972; it was restored back in 1993. The car
spectators admitted free. only goes out about once or twice a year,” said Franzi at the show in 2016.
Sponsored by Jacobs Garage,
Toymaker’s Cafe, the Falls
Village Inn and Olde Yankee
Street Rods. 860-824-5861
JULY 28, HARWINTON
LIONS CARS FOR SIGHT
Another popular show
takes place on Sunday, July
28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
5-24 Bumper Road, Harwin-
ton. All cars and trucks are
welcome at the Harwinton
Town Hall Complex. Regis-
tration fee is $10, spectators
admitted free. The event
features trophies, food and
music. 860-796-2106
AUG. 11, 43RD ANNUAL
AUTO SHOW/
SWAP MEET, GOSHEN
This popular event,
sponsored by the Litchfield
Hills Historical Auto Club,
takes place Sunday from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Goshen
Fairgrounds (Route 63), and
features a display of antique
and classic cars, trucks
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and motorcycles, plus vendors SEPT. 1, LIME ROCK PARK

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accessories, cars for sale, door
SUNDAY IN THE PARK
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AUG. 31, 75TH COLEBROOK
LABOR DAY CAR SHOW
This car show, now in its 7th
year, takes place in conjunction
with the town’s popular Labor
Day country fair in downtown
Colebrook on Saturday, Aug. 31.
The car show features antiques,
muscle/classics, imports, trucks,
tuners, exotics and more. Loca-
tion: Colebrook Recreation Area
(intersection of Route 183 and
Schoolhouse Road). Fee is $10 for
car entries. Dash plaques to first
100 cars, trophies, drawings. Rain
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d’Elegance on the Sam Posey
Straight and the Gathering of
the Marques enthusiast meet is
unparalleled in its size, variety
and elegance. Sunday in the
Park is on Sept. 1. Go to www.
limerock.com for information
and tickets.
SEPT. 7, CHRIST CHURCH
CLASSIC CAR CONCOURS
AND CRUISE
Stretched out in the shadow
of the Clock Tower across from
Christ Church in Sharon, this
car show on Saturday, Sept. 7,
allows visitors to take a ride in
the vintage vehicles. Lunches
available for picnicking on the
Green; $20 to register your auto-
mobile, $10 to ride. All proceeds
benefit the church. Call 860-364-
5260 or go to www.christchurch-
sharon.org.
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