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John Gampert, Artist

Making art carries one through life. Though retired from a career in advertising, art education, and publishing (with the exception of self- publishing), my time is happily filled with creating works for my own pleasure . . . combining

artwork with love of travel, most works today are plein air or studio responses to the land or cityscapes that inspire me. [email protected], www.johngampert.com.

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From my days as an art student at the High School of Music and Art,

through college and post-grad art training, I was always drawn to the commercial side of the art and design field.

In my career as art educator and illustrator/designer for a num-ber of publishers and advertising agencies, I was exposed to a great variety of subject matter, media, techniques, and means of artistic expression. Every week presented a different chal-lenge – a science fiction book cover, a CD cover portrait of a celebrated musician, poster art for a Broadway musical, or his-torical paintings for an educational series.

My work and personal projects today continue to draw on that unique response and expres-sion to a variety of inspirations. Hopefully, the viewer will find

this variety as interesting as I found it in their creation. Different projects ask for a unique artistic response. For me, this made a career that was never mundane and produced interesting and unique results.

My work today follows the same pattern with varying media including oil, watercolor, and collage. I work representationally some days and more abstract others, designing books and works of art that present new daily challenges.

John and his wife, Joan, live in Austerlitz, NY. John is affiliated with the NY Society of Illustrators, Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators, Columbia County Council on the Arts, Housatonic Valley Art League, and the Manatee Art Center.

The art displayed on John’s website at www.johngampert.com may be available either as originals or as prints – inquiries are invited at [email protected].

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will perform a benefit concert for Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum located at 104 Walker Street, Lenox, MA. Folmer says, “This is a very worthy cause - I hope the community will agree that we need to preserve our rich history, help save endangered buildings like this one, and support the arts.” A delicious array of food and beverages, plus wine and beer (for donations), will be available. For reservations and information call (413) 637-3206, www.gildedage.org.

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Thursday Morning Story TimeDate: Thurs, June 12, 2014, 10:30-11amPlace: Lee Library Association, 100 Main Street, Lee, MA - (413) 243-0385Price: Free! Pre-school Story Time. Thursday mornings from 10:30-11am in the Children’s Room. Ages 2 ½ to 5 with caregivers. www.leelibrary.org

High and Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving Center 501(3)(C) Summer CampDate: Thurs, June 12, 2014, 10amPlace: 71 CR 21C, Ghent, NY - (518) 672-4202Price: Weekly fee/Scholarships available.Horseplay Camp for all abilities with an emphasis on self-development and team building. The camp incorporates a variety of equine activities such as riding, driving, horse handling, grooming, and stable chores. Addi-tional activities may include music, movement, drama, arts, and crafts. www.high-n-mighty.org

Movie Tuesdays: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn GouldDate: Tues, June 17, 2014, 8:30pmPlace: PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, 2980 Route 66, Chatham, NY - (518) 392.6121. Price: Free. Award-winning documentary about the piano prodigy, portrayed by Colm Feore. Canada. 1993. 98 minutes www.ps21chatham.org/film.html

Music at the Mansion presents "Moonshine Holler"Date: Fri, June 20, 2014, 6pmPlace: North Adams Public Library, 74 Church Street, North Adams, MA - (413) 662-3133. Price: Free. Appalachian folk music is the specialty of Moonshine Holler. Singing, dancing, foot-stompin’ sounds will be heard on Church Street tonight. www.naplibrary.com


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Bug & Butterfly Safari

Date: Sat, June 21, 2014, 10:30am-12pmPlace: Project Native, 342 North Plain Road, Housatonic, MA - (413) 274-3433Price: FreeJoin us on an adventure through the farm. We will go on a safari with nets, bug boxes, and magnifying glasses to find eggs, caterpillars, and butterflies to relocateinto the Butterfly House. We will identify the butterflies we collect and in some cases release them into the Butterfly House. All ages are welcome to participate. Please note, safaris do require walking on uneven ground, and children should be accompanied by a par-ent or guardian. Participants will gather at Project Native (weather permitting – must not be raining, and preferably sunny). www.projectnative.org.

Ninth Annual Paul Grunberg Memo-rial Bach Concert

Date: Sun, June 22, 2014, 2-4pmPlace: PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, 2980 Route 66, Chatham, NY - (518) 392-6121Price: FreeRepast Baroque with guest harpsichordist Dongsok Shin, baroque violinist Amelia Roosevelt, and viol da gambist John Mark Rozendaal. An All-J.S. Bach programwww.ps21chatham.org/music.html

BHS Bloodmobile at Haddad HyundaiDate: Mon, June 23, 2014, 9am-3pmPlace: Haddad Hyundai, 689 East Street, Pittsfield, MA

(413) 997-2277Berkshire Health System’s Bloodmobile will be at Haddad Hyundai. Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington will receive your blood donations - so all blood collected will stay right here in Berkshire County! www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/bloodmobile

BeckDate: Tues, June 24, 2014, 8:30pmPlace: MASS MoCA, 87 Marshall Street, North Adams, MA - (413) 662-2111Price: General admission: $50 advance; $54 day of event. Tickets available only through the MASS MoCA box office, online, or by telephone during museum hours (413) 664-4481 x1. All tickets are General Admission, Standing Room Only: There is no seating. In the twenty years since “Loser” hit the charts and introduced the world to an ironic poet of breathtaking musical range, Beck has become one of the most creative and idiosyncratic voices in 21st century music of any genre, mixing influences. www.massmoca.org/event_detailsphp?id=909

Movie Tuesdays: You Were Never LovelierDate: Tues, June 24, 2014, 8:30pmPlace: PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, 2980 Route 66, Chatham, NY - (518) 392-6121Price: FreeFred Astaire with Rita Hayworth. Memorable dancing, music, and laughs. Score by Jerome Kern. USA. 1942. 97 minuteswww.ps21chatham.org/film.html

Strawberry Fields Forever at the West Stockbridge Farmers MarketDate: Thurs, June 26, 2014, 3-7pmPlace: On the Green, Harris Street, West Stockbridge, MAPrice: FreeFarmers Market in West Stockbridge Thurs-day afternoons 3-7pm, through October 9, selling local produce with entertainment and weekly raffle, rain or shine, located On the Green at Harris Street, Town Center near the Post Office.www.weststockbridgefarmersmarket.org

Meditation and Your HealthDate: Thurs, June 26, 2014, 6:30-8pmPlace: Lee Library Association - Gallery 100 Main Street, Lee, MA - (413) 243-0385Price: Free!A Talk by International Speaker Dr. Andrew Vidich. The scientific community has re-cently been exploring the use of meditation as a healing modality. Join Dr. Vidich, PhD, author, educator, consultant, and interna-tional speaker as he discusses the extraordi-nary effect of meditation to reduce stress-related responses, improve concentration, and enhance clarity of thought and mental equilibrium. He will also present a simple yet powerful meditation technique that can enrich one’s life personally, professionally, and spiritually. www.leelibrary.org

Maids in the Mills

Date: Sat, July 5, 2014, 7:30pm (for additional performance dates see their website below)Place: Melville Stage, Barn Theatre at Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA - (413) 442-1793Price: $15 - 25An original play by J. Peter Bergman, Maids in the Mills is a drama exploring capi-talism, immigration, oppression, and sub-jugation of women and ethnic minorities. Set in the Pittsfield woolen mills in the period 1850-1917, the “historic Pittsfield” piece offers a unique cameo of Berkshire County during an earlier period of gross income inequality. Maids in the Mills is co-directed by J. Peter Bergman and Sally Filkins. The play features veteran actor Kevin Wixsom, who portrayed Herman Melville in Filkins’ Melville Trilogy, as The Overseer. Rodelinde Albrecht, Diane Ar-duini, Sally Filkins, and Delaney Ivas play Polish, Irish, Italian, French, and Jewish immigrant women struggling to overcome their poverty in a brutal industrial city. www.mobydick.org

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Date: Sat, July 5, 2014, 10am-3pmPlace: Mountain View Campground, Rte. 8, South Otis, MA - (413) 269-8928Price: Free Performance of Native American dance, music, drumming, and storytelling.www.townofotisma.com/culturalcouncil

7 Simple Solutions to Successful Self-Coaching WorkshopDate: Sat, July 12, 2014, 10:30am-12:30pmPlace: Crystal Wellness Center (Crystal Essence) 39 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA - (413) 528-2595Price: $35 at door, $32 pre-registerA workshop designed to put the focus back on yourself and teach you ways to coach yourself through life. Come remember the importance of self-love and applying gentleness to your inner voice. Call Crystal Essence Wellness to pre-register. www.crystalwellness.com

Movie Tuesdays: The Full MontyDate: Tues, July 15, 2014, 8:30pmPlace: PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, 2980 Route 66, Chatham, NY - (518) 392-6121Price: FreeIn depressed Sheffield, six unemployed steel workers in need of money form a male strip-tease act. Many Academy Award nominations; won Best Original Music Score. UK. 1997. Rated R. 91 minutes.www.ps21chatham.org/film.html

Seventh Otis Arts FestivalDate: Sat, July 26, 2014, 9am-3pmPlace: Farmington River Elementary School North Main Street, Otis, MA - (413) 269-0220Price: FreeArtists and crafts vendors of paintings, photog-raphy, fiber, glass, weavings, jewelry, leather, ce-ramics, and more. Entertainment by Moonshine Holler from 12-2pm. Parking available.www.townofotisma.com/culturalcouncil


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Holistic medicine is the general term for any healing modality that not

only naturally strengthens and rejuvenates our cells and organs but also helps cre-ate emotional balance, mental clarity, and spiritual attunement. This includes day-to-day activities such as a healthy, nonrefined unadulterated diet, regular exercise, fresh air and water, and healing through herbs, sacred medicines, and natural supple-ments. It also includes energetic activi-ties such as yoga, tai chi, qi gong, martial arts, energetic healing arts, and remedies such as homeopathy, flower remedies, reiki, acu-puncture, therapeutic massage, prayer, mantra and drumming circles, and many others.

Ancient Chinese medi-cine says 70 percent of disease is caused by poor diet. The yogis and reiki masters claim that by balancing our energetic chakra system we access greater health and well-being. Herbal-ists back to ancient Egypt have shown that many of the causes of our ills can be treated directly with plants grown by our earth. In many areas of the world, healing is still done by a medicine man or woman/shaman who is deeply connect-ed to the wisdom of Mother Earth and who uses music, chanting, sacred herbal medicines, and prayer to create what we consider miraculous healings. I have ex-perienced some of these healings with ayurvedic physicians in India, medicine men and woman in North America, and shaman healers in South America.

What all of these have in common is a reverence for the wisdom and healing po-tential of Mother Earth, the presence of energy/chi/spirit that flows through all life, and our innate healing ability. Holistic

healers believe that the body is constantly in the process of health and wholeness, but that we are constantly getting in the way of this process through poor food and drink choices, lack of exercise, men-tal stress which tightens and poisons the body, inability to calm our dramatic emo-tions, and a basic disregard for the wis-dom of the earth.

In the early 1900s a huge conflict broke out in America between the allopaths

and the homeopaths and herbalists. The allopaths believed that nature was the cause of disease and the only way to overcome it was to gain mastery over the body and earth, leading to many toxic medicines with side ef-fects that are often worse than the cure, in addi-tion to creating destruc-tion of the earth, toxic air and water, and soil pollution. Creating and marketing these drugs often required (and con-tinue to require) animal

experimentation in the name of human well-being, even though many animals respond differently to drugs and stimuli than humans.

The homeopaths and herbalists, on the other hand, believed that all that we need-ed to know to create vibrant health and joy was to use the wisdom and life the earth provided, and to utilize and relearn techniques that balance our energy or vital force, such as acupuncture, crystal healing, and homeopathy. At that time, 25 percent of the MDs were homeopaths and herb-alists treating many conditions. By 1920 almost all herbal and homeopathic medi-cine had vanished from America.

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and in terms of healing as many activities regained popular-ity, including therapeutic drumming, chanting, acupuncture, homeopathy, yoga, and reiki. At the time, in many parts of America, most of this was considered counterculture, weird and strange, and even un-American or anti-God. However, by the 1990s most of these holistic methods were accepted or at least tolerated aspects of our culture in most areas. In fact, healing touch, reiki, yoga, exercise, healthy organic diet, tai chi, acupuncture, and even herbal medicine are becoming some-what mainstream!

The other important aspect in holistic medicine is the recon-nection to the idea and experience that vital force or prana/ki/ chi is a part of all life, in fact, connects all life. The concept is that this universal energy is what activates and rejuvenates our body and mind, and creates life itself. Thus, if we can balance our energy, the body naturally moves toward greater health and balance. This is the core idea behind all activities and healing techniques that work on our energy field. As more of us expe-rience our energy field, activities such as yoga, tai chi, qi gong, acupuncture, homeopathy, reiki, the Tibetan 5 rites, shaman ceremonies, and healing prayer are becoming more and more popular. In this way we are collectively improving our energy flow and innate health and well-being.

If we can all decide to live more in harmony with our bodies’ basic needs through healthy lifestyle, such as healthy diet and daily exercise, experiment with activities that allow us to experi-ence our vital force directly, such as yoga or qi gong, and open to energetic healing techniques such as homeopathy, acupunc-ture, reiki, and vibrational/music healing, we will find that our bodies heal and rejuvenate more effectively, our mind calms more easily, our emotions balance more gracefully, and life will become less anxiety producing and more joyous and revital-izing day by day.

~ Jeff Migdow, MD, has been practicing holistic medicine in Lenox since 1983, currently at Healing Rhythms in the Lenox Commons mall. His practice includes homeopathy, Bach flower remedies, herbal medicine, lifestyle counseling, stress management, and reiki. He is a reiki master and attunes people in reiki 1, 2, and 3. Jeff is the creator and director of the Prana Yoga teacher training course in NYC and the Princeton Center for Yoga and Health near Princeton, NJ. He is coauthor of the book Breathe In, Breathe Out and contributed to Goddess to the Core by Sierra Bender. He can be contacted at (413) 637-1513, [email protected], and facebook.com/pranayoganyc.

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How many of us have started diets, done really well, and

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The subconscious really wants to control us. It talks to the con-scious mind, but there seems to be a wall between the two so when we want to alter our behavior, a little voice coming from behind that wall has its own agenda and diffuses our intention. No matter how hard we try to break through that wall and get to the root of the problem, we fail. The only solution is to go through a back door and surprise the subconscious. Can we do this on our own? It’s doubtful. The subconscious has its defenses up and reroutes the messages.

Somewhere, somehow, the subconscious got a message that became a belief and it uses that to determine our course of action. We use the analogy of a time when we were told we needed to eat all of the food on our plate or the kids in a Third World country would go hungry, grandma wouldn’t visit, or Santa wouldn’t bring us presents. So, as children, we got this “implant” and now every time a restaurant heaps on the food, we either feel obliged to eat it no matter how stuffed we feel, or we get a guilty feeling for not eating it. Do you relate to what you were told as a child? Maybe, maybe not. But, for most of us, we don’t think about the why – we just act out the subconscious direction – eat and eat.

How can we remove this misguided piece of program-ming in our subconscious? One way is through a process of visual-ization that alters the image that is issuing the controlling behavior. Through a process known as Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) coupled with visual imagery, folks are led through a pathway where they can set their own goals and make them become reality. The saying “thoughts are things” is true, but most of us are incapable

of getting past the barrier to convince the subconscious it can be reprogrammed. During the process of NLP, the old thought pat-terns are not removed, merely merged with the new desires allow-ing them to morph into a new behavior pattern. Repetition is the key. The mind does not know the difference between fact and fic-tion, so techniques are used to “trick” the mind into believing that the fiction is now a new fact, and that it will manifest soon.

This may sound a little too easy, but a friend, Dr. William Mundy, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Mis-souri School of Medicine, discovered that people with multiple personalities that manifested a disease such as diabetes in one personality actually became healthy when they flipped to the other entity – the disease clinically disappeared. This discovery prompted him to spend the rest of his life treating the mind and helping people change their physical conditions. He used the principles of NLP and creative visualization in his practice and has written much on the subject. To learn more about these tech-niques, visit the blog www.nlpberkshires.wordpress.com.

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the cherry tomato

The cherry tomato, like its close cousin the beefsteak and the rest of that crowd, originated in the western slopes

and valleys of South America and adjacent coastal regions as wild plants. These were small cherry-like or smaller tomatoes that somehow migrated north to Mexico and along the way became domesticated. As with many other food plants the exact process by which Indians figured out how to create a culinary phenomenon is not clear. These wild species hardly resembled those hard tasteless hybrid tomatoes featured in our supermarkets in the winter.

We know that by the time of the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish, tomatoes in a variety of forms and colors were being grown and eaten. They were of such interest to these early explor-ers that by the early 16th century they had arrived in Spain and were pictured in herbals by the second half of the century. The herbals illustrate large pleated tomatoes, along with small cherries. Round tomatoes were a distinctly American development and don’t show up until 1870, the first entries being Paragon and Trophy.

Tomatoes were not an immediate culinary rage, rather a curiosity or ornamental to be admired in the garden. One strike against the tomato was its resemblance to cousins mandrake and belladonna, nasty poisonous and hallucinogenic plants of the old world with reputed use by witches. Some enterprising cooks discovered that

tomatoes made a rather interesting sauce, perhaps taking after the Aztecs who made a dipping sauce from tomatoes for the con-sumption of sacrificial victims.

Tomatoes did not become a common vegetable until after the middle of the 19th century. Then we see a variety of large to-matoes along with red and yellow cherries, Red and Yellow Pear, Yellow Plum and red currants. While most of the cherries at the supermarkets are modern hybrids, some farmers are growing au-thentic heirloom tomatoes along with a whole slew of contempo-rary and newly developed heirloom-like varieties in a wide range of shapes, tastes, and colors. Whether fresh in salads, marinated, or cooked, they make a tasty culinary summer treat.

~ Lawrence Davis-Hollander is an ethnobotanist and plantsman. He was founder and director of the Eastern Native Seed Conservancy in the Berk-shires, an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting thousands of heirloom vegetable varieties, and former Director of Horticulture at the Berk-shire Botanical Garden. Lawrence has created gardens in New York State, the Berkshires, and London. He is a principal of Dandelion Gardening Arts, a garden company that designs, installs, renovates, and maintains ornamental gardens as well as kitchen gardens, and the author of Tomato: A Fresh-from-the-Vine Cookbook. He currently writes for Grit and Heirloom Gardener magazines. (413) 229-8316, www.dandeliongardeningarts.com

BITE-SIZE DELECTABLE TREATS by Lawrence Davis-Hollander

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QUICK − EASY − FLEXIBLE − DELICIOUS! by Lawrence Davis-Hollander

This is about the quickest-cooking sauce I know. Cherry tomatoes combined with garlic scape pesto are the essential

ingredients. Any type of cherry tomato may be used, such as the well-known and sweet Sun Gold hybrid tomatoes, or see if a lo-cal farmer is growing one of the many wonderful heirloom red or yellow cherry types or something exotic like the Black Cherry tomato. If using a large cherry, you may want to halve or even quarter them.

Don’t get too attached to the exact quantities. The greatest dan-ger is overcooking them and ending up with a tasty yet undistin-guished mass.

You are probably not going to find garlic scape pesto in the store and it is one of the essential ingredients for the kitchen. You’ll have to make it yourself and it is quite easy. Scapes are avail-able late June and early July and usually sold by the bunch. Buy a couple of bunches, trim off the stem end if too fibrous, and blend with olive oil and salt in a food processor. Refrigerated this will keep for a year. Basil pesto may be substituted. It will create quite a different taste sensation.

Ingredients

50-80 cherry tomatoes, roughly one quart or 20 ounces¼ tsp. sea salt4 T. olive oil3 T. garlic scape pesto (or basil leaf pesto)1 T. coarse chopped garlic⅓ to scant ½ cup coarse crumbled feta cheese1 T. fresh lemon juice

Heat two tablespoons of olive oil in a large cast iron skillet. Add salt. When quite hot, yet not so hot the oil burns, add the toma-toes. Stir gently while adding one tablespoon pesto. After a min-ute or less add garlic. Cook for another 30 seconds to one minute. Turn off heat. Add the rest of the pesto and lemon juice. When slightly cooled add feta and the rest of the olive oil.

Serve over angel hair pasta, soak crusty pieces of bread in the sauce, or spread the sauce on slices of bread.

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Funny how we sometimes take things for granted. As a kid I had “gourmet” food right outside my door and I didn’t

even know it! I only had to hop on my bike to find the delights that awaited me around every corner and over every hill.

Just steps outside my front door, the strong smell of fresh-made bread and the sight of huge tomatoes growing in coffee cans on porches told me that I was near my Nonna’s house. Her kitchen was my personal bakery!

A short ride down the hill was the Jewish neighborhood. Talk about latkes! An invite to join a friend for lunch was indeed an honor. Up the hill and around the corner were the Polish, Russian, and then African American neighborhoods. I’d go past the one Japanese restaurant on the Main Street and back around the loop to the intersection to find the Greek neigh-borhood, to hook up with a friend. Her mother would stuff us with spanakopita, and send us off with a sweet treat whose name neither of us could ever pronounce.

A short car ride to the other side of town would bring us to the Irish food I enjoyed with my mom’s side of the family. By car, you could also easily find yourself enjoying a French or Lebanese meal.

A visit to a family friends’s farm gave us good old hearty farm fare. I remember learning how to color eggs for Easter using beets and carrots! Who can forget the drive-in shacks? We would indulge in milkshakes, hot dogs, and hamburgers under the stars and a neon Penguin sign. Homemade root beer was our reward for winning a game of miniature golf.

The biggest curiosity for me, however, was in school. I remem-ber my Yankee American friends bringing peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches, banana bread, and Campbell’s soup to eat for lunch. Boy, were they lucky! I would happily trade my min-estrone soup for that banana bread. They in turn looked in wonder and fear at the thickness of my sandwich bread (the “pre-pannini”). My combination of Italian meats and smelly cheeses must have made a real impression on them!

Today, with the influx of new cultures moving to the Berkshires to work, learn, and teach, it stands to reason they are also bring-ing with them their food traditions to contribute. From the East, we have Indian, Malaysian, Japanese, and Chinese. South Ameri-ca is giving us Peruvian, Mexican, Colombian, and Puerto Rican food. Berkshire visitors with a sophisticated palate will not be disappointed by the variety and quality of fine food on offer.

Those of us who live here? Well, we no longer take our good fortune for granted.

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For Klara Sotonova, age 19, a whole new life began the day she emigrated from her native Chrast, a small town in the Czech Republic, in the late 1990s. She brought with her to America her dream of starting her own busi-

ness, her exceptional work ethic, and her grandmother’s marvel-ous cookie recipes.

Newly arrived in the Berkshires, Klara set about turning her dream into reality, using her natural initiative, courage, and resourcefulness. She earned her degree in hospitality manage-ment at Berkshire Community College while working as assistant to a kitchen manager at Camp Eisner where, she says, she “really fell in love with food.” Later, working at the Swiss Hutte, she met her husband-to-be, Jefferson Diller, who was the sous-chef there. What began as a friendship based on mu-tual interests, as well as on mutual respect and admiration, eventually blossomed into romance.

Klara had considered opening a restaurant with an Eastern European

flavor. Realizing that such a business would not be comfortably consonant with raising a family – another long-range plan – she gave up that idea. One day, she made a batch of cookies from one of her grandmother’s recipes and offered them to Jeffer-son. He found them so delicious that he suggested she bake them for sale. At that time, he was working for The Market-place Kitchen at Guido’s, and Klara brought in another batch of her cookies, to unanimous acclaim. The rest, as they say, is history.

Klara and Jefferson started baking small batches of a variety of cookies in their Great Barrington home, offering them for sale throughout the county. When the demand outpaced the capac-ity of their small kitchen, they purchased a handsome yellow house with a wraparound porch on Railroad Street in Lee. The little family – Klara, Jefferson, and their four-year-old daughter, Mika – live upstairs, while the downstairs has been converted into the fully equipped bakery, packing rooms, and office for the business, now known as Klara’s Gourmet Cookies. Thousands of cookies – not only their macaroons but also Linzer cook-ies and several remarkable flavors of shortbreads – are shipped each week to the Berkshire Coop, Guido’s, Berkshire Organics, and other retailers of quality foods throughout the Berkshires and surrounding areas.

Success is extra sweet for Klara’s Gourmet just now: Their gluten-free and dairy-free Coconut Macaroon is a finalist in the Outstanding Cookie category in this year’s Specialty Food Association’s sofi™ (Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation) Award competition.

Klara’s story proves once again what drive, determination, and a dream can do.

~ Rodelinde Albrecht, Concerned Singles, www.concernedsingles.com

PARLAYING A PASSION INTO A PROFIT by Rodelinde Albrecht



Project Native will celebrate the Summer Solstice, Saturday, June 21, with the opening of their Native Butterfly House.

After an exciting first season that drew hundreds of visitors, the staff and community at large are looking forward to anoth-er season to observe and learn about these winged wonders.

Last summer, Project Native built a 35-by-55 foot Native Butterfly House on their 54-acre property. Inside, the butter-flies find an abundance of native wildflowers, puddling stations, and – of course – their important host plants. Although most adult butterflies are not choosy about which flowers they visit for nectar, many will only lay their eggs on one or two species of plants – those perfect host-plants that their caterpillars have evolved to eat over centuries. The most famous of these relation-ships is the Monarch butterfly’s affinity for milkweed, but other butterflies have similar requirements to feed their caterpillars.

“It’s sometimes hard to get people interested in plants, es-pecially children, but give them something that crawls and has wings and they are a lot more interested,” explained Karen Ly-ness LeBlanc, Education & Outreach Coordinator for Project Native. The fun of watching butterflies puddle on the wet soil and bask in the early morning sun is easily accompanied by an opportunity to educate visitors about pollinators and the dan-gers of pesticide use in gardens and agricultural areas.

“This is a great addition to Project Native,” General Man-ager David Ellis said. “It is a terrific educational resource and a great attraction. It will serve as the keystone for our educational programs which show the importance of native habitats in sus-taining our wildlife.”

Determined to avoid the environmental and ethical issues surrounding the sale of butterfly chrysalises, Project Native staff and visitors collect butterflies and caterpillars right on the property to populate the butterfly house.

Some of the butterflies visitors can see at the farm include Great Spangled Fritillaries, Monarchs, Tiger Swallowtails, Spice-bush Swallowtails, Black Swallowtails, Commas, Mourning Cloaks, Red Admirals, Common Wood Nymphs, as well as several moths. Visitors to Project Native also have the opportunity to participate in Bug Safaris. Every weekend, children and their families have a chance to explore native habitat, learn about insects, and ultimately release what they find into the butterfly house.

On Friday, July 25, 5-7pm, Project Native will host a But-terfly Open House and Reception. Nibble on hors d'oeuvres while learning about beautiful New England butterflies and moths, and find out how you can attract native pollinators to your garden at home!

The butterfly house is open daily from 10am-4pm and ad-mission is free. Donations to help support educational programs and the maintenance of the butterfly house are greatly appreci-ated. Project Native’s nursery is open from 9:30am–5pm Mon-day through Saturday and 10:30am-5pm Sunday, from mid-April through October. www.projectnative.org

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Blue Rider Stables, Inc., is a not-for-profit therapeutic riding stable located

in South Egremont, MA. Our mission is to offer a holistic educational environment in which people and animals can safely interact, and, through their mutual therapeutic expe-riences, broaden the scope of their lives.

Blue Rider Stables offers a diverse riding pro-gram, geared to the individual rider. We work on basic horsemanship skills and take that skill in any direction the rider wants to go – English, western, natural horsemanship, and others. Students learn balance, dexterity, so-cial skills, confidence, self-control, caring, and communication, among other life skills, while they learn to take care of and ride a horse. The therapeutic value of riding has been well documented, and we feel that horses are therapeutic for all – no diagnosis needed!

Our equines are magnificent caring gentle be-ings that thrive on their ability to help people learn the joys of riding. They have all come to us from other walks of life that did not suit their needs. We make sure our equines (fourteen horses and three donkeys at this time) are cared for as best we can. They live together in a herd, no boxes or segregation (if a horse needs a box or quiet time, we have the means to offer that as well). We give them supplements, myotherapy, chiropractic, Chi-nese herbs, and laser treatments, as well as grooming and love every day.

All of this care costs a good deal of time, money, and commitment on the part of our staff. We have a horse sponsorship

program to help offset these costs. If you would enjoy helping a horse, consider a symbolic adoption of one of our equines to help maintain its health and to help it heal some humans! Without fundraising and donations, the care to both our equines and our students would be greatly dimin-ished, if not impossible.

Upcoming Fundraising Events

Summer Camp starts June 9, and goes through August 22. Spaces still available most weeks.

July 12 and 13 – Ride-a-thon. Open to all students who have previously ridden at Blue Rider. Get sponsored to ride a certain number of miles.

July 26 – Hoedown. Come enjoy our barn and property. Dance the night away to Kitchen Kaylee Band and caller Anne Banks. All ages welcome, no experience or partner necessary. Refreshments available, including S’mores and hot dogs over the fire. $5 per person.

For information including profiles of our horses, history of our organization, testi-monials, and more, visit our website at www.bluerider.org. You can contact the barn directly by calling (413) 528-5299, or emailing [email protected]. Visitors are welcome Monday through Saturday 9-12am and 3-6pm. Call ahead please. ~ Christine Sierau, Head Instructor and Executive Director, Blue Rider Stables, Inc.

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It’s time to register for Camp Humane, Berkshire Humane Society’s popular summer program that brings a fun and

educational “animal experience” to campers of all ages. This year BHS will offer four sessions for children entering fourth through eighth grade, with the first session beginning July 7. Each session runs Monday through Friday, from 9am-3pm, and is limited to 20 campers.

Besides learning from shelter staff and animals, each session will have a particular theme that focuses on a different cat-egory of animals. For example, fourth graders will be intro-duced to farm animals while sixth graders will explore wildlife native to New England. The curricula for Camp Humane are especially designed for each grade level. Activities will include presentations by and hands-on demonstrations with animal ex-perts, field trips, and animal-related arts and crafts.

Tuition is $300 after June 1. Families who enroll more than one child receive a $10 discount for each camper. A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available. For more information, visit www.berkshirehumane.org. Camp Humane is truly the place to be for “Kids Who Care About Animals.”

H igh & Mighty Therapeutic Riding & Driving Center, located on 50 acres in beautiful Columbia County, New

York, offers riding, driving, and other equine-assisted activities to children, teens, and adults with special needs. The farm is dedicated to providing a welcoming and safe environment for all participants, volunteers, instructors, and horses alike. Pro-grams are designed by registered PATH International instruc-tors, and are supported by a team of dedicated volunteers and other specialists. Their mission is to provide equine-assisted ac-tivities to people with special needs with the goal of enhancing their physical, emotional, and spiritual well being.

The folks at High & Mighty believe horses provide an opportu-nity to travel to new places physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and that riding, driving, and other equine-assisted activities offer many benefits. Look for their summer camp information on our community calendar at www.OurBerkshireCalendar.com, and check out their website at www.high-n-mighty.org.

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Egremont bustles with activity in the summer and is home to many creative, dynamic artists and crafters. They will sell their wares at the first annual Egremont

Free Library Arts and Crafts Fair on the beautiful, spacious grounds of the Egremont Village Inn. This fundraiser will pro-vide needed funds to help support the programs and services offered by the Egremont Free Library.

The library serves not only as a place to borrow books but also as a place for community members to make meaningful connec-tions as well. In this digital age, it’s more important than ever for people to meet face to face and gather for fun, informative com-munity programs.

“I’ve seen so many connections made among community members who are stop-ping by to check out a book or attending one of our game nights,” says Library Director Lesliann Furcht. “One of my favorite expe-riences was watching one of my 95-year-old patrons seeing her great-granddaughter for the first time via Skype. She thought it was magical to talk to her daughter and grand-daughter in California from our little library in Egremont.” The library is one of the few places in town offering high-speed internet access. The library also has two fully loaded personal computers for patrons to use should they need to work or study. The Egremont Free Library is a certified library and part of the Massachusetts Library System. The library has been serving the com-munity for decades and is housed on the first floor of the historic Academy building, which was built in 1829. It was operated as a local school for almost 50 years. In 1882, the build-ing was sold to the town for use as a town hall. In addition to the library, the Academy building is home to the Egremont Archives

Room, run by the Egremont Historical Commission, with access to historic artifacts, old maps, photos, and newspaper articles. Come discover and treat yourself to unique, hand-crafted pot-tery, country decor and gifts, artwork, jewelry, and much more at the first annual Arts and Crafts Fair on July 19 and 20 from 11am-4pm. The Egremont Village Inn is located at 17 Main Street, South Egremont, MA.

Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 2-6pm and Saturday 9am-12pm For more information, contact the Egremont Free Library at (413) 528-1474. See Facebook. ~ Lesliann Furcht, Director, Egremont Free Library

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Meditation and Your HealthDate: Thurs, June 26, 2014, 6:30pm-8pmPlace: Lee Library Association-Gallery, 100 Main Street, Lee, MA - (413) 243-0385Price: Free. A Talk by International Speaker Dr. Andrew Vidich. The scientific community has recently been exploring the use of meditation as a healing modality. Join Dr. Vidich, PhD, author, educator, consul-tant, and international speaker as he discusses the extraordinary effect of meditation to reduce stress-related responses, improve concentra-tion, and enhance clarity of thought and mental equilibrium. He will also present a simple yet powerful meditation technique that can enrich one’s life personally, professionally, and spiritually. www.leelibrary.org

Self-Coaching WorkshopDate: Sat, July 12, 2014, 10:30am-12:30pmPlace: Crystal Wellness Center (Crystal Essence), 39 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA - (413) 528-2595Price: $35 at door, $32 pre-registerA workshop designed to put the focus back on yourself and teach you ways to coach yourself through life. Come remember the importance of self-love and applying gentleness to your inner voice. For more information, email [email protected] preregister, call Crystal Essence Wellness at (413) 528-2595.www.crystalwellness.com

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528 Cafe, The (413) 528-2233240 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, MA See Facebook ........................................................15

Ben & Jerry's (413) 443-5400179 South Street, Pittsfield, MA www.benjerry.com/pittsfield .............................13

Berkshire Co-op Market(413) 528-969742 Bridge Street, Great Barrington, MAwww.berkshire.coop ..............................................2

Berkshire Organics(413) 442-0888813 Dalton Division Road, Dalton, MAwww.berkshireorganics.com ....................2, 15, 23

Black Leg Tavern, The(413) 232-700032 Main Street, West Stockbridge, MAwww.theblacklegtavern.com ...............................13

Brenda & Co. Caterers & Food Bar(413) 997-4500137 North Street, Pittsfield, MAwww.brendaandcompanycaterers.com .............13

Chez Nous Bistro(413) 243-6397150 Main Street, Lee, MAwww.cheznousbistro.com ...................................14

Flavours of Malaysia(413) 443-318875 North Street, Pittsfield, MAwww.flavoursintheberkshires.com .....................14

Guido's Fresh Marketplace(413) 442-9912Great Barrington & Pittsfield, MA www.guidosfreshmarketplace.com ....................13

Jae's Asian Bistro(413) 637-977755 Pittsfield Lenox Road, Lenox, MA www.jaeslenox.com ..............................................14

La Fogata Restaurant(413) 443-6969770 Tyler Street, Pittsfield, MA ...........................................................................13, 14

Meadow Farm Market(413) 394-4308905 Pleasant Street, Rte 102, Lee, MAwww.meadowfarmmarket.com ..........................12

Paul's Restaurant & Pizza(413) 445-4965157 Seymour Street, Pittsfield, MAwww.paulsrestaurantandpizza.com ...................12

Sullivan Station Restaurant(413) 243-2082Railroad Street, Lee, MAwww.sullivanstationrestaurant.com ...................12

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