The Rogovoy Report 2.13.23
From around the corner to around the globe...
REQUIRED READING
Talking Less Will Get You More
(Time) - The world is filled with overtalkers. It’s not entirely our fault. We live in a world that doesn’t just encourage overtalking but practically demands it. Yet many of the most powerful and successful people do the exact opposite. Instead of seeking attention, they hold back. When they do speak, they’re careful about what they say. Apple CEO Tim Cook lets awkward pauses hang during conversations. Albert Einstein was an introvert who cherished solitude. But talkaholics cannot just wake up one day and choose to talk less. Talkaholism is an addiction. Talkaholics’ inability to rein in their overtalking can lead to personal and professional difficulties.
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Worried that technology is ‘breaking your brain’? Fears about attention spans and focus are as old as writing itself (Aeon)
The Death of the Smart Shopper: Internet retail was supposed to supercharge the informed consumer. What happened? (The Atlantic)
After a near-fatal stabbing — and decades of threats — Salman Rushdie speaks about writing as a death-defying act (New Yorker)
FOOD & DINING
The Sun Sets on Susan Sellew’s Rawson Brook Farm
(Berkshire Eagle) MONTEREY, Mass. — Susan Sellew, of Rawson Brook Farm, says that tending to goats has helped her accept all the parts of life. In her 39 years of making cheese, she has watched hundreds of goats come and go. “There’s birth, and there’s an equal amount of death," she said. "You do get used to that, but it didn’t make it hurt any less.” Now, though, it is her long career as a cheesemaker that is being put out to pasture. On Dec. 7, Sellew, 73, made her last batch of commercially available cheese, closing the chapter on her popular Monterey Chèvre cheese, which has developed a cult following since she began making it in 1984.
For Prairie Whale, Sustainability On and Off the Menu Spells Success
(Berkshire Edge) GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - When a restaurant owner/operator stays in business for more than two decades, as Mark Firth has done — and two chefs with the creativity and credentials to go anywhere remain loyal for an equally impressive amount of time, as Steve Browning and Dan Studwell have done — there’s got to be a reason. Mark Firth and Bettina Schwartz, co-owners of Prairie Whale in Great Barrington, clearly have the right stock and ingredients when running a restaurant, as their prior and current successes show.
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Simple meals for ‘working guys and gals’: 3 Sisters Harvest Café opens at VFW in Great Barrington (Berkshire Edge)
Mezze owners Nancy Thomas and Bo Peabody pair up to buy Powder Hounds at Jiminy Peak (Berkshire Eagle)
Joanne passing on ownership of Pittsfield’s Elm Street Luncheonette (iBerkshires)
Cricket Creek Farm’s Damion Davis is fascinated by the science of making cheese — and its power to bring people together (Berkshire Eagle)
Hudson's Cafe Mutton, Lil Deb's garner James Beard nominations (Chronogram)
The best veggie burgers in the Hudson Valley (ATU)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
North Adams Art Gallery Roam Finds New Home in Williamstown
(iBerkshires) WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Artist and gallery owner Xtina Parks is excited about the future of her new neighborhood. And she is just as excited about preserving its past. "What is important to me is history and things that are important to New England," Parks said this week. Parks, who opened Roam: A Xtina Parks Gallery at the MASS MoCA campus in 2018, recently purchased 16 Water St., in neighboring Williamstown. The building, known as the Cole Block, dates to the mid-19th century, and may be best known by longtime residents as the former home of Phillips General Store.
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Pittsfield's 10x10 returns for 12th annual festival (iBerkshires)
Barrington Stage’s 2023 season a bridge between past and future (Berkshire Eagle)
Williamstown-raised singer-songwriter Eliza Edens writes from life (Bluegrass Situation)
Hudson Jazz Festival offers two weekends filled with acclaimed band leaders, adventurous vocalists and rising young stars (B Eagle)
Hudson’s own Meshell Ndegeocello to appear in upcoming annual jazz festival (Chronogram)
Two new jazz series heat up Hudson (Chronogram)
$50K state grant to help fund Hudson orchestra (GoR)
NEWS FROM THE BERKSHIRES
New GB Shop Offers Fresh Flowers, Herbs and Handmade Tinctures
(Berkshire Eagle) GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Before they ever met, Sara Brown and Leland Kent both worked at the same Pittsfield flower shop owned by Sara’s late sister. Now the couple’s love of flowers, herbs and their handmade creations like tinctures and salves has led them to open their own shop on Main Street next to the town’s Housatonic River Walk. The couple first opened Green Branch Urban Farm Apothecary & Provisions on Valentine’s Day last year. Brown and Kent are both Berkshire County natives who say gardening runs in their blood.
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New owner of historic Elm Court estate planning something 'remarkable' that 'no one else has thought of' (Berkshire Edge)
Berkshire regional bus service found lacking (TrainCampaign)
A touch of early spring in the air as tranquil and mild weather expected (Berkshire Eagle)
Appraisal of Housatonic water system underway as residents press for town ownership (B Eagle)
Pittsfield Mayor Tyler mum on reelection bid (B Eagle)
Capture and conviction of Pittsfield’s child serial killer Lewis Lent Jr. detailed in new book (B Eagle)
Miraval Berkshires a 'slice of mindfulness heaven' (The Travel)
NEWS FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY
Grand Plans for Arts Venue in Catskill Come Up Short
(WAMC) CATSKILL, N.Y. - When the Washington, D.C.-based American Dance Institute decided to relocate to New York, it settled on what once was a waterfront lumberyard, situated along the Catskill Creek. But now the three-building performing arts and film campus is up for sale. In September 2017, New York Senator Chuck Schumer stopped by Catskill to tour the fledgling LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts Center. Schumer predicted the venue would be a major hub for world-class theater. LUMBERYARD was obtained for $1.2 million and renovated for an undisclosed cost. Today the asking price is $11.5 million.
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'Hudson, America' explores Gen-Z Bangladeshis torn between two worlds (ATU)
Doc on growing up Bangladeshi in Hudson screened to sold-out crowd (Columbia Paper)
New pedestrian warning signs deemed inadequate by many in Hudson (GoR)
Sidewalk maintenance law advances in Hudson (GoR)
$50K grant to help line Hudson school boulevard in trees (HV360)
Molinaro donates George Santos contribution to veterans group (HV360)
Coxsackie-Athens schools apologizes for racist Facebook post (ATU)
New Yorkers to get new DMV inspection stickers in 2023 (HV360)
Columbia Paper sold to local community news publisher (Columbia Paper)
Zeldin hints at 'epic clash' against Gillibrand for U.S. Senate (ATU)
Roll Call: Founding Members
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