image description — Nue Electrolysis, located at 69 Church Street in Suite 4, is now accepting patients to help remove unwanted hair.

New Permanent Hair Removal Option in Lenox

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
01:00PM / Sunday, August 10, 2025Print Story | Email Story

LENOX, Mass.— Nue Electrolysis, located at 69 Church Street in Suite 4, is now accepting patients to help remove unwanted hair.

Owner, Kristen Fontaine, recently opened the space around July 15th.

What she does is use electrolysis to zap the hair out of your body. Electrolysis is the only FDA approved method for permanent hair removal.

"Basically what you do is you take a fine probe and use it to get into a particle, and it goes down to the base of the root and use that with electricity," she said.

Fontaine went to the Electrology Institute of New England becoming licensed in Massachusetts.

Electrology has three methods: Galvanic, where she uses a direct current to create a chemical reaction to remove the follicle; Thermolysis, which uses an alternating current to generate heat coagulating the follicles cells; and the Blend method, using both of the first two methods to destroy the follicle which is best used for coarse or distorted hairs.

Fontaine said she was inspired to get into the field from another electrologist.

"I find electrology to be very detail oriented, which I love. I like getting focused in on something and just working towards a goal and I like helping people," she said.

It takes multiple sessions to help get rid of the hair, with the range varying based on hair growth. However Fontaine recommends having appointments at least once a week.

"You need a series of sessions to really get results with this kind of thing. It's because of the hair growth cycle. Once the hair comes out, another one's going to come in. Keep going until you keep zapping that one bulb eventually it will grow finer and finer."

Fontaine grew up in Pittsfield wanted to open her business in Lenox because this part of the county was lacking in the electrology field.

"I specifically wanted Lenox, just because there is somebody in Barrington doing electrology, somebody in Pittsfield who is also in Williamstown doing it. So, I wanted to be able to kind of serve this area of Berkshire County."

Fontaine hopes to help people feel better in their skin and make their life easier when it comes to their hair on their body.

"I want people to be comfortable in their skin and I want people to not have to shave every day and tweeze and pluck or go through 'beauty is pain' even though that is the process here, but it'll end eventually," she said.

Fontaine is planning to go to school for aesthetics at the Aesthetic Science Institute, where she can hopefully provide services like facials.

"I'm going to start going to school for esthetics very soon, in a couple weeks, hopefully I can add on some basic esthetic services. I definitely want to keep my focus on hair removal," she said.

Hours are by appointment and can be made here or by calling.

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Ventfort Hall: Making New England Movies

08:09AM / Wednesday, February 25, 2026

LENOX, Mass. — Jay Craven, American film director, screenwriter, and former film professor at Marlboro College, will present his talk "New England Movies: How and Why" on Sunday, March 1 at Ventfort Hall at 3:30 pm.

Craven will tell the story of his adventures and experiences, developing a sustained filmmaking career in the unlikely settings of Vermont and Massachusetts. A tea will follow his presentation.

He will describe working with a wide range of actors, including Rip Torn, Tantoo Cardinal, Kris Kristofferson, Martin Sheen, Ernie Hudson, and Michael J. Fox. He'll share the satisfactions and challenges that come from immersion into place-based narrative filmmaking.

According to a press release:

Craven's work grew out of years of working as a teacher and arts activist whose mission has been the advancement of community and culture in the region. For four decades he has written, produced, and directed character-driven films deeply rooted in Vermont and New England, including five "Vermont Westerns" based on the works of award-winning Northeast Kingdom writer, Howard Frank Mosher. His latest film, Lost Nation, digs into the parallel Revolutionary War era stories of Ethan Allen and the pioneering Black Guilford poet, Lucy Terry Prince. His other films have adapted stories by Jack London, Guy du Maupassant, George Bernard Shaw, Craig Nova and, currently, Henrik Ibsen and Dashiell Hammett. Craven also made the regional Emmy-winning comedy series, Windy Acres, for public television and seven documentaries.

Craven's films have played festivals and special screenings including Sundance, South by Southwest, The American Film Institute, Lincoln Center, Cinematheque Francaise, the Constitutional Court of Johannesburg, and Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela. Awards include the Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Producer's Guild of America's NOVA Award, and the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces program. His film Where the Rivers Flow North was a named finalist for Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival.

Tickets are $45. Members receive $5 off with their discount code. Ticket pricing includes access to the mansion throughout the day of this event from 10 am to 4 pm. Reservations are strongly encouraged as seats are limited. Walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations visit https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or call (413) 637-3206. All tickets are nonrefundable and non-exchangeable. The historical mansion is located at 104 Walker St. in Lenox.

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