Art Exhibition on View at BCC: Dreaming of Light and Line

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) presents "Dreaming of Light and Line,” an exhibition of oil paintings and silver pen drawings by Sean McCusker, on view in Koussevitzky Art Gallery through March 31, 2025. 
 
The gallery is open Monday–Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Admission is free. 
 
According to a press release: 
 
Sean McCusker has been creating surreal landscapes inspired by the hilly Berkshires for over 20 years. His oil paintings, full of light and color, are made up of roughly 30 thin layers, each one adding complexity. The translucent layers create a glowing composition of dark shadows suspended in light. The artist describes his painting style as one that "attempts to depict emotion as a solid object.” Many of his paintings center around a single figure set against a vast empty space. The light illuminating the darkness is always just out of the figure's reach.   
 
"I wanted to capture that moment of intensity just before or right after something extraordinary happens; that sense of either surrender to the inevitable or relief after a hard-fought battle," McCusker said.
 

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Truck Crashes Into Pittsfield's Samel's Deli

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Elm Street will be partially closed as cleanup continues. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A two-vehicle crash resulted in a pickup truck crashing through the front of an Elm Street eatery Wednesday morning.

Around 9:45 a.m., the Pittsfield Police Department reported that the street in front of Samel's Deli & Catering would be closed or reduced to one lane for the next few hours because of the collision.

The department posted two photos, one depicting a silver truck with New York license plates driven through the glass of the front entrance and another of a white Honda CR-V in front of Shelley's Kitchen with significant damage to the front end.

No injuries were immediately reported nor the circumstances surrounding the collision.

This story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.

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