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Steve Decker cleans up in front of BankNorth on Wednesday.
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More Snow
The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
Wanted: Eagle Eyes
MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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 Spirit and Opportunity have been trekking the red planet for half a decade. Spirit hit the 5-year mark on Sunday; Opportunity will on Jan. 24. |
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MCLA Gallery 51 to feature abstract art - February 15, 2008
 | | Roger White, watercolor on paper |
NORTH ADAMS – Beginning on Thursday, Feb. 28, MCLA Gallery 51 will focus on abstract art with an opening reception for “Preternatural Selection,” 5-7 p.m., in the downtown gallery. The public is invited to attend this free event.
“This show will consist of an extraordinary collection of art,” gallery manager, Sean Riley said. “I’m excited about this exhibition. These artists are all young, emerging talents in their 20s who are beginning to exhibit their work in galleries across the country.” “Preternatural Selection” will include paintings and sculpture made using abstraction as a tool. The exhibition’s five artists will present unusual and synthetic images that rely on a close relationship with the natural or experienced world, according to the show’s guest curator, Jessica Slaven.
“These documents recall private and contemplative experience while refusing the politics of transcendence, creating a beautiful, pragmatic and paraobjective language,” Slaven said. “The show’s title, Preternatural Selection, describes the way in which these artists select the prevailing motifs, functions, or manners of different systems of representation and merge them innovatively to produce a fluent, powerful, and superior means of statement.”Slaven is a New York-based artist and author of a forthcoming article in “Paper Monument,” which discusses contemporary urban earthworks. A graduate of The Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, and Skowhegan, Slaven recently showed her artwork at Brooklyn Fireproof and David Krut Projects in New York City. 
Hunter Stabler, cut paper of black background |
The artists for “Preternatural Selection” include Lisha Bai, Hanna Sandin and Roger White of New York City; Jon Rajkovich of Los Angeles; and Hunter Stabler of Philadelphia. The exhibition will run through March 23. MCLA Gallery 51 is at 51 Main St., North Adams. The Gallery is open daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, 413-664-8718, or go to www.mcla.edu/Gallery51 |
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