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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Congressional Independent Candidate Milleron Running 'Pro-Worker' Campaign

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
12:35PM / Sunday, October 25, 2026

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Independent congressional candidate Nadia Milleron says she has found a formula to address the financial pressures leaving many Americans struggling to pay their bills.

This "formula," Milleron said, is to bring those directly affected by an issue, along with members of the press, into congressional offices to advance universally supported reform.

When her 24-year-old daughter, Samya Stumo, died in the March 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, that's what she and other victims' families did — resulting in the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act of 2020.

Milleron is taking on incumbent Richard Neal for the second time as an independent in the general election for the 1st Mass District.

Neal is the ranking member on the powerful Ways & Means Committee and is likely to become chair again if the Democrats take the House majority. Milleron's criticized decisions made by the Springfield Democrat, including his support for trade agreements she says cost local jobs, his handling of Social Security legislation, his votes on housing and tax policy, and his approach to rail procurement and package inspections.

"I think we have experienced decline in our district for the 38 years that Neal has been in office. It is time to reverse that decline," she said during a phone interview from her Sheffield home.

"So, that's what I would ask the voters: please give a term limit to our current incumbent now. We want term limits. This is the time after 38 years — vote for a term limit. Get a new person in who has energy and isn't a career politician and isn't beholden to a party."

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