BAA Biennial Juried Show

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Art Association announces Visible, the BAA Biennial Show 2024. Guest jurors: Laura Dickstein Thompson, Curator; Arthur Hillman, Professor Emeritus; Photography, Bard College at Simon’s Rock; and  Bill Wright, fine art photographer. 
 
Jurors have selected works which include paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, photography, ceramics, and videography. Berkshire County artists in the Visible show are Carolyn Abrams, Karen Bognar-Khan, Elizabeth Cassidy, A.F. Cook, Kasha Cooper, Diane Firtell, Larry Frankel,  Marion Grant, Sarah Horne, Karen Kane,  Falcon Laina, Katie Maier, Devin Maloney, Joseph Messer, Barbara Patton, Shany Porras, Janet Pumphrey, Ilene Richard, Joan Rooks, Natasha Wein, Violet Wilcox, and Dan Woods. 
 
Artists from the greater Northeast region include Frank Greco, David Hinchen, Megan Hyde, Matanda Keyes, and Brian Schmidt.
 
The city-owned Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, located at 28 Renne Avenue in  Pittsfield will open Friday, October 4. An opening reception will be held Saturday, October 5 from 3-5 pm.  The show will be on display through November 2. Please call the gallery for an appointment to see Visible. Admission is free. 
 
To view this show, call 413 499 9348 for an appointment. For updated information, go to berkshireartassociation.org, and follow BAA on Facebook and Instagram.
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Task Force Arrests 3 for Drug Trafficking

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A raid on Brown Street on Tuesday resulted in the arrests and arraignments of three men described by authorities as large-scale drug traffickers.
 
Kareem Archibald, 25, and Maurice Simmons, 33, both of the Bronx, N.Y., and Jah'Rell J. Mayes, 22, of Pittsfield, were arraigned Wednesday in Pittsfield District Court on numerous charges including trafficking in heroin and cocaine.
 
Archibald and Simmons are both being held on $100,000 bail and Mayes on $50,000 bail.
 
Law enforcement said they identified the suspects and the suspected trap house, 30 Brown St., based on an extensive investigation leading up to their arrests.
 
Police said the three men were arrested Monday at about 12:52 p.m. after walking out of 30 Brown. Simmons was wearing a satchel and Archibald and Mayes both carried backpacks. 
 
Archibald and Simmons were handcuffed without issue. Mayes fled and was later apprehended on Oak Street. All the bags recovered by law enforcement contained drugs and other evidence of drug dealing, according to police.
 
The Berkshire County Special Response Team executed a knock and announce search warrant at the house at 1:35 on Tuesday. No one was found inside when the warrant was executed but law enforcement recovered guns, ammunition, drugs, cash, and other items that they say indicated the house was used as a central location for drug dealing. 
 
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