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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Big Lots to Close Pittsfield Store

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two major chains are closing storefronts in the Berkshires in the coming year.
 
Big Lots announced on Thursday it would liquidate its assets after a purchase agreement with a competitor fell through. 
 
"We all have worked extremely hard and have taken every step to complete a going concern sale," Bruce Thorn, Big Lots' president and CEO, said in the announcement. "While we remain hopeful that we can close an alternative going concern transaction, in order to protect the value of the Big Lots estate, we have made the difficult decision to begin the GOB process."
 
The closeout retailer moved into the former Price Rite Marketplace on Dalton Avenue in 2021. The grocery had been in what was originally the Big N for 14 years before closing eight months after a million-dollar remodel. Big Lots had previously been in the Allendale Shopping Center.
 
Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September. It operated nearly 1,400 stores nationwide but began closing more than 300 by August with plans for another 250 by January. The Pittsfield location had not been amount the early closures. 
 
Its website puts the current list of stores at 960 with 17 in Massachusetts. Most are in the eastern part of the state with the closest in Pittsfield and Springfield. 
 
Advanced Auto Parts, with three locations in the Berkshires, is closing 500 stores and 200 independently owned locations by about June. 
 
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