Death of a Salesman was on Weston Playhouse's short list for a long time. This is a production that realizes much of what Arthur Miller wanted: the enormous capacity for tragedy in everyman/woman, the place where the American Dream teeters on the abyss of nightmare and finally plunges into it, and how our world is lessened when people become trapped in illusions that don't allow them to simply be who they are. You won't be comfortable, and you will be shaken instead of entertained. You will also be awed by the language and multi-tiered construction of this play, which began for Miller with "the first two lines and a death." It is the keystone of why he is revered as the greatest American playwright.   Full Story

DORSET - Dorset Theatre Festival will finish it's 2010 Season with a special showing of nationally renowned playwright Sherry Kramer's one woman play, "When Something Wonderful Ends," over Labor Day Weekend.   Full Story

PAWLET - On Saturday. Sept. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, the Pawlet Scholarship Committee's annual art show and sale, Art on the Green, will bring 34 area artists to the green adjoining the Pawlet Library.   Full Story

DORSET - On Saturday, Sept, 4, the Dorset Public Library will host a reception from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for local residents to meet the featured artists of the month, Kathy Devlin McManus and her husband, Tom McManus.   Full Story

Wednesday September 1, 2010 SALEM, N.Y. -- Book artist Ed Hutchins will be teaching a book-making workshop on Sept. 4 from 1 - 4 p.m. at the North Main Gallery in Salem. Hutchins is the artist-in-residence at North Main Gallery. In this workshop, he will teach students new skills for assembling unique papers into books that can be used for sharing poetry, stories, drawings, photographs,   Full Story