Tuesday, July 22 Oldcastle Theatre Company opens "Bedroom Farce" this weekend, with "four couples, three bedrooms, and one Saturday night" at the Bennington Center for the Arts. The action moves among the bedrooms of three houses, on the night when one of the couples is having a housewarming party.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 MANCHESTER — Alonzo King's Lines Ballet will perform for Ballet Manchester at the Southern Vermont Arts Center Wednesday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. King choreographed Migration and Rasa, which are the two pieces being performed. Migration is a piece that explores the awakening of complex bodies, and the beauty of their constant evolution into new forms.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 MUSIC Kevin's Sports Pub and Restaurant North Bennington Ron Olsen — July 25 Open Mic with Kelly — July 26 442-0122 Knapp's Underground Bennington Last Minute Letter, The Doppler Effect, Burn Wallstreet, Caleb Lionheart, Countess of Persia — July 25 Grey Tide, The Crosstown Rivalry, Honor Bright, Tiny Machine, Ionia — August 2   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 Thursday, July 24 Shakespeare at Hildene MANCHESTER — On Thursday, July 24, The Theater Company at Hubbard Hall has chosen "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" for its annual outdoor Shakespeare production. The gates open for picnicking at 6 p.m. with the performance slated for 7 p.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 DORSET — "A Year With Frog and Toad", a musical based on the children's books by Arnold Lobel, begins performances at the Dorset Playhouse on July 24. The play, the third production of Dorset Theatre Festival's 2008 Season, runs from July 24- Aug. 9. The official opening night is July 24 at 8 p.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 WESTON — On Monday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company presents the first public reading of "The Oath," by Gavin Broady, a powerful new one-man play based on the dramatic account of Chechen surgeon Khassan Baiev, whose quest to uphold the Hippocratic Oath during a long and brutal war endangered his life and led to a challenging moral conflict that   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 NORTH BENNINGTON — Two of a Kind, an award-winning, nationally touring husband-wife duo specializing in interactive music for children and families, will perform live at Lake Paran on Wednesday, July 30, at 7 p.m. Their performance will highlight audience participation and varied musical styles, all with a sense of humor and fun.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 BENNINGTON — The Bennington Museum welcomes Dan Cohen on Sunday, July 27, at 1 p.m. when he gives a gallery talk addressing the baseball bats on view in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," with a particular focus on Louisville Slugger and its history. Cohen is the curator of the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Louisville Kentucky.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 MANCHESTER — Shakespeare lovers can double their pleasure in the coming weeks with two separate performances of the bard's work under the stars at Hildene under the stars. On Thursday, July 24, The Theater Company at Hubbard Hall has chosen "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" for its annual outdoor Shakespeare production.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 MANCHESTER — On Saturday, July 26, from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m., in conjunction with and celebration of the Vermont Marble Trail Project, the Southern Vermont Arts Center's Arkell Pavilion hosts "Between the Lines: Richard Erdman, Sculptor," a free talk and presentation by internationally known and Vermont-based sculptor Richard Erdman.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 Sculptor Ryder Owens, of Wilmington, took a break from the architectural restoration project he is working on in Benson to talk about and show his Plateau marble sculpture in progress. Owens' sculpture, along with works by half a dozen other Vermont sculptors, will be on display, and for sale, at the Dorset Historical Society's "It's All About Marble.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 MANCHESTER — The second concert of the Manchester Music Festival's 34th Summer Session took place on July 17. Mozart, Schumann, and Mendelssohn were the composers; the performers: E. Scott Brubaker, French Horn; Joana Genova and Danwen Jiang, violinists; Ah Ling Neu and Ariel Rudiakov, violists; Michael Haber and Ron Feldman, cellists; Davide Cabassi, Tatiana Larionova,   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 MANCHESTER — Robert O'Brien, AWS, NWS, a longtime Southern Vermont Arts Center instructor, exhibitor and a professional watercolorist for 35 years, returns to SVAC to present his Landscape Painting in Watercolor workshop Tuesday through Saturday, July 29 through Aug. 2. In Landscape Painting in Watercolor, beginning and intermediate watercolor painters (with at least   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 GRAFTON — On Saturday, July 26, from 5 to 8 p.m., the Hunter Gallery of Fine Art in Grafton will hold an Artist's Reception for Judy Laliberte, award-winning oil and pastel artist from Maine. Laliberte's abstract watercolor paintings are now on exhibition through October at the gallery on Main Street next to the Old Tavern.   Full Story

Tuesday, July 22 CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. — Hubbard Hall Projects has invited area artists to submit small original works of art for the 2008 Art Sale Extravaganza. In celebration of Hubbard Hall's 130 years, each piece will be sold for $130, lottery style. The action takes place on Friday, July 25, beginning at 7:30 p.   Full Story