"Last Days" is the title of Chris Ware's New Yorker magazine cover illustration on the Sept. 21 issue. It depicts a large four-square home with people enjoying an end-of-summer gathering. Sound familiar?

The cooler air of fall normally signals one thing for performing arts lovers — it's showtime at venues across the area. 

With Expressions Graphics classes canceled and group studio print work on hold, not only have the print cooperative's creative activities been impacted, the nonprofit's bottom line has too.

Enjoying beautifully performed music in one's home isn't new. The earliest examples of instrumental music composed for home performance date from the 15th century.