Artbits-December 4, 2025

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Dick

HOLIDAY FESTIVALS

The Festival of Trees continues to usher in the holiday season with the Running of the Bells today. The Festival has the Gala en Blanc, Santa’s Workshop, the Dance Showcase, Claus for a Cause, the 14th Star Holiday Rewind Party, and more. North Hero Village hosts a village-wide Christmas Festival with antiques, the Tree Lighting and caroling, a Holiday Artisan Market, and more. Christmas in Enosburg is a Weekend of Events with a Stocking Auction, the Christmas Bazaar, Actions Craft Fair, Santa and Mrs. Claus, the Grinch, and Cindy Lou Who, Lincoln Park magic, the Lighted Parade and Tree Lighting, and the Community Christmas Concert. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

A Saturday trip includes the Artist In Residence BOGO sale on ornaments plus St. Paul’s Arts & Craft Show, the Catalyst Coffee Bar Holiday Market, Busy Hands Crafts at the Abbey the Enosburg Methodist Church Christmas Bazaar, the Actions Craft Fair, the First Baptist Church Christmas Bazaar, the annual Alburgh Fire Craft/Vendor Fair, Greentara’s Holiday Artisan Market, and the St Rose of Lima Christmas Bazaar. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Janice DeCooman, Lindsay DiDio, Dorothy Goulet, and Sally Tarr with a live reception at the gallery. BFA Fine Arts Night fills the halls, the gym, and the Performing Arts Center with music, art, and dance. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Abbey hosts Flowers by Jenny for Holiday Centerpiece Night. 14th Star Brewing Company has Starry Christmas Night Painting with Linda Oakes Carvalho The Milton Artists’ Guild Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd meets. Read more…

FILM

The Welden Theater screens the film Gone Guys about boys and young men steadily disengaging from school, work, and the broader society. Read more…

THEATER

The South Hero Players present The Christmas Tree Farm in a four-day run with Whitney Maxham, Patrick Cope, Eliza Valle, Michelle Brady, David Belvedere, Nan Murat, Stephen Moore, Wendy Duval, Jennifer Brownell, Catherine Trombley, Kim McFerron, Kim T. Julow, Teah Bryan, Jane McFerron, Natalie Heinz, and Annalise Costantini. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild has four workshops: Holiday Zentangle with Julia Davenport, Wrapped in Wonder with Terry Buehner, Social Sunday, and Ink and Resin Christmas Ornaments with Cindi Lafayette. River Arts has three workshops: Needle Felting 101 with Carmella Cyr, Macrame 101 with Karen, and Watercolor: Beyond Basics 02 with Evie Mason. Northwest Access TV presents Alex Foltz in Episode 2 of Foltz Studio. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

A Christmas Carol Sing Along, a Bluegrass Jam, the Singer-Songwriter Competition, and the Kids VT 2025 Spectacular Spectacular, plus LeoDos, Sergio Torres, Dan Parks, the Natural Selection, Lixx, Just Me, Magnetic Horse, Michael Perry, the John Lackard Blues Band, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Seth Yacovone, Hullabaloo, the Vermont Blues Society, Paul Asbell, Blues Over Easy, Murray’s Law, Sister Speak, Ethan Sawyer, Staircase 24, the Community Chorus and Enosburg Town Band, Sage Machia, and Nobby Reed all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST

This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent. There’s a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Jon Gailmor, Mark Shelton, Gene Autry, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Cyndi Lauper, Seal, Carrie Underwood and John Legend, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, Josh Groban and Faith Hill, Tori Kelly and Babyface, Cher and Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Andrews Sisters are all on our YouTube Christmas playlist. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Barn Owl and Bumblebee Bistro Holiday High Tea features a reading and book signing of The Christmas Calf by George Woodard. Muffin Monday continues. The St. Albans Free Library Tuesday Night Book Group discusses Martyr by Kaveh Akbar. Read more…

PASSAGES

Beloved singer and songwriter Jon Gailmor died Sunday at 77. The Vermont State Treasure helped kids (and grownups) love music and make songs best loved for their stories. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 27, 2025

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Dick

Happy Thankgiving!

ART FOR SALE

Kick off the holiday shopping season in style as Small Business Saturday promotes our artists and communities and offers special promotions and events. Shop the Falls for a new holiday shopping experience. Find gifts at the Artist In Residence, Bryan Gallery, the Masonic Lodge Holiday Bazaar, the Milton Artists Guild, the Small Business Saturday Sip & Shop, and more. Read more…

FESTIVALS

The St. Albans Festival of Trees ushers in the holiday season with the Tree Lighting and Hallmark in the Park, Winter Games, two Holiday Paint Parties, the Holiday Band Showcase, the free Holiday Movie, PJ Story Time, and more. Christmas in the Park kicks off of the season in Swanton. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Crossroads Photography Club Exhibit is live at the Haston Library. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Tess Follensbee. Bryan Gallery features a Wall of Art by Eric Tobin, Orentas Balaisis, Brian Hewitt, Nathaniel Williams, and David Pound. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Enosburgh Recreation offers two Wreath & Kissing Ball Classes with Robert Willey. The Gingerbread House contest is back. Milton Artists’ Guild hosts a Glow in the Dark Paint and Sip with Sylvia Oblak plus Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Read more…

FILM

MVUHS presents Screenagers 3 in the Trahan Theater. Dr. Harris Strokoff will lead a community discussion after the film. Read more…

PEOPLE

Shea Harvie has joined the Milton Artisan Guild as the new Gallery Director. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. River Arts begins a new, three-workshop series, Watercolor: Beyond Basics 02, with Evie Mason. Alex Foltz returns with Season 3 of Foltz Studio. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Laura Fedele-Rasco, 90 Proof, the Jerband, Spencer Lewis, Jody Albright and John Penoyar, Acoustic Mayhem, Dan Parks, Cathy Weymouth, the Buck Hollers, 3GR, the 3 Generation Revue, the Lakeshore Community Event Series Singer-Songwriter Competition, Doug’s Open Mic Night with Jeff Shelley. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Local libraries will be closed for Thanksgiving. Muffin Monday continues. The Eloquent Page True Crime Book Club meets for Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi by Susan Hendricks. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 20, 2025

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Dick

ART FOR SALE

Get a jump on the season at the Alburgh PTO Holiday Craft Fair, the 14th annual Holiday Showcase & Craft Show in Fairfax, the 2025 Craft & Vendor Fair in Franklin, and an Artisan Market in North Hero. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Maple Run Art Show continues with an opening reception at Collins Perley. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on ceramics artist Barbara Flathers. Bryan Gallery features T. M. Nicholas. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Haston Library hosts Upcycled Christmas Crafts with Mikhala Kaseweter. The Milton Artists’ Guild has Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Read more…

DANCE

The American Legion hosts the Alburgh Beginner Line Dancing Lessons for absolute beginners and for experienced dancers. Read more…

FROM THE STAGE TO THE STATEHOUSE

Roslyn Fortin from Highgate Elementary and an Opera House at Enosburg Falls theater kid has been elected Vermont’s Kid Governor. Read more…

THEATER

Bellows Free Academy Theater presents the Little Shop of Horrors in the Performing Arts Center with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and book by Howard Ashman. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. River Arts presents the Needle Felting 101 Painting with Wool workshop with Carmella Cyr. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Lakeshore Singer-Songwriter Competition, Bryan Blanchette, Donald Davis, Kip de Moll, Timothy Fitzgerald, Shane Goodwin, Levi Mendes, Charles Schramm, Abigail Sherman, Adlai Waxman, Kyle Stevens, Mirage, Mitch and Devon, a Tim Brick Happy Hour, Last Kid Picked, the Rough Suspects, Sibling Reverie, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Switchel, Frankie White, Bob Gagnon and Friends, the Blue Rock Boys, Dave Miller, Dan Weintraub, Dan Parks, Sage Machia, Cozy the Band, Jason Lee, Jamie Lee Thurston, Fran Briand, 90 Proof, and Barbie N Bones all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week as Beth White and Women Build Planes–A Milestone in Aviation History introduced some Modern Rosies. Ben Patton plays a Bit of Dinner, unplugged. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Franklin County Photogs hosts a virtual Zoom group. The Haston Library has a Book Sale. Muffin Monday continues. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets for Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries takes up House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen. The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 13, 2025

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Dick

ART FOR SALE

Highgate is the place to be this Saturday. The 21st Highgate Fall Craft & Vendor Show is at Highgate Elementary School. The Methodist Church Craft Fair fills the Carolyn’s Community Center. The Highgate Manor hosts the Kids’ Entrepreneur Craft Fair. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Swanton Free Public Library opens the Gratitude Art Show. The Maple Run Art Show begins at Collins Perley Sports Complex. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Barbara Flack. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Michael Glier. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga and Creative Arts Studio presents the Full Buck Moon Paint Night. River Arts hosts the Winter Light Paint & Sip with Evie Mason. The Enosburgh Community Rec Department has a free Senior Paint and Tea with Victoria Vining. Snow Farm Vineyard and Once Upon a Rock host the Hello Fall Pebble Art Workshop. Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts Hearthside Handcrafts and a Pumpkin Crafternoon. The Milton Artists’ Guild offers Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Read more…

FILM

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls screens the film Gone Guys with a community discussion following the film. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Humanities continues Vermont Reads with The Light Pirate Book Discussion led by Melissa Lang. Read more…

THEATER

MVU’s annual Skit Nite ’25 is finally here. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Swanton Free Public Library has Cardmaking with Barb, the Artful Adventures in Collage, and Watercolor Christmas Cards with Abbey. The Dick Wright Pub hosts Beginner Theorem Painting with Martha Kinney. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. The Montgomery Center for the Arts offers Beginner Punch Needle Rug Hooking with Roberta Wendel. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The USAF Airmen of Note, George Murtie, Bare Bones, IncaHoots, Legends of American Hardcore Punk, Tim Brick & the Enablers , Quadra, Dan Parks, Sticks & Stones, Better Angels, Dave Vallett, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Duncan MacLeod Trio, the Stragglers, Jaded Ravins, Tim Fitzgerald, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Phil Graziano, Carol Ann Jones, David Francey, Gift Rap, Frevo, Frank Erickson, Owen Leavey, Blake Matteson, Cece Murphy, Dan Parks,Tod Pronto, Andy Samara, Jeff Shelley, and Sage Machia all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week. 8084 — 40 Years of Rock is a rockumentary of pure 80s energy. NW Access TV was there for Rockin’ For Jason with the Blue Rock Boys, Second Hand Blues, and Uncle John’s Band. The Nobby Reed Project plays Serene. ORCA broadcast the Montpelier Parks Parkapalooza. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Enosburgh Public Library Reading & Discussion Group takes up Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. The Highgate Library and Community Center continues Muffin Monday. T.W. Baker will sign Next In Line at the The Eloquent Page. The St. Albans Free Library hosts the Tuesday Night Book Group to discuss Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See and the Banned Books Group reads the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Sue Reed Jette and illustrator Amy Roberge Boylan sign Violet’s Wish at St Paul’s United Methodist Church. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 6, 2025

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Dick

ART FOR SALE

Make a day of it in Franklin County with the Opera House annual Crafts Only Show, the 21st Highgate Fall Craft & Vendor Show, the Georgia UMC annual Christmas Craft Show and Bake Sale, and the Sheldon 34th annual Craft Show. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Donna Blatchly, Cherie Marshall, Shanna Ratner, and Wayne Tarr, plus Haylie Lanfear of the AIR Young Artist Recognition Program, with a live reception. The 21st annual ArtFest at MAG has art and handcrafted gifts. The 2025 NVAA Fall Show at Copley Gallery is open. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Hearthside Handcrafts meets at Bent Northrop Memorial Library. Sylvia Oblak leads a Paint and Sip of Camel’s Hump in Autumn at the Milton Artists’ Guild. ReMarket hosts a free Card/Gift Tag Making session. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Lakeshore Community Event Series holds a singer-songwriter competition at 14th Star Brewing Company. Read more…

DANCE

The American Legion offers Beginner Line Dancing Lessons. No prior dance experience needed. Read more…

FILM

The Swanton Central School presents Screenagers 2. Dr. Harris Strokoff will lead the community discussion. NWATV has sealed the coffin on the 13th Northwest Nightmares Film Festival. It is Classic Movie Night with Best in Show at the St. Albans Free Library. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute concludes the Fall series with Luis A. Vivanco to discuss A Thinking Person’s Guide to Watching Wildlife Films. Vermont Humanities presents Andrew Ingall, Gail Golec, and other guests tell the stories and legacies of Looking Back/Moving Forward: Vermont Stories of LGBTQ+ Caregiving & Community. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts holds a Pre-Holiday Handwriting Tune-up Clinic with Chris Carfaro. The Swanton Free Public Library sponsors Intro to Macrame with Allie Chapple. Bill Schubart will lead Write Your Life at the library. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Dave Miller, Jerborn and Jaden, Supaman and Element, McMaple, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, the Duncan MacLeod Trio, Swamp Frog, Magnetic Horse, Rosie Newton, the Pub Bluegrass Jam, Kyle Stevens, the Stragglers. Coane, Rowell & Schabner, O and Schu Third Wheel, Jeff and Gina Trio, David Karl Roberts, Cooper, George Murtie, the Top of the Mountain Blues Band, 8084, Lady Livy, Sage Machia, and Nobby Reed all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Most libraries will be closed on Tuesday for Veterans’ Day. The Haston Library presents Tim Brookes to discuss By Hand. The Highgate Library and Community Center continues Muffin Monday. The Eloquent Page True Crime Book Club discusses When the Moon Turns to Blood by Leah Sottile and the Fantasy Book Club discusses Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Writer Maryanne Wood will sign her spiritual book, We Need A Voice. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 30, 2025

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Dick

THEATER

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls and Cat Crusaders present an evening of intrigue, food, and suspense at the Murder Mystery Dinner Theater with Peace Love and Murder. This year’s theme is “London Hippie.” Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Wendy Everhart. Bryan Gallery features Strawberry Thief by Debbie Peate. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Get spooky as 14th Star Brewing Company hosts Spooky Pet Painting Night with Linda Oakes Carvalho. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues with UVM Extension Maple Specialist Mark Isselhardt discussing Maple Sugaring: Tradition, Innovation, and the Future of Sweetness. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Shanna Ratner leads Introduction to Block Printing for AIR at ReMarketVT. The Milton Artists’ Guild offers Social Sunday and the 8-week series Intro to Watercolor. River Arts continues Macrame 101 with Feathered Forms with Karen. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Monster Mash Halloween Party, a Wicked Good Time Costume Party, the BFA-SAC String Festival, the MVU Middle School Band, Middle School String Orchestra, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Wind Ensemble, Tim Brick, the Spring Chickens string band, 90 Proof, Vacsean, Sticks and Stones, Dan Parks, McMaple, the Smokey Newfield Project, Jerborn, Kippincoe with Kip DeMoll, Sister Speak with Sherri Anne, Dead Sessions Lite, Barbie n Bones, the Blue Rock Boys, Second Hand Blues, and Uncle John’s Band. Ryan Sweezey & the Midnight Walkers, the Glass Onion Band, the Vermont Choral Union, and L’Harmonie des Saisons Baroque Ensemble all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Haston Library Book Discussion Group reads The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The North Hero Public Library reads The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. Walt McLaughlin will sign Apprehensions of What-Is, at the Eloquent Page. Read more…

 

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