Artbits-November 30, 2023

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Dick

FESTIVALS

The week long Festival of Trees has the Snoopy Paint Party, Masquerade Gala, Electric Youth Dance, Up North Dance Studio, Studio 3 Dance, Santa’s workshop, the Holiday Brunch with the Green Mountain Chorus and the MVU and BFA Jazz Ensembles, and the Citizens Concert Band Holiday Concert and Singalong. Christmas in the Park is the annual kick-off of the holiday season with stories, hot chocolate, treats, and crafts in Swanton. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery features Mary Martin’s oil, Rowing Home as the last ride before the lakes and ponds ice over. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

Today is the last day for the season at the Montgomery Center for the Arts and the current benefit exhibit and sale of Michael Domina’s fine art. The Artist In Residence Gallery has Holiday Tree Walk ArtisTREE ornaments designed by Gallery members. The 14th Star Maker’s Market hosts local crafters and makers. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga & Creative Arts Studio hosts a Festival of Trees Snoopy Paint and Charcuterie Party. The Milton Artists Guild has a Glowing Gnome Paint and Sip with Silvia.. River Arts hosts the in-person, December Sip n’ Slurry: Snowy Slabs with Chiara Keeling. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Historical Society presents Who are the American Abenakis of Vermont? What did the Wampanoag people and the Pilgrims really eat in 1621? Susan Evans McClure serves up the story. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild with free weekly art classes for families. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold its Annual Meeting with Updates in person. All Governing Body Members are encouraged to attend to elect the 2024 SAC Board of Directors, discuss hopes, dreams, and plans for SAC in the coming year. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. As of November 15, there were 43 hospitalizations statewide, up from 22 the prior week. That includes 12 new admissions in Franklin County, an increase from 9 the prior week. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooper, Bob Recupero, Shellhouse, John Geno, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Mitch & Devon, Phantom Airwaves, the WD-40s, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Electric Youth Dance, Up North Dance Studio, Studio 3 Dance, the Vermont Mandolin Trio with Will Patton, Jamie Masefield, Matt Flinner, and Pat Melvin, the Green Mountain Chorus, the MVU and BFA Jazz Ensembles, the Citizens Concert Band all appear live on a stage near you. And there will be Karaoke, so you can, too. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Vermont Humanities seeks nominations for the 2023 Vermont Book Awards. The Bent Northrop Memorial Library has lots of free books. Mercedes de Guardiola talks about her book, Vermont for the Vermonters. Christmas Reads starts the holiday season. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 23, 2023

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Dick

Happy Thanksgiving!

FESTIVAL OF TREES

The Festival of Trees ushers in the holiday season with the Tree Lighting and Laser Show and the Downtown Holiday Tree Walk. It all enefits the Josh Pallotta Fund. Read more…

ARTFUL FRIDAY

Saturday is Small Business Saturday in Franklin County. The Artist In Residence , 14th Star, the Montgomery Center for the Arts and individual artists all have works for the holidays. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The UVM Medical Center has opened a special exhibit of Beyond the Curve, an American Abenaki COVID experience. Bryan Gallery offers three new paintings by Erik Koeppel. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, December Sip n’ Slurry: Snowy Slabs with Chiara Keeling. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here and Thanksgiving gatherings put families at higher risk. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

There is a free Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Matty and Me, Cozy, Kyle Stevens, Something Reckless, the PET Project, Linda Fedele Rasco, Jonny Mop, Quadra, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, and Ethan Sawyer perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 16, 2023

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

Mad River Valley Arts presents Beyond the Curve, an American Abenaki COVID experience. Vera Longtoe Sheehan will discuss the exhibit and the Abenaki Storytelling Project. . Deborah Paolantonio received the BLICK: Viewers Choice Award for Portal. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The annual Holiday Craft Fair takes over the Opera House with art, jewelry, chocolate, maple goods, ornaments, wooden bowls, and so much more. The Renaissance Gift Shop is celebrating its fourth anniversary with local art, crafts, and specialty foods. 14th Star holds the weekly Maker’s Market. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Snow Farm Vineyard and Once Upon A Rock has a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Howard Coffin presents Vermont Women and the Civil War at Franklin Homestead, drawing from letters and diaries to tell the story of Vermont women enlisting for the duration. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here and family gatherings for Thanksgiving are right around the corner. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie Sings, Jenni Johnson and the Junketeers, Shane’s Apothecary, Toast, the Wrecks, Last Kid Picked, the Great Virtuoso Composers: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Paganini, Zitong Wang, Soovin Kim, Rusty Dewees, the Back Roots, Cozy, Jerborn and Axe all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week with the Tyler Mast Band and a benefit concert by Mark Shelton. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The St. Albans Free Library has Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. Swanton Free Public Library hosts the monthly book club, But I Progress. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 9, 2023

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Dick

THEATER

You’ll want to think twice before crossing this family as the Opera House hosts a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

A new Abenaki mural fills the wall at the Montpelier Transit Center, created by Abena Songbird and Lucy Cannon Neel with other artists. Susan Bill Riley’s Late October Light on the Winooski River is at Bryan Gallery. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The 19th annual Milton Artists Guild ArtFest jumpstarts holiday shopping. 14th Star Brewing Company holds a Maker’s Market. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Sylvia Oblak leads a Harvest Paint and Sip to paint, threading fairy lights, and more. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Swanton Free Public Library offers a Cricut for Beginners class with Barb Switzer. The Milton Artists’ Guild has Social Sunday and Corrina Thurston leads a Colored Pencil on Wood workshop. Read more…

COVID NEWS

There were 9 new hospital admissions in Franklin County last week. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Open Mic Night, Bob Gagnon, the Paul Asbell Trio, the John Lackard Blues Duo, Chris & Erica, Justice 3, Uncle Jimmy, the Hitmen, NightHawk. Neon 90s, David Feurzeig, and Elisabeth LeBlanc all take the stage at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 2, 2023

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Dick

HUMANITIES

Panelists Leanne Harple, Margi Putney, Susan Piccoli, Richelle Franzoni, and Ryan Newswanger host a session about Last Night at the Telegraph Club, the Vermont Reads 2023 book by Malinda Lo. Vermont folklorist Jane Beck shares the story of Daisy Turner’s Kin at the Highgate Library. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Donna Blatchly, Janice DeCooman, Shanna Ratner, and Deborah Shell with a live reception at the gallery. The Milton Artists Guild has three new external displays for Deborah Goudreau, Ryl Roe, and Corrina A. Thurston. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

14th Star Brewing Company holds the weekly Maker’s Market in the Taproom. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Linda Oakes Carvalho leads Paint and Sip-Autumn Sunshine at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The St. Albans Community Arts Creative Connections continues at St. Albans City Hall. Totality in Taylor Park is open to any Franklin County residents to design a sticker for the solar eclipse. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild has Social Sunday as well as Corrina Thurston’s reprise of Etsy 101, an Introduction to Etsy. River Arts offers the November Open Studio Figure Drawing. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. Although statewide cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were down last week, both have have trended up statewide since August. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

8084, Andre Maquera, Randy Smith, Frank Barnes, Gary Spaulding, the Nobby Reed Project, King Me, 90 Proof, jerborning with Jerborn and Axe, Lawless with JB Woods from Supernatural, the 3Bs, Isaac French, and David Feurzeig with Elisabeth LeBlanc all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Book Sale continues at the library. You wouldn’t believe the great books that come in. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 26, 2023

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Dick

FILM

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live shadow cast. Something spooky has this way gotten with the 11th annual Northwest Nightmares Film Festival. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery fearures Nature Through Abstraction with artist Steve Clark’s Cows at Home. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

14th Star holds the weekly Maker’s Market with local crafters and makers. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild has back-to-back events: Sylvia Oblak leads the Paint and Sip- Hocus Pocus and then Neon Glow Paint and Sip. Montgomery Center for the Arts has a Date Night Paint and Sip with Patrick Murphy. River Arts hosts the in-person, October Paint & Sip Foliage in Watercolor with Yvette “Evie” Mason. Read more…

CREATIVE NETWORK

The Vermont Creative Network has named Corrina Thurston as Zone Agent for the Chittenden County Zone. She will lead the work of VCN regionally. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

Spooky Saturday takes over Downtown for pumpkin decorating, witches dancing, a costume contest, spooky organ music, exhibits coming to life, and the Nightmare at City Hall. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher continues with Kelly Viens to discuss the St. Albans Recreation Department and Hard’ack Recreation Area. Isaac Bashaw will introduce the year round community programming at Hard’ack Pool. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues with a different project. Alex Foltz broadcasts his season finale, an outdoor oil painting lesson in Bakersfield. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have trended up statewide since August. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

HalloQueen, Adlai Waxman, Left Eye Jump, the Wrecks, Staircase 24, Kyle Stevens, Sticks & Stones, Jim Branca, Tom Buckley, Chuck Eller, Matty Nerbak, Terry Youk, the Stragglers, Barbie-N-Bones, the Smokey New field Project, the Grippo Funk Band, Al’s Pals, the All Night Boogie Band, Desmond O’Neil, and Jamie Lee Thurston and Co. all light up the stage at a venue near you this week. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman and other special guests read banned books at The Eloquent Page. Read more…

 

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