Artbits-April 25, 2024

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Dick

“TOTALLY ECLIPSED BY VERMONT MAPLE”

The 57th edition of the Vermont Maple Festival brings a bucketful of events for the first (and sweetest) outdoor festival of the year. The Festival is full of maple goodies and free entertainment for all ages. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features Amy Hook-Therrien. Bryan Memorial Gallery featured Susan Bull Riley’s Milkweed & Monarchs for Earth Week. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts a Paint and Sip–April Showers Brings… led by Sylvia Oblak. The Swanton Free Public Library offers a Paper Sculpture Workshop with Barb. River Arts hosts the in-person, April Sip n’ Slurry: Face The Vase with Natalie Carr. Awaken Yoga & Creative Arts Studio and Kreations by Katherine offer a Good Night Gnome Paint and Sip. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Music-COMP Executive Director Stefanie Weigand talks about My Day in the Hills: The Story, Songs, and Soul of The Sound of Music. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild invites families to Social Sunday and the six-week Workshop for those with Dementia and their Caregivers continues. Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts a Spring Watercolor Fling workshop led by Annelein Beukenkamp. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Statewide hospitalizations for COVID-19 edged back up. 40% of those ten hospitalizations were in Franklin County. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Vermont Maple Festival and the Spring Fling Music Showcase, plus Cooper, Bob Recupero, Matty & Me, the Hitsquad, Jerborn and Axe, Before this Time, Nick DiDonna, April Cushman, the RedNeck Castaway Band, the Youth Talent Show, the Electric Youth Dance Company, Jimmy Branca and the Arrangements While You Wait Quartet, East Coast Soul, the Fiddler’s Variety Show, Chris and Issy, Mark Shelton, the Smokey Newfield Project, Canyon Dreams, Ryan Hanson, Tim Fitzgerald, Chris & Erica, McMaple, 90 Proof, Bad Horsey, the Maple Grove Band, Ryan Hanson, Wheatus with Troy Millette all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

SUMMER MUSIC STARTS

The Meeting House on the Green Summer Concert Season began with Michael Hurley in two sold out shows. We have Mark Sustic’s report. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 18, 2024

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Dick

AWARDS

The Seven Daysies “shine a light on what’s great about our state.” “Daysie” voting started this week in culture, recreation, services, shopping, food, and drink. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features woodworker Lance Hodgdon’s flutes. The Artist In Residence Gallery welcomes new members Tess Follensbee and Susannah Sakal. Bryan Memorial Gallery featured Susan Bull Riley’s painting Singing to Vermont. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Youniquely Me Classes creates Crystal Sun Catchers as a Wire Craft-n-Sip at 14th Star. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Maple Sugaring Amateur Photography Contest is open to all amateur Vermont photographers only. The NVAA June Show seeks member works for the annual exhibit. Read more…

HELP WANTED

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park needs volunteers for the 2024 season to support programming and visitor services. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Library technologist and author Jessamyn West talks about Every Problem Is Now a Technology Problem in a hybrid event. Read more…

OPERA

The Metropolitan Opera presents Puccini’s love story, La Rondine, Live in HD with Angel Blue and tenor Jonathan Tetelma. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild offers Social Sunday, Tina Lesperance with a six-week Workshop for those with Dementia and their Caregivers, and Corrina Thurston with the Powerful Vulnerability in Writing. The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Barn Quilt Class with Marie Speer. The Brick Store offers classes in Letterpress Printing with Christa. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped to the lowest since last summer but 75% of those hospitalizations were in Franklin County. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

This week offers a Music Festival for the Josh Pallotta Fund and Karaoke and Open Mic Night plus Cooie Sings, Jesse Agan, Uncle Jimmy, Sticks & Stones, Dan Parks, Justice 3, the Shane Murley Band, PET House, the Phillip Hyjek Trio, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Roger Giroux, Troy Millette & the Fire Below, Jerborn, Isaac Mathews, and Bad Horsey, the Pleasant Street Boys, Dobbs’ Dead, Jess Leone and Lara Cwass, PHISH all appear at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue with the Richford Hometown Follies, Jimmy T & the Cobras and Mark Shelton. Read more…

PASSAGES

Melinda Claire Arceneaux-Swearingen, 76, passed away peacefully at her home in Montgomery Center. A service will be held at Pratt Hall. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page hosts a talk and book signing with Avree Kelly Clark for her debut novel, Malice Aforethought. The Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller’s Association presents the 30th Spring Book, Card & Ephemera Fair. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 11, 2024

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Dick

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Afternoon!) at the St. Albans Free Library with Kevin Costner’s Field of Dreams, popcorn, cocoa, and more. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features Powwow dancer, bead worker and designer Takara Hansell. Bryan Memorial Gallery has The Farm in Winter by Marieluise Hutchinson and Village in the Snow by Mary Bryan. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, Paint & Sip: Take It or Leaf It with Natalie Carr. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s Bridging Perspectives speaker series continues with Adam Kersch’s presentation of Inoculating Whiteness: Settler Colonialism, Whiteness, & Infectious Diseases in Sheet’ka. Bootlegger Bikes presents Luis Vivanco to explore When the Bicycle Came to Vermont. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Kathleen Berry Bergeron leads Intuitive Expressive–Landscapes in Watercolor at Bryan Gallery. The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts Paint Pouring with the Balloon Technique workshop with Laurie Thompson and Social Sunday continues the free art classes for families. The River Arts Mindful Art Series offers Creative U-Turns. The Brick Store has classes in Letterpress Printing with Christa on the 1918 Chandler & Price press. The Swanton Arts Council offers Surreal Swans with Marc Choiniere. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. Statewide hospitalizations dropped off but Franklin County accounts for more than one-third of those hospitalizations. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Fam Jam, Karaoke Night, plus Marc Edwards, Sibling Reverie, Hard Scrabble, Natural Selection, Quadra, Dirty Looks, King Me, Shell House, Coop, Bob Recupero, and Cooie and Adlai all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue with the Richford Hometown Follies plus Jimmy T & The Cobras live at Summer Sounds. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Swanton Free Public Library hosts the SPL Book Club to discuss A Good Neighborhood, by Therese Anne Fowler. But I Progress, meets to examine Brave the Wild River by Melissa Sevigny. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 4, 2024

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Dick

ECLIPSE WEEKEND FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

Monday is the once-in-a-generation Great North American Eclipse. The partial eclipse begins at 2:14 p.m. The total eclipse begins at 3:25 p.m. Any yard or field or access in the county with a clear view of the sky is in the direct path of the eclipse. We have some other “good spots” with music and more. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Barbara Colgrove, Barbara Flathers, and Dorothy Goulet with a live reception at the gallery. Bryan Memorial Gallery has David Pound’s Sterling Brook Serenity. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features basket maker Sherry Gould. St. Albans Community Arts showcases Lizzy Ridges and Daisy Fiber Art. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Free Public Library has Cardmaking with Barb and a Paper Flower Class in the Maker Space. Sylvia Oblak leads the Paint and Sip Solar Eclipse at the Milton Artists Guild. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The St. Albans Community Arts Creative Connections gathers in St. Albans City Hall. The juried Vermont Quilt Sampler Exhibition is open to all Vermont quilters. The Vermont Maple Festival Sappy Art Show exhibit is open to Vermont all artists, aspiring artists, and young artists. Read more…

CREATIVE NETWORK

Creation grant funds support artists or groups in creating new work. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s Bridging Perspectives speaker series continues with Remembering The Dawn Land: Joseph Bruchac’s presentation on the historical novel Dawn Land. The Cambridge Historical Society presents Nancy Marie Brown to discuss the Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The April Open Studio Figure Drawing at River Arts offers a semi-nude session. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Reported cases have fallen to their lowest level since early fall and hospitalizations statewide declined but 60% of those hospitalizations were in Franklin County. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Support live, local music. the Nobby Reed Project (thrice), Karaoke and Open Mic, the Jeff Salisbury Band, She Was Right, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Mitch & Devon, Frankie and the Phoenix, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Heliand & EK Duo, the Red Carpet Review with Carlos the Uber driver, Sheri Anne and Sister Speak, Blue Heron, a Summer Party, the Rough Suspects, PET Project, Multibeast, and John Bartus all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

PASSAGES

Saxophonist and consummate showman and entertainer Joe Moore, 75, has died as a result of complications due to surgery for his back. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 28, 2024

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features basket maker (and lumberman) Bill Gould. Bryan Memorial Gallery has Winter Berries by Tom Adkins. The Milton Artists Guild introduces painter Deb Burbo. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

14th Star Brewing Company holds the weekly Maker’s Market with local crafters and makers. St Albans Community Arts now features works by local artists. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Sappy Art Show is open to Vermont all artists, aspiring artists, and young artists. The Maple Sugaring Amateur Photography Contest is open to amateur Vermont photographers only. The theme for each is Totally Eclipsed by Vermont Maple. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute concludes the Spring program series with Christopher McBride to discuss the History and Presentation of Classic Sleight-of-Hand Card Magic. Milton Historical Society and Museum welcomes Michael Lange to examine the Many Meanings of Maple. Read more…

VOLUNTEERS

The Montgomery Center for the Arts needs volunteer docents to open the Gallery, put out the open sign, and say hello to visitors. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild offers Social Sunday weekly art class for families and Learn Zentangle with Julia Davenport. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Reported cases of COVID-19 have fallen but hospitalizations statewide rose and xix more Vermonters have died from the virus. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Karaoke and Open Mic Night, Shellhouse, King Me, the Hitmen, John Geno, Nickel & Dime, Dave Miller, the Jeff Salsbury Band, the Rustics, Jacob Green, Uncle Jimmy, and Purple: Craig Mitchell as Prince all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 21, 2024

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Dick

MONEY MONEY

“There just isn’t any money,” Gov. Phil Scott said as he signed the mid-year budget update. The annual Budget Adjustment Act balances the state budget through the end of the current fiscal year. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features seamstress Billie Jo Garfield. Bryan Memorial Gallery spotlights A Song at Days End by Cynthia Rosen. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

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

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute welcomes Jennifer McConnell to discuss Anne Steele: Life & Hymnody. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s monthly Bridging Perspectives speaker series continues with Andrea Tamburro to discuss Intergenerational Trauma: Healing and Resilience. The Vermont Humanities Council offers Peter Harrigan to discuss Barbie’s Reflection on Our World. Read more…

OPERA

The Metropolitan Opera presents Romeo et Juliette. Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts with soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts Paint Pouring with the Balloon Technique with Laurie Thompson and Social Sunday continues the free art class for families. The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Clay Earring Class. Read more…

COVID NEWS

CDC estimates that 97% of Americans have some level of immunity from COVID, from either vaccination or infection or both, but 42 Vermonters have died and 370 have hospitalized since New Year’s Day means COVID is still here. Franklin County accounts for more than one-third of those hospitalizations. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Comedy for a Cause, Karaoke and Open Mic Night, Cooie Sings, Jenni and the Junketeers, Duncan MacLeod, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Uncle Jimmy, Ryan Sweezy and the Midnight Walkers, Ray’s Used Cars Band, Next Stop Comedy, Kyle Stevens, Elizabeth Begins, the Tom Caswell Blues Project, PET Project, and John Bartus all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Highgate Library and Community Center Adult Virtual Book Club reads The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. The St. Albans Free Library hosts Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. Read more…

 

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