Artbits-September 12, 2024

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Dick

BANNED BOOKS

The Swanton Free Public Library will have a Banned Books and Ousted Authors panel with Becky Rupp to discuss the whether there are books kids shouldn’t read. Should a book be taken off the shelves based on the writer’s past behavior, or religious or political views? All of these questions and more. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on clay artist Wendy Everhart. Bryan Memorial Gallery features It’s in the Air” by Judith Selin. The Milton Artists Guild Art and Stroll Festival has over 75 art and craft vendors and live music. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features nature photographer Diane Stevens. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, Paint & Sip Autumn Birches guided by Evie Mason. The Fairfax Community Library offers Tea and Bristles with Julie Griffis. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts opens the barn doors for Community Folk Dancing with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Art and Stroll Festival a the Milton Artists Guild has over 75 art and craft vendors plus live music and prizes. Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Afternoon!) at the St. Albans Free Library with His Girl Friday starring Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy. The Richford First Baptist Church hosts a workshop on Screenwriting and Producing a Faith-based Film with a screening of Stand in the Gap and special Guests Steven and Beth Zambo. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Humanities’ American Stories Across the Generations, focuses on Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. Isaac Evans-Frantz and Neda Saleh talk about how Action Corps mobilized the bipartisan passage of a bill in Congress to end the U.S. and Saudi war in Yemen. The St. Albans Free Library Revisits Dorothy Canfield Fisher with a presentation by Ben Koenig. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues with the Past, Present and Future for the Franklin County Airport presented by Clifford Coy. Read more…

NETWORKING

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls hosts its first-ever Community Brainstorming Session and Ice Cream Social to share programming and event ideas and get some darned good ice cream. The Vermont Arts & Culture Disaster and Resilience Network hosts a Day of Learning and Information for artists, event organizers, keepers of culture. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

14th Star hosts a Pebble Art Workshop. Lisamarie Charlesworth leads Learn to make Artist Trading Cards at the Bryan Gallery. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. River Arts begins a new series, Creative Art Series for 60+ Seniors, with Jen Volansky. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. 26 Vermonters died from COVID-19 in August, six in the last week alone. The updated vaccine is available now. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Witches Ball, 90 Proof (twice), George Murtie, Jamie Lee Thurston, Ron Gagnon, FYSPOT, Roger Giroux, Uncle Jimmy, Chris & Issy, the Remnants, Lixx, Blues Without Borders, the John Daly Trio, the Duncan Macleod Trio, Sarah Bell, Ryan Hanson, Blue Heron, Ethan Sawyer and Martin Fredrick, Cooie Defrancesco, the Seth Yacovone Band, All Without the Bass, the Nobby Reed Project, The Duo, John Seiden, Neil Wright all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Reads Book Group discusses all the books they read over the summer. Bent Northrop Memorial Library has a Pop-Up Book Discussion of Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half. The St. Albans Free Library Revisits Dorothy Canfield Fisher with a Ben Koenig. At the Swanton Free Public Library, the monthly SPL Book Club discusses We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates. But I Progress takes up Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 5, 2024

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features David Juaire, Cat McKeen, Deb Shell, and Meta Strick with a live reception at the gallery. Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts a Grand Opening of the Land & Light & Water & Air exhibit with music by Professor Fairbanks. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features Lisa Ainsworth Plourde. Read more…

DANCE

Burlington Country Dancers host an English Country Dance with music by Will Patton, Susan Reid, and Linda Young and callers Martha Kent and Barrett Grimm. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Fall weekly program series commences with Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral presented by Will Gusakov who worked in Normandy to rebuild the nave roof timber frame of the cathedral. The Vermont Humanities Council offers Melo Grant with a musical journey into Sampling and the Evolution of Hip Hop. Pamela Nicole Walker discusses Link by Link: A Vermont Woman’s Bold Acts for Peace and Civil Rights. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Fall programming at River Arts is here. The September Open Studio Figure Drawing offers a full nude session. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Variants of COVID-19, continue to emerge and three more Vermonters died last month. The new vaccine formula targets currently circulating variants and better protects against serious outcomes of the virus. Appointments for the updated vaccine are available now. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jim Branca (twice), Cooie (twice), Professor Fairbanks, the Jolly Rogers Band, Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers, Blue Northern, Sibling Reverie, the Rough Suspects, Something Reckless, the Lloyd Tyler Band, JSB, Jeff Salisbury, Steven Hirsch, Skip Truman, Bob Butterfield, Tom Buckley, Jay Gleason Terry Youk, Fiddlehead Hollow, the Dee Davis Duet, Mark Abair & the Good Luck Band, Aftermath, Carol Ann Jones, Kippincoe, Sister Speak, Annie and the Hedonists, Ron Gagnon, Just Us, Chris & Erica, David Neiweem, Katie Oprea, Erin Grainger, Will Patton, Susan Reid, Linda Young, Martha Kent, Barrett Grimm, Mark Shelton, and Nobby Reed all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen meet. The Eloquent Page has Peter Cobb to sign and discuss Some Things Aren’t Meant To Be. The Fantasy Book Club meets for A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 29, 2024

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

Last chance this year. The Big Music Weeks of Summer conclude as some of our friends play multiple gigs. There are live shows in 14 Towns. Read more…

FILM

The 15th annual Film Noir Festival concludes with Where the Sidewalk Ends starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney and directed by Otto Preminger. The Haston Library hosts Vermont vs. Hollywood: 100 Years of Vermont in Film with Amanda Kay Gustin. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Lindsay Didio. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Spring Stream Running a New England landscape by Susan Stranc. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features Trudy Ann Parker, the author of Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawnland. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The next Northern Vermont Artist Association exhibit will be at the Westford Public Library. Read more…

DANCE

The Swanton Free Public Library hosts Maple Squares to Learn to Square Dance. Island Arts opens the barn doors for Community Folk Dancing with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Champlain Valley Fair continues through Sunday with live music and art and entertainment. The free Vermont Music Showcase has Ryan Sweezey, Hogback Hollow, Chris & Erica, Taylor LaValley, Steve Hartmann, Alice Grace, the Delta Sweet Duo and Ali T. on two stages. The evenings offer Cole Swindell, Roots n’ Boots, and Pentatonix. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Pamela Nicole Walker discusses Link by Link: A Vermont Woman’s Bold Acts for Peace and Civil Rights. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

IN THE SAC

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

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here as variants continue to emerge. The FDA has approved a new vaccine formula and appointments for the updated vaccine should be available now as 17 more Vermonters have died from COVID-19 this month. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The John Sullivan Band, the Blue Rock Boys, the Nobby Reed Project, the Pet Project, Jerborn and Axe, the Maplegrove Band, WD-40, the Hitmen, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Ray’s Used Cars, the McMaple Trio, Ron Gagnon, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Free Range Band, Kippincoe, Alex Riddell, Philip Graziano, Roger Giroux, Soul Project NOLA, Carol Ann Jones, Ethan Sawyer, David Owens, Sarah Bell, Sugar in the Pan, Le Vent du Nord, No Strings Marionettes, Cantrip, Conor Mallon (Connla), Hiraezh: Claire Boucher, Brad Hurley, Lysandre Chartrand, Footworks, Kalos, E.T.E., Le Winston Band, Mick McAuley, Morris Dancers, the Reel McCoys, Traverse, John Howell, and Still Kickin’ all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Libraries will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Bent Northrup Memorial Library needs a Trustee to fill an unexpected vacancy. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 22, 2024

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue some of our friends play multiple gigs in live shows in 16 Towns. Read more…

FESTIVALS

The 16th Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival presents Folklore with Stories from Asia, Postcards from Europe, From Lagos to Paris, an exhibit of works by Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and much more. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The two-week celebration of World Photography Week continues. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park’s Artist-in-Residence Stephanie Cardon will talk about her residency. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Janice Decooman. Brushstrokes and Insights is a live artist demonstration with Gretchen Alexander. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts offers Community Folk Dancing with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

FILM

The 15th annual Film Noir Festival continues with Nightfall, one of Hollywood’s stylized crime dramas of the 1950s. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Saint Albans Museum hosts the opening reception of the Museum on Main Street exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America. The Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit explores the challenges and opportunities in rural settings across the United States. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Soprano Sarah Cullins offers the third Group Singing Lesson. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. The number of cases in Vermont has quadrupled since the beginning of summer and two more Vermonters have died. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Get Jerborned (thrice), Smokey Newfield Project (thrice), Nathan Michaud (twice), Mama Tried (twice), Rushmore, Cooie Sings, Nerbak Brothers, Jim Branca, Quadra, Davy Knowles and Jeffrey Gaines, Richie Spice, Jorma Kaukonen, Mitch Terricciano, the Lloyd Tyler Duo, NightHawk, Mark Abair and his All Star Band, the Nobby Reed Project, Ryan Hanson, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, the Buck Hollers, Milton Busker and the Grim Work, Sohyun Ahn with Eun Hee Park, Barkeater, the Rough Suspects, Elizabeth Begins, the Blue Rock Boys, Jesse Agan and the Music of Queen, Andre Maquera, Gary Spaulding, Thom Carvey, Amberjack, Howie Cantor, Jeremy Harple, the Shane Murley Band, the Devon McGarry Band, Marsh Lights, Colby Crehan, Rebecca Cummins, the Faerie Godbrothers, and Sister Speak all perfom live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club takes on the Third Nero by Lindsey Davis. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 15, 2024

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue some of our friends play multiple gigs in live shows in 15 Towns. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Barbara Colgrove. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Sunrise Reflections in oil by Liane Whittum. The Montgomery Center for the Arts begins the Montgomery Quilting Show. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features the Nulhegan Abenaki Drum. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts opens the barn doors to the joy of Community Folk Dancing with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Milton Artist Guild offers the Workshop for those with Dementia and their Caregivers with Tina Lesperance and continues Social Sunday. Bryan Gallery offers a Cartooning Class with Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr. At Island Arts, Soprano Sarah Cullins offers Group Singing Lessons and Pat Brennan presents a Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop. Read more…

COVID NEWS

In addition to the COVID news, mosquitoes have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties. A Vermonter here has contracted EEE for the first time since 2012. The number of COVID-19 cases in Vermont has quadrupled since the beginning of summer. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Nobby Reed (thrice), Jim Branca (twice), McMaple (twice), the Cooie Trio, Butterfields, a House on Fire, the Natural Selection, the Lloyd Tyler Band. Kyle Stevens, Justice 3, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, Sap Line, Michele Choiniere with Will Patton, David Gusakov, and Dono Schabner, Frevo with Peter Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Steve Klimowski, and Bonnie Thurber Klimowski, Josh Panda with Joe’s Big Band, Jesse Leone and Brendan Casey, She Was Right, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Dan and Sean Jarvis, B-Town, jonny mop, Ryan Hanson, the Celestials play Friday, Canyon Dreams, Acoustic Mayhem with Arthur James and Bee Wild, Dan Parks, Mitch and Devon, Haiduck & Heckendorn with J.D. Haenni and Dan Ryan, the Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Blue Northen, Donna Thunder, Tusk, Roger Giroux, the Enosburg Town Band, Jim Branca and Tom Buckley, Bad Horsey, the Stragglers, the Smokey Newfield Project all appear at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The St. Albans Free Library hosts Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. The Eloquent Page celebrates the 5th annual Bookstore Romance Day with Alice Martin and Sara Stewart. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 8, 2024

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer get Supercharged. Summer Sounds continues this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs across the region. Read more…

THEATER

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Annie with an all star local cast. Read more…

SUMMER SOUNDS

Summer Sounds continues its 33rd season in Highgate with Sean Jarvis on the lawn at the Highgate Arena. A guitar has been in his hands for as long as he can remember. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on sculptor Rebecca Nase Chomyn. Bryan Memorial Gallery features painter Erik Koeppel. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association highlights graphic artist and musician Jon Manitouabe8ich. Read more…

DANCE

The Clothier presents RevolVT with their first out of studio show. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association hosts the 2024 Abenaki Land Link Project Heritage Festival with traditional performances and food at the Wheeler Homestead. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Island Arts has soprano Sarah Cullins with Group Singing Lessons plus the Folded Book Christmas Angel Making Class with Lucie Faulkner. The Milton Artists’ Guild has Social Sunday at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center and the Workshop for those with Dementia and their Caregivers with Tina Lesperance. Read more…

IN THE ARTS COUNCILS

Saint Albans Community Arts is taking August off, closing down the space in the Ralston Building, and moving back to City Hall. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The End of Summer Bash , the Dirty Looks Band, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Jim Branca, Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers, Ryan Sweezey, Shane’s Apothecary, the Jerborn Band, Mitch & Devon, Moonbird, Troy Millette, the Nobby Reed Project, Chris & Erica, Nathan Michaud, Full Circle with Susan Reit, Mary Ann Samuels, and Beth London, Will Patton, the Seth Yacovone Band, Ron Gagnon, the Kat Wright Band, the All Night Boogie Band with Lara Cwass and Josh Dobbs, the Allman Brothers, Tom Buckley, the Third Wheel, Roger Giroux, Jerborn, the Jolly Roger Band, Kyle Stevens, Kippincoe, Rushmore, the Panhandlers, AmerikanaBlue, the Sugar in the Pan Trad Band, Ari Glasser, Isabella Rotler, Henry Kervick, the Dixie Six, Sean Jarvis, the Enosburg Town Band, Cooie’s Trio with Adlai Waxman and Patti Shannon, the Citizens Concert Band, the Smokey Newfield Project all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club meets to discuss Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. Read more…

 

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