BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
We all expected ’21 to be better than ’20. Read more…
GOING OUT WITH A BANG, THANK GOODNESS
The City of Saint Albans is going out with a bang on the last night of 2021 with Fireworks in Taylor Park on Friday evening. Read more…
PANDEMIC NEWS
10,000 rapid LAMP tests and 60,000 at-home rapid antigen test kits have been distributed through community organizations and the sixteen Vermont testing sites. Vermont’s pandemic-strained hospitals and schools are braced for another surge driven by holiday gatherings. Read more…
ART ON THE WALLS
Bryan Memorial Gallery concludes Let’s Find Out with artist Barbara Lussier. Read more…
IN THE ARTS COUNCILS
First meeting of the new year: the Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person. Read more…
ON STAGE LIVE
The Shane Murley Duet, Eleven, Cozy O’Donnell, Sticks and Stones, and the Fabulous Wrecks perform live on a stage near you. Highlight has hundreds of Vermont performers. Read more…
ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE
John Bartus, Wesley Kempton, Uncle John’s Band, Rusty Bucket, the Stragglers, Troy Millette, Andre Villeneuve, and Mark Shelton all stream almost live this week. Read more…
HUMANITIES
The Vermont Humanities Council offers several First Wednesdays programs including Natalie Neuert, artist Carol Berry, and scholar Barry Deitz on the Vermont Humanities Digital Channels. Read more…
FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
The Eloquent Page hosts a special Last Night Story Hour with the Traveling Storyteller, Ernie Hemingway. Read more…
LOOKING BACK AT THE YEAR
The year that was. The coronavirus was the biggest news in the state and in this column. 2020 changed the face of arts and entertainment and 2021 embedded many of the changes. There was good news. We Zoomed. We spaced. We masked. We continued with many of the regular online concerts. Artistic workshops picked up with a mix of live and virtual events. Hundreds of live exhibits and performances returned to our venues. We look at the Arts Councils, check in on the Franklin County Festivals and Libraries, then wrap up with the Other Major Presenters. Read more…
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