Artbits-September 28, 2023

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The annual Fall Harvest Festival takes over Davis Park with live arts, Jerborn, the Maplegrove Band, wood fired pizza, the famed cornhole tournament, and more. Hard’ack hosts the first Saint Albans Oktoberfest with music, food, drinks, and games. Read more

ART ON THE WALLS

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park hosts the last Art Making on the Land walking tour of the season. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Moving On Up, a painting by Gretchen Alexander. The external restoration of Kelton Hall begins this week. Read more

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, Paint & Sip: Skyscapes in Watercolor with Yvette “Evie” Mason. Read more

DANCE & SIP

The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts Bellyfit and Sip–Belly Dancing with Donna Aviano. Wear something comfortable. Read more

FILM

Family Movie Night returns to the Swanton Free Public Library with a family friendly flick. Read more

HUMANITIES

Abenaki Arts & Education welcomes graphic artist Jim Taylor to discuss his art and the historical context of his work. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues the program series with Theresa Zittritsch to present the Constellations, History, Mythology, and Identification. Read more

THEATER

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Spotlight, 2023 with singing and dancing through the evening directed by Ernie Hemingway. Read more

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. River Arts begins another session of Adult Beginner Wheel Series with Cal Spinelli. Alex Foltz offers an outdoor oil painting lesson on NW Access TV. Read more

IN THE ARTS COUNCILS

Josh Ellerbrock explores how St. Albans Community Arts has come back to life and refocused with co-directors Nichole Cunningham and Jennifer Kostuck. Read more

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here.. The Putney School reported 70 cases in about 230 students and more than 300 cases in 14 school outbreaks have been reported since the beginning of the school year less than a month ago. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

Blue Northern, Mitch & Devon, Jonny Mop, Multibeast, Justice3, Inseldudler, the Nobby Reed Project, the Misty Bay Ramblers, Dan and Sean Jarvis, and She Was Right all appear live at a venue near you. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Events in St. Albans changed Vermont law enforcement forever. The Eloquent Page hosts a talk and book signing for Mocking Justice by Hamilton Davis, the story of undercover narcotics officer Paul Lawrence who framed dozens of people for drug crimes. The reading kicks off a “One Book One Community” event. Read more

 

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