Artbits-February 29, 2024

TOWN MEETING

Town Meeting will be held in most of our Towns this Tuesday at 10 a.m. Voters will decide on a number of arts items including concerts and other programming, their Library budgets, and more. Read more

ART ON THE WALLS

River Arts hosts the art of Bob Titterton and John Sargent in Realism and Waterways with an opening reception with an artists’ talk and light refreshments. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features the after-school initiative Circle of Courage that draws on the writings of Larry Brendtro. Read more

ART FOR SALE

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

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, March Sip n’ Slurry: Pocket Wall Hangings with Chiara Keeling as the pottery twist on a Paint n’ Sip. Read more

FESTIVALS

The 67th annual KCB Day is a weekend festival this year. The KCB Beautification Committee hosts Hot Dogs in the Hut with the Caribbean steel drum music of Van Bertie. KCB Day then has live music plus exhibits and sales by Keys artists. Read more

FILM

Telling Stories Frame by Frame is a Vermont State University Student Film and Video Showcase with a video essay about Spanish cinema, a film about an isolated young man with diabetes, experimental shorts, and more. Read more

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues with Chip Sawyer to discuss the Next Steps in City Revitalization. The Vermont Humanities Council presents Josh Jackson with The Chance of Ten Lifetimes–Restoring Notre Dame de Paris. Read more

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues with free weekly art classes 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 at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide were down for the week but more than one-third of those hospitalizations were in Franklin County. Deaths have held steady. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

Fam Jam!, Karaoke Night, Chris & Erica (twice), Cooper, Bob Recupero, the John Lackard Blues Duo, Nighthawk, Staircase 24, Dan Parks with Mark Steffenhagen, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Jerborn, Sister Speak, and Ethan Sawyer and Martin Fredrick as Blue Heron all appear live in a venue near you. Read more

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week with Andre Maquera with Loudon Granger, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States, and Mark Shelton. Read more

 

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