Artbits-August 28, 2025

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Donna Blatchly. The Bryan Gallery New Horizons Feature Artist is John Clarke Olson. Read more

DANCE

Island Arts has the joy of International Folk Dancing with instructor Lesley Alpert. All dances are taught. Read more

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Champlain Valley Fair continues with the heaviest pumpkin and the tallest sand sculpture and the free Vermont Music Showcase with Ted Pronto, Alice Grace, AJ Jansen, Chordination, Steve Hartmann, Ali T, Troy Millette & the Fire Below and the Delta Sweet Duo. Read more

FILM

The 16th annual Film Noir Series continues making Panic in the Streets with Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas. Read more

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts continues the Mindful Art series with Jen Volansky to lead a Nature Play Mixed Media Workshop Inspired by Botanicals. The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Collage Workshop with Abbey. The Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts Summer Watercolor Painting Class 2 with Annette Goyne. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts the VNA & Hospice for Death, Dying and Danishes. Read more

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council has an Ice Cream Social to gab with artists at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

The Stragglers, Better Angels, John McDonald and Lise Gates, Jerry Bowers and Tyrone Shaw, Dead Sessions Lite, McMaple, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Hard Scrabble, Dan Parks, the Harley Brown Band featuring Buddha, Duncan McLeod, Coane, Rowell & Schabner, Ryan Sweezy, the Shane Murley Band, the Hitmen, Lawless, Bill Valliere, Bob Cseh, the Maple Grove Band, Charlie Rice, Will Austin, Blue Heron, Antara Gatch & Chris Cheney, Veyda Kenyon, David Karl Roberts, the Nobby Reed Project, Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, Mark Shelton, Mimi Magyar, David Karl Roberts, Troy Millette & the Fire Below, and Zak Loy all appear live on a stage near you. Read more

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week. DonnaRae Menard continues her weekly read of Beneath The Fountain. The Tangents played the St. Albans Summer Concert Series. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Most libraries will be closed on Monday. Fairfax has a Silent Reading Party. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The Book Sale is back in North Hero. Read more

PASSAGES

Singer-songwriter Mark LeGrand has died two years after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He was a Summer Sounds favorite with his Lovesick Band. Read more

 

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