FESTIVALS and EVENTS
The Church Street Celebration is an old fashioned block party for dancing down the Historic District. The annual town-wide Jeffersonville Art Jam takes over Main Street with live art and live music. The Franklin Homestead FUNdraiser will fill the Franklin Town Hall with live music by Rosie Newton and Uncle John’s Band. The North Hero Historic House Tour celebrates the buildings, families, and traditions of the Islands. Read more…
ART ON THE WALLS
The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Colleen Blatchley. Bryan Gallery debuts JuanCarlos Gonzalez’s solo show, Vermont Light, with an opening reception. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Nancy Fuller. Read more…
ART FOR SALE
The Summer Artisan Market comes to Snow Farm Vineyards. 14th Star hosts the Remix Physical Media Market with music, movies, and nostalgia. Read more…
ART YOU CREATE
The Swanton Arts Council hosts Cardmaking with Barb. Spotlight Village crafts some mermaid magic with a Mermaid Crown Headdress workshop. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Library. The Franklin Arts Department hosts a Family Art Class with Jordan Bushey. Read more…
FILM
Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts The Wanted 18, a documentary about 18 cows pursued by the Israeli army. The St. Albans Free Library Film Noir Festival begins with The Suspect with Charles Laughton and Ella Raines. Read more…
GATHERINGS
The Highgate Library hosts a Garden Tea Party with Bob the Garden Guy. The Milton Artists’ Guild Queer Art Club returns. Muffin Monday continues. Read more…
HUMANITIES
AgeWell hosts a Franklin County Caregiver Support Group at the Enosburg Public Library. There will be a Community Land & Water Conversation in the Islands in the Sun Senior Center. Read more…
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
The Highgate Library hosts Mat Heagerty for a Graphic Novel Workshop. 60 Main Arts has Community Drawing Night with a live model. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. The MAG also hosts Fiadhnait Moser for the Impasto Oil Painting workshop, Robert Waldo Brunelle to guide Learn to Draw. Island Arts has two workshops as Lucie Faulkner leads Part 1 of the Clay Ornaments Workshop and Pat Brennan leads the Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop. Read more…
ON STAGE LIVE
Nobby Reed (twice), the Jerband (twice), Doug’s Open Mic, Chris and Issy, the Hitmen, the Vermont Willistones, Tim Brick, Charlie Rice, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Cooper, The Sound of Music In Concert, Michael Perry, O Odious Ones Hammer Lane, Seth Yacovone, Pam McCoy, Jaded Ravins, Sleeveless Tease, Jesse Agan, Bob C, 90 Proof, Kelly Dolan Stuber, the Blue Rock Boys, Rockin’ Ron Gangon, Kyle Stevens, the Smokey Newfield Project, Downtown Dan, Rock On, Sticks and Stones, Dan Parks, Milton Busker & the Grim Work, the Spring Chickens, Minced Oats, Ken Schofield’s Old Friends Band, Cooie Sings, Green Mountain Swing, High Summer, Justin Taylor, the Dixie Six, the Ray Vega Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble, the Shane Murley Trio, the Bart Feller Trio, Mowgli Giannitti, Troy Millette & the Fire Below Jerborn & Justin, Allison Peryer, John Seiden, B-Town, the Enosburg Town Band, Ryan Sweezy and the Midnight Walkers, AmerikanaBlue, Giovanina Bucci, and Jamie Lee Thurston all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…
ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE
Virtual music and events continue this wee with Books We Hated with Becky Rupp and Abbey Gaudette, plus the ORCA broadcast of the Montpelier Parks Parkapalooza. Read more…
FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
The Fairfax Community Library Summer Reading Programs conclude. The Sheldon Library hosts a Huge Yard Sale. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club takes on the A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain. The St. Albans Free Library Tuesday Night Book Group reads Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Read more…
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