Artbits-April 10, 2025

THEATER

MVU presents Once Upon a Mattress in the Trahan Theater. BFA-Fairfax Drama and BFA-St. Albans compete in the Vermont States Drama Festival at BFAPAC. Read more

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on artist and musician Patrick Murphy. Read more

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts Winging It: Embracing Personal Expression with Jen Volansky. Sparky’s has a Highland Cow Paint & Sip with Art by Anna Lena. The Swanton Arts Council hosts Glass Etching with Barb in the Swanton Free Public Library. The Bryan Memorial Gallery inaugurates a spring Sketch & Sip. Read more

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Creative heART seeks works by Vermont Abenaki citizens for Cultural Reclamation: Struggles of an Indigenous Identity, an exhibit at the Missisquoi Abenaki Heritage Celebration. Read more

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Matinee!) at the St. Albans Free Library with Harrison Ford as The Fugitive. The Endless Chain will be a documentary exploration into Pete Sutherland’s life. Mark Sustic wrote, “The production team is working hard to ensure the film is worthy of Pete’s trust. Read more

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents Susan Kuecker to discuss Forgotten Heroes: Vermont Regiments at the October 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek. The Arrowhead Senior Center hosts a Local Historical Society and Museum Showcase. Local history also comes alive at Bent Northrop Memorial Library as Jason Barney and Christine Eldred discuss the Hidden History of Lake Champlain. The Vermont Humanities Snapshot Series has Stephanie Yu to discuss Vermont School Funding: Equity and Affordability. Read more

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Molly of Brick House Vermont leads a class in Needle Felting at Snow Farm Vineyard. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

Jerborn (twice), Michael Kerry, Dead Sessions Lite, Evan Jennison and Matt Schrag, Seth Yacovone, Long Gone John, Jim Charonko, Dan Parks, the Duel, Chris and Erica, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, WD-40, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Mirage, Jacob Green, the Buck Hollers, the Stragglers, the Smokey Newfield Project, Ethan Sawyer, Phil Graziano, Troy Millette and the Fire Below, Barbie N Bones all perform live at a venue near you. Read more

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue. NW Access TV broadcast the Richford Hometown Follies. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is the star of Stuck in Vermont. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts Fireside Fiber Arts. The Haston Library Book Group discusses The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. The Highgate Library and Community Center continues the Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. R J Batchelor signs Lost Tsar of Russia as well as Lost King of England at the Eloquent Page. The St. Albans Free Library Banned Books Group discusses George Orwell’s 1984. The Milton Artists Guild and the Vermont Cantonese Club reads The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin. The monthly But I Progress book club takes up Nickel and Dimed–On Not Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich. Read more

 

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