Artbits-February 12, 2026

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on acrylic artist Jaimie Katon. Read more

ART YOU CREATE

Hearthside Handcrafts meet at Bent Northrop Memorial Library. River Arts hosts the February Paint & Sip: Winter Colors with Evie Mason. Snow Farm Vineyard offers the Love Is in the Air Pebble Art Workshop. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library and Community Center. The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Awaken Yoga & Creative Arts Studio hosts a Little Valentine Gnome Paint ‘N Snack with Kat. Read more

DANCE

First Step Dance, Vermont Ballroom Dance, and the St. Albans Rec present Sunday Swing on the City Hall dance floor. Read more

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Matinee!) at the St. Albans Free Library with Three Days of the Condor. The Depot hosts a 50 First Dates Movie & Dining Experience. Read more

GATHERINGS

Sarah Barnes leads Sketchbook Club in the library at BFA Fairfax. Read more

HUMANITIES

The Ethan Allen Homestead Museum hosts Dr. Meg Mott to discuss Can Vermonters Be Free Without Virtue?: A Look at the Vermont Bill of Rights. Stone’s Throw Pizza hosts a Coffee Hour to discuss the pressing issues of the day. Read more

THEATER

V! For Variety returns to the Opera House with Spritz Tease, Viola Heart, the F-Smarts and more. Read more

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model and Creativi-Tea Tuesday classes with Karen Winslow. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. River Arts begins Crochet Foundations: From Squares to Wearables, with Carmella Cyr. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

Sparky’s Prom, the Pet Project (twice), Cooper (twice), the Green Mountain Chorus, Jeff Shelly, Sibling Reverie, the Better Angels, Cooper, Paradox, Justice 3, Combustomatics, Carol Ann Jones, 90 Proof, Two for Flinching, the Smokey Newfield Project, Will Austin, Uncle John’s Band, the Young Tradition VT Touring Group, Next Stop, Ericson Holt, the Bellows Free Academy Improv Drama Team, and Sage Machia all appear live at a venue near you. Read more

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week with DonnaRae Menard to read from Beneath The Fountain, the Tangents to play St. Albans, and Mark Shelton as Captain Radical. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Most libraries will be closed on Monday for President’s Day. The Enosburgh Public Library Reading & Discussion Group takes up The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. The Haston Library celebrates Scottish poet Robert Burns at the Dick Wright Pub. The Highgate Library and Community Center continues Muffin Monday. The St. Albans Free Library Banned Books Group will discuss The Kite Runner by Khaled Hasseini. The SPL Book Club meets for Hang the Moon by Jeanette Walls. Read more

 

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