Category Archives: Benefit Events

Artbits-August 25, 2016

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Dick

Summer Sounds is resting up for next year but there is still plenty of music playing as the Big Music Weeks of Summer continue. The Opera House needs stars. Carol Ann Jones, Nobby Reed twice, the Tony Whedon Trio, Chad Hollister, The Duo, Sean Casey, Almost Nowhere, Bruce and Mary, Coon Hill John Band, Donna Thunder and Friends, Rick Norcross, the Austin Piazzolla Quintet, PossumHaw, and A&M plus Northern Exposure, Brews for Rescues, and Vermont’s Music Showcase at the Champlain Valley Fair. Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 11, 2016

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Dick

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue. The Troy Millette Band plays Summer Sounds. The Nobby Reed Project, Bad Horsey, Daniel Rahilly and Ty Cicia, Bardela, the John LaRouche Duet, Full Circle, Tim McKenzie and some special friends, Jorge Garcia Herranz, Justice, the Citizens Concert Band, and the musical Frog and Toad all take to a stage near you. The Cambridge Arts Council has its big arts weekend. And there will be Book Butchering! Continue reading →

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Artbits-June 23, 2016

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Dick

There’s an art show and a new Meet the Artist Weekend. Check out all the performers this week as well as Comedy For A Cause and The Worst Play Ever. The Abolitionists are on screen. We have calls for all the arts, a writing fellowship and art in clay. The Traveling Storyteller performs. And we count down to the 26th running of Summer Sounds. Continue reading →

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Artbits-June 2, 2016

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Dick

The Dairy Festival celebrates 60 years with more entertainment and magical family activities than ever. SACA wants artists. Nobby Reed, Isaac French and Friends, Shane Murley and the Apothecarians, Sammich, Will Patton, Justice, and the Aphasia Choir take the stage. VSA Vermont offers free training for drummers. Champlain Country Club celebrates a Leon Thompson book. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 12, 2016

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Dick

ArtBits is changing big time, you betcha. Young Tradition Weekend brings together a young performers for song, performance, and dance. The Swanton Arts Council will gather three major events. There is Comedy for a Cause. Gypsy Wind, Bethany Conner, and the 1893 Hook and Hastings pipe organ all take the stage. The Opera House has info about L’il Abner. The Swanton Chamber will host a Grow Your Business seminar. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 5, 2016

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Dick

The Derby Day Auction and Fundraiser has a lot more art than Churchill Downs. Corliss Blakely and David Juaire do art. The Swanton Arts Council has TP roll flowers, pinwheel prep and an Artist Gathering. The Nobby Reed Project, Joseph Fuller, the Thera Wren Quartet, and Justice have gigs. Dr. Dilip Joseph is guest storyteller. The CreativeGround Winter/Spring Webinar series concludes. A writing competition deadline looms. Continue reading →

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