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Artbits-May 16, 2024

Posted on May 16, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Paint Your Pet Portrait, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Art Journaling Group, Make Your Own Star Wars Terrarium. MES Student Spring Art Show. Beneath Our Skin. Nathan Johnson. Nebizun: Water Is Life, Charlie Adams, Vicki Blanchard, Joe Bruchac, Bill Gould, Francine Poitras Jones, Jeanne Morningstar Kent, Melody Walker Makin, Lucy Cannon Neel, Hawk Schulmeisters, Breanna Sheehan, Linda Longtoe Sheehan, Chief Roger Longtoe Sheehan, Vera Longtoe Sheehan, JES, Chief April St Francis Rushlow, Dorothy Tondreau, Amy Hook-Therrien, Aaron York. Adrian Ivakhiv. Environmental Humanities, Critical Studies for Feverish Times. Impressionist Portraits Pastel Oil, Karen Meneghin. Social Sunday. Aviano Bellydance. Workshop for Dementia Caregivers, Tina Lesperance. Letterpress Printing. Karaoke, Open Mic, Coffee House, Next Stop Comedy, Cooie DeFrancisco Sings, Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, Duel, John Geno, Kevin Connelly, Banjo Dan, Willy, Lindner, Danny Coane, Sam Blagden, VT Bluegrass Pioneers, Shane’s Apothecary, Justice 3, Pet Project, Maple Grove, Blues Without Borders, Chris Erica, Chris Issy, Stragglers, Bob Gagnon, Jeff Shelley, Windham Philharmonic, Laura Fedele-Rasco. Vaisey Royale, Franklin County Quilt Show, Mark Shelton. Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown. But I Progress, Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe. Bianca Stone, Vermont Poet Laureate. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 9, 2024

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster, hospitalizations. Kingman Fest, Jesse Agan, Morgan Myles. Grand Isle County Music Festival. Franklin County Art Show. MES Student Spring Art Show. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Stephanie Cardon residency. John Hunt. Pride Festival. Annie. Northern Vermont Artists’ Association June Show. Lois Lowry, the Giver. Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize, Angle of Repose. Jay Garvey, Ecology of Queer and Trans People in Education. Flowers, Light, and Color in Painting, Michael Walek. Letterpress Printing, Christa. Social Sunday. Franklin County Photogs, with Harry Goldhagen. Karaoke, Open Mic Night, Troy Millette, Fire Below (twice), Stewart Foster, Jerborn, Sibling Reverie, Nighthawk, Josh Panda and Peter Day, Staircase 24, Dirty Looks, Mark Daly Madaila, Cricket Blue, Jonny Wanzer, Alex Duval, Marlon Fisher, Alex St. Louis, Comedy Wolf, Max Higgins, Smokey Newfield, Beg, Steal Borrow, Double Shot, Duo Maggie, Bare Bones, Duncan McLeod, the Heavy Nettles, Phil Graziano. Kat Wright Indomitable Soul Band,Mark Shelton. No Rules. Just Read, Children’s Book Week. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 18, 2024

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. COVID-19 hospitalizations. Seven Daysies. Lance Hodgdon. Tess Follensbee, Susannah Sakal. Susan Bull Riley, Singing to Vermont. Crystal Sun Catcher. Maple Sugaring Amateur Photography Contest. NVAA June Show. Cold Hollow Sculpture, volunteer. Jessamyn West, Every Problem Is Now a Technology Problem. Met, Metropolitan Opera, Puccini, La Rondine, Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelma. Social Sunday, Tina Lesperance, Workshop for those with Dementia and their Caregivers, Corrina Thurston, Powerful Vulnerability in writing. Barn Quilt Class, Marie Speer. Letterpress Printing, Music Festival Josh Pallotta, Karaoke, Open Mic Night, Cooie Sings, Jesse Agan, Uncle Jimmy, Sticks Stones, Dan Parks, Justice 3, Shane Murley, PET House, Phillip Hyjek, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Roger Giroux, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Jerborn, Isaac Mathews, Bad Horsey, the Pleasant Street Boys, Dobbs’ Dead, Jess Leone, Lara Cwass, PHISH. Richford Hometown Follies, Jimmy T Cobras. Mark Shelton. Melinda Claire Arceneaux-Swearingen, Pratt Hall. Avree Kelly Clark, debut novel, Malice Aforethought. Spring Book Card Ephemera Fair. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 11, 2024

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Classic Movie Night, Kevin Costner, Field of Dreams. Takara Hansell. The Farm in Winter, Marieluise Hutchinson. Village in the Snow, Mary Bryan. Paint Sip Take It or Leaf It, Natalie Carr. Bridging Perspectives, Adam Kersch, Inoculating Whiteness Settler Colonialism Infectious Diseases Sheet’ka. Luis Vivanco, When the Bicycle Came to Vermont. Kathleen Berry Bergeron, Intuitive Expressive Landscapes in Watercolor. Paint Pouring Balloon Technique, Laurie Thompson. Social Sunday. Mindful Art, Creative U-Turns. Letterpress Printing, Christa, Chandler Price press. Surreal Swans, Marc Choiniere. Fam Jam, Karaoke Night, Marc Edwards, Sibling Reverie, Hard Scrabble, Natural Selection, Quadra, Dirty Looks, King Me, Shell House, Coop, Bob Recupero, Cooie Adlai. Richford Hometown Follies, Jimmy T Cobras, Summer Sounds. SPL Book Club, Good Neighborhood, Therese Anne Fowler. But I Progress, Brave Wild River. Melissa Sevigny. Continue reading →

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Artbits-March 21, 2024

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Budget Adjustment Act. Billie Jo Garfield. Song at Days End, Cynthia Rosen. Maker’s Market. Jennifer McConnell, Anne Steele Life Hymnody. Bridging Perspectives, Andrea Tamburro, Intergenerational Trauma Healing Resilience. Peter Harrigan, Barbie’s Reflection on Our World. Metropolitan Opera, Romeo et Juliette, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Nadine Sierra, Benjamin Bernheim. Paint Pouring Balloon Technique, Laurie Thompson. Social Sunday. Clay Earring Class. 97%. Comedy Cause, Karaoke, Open Mic Night, Cooie Sings, Jenni Junketeers, Duncan MacLeod, Lloyd Tyler, Uncle Jimmy, Ryan Sweezy, Midnight Walkers, Ray’s Used Cars Band, Next Stop Comedy, Kyle Stevens, Elizabeth Begins, Tom Caswell, PET Project, John Bartus. Adult Virtual Book Club, Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley. Mornings Muffins Mysteries. Continue reading →

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Artbits-February 22, 2024

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Midnight Masquerade Murder Mystery. Live Painting, Tom Waters. Brian Chenevert. Maker’s Market. Paint & Sip Tropical Getaway, Evie Mason. Bob Goodby, History of the Abenaki in Vermont and New Hampshire. Britton Rogers, Catherine Emil, Crafting the Future State of Craft Education. Social Sunday. Pebble Art Workshop. Karaoke, Open Mic, Stewart Foster, Left Eye Jump, Mitch Devon, Sticks Stones, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Sibling Reverie, Chris Lyon, Rick Lieder. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer. Book Lovers, Emily Henry. Cocaine Blues, Kerry Greenwood. Continue reading →

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