Category Archives: Festivals

Artbits-October 23, 2025

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Dick

Spooky Season Paint Night. Junk Creatures, Abbey. Mixed Media Pumpkins Paint ‘n’ Sip, Spooktacular Starry Night Paint ‘n’ Sip, Sylvia Oblak. Sarah Barnes. Sketchbook Club. Lindsay Didio. People’s Art Show. MVU Craft Fair. Autumn Adventures, Alice Reighley, Intro to Jazz Dance. Night of the Living Dead. Rocky Horror Picture Show. Witch, Please, Hocus Pocus. Osher, OLLI, Christina Fearon, Chinese Art Poetic Imagination. Land, Light, Water & Air Artist Roundtable, William Gotha, Marisol Rosenbluth, Andrew Orr. Grief Timeline Workshop. Death, Dying and Danishes. Mary Pleasant. Andrew Ingall, Gail Golec, Looking Back/Moving Forward, Vermont Stories of LGBTQ+. Grant Barrett, Martha Barnette, Language of Resilience, Words in a Warming World, AWAD. Beyond the Taproom. Pumpkin Carving. Social Sunday. Halloween Zentangle, Julia Davenport. DIY Cosplay Creations, Abby O’Sullivan. Thomas Schönberg, Christopher Kachian, Comedy for a Cause, Boom City Improv, Cafe Youth Center, Misty Bay Ramblers. Dale Darcy Band. Owl Stars, Evan Jennison, Matt Schrag, HallowQueen Drag Show, Mr. French, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Lawless, Hitmen, Tom Caswell Blues, Phillip Hyjek Trio, Will Austin, Dave Miller, Spooky Saturday, Antara, Chris Cheney, Paul Asbell, Nathan Michaud, Smokey Newfield, St. Paul’s Praise Band, Robert Resnik, Mary Mcginnis, Peter Riley, Clyde Stats, Banjo Dan Lindner, Nancy Beaven, Will Patton, Nikki Matheson, David Gusakov, Michele Choiniere, Roy Feldman, Danny Coane, Dono Schabner, Chuck Eller, Jeff Salisbury, Ed Antczak, Patti Casey, Tom MacKenzie, Steven Wienert, Marty Resnik, Juliet McVicker, Andy Sacher, Rose Lucas, Andy Greene, Willie Lindner, Arpeggione Duo, Evan Alsop, BFA Chorus, Chamber Singers, Jazz Band, Modern Band. Silent Reading Party. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Muffin Monday. Shady Hollow Juneau Black. Eizabeth Gauffreau, Weight of Snow and Regret. Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Exhibitions, Art You Create, ArtBits, Benefit Events, Books, Comedy, Dance, Festivals, Film, Humanities, Music, Workshops | Comments Off on Artbits-October 23, 2025

Artbits-October 9, 2025

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Dick

Banned Books Week, Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights. Sarah McGarghan, Longina Smolinski, Gillian Ireland, Deb Shell. Peoples Art Show. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. Fall Harvest Craft Fair. Fall Paint Class, Joanne Delaney. Hearthside Handcrafts. Paint and Tea, Victoria Vining. Paint and Sip Sunflowers, Sylvia Oblak. Paint Sip Autumn Glow. Evie Mason. Northwest Nightmares, Maple Squares of St. Albans. Intro to Jazz Dance, Alice Reighley. Paint Town Pink, Witches Warlocks Fight Cancer, Luminary Walk. Comic Con, Rail City Fan Fest. Fall Harvest Festival. Snow Farm Vineyard Grape Harvest Festival, Buck Hollers. Classic Movie Night, Wallace Gromit, Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Hidden Heritage Vermont Indian Community, 1790-2010, Dr. Fred Wiseman. Jeffrey Brace Revolutionary War Soldier Slave. Soulspun Kitchen, Erin Moulton. 2025 Fall Plein Air Retreat, T.M. Nicholas, Leo Mancini-Hresko. Julie Jones, Brushstrokes Hashtags Social Media Made Simple. Social Sunday, MAG. River Arts, Macrame 101, Tie Your Way In, Karen. Chris Stapleton, Blackberry Smoke, Jason Isbell, Drive-by Truckers, Færie Godbrothers, Peter Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Steve Klimowski, Bonnie Thurber Klimowski, Bluegrass Jam, Evan Barber, Dan Jarvis, Frevo, Tim Brick, Enablers, Barbie N Bones, DJ Lady Livy, Crowe Hill, Sibling Reverie, Bad Horsey, Magnetic Horse, Dan Parks, Cooie Sings, Shane Murley Trio, Dale Darcy. Muffin Monday. Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano. Banned Books Group, All Boys Aren’t Blue, George M. Johnson. Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Exhibitions, Art You Create, ArtBits, Books, Calls, Dance, Festivals, Film, Humanities, Music, News, Theater, Workshops | Comments Off on Artbits-October 9, 2025

Artbits-September 18, 2025

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Dick

Enosburg Harvest Festival, Second Hand Blues, Uncle John’s Band, arts crafts. Afterglow Music Festival, Love Story, Fleetwood Macked, Dirty Deeds. Jennifer Buckner. Masha Hoffey, Affordable Art Fair. Paint Your Pet Portrait, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Art Journaling Group. Franklin County A Capella Chorus. International Folk Dancing, Lesley Alpert. Autumn Adventures, Alice Reighley, Intro Jazz Dance. Tom Messner, Lake Monsters Osher, From Weather to Baseball. Robert Haynes, Our World of Weather, What National Weather Service Does. Social Tinkering Connection Conversations. Wrapped Stone Pendant, Terry Buehner. Acrylic Paint Pouring, Martha Kinney. Social Sunday. Drawing with Scissors, Jen Volansky. Watercolor Beyond Basics, Evie Mason. Creative Creatures, paint candles wax. Oleo Romeos, Cooie, Carol Ann Jones, Jerry Bowers, Will Patton, Tyrone Shaw, Tom Buckley, Matt Nerbak, Terry Youk. Mitch Terriccano, Pet Project, Bodacious Supremes, Magnetic Horse, J.J. Booth, Unruly Allies, Barbie N Bones, Jim Branca, Earth Bound Spirits, John Gratton, Yabai, Dog Water, Champlain Shoregasm, Eyetraps, Swamp Frog, Vermont Blues Society, Dan Parks, Jaded Ravins, Dave Miller, Roger Giroux, Nathan Michaud, 1Q Band, David Owens, Vaughn Watson, John Riddle, Blue Rock Boys, Doug, Butterfields. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Muffin Monday. Deep Blue Goodbye, John D. MacDonald. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries The God of the Woods, Liz Moore. Continue reading →

Posted in Art You Create, ArtBits, Benefit Events, Books, Calls, Dance, Festivals, Humanities, Music, Workshops | Comments Off on Artbits-September 18, 2025

Artbits-August 28, 2025

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Dick

Donna Blatchly. John Clarke Olson. International Folk Dancing, Lesley Alpert. Gabriel Fluffy Iglesias, Dustin Lynch, Lil Jon, Ted Pronto, Alice Grace, AJ Jansen, Chordination, Steve Hartmann, Ali T, Delta Sweet Duo. Film Noir, Panic in the Streets, Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas. Jen Volansky, Nature Play Mixed Media Workshop Inspired by Botanicals. Collage Workshop, Abbey. Summer Watercolor Painting, Annette Goyne. Social Sunday. Death Dying Danishes. Ice Cream Social. Stragglers, Better Angels, John McDonald, Lise Gates, Jerry Bowers, Tyrone Shaw, Dead Sessions Lite, McMaple, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Hard Scrabble, Dan Parks, Harley Brown, Buddha, Duncan McLeod, Coane, Rowell, Schabner, Ryan Sweezy, Shane Murley, Hitmen, Lawless, Bill Valliere, Bob Cseh, Maple Grove, Charlie Rice, Will Austin, Blue Heron, Antara Gatch, Chris Cheney, Veyda Kenyon, David Karl Roberts, Nobby Reed, Jocelyn Pettit, Ellen Gira, Mark Shelton, Mimi Magyar, David Karl Roberts, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Zak Loy. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Tangents. Silent Reading Party. Muffin Monday. Book Sale. Mark LeGrand, Lovesick Band. Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Exhibitions, ArtBits, Arts Councils, Books, Dance, Festivals, Film, Music, News, Passages, Workshops | Comments Off on Artbits-August 28, 2025

Artbits-August 21, 2025

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Dick

Bijoux Gervais, Champlain Island Creator, Serendipity Studio, Jarrett Gamache, Mountain View, Creations, Cindy’s Leather Goods, Red Hammer Workshop. Artisans Market, Jennifer Pratt . Graycat Comics Collectibles Show. Colleen Blatchly. Lea Peterson. Paint Sip, Jordan Bushey. Community dancing, Lesley Alpert. Film Noir Series, Seventh Victim. March on Washington. No Strings Marionettes, Wasabi Dragon’s Tale. David Beckett, iPhone Photography. Practice Your Paintstrokes, Dot Goulet. Social Sunday. Patrick McAllister, Live Model Figure Drawing, Summer Watercolor Painting Class, Annette Goyne. Creative Creatures. McMaple, Dan Parks, Possum Haw, Honey and Soul, Hitmen, Vermont Blues Society, David Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, Larry Vigneault, Ultraviolet, Jerband, Andrew James, Jon Gratton, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Tournesol, Luis Betancourt, Jason Lee, Cooie Adlai, Sohyun Ahn, Chris Issy, Kyle Stevens, Lee Ross, B-Town, Jeff Shelley, Thea Wren, She Was Right, Storm Windows, Dan Sean Jarvis, Buck Hollers, Swamp Frog, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Barry Hayes, Mark Shelton, Izzy Ivy, Brooke Bergeron, Chris Monroe, Nobby Reed, Dogcatchers, Five O’clock Somewhere, Marsh Lights, Colby Crehan, Al’s Pals tribute Tom Petty, Hammerlane, Abby Sherman, Soulo Davis, D Davis, Django Soulo, Donna Thunder Experience, Ryan Sweezey. Midnight Walkers. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Tom Joyce Magic. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries, Searcher, Tana French. Bookmobile. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour, Louise Penny. Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Man Who Died Twice, Richard Osman. Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Exhibitions, Art You Create, ArtBits, Books, Dance, Festivals, Film, Humanities, Music, Paint-n-Sip, Theater, Workshops | Comments Off on Artbits-August 21, 2025

Artbits-August 14, 2025

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Dick

Nature’s Legacy Capturing Shared Values, Annette Goyne, Jenny Goyne. Chris Bessette. Mitch Weiss. Open Portrait Session. International Folk Dancing, Lesley Alpert. Contemplative Dance Practice, Dance Improvisation, Practicing Presence and Performance, Hanna Satterlee. Film Noir Series, Glass Key. Dark Academy Adventures, The Case of the Peripatetic Moccasins. Writing Workshop, S. Lee Manning, J. B. Manning. Sarah Cullins, Group Singing Lessons. Lucie Faulkner, Book Page Wreath Making. Pat Brennan, Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop. Plein Air in Oil, George Van Hook. Social Sunday. Mel Ardelle, Jared Hall, Bobby Pelligrino, Kane Thomley, Suz Ambrose, David and Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, Larry Vigneault, Neal Haiduck, David Heckendorn, Bruno John, Dan Ryan, John Lehmann-Haupt, TNT Comedy Night, Ryan Sweezy, Vermont Blues Society, House On Fire, Godform Summer Tour Metal Showcase, Last of Lucy, Pathogenic, Shiny New Toyz, No Son of Mine, Just Me, WD-40, Bad Horsey, Buck Hollers, Vachsean, Rough Suspects, Jesse Agan, Music of Queen, Barbie N Bones, Stewart Foster, New Duo, Bare Bones, John Gratton, Smokey Newfield, Deb Murphy, Tim Brick, Jolly Roger, Chris Issy, Third Wheel, Jeff Gina, Dale Darcy, Dan Parks, Blue Rock Boys, Missisquoi River Band, Kaiden Primm, Sean Jarvis, Johnny Hicks, Kickers, Mark Shelton, Xtreme Queen, Shane Murley Trio, Devon McGarry, Amystera, Chris Erica, Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Andy Gagnon, Jim Thacker, Enosburg Town Band, She Was Right, McMaple, Carol Ann Jones. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Stephen Trahan, I Am Not A Hero. Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Banned Books, My Brother Sam Is Dead, James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier. Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Exhibitions, Art You Create, ArtBits, Books, Comedy, Dance, Festivals, Film, Humanities, Music, Workshops | Comments Off on Artbits-August 14, 2025