Category Archives: Festivals

Artbits-December 5, 2024

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Dick

Vaccine, vaccination, booster, COVID. Festival of Trees, Running Bells, Monte Carlo Holiday, Vermont Choral Union, L’Harmonie des Saisons, Messiah, Santa. Tree Lighting, Community Holiday Concert. Celebration Winter Season, Holiday Market, caroling, storytelling, Artisans Market, candlelit yoga. Festival of Lights, Peak Music. Holly Jolly Jamboree. Janice DeCooman, Dorothy Goulet, Sarah McGarghan, Sally Tarr with a live reception. Gail Salzman, Bonnie Acker, Miriam Adams, Elizabeth Allen, Anne Austin, Sam Colt, Nancy Diefenbach, Leslie Fry, Kate Longmaid, Mario Messina, Elizabeth Nelson, Jessica Scriver, Carolyn Shattuck, Dianne Shullenberger, David Smith, Barbara Wagner. Daryl Storrs. Fraud, Zadie Smith. Sarah Stewart Taylor Paranoia in the Hills, Cold War Vermont as Inspiration for Crime Fiction. It’s a Wonderful Life Live Radio Play. Social Sunday, Open Studio Figure Drawing. Macrame Sleigh Bells, Karen. Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Mandy Hotchkiss, Wilbur, Wonderfully Camp Little Christmas, LMAOille County Comedy Winter Showcase, Nobby Reed, Jim Branca, Josh Panda, Peter Day, Phil Abair, Keeghan Nolan, Pet Project, Dirty Looks, Ryan Hanson, Bells on Bobtails, Dwight, Nicole, Dave Grippo, Dave Marchand, Mike Tessa Gordon, Ezra Oklan, Leon Campos, Ben Lively, Resistance Revival Chorus, McMaple, Woman Named Carlos, Vanna Deux, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Justice 3, Robin Gottfried, Sister Speak, Bootleg Band, Maggie Pierce, Rob Hale, Matt Vandy, Maddie McLennon, Brian Thompson, Meredith Gordon, Ian Paul, Carol Ann Jones, Vermont Choral Union, L’Harmonie des Saisons, Community Chorus, Enosburg Town Band. Jackson Ellis, Black Days. Milagro Amaya Turner, Siber Sled Dogs, Siberian Husky Huskies. Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitch. Continue reading →

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Artbits-November 28, 2024

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Dick

Vaccine, vaccination, booster. Thanksgiving. Maker’s Market. Sip & Shop. Holiday Bazaar Craft Fair. Festival of Trees, Tree Walk, Tree Lighting, Hallmark in the Park, Winter Games, chess, snowball fight, Holiday Paint Party, Holiday Movie. Christmas in the Park. Gillian Ireland. Nathaniel Williams. Aaron York. Giving Tuesday. Stories of Resilience, Abenaki Tribal Garden, Chief Shirly Hook, Doug Bent. Chris Graff, Fifty Years that Transformed Vermont. Social Sunday. Pebble Art Workshop. Board Meeting Updates. COVID. Dan Parks, \Soul Rockerz, Kyle Stevens, moonbird, Tom Bisson, Rustics, Shane Murley, Ryan Hanson, Cooper, Missisquoi River Band, Jerborn. Tony Pietricola, Toni Basanta, Havana Fairfax Connection. Mark Shelton. Christmas Card Making. Continue reading →

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Artbits-October 10, 2024

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. People’s Art Show. Tess Follensbee. Lynn VanNatta. Art and Crafting Supplies Sale. Vermont Autumn Landscapes, Jen Volansky. GEMS, Northwest Nightmares Film Festival. Oldest state, Creative Aging. Rail City Tattoo Festival, Afterparty, Rough Francis, Path, Old North End, Dead Street Dreamers, Violet Crimes. Harvest Festival, Chris and Issy. Unbroken Circle, Mark Greenburg, Norman Kennedy, Margaret MacArthur, the Hurstins, the Pony Boys, Ron West, Wilfred Guillette, Cordelia Cerasoli, Floyd Brown, Al Cadorette. Ghostbusters, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver. Randy Kritkausky, An Indigenous Perspective on Nature: Working Together as Allies. Cemetery Sleuthing, Erin E. Moulton. Truth and Healing: In Search of a Common Memory, Chief Brenda Gagne. Luis Vivanco, When the Bicycle Came to Vermont. Dazed, Seduced and Transfixed: Monster Through Time, In Literature and In Our Lives, Shanta Lee. Erica Heilman, Rumble Strip, Building Community in Our Divided Society. Cathy LaClair, Sparkle and Support Metal Earrings Workshop. Mindful Art Series, Create Connect Mixed Media. Healing Arts Series, Meditate, Breathe, Create, Victoria Veldon, Randy Putvain. 1,206 pandemic deaths. Nobby Reed, Jim Branca, Laura Fedele-Rasco, B-Town, Roger Giroux, Smokey Newfield, Shane Murley, Blue Rock Boys, All About Pie, Dan Parks, Will Austin, Bushey/Bedell/Branon, Sisters in Crime. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Donna Howard, Gail Schwartz, Falling Through the Night. Glenn Fay, Ambition Remarkable Family of Ethan Allen. Patricia Letourneau Henderson, Captive Company. But I Progress, Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler. Continue reading →

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Artbits-September 19, 2024

Posted on September 19, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Enosburg Harvest Festival. Afterglow, King Me, Chin Ho, Quadra. Banned Books Week, Let Freedom Read Day, Freed Between the Lines. Northern Vermont Artist Association, NVAA. Barbara Flack. Robert Aiken. Chief Don Stevens. Paint and Sip, Sylvia Oblak. Community dancing, Leslie Alpert. Better In Boots, Line Dancing. History Unframed: Bryan Gallery Jeffersonville’s Art Legacy, Alden Bryan Jr, Barbara Bertocci. Osher, Christopher McBride, Environmental Photography, From Capture to the Wall. Meg Tamulonis, Stories from the Vermont Queer Archives. Kelli Shepherd, Crochet Pumpkin, Social Sunday. Accessible Arts, Therapeutic Crafts, Karen. Paws in the Park, Blue Rock Boys, Cooie DeFrancesco, Jesse Agan, Matty Me, 90 Proof, Shane’s Apothecary, Toast, George Murtie, Lady Livy, Chris Erica, Smokey Newfield, Lloyd Tyler, Bushey Bedell, Tim Fitzgerald, Barbie-n-Bones, Nighthawk, Jamie Lee Thurston, Shannon Curtis, Jamie Hill, Mayhem, Arthur James, Bee Wild, Dan Jarvis, Uncle John’s Band, Dale Darcy Cahill, Neil Rossi, Will Patton, Inseldudler Band, C-Groove, McMaple, Dave Miller. Mornings Muffins Mysteries. Mystery Book Club, Deja Dead, Kathy Reichs. Swanton Writers Group, Becky Rupp. Continue reading →

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Artbits-September 12, 2024

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Banned Books and Ousted Authors, Becky Rupp, Wendy Everhart. It’s in the Air, Judith Selin. Art and Stroll Festival. Diane Stevens. Autumn Birches, Evie Mason. Tea and Bristles, Julie Griffis. Community Folk Dancing, Leslie Alpert. Classic Movie Night, His Girl Friday, Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy. Screenwriting Producing Faith-based Film, Stand in the Gap, Steven Beth Zambo. American Stories Across the Generations, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary. Isaac Evans-Frantz, Neda Saleh, Action Corps. Revisiting Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Ben Koenig. Franklin County Airport, Clifford Coy. Community Brainstorming Session Ice Cream Social. Vermont Arts Culture Disaster Resilience Network, Day of Learning and Information. Pebble Art Workshop. Lisamarie Charlesworth, Learn to make Artist Trading Cards. Social Sunday. Creative Art Series for 60+ Seniors, Jen Volansky. Witches Ball, 90 Proof, George Murtie, Jamie Lee Thurston, Ron Gagnon, FYSPOT, Roger Giroux, Uncle Jimmy, Chris Issy, Remnants, Lixx, Blues Without Borders, John Daly, Duncan Macleod, Sarah Bell, Ryan Hanson, Blue Heron, Ethan Sawyer, Martin Fredrick, Cooie Defrancesco, Seth Yacovone, All Without the Bass, Nobby Reed, Duo, John Seiden, Neil Wright. Fairfax Reads. Pop-Up Book Discussion, Brit Bennett, Vanishing Half. We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates. Madame Restell, Jennifer Wright. Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 29, 2024

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Big Music Weeks of Summer. Film Noir Festival, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Otto Preminger. Vermont vs. Hollywood: 100 Years of Vermont in Film, Amanda Kay Gustin. Lindsay Didio. Susan Stranc. Trudy Ann Parker. Maple Squares. Community Folk Dancing, Leslie Alpert. Champlain Valley Fair. Pamela Nicole Walker Link by Link A Vermont Woman’s Bold Acts for Peace and Civil Rights. Social Sunday. Board Meeting. Vermont Music Showcase, Ryan Sweezey, Hogback Hollow, Chris Erica, Taylor LaValley, Steve Hartmann, Alice Grace, Delta Sweet, Ali T, Cole Swindell, Roots n’ Boots, Pentatonix, John Sullivan, Blue Rock Boys, Nobby Reed, Pet Project, Jerborn Axe, Maplegrove, WD-40, Hitmen, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Ray’s Used Cars, McMaple Trio, Ron Gagnon, Smokey Newfield, Free Range, Kippincoe, Alex Riddell, Philip Graziano, Roger Giroux, Soul Project NOLA, Carol Ann Jones, Ethan Sawyer, David Owens, Sarah Bell, Sugar in the Pan, Le Vent du Nord, No Strings Marionettes, Cantrip, Conor Mallon Connla, Hiraezh: Claire Boucher, Brad Hurley, Lysandre Chartrand, Footworks, Kalos, E.T.E., Le Winston Band, Mick McAuley, Morris Dancers, the Reel McCoys, Traverse, John Howell, Still Kickin’. Continue reading →

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