Category Archives: Festivals

Artbits-March 13, 2025

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Dick

Vaccine, vaccination, booster, COVID. Rotary Home Show. Martha McGinn. Jacob Aguiar. Carolyn Wyeth. Bill Lutz. Winter Wonderland Paint Night. Paint Sip, Elizabeth Varney. Personal Symbols, Creative Inspired Keith Haring. Classic Movie Night, Dark Passage. Free Mystery Movie Night. Help Wanted, Executive Director. Osher, Kathy Benoit, NOTCH Committed to Health Community. Literary Cocktail Hour, George Monbiot, Peter Hutchison, Doctrine Secret History of Neoliberalism. Tim Brookes, Endangered Alphabets, Cultural Erosion, Future of the Written Word. Declan McCabe, Turning Stones Discovering Life of Water. Alex Foltz, St. Albans rooftop. Sunday. Paper Making Workshop. Barn Quilt Class, Marie Speer. Swanton Arts Council 10th Anniversary. Ides of March, Carol Ann Jones, Dan Parks, Smokey Newfield, Buck Hollers, Jerborn, Ryan Sweezey, Midnight Walkers, Jesse Taylor, Audrey Pearl, Tim Brick, Toast, Last Kid Picked, Sean Jarvis, the Duncan McLeod Trio, Dave Ogrodowczyk, Mike Schuster, Will Austin, Cooie Sings, Prydein, Vermont Mandolin Trio, Ian Paul, Levi Silverstein, Donavin Andronaco, Tracy Dolan, Bobby Pelligrino, Amy Leclerc, Barbie-N-Bones Bushey Bedell Branon, Ericson Holt, the Oleo Romeos, UVM Celtic Cats, 90 Proof, Pat Melvin, Jamie Masefield, Will Patton, Matt Flinner, Aron Garceau, Iain MacHarg, Hazen Metro, Andy Smith, Caleb Bronz, Tyrone Shaw, Jerry Bowers, Roy Cutler, Doug Southworth. Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride. Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood. Continue reading →

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Artbits-February 13, 2025

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Dick

Vaccine, vaccination, booster, COVID, flu, RSV, Mark Levine. Marissa Mcfadden. Marilyn Ruseckas. Skate Deck Painting, Jen. Pet Portraits, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Kreations by Katherine, Penguin Love Paint Night. Winter Carnival, Hard’ack, Barn Rats. GreatIce! Winter Festival. Uniting for Community, tattoo, Starvation Wages, Champlain Shoregasm, Vallory Falls, Assorted Fruit, Path. Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Butterflies Are Free. Osher, James Anne Ouellette, Alaskan Cruise and Land Tour. James Lockridge, Finding a Voice in the Arts. Alex Foltz, plein air, outdoor oil painting lessons. Social Sunday. Bare Bones, Chris Erica, Will Warren, IncaHoots, Dirty Looks, John Gratton, Smokey Newfield, Spencer Lewis, Fiddlehead Hollow, Dan Parks, Ryan Hanson, Owl Stars, KCB Band, Tyler Ramsey, Troy Millette. Banned Books Group, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou. Continue reading →

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Artbits-January 30, 2025

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Dick

Vaccine, vaccination, booster, long-COVID, ME/CFS. Marissa Mcfadden. George Van Hook. Northern Lights Paint Night, Winter Deer Paint Party. Winter Renaissance Faire. SAM Talks, History of the Concept of Race, William Edelglass. Klee Wyck, Emily Carr. Carolyn Kittell, Needle Felting. Social Sunday. Son Shindig, Nathan Michaud, Smokey Newfield, Mr. C, Tim Fitzgerald, Lady Livy, Natural Selection, Better Angels, Duncan Macleod, Nickle Dime, Shane Murley, Roger Giroux, Arthur James, John Bartus, Myra Flynn. Muffin Monday. Fantasy Book Club, The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune. Continue reading →

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Artbits-December 26, 2024

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Dick

Vaccine, vaccination, booster. Highlight New Year’s Eve, First Night North, Vermont Opera, Fireworks, Acqua Mossa, Circus Smirkus, Florry, Fluffy Bus, Bizet, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Zach Nugent, Nathan Michaud, Ryan Sweezey, Bizet, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Barbie-n-Bones, Sticks and Stones, Neon Spoon. Jaimie Katon. Charlie Hunter. Poinsettia Bowls, Lindsay. Social Sunday. Phil Scott. COVID. Jason Corbiere, Dave Keller, Rob Meehan, McMaple, the Duncan MacLeod Trio, Fyspot, Chris, Erica, Carol Ann Jones, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Owl Stars, Jeff Salisbury, Sitchell, Blue Heron, Sean Dan Jarvis, Astral Underground, Zach Nugent, Dead Set, Ethan Sawyer, Martin Fredrick, Ben Maddox, John Notaro, Margaux Simmons, Mark Shelton, Messiah Marin Alsop, Bob Christianson, Gary Anderson. Continue reading →

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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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