Category Archives: Humanities

Artbits-February 12, 2026

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Dick

Jaimie Katon. Hearthside Handcrafts. Winter Colors, Evie Mason. Love Is in the Air Pebble Art Workshop. Coffee and Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Little Valentine Gnome, Kat. First Step Dance, Vermont Ballroom Dance, Sunday Swing. Three Days of the Condor. 50 First Dates. Sarah Barnes, Sketchbook Club. Meg Mott, Can Vermonters Be Free Without Virtue, Vermont Bill of Rights. Coffee Hour. V For Variety, Spritz Tease, Viola Heart, F-Smarts. Community Drawing Night. Creativi-Tea, Karen Winslow. Social Sunday. Crochet Foundations From Squares to Wearables, Carmella Cyr. Bob Recupero, Sparky’s Prom, Pet Project, Cooper, Green Mountain Chorus, Jeff Shelly, Sibling Reverie, Better Angels, Paradox, Justice 3, Combustomatics, Carol Ann Jones, 90 Proof, Two for Flinching, Smokey Newfield, Will Austin, Uncle John’s Band, Young Tradition VT Touring Group, Next Stop, Ericson Holt, Bellows Free Academy Improv Drama Team, Sage Machia, Tangents, Mark Shelton, Captain Radical. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Light Pirate, Lily Brooks-Dalton. Robert Burns. Muffin Monday. Kite Runner, Khaled Hasseini. Hang the Moon, Jeanette Walls. Continue reading →

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Artbits-February 5, 2026

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Dick

Meagan Van Woert, Canvas Bags. DIY Lantern Making. Elizabeth Cleary, Body Love Paint and Sip. Coffee and Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Dee Christie, Marissa Mason, Sarah Rosedahl. From Field to Village, John Clarke Olson. St. Albans All Male a Capella Group. Sarah Barnes, Sketchbook Club. Coffee Conversation, Charlie Brooks. Anne Frank Open House, Heidi K Fishman. Carrie Tirado Bramen, American Niceness From Plymouth Rock to Standing Rock. Lindsay DiDio, Candy Heart Sun Catcher Stained Glass. Stephania Fregeau, Pottery Workshop. Social Sunday. Valentine Zentangle, Julia Davenport. Josie Leavitt, Stand-Up Comedy Storytelling. Jenn, Mark, Rob, Daughter Gala, Bluegrass Jam, Doug’s Open Mic Night, Bella Joan, James Shelly, Tim Brick, Hitmen, Shane’s Apothecary, Dan Parks, Chris Erica, Jaded Ravins, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Jon Sochin, Hammerlane, Koanesce, Bare Bones, Lady Livy, Kyle Stevens, Two Flinching, Liam Caitlin McCaffrey, Roger Giroux, Sister Speak, Smokey Newfield, Myra Flynn, Sage Machia, Nobby Reed. Josh Prior Rations. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi. Muffin Monday. I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons, Peter S. Beagle. Broken Country, Clare Leslie Hall. Continue reading →

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Artbits-January 29, 2026

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Dick

Nature’s Palette, Rhythms in Nature. David Juaire. Eric Tobin. Makers Market. Needle Felting, Daisy Fiber Art, Paint-Your-Own Pottery, Maple Glazed Pottery. Creative Circle Cafe. Coffee and Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Between the Lines, Line Dancing. Community Wellness Space LGBTQIA+. Lily Brooks-Dalton, Light Pirate, Rachael Cohen. Professor Kate Masur, Equal Surprising History of An American Founding Concept. NWSWD, Ginger Nickerson, Trash Talk Inside Stories from Vermont’s Solid Waste Workers. Repair Cafe. Coffee Hour. Indivisible, Howard Dean, How We Rescue America. VNA Hospice, Advance Directive. Thursday Night Art Series, Kristina Bolduc, Clay Earring Pendant Forming. Dorothy Goulet, Practice Your Paintstrokes. Lake Carmi Sunset, Jordan Bushey. Carmella Cyr, Needle Felting 101 Mixed-Media Fusion. Social Sunday. Enosburg Blues Jam, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Bob Shane, Moonbird, Bare Bones, Jeremy Cannata, Sleeveless Tease, Sanctuary, McMaple, Justice 3, She Was Right, Minced Oats, Dan Parks, Jerborn, Sage Machia. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Ken Clark Organ Trio. Professor Madman, Simon Winchester. Spelling Bee Library Fundraiser. Muffin Monday. With One Shot, Dorothy Marcic. Continue reading →

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Artbits-January 22, 2026

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Dick

Blue Moon Pottery. Makers Market. Gillian Ireland. River Road, JuanCarlos Gonzalez. Mini Masterpieces Silent Auction. Hearthside Handcrafts. Coffee and Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Contradance, Will Patton, Neil Rossi, Franklin Heyburn, Mark Sustic. Gone Guys. Juan David Coronado, I’m Not Gonna Die in This Damn Place: The History of Mexican American Vietnam War POWs. Osher. Thursday Night Art, Kristina Bolduc, Clay Earring and Pendant Forming. Marie Speer, Barn Quilt Painting. Social Sunday Country Karaoke, Bob Recupero, Cooper, Cooie Sings, Dan Parks, IncaHOOTS, Jesse Agan, Magnetic Horse, Chris and Issy, Rusty Bucket, Nathan Michaud, Swell, Sticks Stones, Jerborn. Tim Brick, Sibling Reverie, Ryan Hanson, Sean Jarvis, Bare Bones, Kyle Stevens, Stir Crazy, Lake City All Stars, Vallory Falls, Mr. Doubtfire, Fall District, Sage Machia. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Antara Chris Cheney. Franklin County Photogs. Muffin Monday. Book Club to Die For, Dorothy St. James. Tracy Sorell. Continue reading →

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Artbits-January 15, 2026

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Dick

Community Art Circle. Dorothy Goulet. Mathew Pardue. Mini Masterpieces Silent Auction. Sunday Makers Market. Pet Portraits, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Stephania Fregeau, Sgraffito Carving. Coffee Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. St. Albans All Male a Capella Group. Chicago auditions. Jill Mudgett Hills of Home Mountains and Identity in Vermont History. Michael Tougias Extreme Survival Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds. Windows to a Multicultural World. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Jen Volansky, Mindful Art, Free-Form Mandalas Color, Symbol, Self-Expression. Social Sunday. Cindi LaFayette, Acrylic Pour Painting Vase Canvas. Alex Foltz Studio. Smokey Newfield Project, Laura Fedele-Rasco, George Murtie, Dan Parks, Devon McGarry, WD-40, Nighthawk, James Shelly, Jerborn, Jerband, Stewart Foster, Justice 3, Sleeveless Tease, McMaple, Bill Valliere, Hard Scrabble, John Geno, IncaHoots, Lady Livy, Heavy Pour, Sage Machia. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Mark Shelton. Woman Behind the New Deal, Kirstin Downey. Muffin Monday. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries, Beautiful Ugly, Alice Feeney. Banned Books, In the House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. Continue reading →

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Artbits-January 8, 2026

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Dick

Becky Chappell, Dody Susslin. Sunday Makers Market. Hearthside Handcrafts. Moonlit Tree Black Light Paint Party. Coffee and Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. St. Albans All Male a Capella Group. Between the Lines, Line Dancing. Barefoot in the Park, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda. Thomas Jefferson Leader, John Ragosta. Intro to Photography Workshop, AJ Murray. Social Sunday. Free-Form Mandalas Color, Symbol, and Self-Expression. Swanton Arts Council, Annual Meeting. Will Patton, Jamie Masefield, Pat Melvin, Matt Flinner, Vermont Mandolin Trio, Adlai Waxman, Just Me Live, Duncan MacLeod, Bad Horsey, Tim Brick, Nickel Dime, John Lackard Blues, Mud City Ramblers, Seth Yacovone, Leslie Grant, Chris Issy, She Was Right, Dan Parks, Roger Giroux, Smokey Newfield Project, Sister Speak, Blue Rock Boys, Cliff Crosby, Mike Bjella, Northern Bronze Handbell Ensemble, FCSC Singing Seniors, Stephan Conrady, Next Stop Comedy, Sage Machia, Nobby Reed. DonnaRae Menard. Mango Jam. Birding to Change the World, Trish O’Kane. Muffin Monday. Meg McFadden Smith, Child I Will Always Carry You. Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie. Stolen Focus, Johann Hari. Looking forward. Franklin County Festivals, Town Bands. Continue reading →

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