Category Archives: Humanities

Artbits-June 12, 2025

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Dick

Hearthside Handcrafts. Sketch Sip. Anne Standish. Ballroom Dance, Taryn Noelle. Abenaki Heritage Weekend, Native Arts Market, Fred Wiseman, Margaret Bruchac, Vera Sheehan. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, North by Northwest. Memory Loss and the Power of Music, Karen McFeeters Leary. Northern Vermont in the Revolutionary War, Jason Barney. Social Sunday. Art in the Open Plein Air Mornings, Evie Mason. Carmella Cyr, Stitch by Stitch. Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop, Pat Brennan. Ken Burns, Phish, Jerborn, IncaHoots, Staircase 24, Tim Brick, Mitch Terriciano, Raised by Hippies, Fyspot, Lawless, Grift, Sweet Remains, Runaway Gin, Luciano, Michael Perry, John Lackard Blues, Mandolin Hank Daydream Inventions, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, CombustOmatics, Atlas Tango Project, Troy Millette, Fire Below, House on Fire, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, 90 Proof, Jenny Red, Mark Abair, Arthur James, Robin Gottfried, Tyler Mast, Uncle John’s Band, Dan Parks, Sergio Torres Duet, Jacqueline Schwab, Aaron Alaria, Shane Murley Duet. Highgate Library. Mornings, Muffins, Mysteries, Maid, Nita Prose. Banned Books Group, Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 29, 2025

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Dick

Vaccine, vaccination, booster, COVID. Summer music. June Juried Show. Holly Spier. Susan Bull Riley. Doug Flack, Rusty Bucket. Swanee. Elliot Cluba, Vibrant Health in a Dirty World. Kenneth Cadow, Gather. Stitch by Stitch, Carmella Cyr. Social Sunday. Watercolor Painting, Lynn Cummings. SAC Board Meeting. Nighthawk, Tenderbellies, Phil Rosenblum, Naughty Weeds, Drew LaFrenz, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Next Stop Comedy, Two For Flinching, Owen Marshall, Jenna Moynihan, Chris Issy, Laura Fedele Rasco, Quadra, Shane McGrath, Jaded Ravens, John Daly, Blue Rock Boys, Maple Grove, Jenny Red, Dan Parks, She Was Right, Matt Hagen, John Geno, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Eric George, Beg, Steal or Borrow, Jeremy Sicely, Geoff Goodhue, Roland Clark, Fran Forim, Luke Auriemmo, Jerborn, Jerband, Rusty Bucket, Dave Miller, Flynntones Jazz, Jon McBride, Grippo Sklar, Phantom Airwave, MVUHS Band, Chorus, BFA Instrumental Pops Ensemble. Paul Asbell, Stages Ruminations, Rants, and Reminiscences on a Life In Music. We Will Be Jaguars, Nemonte Nenquimo. Color Our World. Muffin Monday. Book, Card Ephemera Fair. Catherine Bodnar, Eleanor Brodeur, Charlie Brooks, Dan Close, Dawn Densmore-Parent, Filip Deptula, Pat Esden, Kent Gramm, Jean-John Synchronicity Bleue, Ron Krupp, Laura Napoli, William Mckone, Nate Methot, Stephen Payne, Rick Norcross, Sara Stewart, Matt Thomas, Michelle Willard, Eileen Williams, Carol Ceraldi, J Kevin Graffagnino, Dawn Densmore-Parent. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 22, 2025

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Dick

Franklin County Community Volunteering Fair. Longina Smolinski. Eric Tobin. Abenaki Heritage Celebration, Willow Greene, Jess LaRocque, hand drum, candy dance. Meg Mott, Dramatic Constitution. Nisha Kommattam, Kawaii Culture in Japan and Beyond. Bones, Trains, and Gloves An Evening of One Acts. Exploring Identity Through Art, Jen Volansky. Social Sunday. Seth Yacovone, McMaple, Lucas Berard, Combustomatics, Blackwolf, Jim Charonko, the Hokum Brothers, John Geno, Nighthawk, Peter Prince, Moon Boot, Nate Michaud, Lloyd Tyler, Bob Gagnon, Justice3, Jenny Red, Al’s Pals, Hard Scrabble, Owl Stars, Roger Giroux, Ryan Hanson, Blue Rock Boys, Mark Shelton, Dan Parks, Dave Keller, Dale Darcy, BFA Chorus, Soulshine Revival, Phil Graziano. Maple Festival Youth Talent Show. Walt McLaughlin. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Muffin Monday. Isle La Motte Rec Department book club, Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly. Kenneth Cadow, Gather. Bookmobile. Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club, Floating Admiral, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G K Chesterton. Banned Books Group, Color Purple, Alice Walker. Swanton Free Public Library. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 15, 2025

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Dick

Vaccine, vaccination, COVID, booster. Deborah Shell. Michael Glier. Tipsy Daisy. Jordan Bushey. NVAA June Show. Electric Youth Dance Company. Steps across Styles, Taryn Noelle. No Other Land. Just Getting By, Bess O’Brien. Decades: Season Launch Party. Seminal Statements of American Values. Ilan Stavans, On Forgetting. Burlesque Act Development, Doctor Vu. Social Sunday. Life Became Very Blurry. Vermont Blues Society, Uncle Jimmy, Sibling Reverie, IncaHoots, Moonbird, Bushey, Bedell, Jason Lee, Dee Davis, Michael Perry, John Lackard Blues, Hammer Lane Highway, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Barbie-n-Bones, Chris Erica, 90 Proof, Jerborn, Swamp Frog, Dan Sean Jarvis, Smokey Newfield, Shane Murley, O Schu, Dave Ogrodowczyk, Mike Schuster, Blues without Borders, Jenny Red, Laura Fedele Rasco, Ethan Sawyer, Dave Miller, Tom Bisson, Vermont Up-Close Magic, All Without the Bass, Frevo, Tam Lantz. Silent Reading Party. Forgotten Room, Karen White, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig. Muffin Monday. Terry Lovelette. Stan Mayer, For Victims Who Survive. Blessing Way, Tony Hillerman. Bait and Switch the (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream, Barbara Ehrenreich, Seven Days, Tia Williams. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 8, 2025

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Dick

Maple Run Art Show. Susannah Sakal. Paint Your Pet, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Hearthside Handcrafts. Paint and Snack, Sylvia Oblak. Lasting Memory Flower Preservation. Sketch Sip. Peter Pan. Kingman Fest. Young Tradition Festival. Classic Movie Night, Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Patch of Blue. Can’t Look Away. Eleanor Jones Harvey, Alexander von Humboldt American Democracy. Social Sunday. Still Life Sketch Sessions. Jesse Agan, Morgan Myles, Randy Smith, Andre Maquera, Gary Spaulding, Thom Carvey, Dana Ross, Pine Tree Flyers, Young Tradition Touring Group, Comedy Night, Meredith Gordon, Max Palmer, Maggie Phelan, Jeremy Rayburn, Suzan Ambrose, Vacsean, She Was Right, Jonny Mop, Last Kid Picked, NightHawk, Jacob Green, Coane Rowell Schabner, Pet Project, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Cooie Sings, 90 Proof, George Murtie, Tam Lantz. Library on Wheels. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Trish Esden, Whisper of Treasure and Lies. Swanton Free Public Library. Library on Wheels. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 1, 2025

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Dick

Colleen Blatchly, Rebecca Chomyn, Toby Fulwiler, Holly Spier. Marilyn Ruseckas. Pebble Art Workshop. Cardmaking, Barb Switzer. Elizabeth A.I. Powell, Louise Glück Vermont Nobel Laureate. Mark Timney, Sorting News from Chaff. Magic Moonlight. Multimedia Collages, Alyssa DeLaBruere. Open Studio Figure Drawing. Birch Bark Basketry, Elliot Cluba. Social Sunday. Monday Night Improv Comedy Jam, Tam Lantz, David Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, Larry Vigneault, Paden Kalinen Full Music, Dan Parks, Shane Murley, Sticks Stones, Magnetic Horse, Jolly Roger, Sibling Reverie, Sister Speak, Will Austin, Carolyn Enger, Resonating Earth, Elliott Forrest, Myles Aronowitz, J Henry Fair, Jonny Mop, Tyler Mast. Vermont Mandolin Trio Jamie Maisfield, Matt Flinner, Will Patton, Pat Melvin. Mark Shelton. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Swanton Free Public Library. Continue reading →

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