Category Archives: Humanities

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 →

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Artbits-October 2, 2025

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Dick

Downtown Saint Albans Sidewalk Sale. Fall Open Studio Weekend. Barbara Colgrove. Alana Bigos. Cynthia Rosen. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. Make-and-Take Your Own Pressed Flower Pumpkin. Cardmaking with Barb. People’s Art Show. Alice Reighley, Intro to Jazz Dance. Screenagers 1. Osher, Preston Fuller, Disc Golf Demystified History, Design, and Play. Highgate Manor. Vermont Reads, The Light Pirate, Lily Brooks-Dalton, Peter Burns. Eric Tobin, History Unframed Jeffersonville’s Art Legacy. Dark Academy Adventures: Mystery of the Crystal Lake Longhouse. Rock & Roll, Theater Camp Dance Group, Cheryl Ann Kelley, Electric Youth. Social Sunday. Monster Building Papier-Mâche Masks Character Creation, Abby O’Sullivan. Watercolor Beyond Basics, Evie Mason. Swanton Arts Council Board Meeting. Madi Omo, Native Drift Designs, Birch & Bramble Soap, David and Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, and Larry Vigneault, Andy Greene, Kirk Lord, Matt Flinner, Dave Ogrodowczyk, Mike Schuster, Vermont Blues Society, Kyle Stevens, Jerborn, Phil Abair Band, Keeghan Nolan, Nickel Dime, Dan Parks, Tim Brick, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Brian K, Parkway, She Was Right, Third Wheel, Jeff Gina, Arthur James, Sister Speak, John Fealy, Jerband, Bob Amos, Sarah Amos, David Karl Roberts, Cooie Adlai, O Schu, Troy Millette, Blue Rock Boys, Doug’s Open Mic. Hear. Here, Josh Ellerbrock, Bridget Higdon, Paul Snyder, Mulvaney-Stanak. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Gail Cleare, Rebecca Cummins, Millicent Eidson, Jackson Ellis, Pat Esden, Jared Gange, Beth Ann Hooper, S Lee and J B Manning, William McKone, Laura Napoli, Darryl Webb, Katharine Whitcomb, Maryanne Wood, George Woodard, Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Alicia Mercure, True Crime Book Club, While Idaho Slept Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students, J. Reuben Appleman. Local Author Open House, mysteries, romances, children’s books, autobiographies. Minecraft Uncensored Library, Reporters Without Borders. Continue reading →

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Artbits-September 25, 2025

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Dick

People’s Art Show. Rebecca Nase Chomyn. Erik Koeppel. Swanton Antique Show. Harvest Paint Sip, Jordan. International Folk Dancing, Lesley Alpert. Alice Reighley, Intro Jazz Dance. Osher, Michael Wood-Lewis, Building Resilience in Vermont Communities. Traci Osterhoudt, hospice. Sensory-Friendly Hour. Social Sunday, Needle Felting 101, Open Studio Figure Drawing, Monster Building Papier-Mâche Masks Character Creation, Abby O’Sullivan, Watercolor Beyond Basics, Evie Mason. Kate Taylor, Steve Mayone, Nate Michaud, Dirty Looks, Lloyd Tyler, Jerborn, David Karl Roberts, 90 Proof, Justice 3, Cooie Sings, Jaded Ravins, Jeff Salisbury, Stragglers, Tim Brick, Northern Lights, Swell, Mike Mac, Strange Machines, Mike MacDonald, Bob Chevalier, Dan Sean Jarvis, Smokey Newfield, Third Wheel, Myra Flynn. Long Bright River, Liz Moore. Silent Reading Party. Muffin Monday. Continue reading →

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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 →

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Artbits-September 11, 2025

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Dick

Osher, Mary Danko. National Arts Education Week. Kristina Bolduc. William Gotha, Transitions. Art Stroll. Hearthside Handcrafts. Block Print Your Own Clothes, Sam Burns. Autumn Adventures, Paint and Tea, Victoria. Lake Carmi Community Art Making. Paint Sip, Sunflowers Bloom, Jen Volansky. International Folk Dancing, Lesley Alpert. Classic Movie Night, Knives Out, Daniel Craig. Social Sunday. SoulCollage. DIY Cosplay Creations, Abby O’Sullivan. Les Giraffes, Compagnie Off, Jerborn, Uncle John’s Band, Bob Cotton, WD-40, Jerband, Last Kid Picked, Justice 3, Open Mic 2025, B-Town, George Murtie, Tim Brick, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Phil Abair, Keeghan Nolan, Quadra, Waves Adrenaline, Sergio Torres, Jim Branca, Tom Buckley, Blue Rock Boys, 90 Proof, Roger Giroux, Duncan McLeod, Bob Gagnon, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Ryan Hanson, Rusty Bucket, Molly and Mike McCarthy, Astral Underground, Amerikana Blue, Detour. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Bad Horsey played the St. Albans Bay Farmer’s Market. Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Banned Books Group, Love Thy Neighbor, Peter Maas. Continue reading →

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Artbits-September 4, 2025

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Dick

International Folk Dancing, Lesley Alpert. Maple Squares, lessons. David Juaire, Martha McGinn, Cat McKeen, Deborah Travis. Cynthia Rosen, Across Spectrum. Land Light Water Air. Cardmaking with Barb. Screenagers. Michael Tougias, Extreme Survival Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Fundraiser, Jason Barney. Writing Workshop, S. Lee Manning, J. B. Manning. Practice Your Paintstrokes, Dot Goulet. Social Sunday. Will Patton, Lewis Franco, Missing Cats, Larks Attic, David Miller, Phil Abair, Keeghan Nolan, John Mc Donald, Lise Gates, Blues Jam, Carol Ann Jones, Troy Millette, Sergio Torres, Uncle Jimmy, Duncan MacLeod, Swamp Frog, Moonbird, Vermont Blues Society, David Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, Larry Vigneault, Dan Parks, Good Gravy, Jaded Ravins, AmerikanaBlue, Stragglers, DJ Lady Livy, 90 Proof, Kyle Stevens, Vermont Bluegrass Pioneers, Mad Mojo, Jonny Mop, Chris Erica, Sister Speak, Kippincoe, Kip de Moll, David Karl Roberts, Mango Jam, Jim Branca Duet, Bluegrass Jam, Deuces Wild, Nobby Reed. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. B-Town. Muffin Monday, Fantasy Book Club, Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch. Tuesday Night Book Group, Nobody’s Fool, Richard Russo. Continue reading →

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