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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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Artbits-December 25, 2025

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Dick

Christmas. Barry Genzlinger. Ann Cunningham. Makers Market. Between the Lines Line Dancing. A Journey of History and Resilience. Social Sunday. Foltz Studio. Dan Parks, Duncan MacLeod, Buck Hollers, Sibling Reverie, McMaple, Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, Mad Mojo, Ryan Hanson, Arthur James, Jesse Agan, Andrew James, John Gratton, Waves Adrenaline, Doug’s Open Mic, Jim Branca, Chris Erica, 90 Proof, Barbie-N-Bones, Quadra, Fran Briand. Barn Quilt Trail. Ho Ho Ho Call In Show. Mark Shelton. Muffin Monday. Hamish MacBeth’s Highland Christmas, M C Beaton. Looking back at the year. Arts Councils, Festival. Continue reading →

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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-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-August 28, 2025

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Dick

Donna Blatchly. John Clarke Olson. International Folk Dancing, Lesley Alpert. Gabriel Fluffy Iglesias, Dustin Lynch, Lil Jon, Ted Pronto, Alice Grace, AJ Jansen, Chordination, Steve Hartmann, Ali T, Delta Sweet Duo. Film Noir, Panic in the Streets, Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas. Jen Volansky, Nature Play Mixed Media Workshop Inspired by Botanicals. Collage Workshop, Abbey. Summer Watercolor Painting, Annette Goyne. Social Sunday. Death Dying Danishes. Ice Cream Social. Stragglers, Better Angels, John McDonald, Lise Gates, Jerry Bowers, Tyrone Shaw, Dead Sessions Lite, McMaple, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Hard Scrabble, Dan Parks, Harley Brown, Buddha, Duncan McLeod, Coane, Rowell, Schabner, Ryan Sweezy, Shane Murley, Hitmen, Lawless, Bill Valliere, Bob Cseh, Maple Grove, Charlie Rice, Will Austin, Blue Heron, Antara Gatch, Chris Cheney, Veyda Kenyon, David Karl Roberts, Nobby Reed, Jocelyn Pettit, Ellen Gira, Mark Shelton, Mimi Magyar, David Karl Roberts, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Zak Loy. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Tangents. Silent Reading Party. Muffin Monday. Book Sale. Mark LeGrand, Lovesick Band. 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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