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Artbits-April 16, 2026

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Dick

Franklin Community Chorus, St. Albans All Male a Capella Group, Enosburg Falls Town Band. Franklin County Volunteer Fair. Upcycled Art Show. Pebble Art Workshop. Paint Your Own Pottery. Coffee Crafts. Sip Stitch Share. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Beginner Line Dancing. Swanton Writers’ Group. Sarah Barnes, Sketchbook Club. Georgia Crafting Club. Larry Trombley, Franco Migration to New England. Printing press workshop, Underwater archaeology. Social-Emotional Development through Children’s Literature. Coffee Hour. Jim Jones, Trolley Wires to Rubber Tires. Chiara No, Creative Art Series for 60+. Evie Mason, Watercolor Basics Beginner Workshop. Anah Witt, Beginners Wheel-Throwing. Callie Hastings, Beginner Acrylic Painting. Alyssa DeLaBruere, Capturing the Landscape in Soft Pastel. Community Drawing Night. Creativi-Tea Tuesdays, Karen Winslow. Social Sunday. Severance, Soulful Vision Boards. Swanton Academy. Craig Mitchell, Colin Craig, Dave Ogrodowczyk, Mike Schuster, Kip de Moll, Tim Brick, Seth Yacovone, Bluegrass Jam, Cooie Sings, Kyle Stevens, VacSean, Bad Horsey, Two Flinching, Nickel Dime, Emily Darcy, Craigs, Blue Gravy, Michael Perry, John Lackard Blues, Honey Gravel, Hammer Lane, Roland Clark, Chris Parker, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Dueling Pianos, House on Fire, Corey, Jerborn, Smokey Newfield, O Schu, Kippincoe, Sister Speak, Guid Folk, Lewis Franco, Missing Cats, Will Patton, Evan Alsop. National Library Week. Spy and the Traitor, Ben Macintyre. Comfort of Crows A Backyard Year, Margaret Renkl. Muffin Monday. Julia Greenshaw, Knave of Sands. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries, Golden Spoon, Jessa Maxwell. Blue Hour, Paula Hawkins. Once and Future Witches, Alix E Harrow. Continue reading →

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Artbits-March 12, 2026

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Dick

Pi Day. Marie Rainville, Winter Backyard Birds. Northern Vermont Artists Association, NVAA, Member Show. Marissa Mason. Hearthside Handcrafts. Anna-Lena. Pebble Art. Coffee and Crafts. Sip, Stitch, Share. Kelli Shepherd, Yarn Yak. Burlington Irish Heritage Festival. Summit Lines, Roads Taken. All Male a Capella Group. Gone Guys. The Sting. Creative Art Series, Chiara No. Muffin Monday. Sarah Barnes, Sketchbook Club. Amy Panetta, Transcendent Power of Music. Coffee Hour, War, If When. Coffee with the Mayor. Hidden Figures. Light Pirate. Andrea Tamburro, Intergenerational Trauma Healing Resilience. She Kills Monsters One Act Play. Mr Thunderbird. Christian Poupart, Craft Fairs 101. Social Sunday. Dot Goulet, Watercolor Wonderful. Community Drawing Night, live model. Creativi-Tea Tuesday, Karen Winslow. Annette Goyne, Spring 2026 Watercolor Class. Mark Wiley, Alex St Louis, Gordon Clark, Marti Miller, Boom City Improv, Mel Ardelle, Dustin Bruley, Corey Gottfried, Mark Barton, John Peduzzi, Jerome Monachino, Gabe Jarrett, Clyde Stats, St. Patrick’s Sing-Along Ukulele, Smokey Newfield, Dan Parks, Adlai Waxman, Comedy for a Cause, Michael Perry, Mitch Terrichiano, Duncan Macleod, Tim Brick, Enablers, Two for Flinching, Last Kid Picked, Second Hand Blues, Bobby Chevalier, O’hAnleigh, Better Angels, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Next Stop, M.S.J. Jazz Trio, Jeff Salisbury, Ethan Sawyer, Tenderbellies, Will Austin, Green Mountain Celts, Tenpenny Bit, Iain MacHarg, Andy Davis, Crowe Hill, Barbie N Bones, 79th Street, Cobras, 90 Proof, Buck Hollers. Glass Hotel, Emily St John Mandel. Sold, Patricia McCormick. Continue reading →

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Artbits-March 5, 2026

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Dick

Barbara Colgrove, Francois de Melogue, Barbara Flack, Barbara Flathers. Northern Vermont Artists Association Member Show. Bryan Gallery Opening Reception. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Robin Schatell. Women’s Festival of Crafts. Coffee Crafts. Sip, Stitch, Share. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Sappy Art Show, Maple Festival Photography, Maple Festival Poetry, Art on the Refuge. Beginner Line Dancing, Michelle Nordberg. Burlington Irish Heritage Festival. St Patrick’s Day, Paddy, art show, ceili, singalong. Sarah Barnes, Sketchbook Club. Women’s History Month. International Women’s Day. Osher, Mark Breen, Nature of Weather Patterns. Meagan Van Woert, Canvas Bags. Stephania Fregeau, Pottery Workshop. Darcy Marks, From Manuscript to Marketplace. Creativi-Tea Tuesdays, Karen Winslow. Community Drawing Night. Social Sunday. Macrame Coasters Coffee, Karen Gunterman. Band 1, Band 2, Jazz Band, String Orchestra. Spring Instrument Concert, Dan Parks, Bob Shane, Bad Horsey, Shane’s Apothecary, Missisquoi River Band, Will Patton, She Was Right, Lady Livy, Phil Abair, Keeghan Nolan, Kyle Stevens, Friction, Cooie DeFrancesco Sings, Sister Speak, Brothers of Others, Doug’s Open Mic. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Bad Horsey. Muffin Monday. Eloquent Page, Captain Moxley, Embers of the Empire, Dan Hanks. What Happened to the McCrays, Tracey Lange. 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 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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