Category Archives: Poetry

Artbits-May 16, 2024

Posted on May 16, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Paint Your Pet Portrait, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Art Journaling Group, Make Your Own Star Wars Terrarium. MES Student Spring Art Show. Beneath Our Skin. Nathan Johnson. Nebizun: Water Is Life, Charlie Adams, Vicki Blanchard, Joe Bruchac, Bill Gould, Francine Poitras Jones, Jeanne Morningstar Kent, Melody Walker Makin, Lucy Cannon Neel, Hawk Schulmeisters, Breanna Sheehan, Linda Longtoe Sheehan, Chief Roger Longtoe Sheehan, Vera Longtoe Sheehan, JES, Chief April St Francis Rushlow, Dorothy Tondreau, Amy Hook-Therrien, Aaron York. Adrian Ivakhiv. Environmental Humanities, Critical Studies for Feverish Times. Impressionist Portraits Pastel Oil, Karen Meneghin. Social Sunday. Aviano Bellydance. Workshop for Dementia Caregivers, Tina Lesperance. Letterpress Printing. Karaoke, Open Mic, Coffee House, Next Stop Comedy, Cooie DeFrancisco Sings, Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, Duel, John Geno, Kevin Connelly, Banjo Dan, Willy, Lindner, Danny Coane, Sam Blagden, VT Bluegrass Pioneers, Shane’s Apothecary, Justice 3, Pet Project, Maple Grove, Blues Without Borders, Chris Erica, Chris Issy, Stragglers, Bob Gagnon, Jeff Shelley, Windham Philharmonic, Laura Fedele-Rasco. Vaisey Royale, Franklin County Quilt Show, Mark Shelton. Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown. But I Progress, Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe. Bianca Stone, Vermont Poet Laureate. Continue reading →

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Artbits-March 14, 2024

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Rotary Home Show, Prydein. Spring Release, Vermont Watercolor Society, Mary Anne Duffy Godin. Jacob Aguiar, Vermont Blues. Maker’s Market. Paint and Sip, Patty the Gnome, Sylvia Oblak. Spring Landscapes, Natalie Carr. Northern Vermont Artists’ Association, NVAA, June Juried Show. Elnu Abenaki Singers. Andrea Tamburro, Intergenerational Trauma Healing Resilience. Chester F. Parsons, History of Sheep in Vermont. Wallace Stegner, Based on a Real Life Angle of Repose. Felicia Kornbluh, Reproductive Rights Justice. Poet Rajnii Eddins. Richard Cowperthwait, Bridget Higdon, Tim Smith, Town Meeting. Intro to Macrame, Allie Chapple. Key Elements in Portrait Painting, George Van Hook. Viktor Butko. Social Sunday. Creative Escape Fantasy in Art, Jen Volansky, Mindful Art Series. Best I’ve Ever Slabbed Handbuilding Clay, Chiara Keeling. Karaoke, Irish music, bagpipes, Fam Jam, Smokey Newfield, Ron Gagnon, Jomoband,, Shane’s Apothecary, Phantom Airwaves, Matty Me, Last Kid Picked, 90 Proof, Paul Asbell, IncaHoots, Chris Issy, WD40s, John Gratton, Phillip Hyjek, Spencer Lewis, Roger Giroux, Dave Miller, Barbie-N-Bones. Slainte. Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 10, 2023

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Dick

Festival. COVID hospitalization, vaccination, booster, registration. Big Music Weeks, Open Farm Week, Summer Sounds. Legacy: The Artist’s Collection, Susan Bull Riley. Retrospective Looking Forward, Aida Whedon. Summer Cocktails, Neon Night, Sylvia Oblak. Easy Folk Dancing for All Ages, Leslie Alpert. Ballet School, Northern Vermont Ballet. Abenaki Word of the Week. Cornhusk Doll-Making, Donna Toneatti, Corn Fest. Conscious Communicatons, Kim Bob Muncil. Social Sunday. Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, North Heroes, Mark Shelton, Dirty Looks Band, Julia Parent, John Lackard Blues Duo, Fabulous Wrecks, 90 Proof, Free Range Band, Barbie-N-Bones, Logger, Rusty Dewees, Patrick Ross, Ms. Lee Fan Club, Fabian Rainville, Nobby Reed, Cooie Sings, Adlai, Cerutti-Reid Duo, Sarah Peter Bowley, Tami Shearer, Champlain Voices, B-Town, Tinus Smallus, Blue Heron, Bad Horsey, Mad Mojo, Renee Laroche-Rheaume, Enosburg Town Band, Conor, Wild Hunt, Dave Roberts, Citizens Concert Band, 8084, Chad Hollister, Jamie Lee Thurston. Joseph Bruchac, Academy of American Poets, Poet Laureate Fellowship Award. Library Book Club, Cheryl Messier, But I Progress. Continue reading →

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Artbits-July 6, 2023

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Dick

Festivals. Vaccination, booster, registration. Big Music Weeks of Summer. Barry Genzlinger, Maureen Genzlinger, Martha McGinn, Cat McKeen, Nathaniel Williams. Retrospective Landscape, Michael Domina. Art Sidewalk Sale. Milkweed Monarch Paint and Sip, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Stampin’ Up! Cardmaking, Christmas in July, Barb Switzer. International Community Folk Dancing, Leslie Alpert. Social Sunday. Board Meeting. COVID cash, library, libraries, maintenance, upgrades. Cooie Adlai, Shane Murley, B-Town, Cooper, Third Shift, Dan Parks, Mark Steffenhagen, Mark Abair, All Star Band, Kyle Stevens, Soul Soda, Jonny Mop, Dennis Fox, Melvin Seals, JGB, Smokin Gun, Breanna Elaine, Mango Jam, the Nobby Reed Project, Joe Moore, Burlington Taiko Drummers, Lake Sorbet, Kathy Fisher, Juliana Just Costa. A Cappella Lollapalooza, Root 7, Green Mountain Chorus, Chordination, Enosburg Town Band, Raised by Hippies, Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, Julia Parent, Prydein, Lloyd Tyler, Citizens Concert Band, Nobby Reed. Summer Sounds, Tenderbellies. Chamber Music Northwest, Poetry in Music, Gloria Chien, Soovin Kim. Mark Shelton, Captain Radical. Author Open House. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 20, 2023

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Dick

Vaccination, booster, registration. Quote of the Day. Youth Art Show. Jennifer Ashline, Small Member’s Group Show. Makers Market. Moonlit Cherry Tree Paint Charcuterie. Carolyn Crotty. Poems in Performance, Cure for Poemphobia, Geof Hewitt. Spring Record Day, vinyl. Corrina Thurston, Social Media Creatives. Social Sunday. Carley Tillinghast, Resin Flower. Mike Barkyoumb, Graphite Drawing. COVID dashboard. Heliland, Beethoven, Chick Corea, Florence Price, William Grant Still, Reefer Madness, Dee Davis, Carrie Cook, Chris Erica, Lebowski Trio, Devon McGary, Men in Motion, Bad Horsey, Rushmore, VSO Jukebox Quartet. Trish Esden, Wealth of Deception. Continue reading →

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Artbits-March 30, 2023

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Dick

Vaccination, booster, registration. River Arts, Slab Planter, Chiara Keeling. FEMA award, Northwestern Medical Center, Legacy: The Artist’s Collection, printmaker Daryl Storrs. Makers Market, Nebi. Abenaki Word of the Week. Jonathan Billings, NMC, NWMC, Northwestern Medical Center Challenges. Corrina Thurston, Learn Product Photography. Social Sunday. Clare Innes, Harmonica, Bring Your Own Ukelele. Adult Wheel Class, Anthony Martin, Cal Spinelli. Board Meeting and Updates. Disney MVU Musical, Newsies, Morgan Myles, Reggie Harris, Alastair Moock, Ryan Sweezey, Matty Me, Eleven, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Before this Time, Steppes, Young Tradition VT, Summit School Mud Season Spectacular. Montgomery Town Library, Richard Montgomery, Robert Gilmore, Chris Dixson-Boles, Andrea Saborowski. Poetry Slam 2023. Continue reading →

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