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Artbits-April 23, 2026

Posted on April 23, 2026 by Dick

Sweet Taste of Spring, Vermont Maple Festival, pancake breakfast, BFA Marching Band, Fiddler’s Variety Show, Youth Talent, Mary Cenci, Izzy, Music with Dave, Bleeding Hearts Family, O’hAnleigh Cindy Hill, Tom Hanley, Pipsqueak Clown, Creative Chainsaw Art, Rockin’ Ron Friendly Pirate, Jason Tardy, Aim High Canines, Maddi Ryan, Conniption Fits, Electric Youth Dance Company, Lexi James, Redneck Castaway, Isaac French. Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Show. Patrick Murphy. Gabe Benzur. Cindi LaFayette, Resin Ocean Wave Charcuterie Board. Shea Harvie, Let it Flow Abstract Paint and Sip. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Pebble Art Workshop. Hearthside Handcrafts. Maple Glazed Paint-Your-Own Pottery Pop-Up. Sip n’ Slurry: Pinch Pot Mug, Chiara No. Coffee and Crafts. Sip, Stitch Share. Franklin Community Chorus. All Male a Capella Group. Sarah Barnes, Sketchbook Club. Georgia Public Library Crafting Club. Saint Albans Museum, Gilded Age Disco Era. SAM Talks, Christine Hadsel Vermont’s Historic Painted Curtains. Americana Sampler, Henry Jamison. Open House. Stone’s Throw Pizza. Creative Art Series for 60+ Sashiko Mending. Callie Hastings, Beginner Acrylic Painting. 60 Main Arts, Community Drawing Night. Creativi-Tea Tuesdays Karen Winslow. Milton Artists’ Guild, Becky Chappell. Whimsical Mixed Media Flower. Social Sunday continues. The Junk Journaling Group. Smokey Newfield Project, Juliet McVicker, Steve Wienert, Will Patton, Brew Boogie Bash Kids Dance Party, Duncan Macleod, Troy Millette, Bob Cotton, IncaHoots, Moonbird, Michael Perry, Abby Ian, Steep Creek Frenzy, Seth Yacovone, Madigan Linane, Oleo Romeos, Henry Jamison, Nathan Michaud, Devon McGarry, Bill Valliere, McMaple, Reid Parsons Band, She Was Right, Ryan Hanson, Dan Parks, Mary McGinniss, Selkies, Good Gravy, Ken Clark. Independent Bookstore Day. National Library Week Comfort of Crows A Backyard Year, Margaret Renkl. Franklin County Photogs. Paris Express, Emma Donoghue. Muffin Monday. A Sticky Inheritance, Emily James. Love Friendship Family Lady Madeline Rose. Ann Rose Ratner Porter. Continue reading →

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Artbits-February 12, 2026

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Dick

Jaimie Katon. Hearthside Handcrafts. Winter Colors, Evie Mason. Love Is in the Air Pebble Art Workshop. Coffee and Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Little Valentine Gnome, Kat. First Step Dance, Vermont Ballroom Dance, Sunday Swing. Three Days of the Condor. 50 First Dates. Sarah Barnes, Sketchbook Club. Meg Mott, Can Vermonters Be Free Without Virtue, Vermont Bill of Rights. Coffee Hour. V For Variety, Spritz Tease, Viola Heart, F-Smarts. Community Drawing Night. Creativi-Tea, Karen Winslow. Social Sunday. Crochet Foundations From Squares to Wearables, Carmella Cyr. Bob Recupero, Sparky’s Prom, Pet Project, Cooper, Green Mountain Chorus, Jeff Shelly, Sibling Reverie, Better Angels, Paradox, Justice 3, Combustomatics, Carol Ann Jones, 90 Proof, Two for Flinching, Smokey Newfield, Will Austin, Uncle John’s Band, Young Tradition VT Touring Group, Next Stop, Ericson Holt, Bellows Free Academy Improv Drama Team, Sage Machia, Tangents, Mark Shelton, Captain Radical. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Light Pirate, Lily Brooks-Dalton. Robert Burns. Muffin Monday. Kite Runner, Khaled Hasseini. Hang the Moon, Jeanette Walls. 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-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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