Category Archives: Theater

Artbits–October 15, 2015

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dick

October is National Arts and Humanities Month. The Opera House presents The Nerd. Jenni Johnson and Friends, Carol Ann Jones, Nobby Reed, Paul Reiser, Will Patton, Deja Nous, Isaac and Dominic French, Vermont Has Talent, and a songwriting workshop are all on stage somewhere. We have calls for the Tapped exhibit, the juried Craftys Awards, Swanton Arts Council, and the Portrait Society of America. Teen Read Week begins Sunday. The Highgate Public Library has stories x 2 and St. Albans Free Library wants you for all day. Continue reading →

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Artbits–September 17, 2015

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Dick

It is still summer and time for one more Big Music Weeks of Summer! The 25th anniversary Summer Sounds Benefit Music Festival brings out the star power with Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers, Jon Gailmor, incaHOOTs, Keeghan Nolan, the Sky Blue Boys, the Summer Sounds singers, and more. This is a benefit concert to help programming at Camp Ta-Kum-Ta and to build a band shell in Highgate. Justice keeps their rock On Tap, Missisquoi River Band plays Summer Music at Grace and The Stage. Twiggs has Coon Hill John and Close to Nowhere. The Opera House wants a Check, Please! Continue reading →

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Artbits–July 9, 2015

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Dick

The Big Music Weeks of Summer start with a bang today. The All Arts Council and the Town of Highgate bring the 25th Summer Sounds back home to Highgate. A&M Rocks, AnimA, Michele Choiniere, the Citizens Concert Band, Coon Hill John, Dayve Huckett, Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers, Justice, Will Patton, the Nobby Reed Project, Sammich, Them Nakeds, and the Woods Tea Company find stages all over. The Rocky Horror Picture Show has a live cast. And in visual arts, it’s Sidewalk Chalk Day and the Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Jennifer Theoret. Continue reading →

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Artbits–June 25, 2015

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Dick

The new Swanton Arts Council has momentum. Area stages host the Nobby Reed Project, the Starline Rhythm Boys. Mary McGinniss & the Selkies, Waking Sleeping Beauty. Will Patton, Bob Young, Vern Colburn, Kyle Woolard, and Isaac and Dominic French. The Opera House has cars to drive. Continue reading →

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Artbits–June 18, 2015

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Dick

Summer Theater Camp on one stage, plus music all around with Tyme’s Up, the Starline Rhythm Boys, Jenni Johnson, Chasing 440, Nobby Reed, Citizens Concert Band, MacKenzie/Delaney/Slim and Dayve Huckett, Fiddleheads, and an all day benefit Solstice festival. Plus libraries have Library on the Lawn, Bad Art Night, a Tip Top Tag Sale, Still Life with Breadcrumbs, the Writers’ Medley, a stone bird bath, Batman Unlimited, and a Stir the Pot Cookbook Discussion. Continue reading →

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Artbits–June 4, 2015

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Dick

It’s time for Dairy Days! Plus there is music all over northern Vermont with Coon Hill John, Vern Colburn, Bob Young, the Nobby Reed Project, Carol Ann Jones with Will Patton, Justice, the Revolvers, the Aphasia Choir, and the Discover Jazz Festival. Photographer Leif Tillotson has a solo show. Continue reading →

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