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Artbits-January 15, 2026

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Dick

Community Art Circle. Dorothy Goulet. Mathew Pardue. Mini Masterpieces Silent Auction. Sunday Makers Market. Pet Portraits, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Stephania Fregeau, Sgraffito Carving. Coffee Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. St. Albans All Male a Capella Group. Chicago auditions. Jill Mudgett Hills of Home Mountains and Identity in Vermont History. Michael Tougias Extreme Survival Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds. Windows to a Multicultural World. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Jen Volansky, Mindful Art, Free-Form Mandalas Color, Symbol, Self-Expression. Social Sunday. Cindi LaFayette, Acrylic Pour Painting Vase Canvas. Alex Foltz Studio. Smokey Newfield Project, Laura Fedele-Rasco, George Murtie, Dan Parks, Devon McGarry, WD-40, Nighthawk, James Shelly, Jerborn, Jerband, Stewart Foster, Justice 3, Sleeveless Tease, McMaple, Bill Valliere, Hard Scrabble, John Geno, IncaHoots, Lady Livy, Heavy Pour, Sage Machia. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Mark Shelton. Woman Behind the New Deal, Kirstin Downey. Muffin Monday. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries, Beautiful Ugly, Alice Feeney. Banned Books, In the House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. Continue reading →

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Artbits-January 1, 2026

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Dick

Maureen Genzlinger. Gallery Palooza. Fiona Cooper Fenwick. Makers Market. Creative Circle Cafe, collage. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. NVAA exhibit River Arts. Between the Lines Line Dancing. Social Sunday. Drawing with Tone Advanced Graphite Techniques, Mary Reilly. Board Meeting. Will Austin, Dave Miller, George Murtie, Jukebox Jake, Dale Darcy, Doug’s Open Mic, Sage Machia. Muffin Monday. Light of All Darkness, Kim Cross. St. Albans writer’s group. Arts books dance music theater 2026. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 24, 2025

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Dick

Vermont Maple Festival. Big Blue Trunk. Creative Chainsaw Art by John. Jon Young. Aim High Canines. Maple Festival Parade, Mary Cenci, Kwame. Sappy Art Show, Photo Contest. Best Maple Display. Craft Specialty Food Show, Masonic Lodge Craft Food Fair. Paint and Sap. Antique Show. Kids’ Center, Maple Cooking Contest, Best Maple Menu. St. Albans Museum Open House. Teen Fest, Vermont Maple Beverage Tasting. Sarah Rosedahl. Mt. Washington in Spring, Erik Koeppel. Franklin Community Chorus, Battle Hymn of the Republic. Recovery City. Bill Lippert, 25 Years Since Civil Unions Lessons Learned. Rise Up, Meg Cossaboom. Patrick McAllister, April Live Model Figure Drawing Class, Sylvia Oblak, Spring Watercolor Workshop, Social Sunday. Art Journaling Group. Dave, D Cookie, O’hAnleigh Cindy Hill Tom Hanley, Pipsqueak Clown, Big Blue Trunk, Chris Staples, Rockin’ Ron Friendly Pirate, Joe What a Guy, Kevin Herchen, Conniption Fits, Youth Talent Show, Electric Youth Dance Company, April Cushman, Dan Fontaine, Memphis Sun Mafia, Fiddler’s Variety Show, Maddi Ryan, Young Tradition Touring Group, Seth Yacovone, House on Fire, Justice3, McMaple, Jerborn, Nickel Dime, Before this Time, Jeff Salisbury, Switchel, Kippincoe, Blue Rock Boys, Stewart Foster, Heavy Pour, Bobbie Nate, Quadra, 90 Proof, Maple Grove, Tam Lantz. Editor, Sara B. Franklin. Archer Mayor, Joe Gunther. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Terry Lovelette, In Praise of Eagle Mountain. Swanton Free Public Library. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 17, 2025

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Dick

Seven Daysies. Sharon Ratner. Eric Tobin. Corliss Blakely. Mud Season Hand Made Market. Rain Boots Paint and Sip, Sylvia Oblak. Franklin Community Chorus, Battle Hymn of the Republic. Good Friday Pizza Movie Night, Heaven Is For Real. Project Sweet Talk. Ira Allen A Hard Founding Father to Love, Kevin Graffagnino. Kerstin Lange, Phantom Border A Personal Reconnaissance of Contemporary Germany. Kathy Benoit, NOTCH Committed to Health Community. Papermaking Workshop. Social Sunday. Understanding Your Business Finances, Doug Emery, Jack McSweeney. Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group. David Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, Larry Vigneault, Jerborn, Jaden, Stragglers, David Miller, Sanctuary, Sibling Reverie, Bad Horsey, Hitmen, Bare Bones, Smokey Newhouse, Bob Mona, Phillip Hyjek, Jesse Agan, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Acoustic Mayhem, Tenderbellies, Forest Station, Young Tradition Touring Group. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Muffin Monday Social Hour, Mornings, Muffins, Mysteries, Counterfeit, Kirsten Chen. Briar Club, Kate Quinn. Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 1, 2024

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster, sewage. Big Music Weeks of Summer. Franklin County Field Days, Bad Horsey, Al Getler, Old Man Garage Band, Aaron Alaria, Friction, Missisquoi River Band, Will Patton, Neon Spoon, Chris Erica, Dale Darcy. Chris Bessette, Kristina Bolduc, Lindsay DiDio, Anne Standish. David Stromeyer sculptures. James Daly. Jeanne Morningstar Kent. People’s Art Show. Ballet School of Vermont. Ellen LN Bethea, Words in the Woods, Elle St. Pierre. Open Studio Figure Drawing. Creative Connections, Explore Story Wilds, Open Studio Music Group. Social Sunday. Duct Tape Extravaganza. Tony Pietricola. Folded Book Christmas Angel, Lucie Faulkner. Board Meeting. Viva! In the Garden. Cooie, Adlai, Eric Bushey, Jerborn, Axel, Soulshine, Shane Murley, Blues for Breakfast, Duo, Sarah Bell, Ryan Hanson, Corner Junction Bluegrass, Neil Brown, Allen Gratton, George Seymour, Willy Dallas, Ernie Minetti, Sean Jarvis, Dee Davis, Mark Gwinn, Toast, Chris, Issy, Nic Farinaccio, Will Austin, Justin Bedell, Nobby Reed, Mark Shelton, Heavy Nettles, Wadenick, Al Lemery, Otter Creek, Brothers Miller, Stragglers, Forest Station, Beg Steal Borrow, Blue Rock Boys, A Capella Lollapalooza, Chordination Barbershop Quartet, Green Mountain Chorus, Offshoots, Enosburg Town Band, Tyler Mast, Jeff Gina, NightHawk, Rushmore, Citizens Concert Band. Continue reading →

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Artbits-July 18, 2024

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Dick

Vaccination, booster. Big Music Weeks of Summer. Summer Sounds, Kaiden Prim, Highgate Arena, Andre Maquera. Kristina Bolduc. Vermont Watercolor Society. Norm M’Sadoques. Christmas in July returns, Barb, Mel. Actors, Videographers, Swanee 5, Northwest Nightmares. Community dancing, Leslie Alpert. Murder of Marietta Ball, Sarah Allard, Avree Clark. Creative Connections, Explore the Story Wilds, Blacklight Reactive Painting, Jennifer, Blackout Poetry, Open Studio Music Group. Social Sunday. Workshop for Dementia Caregivers, Tina Lesperance. Measles. Jamie Lee Thurston, Mark Shelton, Jerborn, She Was Right, Barn Rats, Cooie Trio, Cooie DeFrancesco, Adlai Waxman, Patti Shannon, Barbie-n-Bones, Ray’s Used Cars, IncaHoots, Jesse Agan, Sanctuary, Carol Ann Jones Will Patton, Ryan Sweezy, Travis Cyr, Rustics, Fabulous Wrecks, Jacob Green, Dan Jarvis, Sean Jarvis, Rustie Bus, Staircase 24, Jim Branca, Unruly Allies, Blue Heron, Ethan Sawyer, Martin Fredrick, Philip Graziano, Dave Miller, Donna Thunder, Back to the Garden 1969, Woodstock Experience, Dimmer Triplets, Charlie Frazier, Al Lemery, Gary Wade, Enosburg Town Band, Laura Cwass, High Breaks, Todd Gevry, Kevin Lynam, Matt Hagen, Mad Mojo, Mama Tried, Citizens Concert Band. Jig in the Valley. Privacy in libraries. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. Writers’ Group. Continue reading →

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