Artbits-November 21, 2024

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Dorothy Goulet. Bryan Memorial Gallery features First Day of Fall a new oil by Tom Hughes. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association highlights Vicki Blanchard. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The November Paint and Sip led by Sylvia Oblak will paint a Snowman at MAG. River Arts hosts the in-person, November Sip n’ Slurry: Salt & Pepper Shaker with Lindsay. The Haston Library has a Holiday Card Craft Workshop. The Montgomery Center for the Arts holds Brews and Brushstrokes, community paint-in of a large-scale canvas. 14th Star Brewing Company hosts the Paint Your Own Pet Paint n Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Shakespeare Mix & Match is a Vermont Humanities hybrid event focused on Much Ado About Nothing. Read more…

NW ACCESS

Northwest Access TV holds its Annual Meeting to celebrate 25 years of covering and broadcasting Franklin County events. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Swanton Arts Council offers a Cat Art Workshop with Marc Choiniere. River Arts has a Macrame Hat Holder Workshop with Karen. Corrina Thurston will teach the Bee Hive Colored Pencil on Wood class and Social Sunday continues, both at MAG. Read more…

IN THE ARTS COUNCILS

Saint Albans Community Arts is readying a new season of creative events and initiatives that will bring our community together. Read more…

COVID NEWS

About 17 percent of Vermonters have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 24 percent have gotten a flu shot. Franklin County residents have even lower rates of protection. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Blues Night, Slightly Used, the Dirty Looks Band, Bare Bones, McMaple, Bob Chevalier, the Pet Project, the Phillip Hyjek Trio, the Smokey Newfield Project, Minced Oats, Dave Miller, Arthur James, NightHawk, the Zajac Brothers Band, Matt Dolliver, Cozy, 90 Proof, Barbie-n-Bones and more perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen meet virtually. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries considers the next book. M.C. Beaton’s Death of a Gossip puts Hamish MacBeth in jeopardy. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 14, 2024

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The 802Arts’ auction, A Bird’s Eye View, includes eight bird houses by Colleen Blatchly, Kristina Bolduc, Rebecca Chomyn, Janice Decooman, Dot Goulet, Natalie LaRocque, and Susannah Sakal. from the Artist in Residence Gallery. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Freezing Morning Light by Orentas Balaisis. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features basketmaker Kerry R. Wood. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The annual Highgate Library Craft & Vendor Show takes over the Highgate Elementary School with over 50 vendors from across New England. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

14th Star and Once Upon a Rock host a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Matinee!) for You’ve Got Mail at the St. Albans Free Library. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Humanities Council offers Naima Wade discussing What Does It Mean to Create Legacy? The Power of Personal Narrative and J.T. Turner to bring Robert Frost, Light and Dark, to life both live and online. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts begins a new course in the Mindful Art Series: Grounded in Gratitude with Jen Volansky. The Milton Artists Guild has Kelli Shepherd for a Crochet Wreath Ornament Class, Express Yourself in a Bellydance Veil Workshop with Donna Aviano, and Social Sunday. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Only about 14 percent of Vermonters have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 19 percent have gotten a flu shot, according to the Vermont Department of Health dashboard. Both are markedly less than this time last year. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Stragglers, Next Stop Comedy, Ron Gagnon, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Tenderbellies, Phil Graziano, Will Austin, Rusty Dewees and the Fellers, Brinley Hirce, the Franklin County Drag Variety Show, and Bad Horsey all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Kevin Graffagnino talks about his new biography of Ira Allen. The St. Albans Free Library Banned Classics Book Group begins by reading the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 7, 2024

Posted on November 7, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery spotlight is on Donna Blatchly, Gillian Ireland, Cherie Marshall, and Shanna Ratner with a live reception at the gallery. Foam Brewers hosts a free art opening featuring Barbara Prestidge with live music from the Tyler Mast Band. The NVAA returns to the Village Frame Shoppe for the November Show. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park has Moments in Play by David Stromeyer. Bryan Memorial Gallery features works by Patti Braun. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features Aaron Wood. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The 2024 Annual Craft Show takes over the Opera House at Enosburg Falls. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council hosts Cards with Barb in the Maker Space of the Swanton Free Public Library. River Arts hosts a Happy, Fun, & Love Infused Art Paint & Sip with Jen Volansky. Read more…

HUMANITIES

November is Native American Heritage Month. Fred Wiseman offers introductory tours of Abenaki Cultural Consortium research. The Vermont Humanities Council Tillie Walden to look at Comics and Queerness in Vermont and Beyond. The Fletcher Free Library Book Club discusses The End of Drum Time by Hanna Pylvainen. Read more…

THEATER

The Depot hosts Good Riddance: a gnarly, 1990s Murder Mystery. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts offers Accessible Arts–Therapeutic Crafts with Karen plus Healing Arts–Meditate, Breathe, and Create with Victoria Veldon. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Only about 14 percent of Vermonters have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 19 percent have gotten a flu shot but COVID is still here whether Vermonters get the shot or not. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Musicians Circle, Tim Fitzgerald, the Remnants, Bethany Connor, Big Yellow Taxi, McMaple, Johnny Mop, Chris & Erica, the Jaded Ravens, the Blue Rock Boys, Laura Fedele-Rasco, the Missisquoi River Band all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Libraries and Town Offices will be closed Monday for Veteran’s Day. The Highgate Library and Community Center hours have changed. The St. Albans Free Library presents a Recipe for Success Finding Women Through Community Cookbooks with Erin E. Moulton. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club meets to discuss Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 31, 2024

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Dick

Spooky season is upon us and Tuesday is Election Day.

ART ON THE WALLS

The Bent-Northrop Memorial Library has a very special art display. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Maureen Genzlinger. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Steven Meyer’s three drawings in the GEMS collection. The Montgomery Center for the Arts has an online survey. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features Fred Wiseman’s Wabanaki decorative arts, ceremonial oratory, dance, and song. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Bryan Memorial Gallery concludes the conversations on History Unframed: The Bryan Gallery and Jeffersonville’s Art Legacy with Eric Tobin and Barbara Bertocci. Read more…

THEATER

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls hosts the Old Hollywood Murder Mystery Dinner Theater for a night of food and whodunit entertainment to support the Opera House and Cat Crusaders. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild. River Arts has a two-day Drawing with Tone workshop with Mary Reilly and the six-workshop Creative Art Series for 60+ Seniors with Jen Volansky. Snow Farm Vineyard hosts a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Only about 11 percent of Vermonters have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 16 percent have gotten a flu shot but COVID is still here whether Vermonters get the shot or not. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jim Branca and Friends, Chris & Issy, the Crow Hill Band, Sister Speak, Cooie and Adlai, the Stragglers, Bad Horsey, Nathan Michaud, and Grace Potter and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra are just some of the performers with gigs near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 24, 2024

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Dick

FILM

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live shadow cast. Cambridge Arts Council offers Movie Night at 60 Main Arts with Night of the Living Dead. The 12th annual Northwest Nightmares Film Festival will screen all the mini-masterpieces from around the region at the Welden. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

River Arts opens Then and Now, a new exhibit with old elements. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Barry Genzlinger. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Majestic Mount Mansfield by Tom Waters. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

14th Star Brewing offers a Kooky Owl Paint n Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho. River Arts hosts the in-person, October Sip n’ Slurry: Ceramic Pumpkin Decor with Lindsay. Liane Spaulding leads a morning making Polymer Clay Earrings at MAG. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s speaker series continues with Margaret M. Bruchac’s presentation of Encountering Ndakinna: Reconsidering Abenaki History in Vermont and New Hampshire. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute concludes the Fall series with Jason Barney to discuss the Hidden History of Lake Champlain. Vera Longtoe Sheehan talks about Deep Roots and Strong Branches: American Abenaki Narratives and Healing. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Only about 9 percent of Vermonters have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 12percent have gotten a flu shot but COVID-19 is still here whether Vermonters get the shot or not. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Acoustic Thursday, a Blues & BBQ, the World of Hurt Monster Mania, JSB, Bob Chevalier, the Second Hand Blues, John Cronin, the Natural Selection, the Dirty Looks Band, Kirkland the Band, Jenny Red, Troy Millette, Acoustic Mayhem, , Luna Worldcast Live, and Sticks and Stones are all live in a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page celebrates Spooky Saturday with Jesse DuRona, Eileen Williams, and Michelle Willard. The Mystery Book Club meets to consider Beneath the Fountain by DonnaRae Menard. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 17, 2024

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on wood turner Toby Fulwiler . Bryan Memorial Gallery features Smugglers’ Notch in Autumn by Erik Koeppel. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features June Roberts Wesley’s contemporary powwow dance clothes. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

14th Star Brewing Company hosts the Paint Your Own Pet Paint n Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho. The October Paint and Sip led by Sylvia Oblak will paint a Halloween scene at the MAG. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s new speaker series begins with Margaret Bruchac’s presentation on Encountering Ndakinna: Reconsidering Abenaki History in Vermont and New Hampshire. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has David Kelley, Katherine Cadwell, and Charlie Hosford to discuss Grassroots Diplomacy. Katheryn Wright talks about AI: Our Newest Digital Companion. Read more…

THEATER

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls 2024 Youth Talent Search celebrates vocalists, dancers, musicians, bands, and more. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts offers a Macrame Hat Holder Workshop with Karen. The Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts the 2024 Artist Fall Retreat with T.M. Nicholas and Leo Mancini-Hresko. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here as variants of SARS-CoV-2 continue to emerge. KP.3 is the dominant circulating variant with LB.1 as number 2. There have been 1,214 total pandemic deaths; eight more Vermonters have died in the past week. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie Sings (twice), Adlai Waxman, Patti Shannon, McMaple, Ryan Hanson, the Smokey Newfield Project, Mama Tried, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Bushey & Bedell, Tim Fitzgerald, and others not available as I wrote this perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries reads mystery genres. Swanton Free Public Library hosts the Writers’ Group in person and the monthly SPL Book Club with the Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. Read more…

 

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