Artbits-January 16, 2025

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Dick

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Junior Duck Stamp Design Program is a dynamic art- and science-based that invites students to design the sought-after stamp. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Cherie Marshall. Bryan Memorial Gallery features A Quiet Day at Gill’s Rock by Charlie Hunter. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

14th Star has a Pet Portraits Paint n Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho. Read more…

DANCE

Snowmotion Dance hosts Latin Night at The Double E with a beginner bachata class and then a dance and social. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Humanities continues the weekly Snapshot Series with Ann Davila Cardinal’s discussion of her book, Blue Hair & Purse Candy: Reimagining Dated Stereotypes of Older People. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. MAG also begins an eight-class series of Intro to Quilting. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Covid-19, influenza and RSV are on the rise after the holiday gatherings. Vermont has also suffered an uptick in norovirus outbreaks and still only 22 percent of Vermonters have gotten the updated vaccine. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The SATEC Winter Concerts & Fine Arts Nights, Jim Branca, Dan Parks, Jesse Agan, 90 Proof, Jerborn, Justice 3, Chris & Erica, Next Stop Comedy, Bare Bones, Chris & Issy, Nathan Michaud, Tim Brick, Spencer Lewis, Bob Gagnon, Will Austin, Sister Speak, Lee Ross, Beg, Steal or Borrow, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Zack Tyler, Jeff Lloyd, Trevor Ainsworth, Nick Caiano all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Dark Star Project at Rimrocks, the Young Tradition Touring Group at the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub, Mark Shelton sang audience Elvis requests. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Highgate Library and Community Center continues the Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. The Eloquent Page hosts a midnight release for Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries discusses Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. Read more…

 

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Artbits-January 9, 2025

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence starts the new year with the collection spotlight on Natalie Larocque. Bryan Memorial Gallery features On the Nature of Daylight by John Rivers. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga & Creative Arts Studio and Kreations by Katherine host a Sea Turtle Adventure Black Light Paint Party. Read more…

CALL FOR DIRECTORS

Propose a show. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls invites directors to direct and produce one of three or more musicals this summer. Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Matinee!) with Pola Negri in Barbed Wire. The 1927 silent romance film is set in World War I. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Humanities travel through Canada with books to discuss Canada’s cultural diversity. Professor Shannon McQueen will discuss How Can Gender Help Us Understand Elections. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Learn Create with Canva at the Bent-Northrop Memorial Library workshop. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

COVID NEWS

About 16% of Franklin County residents have the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 27 percent have gotten a flu shot. COVID-19 is still here. 138 cases were reported in one week and COVID has killed 1,235 Vermonters overall, six of them during the holidays. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jim Branca, Next Stop Comedy, She Was Right, Sleeveless Tease, NightHawk, Elias Green, local hip hop artists, Kyle Stevens, the Smokey Newfield Project, Jenni + Jesse, O Schu, Cooper, Cooie DeFrancesco all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The SFL Book Group discusses the 100 Year-old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonathan. The Banned Books Group examines To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The SPL Book Club covers The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Read more…

LOOKING FORWARD

This week we look at Art Centers, the Four Franklin County Festivals, and our Town Bands plus Humanities and Other Major Presenters’ plans. Read more…

 

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Artbits-January 2, 2025

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery starts out the new year with the spotlight on Dee Christie, Chris Jenkins, Jaimie Katon, and Audrey Linn with a live reception at the gallery. Bryan Memorial Gallery features tiny winter landscapes by Marieluise Hutchinson. Read more…

CALL FOR DIRECTORS

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls invites directors to direct and produce one of three or more musicals this summer. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Brooke Blower talks about Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am’s Yankee Clipper. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The River Arts Open Studio Figure Drawing offers a full nude session. Social Sunday continues at Milton Artists’ Guild. They also offer a Bellydance Veil Workshop with Donna Aviano. 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

About 21 percent of Vermonters have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 31 percent have gotten a flu shot. COVID-19, RSV, and influenza are still here whether Vermonters get the shot or not. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jim Branca, Jesse Agan, Chris & Erica, the Free Range Band, Moonbird, Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers, the Buck Hollers, Dan Parks, Ryan Hanson, and Sap Line all perform live in a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Highgate Library and Community Center launches the Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour as a time to brainstorm opportunities for senior support. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club meets to discuss Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Read more…

LOOKING FORWARD

This year’s “looking forward columns” are spread over two weeks. This week, we have info about upcoming Arts Council and Opera House events. We will cover the Four Franklin County Festivals and our Town Bands plus Other Major Presenter plans next week. Read more…

 

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Artbits-December 26, 2024

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Dick

NEW YEAR’S EVE

Lots to do with Highlight New Year’s Eve, First Night North, Vermont Opera in Concert, Jay Peak Fireworks, the Rail Trail Pub’s New Year’s Eve Bash, 19th New Year’s Eve Dinner at the Paddle, and Taylor Park Fireworks. Acqua Mossa, Circus Smirkus, Florry, Fluffy Bus, Bizet, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Zach Nugent, Nathan Michaud (twice), Ryan Sweezey (twice), Bizet, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Zach Nugent, Barbie-n-Bones, Sticks and Stones, Neon Spoon, and more all perform live. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Jaimie Katon. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Charlie Hunter. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the January Sip n’ Slurry: Poinsettia Bowls with Lindsay. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

COVID NEWS

The 2005 PREP Act public health emergency declaration against COVID-19 is set to expire on December 31. Gov. Phil Scott tested positive for the virus. And only about 21% of Vermonters have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 30% have gotten a flu shot but COVID killed 140 more Vermonters this year. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jason Corbiere (thrice), Dave Keller, Rob Meehan, McMaple, the Duncan MacLeod Trio, Fyspot, Chris & Erica, Carol Ann Jones, Troy Millette & the Fire Below with the Owl Stars, the Jeff Salisbury Band, Sitchell, Blue Heron, Sean and Dan Jarvis, Astral Underground, and Zach Nugent’s Dead Set, all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week with Mark Shelton singing Christmas and the Messiah reimagined by Marin Alsop, Bob Christianson, and Gary Anderson. Read more…

LOOKING BACK AT THE YEAR

The Arts Councils, Franklin County Festivals and Libraries, the Other Major Presenters, and Franklin County artists and presenters offered exhibits, live and online shows. Read more…

HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

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Artbits-December 19, 2024

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Dick

FILM

The Opera House hosts a special screening of Christmas Cowboy with Eliana Ghen, Armando Gutierrez, and Courtney Gains. The new holiday story of a savvy real estate developer returning to her small hometown includes a scene filmed at the House. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Vermont Life photographer David Juaire. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Majestic Mount Mansfield by Tom Waters in the Legacy collection. The Montgomery Center for the Arts has an online survey. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

Kraemer & Kin family brewery has the Vermont Holiday Market. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The National Arts Honor Society will hold Missisquoi Mud Season Handmade Market and wants artists, makers and vintage sellers. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

COVID NEWS

Cases had been falling in April and May but began rising at the end of summer through the fall. There was another uptick in COVID hospitalizations and deaths with 110 cases and four more deaths reported this week. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Holiday Music, Carol Ann Jones (twice), Jim Branca, Renee Juliette, Mitch Terriciano, Jerborn and Steve, WD-40, MGB, the Duo and Maggie, the Fairfax, Fletcher, Westford Band, Tyler Smith, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Pet Project, Will Austin, Roger Giroux, the John Lackard Blues Band, Dead Sessions Lite, IncaHoots, Giovanina Bucci all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week. The St. Albans Tractor Parade, the Carol Ann Jones Quartet, and Mark Shelton sang holiday favorites online. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries discusses Slow Horses by Nick Herron. The Eloquent Page hosts Terry Lovelette to sign Down-Back. Read more…

 

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Artbits-December 12, 2024

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Dick

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Saint Pauls UMC hosts a New Old Fashioned Christmas Party with food, fellowship, singing, and a Yankee Swap. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

‘Tis the Giving Season. Artist In Residence hopes readers can help Rai$e the Roof of the Gallery. Bryan Memorial Gallery features At the Bridge by George Van Hook. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Abbey hosts the Early Christmas Show with Debbie Paradee of Busy Hands Crafts. Kraemer & Kin has the Vermont Holiday Market. The 10th annual Montgomery PTCO Holiday Craft Show will have hand made art and crafts and food. The Institute for American Indian Studies annual Holiday Market has one-of-a-kind gifts from local and indigenous vendors. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, Paint & Sip: Winter Landscapes Watercolor with Evie Mason. Read more…

DANCE

Vermont Swings with Joe’s Big Band. Read more…

FILM & FILM MEETUP

It is Classic Movie Night with Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart as anonymous pen pals in the Shop Around the Corner. Zach Scheffler and Franklin County Film Club host a Film Club Collab at 14th Star. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Will Eberle explores A Bridge Across Our Two Vermonts, focusing on the issues of addiction, housing insecurity, and poverty. Read more…

THEATER

The Opera House hosts the Best Christmas Pageant Ever with the Herdman family as they crash the annual Christmas pageant. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The River Arts Mindful Art Series continues with Creative Escape led by Jen Volansky. The Milton Artists’ Guild has a Live Model Figure Drawing Class taught by Patrick McAllister. Social Sunday continues. The Haston Library hosts a Felting Workshop with Carolyn Kittell. Read more…

COVID NEWS

There was a slight uptick in ER visits. COVID hospitalizations and deaths continue as we move indoors for the winter with an increase from the week before. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Troy Millette (twice), the Fire Below, Forest Station, Frankie White, Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers. Blue Heron, the Fairfax, Fletcher, Westford Band, Next Stop Comedy, Roger Giroux, Jerborn, the Shane Murley Band, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Joe’s Big Band, the Champlain Trio with Letitia Quante, Emily Taubl, and Hiromi Fukuda, John Geno, the Blue Rock Boys, Eric Bushey, Cliff Crosby, Christopher McWilliams, Savage Hen, Matt Hagen, Gay For Disco, Middle Ages, Rangus, Ivamae, Andriana Chobot, Danny and the Parts, Santa’s Brand New Bag, Matt Dolliver, Justice 3, Carol Ann Jones, Nobby Reed, and Jason Corbiere all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

April Verch, Shane Cooke, Danny Perrault and Mark Shelton all appear almost live through the holiday magic of the Internet. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen hosts a virtual Zoom group. Jason Barney and Christine Eldred will sign and talk about The Hidden History of Lake Champlain. Read more…

 

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