Artbits–April 30, 2015

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Dick

HAPPY SPRING

The Vermont Maple Festival is over for the year and the team has already started planning for the big 50th Anniversary next year. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features students from seven local schools — Bakersfield Elementary, Berkshire Elementary, CHCC, Enosburg Elementary and High Schools, Montgomery Elementary, and Richford Elementary and High Schools at a free meet-the-artists reception. First Friday Art has at least two dozen events all over Burlington. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Opera House hosts a Contra Dance. Twiggs has Vern Colburn, Sean Jarvis and Bill Masse, Kyle Woolard, and more. The Landmark Tavern offers the Bluerock Boys. Grand Funk Railroad will headline the Keystock Festival. The VYO finishes the season on the Flynn MainStage. Grand Funk Railroad will headline the Keystock Festival. Read more…

CALL FOR THESPIANS

Fairfax Community Theater Company holds Rocky Horror Show Auditions. Read more…

FILM

NMC presents the Ken Burns film Cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies with a panel discussion. Read more…

MARKETING

The next Strategy for Success Seminar is Using Social Media to Expand Your (Art) Business.Read more…

 

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Artbits–April 23, 2015

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Dick

REAL VERMONT MAPLE — DELICIOUS and NUTRITIOUS

From Rosie Newton singing the National Anthem until the Supercharged close, the 49th edition of the Maple Festival brings a new schedule and a bucketful of new events for the first (and sweetest) outdoor festival of the year. New parade route and time! More arts! New locations! More music! More beverages! More maple! Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

It is also a busy weekend at the Meeting House on the Green as Summer Evenings with Vermont Treasures begins its season with two concerts. Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton open the series, followed by a concert by Michael Hurley a day later. Twiggs has Comedy For A Cause plus Vern Colburn on the piano and Bob Young on the guitar. Read more…

CREATIVE ECONOMY

The Vermont Creative Network will hold its first public forum in St. Albans. The increasingly interconnected group of statewide people, places, and resources will meet to share ideas, gather suggestions, and begin the work of building a new network foundation. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The A.A. Brown Library offers free Drawing Classes for Beginners. The Sheldon Library Book Discussion group has a special community event as Rick Norcross performs with special guest, author Dr. Stephen Payne. Read more…

 

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Artbits–April 16, 2015

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Dick

IT’S SPRING, RIGHT?

Spring Cleaning comes but once a year at the Opera House. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Francesca Blanchard, Coon Hill John, Almost Nowhere, the Missisquoi River Band, and the Bluerock Boys plus Comedy For A Cause, all on stages near you. Read more…

FILM

Nothing Like Dreaming, a film about a troubled fire artist and a teenage girl in rural Vermont, is the April monthly movie night. Read more…

GETTING TO THE STORY

Perhaps the day after Income Tax Day, you just want to crawl into a book. The League of Vermont Writers’ program this month helps do just that. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Speaking of books, What Should I Read Next? plus workshops in computers and safety, and saving for the future, the Traveling Storyteller, Classic Readers, and more at the library near you. Read more…

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Artbits–April 9, 2015

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery hosts the second annual Artist’s Choice reception where members will share works in progress, new work, or something exciting. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Millie Boyd’s exhibit “The Eyes Have It.” Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Abbey’s Karaoke singing competition finale really is tonight. The Twiggs stages are busy with Feeling Groovy and Dollar Past Sunset. Parker Pie Wings and 14th Star Brewery present the Nobby Reed Project on different nights. The Catamount Bluegrass Jam has the extra large Missisquoi River Band with special guests Will Patton, Bill Gaston, and Neil Rossi. Justice returns to Karib. Read more…

CREATIVE ECONOMY

The early registration deadline for the Creative Communities Exchange is coming. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Community Library needs a student library assistant. The Cailey’s Closet Prom Dress Event and Social is at the Highgate Public Library. It’s Classic Movie Night, Blogging Boot Camp, and Tuesday Night Book Group at the St. Albans Free Library. Read more…

 

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Artbits–April 2, 2015

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Millie McFeeters in a solo show. The April reception at the Artist in Residence gallery will be held on Sunday, April 12 but the gallery will be open Wednesday-Saturday. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap has Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. Stella Notte presents The Stragglers. The Jericho Cafe serves up Carol Ann Jones with Will Patton. The Fairfield Community Center hosts the Puddledock Opry for the 6th annual Sap Run Boogie. The Abbey wraps up its Karaoke singing competition with a $1,000 prize. Cooie Sings Twiggs. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Enosburgh Public Library wants your feedback about programming. Read more…

 

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Artbits–March 26, 2015

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Dick

CALL FOR ARTISTS

All Arts Council and the Lake Champlain Battlefield Monument Committee have issued a Call for a summer exhibit at the Bay Day Art-and-History Festival. Entries will celebrate another Civil War effort associated with the railroad inventors who lived here. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. This week’s Treewild Coffeehouse House Concert is a benefit for Young Tradition Vermont. SUNY Cortland presents The Woods Tea Company. Twiggs has Vern Colburn, Shane Murley and Dakota Foley, and St. Albans Open Mic Night. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library screens the movie Trashed, starring Jeremy Irons. The Don Hill Commemorative Poetry Series presents Geof Hewitt. Read more…

 

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