Artbits–December 11, 2014

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Montgomery Elementary School has a Craft Show. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts photographer David Juaire. The 4th Floor McClure Gallery at FAMC hosts photographer David Griggs. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Ben Patton Family Follies Live in the LCATV studio. The Johnson State College World Music Ensemble offers a break from holiday prep. On Tap rides the Nightrain Holiday Hootenanny. Burlington Town Center presents Fiddleheads with Pascal Gemme. Eats ‘n Beats with the Missisquoi River Band. The St. Albans Historical Museum presents a special Carol Ann Jones Holiday Concert & Sing Along. BFA-Fairfax hosts the Fairfax Community Christmas Concert. OrchestraChorusPalooza takes over the Flynn. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Three libraries offer a food-and-art program to Build Your Own Gingerbread House. The Fairfax Community Library needsyour help. The St. Albans Free Library hosts a Holiday Open House. Read more…

ART SITE OF THE WEEK

The website for a photographer and journalist in Key West. Read more…

 

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Artbits–December 4, 2014

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Dick

THE GIFT OF ART

Gifts of art keep on giving throughout our lives. We have ideas from area artists from Corliss Blakely to Tim Stetson. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features painter Pat Burton, painter-muralist-photographer Natalie Larocque, and photographer Maggie Young. Art Basel has taken over Miami. Read more…

TREED

The community art and music of the Festival of Trees continues with the Festival Gala, Santa’s Village, live music, the Nightmare Before Christmas, and more live music. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Twiggs has Vern Colburn and Coon Hill John on different nights. Jesse Potts hosts the Traveled Cup Open-Mic Night. On Tap offers Blues Night with Nobby. The Richford First Baptist Church presents Wonderful Counselor. Carol Anne Jones with Will Patton play the Jericho Cafe & Tavern. Justice bangs the Park Place Holidaze Bash. The Contois School of Music Band opens the Let It Snow Show, a benefit for Christmas is For Kids at Higher Ground. The Opera House Community Christmas Concert gathers the family for song. Fiddleheads Deck the Halls at the Shelburne Museum. Read more…

ON THE BIG SCREEN

All aboard for family movie night on The Polar Express at the Opera House. Read more…

 

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Artbits–November 26, 2014

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Dick

GIVING THANKS

The arts have touched all of our lives all year, with benefits and friendship and glorious exhibits and performances grand and small. Today, some of our neighbors share their gramercy.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Corliss Blakely will be at the Traveled Cup for a Meet the Artist gathering during her solo show there. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Abbey presents Nightrain. Justice comes to the party on Kingman Street at Karib. The Festival of Trees begins Saturday with a bonfire, caroling, and lighting of the green. Eats of Enosburg restaurant has an evening of live music by the Missisquoi River Band. The Traveled Cup also presents A&M Live in concert. Twiggs brings back Paul Cataldo, Melinda Lussier, and more. Read more…

DECEMBER ART DEADLINES

NEFA, the New England Foundation for the Arts, has several looming deadlines. USArtists International provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists. The University of North Dakota Department of Art & Design needs imagery for the juried Photography Exhibit Of Memory, Bone and Myth. Read more…

 

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Artbits–November 20, 2014

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Dick

SHADED

BFA-St. Albans presents 110 in the Shade. The musical is based on the 1954 play The Rainmaker and has a drought-ridden town, a hot summer day, and a charming conman. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Rosie Newton sang the Canadian and American anthems. The Blue Paddle Bistro offers Carol Ann Jones solo. On Tap presents Jenni Johnson and Friends. The Comedy For A Cause series supports Surf Strong. Twiggs presents Almost Nowhere. Justice has November Madness and plays the Night Before Thanksgiving. The Abbey rides the NighTrain. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Numbers Are Magical in Fairfax. The Highgate Book Group discusses The Art of Hearing Heartbeats. The St. Albans Library is busy with Mornings, Muffins & Mysteries, Writers’ Medley, Conversational Maths, the Friday Afternoon Comedy Film, and the Teen Movie Matinees. Read more…

 

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Artbits–November 13, 2014

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Traveled Cup has opened a solo show of national artist Corliss Blakely for newly finished close ups of squash and onions from Hudaks, paintings of Nicaragua, and more. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls hosts the annual Craft Fair. Read more…

NOVEMBER ART DEADLINES

Art Takes Miami wants artists and photographers to show during Art Basel Miami. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The monthly Celebration of Expressive Arts celebrates the 50th Montgomery area CEA. Snow Farm Vineyard presents Carol Ann Jones in Wine Down Friday. Parker Pie Wings has the Nobby Reed Project. Eats of Enosburg offers tapas and the Missisquoi River Band. Twiggs brings out the Bluerock Boys. And BFA-St. Albans presents its Fall musical, 110 in the Shade. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Fiction Book Club meets to discuss The Spectator Bird by Vermont writer Wallace Stegner. The St. Albans Free Library hosts the Memory Cafe plus Ruff Reading and the Classic Readers Book Group with Cry the Beloved Country. Read more…

 

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Artbits–November 6, 2014

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

Northwestern Medical Center hosts painter Jon Young with an exhibit of Vermont landscapes including one four-piece set. He is “blanketing the city.” Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The On Tap Blues Night has the Nobby Reed Project. The Jericho Cafe & Tavern offers Carol Ann Jones with Will Patton. Venue presents a double-barreled show with Justice blazing the stage for L.A. Guns. The Opera House Final Fall Fling has corralled a whole roundup of Vermont stars. The Twiggs Comedy For A Cause supports Tim’s House in St. Albans. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

It’s Canned Poetry at the Fairfax Community Library. The Bent-Northrup Skilled Arts Program begins six weeks of after-school programming. Read more…

 

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