Artbits–October 30, 2014

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features painter Harald Aksdal and multimedia artist Pam Krout Voss. Look for detailed landscapes and butterflies. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Opera House hosts a screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live cast. On Tap has a huge Halloween Costume Freakout with Justice for all. Justin Larose’s Eats of Enosburg will have live music by the Missisquoi River Band. Twiggs has cooked up a Halloween Party with live music plus Isaac as DJ. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The St. Albans Free library celebrates Heroic Halloween and has Friday Afternoon Comedies. Read more…

 

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Artbits–October 23, 2014

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Dick

THE BIG WORLD

Cardiac Capers opened a four performances over four nights in the BFA Performing Arts Center. The theme, It’s a Small World, will visit different countries in dance and song. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Backstreet hosts its annual Halloween Party with Justice. Burlington Violin Shop has Fiddleheads and adult workshops with Pascal Gemme. The Breast Night Ever, a benefit concert for the American Cancer Society takes over Twiggs. The American Legion Hall has Blue Jeans for a Ball. The Opera House presents Big Spike Bluegrass. Carol Ann Jones sings solo concert in the JMMY Center. Read more…

NIGHMARISH

Northwest Access TV presents the second annual Northwest Nightmares Film Festival. Read more…

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ART DEADLINES

The $10,000 Christopher Doheny Award wants a manuscript that is in process or completed but not yet published. Square Foot Art Basel Miami Redux needs finished works that measure 12″ x 12″. There is a National Art Encounter in Naples, Florida. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Sarah Aube has joined the Bent Northrop Memorial Library as Librarian. Saturday is Trunk or Treat time. The Fairfax Community Library hosts Vermont Poet Antonia Clark plus Squishy Circuits. The Highgate Public Library will have a Halloween Gala and Open House. Tuesday is Crafters’ Night Out in St. Albans. Read more…

 

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Artbits–October 15, 2014

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Dick

FOLLIES

Singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/performer Ben Patton of Bakersfield and now New York (although he lived in the Philippines for five years) has released his Follies of 2014 for free. He calls it too many songs, too many singers, and too many instruments. Did I mention that it’s free? Cool beans. Read more…

ON ST AGE LIVE

The Blue Paddle presents Carol Ann Jones in a solo show. Moog’s Place and Higher Ground have the Starline Rhythm Boys. Twiggs offers a special performance by Paul Cataldo and continues the run of disco power with Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. The 32nd celebration of Cardiac Capers begins. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Fairfax Reads Wonder. It’s also Mornings, Muffins & Mysteries, Writers’ Medley, and Conversational Math day. Read more…

 

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Artbits–October 9, 2014

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Dick

DON’T WAIT FOR IT

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Waiting on a Dream. It’s a different kind of musical: the U.S. premiere of a comedy that celebrates the hilarity and seemingly unrealistic events of the St. Albans Raid. Read more…

GET SPACED OUT

Prepare to live and die by the power of disco as Fairfax Community Theater Company presents Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. There is romance, camp, campy romance, and outer-space sex-ploration. Read more…

CALL FOR THESPIANS

The Opera House hosts auditions for A Christmas Story, Jean Shepherd’s seminal Christmas classic that includes the story of the famed Red Ryder BB Gun. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Make A Wish Foundation art this month. Area children painted these images this summer. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Hyde Park Opera House reprises Randy Smith & His Band of Merry Men with special guest Troy Millette. Spruce Peak presents the Will Patton Ensemble. Rocktober continues as Justice comes to Olive Ridley’s. And Cardiac Capers comes not a moment too soon. Read more…

VYO RECORDINGS

The Vermont Youth Orchestra now offers all concert recordings and DVDs online. Read more…

 

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Artbits–October 2, 2014

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Dick

THE MORE THE MERRIER

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Randy Smith & His Band of Merry Men. Read more…

RAIDED

The St. Albans Historical Society has Vermont author Michelle Arnosky Sherburne for behind-the-scenes stories and details about the aftermath of the St. Albans Raid. The Montgomery Town Library presents historian Howard Coffin to discuss, Vermont and the Civil War. Eva Sollberger posted a nine-minute “Stuck in Vermont” video of the 150th Anniversary of the Raid. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Reflections will have a closing celebration at the Kent Museum. The Artist In Residence Gallery features Maureen and Barry Genzlinger, Carl Newton, and Martha Ohlinger. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. The second annual Upper Valley Oktoberfest presents Yankee Chank. Justice will blow the roof off HD Campbell’s Barn. Twiggs presents the second annual Hometown TV Awards. Read more…

VERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA

PRESTO for Young String Players starts Sunday in an introduction to ensemble playing. Read more…

 

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Artbits–September 25, 2014

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Dick

90 DAYS of SUMMER, 24 YEARS of SOUNDS

Fall arrived with a frost this week, marking the end of the 24th season of Summer Sounds. It should be 70° today so a summer encore continues at least for a little while. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

CSM has Myra Flynn over for dinner. On Tap has the Contois School of Music Band on stage. The Twiggs Comedy For A Cause series continues for the Blue Star Mothers of Vermont Pet Program. Inca Hoots, Troy Millette, and the Vermont Youth Orchestra take to the stage. Read more…

PASSAGES

I remember John Cassel. Read more…

BOOKSHELF

Listen Up Vermont has an update. Friday Afternoon Comedy Film Day has Father of the Bride. Fairfax Reads Wonder. The Georgia Library received a $1,000 grant. Read more…

 

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