Artbits – May 15, 2014

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Dick

ART ON THE REFUGE

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge begins the new Friends of the Refuge 2014 exhibit with a reception. Vermont artists working in oil, acrylics, watercolor, pen and ink, pastels, photographs and fabric interpret the plants, wildlife, and wild landscape of the Refuge. Read more…

ARTS IN THE PARK

ST. ALBANS–The St. Albans Arts Council festival, Arts in the Park, begins with Garden Night Out. Read more…

IT MUST BE SUMMER!

The Meeting House on the Green in East Fairfield presents the first of the Summer Evenings with Vermont Treasures with a special John Cassel concert. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Country Pantry serves singer/songwriter Troy Millette. The Twiggs Comedy For A Cause series continues on the Main Stage to help out the BFA Booster Booth. Read more…

THESPIANS REALLY NEEDED

Pirates of Penzance, an Opera House event, will hold auditions for all parts. Read more…

MAY-JUNE ART DEADLINES

Buck Hollow Farm holds its fourth annual pet photo Contest. A Feed the Planet mail art project is looking for your vision. The Governors Island Art Fair wants independent artists worldwide in all disciplines. Read more…

 

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Artbits – May 8, 2014

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Dick

ARTISTS LOST & FOUND

The Vermont Arts Council will replace the current Arts Directory with CreativeGround in July. Read more…

THESPIANS NEEDED

Pirates of Penzance, an Opera House event, will hold auditions for all parts at the Opera House at Enosburg Falls. The roles include a comic baritone, a bass-baritone, a baritone baritone, a tenor, a bass, a soprano, two mezzo-sopranos, and a speaking role, plus a chorus of pirates and police. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery exhibits works of flowers, gardens, animals, and Vermont scenery by artists painting with Instructor/Artist Kathleen Berry Bergeron in St. Albans. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Twiggs Comedy For A Cause series continues on the Main Stage with a hilarious show to support BFA Boys Lacrosse. The Twiggs Open Mic Night has changed hosts and date. The Tupelo Music Hall presents the Nobby Reed Project. Young folks play old music. Venue presents Justice opening for Saving Abel. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The St. Albans Free Library Classic Movie Night continues with Cool Hand Luke. The library also holds Help with Electronic Devices. Their Tuesday Night Book Group will discuss Riding my Guitar: the Rick Norcross Story, by local surgeon Stephen Russell Payne. The Swanton Free Public Library Book Discussion Group will discuss Dream With Little Angels by Michael Heibert. Read more…

 

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Artbits – May 1, 2014

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Dick

OTHERNESS IS HERENESS

Where do you go when you dream?

In Vermont, it is to the final showing of The Girl in the Other Room this year. All proceeds benefit the Vermont Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Read more…

FEATURED ARTIST

Photographer and dairy farmer Lena Brown just finished a solo exhibit of landscapes around Jay and Enosburg Center as well as her pets, the cats and cows and miniature horses and dogs that inhabit her Enosburg farm. She is our Featured Artist. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features AIR member Jean Backhaus plus the flowered-inspired artwork of students in Enosburg, Bakersfield, Montgomery, Richford and St. Albans. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project, Twiggs presents Sean Ashby on the Main Stage. Read more…

 

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Artbits – April 24, 2014

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Dick

VERMONT MAPLE — SIMPLY THE BEST

The Maple Festival celebrates 48 years of Vermont’s first (and sweetest) outdoor festival of the year. It happens in downtown St. Albans.

Maple Fest has the biggest parade in Vermont, an amazing Crafts and Specialty Foods Show, face-painting, the Youth Talent Show and the Fiddlers Variety Show, plus exceptional free entertainment from the Main Street Stage. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Village Frame Shoppe gallery will showcase works with a Vermont Maple theme. Burlington City Arts hosts an opening reception for Kinship, the collaboration between visual artists and Vermont poet Daniel Lusk. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Twiggs Comedy For A Cause series continues twice this week in a Weekend of Funny to follow the full day of sweet. Read more…

 

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Artbits – April 17, 2014

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Dick

ON STAGE LIVE

Saturday is 7th annual Record Store Day. The Blue Paddle Bistro presents Carol Ann Jones. The Twiggs Comedy For A Cause series continues in a Weekend of Comedy for Vermont Thunder. Country Pantry offers up singer/songwriter Troy Millette. The Zen Lounge hosts a singer/songwriter competition. Read more…

APRIL-MAY ART DEADLINES

There are calls for the Silvermine Arts Center’s 64th annual Art of the Northeast, the Artists in Residence, the Art on the Refuge, and Art in Bloom. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Highgate is again part of the Statewide One-Book Community Reading Program with Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Read more…

 

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Artbits – April 10, 2014

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Dick

NOT ORPHANED

MVU presents Annie in the Trahan Theater with a stellar cast including Alanna Freeman, Myriam Bouti, Caleb Robertson, Jessica Duprey, Sean Culligan, Elijah Legault, and Sam Caswell. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts photographer and dairy farmer Lena Brown this month. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Franco Center presents Michele Choiniere with champion fiddler Don Roy and his Ensemble. The Twiggs Comedy For A Cause series supports the Community Justice Center. Spring has sprung and Club Karib has Justice. Read more…

OTHER ROOMINESS

The Girl in the Other Room is “coming along beautifully!” Sarah Jo Willey wrote the play which sold out last year. Tickets for this year’s run are available now. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library has Make a Pinata days and a Cinco De Mayo celebration. The St. Albans Free Library Classic Movie Night continues. The library also holds Help with Electronic Devices Day and a Kids’ Saturday Movie Matinee. Read more…

 

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