Artbits – May 29, 2014

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery spotlights Toby Fulwiler, Deb Kiel, and Wayne Tarr and will also feature hand painted items such as sap buckets, pots and berry baskets in honor of National Dairy Month and the Vermont Dairy Festival in Enosburg next weekend. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

James and Jess play Twiggs. Discover Jazz Festival fires up the Queen City with Will Patton. On Tap gives some Justice, then brings out the Contois School of Music Band. Parker Pie Wings flies in the Nobby Reed Project. The Missisquoi River Band featuring play the first ever Pizza and Music night. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Amanda Vella returns to the Bent Northrop Memorial Library. The Highgate Library has listed the summer program. The Swanton Public Library has new scannable library cards for patrons. Read more…

 

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Artbits – May 22, 2014

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dick

SUMMER ARRIVES!

Summer Music at Grace starts the season with the 12th annual Farewell Reunion benefit concert with a long line of star performers at the Grace Church. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The St. Albans Arts Council presents Arts in the Park with live painting, live performances, live writers, live music in the bandshell, a live photo scavenger hunt, and much more. The 22nd Open Studio Weekend takes place around the County and around the state. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Nobby Reed Project will kick off the Downtown Summer Concert Series in Taylor Park. Twiggs hosts a night of raw, emotional poetry and a Comedy For A Cause show. Northern Vermont Ballet premieres its original production of Alice in Wonderland. The Traveled Cup has A & M with special guest Bryce Bachelder. Read more…

 

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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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