Artbits-October 10, 2024

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The second annual People’s Art Show opens with a Reception at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Tess Follensbee. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Moon Rising on Banister Road by Lynn VanNatta. Read more…

ART (SUPPLIES) FOR SALE

The Milton Artists Guild Art Supply Sale has art and crafting supplies for sale as a MAG benefit. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, Paint & Sip — Vermont Autumn Landscapes with Jen Volansky. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

GEMS, Bryan Gallery’s annual members’ exhibit returns this year to the Middle Room. The spooky season is upon us. Film makers should submit their eeriest efforts to the Northwest Nightmares Film Festival. Read more…

CREATIVE AGING

Vermont will be the oldest state in the nation with one of the highest life expectancy rates at nearly 80 years of age. Participating in the arts as one ages can improve emotional well-being, support good health, strengthen social engagement, and bring purpose and joy. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The second annual, two-day Rail City Tattoo Festival offers live music, tattooing, vendors, and more in City Hall plus an official punk rock and hardcore Afterparty with Rough Francis, The Path, Old North End, Dead Street Dreamers, and Violet Crimes. Snow Farm Vineyard celebrates its 11th annual Harvest Festival with Chris and Issy, an artist gallery, and more. Read more…

FILM

The 1985 film Unbroken Circle uses the words and music of a dozen Vermont musicians, historic photos, and location videography to trace traditional country music in Vermont. It is Classic Movie Night with Ghostbusters starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Sigourney Weaver. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Randy Kritkausky presents An Indigenous Perspective on Nature: Working Together as Allies on Zoom. Bent-Northrop Memorial library offers Cemetery Sleuthing with Erin E. Moulton. The Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission hosts Truth and Healing: In Search of a Common Memory. Chief Brenda Gagne will lead the opening ceremony. Osher continues the series with UVM Professor Luis Vivanco to explore When the Bicycle Came to Vermont. The North Hero Public Library presents Dazed, Seduced and Transfixed: The Monster Through Time, In Literature and In Our Lives with Shanta Lee. Erica Heilman talks about Rumble Strip: Building Community in Our Divided Society. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Cathy LaClair will reprise Sparkle and Support: a Metal Earrings Workshop for MAG. Social Sunday continues. The Mindful Art Series offers Create & Connect Mixed Media with Jen Volansky at River Arts. The Healing Arts Series offers its newest class, Meditate, Breathe, & Create with Victoria Veldon and Randy Putvain. Read more…

COVID NEWS

The number of COVID-19 cases in Vermont continues to increase. There have been 1,206 total pandemic deaths reported as of September 28. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Nobby Reed Project (twice), Jim Branca and Friends, Laura Fedele-Rasco, B-Town, Roger Giroux, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Shane Murley Band, the Blue Rock Boys, All About Pie, Dan Parks, Will Austin, Bushey/Bedell/Branon, and Sisters in Crime all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Many libraries will be closed Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day. Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen hosts a virtual Zoom group. The Eloquent Page has Donna Howard and Gail Schwartz for a special reading of Falling Through the Night. Glenn Fay will discuss and sign Ambition: The Remarkable Family of Ethan Allen. Patricia Letourneau Henderson will read and sign Captive Company. But I Progress takes up Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 3, 2024

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Dick

SPOTLIGHT

In the House presents Spotlight: All that Jazz with songs including Aladdin’s Friend Like Me, Tapioca from Mary Poppins and the music of Cats. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Wendy Everhart, Barry Genzlinger, Maureen Genzlinger, and Deborah Travis with a live reception at the gallery. The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Cat Themed Art Show and Kitty Adoption Event in the Cat’s Meow Gallery at the Library. The final walking tour of the season at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park is upon us. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Majestic Mount Mansfield by Tom Waters. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features graphic designer Jim Taylor. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls is on the hunt for vocalists, dancers, musicians, bands, and more for the Youth Talent Search. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has John Newton on his Galapagos Islands Adventure. The Vermont Humanities Council presents Eva Sollberger to discuss the Evolution of Stuck in Vermont. The Fletcher Free Library Book Club reads No Ordinary Assignment by Jane Ferguson. The Cambridge Historical Society and the Bryan Memorial Gallery continue History Unframed: The Bryan Gallery and Jeffersonville’s Art Legacy with Jane Shaw and Barbara Bertocci. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists Guild has Cathy LaClair to teach Sparkle and Support: a Metal Earrings Workshop, Social Sunday, and John Edebohls continuing the eight-week Basic Watercolor Class. The River Arts October Open Studio Figure Drawing offers a full nude session. 14th Star and Once Upon a Rock host a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. The number of cases in Vermont continues to rise. and there have been 1,199 total pandemic deaths. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Musician’s Circle, Karl Woods Lucas, Sibling Reverie, Toast, Laura Fedele-Rasco, the Buck Hollers, Bird Boombox, the Blue Rock Boys, Sister Speak, Inseldudler, the Tenderbellies, Jonny Mop, and more all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fall Book Sale takes over the Homer Knight barn. Forester Ethan Tapper signs and reads from How to Love a Forest at the Montgomery Center and at the Eloquent Page. The Saint Albans Museum welcomes Kenneth Cadow to discuss Gather. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club meets for Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 26, 2024

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on the functional and fine art pottery of Barbara Flathers. Bryan Memorial Gallery will usher in fall with the live music of the Blue Rock Boys at a Garden Party. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features anthropologist Paul Rene Tamburro of Sunrise Drum Consulting and Sunrise Drum Art. John Montagne does live chainsaw art. Open Studio Weekend is coming with artists opening their doors around the county and around the state. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

14th Star Brewing offers a Classic Rooster Paint n Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho. River Arts hosts the in-person, September Sip n’ Slurry: Textured Mug with Chiara Keeling. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Champlain Youth Choir invites all singers from third through twelfth grades to join for the Fall Program. Read more…

FILM

Unbroken Circle, a film by Mark Greenburg, uses the words and music of Vermont musicians, historic photos, and videography to trace the development of country music in Vermont. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has US Border Patrol Division Chief Richard Ross to discuss A Day in the Life of a Border Patrol Agent. The Vermont Humanities Council hosts an evening book discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. Amber McBride discusses how she uses writing to tackle the themes of loss, trauma, race, and healing through poetry. A Shakespeare Mix & Match segment focuses on Twelfth Night. Ace Lehner will discuss Barbershop: The Art of Queer Failure and the Hope of Utopian Futures. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists Guild has Patrick McAllister to teach Live Model Figure Drawing. Social Sunday continues. And John Edebohls begins the Basic Watercolor Class. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

COVID NEWS

367 COVID cases were reported in the week ending September 14, up from 270. There have been 1,190 pandemic deaths. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Masquerade Prom, Ryan Sweezey (twice), Uncle Jimmy, Chris & Erica, the Dirty Looks, the Duo with Maggie, Next Stop Comedy, JSB, Bill Satnik, Roger Giroux, Robin Gottfried, Eric George, the Blue Rock Boys, Nathan Michaud, the Will Patton Trio, Amerikana Blue, and Astral Underground all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts To Bid or Not to Bid with the Will Patton Trio. The Swanton Antique Show will benefit the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 19, 2024

Posted on September 19, 2024 by Dick

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Enosburg Harvest Festival has the Blue Rock Boys and Uncle John’s Band on the Lincoln Park Bandstand. Afterglow 2024 fills Hard’ack with King Me, Chin Ho, and Quadra. Read more…

BANNED BOOKS WEEK

Banned Books Week begins Sunday and culminates with Let Freedom Read Day. The theme is Freed Between the Lines. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Northern Vermont Artist Association September Show at the Westford Public Library begins with an opening reception. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Barbara Flack. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Where the Dim Trout Lie in the Shadows Pool by Robert Aiken. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features writer and lecturer Chief Don Stevens. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The September Paint and Sip led by Sylvia Oblak will paint a fall scene at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts wraps up the joy of community dancing to lively music for September with Leslie Alpert. Better In Boots comes to 14th Star for a night of Line Dancing in The Room. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Cambridge Historical Society and the Bryan Memorial Gallery begin a series of conversations on History Unframed: The Bryan Gallery and Jeffersonville’s Art Legacy with Alden Bryan Jr. and Barbara Bertocci. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues with Christopher McBride to discuss Environmental Photography in 2024: From Capture to the Wall. Meg Tamulonis tells some of the Stories from the Vermont Queer Archives. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild has Kelli Shepherd to teach a Crochet Pumpkins workshop and Social Sundays continue. River Arts begins a new, four-workshop series, Accessible Arts: Therapeutic Crafts, with Karen. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Paws in the Park, the Blue Rock Boys (twice), Cooie DeFrancesco, Jesse Agan, Matty & Me, 90 Proof, Shane’s Apothecary, Toast, George Murtie, Lady Livy, Chris & Erica, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Bushey and Bedell, Tim Fitzgerald, Barbie-n-Bones, Nighthawk, Jamie Lee Thurston, Shannon Curtis and Jamie Hill, Mayhem, Dan Jarvis, Uncle John’s Band, the Dale & Darcy Band and Will Patton, the Inseldudler Band, C-Groove, McMaple, and Dave Miller all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The St. Albans Free Library hosts Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club discusses Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs. The Swanton Writers’ Group meets with Becky Rupp. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 12, 2024

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Dick

BANNED BOOKS

The Swanton Free Public Library will have a Banned Books and Ousted Authors panel with Becky Rupp to discuss the whether there are books kids shouldn’t read. Should a book be taken off the shelves based on the writer’s past behavior, or religious or political views? All of these questions and more. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on clay artist Wendy Everhart. Bryan Memorial Gallery features It’s in the Air” by Judith Selin. The Milton Artists Guild Art and Stroll Festival has over 75 art and craft vendors and live music. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features nature photographer Diane Stevens. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, Paint & Sip Autumn Birches guided by Evie Mason. The Fairfax Community Library offers Tea and Bristles with Julie Griffis. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts opens the barn doors for Community Folk Dancing with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Art and Stroll Festival a the Milton Artists Guild has over 75 art and craft vendors plus live music and prizes. Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Afternoon!) at the St. Albans Free Library with His Girl Friday starring Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy. The Richford First Baptist Church hosts a workshop on Screenwriting and Producing a Faith-based Film with a screening of Stand in the Gap and special Guests Steven and Beth Zambo. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Humanities’ American Stories Across the Generations, focuses on Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. Isaac Evans-Frantz and Neda Saleh talk about how Action Corps mobilized the bipartisan passage of a bill in Congress to end the U.S. and Saudi war in Yemen. The St. Albans Free Library Revisits Dorothy Canfield Fisher with a presentation by Ben Koenig. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues with the Past, Present and Future for the Franklin County Airport presented by Clifford Coy. Read more…

NETWORKING

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls hosts its first-ever Community Brainstorming Session and Ice Cream Social to share programming and event ideas and get some darned good ice cream. The Vermont Arts & Culture Disaster and Resilience Network hosts a Day of Learning and Information for artists, event organizers, keepers of culture. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

14th Star hosts a Pebble Art Workshop. Lisamarie Charlesworth leads Learn to make Artist Trading Cards at the Bryan Gallery. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. River Arts begins a new series, Creative Art Series for 60+ Seniors, with Jen Volansky. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. 26 Vermonters died from COVID-19 in August, six in the last week alone. The updated vaccine is available now. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Witches Ball, 90 Proof (twice), George Murtie, Jamie Lee Thurston, Ron Gagnon, FYSPOT, Roger Giroux, Uncle Jimmy, Chris & Issy, the Remnants, Lixx, Blues Without Borders, the John Daly Trio, the Duncan Macleod Trio, Sarah Bell, Ryan Hanson, Blue Heron, Ethan Sawyer and Martin Fredrick, Cooie Defrancesco, the Seth Yacovone Band, All Without the Bass, the Nobby Reed Project, The Duo, John Seiden, Neil Wright all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Reads Book Group discusses all the books they read over the summer. Bent Northrop Memorial Library has a Pop-Up Book Discussion of Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half. The St. Albans Free Library Revisits Dorothy Canfield Fisher with a Ben Koenig. At the Swanton Free Public Library, the monthly SPL Book Club discusses We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates. But I Progress takes up Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 5, 2024

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features David Juaire, Cat McKeen, Deb Shell, and Meta Strick with a live reception at the gallery. Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts a Grand Opening of the Land & Light & Water & Air exhibit with music by Professor Fairbanks. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features Lisa Ainsworth Plourde. Read more…

DANCE

Burlington Country Dancers host an English Country Dance with music by Will Patton, Susan Reid, and Linda Young and callers Martha Kent and Barrett Grimm. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Fall weekly program series commences with Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral presented by Will Gusakov who worked in Normandy to rebuild the nave roof timber frame of the cathedral. The Vermont Humanities Council offers Melo Grant with a musical journey into Sampling and the Evolution of Hip Hop. Pamela Nicole Walker discusses Link by Link: A Vermont Woman’s Bold Acts for Peace and Civil Rights. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Fall programming at River Arts is here. The September Open Studio Figure Drawing offers a full nude session. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Variants of COVID-19, continue to emerge and three more Vermonters died last month. The new vaccine formula targets currently circulating variants and better protects against serious outcomes of the virus. Appointments for the updated vaccine are available now. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jim Branca (twice), Cooie (twice), Professor Fairbanks, the Jolly Rogers Band, Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers, Blue Northern, Sibling Reverie, the Rough Suspects, Something Reckless, the Lloyd Tyler Band, JSB, Jeff Salisbury, Steven Hirsch, Skip Truman, Bob Butterfield, Tom Buckley, Jay Gleason Terry Youk, Fiddlehead Hollow, the Dee Davis Duet, Mark Abair & the Good Luck Band, Aftermath, Carol Ann Jones, Kippincoe, Sister Speak, Annie and the Hedonists, Ron Gagnon, Just Us, Chris & Erica, David Neiweem, Katie Oprea, Erin Grainger, Will Patton, Susan Reid, Linda Young, Martha Kent, Barrett Grimm, Mark Shelton, and Nobby Reed all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen meet. The Eloquent Page has Peter Cobb to sign and discuss Some Things Aren’t Meant To Be. The Fantasy Book Club meets for A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Read more…

 

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