Artbits-August 29, 2024

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

Last chance this year. The Big Music Weeks of Summer conclude as some of our friends play multiple gigs. There are live shows in 14 Towns. Read more…

FILM

The 15th annual Film Noir Festival concludes with Where the Sidewalk Ends starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney and directed by Otto Preminger. The Haston Library hosts Vermont vs. Hollywood: 100 Years of Vermont in Film with Amanda Kay Gustin. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Lindsay Didio. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Spring Stream Running a New England landscape by Susan Stranc. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features Trudy Ann Parker, the author of Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawnland. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The next Northern Vermont Artist Association exhibit will be at the Westford Public Library. Read more…

DANCE

The Swanton Free Public Library hosts Maple Squares to Learn to Square Dance. Island Arts opens the barn doors for Community Folk Dancing with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Champlain Valley Fair continues through Sunday with live music and art and entertainment. The free Vermont Music Showcase has Ryan Sweezey, Hogback Hollow, Chris & Erica, Taylor LaValley, Steve Hartmann, Alice Grace, the Delta Sweet Duo and Ali T. on two stages. The evenings offer Cole Swindell, Roots n’ Boots, and Pentatonix. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Pamela Nicole Walker discusses Link by Link: A Vermont Woman’s Bold Acts for Peace and Civil Rights. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here as variants continue to emerge. The FDA has approved a new vaccine formula and appointments for the updated vaccine should be available now as 17 more Vermonters have died from COVID-19 this month. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The John Sullivan Band, the Blue Rock Boys, the Nobby Reed Project, the Pet Project, Jerborn and Axe, the Maplegrove Band, WD-40, the Hitmen, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Ray’s Used Cars, the McMaple Trio, Ron Gagnon, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Free Range Band, Kippincoe, Alex Riddell, Philip Graziano, Roger Giroux, Soul Project NOLA, Carol Ann Jones, Ethan Sawyer, David Owens, Sarah Bell, Sugar in the Pan, Le Vent du Nord, No Strings Marionettes, Cantrip, Conor Mallon (Connla), Hiraezh: Claire Boucher, Brad Hurley, Lysandre Chartrand, Footworks, Kalos, E.T.E., Le Winston Band, Mick McAuley, Morris Dancers, the Reel McCoys, Traverse, John Howell, and Still Kickin’ all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Libraries will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Bent Northrup Memorial Library needs a Trustee to fill an unexpected vacancy. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 22, 2024

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue some of our friends play multiple gigs in live shows in 16 Towns. Read more…

FESTIVALS

The 16th Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival presents Folklore with Stories from Asia, Postcards from Europe, From Lagos to Paris, an exhibit of works by Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and much more. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The two-week celebration of World Photography Week continues. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park’s Artist-in-Residence Stephanie Cardon will talk about her residency. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Janice Decooman. Brushstrokes and Insights is a live artist demonstration with Gretchen Alexander. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts offers Community Folk Dancing with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

FILM

The 15th annual Film Noir Festival continues with Nightfall, one of Hollywood’s stylized crime dramas of the 1950s. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Saint Albans Museum hosts the opening reception of the Museum on Main Street exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America. The Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit explores the challenges and opportunities in rural settings across the United States. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Soprano Sarah Cullins offers the third Group Singing Lesson. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. The number of cases in Vermont has quadrupled since the beginning of summer and two more Vermonters have died. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Get Jerborned (thrice), Smokey Newfield Project (thrice), Nathan Michaud (twice), Mama Tried (twice), Rushmore, Cooie Sings, Nerbak Brothers, Jim Branca, Quadra, Davy Knowles and Jeffrey Gaines, Richie Spice, Jorma Kaukonen, Mitch Terricciano, the Lloyd Tyler Duo, NightHawk, Mark Abair and his All Star Band, the Nobby Reed Project, Ryan Hanson, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, the Buck Hollers, Milton Busker and the Grim Work, Sohyun Ahn with Eun Hee Park, Barkeater, the Rough Suspects, Elizabeth Begins, the Blue Rock Boys, Jesse Agan and the Music of Queen, Andre Maquera, Gary Spaulding, Thom Carvey, Amberjack, Howie Cantor, Jeremy Harple, the Shane Murley Band, the Devon McGarry Band, Marsh Lights, Colby Crehan, Rebecca Cummins, the Faerie Godbrothers, and Sister Speak all perfom live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club takes on the Third Nero by Lindsey Davis. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 15, 2024

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue some of our friends play multiple gigs in live shows in 15 Towns. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Barbara Colgrove. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Sunrise Reflections in oil by Liane Whittum. The Montgomery Center for the Arts begins the Montgomery Quilting Show. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features the Nulhegan Abenaki Drum. Read more…

DANCE

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

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Milton Artist Guild offers the Workshop for those with Dementia and their Caregivers with Tina Lesperance and continues Social Sunday. Bryan Gallery offers a Cartooning Class with Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr. At Island Arts, Soprano Sarah Cullins offers Group Singing Lessons and Pat Brennan presents a Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop. Read more…

COVID NEWS

In addition to the COVID news, mosquitoes have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties. A Vermonter here has contracted EEE for the first time since 2012. The number of COVID-19 cases in Vermont has quadrupled since the beginning of summer. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Nobby Reed (thrice), Jim Branca (twice), McMaple (twice), the Cooie Trio, Butterfields, a House on Fire, the Natural Selection, the Lloyd Tyler Band. Kyle Stevens, Justice 3, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, Sap Line, Michele Choiniere with Will Patton, David Gusakov, and Dono Schabner, Frevo with Peter Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Steve Klimowski, and Bonnie Thurber Klimowski, Josh Panda with Joe’s Big Band, Jesse Leone and Brendan Casey, She Was Right, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Dan and Sean Jarvis, B-Town, jonny mop, Ryan Hanson, the Celestials play Friday, Canyon Dreams, Acoustic Mayhem with Arthur James and Bee Wild, Dan Parks, Mitch and Devon, Haiduck & Heckendorn with J.D. Haenni and Dan Ryan, the Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Blue Northen, Donna Thunder, Tusk, Roger Giroux, the Enosburg Town Band, Jim Branca and Tom Buckley, Bad Horsey, the Stragglers, the Smokey Newfield Project all appear at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The St. Albans Free Library hosts Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. The Eloquent Page celebrates the 5th annual Bookstore Romance Day with Alice Martin and Sara Stewart. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 8, 2024

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer get Supercharged. Summer Sounds continues this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs across the region. Read more…

THEATER

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Annie with an all star local cast. Read more…

SUMMER SOUNDS

Summer Sounds continues its 33rd season in Highgate with Sean Jarvis on the lawn at the Highgate Arena. A guitar has been in his hands for as long as he can remember. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on sculptor Rebecca Nase Chomyn. Bryan Memorial Gallery features painter Erik Koeppel. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association highlights graphic artist and musician Jon Manitouabe8ich. Read more…

DANCE

The Clothier presents RevolVT with their first out of studio show. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association hosts the 2024 Abenaki Land Link Project Heritage Festival with traditional performances and food at the Wheeler Homestead. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Island Arts has soprano Sarah Cullins with Group Singing Lessons plus the Folded Book Christmas Angel Making Class with Lucie Faulkner. The Milton Artists’ Guild has Social Sunday at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center and the Workshop for those with Dementia and their Caregivers with Tina Lesperance. Read more…

IN THE ARTS COUNCILS

Saint Albans Community Arts is taking August off, closing down the space in the Ralston Building, and moving back to City Hall. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The End of Summer Bash , the Dirty Looks Band, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Jim Branca, Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers, Ryan Sweezey, Shane’s Apothecary, the Jerborn Band, Mitch & Devon, Moonbird, Troy Millette, the Nobby Reed Project, Chris & Erica, Nathan Michaud, Full Circle with Susan Reit, Mary Ann Samuels, and Beth London, Will Patton, the Seth Yacovone Band, Ron Gagnon, the Kat Wright Band, the All Night Boogie Band with Lara Cwass and Josh Dobbs, the Allman Brothers, Tom Buckley, the Third Wheel, Roger Giroux, Jerborn, the Jolly Roger Band, Kyle Stevens, Kippincoe, Rushmore, the Panhandlers, AmerikanaBlue, the Sugar in the Pan Trad Band, Ari Glasser, Isabella Rotler, Henry Kervick, the Dixie Six, Sean Jarvis, the Enosburg Town Band, Cooie’s Trio with Adlai Waxman and Patti Shannon, the Citizens Concert Band, the Smokey Newfield Project all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club meets to discuss Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 1, 2024

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue as Summer Sounds takes the weekend off for Franklin County Field Days this week and some of our friends play multiple gigs in 13 Towns. Read more…

A VERMONT TRADITION

Today through Sunday, Vermont’s finest country fair takes to the fields of Highgate as the 48th Franklin County Field Days brings a lineup of the best music, arts and crafts (and weeds, of course) that Franklin County has to offer. The musical lineup includes great music from Bad Horsey, Al Getler, the Old Man Garage Band, Aaron and Alaria, Friction, the Missisquoi River Band with Will Patton, Neon Spoon, Chris and Erica, and the Dale & Darcy Band with Will Patton. The four best days of summer begin today at noon. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Chris Bessette, Kristina Bolduc, Lindsay DiDio, and Anne Standish with a live reception at the gallery. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park hosts the monthly Walking Tour to explore the stories behind David Stromeyer’s sculptures. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Vermont Solitude by James Daly. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features the gourd art of Jeanne Morningstar Kent. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Second Annual People’s Art Show at Montgomery Center will celebrate all forms of creativity, diversity, and imagination. Read more…

DANCE

The Ballet School of Vermont gets en pointe with solar energy. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Humanities presents Ellen LN Bethea for Words in the Woods in Kill Kare State Park. Entrance to the park will be covered by Vermont Humanities. Richford High School alumnus Elle St. Pierre is competing on the USA track team. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The August Open Studio Figure Drawing at River Arts offers a full nude session with short, medium-length, and longer-form poses. St. Albans Community Arts has Creative Connections twice, Explore the Story Wilds, and the Open Studio Music Group. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. The Montgomery Center for the Arts holds a Duct Tape Extravaganza with a real Duct Tape Artist. Island Arts has a five-day Jazz Combo Class with Tony Pietricola and a two-day Folded Book Christmas Angel Making Class with Lucie Faulkner. Read more…

IN THE ARTS CENTERS

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates. Viva! In the Garden is River Arts’ outdoor benefit with live entertainment, food, and an auction. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Vermont’s sewage shows that COVID-19 is increasing among state residents again. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie and Friends (thrice), Eric Bushey and Friends (thrice), Jerborn (twice) and Axel, Soulshine, the Shane Murley Duet, Blues for Breakfast, the Duo, Sarah Bell, Ryan Hanson, Corner Junction Bluegrass with Neil Brown, Allen Gratton, George Seymour, Willy Dallas, and Ernie Minetti, Sean Jarvis, Dee Davis & Mark Gwinn, Toast, Chris & Issy, Nic Farinaccio and Will Austin, Mark Shelton, the Nobby Reed Project, the Heavy Nettles, Wadenick with Al Lemery, the Dale & Darcy Band, Otter Creek, the Brothers Miller, the Stragglers, Forest Station, Beg Steal or Borrow, the Blue Rock Boys, A Capella Lollapalooza with Chordination Barbershop Quartet Vermont, Green Mountain Chorus, and Offshoots, the Enosburg Town Band, the Tyler Mast Band, Jeff &Gina, NightHawk, Rushmore, and the Citizens Concert Band all perform live in a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Explore the Story Wilds, the SACA writing group, meets in the Saint Albans Community Arts Space. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 25, 2024

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue with Summer Sounds this week and some of our friends play multiple gigs. Read more…

SUMMER SOUNDS

Summer Sounds continues its 33rd season in Highgate with favorites Yankee Chank on the lawn at the Highgate Arena. Bob Naess, Cannon Labrie, Jim Burns, and Mark Sustic, will immerse the park in Cajun music. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Haston Library presents the Art of Vera Gates with an opening reception. Corliss Blakely hosts an exclusive Art Show at her garden and home. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on stained glass artist Jennifer Buckner. Bryan Memorial Gallery features both T.M. Nicholas and Tom Nicholas in the 40 Years Together Show. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park welcomes Stephanie Cardon as their 2024 artist-in-residence. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features historian Melody Mackin. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts opens the barn doors to the joy of community dancing to lively music with Leslie Alpert. Celebration of Expressive has dance as Alice Reighley shows how a belly dance exercise tape changed the trajectory of her life. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The 2024 Church Street Festival takes over the historical street with dance, a DJ, activities, ice cream and more. The 32nd annual Jig in the Valley fills the Meeting House green with eight hours of music. Read more…

FILM

Jay Craven returns with Lost Nation, the birth of Vermont and the promise of an American Revolution, at the Welden Theater. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

St. Albans Community Arts has Creative Connections twice, Blackout Poetry, and the Open Studio Music Group. The Milton Artists’ Guild has Paint Pouring Workshop with Laurie Thompson, Social Sunday, and the Workshop for those with Dementia and their Caregivers with Tina Lesperance. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Two more Vermonters died from COVID-19 bringing the total of pandemic deaths to 1,157 as of July 1. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Karaoke and Open Mic Night (twice), Chris & Erica (twice), Troy Millette (twice), the Harley Brown Band, Dirt Road, the Youth Opera Company with Project Serenade, Jesse Agan, 90 Proof, Whiskey and Wine, She Was Right, Auriant, the Fabulous Wrecks, Grace Potter, Dennis Fox & Friends, the Eclectica String Quartet, Next Stop Comedy, the Chris Lyon Trio, the Shane Murley Trio, John Gratton, the Maplegrove Band, Mad Mojo, Dan Parks, Spencer Lewis, the CombustOmatics, Ryan Hanson, Roger Giroux, Tom Bisson, Jerborn, Nighthawk, Mark Shelton, SPHERE: A Full 360 live, the Vermont Academy of Choral Music, , Yankee Chank, Jeh Kulu Dance & Drum Theater, Alice Reighley, Minced Oats, Bob Gagnon and Tony Petricola, the Enosburg Town Band, Hard Scrabble, Bettenroo, the Smokey Newfield Project, Young Tradition-Vermont, the Buck Hollers, and the Citizens Concert Band all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts the Traveling Storyteller Puppet Theater. The Haston Library presents the return of Alyx Hilshey with the Magic of the Library. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club reads Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan. The Swanton Free Public Library has the annual library Book and Bake Sale and an author meet & greet with Patricia Letourneau Henderson to share Captive Company. Read more…

 

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