ArtBits – September 22, 2011

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Dick

Busy, busy weekend. The Diary of Anne Frank in community theater at its best. Arts for the Parks in the Montgomery Town Hall and the 5th annual Fine Wine, Beer, Food and Art Festival in Taylor Park. The Vermont Youth Orchestra, the Young Guns Flood Relief Tour, Nobby Reed Project in St. Albans, the Carol Ann Jones trio at Light the Night and Morrisville.

DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

The Fairfax Community Theater Company presents The Diary of Anne Frank in the Westford Brick Meeting House for a four-day run starting this evening. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Montgomery Recreation Center presents Arts for the Parks in the Town Hall. The 5th annual Taylor Park Fine Wine, Beer, Food and Art Festival will benefit the Franklin County Food Shelf. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Vermont Youth Orchestra Fall Concert comes to the BFA-St. Albans Performing Arts Center. Summer Music at Grace continues on the first day of Autumn with Chasing 440. Keeghan Nolan presents The Young Guns Flood Relief Tour in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. The Downtown St. Albans Summer Concert Series hosts the Nobby Reed Project. The Carol Ann Jones acoustic trio plays Light the Night. Moog’s Place also presents the Carol Ann Jones Trio. Read more…

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ArtBits – September 15, 2011

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Dick

A gala and masked ball, the annual Bishop Street Artists Show and Sale, Jenni Johnson and Genticorum on stage(s), a benefit Halloween Concert and artist calls for Art in the Park, Art in Miami, art in Mount Vernon and art on the South Shore.

MOMENTOUS NIGHT OUT

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls holds its 17th annual Gala (and masked ball) with a Masquerade theme. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Bishop Street Artists host their annual Show and Sale at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap presents Summer Sounds favorite Jenni Johnson and friends. Young Tradition Vermont present Genticorum at Higher Ground. Read more…

CALL FOR AREA MUSICAL ARTISTS

Meg Cossaboom has sent out a “call to artists” for her first (and hopefully annual) Halloween Concert to benefit the Optimist Newspaper. Read more…

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ART DEADLINES

Rutland Area Art Association’s Art in the Park marks 50 continuous years of exhibits. Art Takes Miami wants innovative work in sculpture, installation, painting, photography, design, illustration, film, video, performance, sound, new media and more. The Mount Vernon Arts Commission regional juried visual arts show ties in to the harvest season. South Shore Art Center juried show Wax, Inc., is open to all artists working in wax. Read more…

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ArtBits – September 8, 2011

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Dick

MISTER O.

Brooke Ostrander, music teacher, band director, and theater manager at Missisquoi Valley Union High School until he retired in 2007, passed away on Saturday after battling cancer. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the Woods Tea Company. Full Circle returns to Summer Music at Grace. JW Ryan’s will host a memorial gathering for Brooke Ostrander. The Montgomery Historical Society Concerts By The Common series presents Banjo Dan and the Mid-Nite Plowboys. The Greensboro United Church hosts the Karen McFeeters Benefit Concert for Parkinson’s Disease. Phish will play a special benefit at Champlain Valley Expo for flood recovery in Vermont. Read more…

13 DAYS of SUMMER, 21 YEARS of SOUNDS

The 21st season of Summer Sounds came to an end with the first ever celebration of Bay Day on Labor Day. We look back. Read more…

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ArtBits – September 1, 2011

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Dick

SUMMER IS NOW OFFICIAL!

Bay Day 2011 kicks off a day with lots more than fireworks in St. Albans Town Bay Park all day this Sunday. The 31st annual summer festival offers a full family day with the Great Race, lakefront games, sports, fair food, fireworks, and continuous live music, this year to celebrate Labor Day. Live music for Bay Day includes Neon Spoon plus Gary Dulabaum and Josh Brooks, and some very special guests. Then Carol Ann Jones & her All-Star Band The Superchargers perform right in to the fireworks in the Summer Sounds-Bay Day season finale. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Jan Brosky, Kathleen Patrick, Frank Tiralla, Henry Trask-Reilly, and Andrew Wooten. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Ann Bissonnette. The Champlain Valley Fair Art Gallery takes over the Blue Ribbon Pavilion Meeting Rooms. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Champlain Valley Fair offers Gary Dulabaum and Mark Sustic, No Strings Attached, the Keeghan Nolan Band, and Alanna Freeman. On Tap hosts the Nobby Reed Project. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Echorev plus the duo of Ben Maddox and Andy Frappier. The Chandler’s New World Festival includes Summer Sounds favorites Mango Jam, the No Strings Marionette Company, Young Tradition Vermont and more. Read more…

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ArtBits – August 25, 2011

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Dick

GET RIGHT BACK ON IT, II

This Sunday, Dark Horse makes a second triumphant return as O. C. McCuin & Sons presents the Summer Sounds concert in Highgate Municipal Park on Sunday evening. This concert is our second try, making the headline that much more appropriate. Read more…

COFFEEHOUSE

The Teen Coffeehouse continues at Bent Northrop Memorial Library in Fairfield. The gathering place invites teens to share music, poetry (or other readings), and artwork. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Burlington City Arts opens a new exhibit, Outdoor Excursions. The Montgomery Historical Society hosts the annual Art Show and Sale in Pratt Hall. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The One Federal Thursday Night Summer Concert Series presents the Nobby Reed Project. Downtown St. Albans Concert Series presents the Michele Fay Band. The Blue Paddle Bistro presents Carol Ann Jones with Jon Sochin. The Joyful Jazz Band will lead the music worship at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Bayside Pavilion presents the Starline Rhythm Boys. Read more…

EARLY FALL ART DEADLINES

Artspace art center in Raleigh, NC, wants innovative work in 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional media for solo or group exhibitions. California’s Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival poster contest offers cash prizes. The City of Greeley is pre-qualifying artists for historical Weld County mural(s). The 36th Women’s International Photography Exhibition wants artists working with in any photographic process. South Shore Art Center has invited artists and curators to propose exhibitions for their Bancroft Gallery. Read more…

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ArtBits – August 18, 2011

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Dick

DROWNED OUT

Summer Sounds didn’t just get rained out. Summer Sounds got flooded out. The good news is that Dark Horse will return. Read more…

CONSTITUTIONALLY UNCHALLENGED

The All Arts Council presents The Constitution Brass Quintet in the Summer Sounds concert on Sunday. It will be a lighthearted ‘Summer in the Park’ brass band program and the Kids Culinary Camp-Summer Sounds Social in the Park will be a full-on barbecue. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The 4th annual Liberate Music and Yoga Festival returns. One Federal presents Justice. The Orleans County Fair has the Keeghan Nolan Band. JW Ryan’s presents Conscious Roots. Carol Ann Jones and Gary Spaulding play the Bees Knees. Bayside Pavilion presents the Starline Rhythm Boys. Read more…

LIBRARY NEWS

The St. Albans Free Library hosts the Writers’ Medley plus Classic Movie Night with Kansas City Confidential. Read more…

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