ArtBits – October 6, 2011

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Dick

ART BRAS

Quilters have been decorating bras in advance of Breast Cancer Awareness month which began on Saturday and continues through the month of October. Art beCAUSE held its 9th annual Gala in Boston yesterday. Art projects like these help more than cancer survivors. Read more…

STILL SUMMER!

Summer Music at Grace concludes the fall mini-series with a special double bill of the Missisquoi River Band plus Simply Saxes. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Island Arts hosts a craft show and sale at the Folsom. The Artist In Residence Gallery features Martha Ohliger, Tess Beemer, Kitten Ellison, and Carl Newton. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery presents Maurie Harrington and Susan Larkin. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Glimmerstone presents Yankee Chank. Hudak Organic Farms hosts the Northwest Citizens for Responsible Growth with the Missisquoi River Band. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals will headline Goodnight Irene: Flood Relief Benefit at the Flynn. The St. Albans Historical Museum has Don Wickman, author of The Civil War Photographs of George Houghton. Read more…

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ArtBits – September 29, 2011

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Village Frame Shoppe and Gallery exhibit, Echoes of Vermont’s Landscapes, continues. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Bread and Butter Farm hosts Burger Night with Young Tradition Vermont. Franny O’s presents Justice. The American Legion Hall hosts a benefit for Terry and Diana Pilon with lots of music. Vermont Youth Orchestra Community Night at the Bluebird Tavern. The UVM Old Time Music Club hosts a Shape Note Sing. River Arts continues its Farmers and Artisans Market. J & L Guitars hosts Singer/Songwriter Night. Chow!Bella continues offering a relaxed view of music and the arts. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Village Frame Shoppe wants iPad or iPhone artwork for an iArt show. Read more…

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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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