ArtBits – May 19, 2011

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Dick

BIG VOICES, NEW STAGE

BFA-St. Albans will hold its final choral concert of the year with classical, sacred, spirituals, Broadway and popular music in the new Performing Arts Center this evening. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Grand Isle House Concerts present PossumHaw. The Birds of Vermont Museum presents Go Wild, Go Birding Festival with Fiddleheads. Seahorses Rally for Cindy hosts a benefit dinner and concert featuring Carol Jones and Cindy Barrows with Will Patton, Colin McCaffrey, Jon Sochin and Dono Schaber. The Tupelo Music Hall presents the Nobby Reed Project. Mark your calendars: Chow!Bella presents Sean Ashby next Thursday. Read more…

AUDITIONS

The Enosburg Opera House is mounting two big summer musicals, Oliver! and Guys and Dolls,. They will hold auditions for both big productions. The Vermont Youth Orchestra’s orchestral and choral auditions continue. Read more…

MAY-JUNE ART DEADLINES

South Arkansas Arts Center wants 2D and 3D fine art entries. The Local Artist Show at the Chandler Center in Randolph is an open call. The themed art exhibition and sale at the Rye Arts Center is open to all US artists working in two-dimensional media. Any Vermont school, school district, supervisory union, or not-for-profit is eligible for funding to develop, plan, and implement arts education programming for in-school and/or out-of-school activities that support extended learning in and through the arts. Read more…

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ArtBits – May 12, 2011

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Louisiana Watercolor Society includes a Harald Aksdal painting in the juried 41st Annual International Watercolor Exhibition. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The 7th Young Tradition Weekend features young singers, players and dancers performing in folk and traditional styles. The Shelburne Museum hosts Lilac Sunday with Fiddleheads. The UVM Old Time Music Club hosts a Shape Note Sing in Ira Allen Chapel. River Arts holds a Farmers and Artisans Market. Shelburne Steakhouse presents Carol Ann Jones. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By with Vern Colburn on the piano. Read more…

CALL FOR THESPIANS

Auditions begin tonight for the Fairfax Community Theater Company Anniversary Gala. Read more…

LIBRARY NEWS

Tonight is Classic Movie Night as the St. Albans Free Library presents Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Read more…

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ArtBits – May 5, 2011

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Dick

GREEN ART

Saturday is Green Up Day. High water or not, this weekend is our opportunity to make everything green and ready to tint again. Read more…

CALL FOR THESPIANS

Fairfax Community Theater Company celebrates its 20th season this year and will hold auditions for an Anniversary Gala production. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Celebrating its fifth anniversary this month, the Artist In Residence Gallery presents painters Corliss Blakely and Rebecca Anne Bennett, jeweler Holly Spier, and pastel artist Genie Rybicki-Judkins with a free meet-the-artists reception. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Emily Dunsmore. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Look for Cinco De Mayo parties everywhere tonight. On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. Dust off your poodle skirts and blue suede shoes, baby! The Fairfax Community Theater Company presents a Do Wop Hop. Barnes and Noble Booksellers hosts a free in-store Mini Concert featuring Georgia singer-songwriter John Gibbons. The Flynn presents David Crosby and Graham Nash in a benefit for the Tom Sustic Fund. Read more…

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ArtBits – April 28, 2011

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Dick

SPRING INTO MUSIC

The Vermont Youth Orchestra Spring Concert takes place at the Dibden Center at Johnson State. VYO principal cellist Joshua Morris of St. Albans will present the first movement of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Heather McKeown’s Highbrow to Hoedown. The McCarthy Arts Center at St. Michael’s College presents St. Albans native Karen McFeeters in concert. Carol Ann Jones sings the Star Spangled banner at Thunder Road. The Vermont All State Parade kicks off the Festival at BFA. Read more…

ART CENTER NEWS

After 19 years of planning (and delays), a new $51 million South Florida performing arts theater opened with a children’s festival. This story is germane to Franklin County. Read more…

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ArtBits – April 21, 2011

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Dick

BOOK NEWS

The St. Albans Free Library hosts Mornings, Muffins & Mysteries this morning and a writers’ medley this afternoon. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Blue Paddle Bistro presents Carol Ann Jones. Will Patton joins Pete Sutherland, Jeremiah McLane, Colin McCaffrey, and Patty Casey in a Benefit for Pete’s Greens. The UVM Old Time Music Club hosts a Shape Note Sing in Ira Allen Chapel. The River Arts Farmers and Artisans Market is in full swing. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By. Read more…

MUSICAL BEDS

BFA Saint Albans still needs your hospitality to house a gazillion incoming All State Musicians. Less than two weeks to go. Read more…

APRIL-MAY ART DEADLINES

The Showcase Contest at Waterfront Park in Burlington is the focus of the annual Young Tradition Weekend. Purdue’s National Contemporary Drawing Exhibition is open to US artists. California Watercolor Association hosts its 42nd annual juried exhibit. A poetry competition offers cash prizes. The Smithtown Township Arts Council seeks your imagination. The Artist-of-the-Day Gallery has a decent marketing idea. Read more…

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ArtBits – April 14, 2011

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Dick

It is a really big shew this weekend with both the Vermont Maple Festival and the MVU Musical on stage all weekend.

45th ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF MAPLE

The Maple Festival this weekend is the 45th running of Vermont’s first (and sweetest) outdoor festival of the year. The Maple Festival Parade, the annual Crafts and Specialty Foods Show, the Youth Talent Show and Fiddlers Variety Show, and a weekend of free entertainment on the Main Street Stage. Read more…

SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL

MVU presents Seussical the musical, based on Dr. Seuss’s most famous books. The huge play requires 40 or more actors and one stubborn puppet always in a pouch. Read more…

AROUND ST. ALBANS

The St. Albans Free Library presents Singin’ in the Rain. The new Village Frame Shoppe and Gallery continues a Sappy Art Show and hosts Leon Thompson. Chow Bella presents the Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, and Dono Schabner trio. The Opera House Bridal Expo on Saturday has been cancelled. Read more…

VERMONT READS

April 10-16 is National Library Week. Vermont Reads presents More than Books: Reflections on Libraries, Community & Historic Preservation at the new Bent Northrop Memorial Library. Read more…

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