ArtBits – March 3, 2011

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Dick

MARDI GRAS!

Weird winter weather wells forth as Chow!Bella and The Fabulous Spiders have teamed up again with a delicious meal and great music from The X-Rays in a FUNdraiser to benefit Franklin County Court Diversion on Saturday. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features guest artist Nancy Stone of Willston. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Vermont landscape photographer David Juaire. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. The Old Lantern Inn presents a Mardi Gras Dance with Yankee Chank. Holy Trinity in Swanton presents a Concert of Spirit-filled Songs. The Vermont Legislature Farmer’s Night series presents Michele Choiniere and Fabe Choiniere. Read more…

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ArtBits – February 24, 2011

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dick

VERMONT READS

Vermont Reads presents Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A Vermonter for the World in a living history presentation by Helene Lang in the Swanton Public Library. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Northern Vermont Artists Association member show, Anything but Landscapes, draws to a close. Read more…

ON FILM

The River Arts Bissell Film Series presents The Summer of Walter Hacks. The St. Albans Free Library presents Alpha and Omega as this Friday’s movie matinee. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Blue Acorn presents O’hAnleigh. The Flynn production of Kailash Kher and the Higher Ground presentation of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys with Yankee Chank have been cancelled. Mark your calendars: the 5th Annual Mardi Gras Party and Silent Auction is less than two weeks away. Read more…

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ArtBits – February 17, 2011

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Dick

MO POETRY, MO JAZZ

Chow!Bella brings back PoJazz, Vermont’s premiere poetry/jazz group with its eclectic mix of poetry and jazz by Johnson State College students, faculty and friends including Dono Schabner, Will Patton, Barry Ries, Tony Whedon, Geof Hewitt, and you. Read more…

VERMONT READS

Vermont Reads presents Middlesex mezzo-soprano and researcher Linda Radtke Vermont with the program History through Song in the St. Albans Historical Museum. Read more…

APRIL COMES EARLY

Higher Ground presents the Nobby Reed Project plus April Wine. Read more…

FEBRUARY-MARCH ART DEADLINES

Vermont Studio Center in Johnson has fellowships for 4-week residencies throughout the year. Visual Arts Alliance calls for 2D or 3D works in any media, except video, performance, or audio. The I-Park Foundation seeks original projects that are responsive to its site and will hold its first 3-week artists-in-residence session devoted to inter-disciplinary and collaboration projects. A national South Shore Art Center show is open to all artists in all media. Helen Day Art Center is accepting submissions for the 20th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition in Stowe. Read more…

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ArtBits – February 10, 2011

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Dick

VERMONT READS

The Vermont Humanities Council program began statewide this week. Vermont Reads To Kill a Mockingbird this year with events around the state. Here in Franklin County, the Book Discussion Series delves into World War II the Loss of the Age of Innocence. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Chow Bella continues with great music as Carol Ann Jones plays an acoustic concert there. Make reservations. Really. On Tap at the Lincoln Inn presents Justice. The Mahaney Center for the Arts hosts Pete Sutherland and Friends with Will Patton and more. The South Hero Public Library will hold a Contra Dance with Fiddleheads. The Vermont Folklife Center and Young Tradition Vermont present Lisa Ornstein. UVM Old Time Music Club hosts a Shape Note Sing. The Farmers and Artisans Market of Morrisville continues. The Shelburne Steakhouse 8 presents Carol Ann Jones in a (usually) solo gig. The Stanbridge House hosts a Coffee House. Read more…

ART SITE OF THE WEEK

Around the world in 80 clicks: the Google Art Project. Read more…

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ArtBits – February 3, 2011

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Dick

HOT SAX

The First Congregational Church presents the Brazilian and Latin Jazz trio Bernal-Eckroth-Ennis with special guest, saxophonist Michael Zsoldos. The concert will offer bossanovas, boleros, tangos, andean folk tunes, original compositions, jazz standards and more, all with their own twist. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features the fiber arts of Nancy Adriance, paintings by Jean Cannon and Helen Kyle, and photographs by Wayne Tarr. The A.I.R. gallery hosts a free meet-the-artists reception with refreshments tonight. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Karen Day Vath this month. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. Burlington Parks and Recreation and Young Tradition Vermont present the Burlington Winter Festival with art, music, shivering wet people, and more. The Vermont Legislature Farmers’ Night features the Sky Blue Boys. Read more…

CLICK HERE: ART SITE OF THE WEEK

Shelly Pottala is the latest addition to the blogosphere. Read more…

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ArtBits – January 27, 2011

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Dick

ON STAGE LIVE

Johnson State College presents The Campbell Brothers. Backstage offers the new band Justice. Shelburne Steakhouse has Carol Jones and the Superchargers. Read more…

VYO NEWS

The Flynn presents the Vermont Youth Orchestra Winter Concert and welcomes Jeffrey Domoto as the new Music Director Designate. Read more…

ART SITE OF THE WEEK

Writer Dean Whitlock of Thetford invites visitors to “a site for people of all ages who love to read good fiction.” Read more…

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