ArtBits – March 17, 2011

ART ON THE EXPO WALLS

Rotary Club of St. Albans opens the doors to its annual Home & Recreation Exposition with the seventh year of the Champlain Collection. Vermont Life photographer Chris Hungerford, and more. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

The After School Drama Program presents My Zombie Romeo by Em Frappier. Read more

MARCH-APRIL ART DEADLINES

Dan Pattullo’s expanded Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery in St. Albans hosts the first maple themed art show. Art at the Coach Barn is Shelburne Farms’ 24th annual exhibition and sale. The state wants nominations for the appointment of a new Poet Laureate for Vermont. Read more

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ArtBits – March 10, 2011

ON STAGE LIVE

The Franklin County Humane Society hosts its 5th annual Chocolate by the Pound and Silent Jewelry Auction at the Saint Albans Historical Museum. Bid on donated bling! SASPA presents the Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont in When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. The 20th Annual VtAJE Jazz Day is at the Flynn. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By with Vern Colburn. The Shelburne Steakhouse presents Carol Ann Jones. Read more

LIBRARY NEWS

The St. Albans Free Library hosts a writers’ medley this afternoon and Classic Movie Night with Forbidden Planet this evening. Read more

GREATEST STORY NEEDS YOU TO TELL IT

The Greatest Story Ever Told invites actors, chorus members, dancers, and behind-the-scenes folks including set builders and costume makers, stage hands and ticket sellers, and more to help make the performances a reality. Read more

VYO NEWS

The Vermont Youth Orchestra invites students now learning to play to register for Presto and for Music Day Camp. Read more

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ArtBits – March 3, 2011

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

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

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

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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