Artbits – July 22, 2010

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Dick

The Big Four Music Weeks of summer continue this week. With three or more live concerts, fairs, or festivals each week, there is plenty to see and hear in Franklin County.

LOVESICK but not HEARTBROKE

Ready for a Summer Surprise? Ray’s Extrusion Dies and Tubing presents Mark LeGrand and his Lovesick Band in his return to the 20th Anniversary Summer Sounds honky-tonk concert in Highgate. Read more…

ART BLOOMS

Balloons are ordered! The fifth annual Art in Bloom Festival has grown and added new artists, food vendors and musicians again. It brings a day of music, a gazillion exhibits, and plenty of food to Swanson’s Farm and Nursery in Fairfax. Read more…

DANCE A JIG

The eighteenth annual Jig in the Valley offers an eclectic day of outdoor music in a good cause with great musicians, fabulous food, crafts, a farmer’s market, and activities for kids all afternoon on the Green in East Fairfield. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with Jim Branca. Summer Music at Grace presents Melissa Ewell and Gianna Izzo Messier in Shamrocks and Thistles. The Keeghan Nolan Band plays Lamoille County Fields Days. Franklin United Church present. Village Harmony. Read more…

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Artbits – July 15, 2010

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Dick

The Big Four Music Weeks of summer begins this week. With three or more live concerts, fairs, or festivals each week, there is plenty to see and hear in Franklin County.

JAZZING UP HIGHGATE

Jazz will mesmerize Highgate Municipal Park as Chevalier Drilling presents Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers in the free Summer Sounds concert on Sunday. Read more…

END OF AN ERA

The Champlain Collection will host its final show today as founder and long-time owner Norm Choiniere prepares to retire. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Stowe Street Arts Festival in downtown Waterbury features artist Karen Day Vath of St Albans. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap has Blues Night with Chris Ruest, Greg Izor, Tom Buckley, and Jason Corbiere. Vermont State Parks present Fiddleheads. The Opera House has three courses of Chicken BBQ, two of Green Mountain Chorus, and one Afterglow. Concerts By The Common presents the Constitution Brass Quintet in Pratt Hall. Sheldon United Methodist Church has its 151st Anniversary Summer BBQ and Music Celebration with the Backyard Bluegrass Band. St. Paul’s presents Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass. Read more…

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Artbits – July 8, 2010

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Dick

Busy, busy weekend!

FIRE RELIEF CONCERTS

The Swanton Fire Department Auxiliary and the Swanton Chamber Of Commerce will host the SwanStock Fire Relief Benefit Concert in Swanton Village Park on Saturday. Headlined by Greg Izor and the Boxkickers from Austin Texas and Jimmy Branca, the music lineup also include Run for Cover, the Nobby Reed Project, Mike Lykens, Julie Tiller, Conscious Roots, and Deana and the Naturals. Then Nectar’s will host the Jim Branca Fire Relief Benefit in the club with Paul Asbell, Will Patton and the Fabulous Spiders, The Real Deal, Left Eye Jump, the Nerbak Brothers, Greg Izor and the BoxKickers, and Jim Branca on Sunday. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Chowbella hosts The Young Guns Showcase in the monthly It’s All About the Song Festival. The Georgia Community Center has Carol Ann Jones in a solo performance. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Heather McKowan’s Highbrow to Hoedown. The Town of Highgate will host a benefit concert for Camp Highgate with Asphalt Drive. Concerts By The Common begins with the Constitution Brass. And Summer Sounds begins July 18. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Flynn offers Corliss Blakely’s Visions of Nature exhibit with a demonstration of her new electronic painting techniques. The Bryan Memorial Gallery summer exhibit, Land and Light, includes an artists roundtable and reception. Read more…

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Artbits – July 1, 2010

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Dick

SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE!

Bay Day 2010 kicks off a day with lots more than fireworks in St. Albans Town Bay Park on Sunday. Bay Day has live music all day with the Keeghan Nolan band plus Gary Dulabaum and Josh Brooks in the afternoon.

Sunday evening the All Arts Council and the Town of St. Albans welcome Carol Ann Jones & her All-Star Band The Superchargers in an Independence Day tribute in the Summer Sounds season premiere that leads right into the fireworks. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Bob Eldridge, Pam Krout-Voss, Martha Ohliger, Karen Scheffler, and JoAnne Wazny with a free meet-the-artists reception tonight. Corliss Blakely’s Visions of Nature exhibit opens tomorrow with a reception at the Flynn. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts the photographs of Lori Lagro. The Bryan Memorial Gallery summer exhibit, Land and Light, begins with artists Pam Fiaschetti, Charles Meunier, Mark Tougias, and more. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Missisquoi River Band is busy with the Richford Fourth of July parade and the Franklin Bluegrass Jam. Read more…

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Artbits – June 24, 2010

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Dick

BOOM BOX

An apartment house explosion in Swanton Village early Saturday morning left one man in the hospital with severe burns and several families homeless. The other six residents of the four apartments, including well-known singer and songwriter of the blues Jim Branca and his family, escaped without injuries. Read more…

SUMMER SOUNDS!

Monday was the first day of Summer and the Longest Day of the year. That means the All Arts Council Summer Sounds series will begin at Bay Day with Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers playing into the fireworks. The lineup is great. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Bryan Memorial Gallery/New England Plein Air Painters exhibit, Paint Vermont, features new work by artists who have painted in and around Jeffersonville within the past year and draws to a close on Sunday. Read more…

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Artbits – June 17, 2010

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Dick

REALLY OLD and NEW MUSIC

Summer Music at Grace presents Aurora Ancient Music to perform The Wild and The Sacred, a concert of medieval and new songs and dance music in Grace Church. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The 2010 Quechee Balloon Festival presents Yankee Chank, the Press Gang, Hey Mama, One Morning Fair, Banjo Dan and the Mid Nite Plowboys, and more. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Meg Cossaboom and her voice students in an evening of music. Read more…

JUNE-JULY ART DEADLINES

YouTube Play seeks innovative, amateur videos from unexpected sources. The Foundry Art Center celebrates painting. Wind River Valley Artists’ 61st National Art and Photography Show wants 2D and 3D fine art. LH Horton Jr Gallery calls for any 2D and 3D media. The 11th Annual Will’s Creek Survey is a national juried exhibition. Read more…

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