ArtBits – September 16, 2010

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Dick

SPEAKING EASY, SINGING ROUGH

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls hosts the Fall Fundraiser as a chance to step back to the Prohibition Era when the only speakeasy in town is the Opera House with Tammy Fletcher. Read more…

CAMELOTS

The Saint Albans Society for the Performing Arts presents a local community theater production of Camelot: The Musical. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Overtime Saloon and Boyden Winery each present the Nobby Reed Project. Johnson State College hosts the first Bounty of the County Contest. Fiddleheads perform at the Make-A-Wish Walk for Wishes. Sterling Valley hosts a benefit dance for the Stowe Land Trust. The United Church of Bakersfield and East Fairfield presents the Southern Gospel of Praise Incorporated. Read more…

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ArtBits – September 9, 2010

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Dick

TOURING

Is a topless Corvair a “touring car”? The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Carol Ann Jones & The Superchargers in their final stop on the Opera House Tour. Read more…

ART IN GLASS

The St. Albans Artists’ Guild will host a one-day workshop, Making Stained Glass with Karen Scheffler. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Culture Hop hosts Fiddleheads. The Middlebury Food Coop Harvest Festival presents Yankee Chank. The Vermont Folklife Center hosts an Open House with Mark Sustic and others. Higher Ground with Events for Tom presents Carolina Chocolate Drops. Harley D’s has the Nobby Reed Project. Read more…

DOES ART SUPPORT YOU?

A new campaign to promote the arts wants our stories. The first 500 will get a free t-shirt. Read more…

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ArtBits – September 2, 2010

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Corliss Blakely, Peter Miller, Henry Trask Riley, and Susan Delear with a free meet-the-artists reception tonight. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts black and white photography by Moria Routhier. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Champlain Valley Fair continues with the Keeghan Nolan Band. On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project tonight. Music Box presents The Missing Cats. The 3rd annual North Branch Labor Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival includes Big Spike Bluegrass and Possum Haw. Read more…

BALLROOM DANCE IN ST. ALBANS

Kevin Laddison of First Step Dance begins ballroom dance classes at the St. Albans Historical Museum. Read more…

21 DAYS of SUMMER, 20 YEARS of SOUNDS

The 20th season of Summer Sounds was very successful. Read more…

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ArtBits – August 26, 2010

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Dick

SUMMER ROOTS

Summer Music at Grace presents Tom Akstens and Neil Rossi in a A Journey into American Roots Music. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Photographer Peter Arthur Weyrauch is featured at the T.W. Wood Gallery and The Townsend Gallery. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Carol Ann Jones of Georgia and John Gibbons of St Albans join a singer-songwriter extravaganza at the Heineburg Club. The Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival continues at the Elley-Long Music Center. The Bluebird Tavern presents Ragged Glory with special guest Carol Ann Jones. The Champlain Valley Fair includes free performance by the US Marine Corps Band, the First Night Stars, and the Vermont Talent Showcase. Read more…

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ArtBits – August 19, 2010

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Dick

FIZZY BUT NO FLOOD

Scotty’s Taxi presents the goofy, the poetic, the geeky, The Fizz in the free Summer Sounds concert in Highgate Municipal Park on Sunday evening at 7 p.m. Read more…

HORACE VANDERGELDER, FAMOUS AGAIN

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Hello Dolly! beginning tonight and continuing tomorrow and Saturday. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The 3rd annual Liberate Music and Yoga Festival returns to Poor Farm Road. Island Arts presents a Celebration of Native Ways at St. Anne’s Shrine. The Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival opens Sunday. Carol Ann Jones will sing the National Anthem for the Vermont Lake Monsters. Read more…

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER ART DEADLINES

The South Shore Art Center will host an Encaustic Workshop. The SSAC national juried exhibition is open to all artists and all media. The 2011 Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival Poster contest continues. The 35th Anniversary Women Only juried call is for a show at Manhattan’s SohoPhoto gallery. Read more…

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ArtBits – August 12, 2010

Posted on August 12, 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.

PLAY IT LIKE YOU DRIVE

O. C. McCuin & Sons presents Adirondack singer-songwriter Roy Hurd in the free Summer Sounds concert in Highgate on Sunday. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery hosts a “Paper Cut Workshop” with Sandra fw Beaty in St. Albans. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

ALBURGH–The ninth annual Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival brings out the big guns from Banjo Dan and Cherryholmes to Keeghan Nolan and Jamie Lee Thurston, all starting tonight. One Federal presents Deanna Paquette and the New Naturals with Jason Corbiere. Full Circle returns to Summer Music at Grace. Hick Jam 2 kicks off at the end of Robinson Road. Concerts By The Common has the Hewitt/McGuire Duo. Carol Ann Jones & The Superchargers continue The Opera House Tour. Read more…

THESPIAN CALL

Fairfax Community Theater Company begins auditions for The Curious Savage. Read more…

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