Artbits-December 28, 2023

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Dick

NEW YEAR’S EVE

Highlight New Year’s Eve has Taylor Swift Eras Tour Dance Party, the Tenderbellies, Circus Smirkus, Front Porch Follies, the Youth Opera Company of OCM and more. First Night North offers 175 performers in 70 shows. The 18th annual New Year’s Eve Dinner & Celebration. New Year’s Eve Fireworks fill Taylor Park. Cozy and Sticks and Stones play. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist in Residence Gallery, Bryan Memorial Gallery, and the Milton Artists Guild showcase area artists. Libraries, offices, restaurants, and some surprises have exhibits. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The weekly Maker’s Market hosts local crafters and makers. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Filming in Burlington, Jericho, and vicinity, the Christmas Cowboy needs actors. Enosburgh Community Recreation seeks mural artists. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Miguel de Cervantes published Don Quixote De La Mancha. Ilan Stavans discusses the origins, structure and characters of that first modern novel. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold the first Board Meeting and Updates of the new year. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie Sings, Jomoband, the WD-40s, the Rough Suspects, PET Project, Nickel and Dime, Sticks and Stones, Barn Rats, the Tenderbellies and Beg Steal or Borrow, the Grippo Funk Band. Read more…

2023

We look back at the year, including whether the pandemic is actually over. (Sort of.) Franklin County artists and presenters managed again at the Arts Councils, the Franklin County Festivals, Libraries, and the Other Major Presenters. Read more…

HAPPY NEW YEAR

May 2024 be filled with friends and family and joy and the arts. Read more…

 

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Artbits-December 21, 2023

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Dick

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

ART ON THE WALLS

Saturday is the final day for the 16th annual Land & Light & Water & Air Exhibition at Bryan Gallery. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

14th Star holds the last Maker’s Market before Christmas. The Artist In Residence Gallery is open every day until Christmas. Bryan Memorial Gallery is open Wednesday – Sunday. The Milton Artists’ Guild gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday. Read more…

FILM

It’s Winter Movie Night tonight for Home Alone in the BFA Performing Arts Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. There were 41 hospitalizations statewide, 12 in Franklin County, from 353 cases in eight outbreaks, and eight more COVID-related deaths. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Acoustic Thursday, Jason Corbiere (twice) with Dave Keller, Ira Friedman, Rob Mehan, Jimmy Branca, Chicago Tom Buckley, Dave Mitchell, and Missisquoi Slim, then Jenni and the Junketeers, Uncle Jimmy, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Chris & Erica, Nighthawk, Justice 3, Laura Fedele Rasco, and 90 Proof all live in a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Enosburg Town Band and Community Chorus Christmas Concert was live at the House and on Facebook. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Many of our libraries will be closed or on holiday hours. The St. Albans Free Library hosts Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. Read more…

 

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Artbits-December 14, 2023

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Dick

FILM

The St. Albans Recreation Department presents a special Polar Express evening at the Welden. Children are encouraged to wear pajamas and will be treated to hot cocoa and cookies. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Twisted Perception Metal Works. Bryan Memorial Gallery has Melanie Levitt’s painting Three Trees. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

14th Star Brewing Company holds the weekly Maker’s Market in the Taproom. The pop-up booths have the work of local crafters and makers in time for the holidays. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts offers an in-person, Paint & Sip: Starry Skies with Yvette “Evie” Mason. The Swanton Free Public Library will make Felted Snowman Ornaments with Dot. The Highgate Library and Community Center offers Curbside Craft: Snowflake using some unusual crafting items. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Awaken Yoga and Creative Arts Studio hosts Santa Baby Beginner’s Burlesque Chair Dance. River Arts has Creative Flow in Watercolor and the Open Studio Figure Drawing Marathon. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations both increased last week. The virus is still here and six more Vermonters died. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

An Open Mic and Coffeehouse, the Home for the Holidays Concert with Troy Millette & the Fire Below, the Craigs, the Owl Stars, and Chris & Erica, a Holiday Extravaganza, Rebecca Padula and Claire Innes, Whiskey on the Windowsill, King Me, the Nobby Reed Project, Cooie DeFrancesco Sings, Jerborn and Axe, Dave Miller, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Roger Giroux, and the Smokey Newhouse Project all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Highgate Library and Community Center hosts their Adult Virtual Book Club with Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. The Eloquent Page has the Holiday Book Hunt with prizes plus Doris Sumner to sign her memoir, Life at Camp. Swanton Free Public Library hosts the monthly book club, But I Progress. Read more…

 

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Artbits-December 7, 2023

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Dick

December 7, 1941. Lou Conter is the last-remaining survivor of the USS Arizona.

THEATER

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents a family production of A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by Ernie Hemingway. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Cherie Marshall, Sarah McGarghen, Sally Tarr, and Wayne Tarr with a live reception. Snow Farm Vineyard hosts an artist reception for Cathy B. Hartley. Bryan Memorial Gallery has small works by Canadian artist Joyce Iacono. ArtBasel takes over Miami. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

14th Star Brewing Company holds the weekly Maker’s Market with pop-up booths for local crafters and makers. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Free Public Library hosts Homemade for the Holidays to create handmade projects in the Maker Space. Snow Farm Vineyard and Once Upon A Rock hold a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

St. Albans Community Arts continues Creative Connections at St. Albans City Hall. Artist Development Grants supports artists at all stages of their careers. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Bent Northrop Memorial Library offers the Adult Watercolor Class with Ben Raymond and Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. River Arts has the December Open Studio Figure Drawing and Karen Gunterman leading Tea, Cookies, & Cards. There will be an Open Studio Figure Drawing Marathon in less than two weeks. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here and Vermont is changing how it tracks the virus in the state’s wastewater. More Vermonters have required medical help for COVID infections in the weeks after Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The 9th annual Holiday Tractor Parade and the Lighted Jeep Parade, the Community Christmas Concert with a community chorus and the Enosburg Town Band, the Vermont Choral Union performing Handel’s Messiah, Nobby Reed (twice), Jeff Shelley, Sibling Reverie, the Maple Grove Band, the Duncan MacLeod Trio, the Hit Squad, the Shane Murley Band, Chris Smet, Nathan Michaud, the Soubrettes with Ben and Anna Patton, Linda Fedele Rasco, the Plattsburgh Gospel Choir and Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers with Jesse Agan, Joshua Glass, Chris Doncaster, and Eric Belrose all appear live at a venue (or street) near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 30, 2023

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Dick

FESTIVALS

The week long Festival of Trees has the Snoopy Paint Party, Masquerade Gala, Electric Youth Dance, Up North Dance Studio, Studio 3 Dance, Santa’s workshop, the Holiday Brunch with the Green Mountain Chorus and the MVU and BFA Jazz Ensembles, and the Citizens Concert Band Holiday Concert and Singalong. Christmas in the Park is the annual kick-off of the holiday season with stories, hot chocolate, treats, and crafts in Swanton. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery features Mary Martin’s oil, Rowing Home as the last ride before the lakes and ponds ice over. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

Today is the last day for the season at the Montgomery Center for the Arts and the current benefit exhibit and sale of Michael Domina’s fine art. The Artist In Residence Gallery has Holiday Tree Walk ArtisTREE ornaments designed by Gallery members. The 14th Star Maker’s Market hosts local crafters and makers. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga & Creative Arts Studio hosts a Festival of Trees Snoopy Paint and Charcuterie Party. The Milton Artists Guild has a Glowing Gnome Paint and Sip with Silvia.. River Arts hosts the in-person, December Sip n’ Slurry: Snowy Slabs with Chiara Keeling. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Historical Society presents Who are the American Abenakis of Vermont? What did the Wampanoag people and the Pilgrims really eat in 1621? Susan Evans McClure serves up the story. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild with free weekly art classes for families. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold its Annual Meeting with Updates in person. All Governing Body Members are encouraged to attend to elect the 2024 SAC Board of Directors, discuss hopes, dreams, and plans for SAC in the coming year. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. As of November 15, there were 43 hospitalizations statewide, up from 22 the prior week. That includes 12 new admissions in Franklin County, an increase from 9 the prior week. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooper, Bob Recupero, Shellhouse, John Geno, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Mitch & Devon, Phantom Airwaves, the WD-40s, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Electric Youth Dance, Up North Dance Studio, Studio 3 Dance, the Vermont Mandolin Trio with Will Patton, Jamie Masefield, Matt Flinner, and Pat Melvin, the Green Mountain Chorus, the MVU and BFA Jazz Ensembles, the Citizens Concert Band all appear live on a stage near you. And there will be Karaoke, so you can, too. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Vermont Humanities seeks nominations for the 2023 Vermont Book Awards. The Bent Northrop Memorial Library has lots of free books. Mercedes de Guardiola talks about her book, Vermont for the Vermonters. Christmas Reads starts the holiday season. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 23, 2023

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Dick

Happy Thanksgiving!

FESTIVAL OF TREES

The Festival of Trees ushers in the holiday season with the Tree Lighting and Laser Show and the Downtown Holiday Tree Walk. It all enefits the Josh Pallotta Fund. Read more…

ARTFUL FRIDAY

Saturday is Small Business Saturday in Franklin County. The Artist In Residence , 14th Star, the Montgomery Center for the Arts and individual artists all have works for the holidays. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The UVM Medical Center has opened a special exhibit of Beyond the Curve, an American Abenaki COVID experience. Bryan Gallery offers three new paintings by Erik Koeppel. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, December Sip n’ Slurry: Snowy Slabs with Chiara Keeling. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here and Thanksgiving gatherings put families at higher risk. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

There is a free Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Matty and Me, Cozy, Kyle Stevens, Something Reckless, the PET Project, Linda Fedele Rasco, Jonny Mop, Quadra, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, and Ethan Sawyer perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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