Artbits-November 16, 2023

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

Mad River Valley Arts presents Beyond the Curve, an American Abenaki COVID experience. Vera Longtoe Sheehan will discuss the exhibit and the Abenaki Storytelling Project. . Deborah Paolantonio received the BLICK: Viewers Choice Award for Portal. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The annual Holiday Craft Fair takes over the Opera House with art, jewelry, chocolate, maple goods, ornaments, wooden bowls, and so much more. The Renaissance Gift Shop is celebrating its fourth anniversary with local art, crafts, and specialty foods. 14th Star holds the weekly Maker’s Market. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Snow Farm Vineyard and Once Upon A Rock has a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Howard Coffin presents Vermont Women and the Civil War at Franklin Homestead, drawing from letters and diaries to tell the story of Vermont women enlisting for the duration. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here and family gatherings for Thanksgiving are right around the corner. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie Sings, Jenni Johnson and the Junketeers, Shane’s Apothecary, Toast, the Wrecks, Last Kid Picked, the Great Virtuoso Composers: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Paganini, Zitong Wang, Soovin Kim, Rusty Dewees, the Back Roots, Cozy, Jerborn and Axe all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week with the Tyler Mast Band and a benefit concert by Mark Shelton. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The St. Albans Free Library has Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. Swanton Free Public Library hosts the monthly book club, But I Progress. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 9, 2023

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Dick

THEATER

You’ll want to think twice before crossing this family as the Opera House hosts a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

A new Abenaki mural fills the wall at the Montpelier Transit Center, created by Abena Songbird and Lucy Cannon Neel with other artists. Susan Bill Riley’s Late October Light on the Winooski River is at Bryan Gallery. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The 19th annual Milton Artists Guild ArtFest jumpstarts holiday shopping. 14th Star Brewing Company holds a Maker’s Market. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Sylvia Oblak leads a Harvest Paint and Sip to paint, threading fairy lights, and more. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Swanton Free Public Library offers a Cricut for Beginners class with Barb Switzer. The Milton Artists’ Guild has Social Sunday and Corrina Thurston leads a Colored Pencil on Wood workshop. Read more…

COVID NEWS

There were 9 new hospital admissions in Franklin County last week. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Open Mic Night, Bob Gagnon, the Paul Asbell Trio, the John Lackard Blues Duo, Chris & Erica, Justice 3, Uncle Jimmy, the Hitmen, NightHawk. Neon 90s, David Feurzeig, and Elisabeth LeBlanc all take the stage at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-November 2, 2023

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Dick

HUMANITIES

Panelists Leanne Harple, Margi Putney, Susan Piccoli, Richelle Franzoni, and Ryan Newswanger host a session about Last Night at the Telegraph Club, the Vermont Reads 2023 book by Malinda Lo. Vermont folklorist Jane Beck shares the story of Daisy Turner’s Kin at the Highgate Library. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Donna Blatchly, Janice DeCooman, Shanna Ratner, and Deborah Shell with a live reception at the gallery. The Milton Artists Guild has three new external displays for Deborah Goudreau, Ryl Roe, and Corrina A. Thurston. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

14th Star Brewing Company holds the weekly Maker’s Market in the Taproom. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Linda Oakes Carvalho leads Paint and Sip-Autumn Sunshine at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The St. Albans Community Arts Creative Connections continues at St. Albans City Hall. Totality in Taylor Park is open to any Franklin County residents to design a sticker for the solar eclipse. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild has Social Sunday as well as Corrina Thurston’s reprise of Etsy 101, an Introduction to Etsy. River Arts offers the November Open Studio Figure Drawing. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 is still here. Although statewide cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were down last week, both have have trended up statewide since August. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

8084, Andre Maquera, Randy Smith, Frank Barnes, Gary Spaulding, the Nobby Reed Project, King Me, 90 Proof, jerborning with Jerborn and Axe, Lawless with JB Woods from Supernatural, the 3Bs, Isaac French, and David Feurzeig with Elisabeth LeBlanc all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Book Sale continues at the library. You wouldn’t believe the great books that come in. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 26, 2023

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Dick

FILM

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live shadow cast. Something spooky has this way gotten with the 11th annual Northwest Nightmares Film Festival. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery fearures Nature Through Abstraction with artist Steve Clark’s Cows at Home. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

14th Star holds the weekly Maker’s Market with local crafters and makers. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild has back-to-back events: Sylvia Oblak leads the Paint and Sip- Hocus Pocus and then Neon Glow Paint and Sip. Montgomery Center for the Arts has a Date Night Paint and Sip with Patrick Murphy. River Arts hosts the in-person, October Paint & Sip Foliage in Watercolor with Yvette “Evie” Mason. Read more…

CREATIVE NETWORK

The Vermont Creative Network has named Corrina Thurston as Zone Agent for the Chittenden County Zone. She will lead the work of VCN regionally. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

Spooky Saturday takes over Downtown for pumpkin decorating, witches dancing, a costume contest, spooky organ music, exhibits coming to life, and the Nightmare at City Hall. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher continues with Kelly Viens to discuss the St. Albans Recreation Department and Hard’ack Recreation Area. Isaac Bashaw will introduce the year round community programming at Hard’ack Pool. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues with a different project. Alex Foltz broadcasts his season finale, an outdoor oil painting lesson in Bakersfield. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have trended up statewide since August. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

HalloQueen, Adlai Waxman, Left Eye Jump, the Wrecks, Staircase 24, Kyle Stevens, Sticks & Stones, Jim Branca, Tom Buckley, Chuck Eller, Matty Nerbak, Terry Youk, the Stragglers, Barbie-N-Bones, the Smokey New field Project, the Grippo Funk Band, Al’s Pals, the All Night Boogie Band, Desmond O’Neil, and Jamie Lee Thurston and Co. all light up the stage at a venue near you this week. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman and other special guests read banned books at The Eloquent Page. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 19, 2023

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Chamber and the Artist in Residence Gallery close the mixer season with Barry Genzingler, and featured artists Claire Graham Smith, Gillian Ireland, and David Juaire at AIR. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

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

ART YOU CREATE

Plan ahead for a Date Night Paint and Sip with Patrick Murphy to create an original piece of art. Read more…

CALL FOR VISUAL ARTISTS and POETS

GEMS, the Bryan Gallery show for small works, is accepting works through an online process. Vermont has issued a call for nominations for the state Poet Laureate following a tradition that began with Robert Frost. Read more…

FILM

Family Movie Night continues with a family friendly Spooky movie. There will be popcorn. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher examines a Memoir of Mime, Circus, and Parkinson’s with Rob Mermin. Read more…

THEATER

20 years of showcasing and celebrating local talent comes together for the 2023 Youth Talent Show at the House. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues with a different project. Corrina Thurston leads an introduction to Etsy. The Swanton arts council hosts Barn Quilting with Marie Speer. Alex Foltz broadcasts an outdoor oil painting lesson in Grand Isle. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Vaccines are available for COVID, the Flu, and RSV, the three main viruses that cause Franklin County people to end up in a hospital. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Youth Talent Show, Cooie Sings, Jennie and the Junketeers, Chris & Erica, IncaHoots, WD-40, Before This Time, Smet, the VSO Jukebox, Julio Desmont, Brooke Quiggins-Saulnier, Ben Lively, Stefanie Taylor, John Dunlop, BackRoots, Nate Perham, Rushmore, Bad Horsey, Cooper, Bob Recupero, John Gratton all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Local writer Walt McLaughlin will read from and sign Confronting the Unknowable: Essays on God, Nature and Being Human. Jason Barney, Randy Brock, and James Levy will discuss the case of corrupt St. Albans cop Paul Lawrence. Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 12, 2023

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Dick

CALL for ARTISTS in PAINT and MUSIC

Registration is open for Summit School of Traditional Music classes and jams. The Bryan Memorial Gallery plein air Fall Artist Retreat will be led by T.M. Nicholas, Stapleton Kearns, and Tom Hughes. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The free, non-juried, uncensored, People’s Art Show continues in Kelton Hall at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. The Village Frame Shoppe features the Northern Vermont Artist Association Fall ’23 show. The Island Arts Gallery has the works of Patrick Murphy. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

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

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga and Creative Arts Studio hosts a Spooky Night Paint and Charcuterie Party. River Arts offers the in-person, October Sip n’ Slurry: Slab Luminaries with Chiara Keeling. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

100 Candles Tattoo holds Vermont’s very first ever Rail City Tattoo Convention at St. Albans City Hall. Read more…

FILM (AND MORE)

Something spooky this way comes. The 11th annual Northwest Nightmares Film Festival is still two weeks away but the coloring contest is going on now. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher continues the Fall weekly program series with Chester F. Parsons and the History of Sheep in Vermont. Vermont Humanities presents From Homebrew to the House of Fermentology with Bill Mares. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Alex Foltz teaches a series of outdoor oil painting lessons, this week at the dam in Highgate. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council Art Journaling Group meets in person at the library. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Vermont’s COVID-19 hospitalization level rose to Medium. There were 15 new admissions in Franklin County last week alone. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Howl-O-Ween and Open Mic Night plus the Jeff Salisbury Band, Sibling Reverie, the Rough Suspects, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Nickel & Dime , Chris & Erica, JT Horne all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club has a Hallowe’en Party with Agatha Christie. There are two Swanton Library book club meetings for What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty and But I Progress. Read more…

 

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