Artbits-August 24, 2023

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Supercharged Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs with live shows in 15 Towns. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery looks again at the Creative Process with William Hoyt’s Shirts and Sheets painting and studies on display. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild offers the Milkweed and Monarch Paint and Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho. Read more…

CLUBS

The MAG Queer Art Club is a free, drop in social group to bring and work on any creative work. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts continues community dancing to lively music in Easy Folk Dancing for All Ages with instructor Leslie Alpert. All dances are taught. No partner required. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

Celebrate National Dog Day at the Blue Paddle with a little surprise for every pup that joins them for dinner. Read more…

GRANTS FOR ARTISTS

The Flood Relief Grant program for artists is open for any Vermont artist affected by recent flooding. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

COVID NEWS

Wednesday is the first day of school for most Franklin County students but cases Franklin County had six new hospitalizations last week. The Abenaki Nation hosts a free Vaccine Drop In. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Stowe Jazz Fest, Will Patton Ensemble (twice) once as Swing Manouch, the Lloyd Tyler Band (twice), No Where Washington, Nathan Michaud, Carol Ann Jones and The Superchargers, Uncle Jimmy, the Natural Selection, the Devon McGarry Band, Kyle Stevens, Toast, Coop — Bob Recupero, the Awen Family Band, the Mad Mojo Band, Sohyun Ahn with Eun Hee Park, Corner Junction Bluegrass, Mark Abair’s All Star Band, the Chris Lyon Band, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, the Nobby Reed Project, the Blue Rock Boys, the Smokey Newhouse Project, the Dale and Darcy Band, Madeleine with Jeff Anderson, Donna Thunder, Jennifer Edwards, Avery Ellis, the Astral Underground, She Was Right, the New Time Swing Band, and Jim Branca and Tom Buckley all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 17, 2023

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs, Summer Sounds plays Highgate and there are also live shows in a dozen Towns. Read more…

SOUNDS OF SUMMER

The 32nd year of Summer Sounds concerts at home in Highgate concludes with Sean Jarvis singing songs and playing guitar live on the Highgate Arena lawn. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

A Chair Affair Celebration Party has live music and desserts and a silent auction in City Hall to benefit Historic Church Street. The custom-painted Adirondack chairs have spent the summer in front of downtown businesses. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild offers Paint Your Own Pet with artist Laurie Thompson. No furry friends will be coated. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS and MUSICIANS

Auditions are now open for the 2023-2024 Young Tradition Touring Group season. Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts the People’s Art Show, a free, uncensored, exhibit to celebrate all forms of creativity, diversity, and imagination. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts continues community dancing to lively music in Easy Folk Dancing for All Ages with dances from Armenia, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Israel, Serbia, Turkey and more with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Island Arts continues the three part series on the Art of Conscious Communications with Kim and Bob Muncil. The Saint Albans Museum presents Marty Podskoch with a History of the Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps Camps in the Bliss Room or on Zoom. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park welcomes Aaron York for Perspectives 2023: Amazing Makers and a conversation on Wabenaki arts and culture. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild offers two free workshops. Artist, writer, TED Speaker (and MAG Executive Director) Corrina Thurston leads Confidence as an Artist. Social Sundays continue with free weekly art classes for families. Island Arts hosts a Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop with Pat Brennan. Read more…

COVID NEWS

COVID is still here: Franklin County had six new hospitalizations last week. The numbers seem small but not to our six neighbors in the hospital. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Nobby Reed Project (twice), Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Sticks and Stones, Third Shift, Mark Abair Unplugged, the Rough Suspects, Cozy, Chameleon, Kyle Stevens, Mama Tried, Beg, Steal or Borrow, 90 Proof, the Mullets of Rock, Kyle Stevens, Jorge Garcia Herranz, the Vermont Jazz Ensemble, the Soulo Davis Duo, Tournesol, Chris & Erica, Stephen Conrady, 8084, the Chad Hollister Band, Rusty Dewees, Jamie Lee Thurston, Sean Jarvis, the Enosburg Town Band, Coop, Bob Recupero, the Ryan Sweezey Band, the Blue Rock Boys, Cliff Crosby, Eric Bushey, Sabina Perkins, George Murtie all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page’s first Mystery Book Club meeting takes on the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk. The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person at the library. Read more…

 
 

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Artbits-August 10, 2023

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer celebrate Open Farm Week as Summer Sounds continues in Highgate and some of our friends play multiple gigs. Read more…

SOUNDS OF SUMMER

The 32nd year of Summer Sounds concerts continue at home in Highgate with the North Heroes. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery’s online segment Legacy: The Artist’s Collection features Susan Bull Riley with Vermont Twilight and other paintings. A Retrospective Looking Forward–the Art of Aida Whedon has opened at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts Summer Cocktails, another Neon Night glow-in-the-dark paint and sip with Sylvia Oblak. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts continues community dancing in Easy Folk Dancing for All Ages with Leslie Alpert. Registration is now open for the Ballet School and Northern Vermont Ballet’s 21st season. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Join the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association in the garden for the Abenaki Word of the Week. The Abenaki Nation and Swanton Rec host a Cornhusk Doll-Making Workshop with Donna Toneatti at Corn Fest. Island Arts begins the Art of Conscious Communicatons with Kim and Bob Muncil. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

COVID NEWS

COVID cases and hospitalizations are rising nationwide and Vermont hospitalizations are up. The numbers seem small but not to the people in the hospital. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Carol Ann Jones (twice) with Will Patton, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon (twice), two times the North Heroes, Mark Shelton, the Dirty Looks Band, Julia Parent, fresh from her Field Days triumph, the John Lackard Blues Duo, the Fabulous Wrecks, 90 Proof, the Free Range Band, Barbie-N-Bones, the Logger, Rusty Dewees and the Fiddler Patrick Ross, Ms. Lee Fan Club Concert, Fabian Rainville, the Nobby Reed Project, Cooie Sings with Adlai, the Cerutti-Reid Duo, Sarah and Peter Bowley and Tami Shearer, Champlain Voices, B-Town, Tinus Smallus, Blue Heron, Bad Horsey, Mad Mojo, Renee Laroche-Rheaume, the Enosburg Town Band, Conor + the Wild Hunt, Dave Roberts, and the Citizens Concert Band all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Joseph Bruchac, Saratoga Springs’ first Poet Laureate, has received the Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellowship Award. Swanton Library has two book club meetings: the Library Book Club with Cheryl Messier and But I Progress. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 3, 2023

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue with Franklin County Field Days plus live shows in nine Towns. Read more…

FIELDS OF SUMMER

Vermont’s finest country fair takes to the fields of Highgate for the 47th Franklin County Field Days. Come for the lineup of the best music, arts and crafts, and weeds of summer. Neon Spoon and Friction, Bad Horsey, the Old Man Garage Band, Chris & Erica, Julia Parent, the Missisquoi River Band, the Darcy Cahill Band, and Johnnie Bubar all fill the stage live. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Lindsay DiDio, Barbara Flack, Meta Strick, and El Towle with a live reception at the gallery. Atlas Obscura declared Cold Hollow Sculpture Park one of the 10 Unexpected Delights of Vermont’s Arts and Culture Scene. A Retrospective Looking Forward–the Art of Aida Whedon fills the MCA. Off The Rails has artwork by Tina Logan and Todd Logan. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council hosts Stampin’ Up! Cardmaking with Barb. All supplies are provided. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Nebizun: Water is Life Abenaki Teach-In will be at the Mt. Kearsage Indian Museum. The Historical American Women FUNdraiser celebrates the accomplishments of pioneering women in American history–Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Anna May Wong, Bessie Coleman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Maria Tallchief–with impressionist Terry Buehner. Becky Rupp will discuss Soup to Nuts: An Eccentric History of Food. The Abenaki Word of the Week is translated. Read more…

THEATER

Adam Wilber, Ryan Bliss, and Kozmo do Magic Beyond Imagination at the Opera House at Enosburg Falls. James and the Giant Peach Jr takes over the Island Arts Center. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild has three workshops this week: Drawing 101 with Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr., Social Sunday, and Learn Zentangle with Julia Davenport. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the library. Read more…

COVID NEWS

NMC has submitted its proposed budget for next year to the Green Mountain Care Board. The GMCB requests show the profound impacts of COVID-19 on our health care system across all 14 Vermont hospitals. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Carol Ann Jones (twice) with Will Patton, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Nathan Michaud, Blues for Breakfast, the Shane Murley Band, the Duel, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Sibling Reverie, Smokin’ Gun, Medicine Tribe, the Nobby Reed Project, the Champlain Consort, Jacob Green, Dan & Sean Jarvis, the Free Range Band, the Jolly Roger, Tim Brick, Cooie DeFrancesco, the Enosburg Town Band, Back Porch Revival, Sister Speak, Kat Wright and Brett Hughes all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

DonnaRae Menard releases her third mystery, Murder in the Village Proper, at the Eloquent Page.Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 27, 2023

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as Summer Sounds continues and there are live shows in 13 Towns. Read more…

SOUNDS OF SUMMER

The 32nd year of Summer Sounds concerts at home in Highgate continue with folk-rock songwriter Tyler Mast live on the Highgate Arena lawn. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park presents Perspectives 2023: Amazing Makers featuring artist-in-residence, Olaniyi R. Akindiya at the Park. Visitors of all ages will join him to build a piece during this special event. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts a Paint n Sip with Amber Rae Harvey. Read more…

FLOOD NEWS

Floodstock 2.0? 8084, the Chad Hollister Band, Rusty Dewees, Jamie Lee Thurston, and more are Vermont Strong soon. Bryan Memorial Gallery will donate a portion of all painting sales to Cambridge Cares. Art For Vermont Flood Relief will donate the full purchase price of the items in their online gallery. Tax deadlines for Vermonters hit by the floods are extended. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park introduce the Abenaki Word of the Week. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

COVID NEWS

The Vermont Department of Health reported that COVID-19 hospitalizations fell statewide but three of those are in Franklin County. Four more people have died. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Bare Bones (twice), Still Kickin’, Nick Carter, the Nobby Reed Project, Ryan Sweezey, King Me, IncaHoots, Jerborn and Axe, Milton Busker & the Grim Work, Heliland, Mark Abair, the Duo, Eclectica String Quartet, Green Mountain Brass Band, Dead Sessions, the Peacheaters, Caldonia Mission, the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, The Band, Creatio, Fever Dolls, Troy Millette & the Fire Below, Neil Shepard, Jack Arthur Tremblay, Psylas, the Enosburg Town Band, the Avery Cooper Quartet, John Geno and InCahoots, Dave Miller, and the Citizens Concert Band all play live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Cheryl Marita signs and talks about Touching the Veil: End of Life Stories through the Eyes of a Nurse. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 20, 2023

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs. There are live shows around the region. Read more…

FLOOD NEWS

The federal government issued a major disaster declaration for Vermont. FEMA will distribute funds for infrastructure repairs, housing aid, and individual needs. CERF+ has emergency relief grants for artists. The Vermont Main Street Flood Recovery Fund has grants for small business owners. The SBA offers disaster assistance. And more rain is still in the forecast. Read more…

SOUNDS OF SUMMER

HIGHGATE–The Town of Highgate continues the 32nd year of Summer Sounds live on the lawn. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery presents Jessica Fligg as part of the Creative Process artist’s demo series. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

Big Heavy World has launched the on-demand website License Vermont-Made Music. It allows producers to purchase local music to use in media projects; the state’s artists benefit directly. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Free Public Library continues the Christmas in July series with Christmas Gnome with Abbey. The Milton Artists’ Guild offers the Glowing Jellyfish BYOB Paint and Sip with Sylvia Oblak. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The deadline for the five day Bryan Memorial 2023 Fall Artist Retreat is coming soon. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts continues community dancing to lively music in Easy Folk Dancing for All Ages with Leslie Alpert. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

Church Street celebrates the history and community in an Old-Fashioned Street Festival with food, games, vendors, kids’ activities, and historic tours. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park introduce the Abenaki Word of the Week. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild has three workshops this week: Learn Colored Pencil with Corrina Thurston, Social Sunday, and Paint Pouring with Laurie Thompson. Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts Introduction to Palette Knife Painting en Plein Air with Melanie Levitt. Island Arts has a Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop with Pat Brennan. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Bad MOJO, Mama Tried (Rebecca Padula, Linda Kallinger, Ukulele Clare Innes, and Kathy Mulligan), Quadra, Jerborn and Axe, Dan Parks and Mark Steffenhagen, Staircase 24, the Buck Hollers, Nathan Michaud, Haiduck and Heckendorn with Art DeQuasie, the Metalwerx Tuba Euphonium Quartet, the Nobby Reed Project, Honey and Soul (Hannah Hausman, Cleo Flemming, Danica Cunningham, Zach Santarsiero, and Braden Lalancette), Carol Ann Jones, CDBB (Adlai Waxman, Jeff Salisbury, Tom Caswell, and Tom Buckley), the Enosburg Town Band, Andriana and the Bananas, Mad Mojo, and the Citizens Concert Band all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person. Volume Two of Gail Marlene Schwartz’ Hotch Potch, an original magazine of art and literature is now available. Read more…

 

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