Artbits-July 13, 2023

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Dick

SUMMER SOUNDS HITS THE BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs and Summer Sounds begins in Highgate. Read more…

SOUNDS OF SUMMER

The Town of Highgate begins the 32nd year of Summer Sounds concerts at home in Highgate with the return of the Tenderbellies in the first free concert of the season on the Highgate Arena lawn. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Creative Process is Bryan Memorial Gallery’s current show in the Main Gallery. This week’s artist is Cynthia Rosen. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park repeats the free community gathering Picnic for Potluck at the park Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Library continues the four-week Christmas in July series with Christmas Craft with Barb to create a sleigh. Read more…

DANCE

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

HUMANITIES

Tis the season to bite into the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s Abenaki Word of the Week. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild has three workshops this week. Rosemary D’Elia discusses What It’s Like Doing an Artist Residency. Social Sunday continues. The six-week class, Art for Those with Dementia (and Their Caregivers) with Tina Lesperance begins. Read more…

COVID NEWS

The pandemic isn’t over. COVID has brought lasting changes to Vermont’s theater companies. And the Vermont Department of Health reported a small increase in hospitalizations. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Chris & Erica, Dirt Road, Eric Hutchinson with Troy Millette, Whiskey and Wine, Duncan Macleod, Nickel and Dime, Mitch & Devon, the Dogcatchers, the Nobby Reed Project, She Was Right, Jamie Lee Thurston and special guest Bad Horsey, Soul Project NOLA, Bella’s Bartok with Rod Tuffcurls & the Bench Press, Sohyun Ahn with Eun Hee Park, the Bella Voca Band, Village Harmony, Ryan Hanson, Breanna Elaine, the Tenderbellies, the Enosburg Town Band, the Full Cleveland, Roger Giroux, Rushmore, Bettenroo, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear live in a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Swanton Free Public Library has two book club meetings, the Library Book Club and the monthly group But I Progress. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 6, 2023

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer begin this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs in live shows all around the area. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Barry Genzlinger, Maureen Genzlinger, artha McGinn, and Cat McKeen with a live reception at the gallery. Bryan Memorial Gallery continues Legacy: The Artist’s Collection with Nathaniel Williams. The Montgomery Center for the Arts has a Retrospective Landscape solo exhibit of works by Michael Domina. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

Downtown St. Albans hosts a two-day Art and Sidewalk Sale with visual art, books, live music, and more. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild has a Milkweed and Monarch BYOB Paint and Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho. The Swanton Arts Council has two card workshops: Stampin’ Up! Cardmaking and the Christmas in July series, both with Barb Switzer. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts continues community dancing to lively music in International Community Folk Dancing with Lesley Alpert. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Abenaki Artists Association shares Abenaki words alongside English translations. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

IN THE SAC

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

COVID NEWS

Despite the “claw back” of funds, COVID cash remains available for the 16 Franklin County libraries to perform maintenance and other upgrades. COVID is still here. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie and Adlai (twice), the Shane Murley Band, B-Town, Cooper, Third Shift, Dan Parks with Mark Steffenhagen, Mark Abair and his All Star Band, Kyle Stevens, Soul and Soda, Jonny Mop, Dennis Fox & Friends, Melvin Seals and JGB, Smokin Gun, Breanna Elaine, Mango Jam, the Nobby Reed Project, Joe Moore, Burlington Taiko Drummers, Lake Sorbet Poetry & Guitar with Kathy Fisher and Juliana Just Costa, A Cappella Lollapaloozawith Root 7, Green Mountain Chorus, and Chordination, the Enosburg Town Band, Raised by Hippies, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, Julia Parent, Prydein, the Lloyd Tyler Band, the Citizens Concert Band, and Nobby Reed all perform live on a stage near you. The 32nd year of Summer Sounds begins in a week with the Tenderbellies. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Chamber Music Northwest explores Poetry in Music with Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim. Mark Shelton is Captain Radical, the Pirate King of Rock and Roll online. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page has a Local Author Open House during the Art and Sidewalk Sale. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 29, 2023

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Dick

THEATER

In the House Summer Camp presents The Wizard of Oz, an adaptation by Ernie Hemingway, on the big stage. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery continues Legacy: The Artist’s Collection with the Vermont landscape paintings of Eric Tobin. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts opens the barn doors to the joy of community dancing with instructor Leslie Alpert. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild with free weekly art classes. Each week offers a different project. Read more…

COVID NEWS

The CDC is now tracking several new COVID-19 variants prevalent nationwide. EU.1.1 is a strain found earlier this year. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Nobby & Slim, plus the Nobby Reed Project, the Jolly Rogers Band, the Ashley O’Brien Band, Ryan Sweezey, King Me, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Maple and Hanson, Third Shift, the Mark Abair Band, the Riverside Country Fest, Timmy B, KC Johns, Tim Angsten, Minced Oats, the Missisquoi River Band with Will Patton, Fiddlehead Hollow, Eric Bushey, Rusty Charpentier, Corner Junction, Mango Jam, Bettenroo, the Enosburg Town Band, the Most Wanted, Sister Speak, the Citizens Concert Band all take the stage live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week as Jason Corbiere, Ben Patton with Will Patton and Caleb Bronz perform almost live. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 22, 2023

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park presents Perspectives 2023: Amazing Makers featuring Fabiola Mendez and her cuatro. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts Paint and Sip Lady Liberty, a BYOB event with Sylvia Oblak. River Arts has the in-person, June Sip n’ Slurry: Garden Tiles with Ally Howell. Snow Farm has three classes at the Vineyard: Acrylics in the Islands with Lynn Cummings and two sessions of afternoon Pebble Art. Read more…

FESTIVALS

The 7th annual Vermont Renaissance Faire returns with artisans, crafts, mead and cider, food, musicians, dancers, acrobats, historical demos, encampments, a joust, Vikings, fairies, knights, jesters, pirates and even a unicorn. The Jeffersonville Art Jam continues with Mary McGinniss and the Selkies and a talk with David Mills. Rail City Fan Fest takes over the Collins Perley. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Abenaki Word of the Week shares Abenaki words alongside English translations. The Abenaki Totem Pole will be dedicated on the Swanton Village Green. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Swanton Arts council hosts a Character Creation Class with Janet Soavi. Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Island Arts hosts a Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop with Pat Brennan. Read more…

COVID NEWS

“It ain’t over till it’s over.” The Vermont Department of Health tracked six active outbreaks and is monitoring eight other situations. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Eleven’s final show, Chris & Erica (twice), Carol Ann Jones solo and the Carol Ann Jones Trio with Will Patton and Gary Spaulding, Pen Hits, Yang Bao and Kenneth Renshaw, Third Shift, the Devon McGarry Band, Sibling Reverie, Pony Truck, the Buck Hollers, Jonny Hick and The Kickers, Josh Worman and His Band Members, Barbie-n-Bones, the Uncle Jimmy Band, Fabiola Mendez, the Left Eye Jump Band, Troy Millette and the Fire Below, Charles Rossiter, Brandi Yeatman, Blue Fox, the Enosburg Town Band, Good Gravy, Still Kickin’, and the Citizens Concert Band all take the stage at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 15, 2023

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Montgomery Center for the Arts offers a Summer Art Extravaganza with Michael Domina and the Missisquoi River Band. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park hosts a Picnic for Potluck with Make Art in the Park, a guided walking tour, an artist talk and more. The Artist In Residence Gallery introduces Katie Shephard for the Young Artist Recognition Program. Bryan Memorial Gallery continues Legacy: The Artist’s Collection with Susan Bull Riley. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga & Creative Arts Studio host a Sunset Hammock Paint and Charcuterie Party. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

River Arts wants proposals for a 12-panel mural on Hutchins Street. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association follow the trail to the Abenaki Word of the Week. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

COVID NEWS

Wild animals roamed about 73 percent farther while humans were in COVID lockdown, according to a new study in the journal Science. AARP has a state-by-state guide to face mask requirements. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The 11th Pocock Rocks Music Festival, Cooie sings twice, the Nobby Reed Project thrice, IncaHoots, Mark Abair unplugged, the Robin Gottfried Band, the Rough Suspects, the Fabulous Wrecks, the Mullets of Rock, Carol Ann Jones with Will Patton, Drifting Unplugged–the Jimmy McCartney Comedy Tour, Morgan Myles, 90 Proof, the Nerbak Brothers Band, Dan Parks with Mark Steffenhagen, Soulstice, Jamie Lee Thurston, the Old Man Garage Band, the Back Roots, EagleMania, the Enosburg Town Band, John Gratton, the Citizens Concert Band, and the All Night Boogie Band all take the stage live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The 2023 Farewell Reunion Concert at Summer Music at Grace featured Pascal Gemme and the Young Tradition Vermont Youth Commission. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Island Arts Book Sale takes over the barn. Vermont novelist Stephen Russell Payne will be there. The Eloquent Page goes Wandering in Vermont Woods with Walt McLaughlin. Summer Reading begins. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 8, 2023

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Dick

AWARDING

Several of our local friends and venues are up for Seven Daysies awards this year. You’ll find categories from Best acupuncture to Best vocalist and hundreds in between. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery continues Legacy: The Artist’s Collection with emerging artist Tom Waters. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Linda Oakes Carvalho leads a Paint and Sip for Morning Joe at the Milton Artists Guild. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association introduces the Abenaki Word of the Week. Vermont’s Remarkable Sharpshooters with Howard Coffin comes live to the Cambridge Historical Society. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Swanton Arts Council hosts two workshops: a Cloud Lamp Class live with Janet Soavi and a Portrait Collage Class online or in person. The Milton Artists’ Guild also has two workshops: Social Sundays plus the chance to Learn Zentangle with Julia Davenport. Read more…

COVID NEWS

The Atlantic Hurricane season started this month and COVID infections are like hurricanes. It doesn’t matter how many are “forecast” because it takes only one to waffle you. Long COVID makes it tougher to exercise. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Bettenroo, the Hitmen, the Jeff Salisbury Band, She Was Right, Sticks and Stones, Cooper, Nighthawk, Kyle Stevens, Milton Busker and The Grim Work, the Owl Stars, 50 Cal, IncaHoots, the Rough Suspects Duo, Cooie & Adlai, Laura Fedele-Rasco, CONANT, Ben Patton and Tim McKenzie, Chris & Erica, Troy Milette and friends, the Apollo Suns, Jacob Green, and Nobby Reed, all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Melissa Haberman on We Are Vermont. Christa Schönfeldinger performed on the glass harmonica with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Read more…

 

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