Artbits-July 31, 2025

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Dick

THEATER

Broadway’s timeless musical, Peter Pan, begins its four-day Opera House run with the songs, I’m Flying, I’ve Gotta Crow, I Won’t Grow Up, and Never Never Land. Limelight Academy presents an Acting Variety Show with performances by The Greatest Showman and more at the Highgate Manor. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Vermont wood artist Courtney Adams. Bryan Fine Art Gallery features Live Painting with Susan Bull Riley. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Friends of BNML host Mocktails & Masterpieces with Meagan from Paint & Sip VT. Read more…

DANCE

The joy of International Folk Dancing continues with instructor Lesley Alpert at the North Hero House Pier. Read more…

FESTIVALS

Franklin County Field Days, traditionally held this weekend, has news. Read more…

FILM

Director George Woodard and producer Gerianne Smart will screen The Summer of Walter Hacks and participate in a Q&A afterwards. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

ON STAGE LIVE

Kyle Stevens (twice), Jerborn (twice), B-Town (twice), the Butterfields (twice), Friction, the Shane Murley Band Soulshine Revival with Phil Graziano, Mark Abair and his All Star Band, Nighthawk, the Phil Abair Band with Keegan Nolan, Burton Stonerook, Jesse Agan, Uncle John’s Band, YY Zeppelin, Back to the Garden 1969, Big Yellow Taxi, Dead Zep, Old and In the Way, Sleeveless Tease, the Nobby Reed Project, Mirage, Sister Speak, Cooie Sings, Raphael & Rebecca, Blake Mattesen, Taylor La Valley, Andriana Chobot, Jared Ames, Connor Sweet, the Heavy Pour Band, McMaple, Chris & Erica, Neon Spoon, Mary McGinniss and the Selkies, Willy Dee McKenzie, Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass, the Enosburg Town Band, Jaded Revins, the Citizens Concert Band, and Jamie Lee Thurston all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week with DonnaRae Menard reading Episode three of Beneath The Fountain. The Citizens Concert Band and Rushmore played. Mark Shelton sang Christmas in July. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. Read more…

PASSAGES

Robert Resnik passed away this month, silencing his button accordion at 72. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 24, 2025

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Dick

BIG FUN IN A SMALL TOWN

The 33rd annual Jig in the Valley takes over the Meeting House green with the Dale and Darcy Band and Rusty Bucket, Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers, Left Eye Jump, the Jim Branca Quartet, and the world famous Oleo Romeos’ Big-Ass Review. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery features Tidepool 1 by Kate Follett. Multidisciplinary artist Garfield Morgan concludes his 2025 Residency at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Island Arts Artisan Market, hosted by Jennifer Pratt, will fill the Homer Knight Barn with handcrafted jewelry, driftwood/wool owls, artisan pottery, paintings from Jarrett Gamache, resin artwork, full grain leather goods, all natural soaps, as well as custom furniture and home decor, and much more. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The free Art Journaling Group meets in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Awaken Yoga & Creative Arts Studio and Kreations by Katherine offer a Pet Silhouette Paint Event. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Montgomery Center for the Arts seeks submissions for the People’s Art Show. Read more…

DANCE

The joy of community dancing to lively music continues at Island Arts with instructor Lesley Alpert. River Arts offers two dance workshops: Hanna Satterlee leads Contemplative Dance Practice plus a Dance Improvisation, Practicing Presence and Performance workshop. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Island Arts Summer Festival continues with Skylark in the Homer Knight Barn. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Michael Tougias talks about the wealth of information we can learn from Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Artist in Residence Gallery new Hand Building Pottery Class begins with Wendy and Martha. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Carol Ann Jones and The Superchargers (twice), the Buck Hollers (twice), the Stragglers (twice), Jerborn (twice), Cooie and Friends, Dan Parks, Sibling Reverie, the Better Angels, Magnetic Horse, Grace Palmer, Organized Dead, Minced Oats, Next Stop Comedy, the Cobras, Chris & Erica, the Smokey Newfield Project, Alex Riddell, Glass Onion, B-Town, the Bells of St. Albans, Tom Pearo, Jerband, Mark Shelton, the Donna Thunder Trio, Jim Branca, Stewart Foster, the Mitch and Devon Duo, the Fairfax-Fletcher-Westford Band, George Murtie, Amber Harvey plus Matt Peaches and Matt Crowley as the Duo Peaches and Cream, the Dimmer Triplets, Festa Dell Opera, the Enosburg Town Band, the Lloyd Tyler Duet, the Tangents, Vermont’s Freedom and Unity Chorus, Maria Rinaldi, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

DonnaRae Menard continues the weekly read of Beneath The Fountain, Rushmore played the St. Albans Bay Farmer’s Market, the Nobby Reed Project played the St. Albans Summer Concert Series. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

FAIRFAX–The Fairfax Community Library Library Book Club meets for The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. The library Silent Reading Party meets. Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen hosts a virtual Zoom group. The Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues.. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets for Ask Me No Questions by Shelly Noble. Snow Farm Vineyard hosts Wine & Words with Laura Napoli. Read more…

 
 

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Artbits-July 17, 2025

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS and UNDERFOOT

Saturday is the third annual National Sidewalk Chalk Day. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park hosts an artist talk and exhibition walk-through with Garfield Morgan. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Deborah Travis. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Dorset Quarry by Ken Rush. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Masonic Lodge hosts a Flea Market/Craft Fair. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Enosburgh Public Library Creative Creatures Arts & Crafts program builds Wind Chimes. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Island Arts Summer Festival has included Little Women, Counterpoint, the Ken Clark Organ Trio, and Skylark. The 32nd Vermont Brewers Festival has live music, local food trucks, Vermont products, and games. Read more…

FILM

The Eloquent Page presents George Woodard in a special screening of The Farm Boy at the Weldon. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Humanities examines Seminal Statements of American Values. Read more…

THEATER

Island Arts presents a four-performance run of Little Women–The Broadway Musical based on Louisa May Alcott’s life. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Isle La Motte Recreation Department hosts a free iPhone Photography Workshop with David Beckett. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Ben Raymond leads the Watercolor Flowers workshop at BNML. The new Artist In Residence workshops start next week at ReMarketVT. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Blues for Breakfast, Cooie Sings, the Vermont Blues Society, David and Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, and Larry Vigneault, Barbie-n-Bones, Jesse Agan, Chris Bell, 90 Proof, CombusOmatics, the Bushey/Bedell Trio, Robin Gottfried, Dennis Fox & Friends, Hullabaloo, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Jacob Green, Earthbound Spirits, the Stragglers, Mark Abair and his All Star Band, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Ryan Hanson, Roger Giroux, Owen Leavey, Amerikana Blue, Rosie Newton, Uncle John’s Band, Five O’clock Somewhere, La Bella Incognita, Seth Dempsey, Alex Miron-Perreault, Jessica Tovey, Alice Boissinot Guastavino, Dave Miller, Tony Pietricola, Bob Gagnon, the Milton Community Band the Enosburg Town Band, Mark Shelton, the Missisquoi River Band, Nottingham Drive, the Butterfields, the Smokey Newfield Project, Ryan Sweezey, the Spring Chickens, She Was Right, and Aaron and Alaria all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

DonnaRae Menard begins a weekly read from her novel, Beneath The Fountain. The Old Man Garage Band played the St. Albans Bay Farmers Market Concert Series. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen hosts a virtual Zoom group. The Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The Eloquent Page has a double header with George Woodard to sign his book and a special screening of The Farm Boy. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 10, 2025

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Dick

DOWNTOWN ART & SIDEWALK SALES

Original art, a worship of writers, retro, repurposed, second hand goodies, food, gifts, and more overflow onto the sidewalks. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Chris Jenkins, Natalie LaRocque, Susannah Sakal, and Meta Strick with a live reception at the gallery. Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts an opening reception for Lost and Found and Eastern Edges. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park has named Garfield Morgan a 2025 Artist in Residence. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Miss Sierra will demonstrate how to make Beaded Windchimes at Haston Library. Hearthside Handcrafts meets at Bent Northrop Memorial Library. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Island Arts Summer Festival begins with Counterpoint and then the Ken Clark Organ Trio. Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Matinee) at the St. Albans Free Library with Star Wars. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Tim Brookes talks about Endangered Alphabets, Cultural Erosion, and the Future of the Written Word. The Vermont Museum of Natural History showcases Colors of the Wild. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Island Arts presents a Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop with Pat Brennan. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the Swanton Free Public Library on Sunday (note the new date). They have grant updates, events planned throughout the summer, and new artist opportunities. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

This column tries to list all the events in and near Franklin County as well as everywhere our local performers appear. Our list is long but not exhaustive. This week, Jerborn (thrice), the Shane Murley Band, Stewart Foster, Sticks & Stones, Tim Brick, Swamp Frog, the Hitmen, Michael Perry, the John Lackard Blues Band, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Sleeveless Tease featuring Narah Sparks, Counterpoint, McMaple, JJ Booth, A Band Of Brothers, Kippincoe featuring Kip de Moll, 90 Proof, Kyle Stevens, the Smokey Newfield Project, Jonny Mop, Barbie-n-Bones, the Harley Brown Band, Mark Abair, Blue Heron, Ethan Sawyer and Martin Fredrick, the Blue Rock Boys, Connor Young, Bettenroo, She Was Right, Detour, the Ken Clark Organ Trio, the Will Patton Quartet, the Sergio Torres Duet, the Enosburg Town Band, the Buck Hollers, the Derek Burkins Trio, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Bring Your Own Book to the Enosburgh Public Library Reading Group. Terry Lovelette signs his books and reflects at the Dick Wright Pub. The Highgate Library and Community Center continues the Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. The Eloquent Page hosts Carolyn Bates, AY Berthiaume, Charlie Brooks, Rebecca Cummins, Jesse Durona, Cindy Ellen Hill, Roberta Harold, Bill Holliday, Bobbi Loney, Tamara Mathieu, DonnaRae Menard, Sara Stewart, Ted Tedford, Maryanne Wood, Darryl Webb, and more for the Local Author Open House. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 3, 2025

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Dick

FIREWORKS

Fireworks are nearby in Burlington, Cambridge, Colchester, Essex, Fairfax, Milton, and St. Albans. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

ENOSBURG–Cold Hollow Sculpture Park offers the best walk in Vermont, a docent-led artful walking tour. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on fine art photographer and portraitist Wayne Tarr. Their live reception will be held next Thursday. Bryan Memorial Gallery celebrates the paintings of Susan Bull Riley with an opening reception. The art of the day is Nocturne by Rebecca Padula at the Milton Artists Guild. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Downtown Saint Albans seeks artists to sell their work during the Art & Sidewalk Sales. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Georgia Historical Society Brick School Museum opens for the season. Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts the VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region for Death, Dying and Danishes. Carepartners offers special sessions of Singing for People with Memory Loss & Their Caregivers. The Vermont Abenaki Artists presents a heritage hunt in the Adventure of the Bentwood Boxes. Amanda Gustin talks about Vermont vs. Hollywood: 100 Years of Vermont in Film at the Cambridge Historical Society. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

ON STAGE LIVE

Blues Over Easy, George Murtie, the Vermont Blues Society, the Hitmen, Sugar in the Pan, the Phil Abair Band with Keegan Nolan, the Dale & Darcy Quartet, the Jaded Ravins, Cooper, Sister Speak, David Karl, Rusty Bucket, the Nobby Reed Project, Zack Tyler, the Samples, Moonbird, Chris & Erica, the Duncan MacLeod Duo, B-Town, the Enosburg Town Band, Jerborn, Rushmore, the Buck Hollers, and the Citizens Concert Band all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Mark Shelton as well as the Missisquoi River Band with Will Patton and broadcast and streamed although a hacker made a “copyright claim” and muted some of one performance. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Book Discussion Group meets for The Salt Path by Raynor Winn. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club reads The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 26, 2025

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The NVAA 94th June Juried Show at the Sugar House Gallery at Visions of Vermont draws to a close. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Sally Tarr. Bryan Memorial Gallery features The Last Minute of Spring by Mathew Pardue. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Swanton Arts Council wants proposals for an art program in Swanton. Read more…

FILM

The Welden Theater will screen Far Out: Life On & After the Commune, directed and edited by Charles Light. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Patrick McAllister leads the Live Model Figure Drawing Class and Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. River Arts concludes the three-workshop series, Art in the Open: Plein Air Mornings with Evie Mason. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

There will be open mics and karaoke, plus Will Austin (twice), Rushmore, Dave Miller, Blues For Breakfast, Michael Perry, Hammer Lane, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, the Buck Hollers, Nathan Michaud, Jerborn, Chris & Erica, Sticks and Stones, Lady Livy, Swamp Frog, Roger Giroux, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Barbie-n-Bones, and Bare Bones, Jenny Red, Swell with Will Warren, Bird Boombox, Kippincoe featuring Kip de Moll, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Night Zero, Kale, the Evan Jennison Band, Jonny G, Coane, Rowell & Schabner, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Mango Jam, Leroy Preston and the Unknown Blues Band with Taryn Noelle, Uncle John’s Band, Auriant, Glen Bartolomeo, Kevin O’Shaughnessy, Cooper, Bob Recupero, the Jolly Rogers, the Enosburg Town Band, Sugar in the Pan, Jeff & Gina, the Nobby Reed Project, the Rustics, the Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Library Book Club and a Silent Reading Party meet in Fairfax. The Haston Library hosts a Vermont Reads discussion of Gather by Kenneth Cadow. The St. Albans Free Library Adult Summer Reading Challenge begins. Read more…

 

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