Artbits-September 2, 2021

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Dick

SUCCESSFUL SUMMER SOUNDS

The 30th season of Summer Sounds brought exceptional performances “from away” with groups rarely heard here in Franklin County but the regular season came to an end last weekend. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Vermont reported 484 new cases last week in 29 active outbreaks. Unvaccinated Vermonters are three to four times more likely contract COVID-19. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Iconic Vermont and Made in Vermont have just a few days left at the Bryan Memorial Gallery. ART is ALIVE continues at the Montgomery Art Center with works of Drew Lalonde. AIR features El Towle, Trish Vaillancourt, and Pam Krout-Voss. Read more…

FILM

The New Hampshire Film Festival has been postponed to 2022. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie DeFrancesco (twice), Dave Miller (also twice), the Phil Abair Band, Keeghan Nolan, Tim Comings, Cooper and Corn, Blue Blazes, The Duo, Chris & Erica, the Nobby Reed Trio, Jerborn, the Dixie Six, Cozy O’Donnell, and Jamie Lee Thurston all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 26, 2021

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as Summer Sounds celebrates 30 years of concerts, Snow Farm hits a triple, Island Arts has a double, the Meeting House goes banjo wild and more. Read more…

IT’S A PARTY

Summer Sounds throws a party. The Summer Blowout Bash will have continuous music from Jon Gailmor, Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers, the Carol Ann Jones Trio, Mark Shelton, and more. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Vermont reported 594 new cases last week. The seven-day average test positivity rate averaged about 3%. Area restaurants and venues are offering live music with precautions. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

ART is ALIVE@the MCA has the first show and sale in over a year. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts hosts art projects and local music at Oxbow park plus Intro to Stained Glass with Dayna Sabatino. The Spanked Puppy has Pebble Art with Jean Ferguson. The Milton Artists’ Guild has a Wetland Sketching Treasure Hunt with Susan Abbott and Allaire Diamond. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council holds an Art Social at Fiddlers on the Green restaurant. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Contraband on stage plus the Nobby Reed Project (twice), the Hubcats (also twice), Eleven, the Robin Gottfried Band, Jerborn with Boxbanger, IncaHoots, Mitch & Devon, Let the Wookie Win, Cooie DiFrancesco, the Shane Murley Band, Sugarleaf, the Take 5 Jazz Ensemble, Bob Recupero, Raised by Hippies, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Dave Miller, Jeff & Gina, the VT Bluegrass Pioneers with Banjo Dan and Willy Lindner, Sam Blagden, and Danny Coane, Lollapalooza, Chordination, Green Mountain Chorus, High Voltage Quartet, Shake, Rusty Dewees with Patrick Ross, the Flycatchers, Bella’s Bartok, West End Blend, Allison Steinmetz and Cameron Steinmetz with Artis Wodehouse, Island Stage, Jon Gailmor, Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers, the Carol Ann Jones Trio, Mark Shelton, Roxanne Brault, J.D. Thompson, Trucks Taps and Tunes, Alex Cohen, and Andy Hoadley all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 19, 2021

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue with Summer Sounds plus shows in 15 towns. Read more…

SAVE THE DATE!

Save August 29 for the Summer Sounds surprise. We have a lot to celebrate and it’s a party with Jenni Johnson, Carol Ann Jones, and many more. Read more…

SOUNDS OF SUMMER!

Desorcie’s Market presents Anderson-Gram on the new stage on the Highgate Arena lawn with an easy-going blend of folk, country, and bluegrass, with originals that paint pictures of everyday life. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Vermont reported 565 new cases last week; 12 of those were in Franklin County. The seven-day average test positivity rate jumped again to 3.1%, the highest it has been since February. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park presents Beacon Fire by composer Matthew Evan Taylor and choreographer Laurel Jenkins backdropped by the large steel sculptures. Read more…

ART TO BUY

The American Legion hosts the third annual Classic Car Show and Outdoor Craft Event with live music featuring Nobby Reed and more at Tinker’s Field. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild will host Business Planning for Creatives with instructor Corrina Thurston. Patrick Murphy and Saint Albans Art Supply hosts an art class on a 19th Century Botanical illustration of a Lotus. River Arts’ Wednesday Night Live helps all ages complete art projects while local musicians play the stage. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Anderson-Gram, Carol Ann Jones (thrice) with Will Patton (twice), Jon Sochin, and Gary Spaulding, the Ben Patton Band, Joshua Glass, Southbound, the Nobby Reed Project (thrice), Shane’s Apothecary, the Duel, Band X, Jeff Shelly, the Jesse Taylor Band, Chris Lyon, the Shane Murley Band, the Fabulous Wrecks, Blue Rock Boys, Chris & Erica, Ava Speers and the Church Restoration Project, Kyle Stevens, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Dan Jarvis, Eleven, 8 Cuerdas, Bobby Chevalier, Cooie DeFrancesco and Adlai Waxman, Squirrel, the Hubcats all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Book sales rose last year because people were reading more. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 12, 2021

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs in more than a dozen Towns. Read more…

SAVE THE DATE!

Save August 29 for the Summer Sounds surprise. We’ll have a Summer Blowout Bash on the new stage plus games, fair food, and more. Read more…

ROMANCE, MARGARINE, & MUSIC

Drummac Septic Service presents the famed Oleo Romeos concluding their World Tour of East Fairfield at Summer Sounds on the new stage on the Highgate Arena lawn. The evening will be a throwback to the days when diners and swing joints covered Highgate. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Vermont, the safest state in the nation, has reported 387 new cases. The state seven-day average test positivity rate jumped again to 2.6%. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Kristina Bolduc, Jennifer Buckner, and Wayne Tarr. Isle La Motte Vineyard holds its first Artist Market on the Vineyard with art viewing, tastings, wine pours, and light fare. David Stromeyer’s sculpture Tango will be installed at the University of Vermont. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts hosts Wednesday Night Live at Oxbow park for art projects and local music. The Milton Artists’ Guild will host Business Planning for Creatives with instructor Corrina Thurston. Read more…

AUGUST ART DEADLINES

The deadline has been extended for the Community Youth Mural Project. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Nobby Reed (twice), Rik Palieri (twice), Troy Millette and the Fire Below (also twice), Blues for Breakfast, Jason Lee, Amerikana Blue, Jeff Shelly, Duncan Macleod, Chris & Erica, the Phil Abair Band, Keeghan Nolan, the Trevor Ryan Duo, Chimie Bangoura and Company, John Gratton, the Bob Gagnon Duo, Dave Miller, the Flycatchers, Shake, Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers, Shane Murley, Mike Fahey, Trevor Dion, Brieana Woodward, Mark-Anthony Lewis, Dennis O’Hagan, the Oleo Romeos, the Hubcats, and the Old Man Garage Band all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Humanities Council presents Words in the Woods with poet Sarah Audsley from the Taconic Mountain Ramble in Hubbarton. Read more…

TRADITIONAL

The Young Tradition-Vermont Youth Commission has finished an EP recording and has started a Kickstarter campaign to pay for the recording project. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 5, 2021

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

Summer Sounds takes the week off so you can visit Franklin County Field Days as the Big Music Weeks of Summer continue. Read more…

SAVE THE DATE!

Save August 29 for the Summer Sounds surprise. We have a lot to celebrate and it’s time to throw a party! Read more…

A VERMONT TRADITION

Vermont’s finest country fair takes to the fields of Highgate as the 45th annual Franklin County Field Days restarts with a lineup of the best music, arts and crafts (and weeds, of course) that Franklin County has to offer. The musical lineup includes great music every day. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Vermont reported 55 new cases last Friday, up from just three new cases a month ago. Area restaurants and venues are offering live music while other artists and venues continue live streaming online. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Bryan Memorial Gallery’s Made In Vermont show continues with a month of harvest as gardens and farms mature. River Arts hosts Self Reflection and Of Openness and Closeness. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Montgomery Center for the Arts takes us to the River to Explore the Trout River Through the Arts: Pottery Making and Pit Firing with Susan Delear. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Tim Brick, Pen Hits, Jamie Lee Thurston, the Old Man Garage Band, Rebecca Padulla, the B&B Music Factory, Keeghan Nolan, Interstate Express, Friction, Darcy Cahill, the George Richard/Johnny Cash Tribute Show, Jesse Agan, Chris & Erica (twice), the Rough Suspects, the Lebowski Trio, Eleven, George Murtie, Jeff & Gina, the Soulo Davis Duo, Chris Lyon, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, John Kitonis and Sarah Karandy. John Gratton, Eleven, Trevor Contois, Jerborn, Ron Gagnon, Christine Malcolm, Rudy Dauth, Fiddleheads, Joanne Garton, Shake the Band, Trucks Taps and Tunes, Ballet Wolcott, Bob Gagnon, Tony Petricola, Alex Cohen, Carol Ann Jones, Jon Sochin, the Citizens Concert Band, the Hubcats, and Nobby Reed all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Linda Radtk presents From the Parlor to Polling Place: Stories and Songs from the Suffragists. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

With books and maps and prints and postcards to paper of all kinds, the 31st annual Vermont Summer Book and Ephemera Fair includes the Eloquent Page and other dealers from Vermont and New England. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 29, 2021

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Dick

PASSAGES

We mourn the passing of Verne Colburn and David Underwood. Read more…

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs in almost a dozen Towns. Read more…

SOUNDS OF SUMMER!

The Chevalier Drilling Company, Inc., presents Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers for Summer Sounds on the new stage on the Highgate Arena lawn. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Vermont received $524 million in relief money, the first half of the just over $1 billion the state will receive. Despite the good news, the seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in the state has risen. Vermont is the safest state in the Union but the infection is still here. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery asks members and visitors to participate in the People’s Choice awards for the theme “Eye to Eye.” Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts hosts Wednesday Night Live at Oxbow park. MAG offers How To Write Your Best Artist Statement with Corrina Thurston. Read more…

IN THE SAC

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

ON STAGE LIVE

Squirrel, IncaHoots (twice), Jesse Agan, the Trevor Ryan Duo, Dark Star Project, Jeff Shelly, Dave Miller, Cooie DeFrancesco, the Shane Murley Band, Jeff & Gina, Dale & Darcy, D and Cookie, the Buck Hollers, the Abbey Summer Party, Long Gone John Freeburn, Django Soulo, Dave Langevin, Braden Lalancette, Henry Clark, George Murtie, Tom Caswell and Scott Totten, Dogs in a Pile, Dead Sessions Lite, Beg Steal or Borrow, Abby Sherman and the Way North, the Black Wolf Duo, Gary Wade, Amerikana Blue, the Nobby Reed Project, Jorge Garcia Herranz, Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers, Trucks Taps and Tunes, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, and John Geno perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Nominations are due for an outstanding Vermont teacher for the Swenson Award. Read more…

 

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