Artbits-July 22, 2021

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue as some of our friends play multiple gigs in more than a dozen cities and towns. Read more…

THE KEYS TO SUMMER!

The Hampton Inn St. Albans presents singer-songwriter John Bartus straight from the Florida Keys for Summer Sounds on the new stage on the Highgate Arena lawn. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery People’s Choice Event asks gallery visitors to vote for their favorite works. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Jon Gailmor brings his Adult Songwriting Workshop to the Library to teach how to write, compose, and perform original music. Watercolors with Gary Eckhart continues at the MAG Art Center. Wednesday Night Live has art projects with local music. Read more…

BIG DEAL

Congratulations to the Big Deal Raffle winners; there were so many entries, they had to stir them with a canoe paddle in a wading pool. Read more…

WALKING WITH WORDS

Words in the Woods with Verandah Porche takes over Knight Point State Park for an in-person visit. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Jig in the Valley, John Bartus, Quadra, Abby Sherman and the Way North, Some Hollow Duo, Cooper and Corn, the Flycatchers, Shane’s Apothecary, the Trevor Ryan Duo, NightHawk, Jeff Shelley, the Dale and Darcy Band (twice), Christine Malcolm, Missisquoi River Band, the Oleo Romeos, the Nobby Reed Project, Joe Moore, George Lewis, Al Zanzler, Phil Rolleston, Stefani Capizzi, Sean & Gerry, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Eleven, the Two Towns Band, Tom Caswell and Scott Totten, Bonfire: a Tribute to AC/DC, Blue Rock Boys, Chris & Erica, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Francesca Blanchard, Matt LaRocca, Jane A. Peters, Cooie DeFrancesco, Daniel Rahilly, Carol Anne Jones and Jon Sochin, Squirrel, the Citizens Concert Band, Jennifer McConnell, and Trucks Taps and Tunes appear on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Troy Roberts and Tim Jago Quartet, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Daniel Barenboim, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Mattei, Anna Samuil, Mark Shelton, and Beck’s Bolero with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Keith Moon, and Nicky Hopkins stream almost live. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 15, 2021

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue as some of our friends play multiple gigs and with shows in fifteen towns. Read more…

OUT OF THE GARAGE AND INTO THE SUNSHINE

Ray’s Extrusion Dies and Tubing presents the Davis Boys (think the “Davis Brothers Squared”) for Summer Sounds on the new stage on the Highgate Arena lawn. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Area restaurants and venues are offering live music while other artists and venues continue live streaming online. Read more…

BIG DEAL

The Big Deal Raffle fundraiser for Local Arts Organizations has its drawing for $5,000 in cash. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Swanton Arts Council Friday Night Art Smash will take over the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Swanton Free Public Library offers Jon Gailmor’s Adult Songwriting Workshop to teach how to write, compose, and perform original music. The Milton Artists’ Guild will host Watercolors with Gary Eckhart. River Arts has art projects at Wednesday Night Live. The in-person, Sip n’ Slurry is the pottery twist on a Paint n’ Sip. Patrick Murphy and Saint Albans Art Supply host an art class. Read more…

JULY ART DEADLINE

Swanton Arts Council seeks designs with the theme “One Swanton” for a new mural for the Marble Mill wall. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Eleven (twice), the Hubcats (twice), Cooie DeFrancesco (twice), the Ashley O’Brien Band, Tim Comings, Amerikana Blue, the Fabulous Wrecks, Kelly Struber, Kyle Stevens, Let the Wookie Win, the Trevor Ryan Duo, Eric Bushey, Samantha and Chris Bradley, Julia Parent, Dan and Sean Jarvis, the Sarah Montgomery Band, Bad Horsey, the Phil Abair Band, Bon/FireVT, Bob Gagnon and Tony Petricola, the Tim Brick Duo, Shake the Band, the Citizens Concert Band, and the Will Patton Ensemble all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Nicolle Garcia, John Bartus, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, the Czech Philharmonic, Jirí Belohlávek, and Mark Shelton streamed almost live this week. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 8, 2021

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Dick

BIG MUSIC WEEKS

The Big Music Weeks of Summer begin this week as Summer Sounds celebrates 30 years in Highgate. Read more…

SOUNDS OF SUMMER!

O. C. McCuin & Sons, the All Arts Council, and the Town of Highgate begin the 30th year of concerts at home in Highgate with the return of Mark Shelton in the first free Summer Sounds concert of the season. Read more…

LAST CALL

Photos for the 4th annual St. Albans Mayor’s Photo Contest are due tomorrow. The theme is Buildings and Barns. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Last chance. The Jeffersonville Art Jam concludes on Main Street with artist demos, live music, lectures, food vendors, and artists’ booths up and down Main Street. The Downtown Art and Sidewalk Sales take over St. Albans, too. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Facilitators help all ages complete art projects while local musicians play the stage at Wednesday Night Live. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Nobby Reed Project, B-Town, the Murphy/Marchant Duo, Bob Gagnon, Chris & Erica, Jeff Shelly, Mango Jam, Cooie & Adlai, Autumn Chamberlain, Dennis Fox, Dan Jarvis, the Hubcats, Rough Suspects, the Fabulous Wrecks, Trevor Contois, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Community Story Slam, Tyler Mast, Jim Branca, Tom Buckley, Carol Anne Jones and Jon Sochin, Still Kickin’, and the Citizens Concert Band all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Hal Roland Trio, John Bartus, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein, and Mark Shelton are all streaming almost live. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Vermont author Bob Pierce will sign his newly released thriller Blood on the Moskva at the Eloquent Page. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 1, 2021

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Dick

PERSPECTIVE

Vermont is the most vaccinated state in the U.S. but the Delta variant has already been found in Chittenden County and in Central Vermont. The state has lifted all restrictions. Get the shot(s) and take precautions. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Get ready for Summer Sounds. Music on Main is playing. Venues are offering live music. Read more…

MAYOR’S PIX

The Mayor’s Photo Contest is well underway with a theme of Buildings and Barns. We have the details. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Jeffersonville Art Jam continues in conjunction with the 90th annual Northern Vermont Artists Association June Juried Show. The Artist In Residence Gallery features Brad Blaisdell, Donna Blatchly, and Terry Buehner. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

MAG hosts Painting with Alcohol Inks with Catherine Putzier. River Arts hosts Wednesday Night Live. Cold Hollow presents Being a Pigment Shed with Jane D Marsching. Patrick Murphy and Saint Albans Art Supply host an art class. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers, Chris Lyon, Rik Palieri, the Lloyd Tyler Band, the Nobby Reed Project (twice), the Pat Markley Group, Jeremy Sandborn, George Nostrand, Chris & Erica, Cooper & Corn, Blue Blazes, Trevor Contois, Ryan Hanson, Troy Millette, Dirty Looks, Glass Onion, Julia Parent. Nathaniel Hintz, the Smokey Newfield Project, Jamie Lee Thurston, Trucks Taps and Tunes, the Hubcats, Laura Fedele-Rasco, and Rushmore all play live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Aaron Lebos, John Bartus, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Mark Shelton, Yasi Zeichner, and Leonard Bernstein narrated by Lauren Bacall stream almost live. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 24, 2021

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Dick

MEETING THE HOUSE

The live Meeting House on the Green Summer Concerts continue with Rusty Bucket. The homegrown string band evokes the tradition of New England kitchen tunks and back-porch pavilions of Appalachia. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Summer Sounds begins on July 11 and there is live music all around right now. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Jeffersonville Art Jam continues with demos, live music, lectures, food vendors, and artists’ booths. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

MAG hosts Painting with Alcohol Inks with Catherine Putzier. River Arts has Wednesday Night Live. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Better Angels in the Snow, the Duncan MacLeod Trio, Uncle Jimmy, Eleven, the Fabulous Wrecks (twice), Cooie, the Buck Hollers, Ryan Hanson, John Gratton, Blues for Breakfast, Rusty Bucket, Squirrel the Band, Bad Horsey, the Old Man Garage Band, George Murtie, Mimi Magyar, Joel “Veena” Eisenkramer, Carol Ann Jones and Jon Sochin, Dale & Darcy, and the Citizens Concert Band all perform live and in person. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Makayla Forgione, John Bartus, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Leonard Bernstein, Lauren Bacall, and Mark Shelton stream almost live all week. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 17, 2021

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Dick

MAKE (LIVE) MUSIC

Musicians of all ages and experience will take to the porches, public parks, pickup trucks, and sidewalks around the state as part of the International Make Music Day with events planned in St. Albans and more. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Gov. Phil Scott lifted all remaining state COVID-19 restrictions on Monday. Area restaurants and venues are offering live art and music but there is still a caveat. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Free Little Art Galleries are popping up across the country. Jeffersonville Art Jam continues with free events. The Montgomery Center for the Arts has the annual summer Front Porch Art Forum. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild will host Painting with Alcohol Inks with Catherine Putzier. River Arts pottery instructor Jude Prashaw hosts an in-person Sip n’ Slurry. Master storyteller Susanne Schmidt leads the Moth-style Storytelling Workshop. Read more…

FILM

A documentary film shows how Twiggs survived the pandemic. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

A House on Fire, Shane’s Apothecary, King Me, Richards & Murphy, Shake, Jim Branca and Tom Buckley, Bettenroo, Barbie n Bones, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Phil Graziano, Jerborn, Max Creek, Cozy O’Donnell, Sean & Gerry, Along Came Jones, Queen City Hot Club, and the Nobby Reed Project all perform live on different stages around the area. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Manny Echazabal Quartet, John Bartus, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Leonard Bernstein, Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, and Mark Shelton all stream almost live from somewhere in the electronic world. Read more…

 

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