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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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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