Artbits-August 14, 2025

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Dick

ISLAND ARTS WEEK

The Island Arts Center has live music, dance, workshops, and more every day. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts an opening reception for Nature’s Legacy – Capturing Shared Values, a mother-daughter exhibit featuring Annette Goyne and Jenny Goyne. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Chris Bessette. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park has named large-format photographer Mitch Weiss as the second Artist in Residence of the season. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Cambridge Arts Council and 60 Main Arts host an Open Portrait Session with a live model. Read more…

DANCE

The joy of International Folk Dancing continues with instructor Lesley Alpert. River Arts offers Contemplative Dance Practice plus a Dance Improvisation, Practicing Presence and Performance workshop, both with Hanna Satterlee. Read more…

FILM

The 16th annual Film Noir Series and continues with The Glass Key at the St. Albans Free Library. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association presents a heritage hunt in Dark Academy Adventures, Episode 2: The Case of the Peripatetic Moccasins. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Enosburgh Public Library hosts a two-part Writing Workshop with S. Lee Manning and J. B. Manning. Island Arts hosts Sarah Cullins with Group Singing Lessons, Lucie Faulkner to lead a Book Page Wreath Making Class, and Pat Brennan to present a Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop. The Bryan Memorial Gallery offers Plein Air in Oil, a two-day workshop with George Van Hook. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

TNT Comedy Night, Ryan Sweezy (twice), the Vermont Blues Society, A House On Fire, the Godform Summer Tour Metal Showcase, the Last of Lucy, Pathogenic, Shiny New Toyz, No Son of Mine, Just Me, WD-40, Bad Horsey, the Buck Hollers, Vachsean, the Rough Suspects, Haiduck & Heckendorn, Jesse Agan, Music of Queen, Barbie N Bones, Stewart Foster, the New Duo, Bare Bones, John Gratton, the Smokey Newfield Project, Deb Murphy, Tim Brick, the Jolly Roger Band, Chris & Issy, Third Wheel, Jeff and Gina, Dale and Darcy Band, Dan Parks, the Blue Rock Boys, the Missisquoi River Band, Kaiden Primm, Sean Jarvis, Johnny Hicks and the Kickers, Mark Shelton, Xtreme Queen, the Shane Murley Trio, the Devon McGarry Band , Amystera, Chris & Erica, the Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Andy Gagnon, the Jim Thacker Duet, the Enosburg Town Band, She Was Right, McMaple, and Carol Ann Jones, all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week as DonnaRae Menard read Episode Four of Beneath The Fountain and the Smokey Newfield Project played outdoors. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Many libraries will be closed on Saturday. The Haston Library Book Talk welcomes Stephen Trahan for I Am Not A Hero. Dick Wright Public House hosts a discussion of the Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The St. Albans Banned Books Group takes up My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 7, 2025

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery spotlight is on Kristina Bolduc, Tess Follensbee, Barry Genzlinger, and Maureen Genzlinger with a live reception at the gallery featuring live demonstrations with the artists answering questions about their work as well as light refreshments. The Cambridge Arts Council annual, town-wide Jeffersonville Art Jam will fill Main Street with art, artist demos, gallery shows, live music, local food, and fun. Island Arts holds Painting Color–A Demonstration with Jarvis Wilcox. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Hearthside Handcrafts meet at Bent Northrop Memorial Library to share skills and create memories. Read more…

DANCE

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

FILM

The 16th annual Film Noir Series begins with This Gun for Hire to fill the St. Albans Free Library with murder, double crosses, spies, and even a stage magician. Read more…

THEATER

The Very Merry Theater Youth Camp presents Alice in Wonderland in the Homer Knight Barn. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Artist in Residence Gallery workshop series will make Wire/Gemstone Pendants with Terry Buehner in the “basement” creative space at ReMarketVT. Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts Illuminating Creativity: A Community Lumen Workshop with Caroline Loftus. Island Arts reprises the popular Group Singing Lessons with soprano Sarah Cullins. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton (twice), Tom Bisson (twice), Bad Horsey, the Vermont Blues Society, Larry Vigneault, Quadra, Cooper, Bob Recupero, George Murtie, IncaHoots, Magnetic Horse, the Jeff Salisbury Band, the Maple Grove Band, Nighthawk, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Jerborn, Sticks and Stones, Bare Bones, Arthur James, Dan and Sean Jarvis, the Mad Mojo Band, Neon Spoon, Old Friends Jorge Garcia Herranz, the McMaple Band, Damian Roy, Wayne Laroche and Friends, the Dixie Six, Aurient, the Ray Vega Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble, Howling Waters, the Devon McGarry Band, the Enosburg Town Band, Nathan Michaud, the Tenderbellies, Gary Spaulding, Cooie’s Trio, Sister Speak David Karl Roberts, Martin Fredrick, the Citizens Concert Band, and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra all play live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Writer DonnaRae Menard continues the weekly read of Beneath The Fountain. The Buck Hollers and the Shane Murley Band played outdoor concerts. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Saturday is the 6th annual national Bookstore Romance Day. The Highgate Manor hosts the Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Luncheon. The Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club discusses The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. Read more…

 

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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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