Artbits-April 10, 2025

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Dick

THEATER

MVU presents Once Upon a Mattress in the Trahan Theater. BFA-Fairfax Drama and BFA-St. Albans compete in the Vermont States Drama Festival at BFAPAC. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on artist and musician Patrick Murphy. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts Winging It: Embracing Personal Expression with Jen Volansky. Sparky’s has a Highland Cow Paint & Sip with Art by Anna Lena. The Swanton Arts Council hosts Glass Etching with Barb in the Swanton Free Public Library. The Bryan Memorial Gallery inaugurates a spring Sketch & Sip. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Creative heART seeks works by Vermont Abenaki citizens for Cultural Reclamation: Struggles of an Indigenous Identity, an exhibit at the Missisquoi Abenaki Heritage Celebration. Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Matinee!) at the St. Albans Free Library with Harrison Ford as The Fugitive. The Endless Chain will be a documentary exploration into Pete Sutherland’s life. Mark Sustic wrote, “The production team is working hard to ensure the film is worthy of Pete’s trust. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents Susan Kuecker to discuss Forgotten Heroes: Vermont Regiments at the October 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek. The Arrowhead Senior Center hosts a Local Historical Society and Museum Showcase. Local history also comes alive at Bent Northrop Memorial Library as Jason Barney and Christine Eldred discuss the Hidden History of Lake Champlain. The Vermont Humanities Snapshot Series has Stephanie Yu to discuss Vermont School Funding: Equity and Affordability. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Molly of Brick House Vermont leads a class in Needle Felting at Snow Farm Vineyard. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

IN THE SAC

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

ON STAGE LIVE

Jerborn (twice), Michael Kerry, Dead Sessions Lite, Evan Jennison and Matt Schrag, Seth Yacovone, Long Gone John, Jim Charonko, Dan Parks, the Duel, Chris and Erica, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, WD-40, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Mirage, Jacob Green, the Buck Hollers, the Stragglers, the Smokey Newfield Project, Ethan Sawyer, Phil Graziano, Troy Millette and the Fire Below, Barbie N Bones all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue. NW Access TV broadcast the Richford Hometown Follies. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is the star of Stuck in Vermont. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts Fireside Fiber Arts. The Haston Library Book Group discusses The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. The Highgate Library and Community Center continues the Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. R J Batchelor signs Lost Tsar of Russia as well as Lost King of England at the Eloquent Page. The St. Albans Free Library Banned Books Group discusses George Orwell’s 1984. The Milton Artists Guild and the Vermont Cantonese Club reads The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin. The monthly But I Progress book club takes up Nickel and Dimed–On Not Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 3, 2025

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence features Courtney Adams, Jennifer Buckner, Patrick Murphy, and Anne Standish with a live reception at the gallery. The Franklin County Quilt Show fills St Albans City Hall. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Snow Farm Vineyard and Once Upon a Rock host a Pebble Art Workshop. The Swanton Arts Council offers Cardmaking with Barb at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute examines The Impact of Climate Change on String Instrument Building Now and The Next 60 Years with Kathleen Reilly. Vermont Humanities continues the Snapshot Series with Julie Pellissier-Lush to relate her Mi’kmaq Creation Stories with Poetry and Song. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Corrina Thurston leads Make Earrings in Colored Pencil on Wood and Social Sunday continues at Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Bryan Memorial Gallery begins Landscapes in Watercolors workshop with Gary Eckhart. Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts a Mug Painting Fundraiser. Alex Foltz has concluded Season 2 of Foltz Studio, the series of outdoor oil painting lessons. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Vermont Blues Society, the Seth Yacovone Band, CombustOmatics, She Was Right, the Rough Suspects, the Dirty Looks, Kyle Stevens, Amerikana Blue. Ryan Hanson, Sister Speak, Bad Horsey, Nathan Michaud, Shiny New Toyz with Reign Havoc and Sabre Hound, Tenderbellies, and Nobby Reed all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Book Discussion Group meets for Orbital: a Novel by Samantha Harvey. Highgate Library and Community Center continues the Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. The St. Albans Free Library Books Group discusses This Is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets for The Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 27, 2025

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Dick

CALL FOR ACTORS, MUSICIANS, and MORE

Rehearsals for the Enosburg Falls Town Band Summer 2025 season begin. Fairfax Community Theater Company will hold auditions for the Spring One-Acts. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Karen Mulkey. Read more…

FILM

The Swanton Arts Council celebrates Swanee with a free screening of the entire award-winning Swannee series. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues the Spring weekly program series discussing Crypto currency with David DeBellis. Karen McFeeters Leary offers a special presentation on Memory Loss and the Power of Music. The Saint Albans Museum SAM Talks series delves into Wolf Peaches, Poisoned Peas, and Madame Pompadour’s Underwear with Rebecca Rupp. SAM will also host a Garden Circle & Seed Swap as a companion event. The Haston Library presents History and Mystery: A Genealogy Starter Guide hosted by Erin E. Moulton. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association has workshops to Learn Abenaki Songs: Drumming and Singing and Build a Medicine Bag and Rattle, both with Chief Brenda Gagne. Vermont Humanities continues the weekly Snapshot Series with Boneyarn: New York Slavery Poems read by David Mills. Read more…

THEATER

The BFA-St. Albans Theater Company presents The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Bryan Memorial Gallery begins Landscapes in Watercolors with Gary Eckhart . Stephania Fregeau leads an Sgraffito Workshop at the Dick Wright Pub. MAG has a full week as Corrina Thurston leads Make Earrings in Colored Pencil on Wood; the March Live Model Figure Drawing Class is instructed by Patrick McAllister; Joanne Delaney begins a four-week Advanced / Intermediate Drawing Workshop; Sylvia Oblak teaches a Watercolor Painting Class; and Social Sunday continues at MAG. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council free Art Journaling Group meets in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Champions Tavern Blues Jam, Troy Millette (twice), Gabe Dixon, the Missisquoi River Trio, Ron Gagnon, Michael Perry, Lesley Grant, Drew LaFrenz, Seth Yacavone, Nighthawk, Nathan Michaud, Chris & Issy, Quadra, Barbie N Bones, Roger Giroux, Justice 3, the Shane Murley Band, Mama Tried, John Geno, Dan Parks, the Paul Asbell Jazz Trio, Mark Shelton, Toast, Staircase 24, Josh Worman all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Vermont Humanities has announced this year’s Vermont Book Awards. Local writer Walt McLaughlin will sign Beyond the High Peaks. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 20, 2025

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Cat McKeen. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Susan Bull Riley. Take a virtual tour of MCA-Kelton Hall. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts a Gnome Paint and Sip with Sylvia Oblak. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Wellness offers a Community Building Group Drumming at the Dick Wright Pub. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues the Spring series with Peg Guerra to introduce the History of the Trapp Family. Vermont Humanities has Michael Lange examine the Many Meanings of Maple. The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum explores We Do Declare: Women’s Voices on Independence. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The River Arts Mindful Art Workshop with Jen Volansky takes on Whimsical Faces & Found Objects: A Humor-Filled Art. Morristown Free University begins a free month of workshops. The Swanton Arts Council sponsors Needle Felted Plants with Abby. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. The Spanked Puppy has a Pebble Art Workshop. Alex Foltz continues Season 2 of Foltz Studio. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group with Becky Rupp meets at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Out of Nowhere, Next Stop Comedy, Carol Ann Jones, Nighthawk, Something Reckless, Chris & Erica, the Pet Project, Spencer Lewis, Bob Gagnon, Cooper, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Quadra, the 79th Street Band all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Mark Shelton sang Music by the Inch at Inch Beach. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Vermont Historical Society will release Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of COVID-19 in Vermont, edited by Garrett M. Graff. Bent Northrop Memorial Library hasFranklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen and a Create with Canva workshop. The Haston Library also hosts a Bookmark Workshop with Canva with Miss Sierra. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets for Malice Aforethought by Avree Kelly Clark. The St. Albans Free Library hosts explores The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green in Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries. The monthly SPL Book Club meets to discuss the Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 13, 2025

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Dick

ROTARY HOME SHOW

The 31st Home & Recreation Exposition opens with free admission at the Collins-Perley Sports and Fitness Center. The #1-rated Home Show in the state will be one of the biggest ever, featuring over 150 booths. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Martha McGinn. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Jacob Aguiar. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Brandywine Museum features Carolyn Wyeth. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Rail Trail Pub hosts a showcase for local artist Bill Lutz. A portion of the proceeds will go to a local charity. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga & Creative Arts Studio and Kreations by Katherine host a Winter Wonderland Paint Night. Dick Wright Pub has a relaxing Paint & Sip with Elizabeth Varney. River Arts hosts the in-person Personal Symbols & Paint: A Creative Paint & Sip Inspired by Keith Haring. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS AND MORE

Northwest Access TV wants community members with have hands-on traditional skills to be featured in a new local TV series.Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Matinee!) at the St. Albans Free Library with Bogart and Bacall, Dark Passage. It is Free Mystery Movie Night in a barbaric time at the Welden. Read more…

HELP WANTED

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park needs a visionary Executive Director to to guide the sculpture park into new growth. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents Kathy Benoit to discuss NOTCH Committed to Health & Community. Vermont Humanities hosts A Literary Cocktail Hour with writers George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison to discuss Invisible Doctrine: the Secret History of Neoliberalism. Tim Brookes examines Endangered Alphabets, Cultural Erosion, and the Future of the Written Word. Declan McCabe discusses Turning Stones: Discovering the Life of Water. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Alex Foltz continues Season 2 of Foltz Studio on a St. Albans rooftop with “possibly the best view in the entire city.” Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts a free Paper Making Workshop. The Swanton Library offers a Barn Quilt Class with Marie Speer. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council is celebrating its 10th Anniversay with a stupendous Tenth Birthday Bash. Read more…

COVIDVERSARY

Friday was the fifth anniversary of the pandemic in Vermont. COVID has killed 1,258 Vermonters and is still here. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Ides of March plus Carol Ann Jones (twice), Dan Parks (twice), the Smokey Newfield Project (twice), the Buck Hollers (twice), Jerborn, Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers, the Jesse Taylor Band, Audrey Pearl, Tim Brick, Toast, Last Kid Picked, Sean Jarvis, the Duncan McLeod Trio, Dave Ogrodowczyk, Mike Schuster, Will Austin, Cooie Sings, Prydein, the Vermont Mandolin Trio, Ian Paul, Levi Silverstein, Donavin Andronaco, Tracy Dolan, Bobby Pelligrino, Amy Leclerc, Barbie-N-Bones Bushey Bedell Branon, Ericson Holt, the Oleo Romeos, UVM Celtic Cats, and 90 Proof all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Haston Library Book Discussion Group reads The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. The St. Albans Free Library Banned Books Group meets for The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 6, 2025

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Barbara Colgrove, Barbara Flack, Barbara Flathers, and Patrick Murphy with a live reception at the gallery. River Arts hosts the 10th annual Art100. Nature’s Palette–Art Inspired by the Earth continues at Montgomery Center for the Arts. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Jack Hay. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council hosts Cardmaking with Barb in the Maker Space of the Swanton Free Public Library. 14th Star Brewing Company and Once Upon a Rock have a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues with Nathan Wiegman to discuss How to Build an Electric Aircraft. Vermont Humanities has Linus Owens to discuss Not Just Punks & Recreation: The Values of 242 Mainas well as M. D. Usher to discuss Fire Sermons: Shakyamuni, Seneca, and Thoreau on Climate Trauma plus Island by Alistair MacLeod. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The River Arts March Studio Figure Drawing offers a full nude session. The David Surette Mandolin Festival features Will Patton, Neil Pearlman, Sharon Gilchrist, and Carlo Alonzo. Alex Foltz continues Season 2 of Foltz Studio in Montgomery. Carolyn Kittell leads Needle Felting at the MAG Art Center. Social Sunday continues. Learn Zentangle with Julia Davenport at the MAG. Read more…

COVID NEWS

The Vermont Department of Health has stopped publishing data on COVID-19 cases and deaths but COVID-19 is still here whether we collect the data or not. This may be this column’s final report on the disease. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Comedy for a Cause with Levi Silverstein, Karaoke with Lady Livy and with Kyle Stevens, the Shane Murley Band, She Was Right, Raised by Hippies, Swamp Frog, Jerborn, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Bob and Mona, Will Austin, Arthur James, Will Patton, Neil Pearlman, Sharon Gilchrist, Carlo Alonzo, Susie Isa, Julianna Burke, the Rick Lieder Band, Nobby Reed, and the Vermont Mandolin Trio all appear live at ta venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue with the Oleo Romeos, Lucas Chiche, and Mark Shelton. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Bent Northrop Memorial Library begins a Fiber Arts Circle. There’s been another Murder at the Haston. Muffin Monday continues. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club discusses Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. Read more…

 

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