Artbits-September 25, 2025

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Dick

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The third annual People’s Art Show is coming to the Montgomery Center for the Arts. Works are due October 4. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Rebecca Nase Chomyn. The Bryan Memorial Gallery New Horizons feature artist is Erik Koeppel. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Swanton Antique Show at the Swanton Babcock School benefits the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Celebrate the harvest season with a Harvest Paint and Sip with Jordan at the Dick Wright Pub. Read more…

DANCE

The joy of International Folk Dancing with instructor Lesley Alpert concludes. The Enosburgh Rec Autumn Adventures led by Alice Reighley continues Intro to Jazz Dance. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Osher continues with Michael Wood-Lewis to talk about Building Resilience in Vermont Communities. The Franklin Town Hall hosts Traci Osterhoudt for a open community discussion about hospice. The Saint Albans Museum offers a Sensory-Friendly Hour. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at MAG. Workshops fill the week at River Arts with Needle Felting 101, the September Open Studio Figure Drawing, Monster Building: Papier-Mâche Masks and Character Creation with Abby O’Sullivan, and Watercolor: Beyond Basics with Evie Mason. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Kate Taylor and Steve Mayone, Nate Michaud, Dirty Looks, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Jerborn, David Karl Roberts, 90 Proof, Justice 3, Cooie Sings, the Jaded Ravins, the Jeff Salisbury Band, the Stragglers, Tim Brick, the Northern Lights, Swell, Mike Mac, Bob Chevalier, Dan and Sean Jarvis, the Smokey Newfield Project, Third Wheel, and Myra Flynn all play live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Book Club meets for Long Bright River by Liz Moore. The library also has a Silent Reading Party. The Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 18, 2025

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Dick

FESTIVALS

The Enosburg Harvest Festival takes over Lincoln Park with Second Had Blues and Uncle John’s Band, arts and crafts, food, face painting, a bouncy house, and more. Hard’Ack hosts the annual Afterglow Music Festival with Love Story, Fleetwood Macked, and Dirty Deeds. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on stained glass artist Jennifer Buckner. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Masha Hoffey at the Affordable Art Fair. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

14th Star Brewing hosts a Paint Your Pet Portrait with Linda Oakes Carvalho. The Swanton Arts Council free Art Journaling Group meets at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

A new Franklin County male a capella chorus is calling all gents to do a bit of singing, learn the goals of the group, and get the ball rolling. Read more…

DANCE

The joy of International Folk Dancing with Lesley Alpert continues. All dances are taught. No partner required. The Enosburgh Recreation Autumn Adventures for Seniors program led by Alice Reighley begins Intro to Jazz Dance. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Tom Messner, the field announcer for the Lake Monsters speaks at Osher about From Weather to Baseball. The Haston Library will host Robert Haynes to talk about Our World of Weather: Pulling Back the Curtain on What the National Weather Service Does. Vermont Humanities dives into Social Tinkering: Connection Conversations. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Artist in Residence Gallery offers a Wrapped Stone Pendant workshop with Terry Buehner . The Dick Wright Pub hosts an Acrylic Paint Pouring Workshop with Martha Kinney. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. River Arts has Drawing with Scissors, a Mindful Cut and Collage Workshop with Jen Volansky plus a three-workshop series, Watercolor Beyond Basics, with Evie Mason. The Enosburgh Public Library’s Creative Creatures will paint candles with wax. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Oleo Romeos, Cooie Sings (twice), Carol Ann Jones, Mitch Terriccano, the Pet Project, the Bodacious Supremes, Magnetic Horse, J.J. Booth, Unruly Allies, Barbie N Bones, the Jim Branca Quartet, Earth Bound Spirits, John Gratton, Yabai!, Dog Water, the Champlain Shoregasm, the Eyetraps, Swamp Frog, the Vermont Blues Society, Dan Parks, the Jaded Ravins, Dave Miller, Roger Giroux, Nathan Michaud, 1Q Band, David Owens, Vaughn Watson and John Riddle, the Blue Rock Boys, Doug, and the Butterfields all appear live at a venue near you. 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 Mystery Book Club meets for the Deep Blue Goodbye by John D. MacDonald. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries discusses The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 11, 2025

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Dick

HUMANITIES

Osher begins the Fall weekly series as Mary Danko examines intellectual freedom as the fundamental right of library patrons to access, explore, and express information freely is challenged. Read more…

ARTS IN EDUCATION

September 14-20 is National Arts in Education Week. The arts drive student success across every measure: academic achievement, workforce readiness, wellness, and equity. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

On this day of remembrance, we visit the Artists Registry of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Fairfield artist Kristina Bolduc. Bryan Gallery congratulates William Gotha for the Alden Bryan Best in Show Award for Transitions. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Milton Artists’ Guild holds the fifth annual Art & Stroll with vendors, live music, a free raffle, and a scavenger hunt. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Hearthside Handcrafts meet at Bent Northrop Memorial Library to share skills and create memories. Spotlight Vintage hosts a block print artist pop-up to Block Print Your Own Clothes with Sam Burns. Autumn Adventures, the Enosburgh Recreation new fall program for seniors, begins with Paint and Tea with Victoria. Franklin County NRCD and the Franklin Watershed Committee offer Lake Carmi Community Art Making. River Arts hosts the in-person, Paint & Sip: Sunflowers in Bloom with Jen Volansky. Read more…

DANCE

The joy of International Folk Dancing continues with Lesley Alpert. Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night (and Matinee!) with the recent Knives Out starring Daniel Craig in a modernized “cozy.” Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues with new hours at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Worthen Library hosts a monthly SoulCollage Workshop. River Arts begins a three-week DIY Cosplay Creations workshop series with Abby O’Sullivan. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Les Giraffes by Compagnie Off, Jerborn (twice), Uncle John’s Band (twice), Bob Cotton, WD-40, the Jerband, the Last Kid Picked, Justice 3, Open Mic 2025, B-Town, George Murtie, Tim Brick, Laura Fedele-Rasco, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Quadra, Waves of Adrenaline, Sergio Torres, Jim Branca and Tom Buckley, the Blue Rock Boys, 90 Proof, Roger Giroux, the Duncan McLeod Trio, Bob Gagnon, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Ryan Hanson, Rusty Bucket, Molly and Mike McCarthy, Astral Underground, Amerikana Blue, Detour all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

DonnaRae Menard continues the weekly read of Beneath The Fountain. Bad Horsey played the St. Albans Bay Farmer’s Market. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Enosburgh Discussion Group takes up The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. The Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The Banned Books Group discusses Love Thy Neighbor by Peter Maas. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 4, 2025

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Dick

DANCE

The joy of International Folk Dancing with Lesley Alpert continues. The Maple Squares of St. Albans square dancing club hosts a free night of lessons. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features photographer David Juaire, potter Martha McGinn, photographer Cat McKeen, and watercolor painter and fiber artist Deborah Travis with live demonstrations and a reception. Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts opening receptions for Cynthia Rosen’s Across the Spectrum and for the Land & Light & Water & Air show. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council hosts Cardmaking with Barb in the Maker Space of the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

FILM

MVUHS presents Screenagers in the Trahan Theater. The documentary movies bring students, parents, teachers, and stakeholders together. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Humanities Speakers Bureau presents Michael Tougias to discuss Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds at Pratt Hall. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute begins the Fall weekly program series next week. Read more…

SPECIAL EVENTS

The Highgate Manor hosts a spaghetti dinner fundraiser in support of historian, writer, former State Rep, and Teacher of the Year Jason Barney. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Enosburgh Public Library hosts the Writing Workshop with S. Lee Manning and J. B. Manning. The Artist in Residence Gallery offers Practice Your Paintstrokes with Dot Goulet. Social Sunday continues at MAG. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Will Patton (twice) with Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats and with Larks in the Attic, David Miller (twice), the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, John Mc Donald and Lise Gates Blues Jam, Carol Ann Jones, Troy Millette, Sergio Torres, the Uncle Jimmy Duo, the Duncan MacLeod Trio, Swamp Frog, Moonbird, the Vermont Blues Society, David and Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, and Larry Vigneault, Dan Parks, Good Gravy, Jaded Ravins, AmerikanaBlue, the Stragglers, DJ Lady Livy, 90 Proof, Kyle Stevens, the Vermont Bluegrass Pioneers, Mad Mojo, Jonny Mop, Chris & Erica, Sister Speak, Kippincoe featuring Kip de Moll, David Karl Roberts, Mango Jam, the Jim Branca Duet, a Bluegrass Jam, Deuces Wild, and Nobby Reed all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

DonnaRae Menard continues the weekly read from her novel Beneath The Fountain. B-Town played the St. Albans Summer Concert Series. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club will discuss Moon Over Soho, by Ben Aaronovitch. The Tuesday Night Book Group reads Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 28, 2025

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Donna Blatchly. The Bryan Gallery New Horizons Feature Artist is John Clarke Olson. Read more…

DANCE

Island Arts has the joy of International Folk Dancing with instructor Lesley Alpert. All dances are taught. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Champlain Valley Fair continues with the heaviest pumpkin and the tallest sand sculpture and the free Vermont Music Showcase with Ted Pronto, Alice Grace, AJ Jansen, Chordination, Steve Hartmann, Ali T, Troy Millette & the Fire Below and the Delta Sweet Duo. Read more…

FILM

The 16th annual Film Noir Series continues making Panic in the Streets with Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts continues the Mindful Art series with Jen Volansky to lead a Nature Play Mixed Media Workshop Inspired by Botanicals. The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Collage Workshop with Abbey. The Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts Summer Watercolor Painting Class 2 with Annette Goyne. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts the VNA & Hospice for Death, Dying and Danishes. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council has an Ice Cream Social to gab with artists at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Stragglers, Better Angels, John McDonald and Lise Gates, Jerry Bowers and Tyrone Shaw, Dead Sessions Lite, McMaple, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Hard Scrabble, Dan Parks, the Harley Brown Band featuring Buddha, Duncan McLeod, Coane, Rowell & Schabner, Ryan Sweezy, the Shane Murley Band, the Hitmen, Lawless, Bill Valliere, Bob Cseh, the Maple Grove Band, Charlie Rice, Will Austin, Blue Heron, Antara Gatch & Chris Cheney, Veyda Kenyon, David Karl Roberts, the Nobby Reed Project, Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, Mark Shelton, Mimi Magyar, David Karl Roberts, Troy Millette & the Fire Below, and Zak Loy all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week. DonnaRae Menard continues her weekly read of Beneath The Fountain. The Tangents played the St. Albans Summer Concert Series. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Most libraries will be closed on Monday. Fairfax has a Silent Reading Party. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour continues. The Book Sale is back in North Hero. Read more…

PASSAGES

Singer-songwriter Mark LeGrand has died two years after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He was a Summer Sounds favorite with his Lovesick Band. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 21, 2025

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Dick

ART FOR SALE

Island Arts presents the Artisans Market hosted by Jennifer Pratt . The Graycat Comics and Collectibles Show has comics, cards, toys, and creativity. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on visual artist Colleen Blatchly. Bryan Memorial Gallery features In the Valley by Lea Peterson. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Dick Wright Pub holds a Paint & Sip with Jordan Bushey. Read more…

DANCE

The joy of community dancing to lively music with instructor Lesley Alpert continues at Island Arts. Read more…

FILM

The 16th annual Film Noir Series continues with the Seventh Victim at the St. Albans Free Library. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Vermont Humanities continues the Seminal Statements of American Values series with a discussion of the March on Washington. Read more…

THEATER

No Strings Marionettes presents the fire breathing Wasabi–a Dragon’s Tale. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

David Beckett hosts an iPhone Photography workshop at Bent Northrop Memorial Library. The Artist in Residence Gallery offers Practice Your Paintstrokes, a workshop with Dot Goulet. Social Sunday continues and Patrick McAllister leads the Live Model Figure Drawing Class at he Milton Artists’ Guild. The Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts a Summer Watercolor Painting Class with local artist Annette Goyne. The Enosburgh Public Library’s Creative Creatures meet. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

McMaple (twice), Dan Parks (twice), the Buck Hollers (twice), Honey and Soul, Hitmen, Vermont Blues Society hosted by David and Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, and Larry Vigneault, Ultraviolet, Jerband, Andrew James and Jon Gratton, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Tournesol, Luis Betancourt, Thursdays with Jason, Jason Lee, Cooie and Adlai, Sohyun Ahn, Chris & Issy, Kyle Stevens, Lee Ross, B-Town, Jeff Shelley, Thea Wren, She Was Right, Storm Windows, Dan and Sean Jarvis, Swamp Frog, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Barry Hayes, Mark Shelton, Izzy Ivy, Brooke Bergeron, Chris Monroe, the Nobby Reed Project, the Dogcatchers, it’s Five O’clock Somewhere, Marsh Lights, Colby Crehan, Possum Haw, Al’s Pals tribute Tom Petty, Hammerlane, Abby Sherman, Soulo Davis, D Davis, Django Soulo, the Donna Thunder Experience, Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…
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ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

DonnaRae Menard continues the weekly read with Episode Five of Beneath The Fountain. NW Access TV was there for Tom Joyce Magic. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries discusses The Searcher by Tana French. The Sheldon Municipal Library has an Author Visit with DonnaRae Menard. The Bookmobile will visit the Fairfax Community Center. The Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour on had correspondence with author Louise Penny. The Haston Library Book Group will discuss The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. Franklin County Photogs with Harry Goldhagen hosts a virtual Zoom group. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets for The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman. Read more…

 

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