Artbits-August 20, 2026

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Dick

ART IS ALWAYS A WINNER

The Artist in Residence and the St Albans Free Library host a Library Lover’s Art Auction to support the library’s brick restoration project. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Rebecca Nase Chomyn. Bryan Memorial Gallery features new works by poet and painter Harry Bauld. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Kathy Giroux, Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Dick Wright Pub holds a free Water Marbling Sumnagashi Workshop with Mandi. The Swanton Art Journaling Group meets. Coffee and Crafts and Sip, Stitch, & Share, and Creative Creatures meet. Read more…

CALL FOR THESPIANS

The Opera House is assembling a live shadow cast for the Rocky Horror Picture Show. They need to fill every shadow role. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Vermont Reggae Fest features Richie Spice, Sister Nancy, the Abyssinians, Marlon Asher with Roots Alley Collective, and Inna Higher Heights Band, Read more…

FILM

The St. Albans Free Library Film Noir Festival continues with Try and Get Me! starring Lloyd Bridges, Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, and Richard Carlson. Read more…

GATHERINGS

The Milton Artists’ Guild begins a monthly Community Critique Night to bring artists of all disciplines and skill levels together to share work, receive thoughtful feedback, and offer insights. Fiber Arts Meet and Make meets at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets at the library. Muffin Monday continues. The GPL Crafting Club meets. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Franklin County Senior Center will host an Advance Directive Workshop. Twiggs hosts Death, Dying and Danishes. The Isle La Motte Preservation Trust has Jonathan C. Lane for Independence Upon the Water: Lake Champlain, Isle La Motte, and the Making of a Nation. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

ReMarketVT welcomes Dot Goulet to lead the Adventures in Acrylics Workshop. 60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night. Robert Waldo Brunelle, Jr. leads a Cartooning Workshop, Social Sunday continues, and Becky Chappell guides the Gel Printing Basics Workshop, all at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Nobby Reed Project (thrice), Soulshine Revival (twice), Justice 3 (twice), Chris and Erica (twice), the Devon McGarry Band, Ultraviolet, Michael Perry, the John Lackard Blues Band, Decade, the Long Gone John Band, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Ventriloquist Doug Mickan, Kyle Stevens, Sohyun Ahn, YYZeppelin, McMaple, Bettenroo, Mark Abair and Friends, Nighthawk, Dan Parks, Moonbird, Mad Mojo, the Jim Branca Trio, Luis Betancourt, Tournesol, the Blue Rock Boys, Ethan Sawyer, Piper Hall, Staircase 24, the Dave Keller Band, the Art DeQuasie Trio, the Tenderbellies, the Jimmy Jam, the Dale & Darcy Band, UnCommon Jam, the Owl Stars, the MetalWerx Euphonium and Tuba Quartet, the Stragglers, Blue Blazes, Rushmore, Ryan Sweezy, Luke Borchelt, and Troy Millette & the Fire Below all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week. DonnaRae Menard reads from Snuffling Up Bones. The Oleo Romeos played the Meeting House on the Green. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Franklin County Photogs hosts a virtual Zoom group. The Haston Book Discussion Group meets for Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The North Hero Library hosts a book launch for Midnight’s Tale by Joyce Benvenuto. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets for The Return of the Pharaoh by Nicholas Meyer. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries discusses Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone. The Swanton Free Public Library has Ventriloquist Doug Mickan. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 13, 2026

Posted on August 13, 2026 by Dick

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Perler Bead Popup as well as the Embroidery Club. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share gathers at the Enosburgh Library. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park presents Tuning, Timing, Resonance as a “one-of-a-kind day of music, sound, and sculpture” with composer Phil Acimovic. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Kristina Bolduc. The Island Arts Gallery artist of the month is Patrick Graziano. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Nicole Gadouas. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Milton Artists’ Guild 2026 Art Supply Sale fundraiser joins the Milton town-wide yard sale. The Art Supply Sale proceeds support MAG’s mission of making art accessible for all. Read more…

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Green Mountain Bluegrass Festival has live bluegrass and roots music with Watchhouse, I’m With Her, Railroad Earth, Green Mountain All Stars and many, more. Read more…

FILM

The St. Albans Free Library 17th annual Film Noir Festival continues with a double feature of My Name Is Julia Ross with Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, and George Macready plus The Threat with Michael O’Shea, Virginia Grey, and Charles McGraw. Read more…

GATHERINGS

The Highgate Library and Community Center continues the Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Read more…

HUMANITIES

VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region host an Advance Directive Workshop at the Haston Library. Island Arts presents Maeve Kim to discover How and Why Birds Make Noise. The Swanton Academy features an interactive Wetlands & Wildlife in the Refuge Workshop and much more. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

George Van Hook leads Painting en Plein Air as a two day workshop starting at Bryan Memorial Gallery. 60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Lucie Faulkner leads Part 2 of the Clay Ornaments Workshop at the Island Arts. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

An Open Mic and Coffeehouse, Nobby Reed (twice), Jerborn (twice), She Was Right(twice), VachSean (twice), Blues for Breakfast, Quadra, James Shelly, Bad Horsey, Mitch & Devon, Tim Brick and the Enablers, Eric Bushey solo, Michael Perry, Abby Sherman and the Way North, Dead Sessions Lite, Seth Yacovone solo, Jim Charonko, Lumos Live, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, Evan David Warner, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Side Hustle, Barbie N Bones, Kiel Love, Sleeveless Tease with Narah Sparks, JSB, the Smokey Newfield Project, the Dale and Darcy Band, J.J. Booth, Al’s Pals, Arthur James, Dan Parks, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Phil Acimovic, Amerikana Blue, the Steve Blair Trio, Haiduck & Heckendorn, Kay Benedict, Karl Fandrich, Erik Kenyon Troy Millette & the Fire Below, the Vermont Jazz Ensemble, the Soulo Davis Duo, Before This Time, the Enosburg Town Band, the Lesley Grant Band, and the Stragglers all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue as DonnaRae Menard reads from Snuffling Up Bones and the Sean Jarvis Band played Summer Sounds in Highgate. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Enosburgh Reading & Discussion Group takes up the group’s favorite books. The Eloquent Page has Bookstore Romance Day and the True Crime Book Club will discuss The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser. The monthly SPL Book Club will read The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. The Pocket Book Club takes up A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 6, 2026

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Dick

FESTIVALS and EVENTS

The Church Street Celebration is an old fashioned block party for dancing down the Historic District. The annual town-wide Jeffersonville Art Jam takes over Main Street with live art and live music. The Franklin Homestead FUNdraiser will fill the Franklin Town Hall with live music by Rosie Newton and Uncle John’s Band. The North Hero Historic House Tour celebrates the buildings, families, and traditions of the Islands. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Colleen Blatchley. Bryan Gallery debuts JuanCarlos Gonzalez’s solo show, Vermont Light, with an opening reception. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Nancy Fuller. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Summer Artisan Market comes to Snow Farm Vineyards. 14th Star hosts the Remix Physical Media Market with music, movies, and nostalgia. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council hosts Cardmaking with Barb. Spotlight Village crafts some mermaid magic with a Mermaid Crown Headdress workshop. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Library. The Franklin Arts Department hosts a Family Art Class with Jordan Bushey. Read more…

FILM

Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts The Wanted 18, a documentary about 18 cows pursued by the Israeli army. The St. Albans Free Library Film Noir Festival begins with The Suspect with Charles Laughton and Ella Raines. Read more…

GATHERINGS

The Highgate Library hosts a Garden Tea Party with Bob the Garden Guy. The Milton Artists’ Guild Queer Art Club returns. Muffin Monday continues. Read more…

HUMANITIES

AgeWell hosts a Franklin County Caregiver Support Group at the Enosburg Public Library. There will be a Community Land & Water Conversation in the Islands in the Sun Senior Center. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Highgate Library hosts Mat Heagerty for a Graphic Novel Workshop. 60 Main Arts has Community Drawing Night with a live model. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. The MAG also hosts Fiadhnait Moser for the Impasto Oil Painting workshop, Robert Waldo Brunelle to guide Learn to Draw. Island Arts has two workshops as Lucie Faulkner leads Part 1 of the Clay Ornaments Workshop and Pat Brennan leads the Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Nobby Reed (twice), the Jerband (twice), Doug’s Open Mic, Chris and Issy, the Hitmen, the Vermont Willistones, Tim Brick, Charlie Rice, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Cooper, The Sound of Music In Concert, Michael Perry, O Odious Ones Hammer Lane, Seth Yacovone, Pam McCoy, Jaded Ravins, Sleeveless Tease, Jesse Agan, Bob C, 90 Proof, Kelly Dolan Stuber, the Blue Rock Boys, Rockin’ Ron Gangon, Kyle Stevens, the Smokey Newfield Project, Downtown Dan, Rock On, Sticks and Stones, Dan Parks, Milton Busker & the Grim Work, the Spring Chickens, Minced Oats, Ken Schofield’s Old Friends Band, Cooie Sings, Green Mountain Swing, High Summer, Justin Taylor, the Dixie Six, the Ray Vega Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble, the Shane Murley Trio, the Bart Feller Trio, Mowgli Giannitti, Troy Millette & the Fire Below Jerborn & Justin, Allison Peryer, John Seiden, B-Town, the Enosburg Town Band, Ryan Sweezy and the Midnight Walkers, AmerikanaBlue, Giovanina Bucci, and Jamie Lee Thurston all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this wee with Books We Hated with Becky Rupp and Abbey Gaudette, plus the ORCA broadcast of the Montpelier Parks Parkapalooza. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Community Library Summer Reading Programs conclude. The Sheldon Library hosts a Huge Yard Sale. The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club takes on the A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain. The St. Albans Free Library Tuesday Night Book Group reads Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 30, 2026

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Dick

CALL FOR THESPIANS

Misery, the Stephen King thriller, comes to the Opera House. In person auditions will be held this weekend. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on Courtney Adams. Bryan Gallery debuts JuanCarlos Gonzalez’s solo show, Vermont Light. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Stephanie Archer. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Library. Read more…

CALL FOR WRITERS

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Two-Sentence Story Contest continues. Read more…

DANCE

Beginner Line Dancing is offered at the Depot and at the American Legion. Read more…

FILM

Amanda Kay Gustin will share 100 Years of Vermont in Film in the North Hero Community Hall. Read more…

GATHERINGS

Muffin Monday continues. The GPL Crafting Club meets. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model and Creativi-Tea Tuesday Karen Winslow. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Nobby Reed Project (thrice), Jesse Agan (twice), Open Mic Night, the Tangents, Hammer Lane, B-Town, Side Hustle, Dan Parks, Michael Perry, the Eames Brothers Band, Seth Yacovone, the Buck Hollers, Balor, Psycho, Mutant, Hell Priest, Mortuary Service, Nate Michaud, Marsh Lights, Big Dog DJ, Better Angels, NightHawk, the Chris Bell Trio, Magnetic Horse, the Kwame Vibe, Rusty Bucket, Uncle John’s Band, the Jim Branca Quartet, Roger Giroux, Justice 3, Jenny Red, Ryan Hanson, the Paddy Reagan Quartet, the MSJ Jazz Trio, the Islands Jazz Quartet, Dan and Sean Jarvis, Sister Speak, Tom Bisson, the Lloyd Tyler Duo, Michael & Black, Nick Smith, Out of Nowhere, Jerborn, Second Hand Blues, Missisquoi Slim, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Festa Dell Opera, the Hitmen, the Enosburg Town Band, Blackwolf, Cooie’s Trio, the Sound of Music In Concert, Barbie N Bones, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week. DonnaRae Menard continues the weekly read from Snuffling Up Bones. Ryan Sweezy & The Midnight Walkers played the St. Albans Summer Concert Series. The Stragglers played the St. Albans Bay Farmer’s Market. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Adult Summer Reading Program continues. The Haston Library Book Discussion Group meets for The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 23, 2026

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Dick

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

Sheldon Old Home Days “Let Freedom Ring” celebrates Sheldon and its history with Doug and Pauline, the Green Mountain Chorus, and the Old Man Garage Band. The 36th annual Jig in the Valley has the Missisquoi River Band, Uncle John’s Band, Boxcar Breakdown Bluegrass, the Stragglers, the Buck Hollers, and the Nobby Reed Project. Read more…

THEATER

Extra! Extra! The World Will Know! The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Newsies in a four show run. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Cambridge Arts Council hosts a free opening reception for Liminal pottery and woodworking by Hannah and Charles Cieri as part of the Paracosm Pop-up series. Quilts of Valor opens at the Sheldon Historical Museum. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Deborah Travis. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Katie Foster. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Fiadhnait Moser leads a Misty Mountains Paint Night at the MAG. The Swanton Arts Council Art Journaling Group meets in person at the library. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Public Library. Read more…

CALL FOR WRITERS

The Bent Northrop Two-Sentence Story Contest continues. Read more…

DANCE

Michelle Nordberg offers Beginner Line Dancing at the Depot and the Highgate Manor. Between the Lines Line Dancing offers Beginner Line Dancing at the American Legion. Read more…

GATHERINGS

Muffin Monday continues. The GPL Crafting Club meets at the library. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi and the Natural Resources Conservation Districts host a Community Land & Water Conversation. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

60 Main Arts has Community Drawing Night with a live model. Becky Chappell will explore Mixed Media Print Making, Social Sunday continues, and Julia Davenport will guide Summer Zentangle all at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Roberta Wendel will lead the Punch Needle Rug Hooking Class at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. Annette Goyne will lead the free Beginner Summer Watercolor Class “Butterflies and Dragonflies” at the Dick Wright Pub. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Seth Yacovone (thrice), the Nobby Reed Project (thrice), Laura Fedele-Rasco (twice), Sticks & Stones (twice), Blues Over Easy, King Me, Hammer Lane, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Chris Bell, Charlie Rice, Nickel & Dime, Alternate Take, the Faerie Godbrothers, Michael Perry, Tristen Sellars and Chris Lyon, Abby Sherman & the Way North, Steep Creek Duo, Evngwear, Phil Graziano, Tim Brick, the R & R Duo, the Milkhouse Heaters, Bettenroo, Prit’Near, McMaple, the Jerband, Magnetic Horse, Dave Miller, Will Austin, Skylark, Sylvia Parker, Antara & Chris Cheney, Doug and Pauline, the Green Mountain Chorus, the Old Man Garage Band, the Green Mountain Skillet Lickers, Cooie’s Trio, DSM5 Band, Next Stop Comedy, Nightrain, Bethany Conner, Jeff Shelley, the Milton Community Band, Doug’s Open Mic, the Enosburg Town Band, Kyle Chadburn and the Earthbound Spirits, Al’s Pals, the Lloyd Tyler Duet, Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers, the Ken Clark Duo, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

McMaple played the St. Albans Summer Concert Series. Sohyun Ahn played the Island Arts Summer Concerts. Mark Shelton sang Classic Gospel. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Alburgh Public Library hosts a Community Storytelling Event. The Fairfax Library Book Club takes up The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett and rhe library Adult Summer Reading Program continues. The Haston Library presents Jamie Andrea Garzot for a book talk. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets for Behold a Fair Woman by Francis Duncan. The annual Library Book Sale is filled with treasures news and old. The Classics Book Club takes up Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and the graphic novel Alice in Wonderland. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 16, 2026

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on photographer Wayne Tarr. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Faith Perrino-Dubois. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

Jennifer Pratt hosts the Island Arts’ Artisans Market as an all day boutique at the Homer Knight Barn. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Ceramic Tree Days continue at Maple Glazed Pottery. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Pat Brennan leads the Handcrafted Shadow Box Workshop at the Island Arts Center. Sip, Stitch, & Share and Creative Creatures both meet at the Enosburgh Public Library. Read more…

CALL FOR WRITERS

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Two-Sentence Story Contest continues. Four age categories including adults will tell a whole story in exactly two sentences. Read more…

DANCE

Between the Lines and Michelle Nordberg both offer Beginner Line Dancing. First Step Dance teaches Sunday Swing. Read more…

GATHERINGS

Fiber Arts Meet and Make meets at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Muffin Monday continues in Highgate. The Georgia Public Library Crafting Club meets at the library. The Zumba Drum up Support for Dick Wright Pub will be held in Franklin Town Hall. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Haston Library presents the Planetarium Lady with Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival at the Franklin Town Hall. Twiggs hosts the VNA & Hospice for Death, Dying and Danishes. Michele Pagan presents Early American Samplers–Finding History in Stitchery at the Sheldon Historical Society. George Spear leads ILM’s Revolutionary Roots: a Guided Driving Tour. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Annelein Beukenkamp will lead Bright, Bold Blossoms at Bryan Gallery. 60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model. At the MAG Art Center, Social Sunday continues, Fiadhnait Moser leads Expressionist Pet Portrait Night, and Julia Davenport guides the Beginner Watercolor class. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

21 Songwriters, Jerborn (twice), Mad Mojo (twice), Seth Yacovone (twice), Ryan Sweezey, Soule Monde, Barbie N Bones, Jesse Agan, Sibling Reverie, 90 Proof, Dan Parks, the Free Range Band, Michael Perry, Blackwolf, Jim Charonko, Dennis Fox and Friends, Sean Jarvis, Skylark, Frevo, Shiny New Toyz, Humdinger & the Bucksnort, Chaos Called Me, Hullabaloo, the R&R Duo, Vachsean, Real Big Blues, the Nobby Reed Project, the Shane Murley Band, Ginger Geezus, Alex Riddell, the Lavendair Band, Season of Yes, Blue Northern, IncaHoots, Ryan Hanson, Waves of Adrenaline, King Me, George Petit Trio, Phantom Suns, Fall District, Doom Service, Yes, Machine, Chris & Issy, Second Hand Blues, the Dimmer Triplets, the Jerband, the Enosburg Town Band, Soul Porpoise, the Project, the Shane Murley Duet, Mike Mac all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Enosburgh Public Library Reading & Discussion Group takes up A Founding Mother by Laura Kaye and Stephanie Dray. The Fairfax Adult Summer Reading Program continues. Franklin County Photogs meets. The North Hero Public Library hosts Alexis Lathem and Melissa H. Cronin. The SPL Book Club discusses Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich. The new Pocketbook Club takes up The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab. Read more…

 

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