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Artbits - May 17, 2012

ON STAGE LIVE

Carol Ann Jones plays the Blue Paddle Bistro, Jenni Johnson is On Tap and Heliand Consorts at St. Paul’s Methodist Church. Read more

MAY-JUNE ART DEADLINES

Bent Northrop Memorial Library and Swanton Free Public Library want local art. The Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery has a new exhibition for digital artists. The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center showcases for established, mid-career, and emerging artists. SPA wants bold, sculptural works. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The St. Albans Free Library Youth Room has two new iPads, Mornings, Muffins & Mysteries with The Cinnamon Kiss, and the PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest Showcase. Kelly Christie begins a course in conversational Spanish at Bent Northrup. Read more

AUDITION CALLS

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls will hold a workshop and auditions for ages 11 and up for their summer musical, Fiddler on the Roof,.Read more

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Artbits - May 10, 2012

ART ON THE WALLS

ST ALBANS–The NMC Gallery hosts Vermont Life photographer David Juaire. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

H&B Greenhouse cultivates Carol Ann Jones solo at the nursery. Cosmic Bakery dishes up the Missisquoi River Band. Chow Bella serves The Anatomy of Frank. C.I.D.E.R. has Tammy Fletcher and Yankee Pot Roast in the oven. Shooters pours Justice. And the 8th Young Tradition Weekend features young singers, players and dancers performing in folk and traditional styles. Read more

AUDITION CALLS

The St. Albans Society for the Performing Arts is casting its summer musical theater production of Gypsy. Fairfax Community Theater Company will hold auditions for the summer production of Charlotte’s Web, The Musical. Read more

EARLY ART DEADLINE

The Cambridge Arts Council sidewalk art festival seeks fine arts in all media. Read more

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Artbits - May 3, 2012

A NEW EAARTH IN TOWN

The Vermont Youth Orchestra presents the spring concert A New Eaarth. The program will include orchestral works by Dvorak, Copland, Elgar, and Holst, and the world premiere of A New Eaarth written by Robert Paterson. Read more

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery spotlight is on photographers Suzanne Dollois and Eugene Garron and on multi media artist Nancy Hayden. The A.I.R. gallery resumes its Thursday meet-the-artists reception this evening. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

Redstone Villa will host a Savvy Seniors Medicare Fraud Performance in collaboration with the Lyric Theater. On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers the Nobby Reed Project. St. Albans Historical Society presents the Northern Bronze Spring concert Bells Blithe and Bold: Music That Stirs the Soul and Enlivens the Heart. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The A. A. Brown Library Mother’s Day Raffle has art. The St. Albans Free Library will host Teen Crafts. Read more

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Artbits - April 26, 2012

You don’t need to choose. You can do it all! Read more

MAPLE FOR EVERYONE!

The Maple Festival this weekend is the 46th running of Vermont’s first (and sweetest) outdoor festival of the year. Come for the Maple Festival Parade — the biggest in Vermont — and stay for the arts, the music, and the food. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Heather McKeown’s Highbrow to Hoedown. Cosmic Bakery & Cafe presents Carol Ann Jones Solo. Chow Bella has Marko the Magician. The Will Patton Quintet plays the Coffee House at Johnson State College. Young Tradition Vermont hosts Greg Brown at Higher Ground. Read more

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Artbits - April 19, 2012

OFF TO SEE THE WIZ

MVU presents The Wizard of Oz. The L. Frank Baum classic takes the audience from Kansas, along the yellow brick road to Oz and the Emerald City with a cast loaded with local favorites. Read more

ART ON THE WALLS

The second annual Sappy Art Show coincides with the Vermont Maple Festival but hosts a reception tomorrow. Gail Salzman’s exhibit in Variations in Abstraction has been held over until end of the month. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap presents Jenni Johnson and friends and Sturcrazie on two different nights. Young Tradition helps present the 9th annual Vermont Master Fiddlers concert. Read more

APRIL-MAY ART DEADLINES

The local Art in the Town Hall project is sponsoring a Barn Paint Out. The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation wants works inspired by his deeds. Art Takes Times Square will put your work on billboards in the most visited attraction in the world. Register early for the VYO Music Day Camp for discounted tuition. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Today is a big day at the St. Albans Free Public Library, with Mornings, Muffins & Mysteries, the Writers’ Medley, and a Parenting Book Discussion. Read more

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Artbits - April 12, 2012

THE GODMOTHER SCREAMS?

The Opera House opens the 2012 Season with two one act comedies, The Godmother and Queen of the Silent Scream. Read more

ART ON THE WALLS

The annual Franklin County-wide Student Art Show continues at the Collins Perley Sports & Fitness Center. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

Fiddleheads perform at A Festival of Cultures. The Bee’s Knees hosts an Open Acoustic Jam. River Arts presents Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys on their 40th Anniversary Tour. The Black Box Theater hosts David Gusakov, the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra, and the Sap Run Fiddlers. Chow Bella has comedians. T-Bones presents a duo show with Carol Ann Jones and Gary Spaulding. Read more

CULTURAL DATA PROJECT

A new round of Vermont Cultural Data Project in-person orientations takes place. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

This week is National Library Week. Highgate Library celebrates D.E.A.R. Day. The St. Albans Free Library has discounts. The Swanton Free Public Library has Raylan. Read more

VYO NEWS

The VYOA online auction closes Sunday. The Presto has its Spring Concert at the Elley Long. Read more