ArtBits - August 28, 2008

August 28, 2008 by Dick.

CALL FOR THESPIANS

The Fairfax Community Theater Company auditions for the fall production of Brian Friel’s Translations begin Tuesday. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Champlain Valley Fair Vermont music concerts lead up to Keeghan Nolan on Sunday. The U.S. Marine Corps Band performs there this evening. The New World Festival features Fiddleheads and Yankee Chank on Sunday. Read more…

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER ART DEADLINES

Thursday is the last call for Shaping Vermont’s Future through Art. Doctors without borders wants American artists to donate works. The Corda Foundation requests scholarly studies of the poetry of David Rosenmann-Taub. A-B(o)MB showcases new and emerging visual and performance artists in Miami. Read more…

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ArtBits - August 21, 2008

August 21, 2008 by Dick.

It is a busy weekend in Montgomery with the annual Art Show and Sale, Harvest Fest, and a Community Block Party.

SUMMER SOUNDS

We survived a rainy season and finished the season with one of our best concerts ever on as nice a summer night as we’ve had this year. Tammy Fletcher gave the best show we’ve ever seen. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The 10th annual Montgomery Historic Society Art Show and Sale takes place this weekend. The Champlain Valley Fair has Vermont talent in the Fine Art Gallery. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jim Branca and the Mystic Mojo Trio play for the Greyhound Adoption League. Martha Gallagher comes to Summer at Grace. The Champlain Valley Fair brings ten Vermont performers including Keeghan Nolan to the Vermont State Building. The St. Albans Concert Series has the Nobby Reed Project. The Montgomery Community Block Party presents the Starline Rhythm Boys; the Boys also close out their season at the Bayside. Read more…

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ArtBits - August 14, 2008

August 14, 2008 by Dick.

      The Big Four (rainy) Music Weeks of the summer draws to a close with the final Summer Sounds concert this season, plus a Concert By the Commons concert, and a concert in St. Albans.

LEADING RIGHT TO THE LAST

      The headline act always closes the show. The 2008 season concludes as O.C. McCuin & Sons presents Tammy Fletcher and Mountain Girl in the Summer Sounds concert in Highgate Municipal Park on Sunday evening. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

      Concerts By The Common presents the Diller Quaile String Quartet. Snowfarm Vineyard presents Jim Branca and the Mystic Mojo Trio tonight. The Lincoln Inn has Nobby Reed Project tonight. The VYO has an ensemble concert at the Intervale Center tonight. Events for Tom presents Brian Conway and Brendan Dolan tomorrow. The Long Trail Festival features the Starline Rhythm Boys all weekend. And there is much more. Read the rest here…

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ArtBits - August 7, 2008

August 7, 2008 by Dick.

      The Big Four Music Weeks of the summer enters its third week with a Summer Sounds concert, plus a Christian Music on the Parks concert, a Citizens Band concert, and the Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival.

THE STRAIGHT POOP

      The Summer Sounds concert series continues in Highgate Municipal Park as Drummac Septic Service presents Meg Willey and The Low Bones on Sunday evening. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

      The Artist In Residence Gallery spotlight is on Beth McAdams, paintings; Melissa Haberman, paintings and hand pulled prints; Heidi Lague, paintings and hats; and David Gate, hand blown glass vessels. There is an Artist Reception with refreshments this evening at the Gallery. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

      The Seventh annual Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival kicks off with the Gibson Brothers, Banjo Dan & The Midnite Plowboys, our own Big Spike Bluegrass, and so much more. The Richford Farmers Market presents Singer/actor Tim Stetson and His Invisible Friends in Davis Park. The summer Christian Music on the Parks Concert Series presents Falling Forward on Saturday at Lincoln Park. The Citizens Concert Band performs its final concert of their Town Park series at St. Albans Bay Park. The Fairfax Community Theater Company will hold auditions for the Brothers Grimm Spectaculation beginning Wednesday. Read more…

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