ArtBits - September 30, 2010

September 30, 2010 by Dick.

CLOISTERED SAVAGE

The Fairfax Community Theater Company fall production, The Curious Savage opened last night and continues in the Westford Brick Meeting House. Read more…

CALL FOR PERFORMERS

The annual Opera House Talent Search is right around the corner and the registration deadline looms. Read more…

EAT, DRINK, BE ARTY

St. Albans fourth annual Taylor Park Fine Wine, Food, and Beer and Art Festival comes to Taylor Park. Read more…

CREATIVE ECONOMY

The second round application for e-Vermont Community Broadband Project will open tomorrow. Dorchester Publishing is moving to e-books and “trade” sized paperbacks. Read more…

ARTSY POLITICAL EVENTS

Our policy is not to include political events in ArtBits. Read more…

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ArtBits - September 23, 2010

September 23, 2010 by Dick.

BIG ORCHESTRA IN TOWN

The Vermont Youth Orchestra Fall Concert takes the stage at Saint Mary’s Church in St. Albans. Read more…

BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL IN ST. ALBANS

Kevin Laddison of First Step Dance will host a Ballroom Dance Social with dance lessons in the basics of Swing and Foxtrot at the St. Albans Historical Museum. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne presents Immersion: Recent Paintings by colorist Gail Salzman of Fairfax. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Summer Music at Grace presents PossumHaw in the final concert of the season. The Vermont Symphony Orchestra Made in Vermont Music Festival Statewide Tour comes to the Dibden Center for the Arts. The Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival offers exhibits and demonstrations, children’s activities, the farmyard, hay rides, and music including Atlantic Crossing, Fiddleheads, and Jon Gailmor. The Fairfax Community Theater Company fall production, The Curious Savage, opens a four day run. Read more…

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ART DEADLINES

Contemporary American Figurative Ceramics is open to all ceramic artists. The juried Pittsburgh State University exhibit will explore the intimate territories. An UN-Juried annual exhibit features digital art and photography. Read more…

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ArtBits - September 16, 2010

September 16, 2010 by Dick.

SPEAKING EASY, SINGING ROUGH

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls hosts the Fall Fundraiser as a chance to step back to the Prohibition Era when the only speakeasy in town is the Opera House with Tammy Fletcher. Read more…

CAMELOTS

The Saint Albans Society for the Performing Arts presents a local community theater production of Camelot: The Musical. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Overtime Saloon and Boyden Winery each present the Nobby Reed Project. Johnson State College hosts the first Bounty of the County Contest. Fiddleheads perform at the Make-A-Wish Walk for Wishes. Sterling Valley hosts a benefit dance for the Stowe Land Trust. The United Church of Bakersfield and East Fairfield presents the Southern Gospel of Praise Incorporated. Read more…

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ArtBits - September 9, 2010

September 9, 2010 by Dick.

TOURING

Is a topless Corvair a “touring car”? The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Carol Ann Jones & The Superchargers in their final stop on the Opera House Tour. Read more…

ART IN GLASS

The St. Albans Artists’ Guild will host a one-day workshop, Making Stained Glass with Karen Scheffler. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Culture Hop hosts Fiddleheads. The Middlebury Food Coop Harvest Festival presents Yankee Chank. The Vermont Folklife Center hosts an Open House with Mark Sustic and others. Higher Ground with Events for Tom presents Carolina Chocolate Drops. Harley D’s has the Nobby Reed Project. Read more…

DOES ART SUPPORT YOU?

A new campaign to promote the arts wants our stories. The first 500 will get a free t-shirt. Read more…

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ArtBits - September 2, 2010

September 2, 2010 by Dick.

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Corliss Blakely, Peter Miller, Henry Trask Riley, and Susan Delear with a free meet-the-artists reception tonight. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts black and white photography by Moria Routhier. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Champlain Valley Fair continues with the Keeghan Nolan Band. On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project tonight. Music Box presents The Missing Cats. The 3rd annual North Branch Labor Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival includes Big Spike Bluegrass and Possum Haw. Read more…

BALLROOM DANCE IN ST. ALBANS

Kevin Laddison of First Step Dance begins ballroom dance classes at the St. Albans Historical Museum. Read more…

21 DAYS of SUMMER, 20 YEARS of SOUNDS

The 20th season of Summer Sounds was very successful. Read more…

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