Archive for May 2011
ArtBits - May 26, 2011
May 24, 2011 by Dick.
MEMORIAL DAY
Monday is Memorial Day. The holiday once known as Decoration Day commemorates the men and women who perished under the flag of this country.
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REUNITING WITH SUMMER
Summer Music at Grace officially begins the summer music season tomorrow evening with the ninth annual Farewell Reunion concert. Dozens of Vermont musicians will play traditional and original music, singing and dancing from Vermont, Appalachia, Scotland, Ireland and beyond.
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ART ON THE WALLS
The nineteenth annual Vermont Open Studio Weekend is this Saturday and Sunday. It gives visitors an inside look at Vermont artists and craftspeople in their studios.
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ON STAGE LIVE
Chow!Bella presents Sean Ashby this evening. On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with the Joe Moore Blues Band featuring Jason Corbiere. The Irish American Club presents the 38th Annual Peoples’ Prom. The Bees Knees presents Carol Ann Jones with Gary Spaulding. The Spirit of Ethan Allen Sunset Cruise on June 5 features Joe Levesque’s Big Band.
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LIBRARY NEWS
The St. Albans Free Library hosts a puppet show this morning and a PBS Kids Young Writer’s Contest event this evening.
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ArtBits - May 19, 2011
May 19, 2011 by Dick.
BIG VOICES, NEW STAGE
BFA-St. Albans will hold its final choral concert of the year with classical, sacred, spirituals, Broadway and popular music in the new Performing Arts Center this evening.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Grand Isle House Concerts present PossumHaw. The Birds of Vermont Museum presents Go Wild, Go Birding Festival with Fiddleheads. Seahorses Rally for Cindy hosts a benefit dinner and concert featuring Carol Jones and Cindy Barrows with Will Patton, Colin McCaffrey, Jon Sochin and Dono Schaber. The Tupelo Music Hall presents the Nobby Reed Project. Mark your calendars: Chow!Bella presents Sean Ashby next Thursday.
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AUDITIONS
The Enosburg Opera House is mounting two big summer musicals,
Oliver! and
Guys and Dolls,. They will hold auditions for both big productions. The Vermont Youth Orchestra’s orchestral and choral auditions continue.
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MAY-JUNE ART DEADLINES
South Arkansas Arts Center wants 2D and 3D fine art entries. The Local Artist Show at the Chandler Center in Randolph is an open call. The themed art exhibition and sale at the Rye Arts Center is open to all US artists working in two-dimensional media. Any Vermont school, school district, supervisory union, or not-for-profit is eligible for funding to develop, plan, and implement arts education programming for in-school and/or out-of-school activities that support extended learning in and through the arts.
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ArtBits - May 12, 2011
May 12, 2011 by Dick.
ART ON THE WALLS
The Louisiana Watercolor Society includes a Harald Aksdal painting in the juried 41st Annual International Watercolor Exhibition.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The 7th Young Tradition Weekend features young singers, players and dancers performing in folk and traditional styles. The Shelburne Museum hosts Lilac Sunday with Fiddleheads. The UVM Old Time Music Club hosts a Shape Note Sing in Ira Allen Chapel. River Arts holds a Farmers and Artisans Market. Shelburne Steakhouse presents Carol Ann Jones. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By with Vern Colburn on the piano.
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CALL FOR THESPIANS
Auditions begin tonight for the Fairfax Community Theater Company Anniversary Gala.
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LIBRARY NEWS
Tonight is Classic Movie Night as the St. Albans Free Library presents Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
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ArtBits - May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011 by Dick.
GREEN ART
Saturday is
Green Up Day. High water or not, this weekend is our opportunity to make everything green and ready to tint again.
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CALL FOR THESPIANS
Fairfax Community Theater Company celebrates its 20th season this year and will hold auditions for an Anniversary Gala production.
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ART ON THE WALLS
Celebrating its fifth anniversary this month, the Artist In Residence Gallery presents painters Corliss Blakely and Rebecca Anne Bennett, jeweler Holly Spier, and pastel artist Genie Rybicki-Judkins with a free meet-the-artists reception. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Emily Dunsmore.
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ON STAGE LIVE
Look for Cinco De Mayo parties everywhere tonight. On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. Dust off your poodle skirts and blue suede shoes, baby! The Fairfax Community Theater Company presents a Do Wop Hop. Barnes and Noble Booksellers hosts a free in-store Mini Concert featuring Georgia singer-songwriter John Gibbons. The Flynn presents David Crosby and Graham Nash in a benefit for the Tom Sustic Fund.
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