Archive for the Benefit Events Category
Artbits - July 22, 2010
July 22, 2010 by Dick.
The Big Four Music Weeks of summer continue this week. With three or more live concerts, fairs, or festivals each week, there is plenty to see and hear in Franklin County.
LOVESICK but not HEARTBROKE
Ready for a Summer Surprise? Ray’s Extrusion Dies and Tubing presents Mark LeGrand and his Lovesick Band in his return to the 20th Anniversary
Summer Sounds honky-tonk concert in Highgate.
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ART BLOOMS
Balloons are ordered! The fifth annual Art in Bloom Festival has grown and added new artists, food vendors and musicians again. It brings a day of music, a gazillion exhibits, and plenty of food to Swanson’s Farm and Nursery in Fairfax.
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DANCE A JIG
The eighteenth annual Jig in the Valley offers an eclectic day of outdoor music in a good cause with great musicians, fabulous food, crafts, a farmer’s market, and activities for kids all afternoon on the Green in East Fairfield.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with Jim Branca.
Summer Music at Grace presents Melissa Ewell and Gianna Izzo Messier in Shamrocks and Thistles. The Keeghan Nolan Band plays Lamoille County Fields Days. Franklin United Church present. Village Harmony.
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Artbits - July 8, 2010
July 8, 2010 by Dick.
Busy, busy weekend!
FIRE RELIEF CONCERTS
The Swanton Fire Department Auxiliary and the Swanton Chamber Of Commerce will host the SwanStock Fire Relief Benefit Concert in Swanton Village Park on Saturday. Headlined by Greg Izor and the Boxkickers from Austin Texas and Jimmy Branca, the music lineup also include Run for Cover, the Nobby Reed Project, Mike Lykens, Julie Tiller, Conscious Roots, and Deana and the Naturals. Then Nectar’s will host the Jim Branca Fire Relief Benefit in the club with Paul Asbell, Will Patton and the Fabulous Spiders, The Real Deal, Left Eye Jump, the Nerbak Brothers, Greg Izor and the BoxKickers, and Jim Branca on Sunday.
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ON STAGE LIVE
Chowbella hosts The Young Guns Showcase in the monthly It’s All About the Song Festival. The Georgia Community Center has Carol Ann Jones in a solo performance. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Heather McKowan’s Highbrow to Hoedown. The Town of Highgate will host a benefit concert for Camp Highgate with Asphalt Drive. Concerts By The Common begins with the Constitution Brass. And Summer Sounds begins July 18.
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ART ON THE WALLS
The Flynn offers Corliss Blakely’s Visions of Nature exhibit with a demonstration of her new electronic painting techniques. The Bryan Memorial Gallery summer exhibit, Land and Light, includes an artists roundtable and reception.
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Artbits - June 24, 2010
June 24, 2010 by Dick.
BOOM BOX
An apartment house explosion in Swanton Village early Saturday morning left one man in the hospital with severe burns and several families homeless. The other six residents of the four apartments, including well-known singer and songwriter of the blues Jim Branca and his family, escaped without injuries.
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SUMMER SOUNDS!
Monday was the first day of Summer and the Longest Day of the year. That means the All Arts Council Summer Sounds series will begin at Bay Day with Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers playing into the fireworks. The lineup is great.
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ART ON THE WALLS
The Bryan Memorial Gallery/New England Plein Air Painters exhibit, Paint Vermont, features new work by artists who have painted in and around Jeffersonville within the past year and draws to a close on Sunday.
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Artbits - May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010 by Dick.
SUE TESSIER DAY
Sue Tessier has been an active participant in the arts and in the community all of her life. Her friends will host a
Sue Tessier Day Celebration and benefit at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Opera House at Enosburg Falls invites you to a student production of
The Boy and the $1000 Pants at the Enosburg High School Auditorium. Tammy Fletcher brings Mountain Girl to at the Bee’s Knees. It is a full Counterpoint weekend with
Darling Buds of May. This is Young Tradition Weekend with events featuring young singers, players and dancers performing folk and traditional styles. The Village Tavern hosts Open Mic. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By.
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YET ANOTHER TAX
The Vermont House and Senate negotiating committee and the governor all signed off on “Challenges for Change” yesterday. The bill may include a new sales tax on tickets to events presented by non-profit organizations like the All Arts Council.
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Artbits - April 22, 2010
April 22, 2010 by Dick.
MAPLEY GOODNESS
Mark your calendars–the Maple Festival is coming! The Maple Festival is coming! Read more…
FULL SERVICE–LOCAL EDITION
The Swanton Public Library will host Vermont writer Leon Thompson reading in Swanton for the first time ever. Read more…
ART ON THE WALLS
The first Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival is a multi-venue, multi-media event of artists, businesses and politicians. April is National Poetry Month so the state capitol will fill with art and poetry in the POETRY Alive! installation and Art Walk. Read more…
ON STAGE LIVE
The 66th annual New England Folk Festival has about a gazillion performers to blend dance, music, crafts, and food from many lands. PossumHaw hosts a CD Release Concert at North End Studio. The Main Street Landing Black Box Theater presents a concert to benefit the Champlain Valley Folk Festival in honor of National Poetry Month. Read more…
Artbits - April 15, 2010
April 15, 2010 by Dick.
ON STAGE LIVE
MVU presents
Into the Woods, the MVU musical, in the Trahan Theater. Young Tradition Vermont presents Cynthia MacLeod in a house concert. Bella Voce Women’s Chorus hosta the Cantabile Men’s and Women’s Choruses in concert. The Old Firehouse presents Yankee Chank. The Fletcher Historical Society hosts dinner with music by Fiddleheads at the Fletcher Union Meeting House. Cambridge Arts Council hosts a Family Contra Dance with caller Mark Sustic plus Frank Heyburn, and members of Fiddleheads.
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APRIL-MAY ART DEADLINES
Re:fuse/Re:use Tabletop Assemblage exhibition calls for smaller pieces. American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists performing overseas can apply for assistance. Maryland Federation of Art wants the fine art of the found object for a juried show. South Arkansas Arts Center wants 2D and 3D fine art entries. Cambridge Arts Council will showcase local art galleries, artists, and musicians.
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FILM ON THE WALLS
The Northern Forest Paddlers Film Fest will air today in Portland and tomorrow in Lake Placid.
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