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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 3, 2010
June 3, 2010 by Dick.
MILK MUSCLES!
June is National Dairy Month and the first full summer weekend is upon us. This weekend marks the 54th year of Vermont Dairy Festivals. Most of the stage shows and entertainment are on the Lincoln Park Bandstand. All the outdoor entertainment is free.
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ART ON THE WALLS
The Artist In Residence Gallery features painters Tess Beemer and Pat Murphy, photographer Peter Weyrauch, and fiber artist Andrew Wooten. The gallery hosts a free meet-the-artists reception with refreshments tonight. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts painter Evelyn Chevalier of Highgate Springs this month.
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ON STAGE LIVE
Island Arts presents Champlain Harmony: A Family Singing School in the “Fasola” Tradition this weekend. The Unknown Blues Band will celebrate the unveiling of the new Big Joe Burrell sculpture. The Memphramagog Arts Collaborative presents Michele Choiniere with David Gusakov, Will Patton and Dono Shabner and the Don Roy Ensemble. Castleton’s Concerts on the Green has Woods Tea Company.
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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 - March 11, 2010
March 11, 2010 by Dick.
ART ON THE EXPO WALLS
Rotary Club of St. Albans opens the doors to the Home & Recreation Exposition with a new Fred Swan poster as well as a demo by artist Harald Aksdal.
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NEW NOISE?
The All Arts Council, Franklin County Caring Communities, and Common Ground’s first
Stop Drunk Driving Music Campaign still needs a name and still needs music.
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CALL FOR THESPIANS
Fairfax Community Theater Company auditions for a Radio Theater Dramatization of “The Maltese Falcon” continue next tonight and tomorrow.
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ON STAGE LIVE
Fletcher Allen hosts a fundraiser with Karen McFeeters at Higher Ground to support the Vermont Haiti Project. The Irish Heritage Festival
Women in Irish Music and Dance features Fiddleheads. The Blue Paddle Bistro presents the Croppies. The Village Tavern hosts Open Mic. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By.
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Artbits - February 18, 2010
February 18, 2010 by Dick.
MARDI GRAS!
Winter wanes and Chow!Bella and The Fabulous Spiders have teamed up with the 4th annual delicious meal and great entertainment to benefit Franklin County Court Diversion.
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ON STAGE LIVE
Yankee Chank plays the Unitarian Universalist Church in Rutland. The St. Albans Historical Museum and the Osher Lifelong Learning Series host The Life of Theodore Roosevelt. The Snowshoe presents Hey Momma.
Save the Date: The Green Arts Bus present the second FDR by Ed Asner on Saturday, March 6. Read more…
FEBRUARY-MARCH ART DEADLINES
The City of Norfolk seeks an artist to design a commemoration of the End of the Massive Resistance. The Desotorow Gallery has a juried sculpture exhibition. The Byrdcliffe Arts Colony has fellowships for its Artist in Residence Program. A major show at the Studio Place Arts wants “statements of revolution, disorder and chaos” for an exhibit on Anarchy. The Kids Saving Kids CD Campaign will distribute a CD digitally. Motion Portraiture and Self-portraiture wants art that can be screened in video.
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Artbits - January 21, 2010
January 21, 2010 by Dick.
ON STAGE LIVE
The UVM Old Time Music Club presents a Contra and Square Dance. The Backyard Bluegrass Band brings on a shake-the-winter-blues concert. Puppet Showplace Theater presents Puppetkabob in
The Snowflake Man. Smuggler’s Notch Inn hosts Open Mic. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By with John Cassel. The Lincoln Inn brings live music back
On Tap next month.
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JANUARY-FEBRUARY ART DEADLINES
Landscapes-real or Imaginary for a juried Pacific Art League show. There are cultural fellowships for visual and media artists. The City of Denver Traffic Operations and Firing Range art. Museo de Las Americas wants exhibition and project proposals.
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ART SITE OF THE WEEK
Kevin Macneil Brown’s blog has words, music, images, and more.
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