ArtBits - October 13, 2011

October 13, 2011 by Dick.

A diverse week headlined by the 19th annual Opera House Talent Show plus Northern Vermont’s Biggest and Best Fall Craft and Vermont Foods Show. Justice, Nobby Reed, a Shape Note Sing, a Farmers and Artisans Market, singer/songwriter night and music to dine by fill the bill.

TALENT WILL OUT x 19

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the 19th annual Opera House Talent Show with cash prizes in both Junior and Adult Divisions. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Collins Perley Sports and Fitness Center hosts its 2011 Fall Craft Show (Northern Vermont’s Biggest and Best Fall Craft and Vermont Foods Show). St. Albans artist Karen Day-Vath will exhibit and sell her work. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Venue presents Justice. The Tupelo Music Hall has the Nobby Reed Project. The UVM Old Time Music Club hosts a Shape Note Sing in Ira Allen Chapel. River Arts holds a Farmers and Artisans Market. J & L Guitars hosts Singer/Songwriter Night. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF: UNIVERSAL CLASS

The Vermont Department of Libraries has free Universal Classes for library members. Read more…

SCIENCE SITE OF THE WEEK

Shaaron Ainsworth makes the case in Science Magazine that kids who draw learn science better even if they don’t draw well. Read more…

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ArtBits - September 29, 2011

September 29, 2011 by Dick.

ART ON THE WALLS

The Village Frame Shoppe and Gallery exhibit, Echoes of Vermont’s Landscapes, continues. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Bread and Butter Farm hosts Burger Night with Young Tradition Vermont. Franny O’s presents Justice. The American Legion Hall hosts a benefit for Terry and Diana Pilon with lots of music. Vermont Youth Orchestra Community Night at the Bluebird Tavern. The UVM Old Time Music Club hosts a Shape Note Sing. River Arts continues its Farmers and Artisans Market. J & L Guitars hosts Singer/Songwriter Night. Chow!Bella continues offering a relaxed view of music and the arts. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Village Frame Shoppe wants iPad or iPhone artwork for an iArt show. Read more…

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ArtBits - March 31, 2011

March 31, 2011 by Dick.

A BROADWAY FESTIVAL

The All Arts Council and Broadway Theaters, Inc., present the Franklin County Broadway Festival. The first curtain rises tomorrow evening at the Collins-Perley Sports Complex.

Broadway. The lights. The sounds. The stars. Joel Grey, Ashton Kutcher, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Rock, Jessica Stone and Jessica Walter, Robin Williams, Sarah Jo Willey, Bruce Willis, and even Tom Wopat grace the stage this year. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Higher Ground hosts a benefit for the Turning Point Center with our own Nobby Reed Project, plus Kip Meaker with the Too Tight trio, the Joshua Panda Band, and Seth Yacavone. Young Tradition Vermont presents the 2011 Old Time Music Festival. Higher Ground presents native son Jamie Lee Thurston with Amber Hayes. The Legacy Concerts with Counterpoint and Robert De Cormier come to Montpelier. The St. Albans Historical Museum and the Osher Lifelong Learning Series hosts a presentation of From Album to Crazy–the Quilt Collection at the Shelburne Museum. Read more…

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ArtBits - February 17, 2011

February 17, 2011 by Dick.

MO POETRY, MO JAZZ

Chow!Bella brings back PoJazz, Vermont’s premiere poetry/jazz group with its eclectic mix of poetry and jazz by Johnson State College students, faculty and friends including Dono Schabner, Will Patton, Barry Ries, Tony Whedon, Geof Hewitt, and you. Read more…

VERMONT READS

Vermont Reads presents Middlesex mezzo-soprano and researcher Linda Radtke Vermont with the program History through Song in the St. Albans Historical Museum. Read more…

APRIL COMES EARLY

Higher Ground presents the Nobby Reed Project plus April Wine. Read more…

FEBRUARY-MARCH ART DEADLINES

Vermont Studio Center in Johnson has fellowships for 4-week residencies throughout the year. Visual Arts Alliance calls for 2D or 3D works in any media, except video, performance, or audio. The I-Park Foundation seeks original projects that are responsive to its site and will hold its first 3-week artists-in-residence session devoted to inter-disciplinary and collaboration projects. A national South Shore Art Center show is open to all artists in all media. Helen Day Art Center is accepting submissions for the 20th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition in Stowe. Read more…

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ArtBits - January 13, 2011

January 13, 2011 by Dick.

ON STAGE LIVE

The Summit School Folk Festival has a dance, a jam session, workshops, and concerts. Dance Showcase features Maryellen Vickery and the Ballet School of Vermont. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By. Read more…

LOOKING FORWARD

2011 will be another busy year in the arts with over 250 concerts, exhibits, recitals, and shows from more than 40 organizations. This week we look at Major Presenters’ plans for the year.

Happy New Year! Read more…

ART SITE OF THE WEEK

Alison Dezotelle and Kelee Reichenbach Maddox run Mad Ox Designs in Enosburg Falls. Read more…

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ArtBits - January 6, 2011

January 6, 2011 by Dick.

ART ON THE WALLS

ST. ALBANS–Cosmic Bakery and Cafe exhibits the artwork of Karen Day-Vath. The Artist In Residence Gallery features students from Enosburg and Richford plus potter Barbara Colgrove, doll maker Alison Dezotelle, the clayworks of Kellee Maddox, and painter Becky Wright. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church presents Twelfth Night gathering music. The Jericho Community Center will host a benefit Contra Dance. The Nobby Reed Project plays On Tap at the Lincoln Inn. The Shelburne Steakhouse 8 presents Carol Ann Jones. Read more…

LOOKING FORWARD

2011 will be another busy year in the arts with over 250 concerts, exhibits, recitals, and shows from more than 40 organizations. Read more…

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