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. Read more…

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. Read more…

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. Read more…

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. Read more…

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Artbits - July 15, 2010

July 15, 2010 by Dick.

The Big Four Music Weeks of summer begins this week. With three or more live concerts, fairs, or festivals each week, there is plenty to see and hear in Franklin County.

JAZZING UP HIGHGATE

Jazz will mesmerize Highgate Municipal Park as Chevalier Drilling presents Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers in the free Summer Sounds concert on Sunday. Read more…

END OF AN ERA

The Champlain Collection will host its final show today as founder and long-time owner Norm Choiniere prepares to retire. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Stowe Street Arts Festival in downtown Waterbury features artist Karen Day Vath of St Albans. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap has Blues Night with Chris Ruest, Greg Izor, Tom Buckley, and Jason Corbiere. Vermont State Parks present Fiddleheads. The Opera House has three courses of Chicken BBQ, two of Green Mountain Chorus, and one Afterglow. Concerts By The Common presents the Constitution Brass Quintet in Pratt Hall. Sheldon United Methodist Church has its 151st Anniversary Summer BBQ and Music Celebration with the Backyard Bluegrass Band. St. Paul’s presents Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass. Read more…

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Artbits - July 1, 2010

July 1, 2010 by Dick.

SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE!

Bay Day 2010 kicks off a day with lots more than fireworks in St. Albans Town Bay Park on Sunday. Bay Day has live music all day with the Keeghan Nolan band plus Gary Dulabaum and Josh Brooks in the afternoon.

Sunday evening the All Arts Council and the Town of St. Albans welcome Carol Ann Jones & her All-Star Band The Superchargers in an Independence Day tribute in the Summer Sounds season premiere that leads right into the fireworks. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Bob Eldridge, Pam Krout-Voss, Martha Ohliger, Karen Scheffler, and JoAnne Wazny with a free meet-the-artists reception tonight. Corliss Blakely’s Visions of Nature exhibit opens tomorrow with a reception at the Flynn. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts the photographs of Lori Lagro. The Bryan Memorial Gallery summer exhibit, Land and Light, begins with artists Pam Fiaschetti, Charles Meunier, Mark Tougias, and more. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Missisquoi River Band is busy with the Richford Fourth of July parade and the Franklin Bluegrass Jam. Read more…

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Artbits - April 29, 2010

April 29, 2010 by Dick.

44th ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF MAPLE

The Maple Festival this weekend is the first major outdoor festival of the year. There is more entertainment than you can shake a stick at. Read more…

DANCING DANCING

First Step Dance begins Ballroom Wednesdays at the St. Albans Museum. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The black bird begins to fly as FCTC presents the Fairfax Radio Rangers performance of The Maltese Falcon. Chow Bella presents Carol & The Superchargers. The Overtime Saloon hosts Pleasuredome. The Good Times Cafe presents Michele Choiniere with David Gusakov, Will Patton, and Dono Shabner. Read more…

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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…

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Artbits - March 25, 2010

March 25, 2010 by Dick.

TEMPUS FUGIT

The Latin actually means “time flees” although I doubt that even Einstein would think our clocks and calendars hitch up their skirts and run away from us. At any rate, time is indeed flying past and the deadline for the first Stop Drunk Driving Music Campaign approacheth. Read more…

MONEY MONEY MONEY

The Arts Council will conduct only two workshops for grant seekers this year–one is in St. Albans. Read more…

ART @ THE WALLS

The Museum of Modern Art has acquired the @ symbol for its collection at the Department of Architecture and Design. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Vermont Youth Chamber Winds Spring Concert will be held in the Elley-Long Music Center. Read more…

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