Archive for the Summer Sounds Category
Artbits - January 5, 2012
January 5, 2012 by Dick.
ART ON THE WALLS
Select Design features Fairfield artist Gail Salzman in the exhibit
Variations in Abstraction with an opening reception next week. The Artist In Residence Gallery starts the new year with a look at up and coming artists in the area and has changed the date of its free, monthly, meet-the-artists reception to Sunday.
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ON STAGE LIVE
On Tap at the Lincoln Inn has the Nobby Reed Project. Chow Bella presents Abby Road live. The Westford Winter Music Series presents Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton.
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LOOKING FORWARD
2012 will be another busy year in the arts with another 250 concerts, exhibits, recitals, and shows from more than 40 organizations. This week we look at upcoming All Arts Council and Opera House events plus the Five Festivals and Town Band plans. Other Major Presenter plans come next week.
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Artbits - December 29, 2011
December 29, 2011 by Dick.
Happy New Year, everyone!
KEEPING ALIVE
Public and private contributions to the arts remain in jeopardy. Popular programs like the
Summer Sounds series depend on municipal appropriations. And school art programs are primarily funded by the increasingly strained property tax.
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ART ON THE WALLS
A new Gail Salzman exhibit has begun at Select Design.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the musical variety show Silver & Gold. Young Tradition-Vermont presents Diversity Rocks at First Night. Chow Bella celebrates the “Year of The Chow!” WIZN presents a Rockin’ New Years Eve with Smokin Gun and Sturcrazie.
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FIRST NIGHT LIVE
First Night Burlington has a citywide, substance-free party of stage shows, musical acts, and arts activities to kick off the new year. Downtown Friday from noon on. A huge number of performers are either from Franklin County or are
Summer Sounds favorites.
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LOOKING BACK AT THE YEAR
Franklin County artists and presenters outdid themselves in 2011. This week, we wrap up of the All Arts Council events, what Other Major Presenters pulled off, and the Five Franklin County Festivals.
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ArtBits - September 8, 2011
September 8, 2011 by Dick.
MISTER O.
Brooke Ostrander, music teacher, band director, and theater manager at Missisquoi Valley Union High School until he retired in 2007, passed away on Saturday after battling cancer.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the Woods Tea Company. Full Circle returns to Summer Music at Grace. JW Ryan’s will host a memorial gathering for Brooke Ostrander. The Montgomery Historical Society Concerts By The Common series presents Banjo Dan and the Mid-Nite Plowboys. The Greensboro United Church hosts the Karen McFeeters Benefit Concert for Parkinson’s Disease. Phish will play a special benefit at Champlain Valley Expo for flood recovery in Vermont.
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13 DAYS of SUMMER, 21 YEARS of SOUNDS
The 21st season of Summer Sounds came to an end with the first ever celebration of Bay Day on Labor Day. We look back.
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ArtBits - September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011 by Dick.
SUMMER IS NOW OFFICIAL!
Bay Day 2011 kicks off a day with lots more than fireworks in St. Albans Town Bay Park all day this Sunday. The 31st annual summer festival offers a full family day with the Great Race, lakefront games, sports, fair food, fireworks, and continuous live music, this year to celebrate Labor Day. Live music for Bay Day includes Neon Spoon plus Gary Dulabaum and Josh Brooks, and some very special guests. Then Carol Ann Jones & her All-Star Band The Superchargers perform right in to the fireworks in the Summer Sounds-Bay Day season finale.
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ART ON THE WALLS
The Artist In Residence Gallery features Jan Brosky, Kathleen Patrick, Frank Tiralla, Henry Trask-Reilly, and Andrew Wooten. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Ann Bissonnette. The Champlain Valley Fair Art Gallery takes over the Blue Ribbon Pavilion Meeting Rooms.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Champlain Valley Fair offers Gary Dulabaum and Mark Sustic, No Strings Attached, the Keeghan Nolan Band, and Alanna Freeman. On Tap hosts the Nobby Reed Project. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Echorev plus the duo of Ben Maddox and Andy Frappier. The Chandler’s New World Festival includes
Summer Sounds favorites Mango Jam, the No Strings Marionette Company, Young Tradition Vermont and more.
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ArtBits - August 25, 2011
August 25, 2011 by Dick.
GET RIGHT BACK ON IT, II
This Sunday,
Dark Horse makes a second triumphant return as O. C. McCuin & Sons presents the
Summer Sounds concert in Highgate Municipal Park on Sunday evening. This concert is our second try, making the headline that much more appropriate.
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COFFEEHOUSE
The Teen Coffeehouse continues at Bent Northrop Memorial Library in Fairfield. The gathering place invites teens to share music, poetry (or other readings), and artwork.
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ART ON THE WALLS
Burlington City Arts opens a new exhibit, Outdoor Excursions. The Montgomery Historical Society hosts the annual Art Show and Sale in Pratt Hall.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The One Federal Thursday Night Summer Concert Series presents the Nobby Reed Project. Downtown St. Albans Concert Series presents the Michele Fay Band. The Blue Paddle Bistro presents Carol Ann Jones with Jon Sochin. The Joyful Jazz Band will lead the music worship at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Bayside Pavilion presents the Starline Rhythm Boys.
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EARLY FALL ART DEADLINES
Artspace art center in Raleigh, NC, wants innovative work in 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional media for solo or group exhibitions. California’s Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival poster contest offers cash prizes. The City of Greeley is pre-qualifying artists for historical Weld County mural(s). The 36th Women’s International Photography Exhibition wants artists working with in any photographic process. South Shore Art Center has invited artists and curators to propose exhibitions for their Bancroft Gallery.
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ArtBits - August 18, 2011
August 18, 2011 by Dick.
DROWNED OUT
Summer Sounds didn’t just get rained out. Summer Sounds got flooded out. The good news is that Dark Horse will return.
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CONSTITUTIONALLY UNCHALLENGED
The All Arts Council presents The Constitution Brass Quintet in the
Summer Sounds concert on Sunday. It will be a lighthearted ‘Summer in the Park’ brass band program and the Kids Culinary Camp-Summer Sounds Social in the Park will be a full-on barbecue.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The 4th annual Liberate Music and Yoga Festival returns. One Federal presents Justice. The Orleans County Fair has the Keeghan Nolan Band. JW Ryan’s presents Conscious Roots. Carol Ann Jones and Gary Spaulding play the Bees Knees. Bayside Pavilion presents the Starline Rhythm Boys.
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LIBRARY NEWS
The St. Albans Free Library hosts the Writers’ Medley plus Classic Movie Night with Kansas City Confidential.
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