| VOLUME 25 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | November 18, 2021 |
ArtBits always features a calendar of the goings on of Franklin County artists. Check out these events around Franklin County. Each issue includes the entire text of our weekly newspaper column. STUFF YOU SHOULDN'T MISS
Franklin County's arts and music gatherings bring new opportunities, gossip, "show-and-tell" and occasional workshops. There are also booked and acoustic Open Mic Nights that feature music, readings, and more from the best new artists in Vermont.
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Carol Ann Jones has released her new CD, Let's Fly Away. CD RELEASE!
"Like my other acoustic album, Hope, this album is a collection of songs I wrote for family and friends," she said. There are also two poems she set to music, Visions of Vermont, written by Patrick Bradley, and Moon Song by the classic poet Mildred Plew Meigs. Colin McCaffrey plays and sings harmony on the album and produced it at The Green Room. It was mastered by Andre Maquera at West Street Digital. It is the fifth album they have finished together.
Let's Fly Away is available in person at Exit 18 Equipment and Georgia Market and at the Milton Artist Guild and digitally on iTunes and the other popular streaming services.
Nearly 72% of Vermont residents are fully vaccinated but the state is experiencing its worst COVID-19 surge yet. In fact, Vermont has one of the lowest levels nationwide of people who have developed natural immunity, largely because the virus has stayed at such low levels throughout the entire pandemic. And waning immunity among the vaccinated is helping Delta grab hold. Vermont reported 2,219 new COVID-19 cases last week, more than double the 1,097 reported the week before. RESTART NEWS
Case rates in residents who are not fully vaccinated are nearly four times higher than in fully vaccinated residents. Essex County, the least-vaccinated county in the state, is reporting the highest case rates of any county in Vermont, with 127.5 new daily cases per 100K. In Grand Isle County next door, with the highest vaccination rate in the state and the lowest infection rate, the case count is 21.7 new daily cases per 100K. Franklin County which reported 460 cases in the 14 days ending Sunday had 76.1 new daily cases per 100K.
Here's my own advice. Immunity is beginning to wane for many of us, leading to mild infections and increased transmission of the virus. Get the COVID and Flu shot(s), get the booster, and take precautions. No vaccine is 100% foolproof. Wash your hands. Wear a mask where you can't control the airflow around you until we reach the same herd immunity we have for smallpox and once had but lost for measles. Bonus: it will also help protect you from pollen, summer colds, and the winter flu.
Vaccination clinics for booster shots and for the first or second dose of vaccine are open across Vermont for anyone age 12 or older. Call 855.722.7878 or click here to make an appointment or for more info. You can also walk-in at Costco, CVS, Hannaford, Price Chopper/Market 32, Rite Aid, Shaw's, Walgreens, or Walmart, or get an appointment with CVS, Kinney Drugs, Walgreens, or UVMMC Outpatient Pharmacies. The state is also looking for volunteers to join Vermont's Medical Reserve Corps to help at COVID-19 vaccination sites. People can help even if they are not trained medical professionals. Click here to join the Medical Reserve Corps and for more info.
MONTGOMERY--The MES Fall Student Art Show opens with a reception at MCA-Kelton Hall today at 4 - 7 p.m. The gallery will be open Friday from 10 a.m - 4 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m - 4 p.m. Masks are required ART ON THE WALLS
Find them on Facebook for more info.
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery continues Let's Find Out, an online series that explores the 17 artists on display in their 2021 Legacy Collection. Artist Mark Tougias is featured this week.
The gallery is open Thursday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call the gallery (802.644.5100) or find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The new Village Frame Shoppe PictureIT Online Design Studio offers a tool to choose custom printing and framing options before ordering. Select from a wide variety of print media, mats, and frames to best display your favorite artwork and photography. Click here for a new link and coupon code for free shipping to apply during checkout or find them on Facebook for more info. Free shipping with the coupon code is good only on orders received before Black Friday, November 26.
MILTON--The Milton Artists' Guild hosts Printmaking: Learn to Make Cards with instructor Heidi Chamberlain on Saturday at 10 a.m. All materials are included in this workshop on linoleum printing. The cost is $45 for members or $50 for non-members. Click here to reserve a space. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
ST. ALBANS--14th Star Brewing and the Welden Theater present a special Popcorn & Pints with Die Hard (the "Christmas Movie That Is Not A Christmas Movie") this evening at 7:30 p.m. Popcorn will be poppin' and craft beer will be flowin'. FILM
This is a 21+ only event. The Welden's usual COVID safety policy will be in effect. Admission is $6. Click here for tickets and find them on Facebook for more info.
Vermont has lifted all remaining statewide COVID-19 restrictions. ON STAGE LIVE
Here's my own advice. Immunity is beginning to wane for many of us, leading to mild infections and increased transmission of the virus. Get the COVID and Flu shot(s), get the booster, and take precautions. No vaccine is 100% foolproof. Wash your hands. Wear a mask where you can't control the airflow around you until we reach the same herd immunity we have for smallpox and once had but lost for measles. Bonus: it will also help protect you from pollen, summer colds, and the winter flu.
Thursday-Saturday, November 18-20
ST. ALBANS--Bellows Free Academy-St. Albans presents the musical Into the Woods in the BFA Performing Arts Center opening this evening, and continuing Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. plus a matinee on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Tony Award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim weaves together fairy tale characters from the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel, to Cinderella.
Admission is $5-8. Click here for tickets and find them on Facebook for more info. Masks are required inside the building at all shows.
Friday, November 19
ESSEX--1st Republic Brewing welcomes Eleven for "a great evening of beer, music, and dancing" on Friday at 6 p.m. find them on Facebook for more info.
SHELDON--The Abbey 2021 Music Series continues with Sean Jarvis on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Jerborn and Boxbanger rock Twiggs on Friday at 6:30 p.m. There will be silly shenanigans.
Call 802.524.1405, find them on Facebook, or click here for more info.
Friday-Saturday, November 19-20
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap has two shows Friday night, the Hubcats at 5 p.m., and then IncaHoots for late night music starting at 9 p.m., plus two more shows live on Saturday night with Chris & Erica at 5 p.m., and the Last Kid Picked returning triumphantly at 9 p.m. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. And to confirm. Click here to reserve a table.
Saturday, November 20
ST. ALBANS--14th Star presents Summer Sounds favorites IncaHoots for a night of live music on the Taproom stage on Saturday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Eleven celebrates Doe Weekend at Bronson's Landing on Saturday at 9 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Wednesday, November 24
ST. ALBANS--14th Star hosts Thanksgiving Eve with Shake the Trio for a night of live music on the Taproom stage on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Depot Thanksgiving Eve with Barbie-N-Bones for a night of live music on Wednesday at 9 p.m. $5 cover charge. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Eloquent Page celebrates the release of Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon on Tuesday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. ON THE BOOKSHELF
Talking to your bees is a very old Celtic custom. The newest book in her Outlander series of novels which focus on Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser. It is set in 1779 and, at last, Claire and Jamie are reunited with their daughter Brianna, son-in-law Roger, and their family, and living together on Fraser's Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible. And it shows that "the past may seem the safest place to be ... but it is the most dangerous time to be alive.".
"There will be shortbread, music and plenty of books." Click here for more info.
ArtBits features a quick weekly peek at library events in and around Franklin County. That popular feature has a page of its own at the Franklin County Bookshelf here on the AAC site at AllArtsCouncil.org/books. We also take an occasional peek at the bookshelf or night stand of the folks you know in and around Franklin County. Those reviews can be found on the ArtBits Bookshelf.
Good News!There are so many events around the region that we miss some of them.Be sure to check these calendars for what's happening near you ... |
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