| VOLUME 27 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | January 12, 2023 |
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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MORRISVILLE--River Arts hosts the in-person, January Paint n' Sip: Fauvism with Carolyn Crotty on Friday at 6 p.m. The Fauvists (the "wild beasts" including André Derain, Henri Matisse, and Maurice de Vlaminck) emphasized wild brush work and strong colors over the representation or realism of Impressionism "Every participant will go home with a piece of art ready to hang on the wall." ART YOU CREATE
The cost is $55. Tuition Includes two glasses of wine. Click here to enroll and for more info.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star Brewing Company and Once Upon A Rock host a Pebble Art Workshop in the Room on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Jean Ferguson picks up a rock or a stone or a pebble and "sees a thousand possibilities" as she "shops" for rocks and stones on beaches and shorelines all over Vermont. This workshop will use pebbles, rocks, stones, driftwood and lake glass to create artwork. From framed pieces to candle holders, each piece is unique. "We'll provide guidance and inspiration over the two hours, but what you make will be completely your own creation."
The cost is $35. Click here for tickets and more info.
Vermont's COVID paid leave grant programportal is open. Grant Applications for Quarter 1 are being accepted through Sunday. PANDEMIC NEWS
The Vermont Department of Health reported January 4 that hospitalizations have risen to 67. Overall COVID-19 cases also rose, to 442 statewide last week, up from 386 the week before. Franklin County's case load stood at 57 cases in the 14 days ending Saturday. COVID-19 infections remain at a "Madium" level.
Because Vermont relies on self reporting, the number of actual cases is higher than the Department of Health finds. You can report self-test results by following instructions on your test kit to automatically provide your results to your local health department or with the Vermont COVID-19 Self-Test Result Reporting Form. If you test positive, stay home and isolate for five days or longer. You can leave your home on day six if your symptoms have improved and you have had no fever for at least 24 hours without the use of medicine that reduces fevers.
Take an at-home test if you begin having symptoms like fever, sore throat, runny nose, or loss of taste or smell, or at least five days after you come into close contact with someone with COVID-19, or if you plan a get together with people who are at risk of severe disease or may not be up to date on their vaccines. Every home in the U.S. is again eligible to order a new round of free at-home tests from COVIDtests.gov. Need other tests? COVID.gov also has for links for at-home tests at retailers and pharmacies, insurance reimbursement for at-home tests, and the 20,000 no-cost antigen and PCR COVID-19 test sites nationwide. Most major chains including Walgreens and Price Chopper locally should have free N95 masks.
People keep getting sick, mostly because they aren't taking precautions. Original COVID-19 vaccinations remain below the level of herd immunity, and even fewer have gotten boosters. Only about 60% of adults and eligible children have even received a flu vaccine.
Whether you have contracted and recovered from this coronavirus or haven't yet received a booster or even if you have done it all, immunity has waned for many of us. That lowered resistance leads to infections and increased transmission of the virus. To date, only 28% of eligible Vermonters age 5 and over have gotten the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine. Here's my own advice. Get the COVID shot(s), get the booster(s), and take precautions, particularly if you are inside with other people--that still means wearing a mask indoors.
No vaccine is 100% foolproof. Wash your hands. Keep wearing an N95 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 because so many parents refused to vaccinate their kids. Bonus: it will also help protect you from pollen, summer colds, and the winter flu.
Call 855.722.7878 or visit healthvermont.gov for more info about the first or second dose and for booster shots of the vaccine. 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. Providers and pharmacies must give vaccines at no cost to the patient.
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery has begun a new feature, Around the World with Mary & Alden on Facebook. ART ON THE WALLS
The Gallery is closed until March for winter break but appointments are available. Call (802.644.5100) to schedule or click here for more info.
SMALL MEMBERS GROUP EXHIBITION (Now)--Registration for the Bryan Memorial Gallery show began Monday to rent a wall in the Middle Gallery to display a small collection of work. There are seven slots available. The Small Members Group Show online entry goes live on January 29. Click here for more info. CALL FOR ARTISTS
MORRISVILLE--River Arts begins Felted Landscapes , a six-week workshop with Nancy Kish, on Thursday at 10 a.m. The workshop will meet each Thursday through February 16. The class will build technical skills in the ancient art-form and do plenty of creative exploration. River Arts provides materials and glitter band-aids. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Tuition is $175. Click here to register and for more info.
MILTON--Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists' Guild Art Center with free weekly art classes for families at MAG on the first Sunday of each month at 1 p.m.
Each week offers a different project--last week was Making a Watercolor Resist Painting with Cathy Laclair. Stay for 30 minutes or the whole two hours. Click here for more info.
Here's my own plan with over one million U.S. deaths and as our precautions wane. I got the COVID and Flu shots, and the booster, and I take precautions because no vaccine is 100% foolproof. I wash my hands. I double mask with a genuine N95 mask (not a bandana and not a "chin strap") and a surgical mask where ever I can't control the airflow. It isn't much of a burden and it mostly protects me from all the people without masks I see in stores and concerts. ON STAGE LIVE
Thursday-Saturday, January 12-14
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap starts off another weekend of music with Cooper, Bob Recupero, making his On Tap debut tonight at 6 p.m., two shows Friday night starting with the Shane Murley Band at 6 p.m., and then the Lloyd Turner Band for late night music starting at 9 p.m., plus two more shows live on Saturday night with King Me at 5 p.m., and Sanctuary starting at 9 p.m. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. Click here to reserve a table.
Friday, January 13
COLCHESTER--Acoustic duo Chris and Issy play a wide array of music in the live and free Friday Music Night at the Spanked Puppy on Friday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SHELDON--The Abbey Friday Night Music Series continues in the Pub on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SOUTH HERO--Ryan Sweezey plays the Winter Wine Down Friday at Snow Farm Vineyard on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Food will be catered, call Kristen (802.922.8074) for all pre-order food requests. Click here for more info.
Friday-Saturday, January 13-14
ST. ALBANS--Twiggs often has shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Music starts about 6:30 p.m. Call 802.524.1405 or find them on Facebook for more info. Click here to book a reservation or to visit the art on the walls.
Saturday, January 14
ST. ALBANS--Nighthawk returns to 14th on the 14th for a night of live music and dancing in The (14th Star) Room on Saturday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ESSEX--The Double E presents Josh Panda with the Get Together "All-Star Band" in the T-Rex Theater on Saturday at 8 p.m. Doors at 7.
The band features Vermont musicians Clint Bierman, Peter Day, Steve Hadeka, Jeff Vallone, Tyler Mast, and more for the music of Queen and Elton John. Mr. Panda recently appeared on NBC's American Song Contest. Click here for tickets and more info.
Sunday, January 15
JOHNSON--Moog's Joint presents Pat Guadagno and the Candle Brothers for an intimate dinner show on Sunday at 5 p.m. Find them on Facebook 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. ON THE 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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