| VOLUME 27 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | August 24, 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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FRANKLIN COUNTY--The "Supercharged" Big Music Weeks of Summer continue this week as some of our friends play multiple gigs with live shows in Burlington, Chazy, NY, Colchester, East Fairfield, Essex Junction, Jericho, Milton, Montgomery, North Hero, St Albans City and Town, Sheldon, South Hero, Stowe. BIG MUSIC WEEKS
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery looks again at the Creative Process on Facebook and in the gallery. This week's artist is William Hoyt with Shirts and Sheets painting and studies on display. ART ON THE WALLS
The Bryan Gallery is open Wednesday - Sunday from 11 - 5 or by appointment. Click here for more info.
MILTON--The Milton Artists' Guild offers the Milkweed and Monarch BYOB Paint and Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho at the MAG Art Center this evening at 6 p.m. Monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on the leaves of milkweed, the only host plant for this iconic butterfly. The cost is $40 for members and $45 for non-members. Click here to register and for more info. ART YOU CREATE
MILTON--The Milton Artists' Guild Queer Art Club is a free, drop in social group at the MAG Art Center on Friday at 6 p.m. It's a chance to bring and work on any creative work with a little encouragement from your friends at MAG. Find them on Facebook for more info. CLUBS
NORTH HERO--Island Arts continues community dancing to lively music in Easy Folk Dancing for All Ages with dances from Armenia, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Israel, Serbia, Turkey and more with instructor Leslie Alpert in the Island Arts Center on Monday at 6 - 7 p.m. DANCE
All dances are taught. No partner required. No experience required, and new students are always welcome. Bring your water bottle. Classes will continue every Monday through September 25. Admission is free, but donations to Island Arts are appreciated. Email Leslie Alpert to verify the class schedule or click here for more info.
SOUTH HERO--Celebrate National Dog Day at the Blue Paddle on Saturday from 5 p.m. on, weather permitting. Chef Phoebe will make a little surprise for every pup that joins them for dinner. The Paddle will supply water bowls and biscuits and snap family photos for the Dog Guest page. Click here for more info. FESTIVALS AND SHOWS
FLOOD RELIEF GRANTS (September 26 and January 30)--The Flood Relief Grant program for artists is open with a second round of funding. Any Vermont artist for whom recent flooding has significantly affected your ability to produce, perform, and/or market your work and created a need for immediate relief funds and/or assistance is eligible. For flood relief, you may apply for any amount up to $3,000. Money is limited and the plan is to support as many artists as possible. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and will remain open until funds are exhausted. GRANTS FOR ARTISTS
Call Dominique Gustin (802.402.4602), rmail or click here to apply 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 Sunday at 1 p.m. Each week offers a different project. Stay for 30 minutes or the whole two hours. Click here for more info. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Wednesday, August 30, is the first day of school for most Franklin County students. COVID NEWS
COVID is still here. Cases and hospitalizations are rising nationwide and Franklin County had six new hospitalizations last week. The numbers seem small but not to our six neighbors in the hospital.
The Abenaki Nation of the Missisquoi hosts a free Vaccine Drop In for a variety of vaccines including COVID as well as Hepatitis A + B, Tdap, and more at the Tribal Headquarters in Swanton on Monday at 4 - 6 p.m. Volunteers from the Medical Reserve Corp. will provide foot care as well. No appointment is needed but please bring your vaccine card. Call Meghan at VT Dept. of Health (802.527.6136) for eligibility and availability info and Click here for more info.
As of last Friday, Federal Retail Pharmacy Program participants have administered more than 307.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. COVID-19 vaccines are free to all people living in the United States, regardless of their immigration or health insurance status. You may be asked to show ID or health insurance, but it's not a requirement. Free masks are also available at many of the same locations. Click here for more info.
Some health plans will offer partial coverage of COVID-19 treatments such as Paxlovid but that will be plan dependent. As always, check with your insurer for specific information on your plan.
The state and many municipalities also still have home antigen tests, available in libraries and town halls.
The Health Department still recommends following best practices. Call 855.722.7878 or visit healthvermont.gov for more info about the first or second dose and for booster shots of the vaccine.
My own plan remains unchanged, especially since our precautions have waned. I got the COVID and Flu shots, and the boosters, and I still take precautions because neither vaccine nor "natural immunity" is 100% foolproof. I wash my hands. I double mask with a genuine N95 mask (not a bandana and not a "chin strap") plus 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.
Thursday, August 24 ON STAGE LIVE
ST ALBANS TOWN--The weekly St. Albans Bay Farmer's Market and Concert Series continues with No Where Washington today from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. They have live music every Thursday evening into September. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SOUTH HERO--The Blue Paddle Bistro hosts Nathan Michaud, a modern one-man band from the Kingdom, this evening at 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. He'll play a mix of 60-70s classic rock, blues and more. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SOUTH HERO--The 2023 Snow Farm Summer Concert Series continues with Summer Sounds favorites Carol Ann Jones and The Superchargers and music that moves the soul this evening at 6:30 p.m. Click here for more info
Thursday-Saturday, August 24-26
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap starts off another weekend of music with Uncle Jimmy maybe dueling the Lloyd Tyler Band tonight at 6 p.m. two shows Friday night, the Natural Selection at 5 p.m., and then the Devon McGarry Band for late night music starting at 9 p.m., plus two more shows live on Saturday night with Kyle Stevens at 5 p.m., and Toast starting at 9 p.m. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. Click here to reserve a table.
Friday, August 25
MILTON--The Friday Night Live Music and Buffet at Arrowhead Golf Course winds down the 2023 season on the deck with Coop -- Bob Recupero on Friday at 6 p.m. The pulled pork buffet starts around 7 p.m. Both run until 9 p.m. The buffet costs $14 per person ($7 for each child). You don't have to be a member; the public is welcome. Be sure to come early, usually around 6, to get a good seat. Call 802.893.0234 or click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star presents the nationally touring world boogie collective Awen Family Band for a night of live music in The Room on Friday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SHELDON--The Abbey Friday Night Music Series continues most Fridays at 6:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Friday-Sunday, August 25-27
STOWE--The Stowe Jazz Fest ("Django meets Benny Goodman") hosts the Will Patton and Swing Manouch on Friday at 3 - 6 p.m. and again Saturday at 4 - 7 p.m. The trio features Mr. Patton, mandolin and tenor guitar; Anna Patton, clarinet; Clyde "Thunderfingers" Stats, bass; and Dono Schabner, guitar.
All of it, once again, 100% free to the public. Click here for all the performers and more info.
NORTH HERO--The North Hero House has live music at Steamship Pier Bar & Grill this weekend. The Mad Mojo Band plays high energy blues, rock and funk on Friday night and the Lloyd Tyler Band comes in with folk and rock inspired music live on Saturday night. Music starts at 5:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SOUTH HERO--Island Arts has a busy week starting with a double header at the Barn this weekend.
Sohyun Ahn performs Piano Solo & 4-Hands at the Island Arts Center on Friday at 7 p.m. with no intermission. The New York City concert pianist returns with Vermont pianist Eun Hee Park for a piano program that will include the Dolly Suite by Faure. The program features solo piano works Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, six pieces for piano by Brahms, and the Valses nobles et sentimentales by Ravel. Admission is $25. Click here for tickets and more info.
Corner Junction Bluegrass takes over the lawn for an outside concert on Saturday at 4 p.m. with the option to picnic on the green at 3:30, weather permitting. This local Vermont band combines the deep harmony, strong leads, and bluesy sound of the original Bluegrass bands, Flatt and Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, Don Reno, Dillard's, and from the originator of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. Admission is free. Registration is suggested. The concert will move inside the barn if the weather turns. A chair or blanket is suggested. Click here to register and for more info.
Come early and for a free Jam Session which starts at 2 p.m. The sessions are open to all ages and skill levels. Come and join in. Stay as long as you like. Bring an instrument, your voice, or a homemade drum. Try out your improvisational skills. Or just listen.
COLCHESTER--Live Music in the Outback fills the Spanked Puppy with music all weekend. Mark Abair's All Star Band kicks it off on Friday at 6 p.m. followed by the Chris Lyon Band on Saturday at 6 p.m. and Rockin' Ron Gagnon on Sunday afternoon at 1 - 4 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
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, August 26
ST. ALBANS--Northwest Farmers Market fills Taylor Park with live music, handmade crafts, locally grown food, prepared foods, free kids activities on Saturday from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. The market and the music continue every Saturday through October. Find them on Facebook for more info.
CHAZY, NY--The Vesco Ridge Vineyards presents the Nobby Reed Project for Music In the Winery on the covered deck on Saturday at 5 p.m. Admission is $10. Click here for reservations or more info.
EAST FAIRFIELD--The Meeting House on the Green presents the Blue Rock Boys in a Summer Concert of originals and covers of old fiddle tunes, vintage county, R&B, jazz, the Stones, Beatles, Hendrix, and beyond, all on the terrace on Saturday at 5 p.m. (note the correction). The "Boys" are Eric Bushey, vocals,4 & 5-string banjos, and electric guitar; Cliff Crosby, vocals, acoustic guitar, and harp; Michael Bjella, saxophone and flute; and Sabina Perkins vocals and percussion.
Light dinner fare and desserts will be available, or BYO. Admission is by suggested donation of $10 at the door with those under 16 admitted free. Concerts are held outdoors. In case of rain, concerts are either canceled or moved indoors with limited seating available. "Grab and go" light fare will be available for sale or bring your own picnic. Call Nance Shaw (802.827.6626) or click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Taphouse at Mill River hosts the Smokey Newhouse Project on Saturday at 5 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Sunday, August 27
BURLINGTON--Foam Brewers presents the Dale and Darcy Band with Americana, Celtic, bluegrass, and roots music on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The small, independent craft brewery has live music most days. Jazz Thursdays feature some of the Queen City's best jazz musicians. Times vary. Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star presents Nashville-based indie artists Madeleine with Jeff Anderson on Sunday at 1 - 4 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
COLCHESTER--The Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival Finale Concert, Viennese Legacy, takes over the Main Stage of the Elley-Long Music Center on Sunday at 3 p.m. There will be a pre-concert conversation at 2:15 p.m. and a themed reception and meet-the-artists to follow.
The festival concludes with Vienna's late 19th and early 20th century composers, Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Korngold. The final work of the festival is Johannes Brahms's A Major Piano Quartet.
General Admission is $5 - $40. Click here for tickets and more info.
JERICHO--There's an English Country Dance with the Will Patton Ensemble at Mill River Park on Sunday from 4 - 6 p.m.
SOUTH HERO--The Blue Paddle Bistro hosts Donna Thunder on Sunday at 5:30 - 8 p.m.
MONTGOMERY--The monthly Celebration of Expressive Arts continues the 2023 season at the INN on Sunday at 7 p.m. The CEA officially includes everything but dancing, but there is always hope. Come early for dinner; service begins at 5 p.m.
This month has another big cast, with spoken words by Jennifer Edwards, visual artist Avery Ellis, and music by the Astral Underground. The local artists, musicians, and writers gather to share original and thought provoking work. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Wednesday, August 30
NORTH HERO--The North Hero House presents She Was Right at Steamship Pier Bar & Grill on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The St. Albans Summer Concert Series concludes with New Time Swing Band in the E.A. Loomis Bandshell in Taylor Park on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. 14th Star and Pickle's Snack Shack will be on site. Admission is free. The concert will move to 14th Star Brewery if it rains. Click here for more info.
SOUTH HERO--The Blue Paddle Bistro hosts the duo of singer-songwriter Jim Branca and bassist Tom Buckley for an evening built on gospel, soul, blues, jazz, funk, swing, and folk traditions, all on Wednesday evening at 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Their collaboration goes back over 20 years. 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
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