| VOLUME 24 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | June 4, 2020 |
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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Vermont's State of Emergency extends to June 15. At his press briefing last Friday, Gov. Phil Scott announced an expansion of the limit on social gatherings from 10 to 25 as well as the reopening of gyms, spas, massage therapists, nail salons, cleaning services, and similar "interior maintenance" businesses as well as overnight camps for an estimated 2,000 kids, including kids from out-of-state. CANCELLATION (AND RESTART) NEWS
The 14-day quarantine is still in effect.
The 30th annual Summer Sounds concert series for 2020 has been canceled; Summer Sounds will return in 2021. 20/20 Visions, the Montgomery Center for the Arts Summer Art Show and Fundraiser, the Barre Heritage Festival, Bay Day, summer shows at Burton Island, the Vermont Dairy Festival this weekend, Evenings at the Meeting House, the entire 2020 season at the Opera House at Enosburg Falls, the entire Enosburg Town Band Summer Concert Series, and many Young Tradition events have been canceled. The 99th annual Champlain Valley Fair will wait until next summer.
Although so many of our favorite activities won't happen this year, all the volunteers will stay as active as possible and this weekly column about the arts and entertainment around the region will continue to serve up live and almost live events and artists from around the region. Read all about it here every Thursday.
ST. ALBANS---Mayor Tim Smith and St. Albans Community Arts have announced the third annual St. Albans Mayor's Photo Competition. The theme for the competition is "Landscapes and Flowers." The deadline is July 8. MAYOR'S PIX
15-20 photographs will be selected to be enlarged and displayed in Taylor Park throughout the fall.
All photos, including cellphone photography, are welcome. Submit 8x10 prints of your entries but the winning images must support enlargement to 20"x30". All photos and submissions must be received by June 30. There will be a viewing/voting reception at City Hall to choose the best photographs.
Email , click here , or find the event on Facebook for the contest rules and entry form.
ST. ALBANS--The Artist In Residence Gallery has albums of their artists online, featuring fiber arts and quilting by Sally Tarr this week on on Facebook ART ON THE WALLS
The Artist in Residence art cooperative features paintings, fiber arts, stained glass, sculpture, lamps, pottery, folk art boxes, scarves, hats and more by 40 Franklin County and surrounding area artists. It is owned and operated by the artists and sponsors. Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--St. Albans Community Arts hosts its regular Community Arts MeetUp on Tuesday; they have a Board Meeting and a Creative Meetup on the second Tuesday of each month. The gatherings discuss new and ongoing business, and any creative ideas that crop up. SACA is holding its meeting through email. Email to attend. Click here for the minutes, reports of prior meetings, and more. IN THE ARTS COUNCIL
St. Albans Community Arts needs you to help bring arts into the community. Their events include art walks and Make Music Day, an art wall in Houghton Park, and more.
Friday ON STAGE LIVE
MILTON--Arrowhead Golf Course hosts Chris & Erica for the Friday Night Live Music and Buffet on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The Teriyaki Chicken buffet starts around 7 p.m. Both run until 9 p.m.
The buffet costs $11 per person ($5 for each child). You don't have to be a member; the public is welcome.
Friday-Saturday ESSEX JUNCTION--During this reopening period, Double E kitchen is open on Fridays and Saturday evenings from 5 - 9 p.m. for curbside pickup, outdoor seating, and live local music if the weather cooperates. Call ahead to reserve a table.
Saturday
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap offers Abbe Jenny live on the patio for some tunes and brews on Saturday at 5 p.m. call 802.878.3309 for reserved seats and find them on Facebook or email for more info.
Sunday
JEFFERSONVILLE--Writer and researcher Douglas Brooks will discuss An Apprentice Boat Builder in Japan at the Varnum Memorial Library on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Japan has a "rich history of traditional arts and crafts, many of which are fast disappearing as modernization has broken down the traditional apprentice system." Since 1996, Mr. Brooks has apprenticed with seven boat builders in Japan. This slide talk shares his experiences with these traditional crafts. Call Christy Liddy (802.644.2117) to assure the schedule and click here for more info.
With many venues still shut down, we have to rely on ourselves for entertainment so sing from a sinkhole. Record yourself in a pond. Paint your neighbor's garden troll pink and Kelly green. OK, maybe not that. ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE
You're housebound? Your show is cancelled or postponed? You're bored? How about putting on a show?
Get the band together and video or livestream a rehearsal every day. Or set up your easel and video a painting coming together. Read a few pages from your novel or a short story or a poem. Get in costume and video that play or the dance. Do some improv in your living room.
We're missing you. You'll get in a session and we'll like seeing you. Please share your efforts with your local arts council, too. And if the artist has a donation button, the audience can express appreciation through PayPal, Venmo, or other services.
Here's a roundup for this week.
Friday
Summer Sounds favorite John Bartus' Perpetual Island Tour played live on Saturday night at Boondocks on Ramrod Key. He will perform a new Social Distancing Concert Live from the Florida Keys from his studio in Marathon, Florida, thanks to Facebook Live, every Friday at 7:30 p.m. Last week's concert is on Facebook.
Find him on Facebook for the link to this weeks' studio concert.
Andrew Lloyd Webber will stream his musicals in the free YouTube series, The Shows Must Go On, every Friday at 7 p.m. for 48 hours. A new show begins tomorrow. Clips of famous performances and behind-the-scenes footage also appear on the channel beside the full shows.
Click here for Mr. Webber's YouTube channel for all the details and to subscribe.
Sunday
Carol Ann Jones could be live on Sunday with another kitchen concert. Visit her Facebook feed for other events and maybe for this Sunday's kitchen concert.
Wednesday
Tom Caswell streams a blues jam live from his living room on Facebook every Wednesday at 7 p.m. He welcomes everyone to play some blues along from home. Find him on Facebook and view last week's jam here on Facebook.
Ongoing
Burlington singer-songwriter Francesca Blanchard has released an official music video of Make It Better as part of the new album Make It Better out June 12. "A social distance of 6+ feet was maintained throughout the duration of this hike and video shoot." View it on YouTube.
John Howell was Live in the Reverse Window at Twiggs on Saturday; it streamed live here on Facebook .
Ashley & John Nicholls sing Just One Look and For Once In My Life at Celebration for the Expressive Arts on Facebook.
Known for their association in 8084, Summer Sounds favorites Randy Smith and Andre Maquera have released Heroes... A Tribute to COVID-19 Frontline Workers. View it on YouTube.
They been making music together for over 35 years. Billboard and RockSearch Canada award recipients, Mr. Maquera is also a Grammy-nominated producer.
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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