| VOLUME 26 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | March 17, 2022 |
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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ENOSBURG--"Opening our doors after two years" of pandemic shut down, the Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Prydein on Friday at 8 p.m. Local acoustic-electric band Cadillac Jack will open the doors at 7 p.m. IN THE HOUSE
Prydein's Aron Garceau, Iain Mac Harg, Hazen Metro, Andy Smith, and Caleb Bronz play Celtic-music-meets-Motorhead and AC/DC. The Celtic rock band noted for their use of bagpipes has released five albums to date and has played major festivals up and down the East Coast and the Midwest. They formed in Burlington in 1999. The almost rhyming Cadillac Jack facts are Michael Kelley, Ralph Rosenburg, Carl Marcinkowski, Bill Gaston, and Summer Sounds favorite Tyrone Shaw.
The Phoenix House food truck will be on-site and McClurgs Pub will operate a cash bar.
Admission is $18. Call 933.6171 or find them on Facebook for more info and up to date COVID guidelines and click here for tickets and more info.
Vermonters overpaid their property taxes last fall. Gov. Phil Scott called on Vermont legislators to return half of the more than $90 million Education Fund surplus to Vermont taxpayers and to dedicate the other half to strengthen Vermont's Career and Technical Education (CTE) system. PANDEMIC NEWS
Starting this week, Vermont no longer issues "sector-specific guidance." Instead, general guidelines will apply to all Vermonters which means schools along with long-term care facilities ans similar congregate settings will no longer be differentiated.
New case counts do continue to fall. Vermont reported 803 new COVID-19 cases statewide last week, still twice as many per capita as neighboring New York. Franklin County reported 101 cases in the 14 days ending Friday.
Vermont relies on self reporting. Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order eight free at-home COVID-19 tests in two separate sets of four from COVIDtests.gov. Most major chains including Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart should have free N95 masks for distribution.
Here's my own advice as data pours in and we learn that a single shot is not enough. 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. Get the COVID and Flu shot(s), get the booster, and take precautions. Statewide, about 300,700 Vermonters or 66% of the eligible population has completed vaccination and gotten a booster.
The state's online "dashboard" has changed. It now shows how many Vermonters are "up to date" on their vaccines and those numbers have declined. Since "up to date" means a person has received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including any booster dose(s) when eligible, the numbers have shifted to reflect the change in methodology. Franklin County now reports that about 62% of the people have completed the series.
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.
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.
MORRISVILLE MUSIC ON MAIN--River Arts seeks musicians for the second season of Music on Main. The concerts take place at the Union Bank Gazebo on Lower Main Street on Friday evenings in July and August. Email or click here for more info. CALL FOR MUSICIANS
SHELDON--The Artist in Residence Gallery hosts a new series of Painting Classes with Patrick Murphy at the Sheldon Public Library on Thursday at 6 - 8 p.m. Classes are for artists, art enthusiasts, beginners, or anyone who would just like to paint." Instruction and guidance are given according to a students need and level." Students should bring their own paints and brushes. Everything else is supplied. Classes are held the third Thursday of the month. The cost is $25. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Call Valerie (802.933.2524) or stop at the library to register and for more info.
SWANTON--The Swanton Arts Council Writers' Group meets online via the Swanton Free Public Library this evening at 6 p.m. They meet the third Thursday of each month to share progress and join in the discussion about longer projects and anything else about writing, reading, publishing, and more. Email Becky Rupp or the Swanton Library for more info. IN THE SAC
Here's my own advice as U.S. deaths approach one million. Whether you have contracted and recovered from this coronavirus or haven't yet received a booster or both, immunity has waned for many of us. That lowered resistance leads to 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. Keep wearing an N95 mask (not a bandana and not a "chin strap") 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. ON STAGE LIVE
EAST FAIRFIELD--"Great Music Coming Your Way!" The Meeting House on the Green has an entire season of 2022 Summer Concerts ready to go, starting May 21 with Summer Sounds favorites Atlantic Crossing. Click here for more info.
St. Patrick's Day, Thursday, March 17
SOUTH HERO--The Blue Paddle Bistro hosts singer-songwriter Carol Ann Jones with Jon Sochin this evening at 6 - 8 p.m. They play the third Thursday each month at the Paddle.
SHELDON--The Abbey hosts a St. Paddy's Day Party with music in the Pub on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
MORRISVILLE--Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Moogs Joint with acoustic Irish tunes from father and son duo Gary and Roland Clark in a free show this evening at 7:30 p.m.
ST. ALBANS--The Depot celebrates St. Patrick's Day with Barbie-N-Bones this evening at 8 p.m. "The costumes are ready. Plenty of beads to share from the stage. Get your green on."
Cover charge is $20. The venue will adhere to all CDC and State of Vermont guidelines and recommendations. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Friday, March 18
ESSEX JUNCTION--Eleven rocks out a PSP at PSP (a Post St. Patrick's Day at Pearl St. Pub) tomorrow starting at 8 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ENOSBURG--The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Prydein tomorrow at 8 p.m. Doors at 7. Cadillac Jack will be the opening band. McClurgs Scottish Pub will have a cash bar and the Phoenix House Food Truck will be on site. Admission is $18. Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star presents Ryan Hanson for a night of live music in The Room on Friday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Friday-Saturday, March 18-19
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap has one extended show Friday night with John Geno and Kevin Connelly's popular, Plattsburgh-based the Duel starting at 7 p.m., plus two more shows live on Saturday night with Jerborn and Boxbanger jerborning at 5 p.m., and Last Kid Picked starting at 9:30 p.m. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. And to confirm. Click here to reserve a table.
ST. ALBANS--Twiggs hosts Rockin' Ron Gagnon tomorrow evening and Chris and Issy live on Saturday night. Music begins at 6:30 p.m.
Call 802.524.1405, find them on Facebook, or click here for more info.
MORRISVILLE--Moog's Joint continues the three day St. Paddy's Weekend with touring one-man party band Lee Ross on Friday and the psychedelic blues funk of the Eames Brothers Band live on Saturday. Music starts at 8 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Virtual music and events continue this week. ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE
Nikki Glaspie was live on Paper Chasin' Britney in Petaluma, CA, on YouTube. The Berklee alum has toured with Beyoncé, the Sam Kininger Band, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, and her own funky, jazz and soul band Nth Power.
And as long as we're thinking about Dumpstaphunk, here they are, live at the New Orleans Superdome with United Nations and Stomp and Justice on YouTube. The New Orleans funk and jam band was founded by keyboardist Ivan Neville, the son of Aaron Neville who, along with uncles Art of The Meters, and Cyril in the Neville Brothers, defined New Orleans funk.
Summer Sounds favorite Mark Shelton sang Gospel on Facebook on Sunday morning and Tuesday Night Variety on Facebook in a house concert on Tuesday evening; he even sang the "unofficial Elvis Presley St. Patrick's Day song." Follow him on Facebook for a link to this week's offerings.
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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