| VOLUME 28 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | March 7, 2024 |
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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ST. ALBANS--The Artist In Residence Gallery features different artists each month. This month, the spotlight is on potter Barbara Colgrove, functional ceramics artist Barbara Flathers , and watercolorist and mixed media artist Dorothy Goulet with a live reception at the gallery this evening at 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. A.I.R. will continue celebrating the monthly Featured Artists online and on Facebook. ART ON THE WALLS
The art and fine craft 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. The gallery on South Main Street is open Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Click here or find them on Facebook for more info.
SWANTON--The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features certified fine, decorative, and performing artists officially labeled as "American Indian" under Federal law.
Photographer Michael Descoteaux grew up on the family farm in Vermont and now lives in Concord. His images and beadwork celebrate local wildlife. Click here for his story and a look at his work.
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery features Derry Farmstead by Marieluise Hutchinson on Facebook and in the Stowe gallery.
The gallery has exhibits of the landscape painters of New England. The main showcase in Jeffersonville is open Wednesday-Sunday 11-4 and the Stowe Gallery is open Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, 11-5, and Friday and Saturday, 11-6. Appointments are available. Call ahead (802.644.5100) to schedule or Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star Brewing Company holds the weekly Maker's Market in the Taproom on Sunday from 1 - 3 p.m. The pop-up booths host local crafters and makers every Sunday afternoon. Find them on Facebook for more info. ART FOR SALE
ST. ALBANS--14th Star Brewing Company hosts a Pet Portraits Paint n Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Register for a class, email a clear image of your pet and show up. We do the hard work for you and all supplies to create your masterpiece are included. Food and beverages are available from 14th Star and Grazers. The cost is $45. Click here for tickets and more info. ART YOU CREATE
MORRISVILLE--River Arts hosts the in-person, January "Sip n' Slurry: Coil Plates" with Chiara Keeling as the pottery twist on a Paint n' Sip on Friday at 6 p.m. Craft functional and sculptural plates while learning coil building techniques.
The cost is $55. Click here to enroll and for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The St. Albans Community Arts Creative Connections continues at St. Albans City Hall on Wednesday at 4 - 7 p.m. CALL FOR ARTISTS
Working on a creative project? Want to try something new but need special tools? Need an extra set of hands? Have donations for SACA projects? Interested in a material swap? SACA co-director Jennifer Kostuck takes over the Council Chamber with creative pointers and equipment including a sewing machine, heat tools, drawing materials, paints, papers, and more for use. Creative Connections will fill the space on the second Wednesday of the month. All ages and backgrounds are welcome. Find them on Facebook for more info.
MONTGOMERY--The Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts Skiing Through Time, a Tour of Montgomery's History with Snow, with an opening reception on Saturday from 5 - 7 p.m. HUMANITIES
The recent history of the Town includes its core identity as a ski town. The MCA has an exhibit of vintage gear and memorabilia from community members and Jay Peak. The gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 noon - 4 p.m. through April 14. Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues the Fall weekly program series with Bridget Butler to discuss Becoming a Friend to Our Waterways in the Greg Brown Lodge at Hard'ack on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Ms. Butler will share the Friends of Northern Lake Champlain's work in the region.
OLLI no longer takes payments at the door. They "strongly recommend that all attendees/members pre-register prior to the start of the program." Click here for more info.
ESSEX--The Metropolitan Opera presents Verdi's La Forza del Destino "Live in HD" on the big screen at the T-Rex Theater at the Double E on Saturday at 12 noon. Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts Verdi's tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendetta, and family strife, with soprano Lise Davidsen. Find them on Facebook for tickets and more info. OPERA
The Met's award-winning series of live movie theater transmissions continues this season with a lineup of new productions and classic repertory favorites including Romeo et Juliette on March 23, La Rondine on April 20, and Madama Butterfly on May 11. Click here for more info.
MORRISVILLE--The March Open Studio Figure Drawing at River Arts offers a semi-nude session today at 3:30 p.m. There will be quick two minute poses, five minute poses, 20 minute poses, and a long pose at the end. River Arts limits nude sessions to ages 16 and older. This session isn't just for figure drawing; sculptors and photographers are welcome. The cost is $15 with pre-registration preferred. Click here to register and for more info. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
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.
SOUTH HERO--Snow Farm Vineyard and Once Upon A Rock host a Pebble Art Workshop inside the tasting room on Sunday at 2 p.m. This workshop will use pebbles, rocks, stones, driftwood, and lake glass to create artwork. From framed pieces to candle holders, each piece is unique. Sip on wine and nibble on a charcuterie while they provide guidance and inspiration; what you make will be completely your own creation.
The cost is $35. Click here for tickets and more info.
Vermont passes a milestone today. March 7, 2020, was the day COVID-19 came to Vermont. Two Vermonters died. COVID NEWS
Four years later, the numbers have improved--the CDC reports that most adults have some immunity--but it's not perfect. COVID-19 is still here. Hospitalizations statewide were down to 25 for the week ending February 21, down three from the week before. Ten, or about 40 percent of those hospitalizations were in Franklin County. Four more Vermonters died statewide from the virus in the week ending February 17 for a pandemic total of 1,128 in Vermont.
Vaccines are available for COVID, the Flu, and RSV, the three main viruses that cause people to end up in a hospital in the Winter respiratory virus season. According to the state COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination Dashboard just 17% of Franklin County residents have received the new COVID vaccine, trailed only by Essex County. That compares to about 24% of Vermonters statewide who have had the latest COVID-19 vaccine and 37% of Vermonters who have gotten a flu shot. Vermonters have not moved those numbers much in the past three weeks.
COVID vaccines are 100% free to everyone 6 months and older living in the United States, regardless of immigration or insurance status. The free shots are available via health insurance, Medicare, and through federally qualified health centers, pharmacies participating in the federal Bridge Program, or district health department offices. Free N95 masks are also available at many of the same locations. Pharmacies in Vermont may now give COVID-19 shots to kids ages 3 and older. Click here for more info.
Every U.S. household may order four free COVID-19 rapid tests delivered directly to home. The state and many municipalities also still have home antigen tests, available in libraries and town halls or food pantries. Click here for more info.
Some health plans will also 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 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 and the new COVID variant dodges our current immunity. 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, March 7 ON STAGE LIVE
SOUTH HERO--The Blue Paddle Bistro hosts Acoustic Thursday this evening at 5 - 7 p.m. Click here for more info.
Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap starts a New Year of music with the Nobby Reed Project tonight at 6 p.m. then two shows Friday night, Josh Panda and Peter Day at 5 p.m. and Sanctuary returns for late night music starting at 9 p.m., plus two more shows live on Saturday night with Cooper, Bob Recupero, at 5 p.m., and Toast at 9 p.m. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. Click here to reserve a table.
Friday, March 8
ST. ALBANS--Off The Rails at One Federal often has live performances in the lounge on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SHELDON--The Abbey Friday Night Music Series often has live performances on Friday about 6:30 p.m. Reservations are suggested. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Friday-Sunday, March 8-10
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, March 9
ST. ALBANS--14th Star presents Rockin' Ron Gagnon for a night of classic rock to country and blues live in on Saturday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Sunday, March 10
KEY COLONY BEACH, FL--The KCB Community Association Concerts in Sunset Park series continues with KCB Band (Bob & Crystal Carew) live in the new tiki in Sunset Park on Sunday at 4 p.m. Free. Click here for more info.
Wednesday, March 13
ST. ALBANS--The monthly Blues Jam continues at Twiggs, hosted by Vermont's leading blues man, Nobby Reed and the House Band, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Blues Jam blows out the speakers at Twiggs on the second Wednesday of each month. 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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