| VOLUME 28 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | September 26, 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 collection spotlight is on the functional and fine art pottery of Barbara Flathers . The art and fine craft cooperative features paintings, fiber arts, stained glass, sculpture, lamps, pottery, folk art boxes, scarves, hats and more by 38 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. ART ON THE WALLS
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery will "usher in fall" with the live music of the Blue Rock Boys at a Garden Party in the Pollinator Garden on Saturday from 5 - 7 p.m. The casual evening gathering will launch the Gallery's garden space. The party is BYOB with refreshments and home-baked pies plus a 50/50 raffle. Admission is free but registration means they know how much pie to have on hand. Click here for free tickets.
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.
SWANTON--The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features certified fine, decorative, and performing artists officially labeled as "American Indian" under Federal law.
Anthropologist Paul Rene Tamburro is the co-owner of Sunrise Drum Consulting and Sunrise Drum Art. Click here for his story and a look at his silver and copper artwork.
PLAN AHEAD--Open Studio Weekend is October 5-6 with artists opening their doors around the county and around the state.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star Brewing offers a Classic Rooster Paint n Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho for night of painting, sipping, eating, and friends this evening at 6:30 p.m. Beverages are sold by 14th Star and food by Grazers on premises Admission is $48. Find them on Facebook for more info and Click here for tickets. ART YOU CREATE
MORRISVILLE--River Arts hosts the in-person, September "Sip n' Slurry: Textured Mug" with Chiara Keeling as the pottery twist on a Paint n' Sip on Friday at 6 p.m. Craft functional and sculptural custom textured mugs just in time for the fall season's hot cider. The cost is $55. Click here to enroll and for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Champlain Youth Choir invites all singers from third through twelfth grades to join for the Fall Program. Wednesday rehearsals begin October 2 at the First Congregational Church. They will perform a Christmas concert on December 11. Click here for more info CALL FOR ARTISTS
Unbroken Circle, a 1985 film by Mark Greenburg, the words and music of a dozen Vermont musicians, historic photos, and location videography to trace the development of traditional country music in Vermont from unaccompanied ballads through Franco- and Anglo-American fiddling to radio cowboy bands and contemporary square dancing. The musicians include Norman Kennedy, Margaret MacArthur, the Hurstins, the Pony Boys, Ron West, Wilfred Guillette, Cordelia Cerasoli, Floyd Brown, and Al Cadorette. Click here to stream the film. FILM
ST. ALBANS--Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues the Fall weekly program series with US Border Patrol Division Chief Richard Ross to discuss A Day in the Life of a Border Patrol Agent in the Greg Brown Lodge at Hard'ack on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Discover the challenges and rewards of Northern Border Operations. HUMANITIES
This semester will offer eight lectures, held from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. on Wednesdays through October 30. A St. Albans series membership is $40 individual/$70 couple for all eight events, or $8 per program if purchased individually. Call 802.656.8407 or Email f or registration questions. Click here for more info and Click here to register.
LOCAL and ONLINE--The Vermont Humanities Council has a busy week.
VHC hosts an evening book discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, the Vermont Reads 2023 book by Malinda Lo, live at North Hero Public Library this evening at 5 p.m. The book follows teenager Lily Hu, coming of age in the 1950s, passionate about rockets and space exploration, and curious about the Telegraph Club. Call Caroline Korejko (802.372.5458) or click here for more info.
National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride comes to Vermont to discuss how she uses her writing to tackle the themes of loss, trauma, race, and healing through poetry at Christ Episcopal Church in Montpelier and on the VHC Digital Channel this evening at 6 p.m. Call Vermont Humanities (802.262.2626) or click here to register and for more info.
Bone up on the bard. This Shakespeare Mix & Match series segment focuses on the play Twelfth Night at Blake Memorial Library in East Corinth and on the VHC Digital Channel Friday at 4:30 p.m. Call Vermont Humanities (802.439.5338) or click here to register and for more info. The zoom link is https://bit.ly/BMLBookDiscussion.
Artist and scholar Ace Lehner will discuss Barbershop: The Art of Queer Failure and the Hope of Utopian Futures at Manchester Community Library and on the VHC Digital Channel Wednesday at 5 p.m. Call Vermont Humanities (802.262.2626) or click here to register and for more info.
MILTON--The Milton Artists Guild has three workshops this week. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Patrick McAllister will teach the Live Model Figure Drawing Class with a nude, female model at MAG on Friday at 6 p.m. Participants should bring their own paper and drawing supplies. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Click here for tickets and more info.
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.
John Edebohls begins the eight-week Basic Watercolor Class at MAG on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. The will start with the very basics of watercolor painting for beginners. No experience required. The cost is $350 for the entire course, all materials included. Click here to register and for mor info.
SWANTON--The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the Swanton Free Public Library on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month. Find the SAC on Facebook for the agenda and more info. IN THE SAC
COVID-19 is still here. Variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continue to emerge. KP.3 is the dominant circulating variant but KP.2 is close behind it. The new vaccine formula targets currently circulating KP.2 variants and better protects against serious outcomes of all current variants of the virus. The updated vaccine is available now. COVID NEWS
The number of cases in Vermont continues to rise. 367 cases were reported in the week ending September 14, up from 270 the prior week. There had been 1,190 total pandemic deaths reported as of September 7 but a technical issue kept updated info from being available.
Vermont's wastewater monitoring has shown shows that COVID-19 concentrations are elevated at all sites with a dramatic rise in Montpelier last week. According to the Vermont Department of Health, wastewater data shows some of the COVID-19 in the community "because an infected person sheds into the water no matter if they're sick or not." The number of emergency department visits with COVID has also increased since June, in lockstep with the wastewater virus detections. Obviously those of us on septic systems (mound systems, tanks, or cesspools) are not included in the data so the actual numbers are higher.
The Centers for Disease Control recommends multiple vaccines, including the new COVID-19 vaccine and an updated flu shot. Medicare continues to cover vaccines without cost sharing. Most adults with health insurance and all children can continue to get the vaccine without cost-sharing. Vermont's universal vaccine program covers the cost of the COVID-19 vaccines at all primary care offices for adults without health insurance or whose insurance does not cover all costs. At the end of September, we will be able to order four free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov.
My own plan remains unchanged, especially since our precautions have waned and the current KP.3 variant dodges all but the most up-to-date 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 everywhere 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, September 26 ON STAGE LIVE
SOUTH HERO--The Blue Paddle Bistro has moved the music indoors with Acoustic Thursday this evening at 5 - 7 p.m. Click here for more info.
Thursday-Saturday, September 26-28
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap starts a weekend of music with Ryan Sweezey tonight at 6 p.m. Uncle Jimmy at 5 p.m. on Friday, plus two more shows live on Saturday night with Chris & Erica at 5 p.m., and the Dirty Looks at 9 p.m. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. Click here to reserve a table.
Friday, September 27
COLCHESTER--The Duo with Maggie plays the live and free Friday Night Live Music in the Outback at the Spanked Puppy on Friday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star presents Next Stop Comedy live in The Room on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The former Boston Comedy Club brings stand-up comedians to local venues. Admission is $25. Find them on Facebook for more info and click here for tickets.
SHELDON--The Abbey Friday Night Music Series often has live performances on Friday. Nathan Michaud plays Friday about 6:30 p.m. Reservations are suggested. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Friday-Sunday, September 27-29
JERICHO--The Jericho Cafe and Tavern fills the weekend with Live Music in September. JSB--Jeff Salisbury, Steven Hirsch, Skip Truman, and Bob Butterfield-- will be back on Friday. The famed TBA performs live on Saturday night. Music starts at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ALBURGH--Kraemer & Kin family brewery has two days of music every weekend in September with Bill Satnik on Friday and the famed (and very busy) TBA live on Saturday night. Music starts at 6:30 p.m. Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Twiggs often has shows on Friday and Saturday nights. This week they host Roger Giroux on Friday and singer/songwriter Robin Gottfried live on Saturday night. 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, September 28
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. Eric George plays this Saturday. The market and the music continue every Saturday through October. Find them on Facebook for more info.
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery will "usher in fall" with the live music of the Blue Rock Boys at a Garden Party at the gallery on Saturday from 5 - 7 p.m. Eric Bushey and Leah Branon blend acoustic and electric instruments on originals and covers of old fiddle tunes, vintage County, R&B, jazz, the Stones, Beatles, Hendrix, and more. The party is BYOB with refreshments and home-baked pies plus a 50/50 raffle. Admission is free but registration means they know how much pie to have on hand. Click here for free tickets.
SHELDON--The Abbey celebrates its 50th Anniversary with music and specials on Saturday starting about 5 p.m. "Dust off the things you wore in '74 if you really want to get in the mood!" There's a $1,000 giveaway at 10 p.m. along with Abbey swag all night. Reservations are suggested. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ENOSBURG--Nathan Michaud returns with an evening of classic rock hits at the Rail Trail Pub on Saturday at 6 p.m. The "new pub/restaurant has a pool table and other fun games." Find them on Facebook for more info.
FAIRFIELD--The Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts the tenth To Bid or Not to Bid Silent Auction with live music from the Will Patton Trio at the library on Saturday from 6 - 9 p.m. Mr. Patton, Dono Schabner, and Charlie MacFadyen will play music to bid by. The raffle with a $1000 grand prize continues.
ST. ALBANS--Irons & Ale has Ryan Sweezey live on Saturday night at Champlain Country Club at 7 p.m. The restaurant is open 11 a.m. to close every day with pub fare from nachos and chicken wings to salads, burgers, salmon, and chicken to dinner options and libations.
ST. ALBANS--The 14th Star Masquerade Prom is an evening of "intrigue, craft beer, cocktails, appetizers, and dancing" live in The Room on Saturday at 7 p.m. Admission is $30 per person or $50 per couple. Find them on Facebook for more info and click here for tickets.
Sunday, September 29
NORTH HERO--Acoustic trio Amerikana Blue plays folk, rock, protest, blues, and country on the Pier Bar at the North Hero House on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
MONTGOMERY--Sunday marks 2024's final Celebration of Expressive Arts at the INN at 7 p.m. Come early for dinner; service begins at 5 p.m. This month will be a live cut by chainsaw artist John Montagne with a Q&A afterward plus jazz trio Astral Underground with Ben Maddox, John Notaro, and Margaux Simmons. They have two albums available on YouTube and Spotify.
The local artists, writers and musicians gather to share original and thought provoking work. "Reservations get you a guaranteed table." Find them on Facebook for more info.
FAIRFIELD--The Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts the tenth To Bid or Not to Bid Silent Auction at the library on Saturday from 6 - 9 p.m. The Will Patton Trio enlivens the evening. FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
The raffle with a $1000 grand prize continues. Tickets are $25 each and only 100 will be sold. Tickets are available at the Library from the Friends and at the event. The drawing will be held at the auction, but you don't have to be present to win.
SWANTON--The Swanton Antique Show at the Swanton Babcock School on Saturday at 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. will benefit the Swanton Free Public Library. Call Kathy (802.582.8395) or email 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.
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