| VOLUME 28 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | October 3, 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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ENOSBURG--In the House presents Spotlight: All that Jazz at the Opera House at Enosburg Falls on Friday at 7 p.m. The troupe will perform 10 jazz songs including Aladdin's Friend Like Me, Tapioca from Mary Poppins and the music of Cats. The Theater Camp Dance Group will be joined by Cheryl Ann Kelley's dance team from The Electric Youth Dance Company. Admission is $12 for ages 12 to 62, $10 for ages 4 to 12 and for veterans and seniors. Click here for tickets and more info. SPOTLIGHT
ST. ALBANS--The Artist In Residence Gallery features different artists each month. This month, the spotlight is on functional potter and Raku artist Wendy Everhart, wood turner Barry Genzlinger, decorative fiber artist Maureen Genzlinger, and watercolor and fiber artist Deborah Travis 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.
AROUND THE STATE--Vermont's two day Fall Open Studio Weekend celebrates 32 years and begins Saturday at 10 a.m. Most Vermont artists and craftspeople work in studios in or near their residences. These founts of production and inspiration can be found in a downtown or at the ends of a dirt road. This statewide celebration is a chance to see the magic at work.
Some of the artists open their working studios to the public only during this weekend. It is an opportunity for them to talk about their work and to demonstrate the skill and processes used to make it. The participating artists plan to get work done as well as teach while visitors poke around.
The free Vermont Studio Tour site has maps and directions. The loop through Franklin County will be a great day's adventure. Or two,
The Artist In Residence Gallery has fine crafts and art by more than 40 local artists in St. Albans. Click here .
Rebecca Nase Chomyn at Twisted Perception Metal Works builds steel sculpture, household ware, utilitarian and decorative pieces in Fairfield. Click here .
Handweaver Carol Crawford is "enthralled by the moment [her] shuttle crosses the warp and creates the woven piece" in Bakersfield. Click here .
Lindsay DiDio has stained glass and mosaics at Blue Heron Art Studio. Click here .
The Milton Artists Guild has more than 100 local artists on tap. Click here .
Gail Salzman explores interactions in the natural world in abstract oil and gouache paintings, notecards, monoprints, and drawings in Fairfield. Click here .
Meta Strick paints, draws, cuts, carves, sews and assembles one-of-a-kind Art Dolls as well as paintings, ornaments, and oddities in her studio in Fairfield. Click here .
Dara Theodora focuses on surrealism in murals, oils, dreamscapes, and cats. Click here .
Other statewide participants include furniture makers, glass blowers, ironworkers, jewelers, quilters painters, photographers, potters, print makers, sculptors, weavers, and wood carvers. Many galleries will host gallery talks and feature special exhibits in conjunction with this event. Click here for maps, directions, and more info.
SWANTON--The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Cat Themed Art Show and Kitty Adoption Event in the Cat's Meow Gallery at the Library on Saturday at 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The event benefits A Place of Grace and From Feral to Forever cat rescues. Email to enter artwork and click here for more info.
ENOSBURG--The final walking tour of the season of Cold Hollow Sculpture Park is Sunday at 2 p.m. The guide will discuss artist David Stromeyer's three newest, large-scale additions to the Park. The admission-free, immersive art experience offers a walk among 70 sculptures by Mr. Stromeyer plus a series of intellectual and cultural public programs. The Park is open Thursdays through Sundays until October 14. The walking tour is free. Find them on Facebook for more info or click here to register and for more info.
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery features Majestic Mount Mansfield a new oil by Tom Waters. It is in the Legacy collection and on Facebook .
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. Graphic designer Jim Taylor is an artist, eastern quillworker, and wampum creator. Click here for his story and a look at his work.
2024 YOUTH TALENT SEARCH (October 11)--The Opera House at Enosburg Falls is "on the hunt for talented youth." Registration is open for vocalists, dancers, musicians, bands, and more ready to shine live on stage in one of two age divisions: 5-12 and 13-21. There are cash prizes. Click here for more info. CALL FOR ARTISTS
ST. ALBANS--Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues the Fall weekly program series as John Newton takes A Galapagos Islands Adventure in the Greg Brown Lodge at Hard'ack on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Mr. Newton spent a week on a small two masted sailboat sailing island to island to discover what Darwin saw and published in On the Origin of Species. 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 to register and for more info.
ONLINE--The Vermont Humanities Council has two online events this week.
Seven Days producer Eva Sollberger discusses the Evolution of "Stuck in Vermont" at Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury and on the VHC Digital Channel on Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. The biweekly video series underscores the importance of telling local stories. It launched in 2007. Call Vermont Humanities (802.262.2626) or Click here to register and for more info.
The Fletcher Free Library Book Club reads No Ordinary Assignment by reporter Jane Ferguson on the VHC Digital Channel on Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. Ms. Ferguson has covered nearly every war front and humanitarian crisis of our time. Call Fletcher Free Library (802.863.3403) or click here to register and for more info.
JEFFERSONVILLE--The Cambridge Historical Society and the Bryan Memorial Gallery continue a series of conversations on History Unframed: The Bryan Gallery and Jeffersonville's Art Legacy with Jane Shaw at Bryan Gallery on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Barbara Bertocci will guide three evenings of conversations as part of the gallery's 40th anniversary celebration. Each event will include a lively Q&A session. Admission is free. Call 802.644.5100 or click here for more info.
MILTON--The Milton Artists Guild has three workshops this week. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Cathy LaClair will teach Sparkle and Support: a Metal Earrings Workshop for NAMI VT MAG this evening at 5:30 p.m. She hand forges sterling silver. The proceeds from the class will go to NAMI Vermont. The cost is $75. 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 continues 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 and will be self-paced and working on a subject of your own choosing. No experience required. The cost is $350 for the entire course, all materials included. Click here to register and for mor info.
MORRISVILLE--The River Arts October Open Studio Figure Drawing offers a full nude session today at 3:30 p.m. There will be a combination of short and medium-length poses, and a a longer-form pose at the end. River Arts limits nude sessions to ages 16 and older. This session isn't just for figure drawing; sculptors, painters, and photographers are welcome. The cost is $15 with pre-registration preferred. Click here to register and for more info.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star and Once Upon a Rock host a Pebble Art Workshop this evening at 6 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 brews while they provide guidance and inspiration; what you make will be completely your own creation.
The cost is $35. Find them on Facebook or click here for tickets and more info.
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. 311 cases were reported in the week ending September 21. There have been 1,199 total pandemic deaths reported as of September 21,; nine more Vermonters have died since the September 7 report.
Vermont's wastewater monitoring has shown shows that COVID-19 levels continue to be elevated at all testing stations. 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 May (and has been higher than in Summer, 2023). 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, October 3 ON STAGE LIVE
SOUTH HERO--The Blue Paddle Bistro has Acoustic Thursday indoors this evening at 5 - 7 p.m. Click here for more info.
Thursday-Saturday, October 3-5
ALBURGH--Kraemer & Kin family brewery starts October with music everywhere. The Musician's Circle forms this evening at 6 p.m. Karl Woods Lucas takes over on Friday at 6 p.m. And Kintoberfest is a day of beer, live music, games, food, and fun all day on Saturday. Click here for more info.
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap usually has a weekend of music one show tonight at 6 p.m. two shows Friday night, Sibling Reverie at 5 p.m., and other great acts for late night music on Friday at 9 p.m. plus two more shows live on Saturday night. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. Click here to reserve a table.
ESSEX JUNCTION--Sparky's has a double header this weekend.
Every Thursday is Blues & BBQ night this evening at 6 - 9 p.m. BBQ will be available after 5 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Toast returns on Friday at 8 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Friday, October 4
ENOSBURG--Laura Fedele-Rasco will play "all of your favorite songs" in her debut at the Rail Trail Pub on Friday at 6 p.m. The "new pub/restaurant has a pool table and other fun games." Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--14th Star presents the Buck Hollers 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 often has live performances on Friday about 6:30 p.m. Reservations are suggested. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SOUTH HERO--Bird Boombox plays live at Snow Farm Vineyard on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. The singer songwriter band from Middlebury plays a full list of original music.
The concert is part of the celebration of the one year anniversary of Snow Farm Distillery. There will be distilling demos and wagon rides as well as South End Sliders and Parking Lot Pizza Food Trucks. Click here for more info.
JOHNSON--Moogs Joint presents Multibeast live on Friday at 7 p.m. The Burlington-based musical bushwhackers are Vermont's premier Phish Tribute Band. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Friday-Sunday, October 4-6
ST. ALBANS--Twiggs kicks off October with the return of two favorites on Friday and Saturday night. This week they host the Blue Rock Boys on Friday and Sister Speak 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, October 5
ST. ALBANS--14th Star Brewing Company celebrates 2024 Oktoberfest 14th Star style with Inseldudler in the Taproom and Side Lot on Saturday at 11 a.m. on. There will be festive eats from Grazers, Grumpys Dogs, Scooter's Pretzels, and Fireside Commodities plus outdoor games and more. The Taproom will be open to the public. They will also have a ticketed craft beer tasting. Find them on Facebook for more info.
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.
EAST FAIRFIELD--The Tenderbellies take over the Meeting House on Saturday at 5 p.m., outdoors, weather permitting. The Vermont-based string band blends Americana, bluegrass, new grass, jazz and rock from "bold and brazen to delicate and somber" with tight arrangements as well as improv fancies.
There will be plenty of room on the Green to "kick up your heels and dance the night away." Desserts and Grab and Go light fare will be available for sale or bring your own picnic.
Admission is $10 at the door. Kids under 12 are free. Concerts are held outdoors. In case of rain, concerts are moved indoors. Call Nance Shaw (802.827.6626) or click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Depot presents Jonny Mop on Saturday night at 9 p.m.
There is a $5 cover charge. Food for purchase and cash bar will be available. Find them on Facebook for more info.
NORTH HERO--The Fall Book Sale takes over the Island Arts Center (the Homer Knight barn) on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The two-day book sale has more than 4,000 books for every taste, all organized by subject. There are paperbacks, hard-covers, and some beautiful "coffee table" books. The subjects are varied and include Fiction, Mysteries, History, Travel, Cooking, Psychology, True Stories, Biographies, and more. FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
There are also numerous gifts during the Silent Auction on Sunday.
Admission is free. Click here for more info.
MONTGOMERY--The Montgomery Center for the Arts presents forester Ethan Tapper to sign and read from his new book, How to Love a Forest, on Friday at 5 p.m. Recently retired Franklin/Grand Isle County Forester (and MCA patron of the Arts) Nancy Patch will introduce Mr. Tapper's experience, knowledge, and authorship. The evening will include a Q&A. Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Eloquent Page has two events this week.
St. Albans' own bookstore also hosts Ethan Tapper to read from and sign his new book How To Love a Forest, on Saturday at 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. The forest is a fragile and resilient world "degraded both by people who do too much and by those who do nothing." Find them on Facebook for more info.
The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club meets to discuss Carpe Jugulum, the comic fantasy novel by British writer Sir Terry Pratchett, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Go for the throat is the sixth book in the Witches series, but the Discworld novels can be read in any order. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Saint Albans Museum welcomes Vermont writer Kenneth Cadow at the St. Albans Free Library on Saturday at 2 p.m. for an after hours event. His award-winning debut novel, Gather, tells a challenging coming-of-age in rural Vermont story. It is the 2024 Vermont Reads book. The Library will be closed to the public, other than program attendees. Refreshments will be served. Click here 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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