| VOLUME 28 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | November 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 fiber artist Donna Blatchly, stoneware potter Gillian Ireland, glass artist Cherie Marshall, and mosaicist Shanna Ratner 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 in the gallery 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.
BURLINGTON--Foam Brewers hosts a free art opening featuring Barbara Prestidge's Vermont Visions celebrating the beauty of the state in vibrant acrylics followed by live music from the Tyler Mast Band, all on Friday from 5 - 8 p.m. Click here for more info.
The Tyler Mast Band at Summer Sounds in Highgate is available "Almost Live" on YouTube thanks to Northwest Access TV.
ST. ALBANS--The Northern Vermont Artists Association returns to the Village Frame Shoppe for the November Show, open now through December 7.
The Village Frame Shoppe also features the Art of Fred Swan.
ENOSBURG--Cold Hollow Sculpture Park has Moments in Play, sculptor David Stromeyer's "first instance of using an existing, in situ landscape element at the Park" and on Facebook. "This sculpture presented several serious balance and engineering challenges" but turns in a modest wind.
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery features works to capture both the summer and autumn seasons by Patti Braun. They are in the Legacy and GEMS collections 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.
Basket maker Aaron Wood weaves fancy designs from the 1800s to 1940s styles, as well as less processed work baskets. Click here for his story and a look at his work.
ENOSBURG--'Tis the Season. The 2024 Annual Craft Show takes over the Opera House at Enosburg Falls on Saturday at 9 - 3 p.m. ART FOR SALE
SWANTON--The Swanton Arts Council hosts Cards with Barb in the Maker Space of the Swanton Free Public Library today at 2 - 4 p.m. The workshop is free and all supplies are provided but participants are encouraged to bring their own glue and scissors. ART YOU CREATE
The card making workshops take place the first Thursday of each month. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call Barb Swither (802.752.7917) or email her or the Swanton Library, to register or for more info.
MORRISVILLE--River Arts hosts the in-person, Happy, Fun, & Love Infused Art Paint & Sip of acrylic on canvas with Jen Volansky on Friday at 6 p.m. The workshop is a Romero Britt-inspired chance to create art and explore color mixing. The cost is $55. Click here to enroll and for more info.
November is Native American Heritage Month. HUMANITIES
BARRE--Dr. Fred Wiseman offers introductory tours of Abenaki Cultural Consortium research in the New Vermont Historical Society Research and Exhibition Gallery at the Vermont History Center on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ONLINE--The Vermont Humanities Council has two online events this week.
Vermont Cartoonist Laureate Tillie Walden looks how indie comics intersect with queer identity in Comics and Queerness in Vermont and Beyond at Junction Arts & Media in White River Junction and online this evening at 7 p.m. She will share why comics are relevant. "Register for this free event" for the link to the stream. Call Vermont Humanities (802.262.2626) or Click here to register for more info.
The Fletcher Free Library Book Club discusses The End of Drum Time by Hanna Pylvainen in a digital only event on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. "Register for this free event" with Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov for the link to the stream. Call the Fletcher Free Library (802.863.3403) or click here and for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Depot hosts Good Riddance: a gnarly, 1990s Murder Mystery from the era of Beanie Babies and the Spice Girls on Friday at 7 p.m. Doors at 6. Dress to impress in '90s style and best dressed wins a prize. Admission is $30 which includes the grazing table, heavy appetizers, and cash bar. Find them on Facebook or click here for tickets and more info. THEATER
MORRISVILLE--River Arts begins two workshops this week. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Accessible Arts--Therapeutic Crafts with Karen will offer comprehensive instruction to students with diverse disabilities starting today at 10 a.m. - 12 noon. It will be a therapeutic setting to explore art forms including diverse painting styles, clay sculpting, and fiber arts. Accessible Arts continues every Thursday through December 19. The cost is $80. Click here to register and for more info.
Healing Arts--Meditate, Breathe, and Create with Victoria Veldon is the newest class in the series, starting tomorrow at 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. The class is an immersive journey of psychological awareness and communication. Healing Arts continues every Friday through December 20. The cost is $120. Click here to register and for more info.
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.
Only about 14 percent of Vermonters have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and 19 percent have gotten a flu shot, according to the Vermont Department of Health dashboard. Both are markedly less than this time last year. COVID NEWS
COVID-19 is still here whether Vermonters get the shot or not. Variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continue to emerge. KP.3 is the dominant circulating variant with LB.1 as number 2. The current vaccine formula targets the circulating KP.2 variants and better protects against serious outcomes of all current variants of the virus. The updated vaccine is available now.
COVID hospitalizations and deaths continue to ease after shooting up in August and September but respiratory illnesses do surge as we move indoors for the winter. 98 cases were reported in the week ending October 26, down from 149 the week before. There are new outbreaks in Chittenden and Orange Counties. In total, 1,224 pandemic deaths have been reported as of October 26, meaning COVID claimed two more Vermonter's lives in the past week.
Vermont's wastewater monitoring has shown shows that the levels of the virus in Vermont are declining or continuing at lower levels. 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." 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. We can now order four free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov. The tests available for order are rapid antigen, at-home tests requiring no lab drop-off. Many COVID-19 tests have longer shelf life and extended expiration dates.
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, Flu, and RSV 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, November 7 ON STAGE LIVE
SOUTH HERO--The Blue Paddle Bistro hosts Acoustic Thursday indoors most Thursday evenings at 5 - 7 p.m. Click here for more info.
Thursday-Saturday, November 7-9
ALBURGH--Kraemer & Kin family brewery has three days of music this weekend the Musicians Circle this evening at 6 p.m., Tim Fitzgerald on Friday at 6 p.m., and the Remnants live on Saturday night at 7 p.m. Click here for more info.
Friday, November 8
SHELDON--The Abbey Friday Night Music Series often has live performances on Friday about 6:30 p.m. The series continues in the Pub this week. Reservations are suggested. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ESSEX--The Double E Lounge presents singer/songwriter Bethany Connor opening for Big Yellow Taxi for a Joni Mitchell birthday celebration on Friday at 7 p.m. Admission is $15-20. Find them on Facebook or click here for tickets and more info.
ESSEX JUNCTION--Sparky's presents McMaple "with a few new songs in the mix" on Friday evening at 8 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ESSEX JUNCTION--Johnny Mop returns to On Tap for late night music on Friday starting at 9 p.m. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. Click here to reserve a table.
Friday-Sunday, November 8-10
ST. ALBANS--The Taphouse at Mill River has shows on Friday and Saturday nights in November. Chris & Erica play Friday at 5:30 p.m. and the Jaded Ravens are live on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Twiggs often has shows on Friday and Saturday nights. This week they host the Blue Rock Boys on Friday and a girl and her guitar, Laura Fedele-Rasco, 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, November 9
ST. ALBANS--Northwest Winter Farmers Market has moved indoors with live music, handmade crafts, locally grown food, prepared foods, free kids activities at St. Lukes Episcopal Church on Saturday from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Missisquoi River Band plays this Saturday. The market and the music continue every other Saturday through December 21. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Wednesday, November 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.
Libraries and Town Offices will be closed Monday for Veteran's Day. FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
HIGHGATE--The Highgate Library and Community Center hours have changed. The library is now open Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. They are closed Friday and Sunday. "We are thrilled to be able to offer you extended hours to best serve your library needs."
ST. ALBANS--The St. Albans Free Library presents a Recipe for Success Finding Women Through Community Cookbooks with Erin E Moulton on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Community and church cookbooks offer a glimpse of female groups encapsulated in a specific time and place. Participants will receive a few choice vintage recipes as well as a recipe for research planning. There may be maple cream pie. Call 802.524.1507 to register.
ST. ALBANS--The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club meets to discuss Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Orphaned boy Pug is apprenticed to Kulgan, the powerful court magician in the world of Midkemia. 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.
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