| VOLUME 29 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | October 30, 2025 |
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--The Opera House at Enosburg Falls and Cat Crusader present another thrilling evening of intrigue, food, and suspense at the Murder Mystery Dinner Theater with "Peace Love and Murder" on Saturday at 5 p.m. This year's theme is "London Hippie" which is another opportunity to dress the theme. The cost of $75 per person includes the theater and the dinner buffet dinner by Green Meadows Catering. Click here or find them on Facebook for tickets and more info. THEATER
ST. ALBANS--The Artist In Residence collection spotlight is on stoneware potter Wendy Everhart. 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 features Strawberry Thief by Debbie Peate. It is in the Stowe gallery 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 through Sunday, 11 - 5. Appointments are available. Call ahead (802.644.5100) to schedule or Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Get spooky. 14th Star Brewing Company hosts Spooky Pet Painting Night with Linda Oakes Carvalho this evening at 6:30 p.m. The fun loving twist on their monthly pet painting nights includes a best costume award. Extra points if your pet is a collie named "Spooky." The cost is $50. Click here to register and for more info. ART YOU CREATE
ST. ALBANS--Osher Lifelong Learning Institute continues the weekly program series with the sweetest presentation of the year as UVM Extension Maple Specialist Mark Isselhardt discusses Maple Sugaring: Tradition, Innovation, and the Future of Sweetness in the Greg Brown Lodge at Hard'ack today at 11 a.m. Mr. Isselhardt will explore the cultural roots of maple syrup in Vermont and the history of continuous innovation and technological advancement behind our iconic product. HUMANITIES
This semester will offer eight lectures, mostly on Thursdays through November 6. A St. Albans series membership is $40 individual/$70 couple for all eight events, or $10 per program if purchased individually. Call 802.656.8407 or email for registration questions. Click here for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Artist in Residence Gallery offers workshops in the "basement" creative space at ReMarketVT. Shanna Ratner will lead Introduction to Block Printing on Tuesday at 6 p.m. All supplies are provided. The cost is $50. Click here to register and for more info. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
MILTON--The Milton Artists' Guild also has two workshops this week.
Social Sunday continues at the 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.
The 8-week series Intro to Watercolor continues with John Edebhols on Monday at 10 a.m. - 12 noon and continues through October 27. The course invites people with little or no experience. Subjects will vary each week depending on season and class interest. Students will supply their own materials. The cost is $260 for members or $300 for non-members. Click here to register and for more info.
MORRISVILLE--River Arts continues the Macrame 101 series with Feathered Forms with Karen on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The November workshop will teach how to craft soft, decorative macrame feathers for ornaments, wall hangings, or gifts. No experience is necessary. All materials are included
Tuition is $30 for a single workshop. Click here to enroll and for more 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
Thursday, October 30 ON STAGE LIVE
HIGHGATE--MVU presents the MVU Instrumental Concert featuring the Middle School Band, the Middle School String Orchestra, the Concert Band, the Jazz Ensemble, and the Wind Ensemble in the Trahan Theater this evening at 6:30 p.m. At the end of the evening, all the groups will join to perform one piece together. "It will kick off our 2025-2026 concert season," Band Director Aron Garceau said.
Friday, October 31
NEWPORT--Kingdom Brewing presents Tim Brick for Live Music at the BrewCabin on Friday at 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SOUTH HERO--Two Heroes Brewery has live music most weeks. The Spring Chickens spooky string band take the stage on Friday at 6:30 p.m. They play hard-driving traditional Appalachian songs. Click here for more info.
SOUTH BURLINGTON--90 Proof gets their costumes on at the Old Post on Friday at 8 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info
Friday-Sunday, October 31-November 2
NORTH HERO--The North Hero House hosts the two-night Wicked Good Time & Costume Party on Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 4:30 p.m. There will be piano bar music, a three-course dinner with seasonal cocktails and festive desserts, a costume contest, and Halloween hilarity. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap starts the Halloween Part with two shows Friday night, Vacsean at 5 p.m., followed by Sticks and Stones for late night music starting at 9 p.m., plus two more shows live on Saturday night, Dan Parks and his ghostly guitar at 5 p.m. and McMaple pouring it on at 9 p.m. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info. Click here to reserve a table.
ST. ALBANS--The Taphouse at Mill River gets smoked and jerborned on Friday and Saturday nights this week. The Spooky Smokey Newfield Project rocks the Halloween Bash on Friday and Jerborn breaks in November live on Saturday. Music starts about 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Twiggs often has shows on Friday and Saturday nights. This week the Halloween weekend lineup has Kippincoe with Kip DeMoll on Friday and Canadian songwriter Sister Speak with Sherri Anne 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.
MORRISVILLE--Dead Sessions Lite returns to Moogs Place for two Halloween nights, each with an acoustic set followed by two electric sets, on Friday and Saturday nights. Music starts at 6 p.m. Costumes are encouraged. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Saturday, November 1
ST. ALBANS--14th Star hosts the annual Monster Mash Halloween Party & Costume Competition with live music from Barbie-n-Bones in The Room on Saturday at 4 p.m. Music starts about 7. There will be pumpkin beer on tap, and prizes for the best and most creative costumes. Find them on Facebook for more info.
HIGHGATE--Rockin' for Jason is a night of folk, lues, and classics with the Blue Rock Boys, Second Hand Blues, and Uncle John's Band at the Manor on Saturday at 6 p.m. Doors at 5. Admission is by donation. All proceeds benefit Jason Barney to help defray the costs associated with his second cancer diagnosis. Find them on Facebook for more info.
BURLINGTON--Foam Brewers presents singer/songwriter Ryan Sweezey & the Midnight Walkers (all stars Jesse Agan, Joshua Glass, Chris Doncaster, and Eric Belrose) to release his critically acclaimed sixth album Maybe Magic on Saturday at 8 p.m.
The small, independent craft brewery has live music most days. Jazz Thursdays feature some of the Queen City's best jazz musicians. Times vary. Click here or find them on Facebook for more info.
SHELDON--The Abbey promises a Howlin' Good Time in a spooky night Halloween Party with the Glass Onion Band on Saturday night. Music starts at 8 p.m. but the party kicks off earlier with plenty of tricks & treats, a $250 Gift Card Giveaway and more. Costumes are encouraged. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Vermont Choral Union with L’Harmonie des Saisons Baroque Ensemble will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem with soloists Myriam Leblanc, soprano; Rocky Duval, alto; Philippe Gagne, tenor; and Sumner Thompson, baritone; all under the direction of Eric Milnes at Holy Angels Church on Saturday at 8 p.m. The Requiem in D minor is one the most treasured and oft-performed sacred works in the classical repertory. This concert will present the work as it would have been heard at the time of the Revolution. The L'Harmonie des saisons period instrument orchestra plays period clarinets, bassoons, trombones, trumpets, tympani and strings.
Admission is $10-80 with children under 18 free. Click here or here for tickets and more info.
Monday, November 3
ST. ALBANS--The BFA Performing Arts Center will come alive with music as the annual BFA Strings Festival gathers musicians all day on Monday, culminating in the BFA-SAC String Festival Concert on Monday at 4:30 p.m. Over 100 students from the Maple Run and area schools will come together to learn from guest instructors and rehearse for the evening's concert.
Admission is by $5 suggested donation and the public is invited.
Tuesday, November 4
SOUTH HERO--Doug's Open Mic Night features Emily Darcy at Two Heroes Brewery on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Local songwriters and musicians gather every other Tuesday from. Sign up in-person only from 5-530. Click here for more info.
Wednesday, November 5
ENOSBURG--Gather a team to play Trivia for a Cause at The Rail Trail Pub to raise money for the Missisquoi River Basin Association on Wednesday at 6 pm. Find them on Facebook for more info.
SWANTON--Located in the historic Champlain Theater building, the Green Mountain Bistro often has live music on Wednesday evenings around 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
FRANKLIN--The Haston Library Book Discussion Group reads The Mighty Red by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning writer Louise Erdrich this afternoon at 2 p.m. The story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances revolves around a collection of characters in Argus, North Dakota. Copies of the book are available at the front desk. FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
HIGHGATE--The Highgate Library and Community Center continues the Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour on Monday at 10 a.m. The program is a community connect to brainstorm opportunities for senior support. Each week will also include coffee and tea, as well as fresh pastries. The program will run every Monday morning and is free for anyone 55 and older. Registration is mandatory as space is limited. Call the Library (802.868.3970) to register and for more info.
NORTH HERO--Alan Berolzheimer will lead the North Hero Public Library discussion of this year's Vermont Reads book, The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton, this evening at 6 p.m. Set in the near future, the story of survival and resilience follows Wanda, a child born out of a devastating hurricane, as she navigates a rapidly changing world. Mr. Berolzheimer also led the summer Reading & Discussion Series.
ST. ALBANS--Walt McLaughlin will sign his latest book Apprehensions of What-Is, at the Eloquent Page on Saturday at 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. "I feel this terrible and unrelenting urge to know What-Is, but I cannot know all there is to know." The philosophical-spiritual-autobiographical essays bring together "half a century of contemplation, woods wandering, reading and soul searching." He will also sign some of the over two dozen books as well as chapbooks and other works he has written. Click here or find them on Facebook for more info.
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