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News of the Arts for the week of
December 4-10, 2025
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HOLIDAY FESTIVALS
The Festival of Trees continues to usher in the holiday season with the Running of the Bells today. The Festival has the Gala en Blanc, Santa's Workshop, the Dance Showcase, Claus for a Cause, the 14th Star Holiday Rewind Party, and more. North Hero Village hosts a village-wide Christmas Festival with antiques, the Tree Lighting and caroling, a Holiday Artisan Market, and more. Christmas in Enosburg is a Weekend of Events with a Stocking Auction, the Christmas Bazaar, Actions Craft Fair, Santa and Mrs. Claus, the Grinch, and Cindy Lou Who, Lincoln Park magic, the Lighted Parade and Tree Lighting, and the Community Christmas Concert. Read more...
ART FOR SALE
A Saturday trip includes the Artist In Residence BOGO sale on ornaments plus St. Paul's Arts & Craft Show, the Catalyst Coffee Bar Holiday Market, Busy Hands Crafts at the Abbey the Enosburg Methodist Church Christmas Bazaar, the Actions Craft Fair, the First Baptist Church Christmas Bazaar, the annual Alburgh Fire Craft/Vendor Fair, Greentara's Holiday Artisan Market, and the St Rose of Lima Christmas Bazaar. Read more...
ART ON THE WALLS
The Artist In Residence Gallery features Janice DeCooman, Lindsay DiDio, Dorothy Goulet, and Sally Tarr with a live reception at the gallery. BFA Fine Arts Night fills the halls, the gym, and the Performing Arts Center with music, art, and dance. Read more...
ART YOU CREATE
The Abbey hosts Flowers by Jenny for Holiday Centerpiece Night. 14th Star Brewing Company has Starry Christmas Night Painting with Linda Oakes Carvalho The Milton Artists' Guild Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd meets. Read more...
FILM
The Welden Theater screens the film Gone Guys about boys and young men steadily disengaging from school, work, and the broader society. Read more...
THEATER
The South Hero Players present The Christmas Tree Farm in a four-day run with Whitney Maxham, Patrick Cope, Eliza Valle, Michelle Brady, David Belvedere, Nan Murat, Stephen Moore, Wendy Duval, Jennifer Brownell, Catherine Trombley, Kim McFerron, Kim T. Julow, Teah Bryan, Jane McFerron, Natalie Heinz, and Annalise Costantini. Read more...
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
The Milton Artists' Guild has four workshops: Holiday Zentangle with Julia Davenport, Wrapped in Wonder with Terry Buehner, Social Sunday, and Ink and Resin Christmas Ornaments with Cindi Lafayette. River Arts has three workshops: Needle Felting 101 with Carmella Cyr, Macrame 101 with Karen, and Watercolor: Beyond Basics 02 with Evie Mason. Northwest Access TV presents Alex Foltz in Episode 2 of Foltz Studio. Read more...
IN THE SAC
The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more...
ON STAGE LIVE
A Christmas Carol Sing Along, a Bluegrass Jam, the Singer-Songwriter Competition, and the Kids VT 2025 Spectacular Spectacular, plus LeoDos, Sergio Torres, Dan Parks, the Natural Selection, Lixx, Just Me, Magnetic Horse, Michael Perry, the John Lackard Blues Band, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Seth Yacovone, Hullabaloo, the Vermont Blues Society, Paul Asbell, Blues Over Easy, Murray's Law, Sister Speak, Ethan Sawyer, Staircase 24, the Community Chorus and Enosburg Town Band, Sage Machia, and Nobby Reed all appear live at a venue near you. Read more...
ALMOST LIVE CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST
This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent. There's a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Jon Gailmor, Mark Shelton, Gene Autry, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Cyndi Lauper, Seal, Carrie Underwood and John Legend, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, Josh Groban and Faith Hill, Tori Kelly and Babyface, Cher and Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Andrews Sisters are all on our YouTube Christmas playlist. Read more...
FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
The Barn Owl and Bumblebee Bistro Holiday High Tea features a reading and book signing of The Christmas Calf by George Woodard. Muffin Monday continues. The St. Albans Free Library Tuesday Night Book Group discusses Martyr by Kaveh Akbar. Read more...
PASSAGES
Beloved singer and songwriter Jon Gailmor died Sunday at 77. The Vermont State Treasure helped kids (and grownups) love music and make songs best loved for their stories. Read more...
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