| VOLUME 26 | * * All Arts News On the Web * * | November 10, 2022 |
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 annual Holiday Craft Fair takes over the House on Saturday at 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Artisans come together to offer unique crafts and gifts. CHCC hosts a Kids Craft Corner. There will be art, jewelry, chocolate, maple goods, ornaments, wooden bowls, and so much more. Lunch will be available and raffles will be drawn. Find them on Facebook for more info. ART FOR SALE
MILTON--The Milton Artists' Guild hosts the 18th annual Artfest with 150 artists and crafters, live music, wine tastings, a raffle of Lorraine Manley's Woodlands, and much more on Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Rebecca Padulla will play throughout the day. There will be a wine wall, wine auction, and a Maquam Winery tasting.
Click here for more info. MAG is open seven days a week, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
"The application window opening for [Vermont's COVID paid leave grant program] is still delayed due to technical issues in creating the application portal." PANDEMIC NEWS
The Vermont Department of Health reported November 2 that hospitalizations decreased from 76 to 47 last week, as overall COVID-19 cases fell from 585 to 532. COVID-19 infections are, according to the VDH, after increasing hospitalizations had sent them to "Medium" the last few weeks (from a low of 30).
The Vermont Department of Health says the infection levels are back down to a "Low" level. The state reported 514 new COVID-19 cases statewide last week, down from 549 the week before, as hospitalizations decreased to 47 last week (that number had climbed as high as 76 from a low of 30). There were a total of 13 outbreaks--five in the school/childcare segment and four in long-term care facilities. Franklin County's case load dipped to 73 cases in the 14 days ending Saturday.
Because Vermont relies on self reporting, the number of actual cases is higher than the Department of Health finds. You can report self-test results by following instructions on your test kit to automatically provide your results to your local health department or with the Vermont COVID-19 Self-Test Result Reporting Form. If you test positive, stay home and isolate for five days or longer. You can leave your home on day six if your symptoms have improved and you have had no fever for at least 24 hours without the use of medicine that reduces fevers.
Take an at-home test if you begin having symptoms like fever, sore throat, runny nose, or loss of taste or smell, or at least five days after you come into close contact with someone with COVID-19, or if you plan a get together with people who are at risk of severe disease or may not be up to date on their vaccines. COVID.gov has links for at-home tests at retailers and pharmacies, insurance reimbursement for at-home tests, and the 20,000 no-cost antigen and PCR COVID-19 test sites nationwide. Most major chains including Walgreens and Price Chopper locally should have free N95 masks.
Whether you have contracted and recovered from this coronavirus or haven't yet received a booster or even if you have done it all, immunity has waned for many of us. That lowered resistance leads to infections and increased transmission of the virus. To date, 16% of eligible Vermonters over the age of 12 have gotten the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine. That's compared to just 4% nationally. Here's my own advice. Get the COVID shot(s), get the booster(s), and take precautions, particularly if you are inside with other people--that still means wearing a mask indoors.
No vaccine is 100% foolproof. Wash your hands. Keep wearing an N95 mask where you can't control the airflow around you until we reach the same herd immunity we have for smallpox and once had but lost for measles because so many parents refused to vaccinate their kids. Bonus: it will also help protect you from pollen, summer colds, and the winter flu.
Call 855.722.7878 or visit healthvermont.gov for more info about the first or second dose and for booster shots of the vaccine. You can also walk-in at Costco, CVS, Hannaford, Price Chopper/Market 32, Rite Aid, Shaw's, Walgreens, or Walmart, or get an appointment with CVS, Kinney Drugs, Walgreens, or UVMMC Outpatient Pharmacies. Providers and pharmacies must give vaccines at no cost to the patient.
MORRISVILLE--Solace Unfolding, the works of Mareva Millarc and Cathy Osman, opens in the Folley Hall Gallery and the Copley Studio Gallery at River Arts today from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The show continues through February 1, 2023. There will be an Artist Talk and Gallery Reception on January 5. Click here for more info. ART ON THE WALLS
MONTGOMERY--The Montgomery Center for The Arts hosts the annual Mongomery Elementary School Student Art Show in MCA-Kelton Hall this weekend. Show times are Friday at 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
SWANTON--The Swanton Arts Council presents the Fall Youth Art Show with an Opening Reception at the Swanton Free Public Library on Friday evening at 6 p.m. The show will be open Friday from 5 - 8 p.m. and during library hours through XX.
The show exhibits the artistic talent of area youth in all media and styles. It includes work from any K-12 students, including those at Alburgh, Franklin, Highgate, Sheldon, Swanton, and MVU. The show is free and open to the public. Find them on Facebook for more info.
JEFFERSONVILLE--Bryan Memorial Gallery opens the new show, GEMs & Giants, with a Reception on Saturday at 1 - 3 p.m. Click here for a preview.
The Gallery also continues the online segment Legacy: The Artist's Collection on Facebook and in the gallery. This week's Legacy artist is Barbara Lussier with Daybreaks on display.
The Bryan Gallery is open Thursday-Sunday from 11 - 4 or by appointment. Click here for more info.
ONLINE--The Julian Scott Memorial Gallery at Northern Vermont University-Johnson hosts the MFA Invitational Exhibit in person and virtually through November 18.
The work of Katelyn Hudson, Amy Kolb Noyes, Jillian Lauren Lisitano, Caroline Loftus, Chelsea Pafumi, Abigail Synnestvedt, and Finnegan Watson in NVU-Johnson's Master of Fine Arts program is on display in the Dibden Center. Visit the virtual Spotlight Gallery at NVU-Johnson .
ST. ALBANS--14th Star Brewing Company and Once Upon A Rock host a Pebble Art Workshop in the Room on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Jean Ferguson picks up a rock or a stone or a pebble and "sees a thousand possibilities" as she "shops" for rocks and stones on beaches and shorelines all over Vermont. This workshop will use pebbles, rocks, stones, driftwood and lake glass to create artwork. From framed pieces to candle holders, each piece is unique. "We'll provide guidance and inspiration over the two hours, but what you make will be completely your own creation." ART YOU CREATE
The cost is $35. Click here for tickets and more info.
MORRISVILLE--River Arts pottery instructor Allyson Howell hosts the in-person, November "Sip n' Slurry: Making Mugs" as the pottery twist on a Paint n' Sip on Friday at 6 p.m. Craft functional and sculptural vessels while learning hand building techniques.
The cost is $45. Click here to sign up and for more info.
2022 EDWIN CHURCH AWARD (December 15)--Entries must be a 1000-3000 word original story that tells the tale of Riley, a nature lover, who is recently engaged. As wedding plans are being made, Riley's soulmate Avery goes missing. The contest is open to anyone 18 or older who lives, works, gathers, plays or shops in Swanton. Email your entries to Judy Paxman, drop a copy off at the library, or hand it in at any SAC event. Click here for the application form. CALL FOR ARTISTS
NORTH HERO--Vermont Humanities presents Wolf Peaches, Poisoned Peas, and Madame Pompadour’s Underwear: The Surprising History of Common Garden Vegetables with science and history writer Becky Rupp at the North Hero Public Library this evening at 6 p.m. Call Caroline Korejko (802.372.5458) or click here for more info. HUMANITIES
MORRISVILLE--River Arts offers Meditate & Create: Creativity as a Mirror through Printmaking with psychotherapist Megan Bisbee, an evening of supported creative expression and relaxation, this evening at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $40. Click here to register online or for more info. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
MILTON--Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists' Guild Art Center with free weekly art classes for families at MAG on the first Sunday of each month at 1 p.m.
Each month offers a different project. Stay for 30 minutes or the whole two hours. Admission is free but registration is required. Click here for free tickets and more info.
Here's my own plan with over one million U.S. deaths and as our precautions wane. I got the COVID and Flu shots, and the booster, and I take precautions because no vaccine is 100% foolproof. I wash my hands. I double mask with a genuine N95 mask (not a bandana and not a "chin strap") and a surgical mask where ever 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. ON STAGE LIVE
Friday, November 11
ST. ALBANS--14th Star presents the Dirty Looks Band 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 continues in the Pub on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
Friday-Saturday, November 11-12
The No Rest for the Wicked Tour has two shows Back to Back.
WILLIAMSTOWN--Eleven returns to the Pub on Friday a 7 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
RICHFORD--Eleven debuts at Mokah's to see "familiar faces and new ones as well" on Saturday at 9 p.m. Find them on Facebook for more info.
ST. ALBANS--Twiggs often has shows on Friday and Saturday nights. 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 12
MILTON--The Milton Artists' Guild hosts the 18th annual Artfest with live music by Rebecca Padulla ad much more on Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Click here for more info.
SOUTH BURLINGTON--WIZN welcomes the 40th anniversary celebration of 8084 in the Higher Ground Ballroom on Saturday 8 p.m. Doors at 7. 8084 also has 26 high school students--the next generation of performers--and their guests attending Rock & Roll High School at 4:30 p.m. The show is SOLD OUT.
Admission is $22 in advance, $25 day of show or $50 for the VIP meet & greet. Click here for more info.
Sunday, November 13
ST. ALBANS--14th Star and Grazers continue the Sunday Brunch Sessions live in The Room on Sunday at 12 noon - 2 p.m.
70°! We had that last, brief glimpse of summer so here are some Summer Sounds favorites with virtual music and events. ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE
Summer Sounds favorite John Bartus' Perpetual Island Tour played Sparky's Landing, Boondocks, the Key Colony Inn,. John Bartus and Adrienne Z played Blue Zone at this year's Marathon Seafood Festival on YouTube. Find him on Facebook for the next watch party.
Summer Sounds favorite Carol Ann Jones has put together a list of the favorite All American folk songs as a sing-along on YouTube.
Summer Sounds favorite Mark Shelton sang a variety show on Facebook on Friday. Follow him on Facebook for a link to this week's offerings.
SWANTON--Swanton Free Public Library hosts the monthly book club, But I Progress, on Tuesday at 6 p.m. This month's book is Her Body and Other Parties by C. Ingelman-Sundberg. FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
The readings will focus on writers who "identify as women, with particular attention to Women of Color and nonbinary women, who are under represented in literature. Today women's works are priced lower, more seldom purchased, and not receiving proper credit." There will be snacks, reviews, discussion, ideas, and good conversation. Click here for more info.
SWANTON--The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Book Talk with writers S. Lee Manning and J. B. Manning on Wednesday at 5 p.m. They will discuss not only their very different thrillers, their writing processes and why they write what they write, but also how the writing affects their marriage and their marriage affects their writing. Their newest titles are the third Kolya Petrov thriller, Bloody Soil, by S. Lee Manning and the debut novel, Ritcher the Mighty, by J. B. Manning. Click here and 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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