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from Friday, June 21, 2019 to Monday, September 23, 2019
Summer-Long 'Used Art' Treasure Hunt
Do you love to yard sale? Or want a reason to try it? This event is for you!
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to spend summer scavenging through boot, estate, garage, jumble, moving, rummage, tag, & yard sales; bazaars; flea markets; swap meets; whole-house cleanouts; etc to find the best work of art at the best price. Both "best"s are subjective. Then, Saturday evening October 5 2019 at Espresso Bueno in Barre (see companion event below), attend the art opening & reception, where we hang our finds on the walls as an art show. You may buy, sell, or hold—as desired—but all art hangs for two calendar months.
- FREE! But you must sign up in advance of hunting.
- Summer is hot: stay hydrated out there!
- Treasure hunt from 06/21/19 to 09/23/19.
NO PARTICIPATION WITHOUT ADVANCE REGISTRATION. SPACE IS LIMITED.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
The Upside @ WBTV-LP, 99.3FM in Burlington VT @ 9:00am
If you're suffering withdrawals since WORST. SONG. EVER., or if you want to GET PUMPED (as in: your stomach) for this November's show, then join Gin Ferrara, Patrick Heltz, & Lovejoy as we tackle the hermeneutics of bad pop music. What are the elements that make songs go astray? How does dismantling bad songs draw us together? Why are some people's faves your least faves, and can we still be friends, or do we need to talk? From the discomforting & creepy, to the biased & ignorant, to the ill advised & just plain embarrassing.- FREE to listen live! Audio streaming here: WBTV-LP
- Bad songs play (and are dissected) from 9:00 to 11:00.
- Comment here: www.facebook.com/theupsideVT.
Friday, July 12, 2019 (NOTE VENUE CHANGE!)
Best of extempo 2014 @ Espresso Bueno, 248 N Main St in Barre VT @ 8:00pm
Storytelling is meant to be ephemeral... Yet it's always something of a loss when a good story only ever gets told live on stage but once. This FREE show features the standout stories of five years ago by: Anne Ferguson, Kevin Gallagher, Linda Kelly, Josie Leavitt, Julia Lynam, John Mascitti, Dennis McSorley, Joanna Meyer, Linda Quinlan, Sue Schmidt, Bobby Stoddard, & Bill Torrey! They'll be raising money with their stories for End the Backlog. Come listen to some of extempo's greatest hits...and vote for your favorite!
- FREE admission, but bring your $5s, $10s, or a $20 to vote with: The more people who vote, & the more they vote with, the more money goes to transforming society's response to rape and to greater access to justice for survivors.
- Food & beverages available for purchase.
- Open all day. Stories from 8:00 to 10:00.
Saturday, July 13, 2019 (monthly)
Jazzyaoke @ Espresso Bueno, 248 N Main St in Barre VT @ 7:30pm
What do you get when you cross jazz with karaoke? Jazzyaoke: your opportunity to front a LIVE six-piece jazz band and sing standards from the great American songbook! All lyrics provided. For every song (up to five) that you sing at the mic, you get a dollar off your admission. You've heard of singing for your supper? At Bueno you sing for your cover! Come early to get a seat and submit your song requests, but please leave your own musical instruments at home unless you are singing (it's not open jam). Second Saturdays.
- $5 admission. Singers admitted at a reduced rate or FREE (ultimately).
- Food & beverages available for purchase.
- Open all day. Music from 7:30 to 9:30.
Friday, July 19, 2019 (Special Event!)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Hinesburg VT (house concert) @ 8:00pm
There are only 45 tickets total (purchase in advance at link below) to catch Alec Ounsworth in a solo, acoustic, living-room show! Ounsworth is the frontman...singer, songwriter, guitarist...of the Philly/Brooklyn indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. The concert is an Undertow production, meaning you're going to be treated to an exclusive experience in the intimate setting of a private home—you'll get to see & hear the music up close! (Pre-purchase tickets now for exact address & other house-concert specifics.)
- $25/ticket: www.undertowshows.com.
- BYO beverages. Pretzels & other light snacks provided on site.
- Doors @ 7:00pm. Show @ 8:00pm.
Saturday, August 10, 2019 (monthly)
Jazzyaoke @ Espresso Bueno, 248 N Main St in Barre VT @ 7:30pm
What do you get when you cross jazz with karaoke? Jazzyaoke: your opportunity to front a LIVE six-piece jazz band and sing standards from the great American songbook! All lyrics provided. For every song (up to five) that you sing at the mic, you get a dollar off your admission. You've heard of singing for your supper? At Bueno you sing for your cover! Come early to get a seat and submit your song requests, but please leave your own musical instruments at home unless you are singing (it's not open jam). Second Saturdays.
- $5 admission. Singers admitted at a reduced rate or FREE (ultimately).
- Food & beverages available for purchase.
- Open all day. Music from 7:30 to 9:30.
Saturday, August 17, 2019 (approximately monthly)
extempo @ Onion River Campground, 61 Onion River Rd in Plainfield VT @ 8:00pm under the Big Top!
Now in its 10th year, extempo is Vermont's premiere original live storytelling series. At each show, local raconteurs—many of whom you'll recognize as your friends & neighbors—get on stage and regale the audience with their short-format, first-person, true stories delivered without notes or reading. Often about half the participants are veteran storytellers, and half are newcomers trying it for the first or second time. Sign up in advance to give it a try, or just come listen. Arrive early if you want a seat!
- $5 admission. Storytellers admitted FREE.
- BYO food, beverages, and blankets & lawn chairs for picnicking. (Tented event: rain or shine!)
- Open all day. Stories @ 8:00. Bonfire afterwards!
Saturday, September 14, 2019 (monthly)
Jazzyaoke @ Espresso Bueno, 248 N Main St in Barre VT @ 7:30pm
What do you get when you cross jazz with karaoke? Jazzyaoke: your opportunity to front a LIVE six-piece jazz band and sing standards from the great American songbook! All lyrics provided. For every song (up to five) that you sing at the mic, you get a dollar off your admission. You've heard of singing for your supper? At Bueno you sing for your cover! Come early to get a seat and submit your song requests, but please leave your own musical instruments at home unless you are singing (it's not open jam). Second Saturdays.
- $5 admission. Singers admitted at a reduced rate or FREE (ultimately).
- Food & beverages available for purchase.
- Open all day. Music from 7:30 to 9:30.
Monday, September 23, 2019 (approximately monthly)
extempo @ Positive Pie, 69 Main St in Plainfield VT @ 8:00pm
Now in its 10th year, extempo is Vermont's premiere original live storytelling series. At each show, local raconteurs—many of whom you'll recognize as your friends & neighbors—get on stage and regale the audience with their short-format, first-person, true stories delivered without notes or reading. Often about half the participants are veteran storytellers, and half are newcomers trying it for the first or second time. Sign up in advance to give it a try, or just come listen. Arrive early if you want a seat!
- $5 admission. Storytellers admitted FREE.
- Food & beverages available for purchase. (After 8pm: apps/small plates only.)
- Doors open @ 4:00. Stories from 8:00 to 10:00.
Saturday, October 5, 2019 (Special Event!)
'Used Art' Gala Opening & Reception @ Espresso Bueno, 248 N Main St in Barre VT @ 5:30pm
For the past three months, Summer-Long 'Used Art' Treasure Hunters—or S.L.U.A.T.H.s—have been busy finding & rescuing good art and will display the best work of second-hand art they found, according to their own taste & aesthetic (and pursuant to The Guidelines). This is opening night of a crowdsourced art show! We'll share tales of S.L.U.A.T.H.s conquests & maybe vote for our favorite pieces; some works may be for sale. Free & open to the public. (S.L.U.A.T.H.s: be sure you are registered PRIOR to this event by emailing info@wooo.tv).
- FREE!
- Food & beverages available for purchase. Some art available for purchase.
- Open all day. Art opening @ 5:30. (Live music @ 7:30. Comedy @ 9:30.)
Saturday, October 12, 2019 (monthly)
Jazzyaoke @ Espresso Bueno, 248 N Main St in Barre VT @ 7:30pm
What do you get when you cross jazz with karaoke? Jazzyaoke: your opportunity to front a LIVE six-piece jazz band and sing standards from the great American songbook! All lyrics provided. For every song (up to five) that you sing at the mic, you get a dollar off your admission. You've heard of singing for your supper? At Bueno you sing for your cover! Come early to get a seat and submit your song requests, but please leave your own musical instruments at home unless you are singing (it's not open jam). Second Saturdays.
- $5 admission. Singers admitted at a reduced rate or FREE (ultimately).
- Food & beverages available for purchase.
- Open all day. Music from 7:30 to 9:30.
Thursday, October 24, 2019 (approximately monthly)
extempo @ Bridgeside Books, 29 Stowe St in Waterbury VT @ 8:00pm
Now in its 10th year, extempo is Vermont's premiere original live storytelling series. At each show, local raconteurs—many of whom you'll recognize as your friends & neighbors—get on stage and regale the audience with their short-format, first-person, true stories delivered without notes or reading. Often about half the participants are veteran storytellers, and half are newcomers trying it for the first or second time. Sign up in advance to give it a try, or just come listen. Arrive early if you want a seat!
- $5 admission. Storytellers admitted FREE.
- Food & beverages available for purchase on site (via Stowe Street Cafe.)
- Open all day. Stories from 8:00 to 10:00.
Saturday, November 9, 2019 (monthly)
Jazzyaoke @ Espresso Bueno, 248 N Main St in Barre VT @ 7:30pm
What do you get when you cross jazz with karaoke? Jazzyaoke: your opportunity to front a LIVE six-piece jazz band and sing standards from the great American songbook! All lyrics provided. For every song (up to five) that you sing at the mic, you get a dollar off your admission. You've heard of singing for your supper? At Bueno you sing for your cover! Come early to get a seat and submit your song requests, but please leave your own musical instruments at home unless you are singing (it's not open jam). Second Saturdays.
- $5 admission. Singers admitted at a reduced rate or FREE (ultimately).
- Food & beverages available for purchase.
- Open all day. Music from 7:30 to 9:30.
Saturday, November 23, 2019 (annually)
WORST. SONG. EVER. @ the Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite St in Barre VT @ 8:00pm
WORST. SONG. EVER. is a lighthearted live music competition that is open to any level of talent. Whether you are a musician, hobbyist, or hack...SIGN. UP. NOW. Then take the stage and cover your least favorite pop song, from any era, in any way that you like! You can perform solo or with others/in a band; a cappella or accompanied; (but absolutely no karaoke, song parodies, or original music). There's audience voting, and the WORST. TROPHIES. EVER. are awarded at the end! This event is shot out of a cannon and will make your head explode.
- FREE admission, but bring your $5s & $10s to vote with: OLH fun-raiser!
- Food & beverages available for purchase.
- Doors @ 7:00pm. Show @ 8:00pm.
Saturday, December 14, 2019 (monthly)
Jazzyaoke @ Espresso Bueno, 248 N Main St in Barre VT @ 7:30pm
What do you get when you cross jazz with karaoke? Jazzyaoke: your opportunity to front a LIVE six-piece jazz band and sing standards from the great American songbook! All lyrics provided. For every song (up to five) that you sing at the mic, you get a dollar off your admission. You've heard of singing for your supper? At Bueno you sing for your cover! Come early to get a seat and submit your song requests, but please leave your own musical instruments at home unless you are singing (it's not open jam). Second Saturdays.
- $5 admission. Singers admitted at a reduced rate or FREE (ultimately).
- Food & beverages available for purchase.
- Open all day. Music from 7:30 to 9:30.
To book an event (like the ones you see above) for an occasion, to be added to the events mailing list, or to ask a question, contact: info@wooo.tv