Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2024

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31 Baptist Fellowship of Randolph Easter Events 7 PM (multiday) Rochester Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 7 - 10 AM Easter Service 9 AM Easter Service at Warren United Church 10 - 11 AM Spring Brunch 10 AM - 2 PM +1 more see less	1 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM CVCCSD Program Quality Committee 5 - 5:45 PM CVCCSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	2 CVCCSD Finance Committee 4 - 5 PM CVCCSD Facilities Committee 5 - 6 PM Hiking Mt. Whitney by Cliff 6 - 7 PM Stop Listening to Your Inner Critic! 6 - 8 PM April 2 Braintree Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM Town of Bethel 6 PM Riverwatch Field Season Orientation (Virtual) 7 - 8 PM Pittsfield Town Hall Tuesday Acoustic Music Jam 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	3 “Cook and Book” Classes at Inklings Children's Books! 3 - 4 PM Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Otter Creek Music Festival Benefit Bake 5 - 9 PM Board Games 6 - 9 PM	4 Iris Insights: Mapping Out Your Health Journey (multiday) Rochester Public Hearing/Selectboard Meeting 8 AM Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Harry Potter and the Return of the Dumbledorks 4 - 5 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM +2 more see less	5 Salisbury Town Office Open for Property Tax Payments 11 AM - 5 PM April ART, etc. Opening Reception with New Artists! 5 - 7 PM First Fridays at the Library! 5 - 7 PM Documentary Screening: Miles to Go Before She Sleeps 5 - 8 PM Mad River Libraries Poetry Slam 6:30 - 8 PM Poetry Reading 7 - 8:30 PM Night Protocol with Andriana at the Underground 7 - 9:30 PM The Addams Family Musical in Northfield 7 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	6 Harwood Presents the Addams Family - A Musical Comedy (multiday) Braver Angels Workshop: Skills for Disagreeing Better 9 - 10:30 AM Pruning Basics for Trees and Shrubs 10 AM - 12 PM Girl Scout Cookie Booth at Berlin Mall 10 AM - 12 PM Apple Tree Grafting Workshop! 10 AM - 12 PM Seed Swap in Moretown Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM 'Before the Eclipse' Bake Sale 11 AM - 2 PM Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival 7 PM +4 more see less
7 Fiddle Jamming Session 12 - 4 PM Poetry Class on Grief 1 - 2:30 PM Family Bird Box Building w/ Moretown Library and LTA 1 - 2:30 PM Concerts for a Cause - Sunday! 5 - 6 PM VT Documentary "Just Getting By" at Playhouse Theatre 7 - 9 PM Pre-Eclipse Farmers' Tales at the Big Pic Theater 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	8 Total Solar Eclipse! All Day Eclipse Day with KS Coffee & Friends 8 AM - 7 PM Eclipse Yoga with Anjali Budreski at Moretown Library 9:30 - 10:30 AM New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Reminder: Town of Warren Offices Close at Noon April 8 12 - 4 PM Mad River Valley Arts Eclipse Events Are Cancelled 1 - 6 PM Party for Totality with the MRV Libraries 2 - 4:30 PM Solar Eclipse Viewing Party 2 - 5 PM +4 more see less	9 Drop-In Tech Help 2 - 4:30 PM New Director, Salisbury Free Public Library 4 - 5:30 PM	10 “Cook and Book” Classes at Inklings Children's Books! 3 - 4 PM Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Board Games 6 - 9 PM	11 Iris Insights: Mapping Out Your Health Journey (multiday) Heart & Soul Collage-Making Workshop for Seniors 10 AM - 12:30 PM Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM "Silver Circles" at Evergreen This Thursday 2 - 3 PM Flood Legal Assistance Clinic - Barre (April 11) 2 - 5:45 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM April 11 - Public Forum Brookfield Town Plan Readoption 6:30 - 8:30 PM Concert: Indie Folk at Firefolk Arts 6:30 - 9 PM Live Poetry and Music - April 11 7 - 8:30 PM Amphibian Road Crossing Pop-Up Event This Thursday 8 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	12 Bottle Return Event!! 12 PM (multiday) Town of Warren Special Select Board Meeting April 12 3 PM Art Opening at People's Gallery 5 - 7 PM Local PTO Presents Bingo Night at Rochester Gym 5:30 - 8 PM Group for 11-13 Year Olds at the Library! 6 - 8 PM An Evening of Film, Food, and Community 6 - 8 PM Only for the Awesome (Aka, 11-13 Yos) at the Library 6 - 8 PM Mokoomba - Afrofusion from Zimbabwe - April 12, 7PM 7 PM Mokoomba Afrofusion Band from Zimbabwe 7 - 9 PM "Murder by the Book" Staged Play Reading 7 PM Mookoomba - Afrofusion from Zimbabwe 7 PM +7 more see less	13 2nd Annual Bike and Boat Sale, Plus More! 9 AM - 1 PM LEAP Energy Fair This Saturday! 9 AM - 2 PM 2024 LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Soil 101 - Learn the Basics Before You Plant 10 AM - 12 PM Lucky Number 30 Punk-Rock Fest 3 - 9 PM Drag Story Hour for All Ages 3 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Spring Concert 7 - 9 PM Cabrini Free Community Film Screening 7 - 9:30 PM The 4th Annual Mad River Story Slam 7:30 - 9:30 PM +5 more see less
14 Pie for Breakfast 8 - 11 AM Mad River Triathlon 10 AM - 5 PM Estate Free for All, 3 Hours Only 12:30 - 3:30 PM Poetry Class on Grief 1 - 2:30 PM Zig Zag Lit Mag Rescheduled Issue. 16 Release Party 2 - 4 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Strengthen Your Intuition Workshop & More at Mtn Rose 3 - 5 PM You're Invited to the Little Black Flannel Initiative 5 - 7 PM +4 more see less	15 Silent Auction - Williston Food Bank & JLCV 12 AM (multiday) New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Book Discussion with Outright VT at HUHS 5:30 PM	16 Mid-Month Homeschoolers at the Library 11 AM KS Coffee Lunch & Learn in Waterbury 1 - 2 PM Ben Falk and the Resilient Farm and Homestead 5 - 6 PM OSSD Friends of Music Booster Club April Meeting! 5 PM Randolph Budget Committee Agenda and Zoom Link 5:30 - 6:30 PM Braintree Selectboard Meeting April 16 6 - 9 PM +2 more see less	17 Fiber Arts Group 3:30 - 5 AM Advanced Care Planning Fair 1 - 4 PM “Cook and Book” Classes at Inklings Children's Books! 3 - 4 PM Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Waitsfield Democratic Committee Reorg and Caucus 4:30 - 5:30 PM Warren Town Democratic Caucus Meeting 5 - 7 PM 😎New Middle School in the Mad River Valley🌳 5:30 - 7 PM Brookfield Public Safety Advisory Committee Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Board Games 6 - 9 PM +5 more see less	18 Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Rockhound's Crystal Digging Retreat 4 PM (multiday) Consent and Cookies with Mosaic 5 - 7 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM "Omnivore's Dilemma" Book Discussion - April 18 6 - 7:30 PM HUUSD Budget Informational Meeting 6 - 8 PM Rochester Town Democratic Committee Caucus - Thursday 7 - 8 PM Poetry Open Mic 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	19	20 The Great Puzzle Challenge 9 AM - 12 PM Help Us Plant 1200 Trees in Moretown! 9 AM - 12 PM Call for Fixers: ACSWMD Upcoming Repair Fair 10 AM - 2 PM This Saturday: ACSWMD Repair Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Youth Chess Day at Vermont State University 11 AM - 4 PM Writers' Workshop with Amy Braun 1 - 2:30 PM Kiss the Ground 1 - 3 PM Sorrows & Sunshine - Grief Writing + Storytelling 1 - 3 PM Hide & Seek (and Other Group Games) at Joslin Library 6 - 8 PM Folk Duo Fellow Pynins at the Ripton Coffee House 7:30 - 10 PM +6 more see less
21 Indoor Yard Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Community Garden Team Up to Clean Up! 11 AM - 1 PM Window Dressers Participating at Hey Neighbor Event 11 AM - 2 PM Second Hey Neighbor April 21 11 AM - 2 PM Poetry Class on Grief 1 - 2:30 PM "Nun on the Bus" Comes to Randolph 1 - 3 PM The "Nun on the Bus" is Coming to Randolph 1 - 4 PM Medal of Freedom Speaker at Chandler April 21 1 PM A Hill Farmer's Story 5 - 6 PM +5 more see less	22 New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Central VT WindowDressers Info Session! 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Agenda 6 PM	23 STEM Days at the Library! 11 AM - 6 PM Meeting of Ripton Democrats 5:30 - 6 PM JCOGS Community Passover Seder 5:30 - 7:30 PM Middlebury Quilters Host Speakers - Public Invited 6 - 9 PM Randolph Republican Town Caucus 7 - 8 PM Invasive Jumping Worms: What We Know, What We Can Do 7 - 8:30 PM MaMuse 7 PM Mad Birder Evening Woodcock Walk at Boyce Hill April 23 7:15 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	24 Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Brookfield Democrats - April 24 - Old Town Hall 5 - 6 PM Board Games 6 - 9 PM Randolph Democratic Caucus 7 - 8 PM Brookfield Dev. Board of Adjustment Public Hearing 7 PM +1 more see less	25 Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM Silver Circles - Grand Finale, Thursday Afternoon 2 - 3 PM "Silver Circles" at Evergreen This Thursday 2 - 3 PM You Can Cartoon! At Joslin Library 2 - 4 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Bringing in Summertime Vibes with Nor'easter Catering 4 - 7 PM Marjorie Ryerson and the Views from Mount Hunger 5 - 6 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM HUUSD Budget Informational Meeting 6 - 8 PM Alternate Showing: Kiss the Ground 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	26 Interview with Charlotte Dennett 12 - 1 PM 2-Hour Website Building Workshop for High Schoolers 3 - 5 PM Shelby Perry, Wilderness Ecologist to Speak at MRVA 5 - 7 PM Rural Economic Development with Senator Peter Welch 5:30 - 7 PM Sound Bath and Sound Massage at Chandler April 26 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	27 Household Hazardous Waste Day 8 AM - 12 PM Rochester Food Shelf 9 - 10 AM Montpelier World Tai Chi and Qigong Day Gathering 9:30 - 11:15 AM Coffee & Chat with Rep. Dara Torre 10 - 11 AM Mother's Day Craft/Vendor Event 10 AM - 12 PM Drug Take Back Day is This Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Patio Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Herb Talk: Spring Tonics and Bitters 11 AM - 1 PM Houseplant 101 Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Independent Bookstore Day at Bridgeside Books 11 AM - 3 PM Ham & Turkey Supper 5 - 7 PM Live Storytelling Event 5:30 - 7:30 PM Poetry Reading at Silloway Maple 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra: Spring Concert 2024 7 - 9 PM Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra: Spring Concert 2024 7 - 9 PM Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra: Spring Concert 2024 7 PM Re: Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra: Spring Concert 2024 7:30 - 9:30 PM +13 more see less
28 Salisbury Pancake Breakfast 7:30 - 11 AM Indoor Yard Sale #2 9 AM - 1 PM Bake Sale at Bethany Church 11 AM - 3 PM Poetry Class on Grief 1 - 2:30 PM Firefolk Arts ~ Workshop + Artist Reception 3 - 6 PM +1 more see less	29 New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Pickup Ultimate Frisbee @ Brooks Field 6 - 8 PM Rochester High School Building Info Meeting Monday 6 PM Upcoming Open Rehearsal for Interested Singing Women 6:15 PM	30 OVUUSD Budget Vote April 30 All Day Date Correction - HUUSD Budget Revote April 30 All Day Ripton Vernal Pool Exploration! 4:30 - 6 PM	1 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Bike Club and Bike to School Day! 2:30 - 4 PM Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM First Fayston 2024 Community Knotweed Work Session 4 - 6 PM ChatGPT Essentials: AI's Opportunities and Challenges 6 - 8 PM Board Games 6 - 9 PM +3 more see less	2 Spring Bird Walk 7 - 8:30 AM Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Inklings "Artist and Book" Art Class! 3:30 - 5 PM New Exhibition and Opening Reception 5 - 7 PM Weekly Thursday Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7:15 PM Randolph Planning Commission Special Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Mad River Libraries Pub Trivia at Hostel Tevere 7 - 8:30 PM Rochester Light & Power - World Premiere! 7:30 - 9:30 PM +5 more see less	3 PreK Screening at Stockbridge Central School 8 AM Salisbury Rummage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Matilda the Musical at RUHS 7 PM (multiday) Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas 7 PM Rochester Light & Power - World Premiere! 7:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	4 Green Up Day May 4 All Day Green Up Day in Salisbury 8 - 10 AM Stockbridge PTO Bottle Drive 8 AM - 12 PM Town of Bethel - Green Up Day 8 AM - 12 PM MRV Green Valley Rally on Green Up Day 8 AM - 2 PM Rochester Green Up Day 8 AM - 4 PM Stockbridge Green Up Day 8 AM Green Down on Green-Up Day! 9 AM - 12 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Rhodies and All About Lilacs - Hort Farm - 2 Events 10 AM - 12 PM The Veterans' Place 2nd Annual Bottle Drive 10 AM - 3 PM Spring Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Teddy Bear Dentist Clinic at Inklings Children's Books 10:30 - 11:30 AM Kentucky Derby Watch Party at 1824 House Inn + Barn 5 - 8 PM Rochester Light & Power - World Premiere! 7:30 - 9:30 PM +11 more see less