Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2023

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26 Vermont Maple Open House in Bennington County 10 AM (multiday) Counterpoint Chorus: "Living Water" 3 - 4 PM VOSCA Fundraiser- Spaghetti Dinner & Raffle 4 - 7 PM	27 Select Board Meeting 3 - 7:30 PM	28 Author Event: Leah Penniman, Black Earth Wisdom 6 - 7 PM	29 New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Author Bliss Mcintosh to Speak on Gardening 3 - 4 PM MCL Film Club 3:30 - 5 PM Italian Night Dinner Fundraiser for Rotary Scholarships 5 - 7 PM Wine Tasting 101 6 - 8 PM Trapper Schoepp at Argyle Brewing Company 8 - 11 PM +2 more see less	30 Concerts This Week at the Depot (multiday) Morning Yoga Class at Hubbard Hall 8 - 8:45 AM Book Event: Daisy Rockwell, Tomb of Sand 6 - 7 PM Norman Rockwell's Models - Author Talk 7 - 8 PM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	31 Select Board Meeting 8 - 8:30 AM	1 Pysanky Egg Decorating Workshop by Mother Myrick's 10 AM - 12 PM Defensive Driving Class Offered at the Easton Library 10 AM - 4 PM Craft & Vendor Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Chicken Barbeque 4 PM
2 Introduction to Lightwork: Crystal Jewelry Making Class 1 - 3 PM Meg Mott Talk 2 PM	3	4 Spring Ephemeral Walks 8 - 9:30 AM Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Reception for Academia Perpetua 5 - 7 PM The Virtual Dementia Tour (In Person) 5:30 - 7:30 PM Peter Welch at Bennington College! 6 PM +1 more see less	5 New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM MCL Film Club 3:30 - 5 PM Energy Committee Meeting - April 5 7 - 8:30 PM	6 Morning Yoga Class at Hubbard Hall 8 - 8:45 AM All I Really Need to Know I Learned at Bennington 7 - 8:30 PM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	7 Sip & Shop \| Outer Limits Brewing & Vermont Flannel 12:30 - 5:30 PM Wine Tasting 101 6 - 7:30 PM	8 Hale Mountain Band at The Bennington Farmers Market 10 AM - 1 PM
9 Easter Sunrise Service at Lake Paran 6 AM	10 Unzoo, a Pop-Up Ketogenic-Culinary Event 5 - 8 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	11 Spring Ephemeral Walks 8 - 9:30 AM Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Meeting Announcement 12 PM Mah Jongg 2023 Card Review Party 1 - 3 PM Historic Preservation Commission 4 - 5:30 PM +1 more see less	12 Final Cycling Savvy Classroom Class April 19 (multiday) Basket and Bag Bingo 6:30 AM New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM MCL Film Club 3:30 - 5 PM +1 more see less	13 Bennington County Beekeepers Club Zoom Meeting All Day Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	14 Gallery Opening: Mary Natalizia! 5 - 7 PM Wine Tasting 101 6 - 7:30 PM	15 Big Moving Sale in North Bennington Saturday 8 AM Yard/Tag Sale 12 - 5 PM
16 Cabin Fever Cooking Class Il: Brasserie Favorites 1 - 4 PM A Family Revealed - A Story and Concert 2 PM	17 Unzoo Restaurant Pop-Up 5 - 9 PM Shaftsbury - Water Board & Select Board Meeting 6 PM	18 Spring Ephemeral Walks 8 - 9:30 AM Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM History Book Club 4 - 5 PM	19 New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Change of Time for Eagle Bridge Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM VCIL Women's Group 11 AM - 1 PM Toni Kessler, West River Seeds 1 - 2 PM MCL Film Club 3:30 - 5 PM Last Minute: Cycling Safety Course This Wednesday 6 - 9 PM Poetry at Bennington College - Prageeta Sharma 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	20 Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project 5:30 - 6:30 PM Community Policy Advisory Review Board 6 - 8 PM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	21 White Creek Country Store Grand Re-Opening! 8 AM - 8 PM Huge Multi Family Tag Sale/Moving Sale 9 AM (multiday) Wine Tasting 101 6 - 7:30 PM Youth Open Mic 6 - 8 PM	22 Vintage Garage Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Tag Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Walloomsac River Walk Earth Day Clean-Up Tomorrow 10 - 11 AM Bennington Free Library Earth Day Craft Supply Shop 10 AM - 4 PM Bennington Free Library News from the Children's Room 10 AM - 4 PM Manchester Energy Fair 11 AM - 3 PM Milk with Dignity 1 - 3 PM Bennington Community Café 1:30 - 3 PM A Climate Conversation on Earth Day 2 - 3 PM Fundraising Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM +6 more see less
23 Cambridge Fire Department Recruit NY 10 AM - 2 PM Tony Lu Piano Concert at 2nd Congregational Church 5 PM	24 Growing a Cut Flower Garden with Samantha Allen 3 - 4 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	25 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Gardening for Baby Boomers 11 AM - 12 PM	26 New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Change of Time for Eagle Bridge Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM MCL Film Club 3:30 - 5 PM	27 Free Screening of Listen Up 6 PM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	28 Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Wine Tasting 101 6 - 7:30 PM	29 Manchester Community Garden Start of the Season Meeting 10 AM - 12 PM Stories from Around the World at the BFL 2 - 3 PM
30 Cambridge Community Forest Trail Maintenance Work Day 10 AM - 12 PM Bennington Cares Meeting 11:30 AM Refugee Resettlement 2 PM	1 Shaftsbury - Water Board & Select Board Meetings 5:45 - 8 PM	2 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Shaftsbury Solar Project - Informational Open House 5 - 7 PM	3 New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Change of Time for Eagle Bridge Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM Public Meeting: Bennington County Solid Waste Alliance 4 - 5 PM Poetry at Bennington College - Jennifer Chang 7 - 8 PM Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Citizen Science and Invasive Species 7 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	4 Pollinator Pathways 1 - 2 PM	5 Chefs at the Shire with Cactus Blossom Cantina 5 AM (multiday) (Re)birth Weekend May 5-7 12 PM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Cinco De Mayo - Beer Tasting, Chips/Dips, and Music! 5 - 7 PM	6 Chefs at the Shire with Cactus Blossom Cantina 5 AM (multiday) Celebrate Green Up Day This Saturday with SYP! 8:30 - 11 AM Mile Around Wood Garlic Mustard Eradication Event 10 AM - 12 PM Rail Trail Opening and Bike Rodeo 10 AM - 12 PM Spring Spectacular Family Fun Day 10 AM - 4 PM Pollinator Pathway Presentation 2 - 3 PM +2 more see less