Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

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1 Buffalo Moon Fall Artisan Market 10 AM (multiday) CatVideoFest and DogVideoFest 7 PM (multiday) Bill McKibben at Southern VT Arts Center 11 AM - 1 PM Sound Healing/Gong Bath 4 - 5 PM	2	3 Landscapes Speaker Series 2 - 3:30 PM RTU Book Club - This Naked Mind 5:30 - 6:30 PM Haunted Vermont 5:30 - 7 PM	4 Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM New After School Art Program – Creativity Cave Work 3:30 - 5 PM Bennington Cares Meeting 4 - 5 PM Blessings of the Animals! 5 - 6 PM The Serious Side of Food - Reading & Discussion Series 5:30 - 7 PM UCS Presents: Suicide - the Ripple Effect 5:30 - 7 PM Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM The Spirituality of Nature 7:30 PM +4 more see less	5 Volunteers Needed for Window Dressers Community Builds 8 AM (multiday) Landscapes Speaker Series 5 - 6:30 PM	6 Salem Courthouse Art Exhibit Opening and Reception 5 - 7:30 PM Homeless in Bennington Event! 6 - 7 PM	7 Beer & Brats at the Salem Courthouse 3 AM - 7 PM Yard Sale, Bake Sale & Plant Sale! 9 AM (multiday) Tag Sale This Weekend at Pompanuck's Farm! 10 AM (multiday) Landscapes for Landsake Art Sale and Exhibition 12 - 5 PM 8th Annual Beer & Brats Fest 3 - 7 PM New Orleans Music with the Soggy Po' Boys 6 - 10 PM +2 more see less
8 Farmers Market Continues Weekly 10 AM - 1 PM Victorian Tea 2 - 4 PM Victorian Tea 2 PM	9 Select Board Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM	10	11 New After School Art Program – Creativity Cave Work 3:30 - 5 PM The Serious Side of Food - Reading & Discussion Series 5:30 - 7 PM	12 People Who Posed for Norman Rockwell's Paintings 5:30 - 7 PM	13 Bennington Community Theater Presents, "Players" (multiday) Lush Lives: Reading with J. Vanessa Lyon 5 - 6 PM	14 Cambridge NY Fire Department Open House 9 AM - 12 PM Poetry Workshop 11:30 AM Walk for Freedom Greenwich, NY 1 - 3 PM 4-H of Southwest Vermont Open House 1 - 4 PM
15 Farmers Market Continues Weekly 10 AM - 1 PM Basket Weaving Workshop 10 AM - 1:30 PM Speaker at UU Fellowship 10 AM Gelineau-Baldwin-Corsano Trio 4 - 5:30 PM	16 Computer Basics Class at Southwest Tech in Bennington 5 - 7 PM	17 Express Your Personal Style with Vintage Jewelry 4 - 6:30 PM Republican Party Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM	18 Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM New After School Art Program – Creativity Cave Work 3:30 - 5 PM Computer Basics Class at Southwest Tech in Bennington 5 - 7 PM The Serious Side of Food - Reading & Discussion Series 5:30 - 7 PM Do You Know Where Your Clothing Comes From? 6:30 - 8 PM Program - Have You Heard of the Witch of Saratoga? 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	19 GMC Walk in Woodford to Waters Hill Cemetery 11 AM - 1 PM SYP Remote Worker Club 12 - 12 PM Night of Inclusion 5 - 7 PM Creature Poetry – Michael Dumanis 5:30 - 7 PM Community Policing Advisory Review Board 6 - 8 PM An Evening with Kevin Hines 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	20 Gallery Opening: Kathy Mcwaters-Velon 5 - 6 PM Dream Garden 7 PM	21 Santarcangelo Heroes and Café Rain or Shine 10 - 11 AM Honoring Bennington Community Cafe and Unsung Heroes 10 AM - 12 PM Craft, Bake, Tag Sale - Bennington Moose Lodge 10 AM - 2 PM Save the Date: Backyard Composting Training Oct. 21 11 AM - 12 PM Canning Swap at The Arlington Common 11 AM - 4 PM Backyard Composting Training, Oct. 21, Arlington 11 AM Fall into Shushan 12 PM Taconic Music – International Voices 2 - 3:30 PM Live Music Tonight 7 - 10 PM +5 more see less
22 Farmers Market Continues Weekly 10 AM - 1 PM	23 Halloween Steam 3:30 - 4:30 PM Computer Basics Class at Southwest Tech in Bennington 5 - 7 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	24 Story Time Special Guest Stars: the Benanna Band 10:30 - 11:30 AM Open Interviews: Head Start/Early Head Start 3 - 5:30 PM RTU Book Club – This Naked Mind 5:30 - 6:30 PM	25 New After School Art Program – Creativity Cave Work 3:30 - 5 PM Computer Basics Class at Southwest Tech in Bennington 5 - 7 PM Family Faith and Fun Nights 5:30 - 7 PM The Serious Side of Food - Reading & Discussion Series 5:30 - 7 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Stories and Puppets 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	26 Bat Chat and Bonfire 6 AM - 8 PM SYP Remote Worker Club 12 - 12 PM 18th Annual Wheels for Warmth Event is This Week! 2 PM (multiday) Mini $1-$5 Sidewalk Sale 5:30 - 7 PM A Killing Couple (In Books) Oct. 26 7 - 8 PM Candidate Meet and Greet 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	27 Halloween Party at the Library 5 - 8 PM	28 Exploring Mixed Media Art Class 9 - 10 AM Loaves & Fishes Monthly Fundraising Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Halloween Hootenanny at Little City Cider 6 - 10 PM An Evening with Metropolitan Opera Star Oren Gradus 6:30 - 8:30 PM Green Mountain Monster Mash - Youth Halloween Party 7 - 9 PM Live Music Downtown 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less
29 Track & Treat Family Fun Run, 5K, and Festivities 9 - 11 AM Farmers Market Continues Weekly 10 AM - 1 PM Trick or Treat at the Market 10 AM - 1 PM Bennington Habitat Presentation 11:30 AM - 12 PM Video Shoot - DC Comic Non-Profit - Many Extras Needed! 12:30 - 2:30 PM History Program on the Lime Kilns of Bald Mountain 1 PM VAE's 31st Annual North Bennington Halloween Parade 3 - 5 PM +3 more see less	30 Computer Basics Class at Southwest Tech in Bennington 5 - 7 PM Halloween Art Party 6 - 7 PM	31	1 New After School Art Program – Creativity Cave Work 3:30 - 5 PM Computer Basics Class at Southwest Tech in Bennington 5 - 7 PM Family Faith and Fun Nights 5:30 - 7 PM The Good Life: A Conversation with Dr. Robert Waldinger, MD 7 - 8 PM Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	2 SYP Remote Worker Club 12 - 12 PM Shires Young Professionals X Southern VT Arts Center 5:30 - 7:30 PM Live Music at Pangaea Restaurant 7 - 9 PM	3	4 Superhero 5k 9 - 11 AM A Taste of Calligraphy Nov. 4 10 AM - 12 PM National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) at MCL 11 AM - 3 PM DinoMan at Shaftsbury Elementary! 12 - 1 PM