Calendar - Front Porch Forum

August 2016

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31 Barre Heritage Festival! 5 PM (multiday) Plainfield Farmers' Market (multiday) 2 Family Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) 2 Family Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Learn Zen Shiatsu! 1 - 4 PM Family Olympics on the Statehouse Lawn 3 - 5 PM Trail Fix Tricks Clinic and BBQ 4 - 7 PM Trail Fix Tricks Clinic, Ride & BBQ 4 - 7 PM Mountain Bike Trail Fix Demo 4 - 7 PM Performance: 7 Person Chair Pyramid High Wire Act 6 - 9 PM Turidae Trio in Concert! 6:30 - 8 PM +7 more see less	1 International Play in the Wild! Day Camp in Jeffersonville, Aug. 1 - 5 (multiday) Summer Camp at Rhythm of the Rein 9 AM - 2 PM East Montpelier Democratic Caucus 4 PM Monday Falafel Block Party! 5:30 PM SHS Union Board Policy Committee Meeting 5:30 PM August 1 Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM Concerts & Showcases During Music Composition Residency at VCFA 8 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	2 Business Network International (BNI) 8:30 - 9:30 AM CLiF Storytelling and Book Giveaway at Aldrich Library 12:30 - 1:30 PM School Renovation Cmte Meeting 7 PM Kirtan at Yoga Mountain 7:30 - 9 PM	3 Last Week of "Almost, Maine" at Stowe Theatre Guild (multiday) Free Film at Big Picture Show Aug. 3 All Day West Worcester Wood Fired Pizza 5 - 8 PM West Worcester Woodfired Pizza: Wednesday and Friday 5 - 8 PM Monthly Open House Talk: Shambhala Montpelier 6 - 7:30 PM Co-Counseling Intro Night 6:30 - 8 PM Middlesex Bandstand Concert Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	4 2 Free Brown Bag Outdoor Concerts at Christ Church Aug. 4 All Day "Yuge" Estate Sale! 4 Orange St., Barre City 8 AM (multiday) "Yuge" Estate Sale! Thursday Through Saturday, Aug. 4 - 6 8 AM (multiday) Keep Fracked Gas Pipeline Out of Our Parks! 8:30 - 9:30 AM State Rep Candidate Carl Etnier Meet and Greets 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Arthur Buck River Access Park Celebration 4:30 PM Arthur Buck River Access Park Celebration 4:30 PM Northfield / Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee 6 - 8:15 PM Kava Express, at Marshfield Summer Concert Series 6:30 PM Village Planning Discussion: Village Housing 7 - 8 PM "Yuge" Estate Sale! Aug. 4, 5, and 6 8 PM (multiday) +7 more see less	5 Garage Sale (multiday) Garage Sale - 519 Graniteville Road, Graniteville (multiday) Yard Sale All Day Yard Sale 8 AM - 5 PM Two Day Two Family Garage Sale 8 AM (multiday) Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM Adamant Co-Op Cookout Menu for Friday, Aug. 5 5:30 - 7 PM All Are Invited to Friday Night Adamant Co-Op Cookouts 5:30 - 7 PM Adamant Cookout Menu, Aug. 5 5:30 - 7 PM Meet & Greet with Democratic Candidate for Governor Sue Minter 6 - 7:30 PM Sara Grace Live at Whammy Bar 7 - 9 PM Art Opening Friday at the Hive 7 - 9 PM Art Opening at the Hive Gallery Friday Aug. 5 7 - 9 PM $15 Tickets for "Almost, Maine" 7:30 - 9:30 PM Chandler Presents Scrag Mountain Music's "Diaries of Adam & Eve" 7:30 PM +11 more see less	6 Yard Sale Saturday, 110 Forest Dr Montpelier 8 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Missisquoi Family Paddle Day 9 AM - 12:30 PM Huge Yard Sale! 9 AM - 2:30 PM Reiki Level One Certification Class Aug. 6 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Level One Reiki Certification Class August 6 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale Saturday 36 East State St Montpelier 9 AM - 6 PM Weaving Well-Being Weekend Aug. 6 - 7 9 AM (multiday) Design Tips for Traffic-Stopping Curb Appeal! 10 - 11:30 AM The Big Latch On! 10 AM - 12 PM Free Kids Art Sessions 10 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale Aug. 6-7 10 AM (multiday) Garden Design Tips for Traffic-Stopping Curb Appeal 10 AM Garden Design Tips for Traffic-Stopping Curb Appeal 10 AM Kerry Ann Mendez, Gardener, Coming to Montpelier 10 AM Kerry Ann Mendez Coming to Montpelier Aug 6 10 AM Design Tips for Traffic-Stopping Curb Appeal Aug. 6 10 AM Matthew Danziger Memorial Service 2 - 4 PM Clay Class 2 - 4 PM State Rep Candidate Kimberly Jessup in Adamant Sat. Afternoon 4 - 6 PM Meet Kimberly Jessup at Adamant Community Center 4 - 6 PM Teen Night at the Barre City Pool 5:30 - 9 PM Farm to Table Benefit Dinner - Sat Aug 6 5:30 - 9:30 PM Where Are Those Trails of Which They Speak? 6:30 PM Potluck to Celebrate the Calais Trails! 6:30 PM Four Shillings Short - Concert at Old Meeting House 7:30 - 9:30 PM Four Shillings Short at Old Meeting House in East Montpelier 7:30 - 9:30 PM Bill Staines in Concert at Lost Nation Theater 7:30 PM Bill Staines in Concert at Lost Nation Theater 7:30 PM +26 more see less
7 Aug. 7 “How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain” 10 - 11 AM Welcome Circus Smirkus to Town with a Parade and Games 4 - 5:30 PM Chandler Center for the Art's Screening of Jay Craven's "Peter & John" 7 - 9:30 PM	8 Town of Woodbury Select Board Meeting All Day Calais Selectboard Meeting Aug. 8 7 PM	9 Story Creation Workshop for Kids at Aldrich Library 4 - 6 PM Wake Up to Dying Project - Open House 5 - 7:30 PM Open House: Wake Up to Dying Project Aug. 9 5 - 7:30 PM Concerts at the Schoolhouse, Legendary Texas Songwriter Eric Taylor 6 - 10 PM Act 46 Alternative Governance Sub-Committee Meeting Tuesday, Aug. 9 6 PM Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Aug. 9 6:30 - 8:30 PM Eric Taylor, Concerts at the Schoolhouse, Cabot 7 - 10 PM Big Texas Talent in Small Town VT Aug. 9 7 - 10 PM +4 more see less	10 Transforming Difficult Relationships - Spiritual One-Day Retreat 10:30 AM - 4 PM 1-Day-Long Retreat 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Cancer Support Group Potluck Dinner 6 - 8 PM Cancer Support Group Potluck Dinner 6 - 8 PM Barre City Republican Caucus for Justices of the Peace 6:30 - 8 PM Jon Gailmor at Middlesex Bandstand Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30 PM Chandler Pride Festival Hit Comes to Valley Players 7:30 PM (multiday) Moth Mania at the North Branch Nature Center 8:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less	11 Yard and Book Sale (multiday) Ellis Mills Summer Brown Bag Concert Series All Day Open House! Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Cafe Aug. 11 7 AM - 5 PM Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Cafe 7 AM - 5 PM CES Board Meeting Agenda Aug. 11 9 AM - 1 PM Barre Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee 5:30 PM Yin Yoga Masterclass with Hannah Lynn Thursday 6 - 8 PM Marshfield Democratic Town Committee 6:30 - 7:30 PM Final Summer Concert at Old Schoolhouse Common - Dave Keller Band 6:30 PM Final Summer Concert at Old Schoolhouse Common - Dave Keller Band 6:30 PM Dana & Susan Robinson - House Concert to Benefit Summit School 7 PM +7 more see less	12 Yard Sale (multiday) Adamant Friday Night Cookout Rain or Shine All Day Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Takes Flight This Weekend All Day Plainfield Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM Adamant Co-Op Friday Night Cookout Menu for Aug. 12 5:30 - 7 PM Adamant Cookout Menu 5:30 - 7 PM Friday Night Adamant Co-Op Cookouts 5:30 - 7 PM Adamant Co-op Cookout - If It Rains 5:30 - 7 PM Friday Night Fun - Meet the Photographers 6 - 8 PM Booklovers' Bingo: Prizes for Every Player 6 - 8 PM Booklovers' Bingo: Prizes All Around 6 - 8 PM Amazing Music Tonight! 10 PM +8 more see less	13 Harpoon Point to Point Presented by National Life Group All Day Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Takes Flight This Weekend All Day Join Us for Sonny Chiba's Street Fighter! All Day Memory Cafe Aug. 13 All Day Volunteers Needed! All Day Volunteer at Harpoon Point to Point 7 AM - 5 PM Yard/Moving/Porch Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale 72 Phillips Road 9 AM - 2 PM Big Yard Sale in Shelburne 9 AM - 3 PM Cordwood Building Workshop 9 AM (multiday) Estate Sale 9 AM (multiday) Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Jazz at the Whammy Bar This Saturday 7:30 - 9:30 PM Contra and English Country Dancing Saturday at the Grange 8 - 11:30 PM +11 more see less
14 Buddhist Temple Invites All to Open House All Day Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Takes Flight This Weekend All Day Everyone Welcome at Shao Shan Temple Openhouse All Day Nearly Free Course on Stress Reduction Aug. 14 10 AM - 1 PM Paint Between the Vines 2 - 4 PM Jazz Concert 3 - 5 PM Amazing Jazz Concert Sunday 3 PM Mama Says Community Potluck Aug. 14 4 - 6 PM +4 more see less	15 Old Brick Church Vacation Bible School (multiday) Open Farm Week (multiday) Special Woodbury Select Board Meeting All Day Superhero Camp! 8 AM (multiday) Huge Lawn Sale Monday Through Friday 8 AM (multiday) Vacation Bible School 9 AM (multiday) Little Yard Sale and Lemonade Stand on a Monday Afternoon 1 - 4 PM Summer Shape Note Sing 6:30 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Special Meeting Aug. 15 7 PM East Montpelier Calais Historical Societies Meeting 7 PM Calais/E. Montpelier Historical Meeting Aug. 15 7 PM "All the Film's a Stage" at Unadilla Theater 7:30 - 9 PM +8 more see less	16 Potluck, Singalong, Open House All Day Rec Commission Hosts Ice Cream Social - Trow Hill Playground 6:30 PM BES Renovation Group Meets Aug. 16 7 - 9 PM	17 Calais Ground Water Informational Presentation All Day Calais - Ground Water Map Presentation All Day Servsafe Food Safety Class Exam & Certification 8:30 AM - 5 PM Medicine-Making Class (Infusion, Decoction, Tincture) 9 - 9:45 AM Kid's Class: Herbs, Art, and Sun Tea 10 - 10:45 AM Tender Senders w/ April Caspari Live at the Bandstand Aug. 17 6:30 - 8:30 PM Art and Politics Lecture in Stowe 7 - 8:30 PM Comedy at La Puerta Negra 8 - 11 PM +4 more see less	18 The Valley Player's Tenfest Aug. 18-21 All Day Ellis Mills Brown Bag Concert Series: Big Hat, No Cattle Aug. 18 12 - 1 PM LWV Summer Happy Hour 5:30 - 7 PM Free Herb Walk at the Garden at 485 Elm 5:30 - 7 PM LWV 19th Amendment Celebration 5:30 - 7 PM Informal Meeting - Hazard Mitigation Committee 5:30 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee 6 - 8:30 PM Mad River Water Quality Presentation Aug. 18 7 - 8:30 PM Jaquith Public Library Event - Moths with Michael Sabourin 8 PM +5 more see less	19 Yard Sale Friday and Saturday (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Yard Sale/Bake Sale to Raise Money for Operation Christmas Child Aug. 19 8 AM - 2:30 PM Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale Aug. 19 - 21 9 AM (multiday) Tulsi Tea Room Pop-Up Lunch 11 AM - 2 PM Marrow Donor Registry Drive 12 - 5 PM Farmers' Market Aug. 19 4 - 7 PM Blinking Light Gallery Exhibit Opening Reception 5 - 7:30 PM Practical Conversations About Preparing for the End of Life 5 PM (multiday) Adamant Co-Op Friday Night Cookout Aug. 19 5:30 - 7 PM Adamant Cookout Menu - Friday, Aug. 19, 5:30 - 7 5:30 - 7 PM All Are Invited to the Friday Night Adamant Co-Op Cookouts 5:30 - 7 PM Last Free Music in the Alley Aug. 19 6 - 8 PM Tenfest - 10 Minute Play Festival! 8 PM (multiday) +11 more see less	20 Yard Sale! (multiday) Moving Sale Aug. 20 - 21 (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Yard Sale All Day Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department Open House 8 - 11 AM Multi-Household Yard Sale Saturday Only, Aug. 20 8 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 8 AM - 5 PM Two-Family Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Barre Lions Coin Drop This Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Erlene Leonard Softball Tournament Aug. 20 9 AM - 6 PM Yard Sale at Hap's House 9 AM (multiday) Vermont Vintage Trailer Show 10 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 10 AM (multiday) Walk and Run for Children 10 AM Central Vermont ATV Club Poker Run 1 - 5 PM Samosa Class 2 - 3:30 PM Clay Class Sat. Aug. 20 - When is It Finished? 2 - 4 PM Introduction to the Feldenkrais Method® at Indy Yoga in Duxbury! 4 - 6 PM +15 more see less
21 Sunday Morning Walks in Barre Town Forest 9 AM Taking Back Our Lives, Sunday 10 AM Free Advance Care Planning Discussion Aug. 21 2 - 4 PM Tribute to Pricilla Backman 4 - 6 PM Open Homestead Tour with David Maynard and Mary Fettig 4 - 7 PM Community Singalong, Sunday Aug. 21, East Montpelier 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	22 Washington County Mental Health Services Career Fair 4:30 - 7 PM Plainfield Selectboard Meeting Agenda Monday, Aug. 22 7 PM Selectboard Meeting Monday, Aug. 22 7:30 PM	23 Earthwalk Registration Open & Information Session Aug. 23 & 25! (multiday) Mill Street Park - Summer Event All Day Special Selectboard Meeting Site Visit Tuesday, Aug. 23 4:30 PM Postponed - Special Selectboard Mtng Site Visit - Aug. 23 4:30 PM Monthly EFT 4 Parents Group 6 - 8 PM Embodiment Activism: What is It and Why Does It Matter? 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	24 Free Quickbooks Training Aug. 24! 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Free Quickbooks Training Aug. 24! 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Re-Imagining Justice 6 - 7:30 PM WCSU Act 46 Study Committee Meeting 6 - 9 PM PTNA Playground Evening 6:30 - 8 PM Paint and Sip! 6:30 - 9:30 PM Calais Cemetery Commissioner's Meeting Aug. 24 7 - 9 PM New Location for "Our Revolution" Livestream Watch Party 8:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less	25 Exciting Programs for Relocalizing Vermont Through Nov. 10 9 - 10:30 AM Last Brown Bag Concert of the Season 12 - 1 PM Re-Wilding Our Bodies Classes/Series 6 - 7:30 PM Ice Cream Social 6 PM Free Film - Merchants of Doubt (How Climate Change is Denied) 6:30 - 8:30 PM Free Film - "Merchants of Doubt" (How Climate Change is Denied) Aug. 25 6:30 PM Final Weekend for "Boston Marriage" at Unadilla Theatre 7:30 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	26 Yard Sale (multiday) Moving Sale (multiday) Moving Sale (multiday) Moving Sale! 8 AM - 3 PM Tag Sale 8 AM (multiday) 2 Family Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Pet Appreciation Day at Hardwick Farmers' Market, Friday 3 - 6 PM The Plainfield Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM Adamant Co-Op Friday Night Cookout Aug. 26 5:30 - 7 PM Last Adamant Cookout of the Season Aug. 26 5:30 - 7 PM Last Adamant Cookout of the Summer - Aug. 26 5:30 - 7 PM Public Forum on Future of Plainfield Co-op 6:30 - 8:30 PM Brian Clark and Angela Paladino at Whammy Bar Friday, Aug. 26 7 PM +9 more see less	27 Multi-Family Porch & Yard Sale! (multiday) Annual Moretown Methodist Garage/Lawn Sale All Day Maple Corner Triathlon Aug. 27 All Day KidsAct Comes to Morefest Aug. 27 All Day Large Yard Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Pre-Moving Sale 8 AM Garage Sale 72 Phillips Road 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale 72 Phillips Road 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale – Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 32 Terrace Street 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale at 32 Terrace Street 9 AM - 3 PM Garage/Yard/Midlife Purge Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Drieway Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Worcester Book Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Bliss Road "Barn" Sale 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale 10 AM (multiday) Maple Corner Triathlon 1 PM Clay Class Saturday - Anatomy of Hands, Claws, Paws 2 - 4 PM Artists/Crafters @ Morefest Aug. 27 2 - 6 PM Morefest Schedule of Events 2 - 9 PM Barnstock! 2 - 10 PM Weirdofest at Onion River Campground 3 - 10 PM Showing Up for Racial Justice Film Showing 7 - 9 PM Mirrors of Privilege: Racial Justice Community Organizing Film Series 7 - 9 PM 3rd Film in Racial Justice Community Organizing Film Series! 7 - 9 PM Racial Justice Film Showing Aug. 27 7 PM Racial Justice Film Showing Aug. 27 7 PM Swing Dance - Live Big Band 7:30 - 10 PM Swing Dance & Concert – Live Big Band – Saturday Night 7:30 - 10 PM Swing Band - Live Big Band 7:30 - 10 PM Raiders of the Lost Ark on the State House Lawn! 8:30 - 10:30 PM Free Movie on State House Lawn: Raiders of the Lost Ark 8:30 PM Tender Senders w/April Caspari - Sweet Melissa's Saturday! 9 - 11:30 PM Tender Senders w/April Caspari - Sweet Melissa's Saturday 9 - 11:30 PM +34 more see less
28 Yard Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Recreation Field Clean Up Date Aug. 28... Volunteers Wanted! 9 AM Race to the Top of Vermont! 10 AM - 12 PM More Great Stuff! 10 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Bodies in Wild: Re-Engaging with Our Living Ecosystems Aug. 28 1 - 6 PM Workshop - Tea: Practice Aug. 28 2 - 4 PM Kid-Friendly Community Service Project and Free Ice Cream 3 - 5 PM Yum Turkey Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM +7 more see less	29 Soccer Registration Deadliine and First Practice Information 5:30 - 7 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM Free Charlie Chaplin's the Gold Rush Showing 7:30 - 9 PM	30 Grateful Yoga Youth and Teen Classes 4 - 5 PM Trow Hill Playground Grand Opening Ceremony Aug. 30! 6 - 7 PM School Board - BES Renovation Proposal 6 - 8 PM Peace: Conversation, Celebration & Community Potluck Aug. 30 6 PM Community Potluck - Maple Corner Community Center 6 PM +1 more see less	31 Roads Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda 7 PM Greenland — Ancient Wisdom for Our Changing World 7 PM	1 Moving Sale 9:30 AM (multiday) Grateful Yoga Youth and Teen Classes 4 - 5 PM Paint, Battery, Bulb Collection in Chelsea Sept. 1 5 - 7 PM Central Vermont Crop Hunger Walk Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee 6 - 8 PM Village Planning Discussion Sept. 1: Public Facilities and Infrastructure 7 - 8 PM Tribute to Jackie Brookner 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	2 Large Yard Sale (multiday) Lawn Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Lawn Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Multi Family Lawn Sale 9 AM (multiday) Tulsi Tea Room Reopening 11 AM - 7 PM This Week at the Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM CVt SURJ Potluck Outing at the Park! 4 - 7 PM Art Opening Reception - Elizabeth Nelson 4 - 7 PM Showing Up for Racial Justice Community BBQ 4 - 7 PM CVt SURJ Potluck Outing at the Park! 4 - 7 PM Show 12 Opening Reception 4 - 8 PM Correction: Friday Sept. 2 Artist Anne Sarcka - Montpelier Artwalk 6 PM AHAA Experiment: Showcase of Experimental Art Sept. 2 8 - 10 PM AHAA: Experimental Art 8 - 10 PM +10 more see less	3 Labor Day Sale (multiday) Multi-Family Yard Sale (multiday) Neighborhood Yard Sales (multiday) Multi-Family Porch-Yard Sale! (multiday) Twinfield Youth Soccer All Day Yard Sales All Day Crafter's Delight Yard Sale All Day Labor Day Weekend Multi-Family Yard Sale All Day Yard Sale! All Day Large Multi Family Yard Sale 7:30 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale Saturday Morning 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale! Sept. 3 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Tag Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Tag Sale 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale 9:30 AM - 3 PM 50% Off Sale Storewide 9:30 AM - 6 PM Yard Sale! 10 AM - 5 PM Clay Class "The Robot Maria" Sat., Sept. 3 2 - 4 PM +19 more see less