Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2024

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31 Baptist Fellowship of Randolph Easter Events 7 PM (multiday) Maple Open House Weekend at Bourdon Maple Farm 10 AM (multiday) Rochester Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 7 - 10 AM Easter Service 9 AM	1 New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM	2 Hiking Mt. Whitney by Cliff 6 - 7 PM April 2 Braintree Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM Town of Bethel 6 PM Pittsfield Town Hall Tuesday Acoustic Music Jam 7 - 9 PM	3 Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM	4 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	5 First Fridays at the Library! 5 - 7 PM April ART, etc. Opening Reception with New Artists! 5 - 7 PM Documentary Screening: Miles to Go Before She Sleeps 5 - 8 PM Inundation District Film Screening and Q&A 6:30 - 8:30 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) +3 more see less	6 Learn to Graft Apple Trees 10 AM - 12 PM Girl Scout Cookie Booth at Berlin Mall 10 AM - 12 PM Mud Season Medicine Workshop Rescheduled 10 AM - 12 PM Apple Tree Grafting Workshop! 10 AM - 12 PM Cosmic Countdown: Preparing for the Eclipse 10:30 - 11:30 AM Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival 7 PM +2 more see less
7 Fiddle Jamming Session 12 - 4 PM Poetry Class on Grief 1 - 2:30 PM Free Family Art Day 1 - 4 PM VT Documentary "Just Getting By" at Playhouse Theatre 7 - 9 PM	8 Total Solar Eclipse! All Day New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM	9 Drop-In Tech Help 2 - 4:30 PM	10 Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM	11 Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM April 11 Flood Clinic, Barre, by SBLC at VLGS 2 - 5:45 PM Flood Legal Assistance Clinic - Barre (April 11) 2 - 5:45 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM April 11 - Public Forum Brookfield Town Plan Readoption 6:30 - 8:30 PM Live Poetry and Music - April 11 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	12 Sharing Our Creative Play! @ NWPL 4 - 5 PM Art Opening at People's Gallery 5 - 7 PM Local PTO Presents Bingo Night at Rochester Gym 5:30 - 8 PM Only for the Awesome (Aka, 11-13 Yos) at the Library 6 - 8 PM Group for 11-13 Year Olds at the Library! 6 - 8 PM Mokoomba - Afrofusion from Zimbabwe - April 12, 7PM 7 PM Mokoomba Afrofusion Band from Zimbabwa 7 - 9 PM Mokoomba Afrofusion Band from Zimbabwe 7 - 9 PM Mookoomba - Afrofusion from Zimbabwe 7 PM +5 more see less	13 Lucky Number 30 Punk-Rock Fest 3 - 9 PM Cabrini Free Community Film Screening 7 - 9:30 PM
14 Pie for Breakfast 8 - 11 AM Poetry Class on Grief 1 - 2:30 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM You're Invited to the Little Black Flannel Initiative 5 - 7 PM	15 Silent Auction - Williston Food Bank & JLCV 12 AM (multiday) New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Explore AI in Image Creation April 15 6 - 8 PM	16 Mid-Month Homeschoolers at the Library 11 AM Ben Falk and the Resilient Farm and Homestead 5 - 6 PM OSSD Friends of Music Booster Club April Meeting! 5 PM Braintree Selectboard Meeting April 16 6 - 9 PM	17 Fiber Arts Group 3:30 - 5 AM Advanced Care Planning Fair 1 - 4 PM Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM ✨Kids Book Fest is Coming to Sharon Elementary!✨ 5:30 - 6:30 PM Brookfield Public Safety Advisory Committee Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Tiktok Tech Talk for Parents and Guardians 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	18 Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Rochester Town Democratic Committee Caucus - Thursday 7 - 8 PM Poetry Open Mic 7 - 8:30 PM	19	20 The Great Puzzle Challenge 9 AM - 12 PM Early Earth Day Open Greenhouse at Foster Gardens 9 AM - 3 PM Second Annual Youth Chess at Vermont State University 11 AM - 4 PM Youth Chess Day at Vermont State University 11 AM - 4 PM Writers' Workshop with Amy Braun 1 - 2:30 PM +1 more see less
21 Indoor Yard Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Community Garden Team Up to Clean Up! 11 AM - 1 PM Second Hey Neighbor April 21 11 AM - 2 PM Window Dressers Participating at Hey Neighbor Event 11 AM - 2 PM Royalton Community Garden Earth Day Event 12 - 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 +6 more see less	22 New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Selectboard Agenda 6 PM	23 STEM Days at the Library! 11 AM - 6 PM Laura Waterman - Calling Wild Places Home at NWPL 6 - 7:30 PM Randolph Republican Town Caucus 7 - 8 PM MaMuse 7 PM	24 Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Brookfield Democrats - April 24 - Old Town Hall 5 - 6 PM Randolph Democratic Caucus 7 - 8 PM Brookfield Dev. Board of Adjustment Public Hearing 7 PM	25 Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Marjorie Ryerson and the Views from Mount Hunger 5 - 6 PM	26 Sound Bath and Sound Massage at Chandler April 26 7 - 8:30 PM	27 Household Hazardous Waste Day 8 AM - 12 PM Rochester Food Shelf 9 - 10 AM Foster Gardens Open Greenhouse 9 AM - 3 PM World Tai Chi & Qigong Day - Lyman Park - April 27 10 - 11:20 AM Drug Take Back Day is This Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Herb Talk: Spring Tonics and Bitters 11 AM - 1 PM Houseplant 101 Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Giving Freely of Ourselves, and What We All Gain 2 - 3 PM Ham & Turkey Supper 5 - 7 PM Poetry Reading at Silloway Maple 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra: Spring Concert 2024 7 - 9 PM Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra Comes to Us 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 +11 more see less
28 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 Free Event at the Charles B. Danforth Library 4 - 5 PM	29 New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Rochester High School Building Info Meeting Monday 6 PM Royalton Republican Town Caucus 7 - 7:30 PM	30	1 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 ChatGPT Essentials: AI's Opportunities and Challenges 6 - 8 PM	2 Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Randolph Planning Commission Special Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Rochester Light & Power - World Premiere! 7:30 - 9:30 PM	3 PreK Screening at Stockbridge Central School 8 AM Matilda the Musical at RUHS 7 PM (multiday) Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas 7 PM Rochester Light & Power - World Premiere! 7:30 - 9:30 PM	4 Green Up Day May 4 All Day Green Up Day 8 - 11 AM Town of Bethel - Green Up Day 8 AM - 12 PM Stockbridge PTO Bottle Drive 8 AM - 12 PM 54th Green Up Day 8 AM - 12 PM Rochester Green Up Day 8 AM - 4 PM Stockbridge Green Up Day 8 AM Foster Gardens at Sharon Green Up Day 8:30 AM - 1 PM Green Down on Green-Up Day! 9 AM - 12 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 3 PM The Veterans' Place 2nd Annual Bottle Drive 10 AM - 3 PM Rochester Light & Power - World Premiere! 7:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less