Calendar - Front Porch Forum

September 2023

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27 Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs + Update (multiday) Mark Your Calendars! Pop Up Boutique and Gallery! 10 AM (multiday) Inside Moving Sale - Valley View Dr 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale - Drew Ln. - August 26-27 10 AM (multiday) Mark Your Calendars! Pop Up Boutique and Gallery! 10 AM (multiday) Meditation Class 10 - 11:30 AM White River Land Collaborative Screening and Event 12 - 1:30 PM White River Land Collaborative Event and Screening 12 - 1:30 PM Bristol Roller Disco 2 - Disco Barbie - Tonight! 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	28 Town of Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 AM Ferrisburgh Progressive Party Caucus 5 - 6 PM Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda 7 - 10 PM	29 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM	30 Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM	31 Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs - Final Weekend (multiday) Yard Sale - We've Added More! Case St - Aug. 31-Sept. 2 9 AM (multiday) Pizza by the Pond + Live Music at Blueberry Hill 5 - 8 PM Chuck Miller's Last Jam - Thursday at THT 7 - 9 PM	1 Correction: Middlebury Town Offices Closed Labor Day (multiday) Yard Sale! 8 AM (multiday) The Printmaker and the Potter Reception at Art on Main 5 - 7 PM Pizza by the Pond + Live Music at Blueberry Hill 5 - 8 PM Bread + Puppet Comes to Snow Bowl 9/1! 5:45 - 7 PM Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitching Club 6 PM Sound of Freedom Movie 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	2 Multi Booth Antique Sale - Rte. 30, Cornwall - Sept. 2-3 (multiday) Huge Yard Sale - More Added 8 AM - 4 PM New Haven Garage Sale - North St - Sept 2-3 8 AM (multiday) Fund-Raising Tag Sale for Brandon Methodist Church 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - Rte 7 - Sept. 2 9 AM - 2 PM Multi Family Lawn Sale - Basin Harbor Rd - Sept. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Sept. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Town Hill Rd - Sept. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Sale 9 AM (multiday) First of Many Tag Sales - Tools 10 AM - 1 PM Book Bash & Ice Cream Social 10 AM - 2 PM Mad River Valley Craft Fair in Waitsfield This Weekend 10 AM - 5 PM Mad River Valley Craft Fair 10 AM (multiday) Join GMP Events, Learn How to Save Using EVs, More! 11 AM - 2 PM Libertystock Festival & Benefit - Cabot, VT 11 AM - 9 PM Learn to Knit at Hermit Thrush Fiber Co in Bristol! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Learn to Knit! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Bill Ambrose - Celebration of Life 3 - 6 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM Burnham Presents Grand Opening Sept. 9 7:30 - 10 PM Burnham Presents Grand Opening 7:30 - 10 PM +20 more see less
3 Yard Sale - Field Days Rd - Sept. 3-4 8 AM (multiday) Yard Sale - W Shore Road - Sept. 3 9 AM - 2 PM Basement Sale! Everything Must Go! 9 AM (multiday) Meditation Class 10 - 11:30 AM Mad River Valley Craft Fair in Waitsfield This Weekend 10 AM - 5 PM +1 more see less	4 Middlebury Town Offices Closed on Labor Day All Day Furniture Sale - 121 Drew Lane - Sept. 4 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale - Otter Creek Hwy - Sept. 4 10 AM - 12 PM Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM	5 Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM Annual Meeting for Friends of the Brandon Library 4 - 6 PM First Tuesdays Local Author Talk 6 - 7 PM James Crews - An Evening of Poetry and Kindness 6 - 7:15 PM 8-Week Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Sept. 5 7 PM +4 more see less	6 All About Coyote Families 6:30 PM (multiday)	7 Sue Scott "Gratitude Day" This Thursday All Day Open House at Networking Group in Shelburne Sept. 7 8:30 - 10 AM “Labored” Your Way Through Some of Your Summer Reading 3 - 6 PM	8 Moosalamoo National Recreation Area Guided Hikes (multiday) Salisbury Rummage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Pizza Bythe Pond with Bloodroot Gap 5 - 8 PM Flood-Relief Concert by Jeffrey Chappell Sept. 8 7:30 - 9 PM	9 Compass Center Online Auction All Day Re: Girls' Winter Clothing/Other Needs! 9 - 11 AM Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission Bird Walk 9 AM - 12 PM Friends of the Bixby Used Book Sale Sept. 9 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - Broadview Estates - Sept. 9 9 AM - 3 PM Art on the Trail Moved to Saturday September 9th 10 AM - 12 PM Woofstock: Walk for the Animals! Sept. 9 10:30 AM - 12 PM Woofstock: Walk for the Animals! 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Woofstock: Walk for the Animals! 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Giant Lake Champlain Basin Map at the Bixby 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Live at Kennedy Park! Music Series (Sponsored by Dba) 11 AM - 1 PM New Haven Congregational Church Food Closet 11 AM - 1 PM Maiden Vermont Sings Again! 12 PM (multiday) Teen Advisory Group at Ilsley 2 - 3 PM Ruth Stone House Poetry Salon & Letterpress Printing! 3 - 5:30 PM Silent Movie at the Brandon Town Hall 7 - 9:30 PM Cornwall Contra Dance 7 PM +13 more see less
10 Meditation Class 10 - 11:30 AM Middlebury Shape Note Singing This Sunday 1 - 3 PM Middlebury Shape Note Singing - Location Change 1 - 3 PM Autumn Garden and Labyrinth Celebration 1 - 4 PM Labyrinth Walk and Celebration 1 - 4 PM CANCELED - Time for Another Music on the Trails Performance! 1 - 4 PM Labyrinth Walk & Celebration - Art on Main Fundraiser 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trail 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trails Cancelled Today 1 - 4 PM My Dentist's Son — a Place for Stories That Don't Fit 3 - 4 PM +6 more see less	11 Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day Monday Farmers Market 12 - 12 PM Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Sept. 11 7 - 10 PM Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 PM +1 more see less	12 Middlebury Town Clerk's Office Closed Sept. 12-13 8 AM (multiday) Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM Share Your Ideas on Opportunities for Vermont Youth! 5:30 - 7 PM Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Snapshot Presented by VT Humanities 1 - 2 PM Death Cafe of Addison County 4 - 5:30 PM Ferrisburgh GOP Caucus - Committee Reorganization 7 - 8 PM New Haven Historical Society Meeting 7 PM	14 Moosalamoo National Recreation Area Guided Hikes (multiday) Bristol Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda 12 - 7 PM Actor Auditions - Thursday: Spirits of Rokeby 4 - 6 PM Exhibition Reception at the Henry Sheldon Museum 5 - 7 PM Exhibition Reception at Henry Sheldon Museum 5 - 7 PM Exhibition Reception at Henry Sheldon Museum 5 - 7 PM Exhibition Reception at Henry Sheldon Museum 5 - 7 PM Science Cafe Presents Commenting on Climate Change 5:30 - 6 PM New Haven Democratic Caucus 6 - 7 PM +5 more see less	15 Should You Be Doing Yoga? 8 - 9 AM Ask a Master Gardener 10 AM - 12 PM Ask a Master Gardener 10 AM - 12 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" - Sept. 15 10 AM - 12 PM House Concert! 12 - 12 PM Yard Sale - S Main St - Sept. 15-16 1 - 5 PM Ananda's Final Friday Nepalese Popups 4 - 7 PM Addison Housing Rocks! Community Celebration & Benefit 4 - 8 PM Homes for All 4 - 8 PM You're Invited to Addison Housing Rocks 4 - 8 PM Free Live Music at Happy Valley 4 - 10 PM Moira Smiley Concert + Custom Song Giveaway for ACCT! 4 PM (multiday) Moira Smiley Rhizome Project Concert + Custom Song Giving 4:30 PM (multiday) Moira's Rhizome Project Concert + Custom Song for ACCT 4:30 PM (multiday) Join Us Friday for Movie Night at the Library! 7 - 9 PM +11 more see less	16 Garage Sale - One Dollar Each (multiday) Multi-Family Lawn Sale All Day CANCELED: Hike on Chandler Ridge and Leicester Hollow All Day Awesome BBQ at the Waybury Inn 3:30 AM Ripton Community Coffee House 7:30 - 9:30 AM Hike to Ferrisburgh Town Forest 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale - High St - Sept. 16 9 AM - 12 PM Car Wash Fund-Raising Event Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - Sept. 16 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale - Sept. 16 & 17 9 AM (multiday) 🪧Yard Sale - 29 N Pleasant St 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale - Sept. 16 9 AM (multiday) Ferrisburgh Day! 10 AM - 4 PM Ferrisburgh Day! 10 AM - 4 PM Bristol Horse Day 10 AM Yoga 101 for Beginners 10:15 - 11:15 AM Live at Kennedy Park! with Doug Ross & Wade Davis 11 AM - 1 PM Native Plant Sale in New Haven Sept. 16 1 - 3 PM Native Pollinator Plant Sale 1 - 3 PM New Haven Pollinator Garden Plant Sale - Sept. 16 1 - 3 PM Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden, Watershed Center Bristol 2 - 4:30 PM Actor Auditions: Spirits of Rokeby 4 - 6 PM Messy Church 4 - 6 PM Actor Auditions: Spirits of Rokeby 4 - 6 PM Messy Church: Feeding the 5000 4 PM New Haven Fire Dept. Chicken BBQ Saturday, Sept. 16 5 PM New Haven Fire Dept. Chicken BBQ Sept. 16 5 PM New Haven Fire Dept. Chicken BBQ Sept. 16 5 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM The Ripton Community Coffee House Returns to Ripton 7 - 10 PM Ripton Coffee House Returns to Ripton! 7:30 - 10 PM Ripton Coffee House Returns! in Ripton! Sept 16 7:30 - 10 PM +28 more see less
17 TAM Trek Sunday, Sep. 17 7:30 - 10:30 AM Acorn's Tour De Farms - Early Bird Tickets Now Open 8:30 AM - 4 PM Acorn's Tour De Farms - Price Increase Aug. 19 8:30 AM - 4 PM ACORN's Tour De Farms - Early Bird Tickets Now Open 8:30 AM - 4 PM Acorn's Tour De Farms - Price Increase Aug. 19 8:30 AM - 4 PM Acorn's Tour De Farms - Price Increase Aug. 19 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Garage Sale - Route 7 - Sept 17 9 AM - 3 PM Open House at Samson Memorial Dar Chapter House 11 AM - 3 PM Brandom Democrats Afternoon Social Hour 3 - 4 PM BFPL Upcoming News & Events 5 - 8 PM +6 more see less	18 Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day Monday Farmers Market 12 - 12 PM Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM Traditional Medicare vs Medicare Advantage 5:30 - 7 PM On Health: Traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage 5:30 PM Monday Night Bingo 6 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	19 Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Veterans Assistance Opportunity at the Bixby 10 AM - 2 PM Friend Zone & Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Electric Vehicle Webinar Sept. 19 6 - 7 PM Tome Talk 6 - 7 PM Bristol Republican Reorganization 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Republican Town Caucus 6:30 - 8 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Sept. 19 6:30 PM Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Sept. 19 7 PM +6 more see less	20 Banned Book Tour with Lt. Governor Zuckerman 6 - 7 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Informational Meeting - Feed My Starving Children 7 - 8 PM Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Republican Town Caucus for Middlebury Voters 7 PM +1 more see less	21 Moosalamoo National Recreation Area Guided Hikes (multiday) Another Session of Chill! 3:30 AM - 5:30 PM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Pizza by the Pond w/ Patti Casey + Colin Mccaffrey 5 - 8 PM New Haven Republican Town Committee Caucus 6 - 7 PM Calling All Ripton Democrats to a Brief Meeting 7 - 7:45 PM Bristol Historical Society Monthly Meeting 7 - 8 PM Bristol Democratic Committee Reorganization Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Is Our Electricity in Vermont Really Green? 7:05 - 8 PM +5 more see less	22 Mega Yard Sale - Liberty St - Sept. 22-23 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale - Seminary St 9 AM (multiday) Barn Sale - Furniture & More - Sept. 22-24 9 AM (multiday) Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Surf & Turf Dinner 5 - 7 PM Free Wine, Free Treats, Lots of Art! 5 - 7 PM Cub Scout Pack 539 Sign Up Night 6 - 7:30 PM Teen Back-To-School Bash at Ilsley 6 - 8 PM Play Every Town Concert 7 - 8 PM Brandon Inn - Tell and Hear Story Telling 7 - 10 PM Climate Change Talk with Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux 7 PM +7 more see less	23 Yard Sale - Liberty St - Sept. 23-24 (multiday) Stampede 5k Run & Walk Kicking Off the Harvest Fest All Day Henry Sheldon Museum Annual Armchair Auction! All Day Barn Sale - Lake Dunmore Rd. - Sept. 23 8 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale - Devino Ln. - Sept. 23 8 AM - 4 PM Bike and Sewing Machines Donations 8:30 AM - 1 PM Pedals for Progress: Donate Bikes or Sewing Machines 8:30 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - Seminary St - Sept. 23 9 AM Town of Middlebury Democratic Party Organizing Caucus 9 - 11 AM Walk to Defeat ALS 9 AM - 12 PM Haiku Workshop at Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1 PM Introduction to Haiku - VT Zen Center, Shelburne 9 AM - 1 PM Plants or Books? Books or Plants? 9 AM - 1 PM Bixby Library Book and Plant Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Don't Miss This Yard Sale - East Rd. - Sept. 23 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale - Chipman Park - Sept. 23 9 AM - 2 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale - This Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale - Hewitt Rd. - Sept. 23 9 AM - 3 PM Saturday Yard Sale - North St. - Sept. 23 9 AM Middlebury Democratic Party Organizing Caucus 9 AM Dino Dig 10 AM - 1 PM Save the Date: Bristol Harvest Festival 10 AM - 4 PM Troop 543 Harvest Festival Fundraiser 10 AM - 4 PM Open House at First Baptist 10 AM - 4 PM Opening Weekend at Woodman Hill Orchard 10 AM (multiday) Yoga 101 for Beginners 10:15 - 11:15 AM Peace Garden Celebrating Big Anniversary 10:30 AM - 1 PM Abenaki Harvest Festival 11 AM - 3 PM Auction at the Compass Music and Arts Center 11 AM (multiday) Dynamic Restorative Equinox Workshop 4 - 5:30 PM Dance to Joe & Jackie 4 - 7 PM Free Piano Concert in Salisbury & Herp Atlas Fundraiser 7 - 8:30 PM Free Piano Concert/Fundraiser 7 PM Free Concert in Salisbury 7 PM +30 more see less
24 Sept. 24 Breakfast 7:30 AM 2nd Annual Car Show, Craft Fair, Flea Market and More 8 AM - 2 PM 2nd Annual Car Show by Snake Mountain Cruisers 8 AM - 2 PM 2nd Annual Car Show 8 AM - 2 PM 2nd Annual Car Show 8 AM - 2 PM Snake Mountain Car Show/Craft Fair/Flea Market 8 AM - 2 PM Snake Mountain Car Show & Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - High St - Sept. 24 9 AM - 3 PM An Evening Celebrating Addison County Writers & Artists 4 - 6 PM +5 more see less	25 Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day Monday Farmers Market 12 - 12 PM Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM Bingo 6 - 9:30 PM Pedestrian Safety Alternatives Presentation 6:30 PM Interested in Learning to Juggle? Good for Your Brain 7 - 8 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Sept. 25 7 - 10 PM +3 more see less	26 Henry Sheldon Museum Annual Armchair Auction! 12 AM (multiday) Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Friend Zone & Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Aging in Addison County: Services and Help 4:30 - 6 PM Vermont's Electricity Future! - ACRPC/PSD Event 5 - 6 PM Renting in VT: Know Your Rights and Sustaining the Rent 5:30 - 7 PM Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	27 Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM The Libraries of Our Lives 5:30 - 6:30 PM	28 Moosalamoo National Recreation Area Guided Hikes (multiday) Another Session of Chill! 3:30 AM - 5:30 PM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Renting in Vermont 5:30 - 7 PM Author Talk with Louella Bryant at the Bixby 6 - 7 PM Titanic Author Talk at the Bixby: Louella Bryant 6 PM September Social Justice Discussion 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 7 PM Small Group Discussion in Bristol - Lt. Gov. Zuckerman 7:30 - 9 PM Small Group Discussion in Bristol - Lt. Gov. Zuckerman 7:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less	29 Henry Sheldon Museum Annual Armchair Auction! 8 AM (multiday) Yarn Pop-Up Shop at Sparrow Art Supply! 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM Ananda Tamang's Last Nepalese Dinner Pop Up 4 - 7 PM 2 Nights of Free Concerts at Happy Valley 4 PM (multiday) Have-A-Heart Food Shelf Distribution 5 - 6 PM Service of Remembrance 7 PM PCP's 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Point Counterpoint 60th Anniversary Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Contra Dance in Bristol 7:30 - 9:30 PM Point Counterpoint's 60th Anniversay Concert 7:30 PM +6 more see less	30 Water and Sewer Payments Due 12 AM (multiday) Best Yard Sale - Dog Team Rd - Sept. 30 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitching Club 9 AM Garage Sale - 10 High Street 9 AM - 12 PM Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden in Middlebury 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale - Halladay Rd - Sept. 30 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale - Greenbush Rd 9 AM - 3 PM Lawn Sale - 73 Taylor Ave - Sept. 30 9 AM - 3 PM Sampler ID Day 9 AM - 4 PM Multi-Family Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale - Part 2! Mid-Century Modern, Vintage 10 AM - 2 PM Open Studio Weekend 10 AM - 2 PM Pop-Up Market + Free Concert 10 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale - Four Winds Rd - Sept. 30 10 AM - 3 PM Sampler ID Day 10 AM - 4 PM Vermont Open Studio Weekend - Yinglei Zhang 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) Revitalizing Brandon High School Clean-Up Day! 10 AM Yoga 101 for Beginners 10:15 - 11:15 AM Support the ORVT Fire Truck Pull! 11 AM - 12 PM Ripton Progressive Party Caucus 11 AM - 12:30 PM Celebration of Life for John Edward Loyer, III 11 AM - 2 PM Bourbon Release Party at Appalachian Gap Distillery! 12 - 6 PM Transferring Lands Discussion at Foxglove Farm 3 - 5 PM Ripton Community Game Night 3 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 PM Emerson String Quartet: Farewell Concert 7:30 - 9:15 PM Blues Without Borders at the Brandon Town Hall 7:30 - 9:30 PM +24 more see less