Calendar - Front Porch Forum

November 2023

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29 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Garage/Moving Sale - Deer Run Rd (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Affordable Housing Conversation Oct. 29 All Day Breakfast at Dorchester Lodge, Vergennes 7:30 - 10 AM Spooktacular! 1 - 3 PM Eddy Farm Halloween Costume Barn 1 - 4 PM Affordable Housing for Addison County 2 - 4 PM Community Conversation Housing 2 - 5 PM Annual Rabbi Victor E. Reichert Bible Talk in Ripton 3 - 4 PM CMOS Presents the Boo-Cycle Ride + Ski Lease Update 3 - 5 PM Halloween on the Green Celebration in New Haven 4 - 6 PM Harvest Party Oct. 29 4 - 6 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) +16 more see less	30 Learning Lunches 12 PM (multiday) Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Oct. 30 7 - 10 PM	31 Tax Learning Lunches 12 AM - 1 PM Calvin Pier Tavern & Robert Frost Recreation Area 10:30 AM - 12 PM Annual Halloween Party at the Library 5:30 PM	1 Tax Learning Lunches 12 - 1 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Otter Valley Music Spaghetti Supper 5:30 - 8 PM Pop Art Paint Night 6 - 7:30 PM Rombauer Vineyards at Starry Night Cafe 6 - 9 PM Rombauer Vineyards at Starry Night Cafe 6 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	2 Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM HU Chant - Sound of Soul 6 - 7 PM Vergennes Emerald Ash Tree Borer Information Night 7 - 8 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM	3 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Poetry of the Ordinary Opening Reception 4 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM Tribute - Karen Duguay of the Better Midd Partnership! 5:30 - 7 PM Come Celebrate and Congratulate Karen Duguay! 5:30 - 7 PM +3 more see less	4 Burnham Presents Music Nov. 4th in Lincoln 7:30 AM Conservation Commission Gathering in Bristol Nov. 4 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Middlebury Studio School Pottery Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Pottery Sale at Midd Studio School! 9 AM - 1 PM Pottery Sale at Middlebury Studio School 9 AM - 1 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury - Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury, Saturday Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Artisan Fair - Free Refreshments 10 AM - 12 PM Free Stuff This Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM Artisan Fair the Residence at Otter Creek, Middlebury 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM 10th Annual Artisan Fair at Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair Nov. 4 10 AM - 2 PM Explore Lake Champlain at Orwell Town Hall! 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Craft Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Vermont Artisan Fair - the Residence at Otter Creek! 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair at the Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Nov 4: Sib2Sib Summit 10 AM - 3 PM Misc. Free Items, in Garage, Rain or Shine, 2 Hrs. Only 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Fiber Arts Circle at the Bixby! 12 - 2 PM Fiber Arts Circle at the Bixby 12 - 2 PM How to Trust the People with Reproductive Rights 1 - 2 PM Celebration 2 PM Colors of Fall Themed Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM Colors of Fall Themed Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM VCM Play and Learn at Ripton Elementary School 3 - 5 PM 9th Annual "Brandon Has Talent Show" 7 - 9:30 PM Skate Deck Art Auction 7 PM (multiday) Gina Coleman & the Misty Blues at Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM +27 more see less
5 Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Middlebury Maple Run 9 AM - 1 PM Zoom Performance & Conversation w/ Fiddler Lena Jonsson 11 AM - 12 PM Suncommon at Hogback Mountain Brewery 2 - 4 PM Dance to Joe & Jackie 3 - 6 PM Mary Hogan School Skating - This Sunday! 4 - 5:30 PM +2 more see less	6 West African Dance Class with Live Drumming 5:15 - 6:15 PM	7 Does Your Loved One Have Memory Loss? 4:30 - 6 PM Elderly Services Community Education Series 4:30 - 6 PM First Tuesdays Local Author Talk 6 - 7 PM Nov. 7 Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM Proposed Amendment to the Unified Development Bylaws 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Nov. 7 7 PM +2 more see less	8 Thinking of Getting a Heat Pump? 101 Webinar Nov. 8 12 - 1 PM Snapshot Series 1 - 2 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Rock Point School Virtual Student Panel 4:30 - 5:30 PM An Evening to Support Art on Main at the Bobcat Cafe 4:30 - 8 PM American Flatbread Pizza Benefit Bake for Mary Hogan 5 - 9 PM Button Up, Green Up, Save Up 5:30 - 7 PM Winter is Coming. Button Up, Save Up, Green Up 5:30 PM Weatherization Meeting 5:30 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Bristol Astrology Group November Meet-Up 6:15 - 7:45 PM +7 more see less	9 All-Day Closure: Portion of Forest Dale Road (VT 73E) 8 AM - 4 PM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Cooperatively Healing Our Watershed Homes 6 - 8 PM Cooperatively Healing Our Watershed Homes 6 - 8 PM Cooperatively Healing Our Watershed Homes w/Abe Collins 6 - 8 PM Adult Craft Program at Library 6 PM Otter Creek Audubon Society Annual Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Otter Creek Audubon Society Annual Meeting 7 - 9 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM Christal Brown's Inspirit Dance: "What We Ask of Flesh" 7:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less	10 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Charlotee Senior Center Honors Vietnam Veterans 11 AM - 12 PM Charlotte Senior Center Honors Viet Nam Veterans 11 AM Middlebury Skatepark Fundraiser - Notte Nov. 10 4 - 9 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM The Great Teen Book Swap & Movie Night at Ilsley 6 - 8 PM Friday Night Community Swim 7 - 9 PM MCMT's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 7 PM (multiday) Dissipated Eight Returns to the Brandon Town Hall 7:30 - 9 PM Christal Brown's Inspirit Dance: "What We Ask of Flesh" 7:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less	11 Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 AM Building Materials Sale 8 AM - 1 PM TEDxMiddlebury Conference 2023: Truth & Dare 9 AM - 12 PM 2nd Annual Puzzle Swap 9:35 - 11 AM Mount Abe Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Veterans Day Ceremony 11 - 11:30 AM Ferrisburgh Historical Society 1 - 2 PM How to Trust the People with Reproductive Rights 1 - 2 PM This Saturday Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher 1 - 2:30 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher & Get Tickets 1 - 2:30 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher & Get Tickets 1 - 2:30 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher This Saturday 1 - 2:30 PM Veteran's Day Recognition of Veterans by Troop 543! 2:30 - 3:30 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 5 PM Salisbury Community Potluck 5:30 - 8 PM Last Silent Movie of the Year at the Brandon Town Hall 7 - 9:30 PM MCMT's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 7 PM (multiday) +13 more see less
12 Calling Potters For "Empty Bowl” Flood Relief All Day Breakfast at Libanus Lodge 7 - 10 AM Masonic Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Trees and Tracks on the Pitch Pine Trail in Salisbury 9 - 11:59 AM Trees and Tracks on the Pitch Pine Trail 9 AM - 12 PM Tree ID Walk on the Salisbury Pitch Pine Trail 9 AM - 12 PM Hurd Grassland Volunteer Event! 1 - 3 PM Middlebury Shape Note Singing Nov. 12 1 - 3 PM National Lacrosse Pick Up & Play Day! 1 - 3 PM +6 more see less	13 Learning Lunches - Tax Topics 12 - 1 PM West African Dance Class with Live Drumming 5:15 - 6:15 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Nov. 13 7 - 10 PM Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 PM	14 Learning Lunches - Tax Topics 12 - 1 PM Upcoming Workshop - Plastics Recycling: Demystified 5:30 - 6:30 PM Nov. 14 - Event on Literacy in ACSD 5:30 - 7 PM Event on Literacy in ACSD Nov. 14 5:30 - 7 PM Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage Program 7 - 8:30 PM Death Cafe 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda 7 PM +3 more see less	15 Turkey Bingo & Raffle All Day Med47 Online Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Brandon Property Taxes - 2nd Quarter Payment Due 9 AM - 4 PM Learning Lunches - Tax Topics 12 - 1 PM Online Holiday Market & Silent Auction Fundraiser 12 PM (multiday) Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Ripton Village Soup Night 5 - 7 PM Game Night at the Library Schedule Update 6:15 - 9 PM Reproductive Health Programs Talk 7 - 8:30 PM November Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	16 MAUHS Presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (multiday) Med47 Online Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Crafternoons (Cancelled) 2 - 3:30 PM Event on White Supremacy and Global Accelerationism 4:30 - 5:30 PM Dine Out to Give Back at Starry Night Cafe 4:30 - 9 PM Science Café Presents Organic Farming with Henry Webb 5:30 - 6:30 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM MAUHS Fall Musical Presents Cinderella 7 PM +5 more see less	17 Craft Vermont Fine Craft and Art Show (multiday) Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Annual Open Glass Studio 10 AM (multiday) Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Ilsley Public Library 3 PM Have-A-Heart Food Distribution Nov. 17 5 - 6 PM You're Invited: New Art Exhibit Opening Party! 5 - 7 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM It's a Hardbacked Life: Teen Book Discussion Group 6 - 7 PM Reel Fridays at LML is November 17! 7 - 9 PM Join Us Friday for Movie Night at the Library! 7 - 9 PM MAUHS Fall Musical Presents Cinderella 7 PM +8 more see less	18 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Covered Bridge Calendars, Jigsaw Puzzles, Caps 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Calling All Youth Makers! 10 AM - 2 PM Brandon Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Winter Makers Market Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM Help Decorate Downtown Brandon for the Holidays 10:30 AM How to Trust the People with Reproductive Rights 1 - 2 PM No Strings Marionettes..."Scrooge, a Christmas Carol" 2 - 3:30 PM Settle into Stillness - Sound Journey - Restorative Yoga 5 - 6:30 PM Red Clover Ale Co. 5 Year Anniversary and Concert 7 - 10 PM MAUHS Fall Musical Presents Cinderella 7 PM +9 more see less
19 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Open Studio, Woodturning Sale 10 AM - 4 PM 20% Off Thank You Sale 10 AM - 5 PM The Art of Gratitude 10 AM Rescheduled: Lacrosse Pickup & Play Day 1 - 3 PM Ayurveda Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating 3 - 4:30 PM +2 more see less	20 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Games Days at the Center 12 - 3 PM West African Dance Class with Live Drumming 5:15 - 6:15 PM	21 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Artists, Artisans,Writers, Poets! Chaawp Salon! 6 - 8 PM Proposed Amendment to the Unified Development Bylaws 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Nov. 21 7 PM	22 Middlebury Town Offices Closed Nov. 22-24 for Holiday 8 AM (multiday) Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Games Days at the Center 12 - 3 PM Learn & Play Wingspan at the Bixby Library 3 - 7 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM +1 more see less	23 Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Dine Out to Give Back at Starry Night Cafe 4:30 - 9 PM	24 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM	25 Inaugural Holly Jolly Market in Bristol! 12 AM - 4 PM Small Business Saturday Sale! 8 AM - 1 PM Community Invitation: Four Pillars Farm's Holiday Market 9 - 11:26 AM Holiday Shoppe & Craft Fair/Food Pantry 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Shoppe and Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Shoppe & Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM CVU Handcrafters Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Small Business Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Small Business Saturday at Elli Parr Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less
26 Breakfast at Dorchester Lodge, Vergennes 7:30 - 10 AM Garage Sale 9:30 AM - 3 PM Public Bingo 12:30 PM	27 West African Dance Class with Live Drumming 5:15 - 6:15 PM Where Are We on Climate Change? 5:30 - 6:30 PM Where Are We on Climate Legislation? 5:30 - 6:30 PM Climate Change Legislation in Vermont 5:30 - 6:30 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Nov. 27 7 - 10 PM Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 PM +3 more see less	28 Fort Cassin Road 7 AM - 5 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Budget Meeting Nov. 28 5:30 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda 7 PM	29 Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM MAUSD School Board Community Budget Meeting 6 - 7 PM MAUSD School Board Community Budget Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM MCCFC Hitchcock Series 6 - 8 PM ACO/REACH and Private Equity in Medicare in Vermont 7 - 8 PM Educational Meeting - ACO-REACH & Private Equity in VT 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	30 Land Gifts: the Legacy and Logistics 12 - 1 PM Land Gifts: the Legacy and Logistics 12 - 1 PM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Dine Out to Give Back at Starry Night Cafe 4:30 - 9 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 6:30 - 9 PM Film: Spiritual Approaches to The Built Environment 7 - 8 PM Bristol Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 7 PM +3 more see less	1 Baked Beads Tent Sale Saturday! 10 AM (multiday) Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM St. Ambrose "North Pole" Christmas Bazaar 1 - 4 PM St. Ambrose "North Pole" Christmas Bazaar 1 PM (multiday) Free Tours During Chocolate Walk 5 - 8 PM Art Sale 5 - 8 PM Studio Sale During Chocolate Walk! 5 - 8 PM The Chocolate Walk 5 - 8 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM Memory Tree Lighting on The Town Green 5:30 - 6:15 PM Brandee Younger Jazz Trio 7:30 - 9:15 PM +7 more see less	2 Creche in Vergennes Park Installation 8:30 - 11 AM Seeking Crafters and Vendors 9 AM - 12 PM Blowout Book Sale at the Bixby! 9 AM - 1 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM Santa and Annual Bazaar and Luncheon! 9 AM - 3 PM Norse Flair at Bristol Federated Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Craft & Vendor Fair - Dec 2 - Vergennes 9am-4pm 9 AM - 4 PM Open Studio (Crafts) Saturday, Dec. 2 in Salisbury 9 AM - 4 PM Open Studio 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio on Saturday, Dec. 2 9 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale at Brandon Senior Center - Rte. 73 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Shop Sale at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 1 PM Rokeby Museum Holiday Shop Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Stroll to the Bixby Library for Winter Fun 10 AM - 3 PM Open House at Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Open House at the Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Open House at Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Final Carpet Bazaar 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Art Market and Open Studio in Orwell 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Open House 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Open House 10 AM (multiday) St. Ambrose "North Pole" Christmas Bazaar 1 - 4 PM Gratitude and Giving Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM FCS/Vermont Children's Museum Activities - 0-8 Yr Old 3 - 5 PM Play and Learn Time - Gratitude and Giving 3 - 5 PM +21 more see less