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May 2024

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28 Breakfast at Masonic Lodge, Vergennes 7:30 - 10 AM Yoga Classes at Harmonia! 10 - 11:15 AM Authentic Italian Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM An Authentic Italian Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM	29 Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM	30 New Jen Peterson 4 Class Series at BFIT 4:30 - 5:15 PM The Mini Clothesline Project at Art on Main 5 - 6:30 PM Bristol Republican Party Meeting 7 - 9 PM	1 BCC Botanicals Open May 1! 8 AM - 6 PM Community Choir Session with Moira Smiley! 7 - 8:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting Webinars May 1 & 8 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Corrected Rummage Sale Dates May 2-4 1 PM (multiday) Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Class of 2030 Middle School Transition Evening at Mt. Abe 6:30 - 7:30 PM	3	4 Green Up Day 8 AM - 12 PM Fundraiser for Mt. Abe's International Travel Club! 8 AM - 2 PM Spring Flowers and Farm Stand Goodies 8 AM (multiday) Tomorrow: Lawrence Memorial Library's Books for Babies 9:30 - 10 AM Downsizing Yard Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Attention Knitters: a Stash Busting Workshop! 2 - 5 PM +2 more see less
5	6 Twelfth Night Auditions, Holley Hall May 6-7 (multiday) MAUSD Fine Arts Festival (multiday)	7 New Jen Peterson 4 Class Series at BFIT 4:30 - 5:15 PM	8 ACBC Season Kickoff Party! 5:30 - 8:30 PM Redefining Resilience Workshop 6 - 8 PM Night of A Cappella 7 - 8 PM Ranked Choice Voting for VT: Impact, Considerations 7 - 8:30 PM Community Choir Session with Moira Smiley! 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	9 Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Wildlife Presentation 6 - 7 PM	10 Final Ananda Tamang Dumpling Night of the Season 4 - 7 PM	11 Mother's Day! 12 AM - 5 PM Mother's Day Weekend at Stine Orchard (multiday) Letter Carrier Food Drive May 11 7 AM - 4 PM Rokeby Clean Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Annual 20% Off for Members Only at Art on Main 10 AM - 5 PM +1 more see less
12 Middlebury Community Chorus Performance 5 - 6 PM	13 Bristol Selectboard Agenda May 13 7 - 10 PM	14 New Jen Peterson 4 Class Series at BFIT 4:30 - 5:15 PM	15 Preventing Elder Fraud 1 - 2 PM Community Choir Session with Moira Smiley! 7 - 8:30 PM	16 Meehan Rd Closure 8 AM - 4 PM MAUSD Student Exhibit at Art on Main 3:30 - 4:35 PM Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Youth and Relationships Workshops 6 - 8 PM Bristol Historical Society Monthly Meeting 7 - 8 PM Library Music Tour in Starksboro 7:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	17	18 Wim Hof Instructor at the Village Shala May 18-19 (multiday) Benefit Tag & Bake Sale 8 AM - 1 PM 9th Annual Richard's Ride + Other News 8 AM - 2 PM Huge Rummage Sale 8 AM - 3 PM 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Human Powered Parade 10 AM - 3 PM Celebration of Life for Tom Wallace Reminder 2 - 7 PM Green Heron at Ripton Coffee House May 18 7:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less
19 Yard Sale - S 116 - May 19 8 AM - 2 PM A Special Children's Church Sunday 8:30 - 10 AM 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Peace Garden Correction 1 PM	20 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) 100% Pizzas! 3 - 8 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM	21 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Library Board Meeting May 21 6 PM Mt. Abraham Union High School Spring/Senior Concert 7 PM (multiday) Bristol Planning Commission Meeting May 21 7 PM	22 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Bristol Rescue Squad Open House May 22 5 - 7 PM Community Choir Session with Moira Smiley! 7 - 8:30 PM Moira Smiley & the Rhizome Quartet w/ Community Choir 7:30 - 9 PM	23 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Resilience and Youth Wellness Workshop 6 - 8 PM Bristol Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 7 - 8 PM Gender & Identity Discussion 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	24 Special Meeting for Lawrence Memorial Library on May 24 All Day Yard Sale Friday & Saturday 9 AM (multiday) 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Have-A-Heart Food Shelf Distribution 5 - 6 PM	25 Bird Walk 8 - 10 AM Multi Family Lawn Sale - Plank Rd - May 25 8 AM - 3 PM Addison County GOP 9 AM - 12 PM Lincoln Annual Town Wide Yard Sales 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale - West St - May 25-26 9 AM (multiday) 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9:30 AM (multiday) Plank Rd. Art Stand Joins Open Studios Tours 10 AM (multiday) Vermont Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) +4 more see less
26 Breakfast at Dorchester Masonic Lodge 7:25 - 10 AM 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9:30 AM (multiday)	27 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9:30 AM (multiday) MAV Youth Lacrosse Carwash 10 AM - 12:30 PM	28 Come Hike the Bristol Trail Network! 1 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda May 28 7 - 10 PM	29 "Ask a Master Gardener" - New Haven 4 - 6 PM Awareness of Ash Trees: A Walk in Barre Town Forest 4:30 - 6:30 PM Community Choir Session with Moira Smiley! 7 - 8:30 PM	30 Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Music with the Rokeby Museum 6 - 10 PM Gender, Identity & Bias Discussion This Week 7 - 8:30 PM	31 Little League Jamboree (multiday) Yard Sale - 67 North St - May 31-June 1 (multiday) "Disney's Frozen Jr" at Mt Abe 7 PM	1 15th Annual Rhubarb Festival 10 AM - 12 PM June 1! Bristol Community Bike Swap & Other Updates 10 AM - 5 PM Guided Walk - Bristol Trail Network - June 1 1 PM Henry David Thoreau Event at Lawrence Memorial Library 7 - 8:30 PM