Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2014

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30 2014 Green Mountain Film Festival 10 AM (multiday) Last Call for Take-Out Dinner! All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Take Out Dinner All Day Take-Out Dinner to Support Twin Valley Senior Center March 30 All Day John Keenan on Christianity and Buddhism 11:30 AM Winter Gardeners Series March 30 1 - 3 PM Handspinning Class in Peacham March 30 1 - 4 PM Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans 3 - 6 PM Twin Valley Senior Center Last Sunday of the month Take Out Dinner 4 - 6 PM March Take-Out Dinner for Twin Valley Senior Center 4 - 6 PM +6 more see less	31 Zumba Fundraiser, Join Us for a Fun Night of Zumba! March 31 All Day Community Meeting March 31 6 PM	1 Free Creative Writing Workshops! All Day Dog Registrations Due April 1 All Day Windsor Chair Building Classes - Traditional Woodworking Tuturials 9 AM Fabulous Flowers! 10:30 AM (multiday) Happiness Café, Tue, Apr 1, 12:45-2:15 12:45 - 2:15 PM Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Cardio dance event! 6 - 7:30 PM Cardio-Umba 6 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	2 Capital City Band First Rehearsal All Day Capital City Band First Rehearsal All Day Powerful Tools for Caregivers April 2- May 7 All Day Capital City Band First Rehearsal All Day Osher Program - Critical Psychiatry April 2 All Day Story Hour at Doty Pre-K: Next Weds., April 2 12:30 - 1:30 PM Needles in the Stacks 1 - 3 PM OLLI presents: What is Critical Psychiatry? 1:30 - 3 PM Lego Club 3:30 - 4:30 PM Lego Club 4:30 - 5:30 PM Workshp at VCIH: Natural Remedies for Stress 6 - 8 PM Humphrey Bogart Classic Film at Jaquith Library - Wed. April 2 7 - 9 PM Open Stage for Poets April 2 7 PM VPT's:A Night of Star Gazing w/Mark Breen @ Northern Skies Observatory 7 PM A Night of Star Gazing W/Mark Breen 7 PM This Wednesday's Town Braintap Talk 7 PM +12 more see less	3 You're Invited to Vermontivate Launch Party All Day Qi Gong Class ~ Spring Series Begins April 3 All Day East Coast Swing Dance Class 6:30 - 8 AM 8th Annual Vermont Organics Recycling Summit on April 3rd 9 AM - 4 PM vermontivate launch party 5:30 - 8 PM "You Come Too" Spring with Robert Frost 5:30 PM +2 more see less	4 The Mouse Comes to Cabot! (multiday) The Mouse That Roared This Weekend! (multiday) Montpelier Art Walk on Friday, April 4th 4 - 8 PM Central Vermont High School Initiative: SPRING INTO SPRING GALA!!! 5:30 - 9:30 PM MHS Masque's Variety Show 7 - 9 PM Cabot Community Theater to Present "The Mouse That Roared!' 7 PM The Mouse That Roared 7 PM +3 more see less	5 Dinner and Cold Country Bluegrass Band Concert April 5! All Day Cabot Library 4H/Youth Program April 5 All Day The Buskers at Music Box April 5 All Day Anais Mitchell at Haybarn Theatre April 5 All Day 4th Annual Bethany Church Spring Auction All Day Free Community Chicken Dinner! All Day New community running group 9 - 10 AM Waterbury LEAP Fair April 5 9 AM - 3 PM Kindergarten Open House at River Rock School (for children 5 by 12/31) 10 AM - 12 PM Kindergartern Open House at River Rock School 10 AM - 12 PM Kindergarten Open House (for children 5 by December 31) 10 AM - 12 PM Kindergarten Open House (for children 5 by December 31) 10 AM - 12 PM River Rock Open House April 5 10 AM - 12 PM Designing the Medicinal Landscape: the Map, the Terrain, the Plants 10 AM - 4 PM Vermont Yarn Shop at Plainview Farm open this Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Herp Program at the Coop 1 - 2 PM Peacham School PTF Mud and Muck Auction April 4 1 - 4 PM 21st Annual Peacham School PTF MUD & MUCK AUCTION!!! 1 - 4 PM Reintroduction to 4-H program in Cabot 4 - 5:30 PM Opportunity to learn from your neighbours. 4 - 5:30 PM Free Community Chicken Dinner! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Free Community Chicken Dinner This Saturday, April 5! 5:30 PM A Night of Chocolate Fundraising Event - April 5 6 - 10 PM The Mouse That Roared 7 PM Haybarn Theatre Fundraiser: Anais Mitchell / Kris Gruen - April 5 7:30 PM Upcoming Spring Concert of Brahms and Mozart April 5 7:30 PM The Buskers at the Music Box April 5 7:30 PM Get Tickets Now: Haybarn Theatre Fundraiser featuring Anaïs Mitchell 7:30 PM Ryan Taylor Band at Moog's and Sweet Melissa's 8 PM +25 more see less
6 Come Melt - April 6 Yoga Retreat All Day Benefit Cabin Fever Jam All Day Talk and Photos of Trip to Laos All Day Introduction to Homeschooling 1:30 - 3 PM Introduction to Homeschooling 2 - 3:30 PM Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain This Sunday! 2 PM The Mouse That Roared 2 PM talk and photos of trip to Laos 3 - 5 PM Buffal Mountain Coop Annual Meeting 5 - 8 PM +5 more see less	7 Tree & shrub sale promotes edible gardens All Day Classic Book Club at the Cutler Memorial Library 6 - 7:30 PM Classic Book Group at the Cutler Library 6 - 8 PM Monthly Energy Committee meeting on Monday at 7pm, OSC 7 - 8:30 PM Public Meeting: US 302 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan 7 PM +1 more see less	8 Planning Commission Meeting All Day Author Jane Buchan Reading April 8 All Day Open Mic Night at Galaxy Bookshop! All Day The COVE Savvy Seniors 1 - 2 PM Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Early Birds Book Night at Twinfield Preschool 6 - 7:30 PM The Making of an Organic Farmer with Ed Smith 6:30 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	9 3 Trees April 9, Oud, Didgeridoo, Percussion, Ney All Day "The Opiate Effect" Film and Discussion All Day Climate Justice and Maple Sugaring Rally April 9 All Day Story Time at CES April 9 All Day Kellogg-Hubbard Library Brings Story Time to Calais Elementary School All Day Osher Presentation on VT Elections All Day Public Hearing on H.883 (School Consolidation Bill) All Day Story Time Comes to Calais Elementary April 9 All Day Music Together at Jaquith Library - Apr. 9 10:30 - 11:30 AM Kellogg-Hubbard Library Brings Story Time to Calais Elementary School 10:30 AM OLLI presents: VT Elections-Past & Present 1:30 - 3 PM Osher Program April 9 1:30 PM Pacem School Open House April 9 5 - 6:30 PM Public Hearing on Education Governance Bill -- H.883 5 - 7 PM H.883 School District Consolidation - Public Hearing April 9, 5-7 Pm 5 - 7 PM Public Hearing on Education Governance Bill -- H.883 5 - 7 PM +12 more see less	10 Worcester Spring Clothing Swap April 10-12 (multiday) Junk Yard Discussed at DRB Meeting April 10 All Day Spring! Worcester Clothing Swap April 10 1 PM Curious About Our Food Matters? 4 PM T'ai Chi Classes begin in Worcester this Thursday evening 6:30 - 7:30 PM Mud Season T'ai Chi Beginning Thursday Evenings in Worcester 6:30 - 7:30 PM Grade School Talent Show & Pie Donations 6:30 PM Run with Us Thursday at 6:30 P.M. 6:30 PM Schooling the World film showing & discussion April 10th 7pm 7 PM +5 more see less	11 Spring Play: "Almost, Maine" April 11 and 12 (multiday) A Fly Allusion April 11 All Day Workshop Your Poetry with Sydney Lea! All Day Workshop Your Poetry with Sydney Lea! All Day CENTRAL VERMONT HIGH SCHOOL INITIATIVE Focus on our Youth workshop 7 - 9 PM CES Board Special Meeting April 11 8 PM +2 more see less	12 Full Circle Festival in Burlington April 12-13 (multiday) AAU Basketball (multiday) Support Food Pantry April 12! All Day Love Lilacs? Want to Learn More? All Day Good Beginnings Baby & Child Expo 2014! All Day Cabot Contra April 12! All Day Join the Fun April 12! All Day Love Lilacs? Want to Learn More? All Day Worcester Community Mud Season Variety Show All Day Worcester Variety Show This Saturday All Day Fundraising Music Event at Bagito's April 12 All Day Two Shoes Off Perform at Adamant Community Club All Day Free Fit Club Starting Saturday, April 12 7:30 - 8:30 AM Pancake Breakfast & Art Show 8 - 10:30 AM Love Lilacs? Want to Learn More? 9 AM Love Lilacs? Want to Learn More? 9 AM It's here! The EM Annual Easter Egg Hunt is coming weekend 10 - 10:30 AM Baby and Child Expo Spring Play Day 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market This Saturday April 12 10 AM - 2 PM REVISED Baby and Child Expo Sat. April 12th 10am - 2pm 10 AM - 2 PM Annual Easter Egg Hunt 10 AM Granite City Grocery --Information on Joining and Progress of Coop 3 - 4 PM Firebox Dinner & Auction Fundraiser 5 - 8 PM Intro to Home Cheese Making and Dairy Ferments Workshop April 12 5 PM Now Free: Firebox Dinner & Auction Fundraiser 5 PM Last Chance Contra Dance 5:30 PM Bug Dinner, Saturday April 12 6 - 9 PM Two Shoes Off at the Adamant Community Club 7 - 9 PM April 12 - Live Storytelling at Mainstreet Landing! 7:30 - 9:30 PM April 12 is Live Storytelling at Mainstreet Landing 7:30 - 9:30 PM Cabot Old Time Contra and Square Dance 7:30 - 10:30 PM +27 more see less
13 Easter Egg Hunt at Orchard Valley School April 13! All Day Screening of "The Hungry Heart" All Day Easter Egg Hunt at Orchard Valley! All Day Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda All Day Early Easter Egg Hunt All Day Mash-Up on Main Street April 13! All Day Medicinal Plant Walk this Sunday at Goddard College from 1-2:30 1 - 2:30 PM Medicinal Plant Walk Tomorrow (Sunday) 1-2:30 at Goddard College 1 - 2:30 PM Medicanl Plant Walk this Sunday at Goddard College from 1-2:30 1 - 2:30 PM Medicinal Plant Walk this Sunday at Goddard College from 1-2:30 1 - 2:30 PM Medicinal Plant Walk Tomorrow April 13 1 - 2:30 PM Open Sugarhouse 1 - 5 PM David Budbill and Michael Arnowitt performance Sunday 3 - 4:10 PM MASH-UP ON MAIN STREET 3 - 6 PM David Budbill and Michael Arnowitt Performance Sunday 3 PM VT Food Swap April 13! 3 PM Hungry Heart April 13 6 PM Hungry Heart at the Maple Corner Community Center 7:30 PM +14 more see less	14 Food for Thought Potluck and Book Club All Day Lamoille Region Business Assistance Forum 9 - 11 AM Lamoille County Business Assistance Forum 9 - 11:30 AM BCA and Selectboard Agenda for 4/14/14 6 PM 4/14 Plainfield Select Board Agenda 7 - 9 PM Fiction Reading at Goddard: Justin Torres 7:30 PM +2 more see less	15 Calais/E. Montpelier Historical Meeting April 15 All Day School budget vote set for April 15, 2014 7 AM - 7 PM Graphic Design Lectures & Events, Open to the Public 10 AM (multiday) Special Story Hour - Spring Egg Hunt 10:30 - 11:30 AM Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Community Seder 6 - 9 PM Cabot Ag Network meeting this Tuesday at 7pm 7 - 8:30 PM Tai Chi classes for beginners 7:30 - 9 PM Beginning Tai Chi Class Starting April 15 7:30 - 9 PM Tai Chi for Beginners 7:30 - 9 PM "re: Mix't" with Visiting Artist Kate Rigg - Free Event 7:30 PM +7 more see less	16 Managing Woodlands for Wildlife Training May 16-18 All Day Energetic Discussion on Public Banking April 16 All Day League of Women Voters Hosts Discussion About a VT State Bank All Day Visit Studio Place Arts with OLLI 12:30 AM - 3 PM LEDC WORKSHOP ON USING MOBILE DEVICES MORE EFFECTIVELY 9 AM - 12 PM Community Book Group 10:30 - 11:30 AM Needles in the Stacks 1 - 3 PM Osher Program for Wed. 1:30 PM EMES 4th/5th Grade Ancestry Project Open House 6 - 7 PM River Rock School Open House - Wed. April 16 @ 7pm 7 - 8:30 PM River Rock School Open House - Wed. April 16 @ 7pm 7 - 8:30 PM Public Banking Panel Discussion 7 - 9 PM Expert Panel to Discus Public Banking at State House 7 - 9 PM BFA Faculty Poetry Reading: A PoemCity Event 7 PM +10 more see less	17 Third Thursday at the Vermont History Museum: Porches of North America 12 PM Vaccine Clinic April 17 5 - 7 PM Clear Your Brain Fog 6 - 7:30 PM Meetings on Draft Zoning Regulations – Copies Available 6:30 - 8:30 PM Schoolhouse Rock Live Musical at Doty 6:30 PM +1 more see less	18 Joint Good Friday Service All Day Biodiversity in the Garden - April 18 All Day Homeschooling & Natural Parenting presentation and conversation 7 PM Stroke yer Joke! Comedy open mic 8 - 10:30 PM	19 Tree Pruning Workshop - Rescheduled for April 19 All Day Car Wash & Bottle Drive Fund Raiser All Day Intro to Humanure Composting Workshop April 19 All Day Planting Hope Cultural Exchange Service Trip All Day Bike Maintenance Workshop with Jon Vara 10 AM - 12 PM North Branch Cafe Anniversary Party Saturday 4/19 10 AM - 10 PM Herb Club This Saturday, April 19 1 - 3 PM +3 more see less
20 Before Day Break - Easter Sunrise Service All Day Cabot United Church Easter All Day Easter Services at the United Church of Cabot 6 AM - 10 PM Easter Egg Hunt! 11 AM Open Sugarhouse! 1 - 5 PM Community Singalong, April 20th, 6-8, East Montpelier 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	21 Weatherize Your Home Workshop! All Day Water/Wastewater Meeting April 21 All Day	22 Don Mitchell, VT Author Book Reading and Earth Day Raffle 12:30 PM Murder & Mayhem 1:30 - 3 PM Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Poetry Reading by David Dillon and Jody Gladding 7 - 8 PM	23 Hazen Union Annual Meeting April 23; Vote April 24 (multiday) How the Law Made Vermont April 23 All Day Hazen Union Annual Meeting and Vote All Day How the Law Made Vermont All Day How the Law Made Vermont Withpaul Gillies 1:30 - 3 PM Montpelier and U-32 School Districts Community Meeting Legislators 6 - 8 PM Book Discussion 7 - 8 PM "Making a Life in Music: from the Grange Hall to Carnegie Hall" 7 - 8:30 PM Cca Board Meeting: Wednedsay Evening April 23 7 - 8:30 PM Hazen School Budget Information Meeting April 23 7 PM +6 more see less	24 Group Run April 24 All Day Greenhouse Extravaganza on Relocalizing Vermont All Day Adult Volleyball at Walden School All Day Bingo Night and Potluck Dinner All Day Please Vote on the Hardwick Elementary School Budget 9 AM - 7 PM Lunch Talk -- Identity Thef and Scams 11 AM - 12:30 PM Hazen Parent/Community Evening 5:30 - 7:30 PM BINGO NIGHT AND POTLUCK DINNER 5:30 - 8 PM Spring Into Clean Workshop, Thursday, April 24th 6:00-7:30pm 6 - 7:30 PM Geology at Woodbury Community Library Thursday April 24 7 PM You Are Invited! Geology Talk in Woodbury 7 PM Supporting Your Family W/ Natural Health Care- Greensboro Free Library 7 PM +8 more see less	25 Prisoner Support Benefit Dinner April 25 All Day 9th Annual Northfield Art Show April 25-27 All Day Meeting of Plainfield Flood Advisory Committee 9 AM Dewees and Gould Host Acting Workshops - the Art House, Craftsbury 3:30 PM Loss of a Great Educator 4 - 4 PM Blinking Light Gallery Artist's Reception for Barbara Leber Friday 5 - 7 PM An Evening of Irish Cuisine & Culture April 25! 6 - 9 PM Prisoner Support Benefit Dinner 4/25 6 - 9 PM An Evening of Irish Cuisine & Culture April 25th 6 PM Word!Craft - Spoken Word, Poetry & Hiphop @Hazen Union - Friday! 6:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less	26 Dark Moon Scry Journaling All Day Beyond the Snapshot - iPhone Photography Workshop All Day Great Photos with an Iphone or Ipad All Day Mad Pie Hoedown! April 26 All Day Calais Agricultural Committee - Discussion & Potluck All Day 5th Annual “Mad Pie Hoedown” April 26 All Day Live Piano and Sing Along April 26 All Day Authentic Parenting Potluck April 26 All Day Green Up Bags Available All Day Astronomy Event April 26 All Day Zen Buddhism Workshop April 26 All Day Wellness Expo: Benefit for Good Living Senior Center All Day Piano Music & Sing Along All Day Tree & Shrub Sale Pickup, Plus Available Plants All Day Mad Pie Hoedown April 26! All Day Prescription Drug Takeback Day April 26 All Day Prescription Take Back Day April 26 All Day Capital City Concerts All Day Mad Pie Hoedown April 26 All Day Mad Pie Hoedown April 26 All Day National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Hardwick All Day Dark Moon Scry Journaling in Montpelier April 26 All Day Mad Pie Hoedown April 26 All Day The Art House Presents: Felting Day All Day Winooski Conservation District Annual Tree Sale! 9 AM - 12 PM Winooski Conservation District Tree and Trout Sales! 9 AM - 12 PM Bridge Lessons 10 - 11:30 AM Bridge Lessons 10 - 11:30 AM Hazen Class of 2014 Pie Breakfast Sat 10 AM - 12 PM Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 26 10 AM - 2 PM Got Drugs? Saturday, April 26, 10am-2pm 10 AM - 2 PM Prescription Drug Take Back Day: April 26 10 AM - 2 PM Discover Goddard Day 10 AM - 3 PM Work Party, with pizza! Help out the Marshfield Rec. Field. 10 AM - 4 PM Astronomy Event April 26 3 PM COOLASS discussion and potluck- Calais Food Producers 6 - 8 PM Poetry and Pie at Peacham Library 7 - 9 PM The Mad Pie Hoedown - April 26 7:30 PM Mad Pie Hoedown, April 26 7:30 PM +35 more see less
27 Armchair Traveler Series All Day Cabot Youth Soccer Trip Fundraiser All Day Take-Out Dinner to Benefit Twin Valley Senior Center All Day Wine Tasting Fundraiser April 27 All Day Armchair Traveler Series All Day April Take-Out Dinner All Day Fundraiser Concert April 27 All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Take Out Dinner All Day Take-Out Dinner All Day Cabot Arts Show and Tell Group Meeting All Day Paul Selig Workshop in Knowing & Worth 10 AM - 5 PM Sunday at 1 Pm Free Arbor Day Fun Walk 1 - 3 PM Learn to Grow Your Own Rice ....In Cabot 1 - 3 PM Kathy Hemmens Honored: Community Service Award 2 PM +10 more see less	28 Adult Programs at Kellogg-Hubbard Library All Day 4/28 Plainfield Select Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM Selectboard Agenda - 4/28/14 @ the Town Hall 7 PM	29 Transforming Peer Aggression in Girls - Training Opportunity All Day Ray Pealer Radio Interview All Day Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Vaccine Clinic Tomorrow ! 5 - 7 PM Adult African Djembe Class - Tuesdays Beginning April 29 5:30 - 6:30 PM Adult Djembe Class to Begin in Plainfield on April 29 5:30 PM +2 more see less	30 Osher Presentation All Day Drumming African Djembe Class April 30 All Day Osher Film April 30 All Day Needles in the Stacks 1 - 3 PM Olli Presents: the Vermont Movie Parts Ii & Iv 1:30 - 3:30 PM Film at Msac: the Vermont Movie: Part 2– Under the Surface 1:30 PM Solar 101 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	1 Health and Dignity March May 1 All Day National Day of Prayer All Day Godspell Performance All Day Ces Board Meeting Agenda May 1 All Day Storytime for Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers at the Cutler Library 2 - 3 PM Food, Film and Pete Seeger Tribute at the Old Labor Hall 5:30 - 9 PM Primo Maggio Nearly Here! 5:30 PM Celebrate Primo Maggio (May Day) 5:30 PM Colin Mccaffrey, Pete Sutherland, & Brendan Taaffe at Bagitos 6 - 8 PM Nutritional Q and a at the Northfield Teen Center/Boys & Girls Club 6:30 - 7:30 PM Draft Zoning Regulations - Discussions Continue on May 1 6:30 - 8:30 PM Zoning Workshop Meeting for Public Feedback 6:30 PM +8 more see less	2 Marshfield Tball League All Day Free Seminar - All Dogs Are Individuals All Day "All Dogs Are Individuals" May 2 All Day Contra Dance All Day Buddhist Author Talk, Book Signing May 2 All Day Buddhist Author Talk and Book Signing May 2 All Day Lunafest: Films By, for and About Women All Day Fitness with Michelle Delaney 1:30 AM - 3:30 PM Music at the North Branch Cafe 7 PM (multiday) Contra Dance at Beaver Brook Farm May 2 7 PM Sky Blue Boys at the Whammy Bar 7:30 PM +7 more see less	3 Building Resilient Communities All Day Dog Training Class All Day Green Up Day - May 3 All Day Montpelier Kiwanis Breakfast All Day Green Up on the Cross Vermont Trail May 3 All Day Green-Up Day 2014 All Day Green Up Day May 3 All Day Beach Ball Dance Party! All Day Green Up Day All Day Green Up Day All Day Star Party May 3 All Day Green Up Day! All Day Free Community Ham Dinner May 3 All Day Green Up Day May 3 All Day Green Up Day! All Day Movie: 1953 Construction of Montpelier Grange Hall, Potluck, Dance All Day It's Earth Day Today – Get Your Green on and Green Up! All Day Green Up Day All Day Green Up Vermont Day All Day Montpelier Kiwanis Club Annual Breakfast 7 - 11:30 AM Montpelier Kiwanis Breakfast 7 - 11:30 AM Cookbooks Only Yard Sale 8 AM - 1 PM A Piece of Calais History 9 AM - 2 PM Green Up Day - Pick It Up! 9 AM - 3 PM Green Up Day Danville & North Danville 9 AM - 5 PM Bridge Lessons 10 - 11:30 AM Open Call for Performance This Saturday May 3rd 5 - 8 PM The Vermonter's Ball is Here! 8 - 11 PM +24 more see less