Calendar - Front Porch Forum

March 2016

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28 "Oh! the Games People Play" Silent Auction Benefit 1 - 4 PM	29 This Changes Everything - Free Screening Feb. 29 All Day This Changes Everything - Free Screening and Discussion Feb. 29 All Day This Changes Everything: Free Public Viewing at Goddard Feb. 29 All Day Hazen Union Budget and Annual School District Meeting All Day Calais School Budget Information 6 - 7 PM Northern Exposure Night Feb. 29 6 - 8:30 PM Cabot School Annual Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	1 EMES ECO Pie Auction Mar. 1 All Day Town Meeting Pot Luck Lunch March 1 12 AM Change in Polling Hours for Town of Cabot 7 AM - 7 PM Super Tuesday 7 AM - 7 PM March 1 Town Meeting Potluck Lunch 9 AM - 1:30 PM Upcoming Presidential Primary and Town Meeting 9:30 AM - 7 PM Daffodils to Brighten Town Meeting Day 10 AM - 7 PM Open Turf - March 1 11 AM - 2 PM Calais Town Meeting Lunch! 12 - 1 PM Coloring Club Change of Date/Time 6 - 8 PM +6 more see less	2 Calais Conservation Commission Meeting March 2 All Day OLLI Presentation All Day Dr. Robert Hamill, M.D., on Brain Research All Day Meditation Open House March 2 All Day Blues Rocker Beth Hart Bursts into Town All Day Open House at Shambhala Meditation Center in Montpelier March 2 All Day Next OLLI Program March 2 1:30 - 3 PM Stretch and Sip - Yoga and Wine 6 - 7 PM How to Ask for What You Want by Cecile Green March 2 6:30 - 7:30 PM NEK Handwork Guild 6:30 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting March 2 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	3 Free Fun Reading Night All Day Relocalizing VT March 4: Can Progressive 3rd Parties Gain Power? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT March 4: Can Progressive 3rd Parties Gain Power? 9 - 10:30 AM Aging at Home Lunch Talk 12 - 1 PM Down Home Thursday's with Boffa 3 - 5 PM Interfaith Devotional Gathering Thursday, NVRH Chapel 5:15 - 6 PM Family Reading Night 6 - 7:30 PM Family Reading Night 6 PM Free Family Reading Event at Hardwick Elementary School 6 PM Planning Commission Work Session 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	4 Jazz Concert All Day Celebrate Vermont's 225th Birthday! All Day Happy Birthday Vermont! March 4 5 - 8 PM Naturalist Journey's Slide Show & Lecture Series 2016! 7 - 8:30 PM Book Launch Party for "Organic Revolutionary" 7 - 9 PM Free! Doo-Wop Dance Party! 7:30 - 10:30 PM EagleMania at Chandler Performing Arts! 7:30 PM EagleMania at Chandler Performing Arts! 7:30 PM +4 more see less	5 The Whiffenpoofs of Yale March 5 & 6 (multiday) Spring Music Fest with Radio Flyer & Rehab Roadhouse March 5 All Day Open House and Kitten Shower All Day Hardwick Area Little League Sign-Ups All Day Central Vermont Humane Society Open House and Kitten Shower All Day Story Time at the Jeudevine All Day Capital City Concerts Presents the Whiffenpoofs All Day Radio Flyer & Rehab Roadhouse Spring Music Festival Mar. 5 All Day Navigating Life's Seasons: Women in Transition All Day Poetry Workshop March 5 All Day Spring Fling Music Fest All Day Cajun Music at Music Box with Yankee Chank! All Day Rabies Clinics All Day Spring Fling Music Fest All Day Art Show and Breakfast 8 AM - 12 PM Grow Your Own Gathering: Starting Seeds 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Monthly Teaching Series: Wisdom from the Elders 1 - 5 PM Poetry Workshop - Women in Transition March 5 2 - 4 PM Overwhelmed? Be Uplifted and Unshakable: Workshop with Hannah Dubé Mar. 5 3 - 5:30 PM Capital City Concerts March 5 & 6 3 PM (multiday) Games at Peacham Library Saturday 4 - 9 PM Friends of Aprille Morrison - Benefit Dinner & Dance Saturday! 5 - 8 PM Friends of Aprille Morrison - Benefit Dinner & Dance Krazy Kountry 5 - 11 PM Residential Energy Conservation 5:30 - 7 PM Stage 32 Presents 'Baggage' 7 - 7 PM March Music Series at Plainfield Opera House 7 - 8:30 PM Mayfly and Heidi Wilson Perform at Plainfield Town Hall! Mar. 5 7 - 8:30 PM Mayfly and Heidi Wilson Perform at Plainfield Town Hall! Mar. 5 7 - 8:30 PM Great Music at the Opera House Saturday Night 7 - 8:30 PM Comedy Fundraiser for People's Health and Wellness March 5 7 PM Yankee Chank: Vermont Cajun at the Music Box 7:30 - 9:30 PM Madaila/The Limes (Concert/Pizza/Ciderflight Deal) 7:30 - 10:30 PM Hot Comedy on Cold Night Mar. 5 8 - 10 PM Improvisational Comedy 8 PM +30 more see less
6 English Tea in Bethany Church Chapel March 6 All Day Downton Abbey Finale Event All Day Family Dance in Plainfield March 6 All Day Red Cross Shelter Volunteer Training March 6 1 - 2:30 PM End-of-Season Skating Party Sunday, March 6 1 - 4 PM Silent Auction Benefit for Kingdom Animal Shelter 2 PM Fun Dancing & Music for the Family 3 - 4:30 PM Monteverdi Music School Presents - Music for a March Afternoon 3 PM Fabulous Concert for Choral Lovers! 3 PM House Concert Invite: Dana and Susan Robinson 4 - 6:30 PM +6 more see less	7 Radio Interview Re: Vaccine Choice 9 - 10:30 AM Northern Exposure Night 6 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! March 7 6:30 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! March 7 6:30 - 8:30 PM Monthly Marshfield and Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting March 7 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	8 Public Forum on Local Opiate and Heroin Crisis All Day Contemporary Buddhist Teacher and Author to Speak at Shambhala Center All Day Forum on Regional Heroin Crisis: Introduction to "Project Safe Catch" All Day Two Free Classes to Uplift This Week w/ Hannah Dubé 12 - 1 PM Dart 2.0: Do Something About Addiction 6 - 8 PM Community Forum on Local Opiate and Heroin Crisis March 8 6:30 PM Project Safe Catch - Public Forum on the Regional Heroin Crisis 6:30 PM Patty Griffin Concert Fuller Hall March 8 with LWV 7 PM Tai Chi Classes Begin March 8 7:30 - 9 PM Tai Chi Class Starting Tuesday March 8 7:30 - 9 PM Tai Chi Class for Beginners 7:30 - 9 PM +7 more see less	9 Wellness Night March 9 All Day OLLI Presentation All Day Author Brett Stanciu Reads from Hidden View 5pm March 9 All Day Next OLLI (Osher) Program March 9 1:30 - 3 PM Solar Discussion at Kingdom Taproom and Local Draft Brew on Us! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Young Adult Book Discussion at Kellogg-Hubbard Library March 9 6:30 - 7:30 PM Keeping Track Presentation: Animals of the North 6:30 - 8:30 PM River Rock School Open House March 9 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	10 Evening Open Art Studio at G.R.A.C.E. March 10 All Day Rabies Clinic for Dog and Cats March 10 All Day Rabies Clinic for Dogs and Cats Mar. 10 All Day Evening Open Art Studio at G.R.A.C.E. All Day Relocalizing Vermont: Organic Artist; NEK Food Plan March 10 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Organic Artist; NEK Food Plan March 10 9 - 10:30 AM Lasagna Dinner Fundraiser - 5 - 8 PM Free Event at Catamount Film and Arts Center! 5:30 - 9 PM Free Movie on the Battle Waged for Women to Get the Vote 6 - 8 PM Rabies Clinic for Dogs and Cats March 10 6 - 8 PM Free Movie on the Battle Waged for Women to Get the Vote 6 - 8 PM Improvisation, Stretching and Strengthening Workshop with Avi Waring 7 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	11 Indoor Yard Sale! (multiday) Teen Open Mic Night on Friday! All Day "Fly by Night" Benefit Concert in Barre All Day Conga Classes at Catamount Arts 3:15 - 5 PM	12 Blood Drawing at Twin Valley March 12 All Day Mar. 12 - Concert: 8 Cuerdas “Americas” All Day Free Breakfast for Hardwick Elementary School Families All Day Pasta Dinner at Unitarian Church of Montpelier March 12 All Day Kids Trade and Play, Children's Clothing Exchange All Day Community Forum on Fracked Gas Pipeline All Day Pasta & Chicken Dinner March 12 All Day Pasta & Chicken Dinner March 12 All Day Free Breakfast for Hardwick Elementary School Families 8 - 10 AM 3rd Annual Cinderella's Close 9 AM - 1 PM Mother Nurture Donation Yoga Class Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:30 PM Family Center of Washington County Family Fun Day! 10 AM - 1 PM Blissful Back and Shoulders Workshop 1:30 - 3:30 PM Corned Beef N Cabbage Dinner 5 - 7:30 PM Glow Night Pasta Dinner Fundraiser at Unitarian Church Montpelier 5:30 - 7 PM Contra Dance Right Around the Corner 5:30 PM Community Forum on the Fracked Gas Pipeline 6 - 7:30 PM Community Forum on the Fracked Gas Pipeline 6 PM Cabot Contra and Square Dance This Saturday! 7:30 PM Chiara String Quartet at Chandler! 7:30 PM Chiara String Quartet at Chandler! 7:30 PM Advanced (And Regular) Contra Dance Saturday! 8 - 11:45 PM +18 more see less
13 Dog Friendly 5k Sunday in St. Johnsbury All Day Organ and Flute Concert 3 PM	14 Plainfield Selectboard Meeting Agenda March 14 All Day Community Spanish Class Meets Monday, March 14 All Day Town of Woodbury Select Board Agenda All Day Community Conversations on Inequality March 14 6 - 8 PM Class Offering: Your Energy and Spiritual Toolkit: Level I 6 - 8:15 PM Northern Exposure Night 6 - 8:30 PM Book Discussion 6:30 - 8 PM Selectboard Agenda - Monday March 14 7 PM +4 more see less	15 Kindergarten Registration at Union Elementary School (multiday) What Will Be the Future of the Worcester School District? All Day CES Board Meeting March 15 All Day Wolcott Planning Commission Meeting March 15 All Day Act 46 Forums March 15 5:30 - 6:30 PM Tuesday Night Yoga in Hardwick 5:30 - 6:45 PM Youth Activism Summit Art Party March 15 6 - 7:30 PM Catamount Arts Coloring Club March 15 6 - 8 PM Stranahan Discussion March 15 6 PM Selectboard to Discuss Proposed Changes to Stranahan Forest Mgt Plan 6 PM Special Town Meeting Mar 15 6:30 - 7 PM Cabot Agricultural Network Committee Meeting Tuesday, March 15 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard March 15 Agenda 7 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM Music Event at Plainfield Opera House March 15! 7 - 10 PM Great Live Music at Opera House March 15 7 - 10 PM +12 more see less	16 OLLI Lecture on Optimal Population All Day Next OLLI (Osher) Program March 16 1:30 - 3 PM Solar Discussion at Kingdom Taproom and Local Draft Brew on Us! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Step 3 in Community Visit Process Wednesday 6:30 - 9 PM	17 Osher Spring Lecture Series All Day “Let's Talk Kindergarten” Night at Union Elementary School All Day Family Bingo Night March 17 All Day Nick Neddo Wildcraft Your Artwork at KH Library All Day “Let's Talk Kindergarten” Night at Union Elementary School All Day St. Patrick's Day Dinner All Day Free Workshop Thursday - Wild-Craft Your Artwork with Nick Neddo All Day Wolcott Recreation Committee Meeting March 17 All Day Hardwick American Legion Officer Nomination Meeting All Day Hazard Mitigation Committee Meets March 17 All Day St. Patrick's Day Dinner at Twin Valley Senior Center All Day St. Patrick's Day Dinner at Twin Valley Senior Center All Day Kindergarten Registration at Union Elementary School All Day Mental Health Advocacy Day March 17 8 AM - 12 PM Relocalizing Vermont: Unsustainable Presidency; NEK Food Plan 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Unsustainable Presidency; NEK Food Plan 9 - 10:30 AM LEDC Workshop: Three Secrets of Successful Conflict Management March 17 9 AM - 12 PM LEDC Workshop on the Three Secrets of Successful Conflict Management 9 AM - 12 PM Braco - Gazing Sessions 1 - 5:30 PM Osher Lecture Series: Toxic Gene Mar. 17 1:30 - 3 PM Saint Patrick's Day Dinner - 50/50 Door Prize 4 - 7 PM Village Planning Discussion: Village Water Supply 7 - 8 PM +18 more see less	18 Mayo Healthcare's Taste of Maple All Day Comedy Night! All Day Comedy Night! All Day Ready Jet Go! at Catamount Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Free Live Local! Sherlock Holmes Celebration 5:30 PM Free Evening of Folk Dance Instruction 7 - 9 PM The Importance of Being Earnest in Cabot 7 PM The Importance of Being Earnest 7 PM +4 more see less	19 VSAC Free College Planning Event! All Day Berries for Backyard Garden March 19 - Free Presentation All Day Orchard Valley Waldorf School Open House March 19 All Day Lights Off for Earth Hour All Day Bring Your Own Snow to Farmers Market – Sugar on Snow March 19 All Day Orchard Valley Waldorf School Open House All Day Open House Orchard Valley School Saturday, March 19 All Day Orchard Valley Waldorf School Open House All Day Dabble Day All Day Reminder: Lego Exhibition Saturday, March 19 All Day 15th Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 19 All Day Music and Theater at Maple Fest March 19 All Day Free "Unconference" for Educators March 19 All Day Upcoming Baseball/Softball Sign Ups All Day Book Sale in the Library All Day 16th Annual Woodbury Pie Breakfast! 8:30 - 10:30 AM Woodbury Pie Breakfast! March 19 8:30 - 10:30 AM 2016 Baseball / Softball Signups, Meeting and Equipment Swap 9 AM - 12 PM Maple Fest Seeking Silent Auction Donations 9 AM - 3 PM Cabin-Fever Reliever Theatre Workshops! 9 AM - 5:30 PM Cabin-Fever Reliever Theatre Workshops at Chandler! 9 AM - 5:30 PM Cabin-Fever Reliever Theatre Workshops at Chandler! 9 AM - 5:30 PM Open House at Orchard Valley 10 AM - 1 PM League of Women Voters Luncheon Address on Human Trafficking 11:30 AM - 2 PM League of Women Voters Sponsors Luncheon Address on Human Trafficking 11:30 AM The Importance of Being Earnest 2:30 PM Free Community Dinner and Concert 5:30 PM Bryan Pfeiffer to Speak on Migration at Unitarian Church 6:30 - 9 PM The Importance of Being Earnest 7 PM +25 more see less
20 Fantastic Basket Challenge & Spaghetti Supper All Day Auditions! Theater for Kids by Kids Summer Production Camps at LNT All Day Tack and Craft Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Yoga Retreat - Sunday March 20 10 AM - 1 PM 2nd Annual Waste Less Bonanza 1 - 4 PM Fantastic Basket Challenge & Spaghetti Supper 2 - 7 PM The Importance of Being Earnest 2:30 PM Rainbow Umbrella Invites All to Anniversary Dance 3 - 6 PM A Celtic Equinox: Irish & Scottish Music and Song March 20 3 - 6 PM Community Singalong Sunday, March 20 6 - 8 PM +6 more see less	21 East Montpelier Calais Historical Society Meeting All Day 2016 Baseball/ Softball Signups 3 - 5:30 PM Northern Exposure Night 6 - 8:30 PM Cabot Board Act 46 Community Forum 7 - 8:30 PM Calais/ E Montpelier Historical Societies Meeting March 21 7 PM Act 46 Forum March 21 / U32 Forum March 23 7 PM Act 46 Community Discussion 7 PM +3 more see less	22 Read Across Peacham Day! 9 AM - 2 PM Ride On! Playgroup 9:30 - 10:30 AM Auxiliary Dinner March 22 5 - 7 PM Cabin Fever Reliever 5 PM Yoga 5:30 - 6:45 PM Walden Cemetery Committee Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM All You Can Eat Pizza & Softball Fundraiser 6 - 8 PM Free Financial Peace University Preview Class This Tuesday 6 - 8 PM On the Road to Ulla Ulla, Bolivia with Gail Johnson 6:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	23 Tonight! Sara Grace & Andy Suits at Sweet Melissa's! All Day Final Community Forum This Year All Day Celebrate Spring at Lost Nation Theater's First Ever Indoor Egg Hunt! All Day Community Forum - School District Merger Study Committee March 23 All Day Final Community Forum This Year All Day Show Tonight! Sara Grace & Andy Suits at Sweet Melissa's All Day Laughter Yoga 2 - 3 PM Lost Nation Theater Indoor Egg Hunt 5:30 - 6 PM +4 more see less	24 Wolcott Elementary 6th Grade Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction All Day Relocalizing VT: Local Food Systems in ME and MN March 24 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Local Food Systems in ME and MN March 24 9 - 10:30 AM Osher Lecture Series 1:30 - 3 PM Green Mountain Girls: Women of Long Trail March 24 7 PM +1 more see less	25 Folk Music - Jamming! All Day	26 Twinfield Dinner Raffle March 26 All Day Community Clean Up Day! All Day Seed Swap All Day East Montpelier Democratic Caucus March 26 All Day Wolcott Democratic Post-Primary Presidential Caucus All Day Therapeutic Touch 8:30 AM (multiday) Spring Comes Early, Green Up Comes Early 9 AM - 12 PM NEK Food System Plan Summit March 26 9 AM - 4:30 PM NEK Food System Plan Summit March 26 9 AM Montpelier Egg Hunt 10 - 11:30 AM Peacham Cal Ripken Baseball Fun Day/Sign Up & Easter Egg Hunt 10 - 11:30 AM Montpelier Democratic Caucus March 26 1 - 2 PM "Messiah" Performance Saturday 1 PM Barnet School 8th Grade Auction Fundraiser 5 PM Messiah Sing with Mormon Tabernacle Choir 5:30 PM +11 more see less
27 Sunrise Service All Day	28 Town of Woodbury Select Board Agenda All Day Plainfield Democratic Town Caucus All Day 2016 Baseball/ Softball Signups 3 - 5:30 PM Walden Historical Committee 6 - 7:30 PM Northern Exposure Night 6 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Agenda - Monday 7 PM +2 more see less	29 Film: "This Changes Everything” Tuesday, March 29 All Day Little League Sign Ups 5:30 - 7 PM Essential Heart of Kasungship: a 5-Part Class 6:30 PM (multiday) Ukrainian Egg Dyeing Class 6:30 PM Explore Our Future in Space with Allen M. Steel & James Cambias 7 - 8:30 PM Notice of Democratic Post-Primary Presidential Town Caucus 7 PM Community Workshops: Free and Open to Community 7:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	30 Next OLLI (Osher) Program 1:30 - 3 PM St. Johnsbury Democratic Committee Post-Primary Caucus March 30 5:30 - 6:30 PM Pirates & Fools Pre-Gala Tour Brings Gilbert & Sullivan to Hardwick 7 - 10 PM Local Caucuses to Select Sanders Delegates to State Convention 7 PM Worcester Democratic Post-Primary Presidential Caucus 7 PM Pirates & Fools Pre-Gala Tour Brings Gilbert & Sullivan to Hardwick! 7 PM +2 more see less	31 Marijuana Film and Panel at MHS March 31 All Day Osher Spring Lecture Series 12 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Fruit Tree Prep, On-Farm Slaughter Law 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Fruit Tree Prep; On-Farm Slaughter Law 9 - 10:30 AM Pirates & Fools Pre-Gala Free Matinee March 31 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pirates & Fools Pre-Gala Tour Brings Gilbert & Sullivan to Plainfield 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Osher Lecture Series 1:30 - 3:30 PM Forum on Vermont's Future! 6 - 8 PM Forum on Vermont's Future! 6 - 8 PM Woodlands for Wildlife Talk 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	1 April 1 Art Show Opening at the Front Gallery All Day New Exhibit Opening Friday at Front Gallery, Montpelier 4 - 8 PM Dog Licenses Due April 1 5 - 5 PM Second Harvest Exhibition at Blinking Light Gallery! 6 - 8 PM Second Harvest Exhibition at Blinking Light Gallery 6 - 8 PM Mary Poppins at the Flynn 7:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	2 Hardwick American Legion 97th Birthday Dinner & Dance 12 AM Adamant Co-op Great Barn Cleaning! April 2 12 AM Worcester Fourth Annual Mud Season Variety Show All Day Refeathering the Empty Nest, Expressive Writing Arts Workshop 12 AM Expanding Cancer Care: Exploring Choices in Complementary Integrative Medicine 8 AM - 4 PM Crayon and Papermaking Workshops! 8:15 AM (multiday) Pancake Breakfast Saturday, April 2 8:30 - 10:30 AM Dates Changed: Therapeutic Touch Workshop 8:30 AM (multiday) NEK Food and Farm Job Fair 10 AM - 1 PM Babe Ruth Sign Ups 10 AM - 1 PM Capital City Indoor Farmers' Market April 2 10 AM - 2 PM Tree Pruning Workshop with Dave Wilcox April 2 All Day Grow Your Own Gathering: Container Gardening 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Mud and Muck Auction 12 - 4 PM Kids Art Lessons at Maple Corner Community Center 1 - 2:30 PM Peacham P.T.F. Mud & Muck Auction Saturday! 1 - 4 PM River Rock School Auction - Only Few Days Left to Bid Online! 1 - 5:30 PM River Rock Auction - Only a Few Days Left to Bid Online! 1 PM Solar Energy Fair Saturday at Montpelier Grange 2 - 4:30 PM Beyond Measure: Film Screening in Cabot 5 - 8 PM Beyond Measure: Film Screening in Cabot 5 - 8 PM Worcester Fourth Annual Mud Season Variety Show 6:30 PM Springtime Joy! Jessica Lang Dance Saturday! 7:30 PM Jessica Lang Dance to Provide Graceful Season Finale 7:30 PM Contradance April 2 8 - 11 PM +21 more see less