Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2020

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26 Sunday Brunch 10 AM - 2 PM ReTribe Breathwork Workshop 12 - 5 PM Chakra Healing Workshop – Sound * Movement * Wisdom 1 - 3 PM You Are the Help Until Help Arrives 1 - 4 PM Argentine Tango Beginner Class Jan. 26 Catamount 1:30 - 3:30 PM Pianist Shai Wosner 3 - 5 PM Vicarious Travel: Scotland 4:30 - 6 PM International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration 5 - 6 PM International Holocaust Remembrance Day 5 - 6 PM Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration & Film 5 - 6 PM Lebanese Night at Bread and Butter 5 - 8 PM "Welcome, Neighbor" 8th Annual Potluck Supper 6 - 7:30 PM +8 more see less	27 Dungeons & Dragons for Kids at TW Wood 3 - 5 PM Climate Crisis Presentation and Discussion 6 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan. 27 6:15 PM Hearing on Proposed Wastewater System Ordinance 6:30 PM	28 North Country Chorus Spring Season Rehearsals 7:15 AM - 9 PM HomeShare Vermont Open House 12 - 3 PM Concerned About Reading Instruction in VT? Tell Ed Com 4 - 6 PM Free Tobacco Cessation Workshop Starts Jan. 28 5 - 6 PM Everyone Eats! 5 - 6 PM Talking with Children About Climate Change 5:30 - 7:30 PM Talking with Children About Climate Change 5:30 - 7:30 PM Willey Building Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM Re: Newly Forming Girl Scout Troop! 6 - 7 PM Potluck & Open Mic at Plainfield Firehouse 6 - 7:45 PM Community Sing at Heartbeet 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	29 Home Visitor Safety Training with Lt. James Roy 8 AM - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Program 1:30 - 3 PM Fundraiser: Save Those Redeemable Bottles & Cans 3:30 - 5:30 PM Genealogy and Slavery Discussion Group 4:30 - 5:45 PM Masala Vegetarian Indian Dinner 5 - 8 PM Sip 'N Share: Fire Cider 6 - 7:30 PM Transportation and Climate Initiative Feedback 6 - 8 PM Avenue Q School Edition at U-32 Middle & High School 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	30 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Support Group 10 - 11:30 AM Trinity Community Thrift Store Special Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Supper with Neighbors Returns! 5 - 6 PM Workshop: Budgeting for Simplicity 5:30 - 7 PM Dessert with Butterflies at Jeudevine Jan. 30 6 - 7:30 PM YE Vagabonds Concert in Shelburne 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	31 Athenaeum Game Night 6 - 8 PM Urgent Fundraiser for Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Struggle 7 - 9 PM Urgent Fundraiser for Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Struggle 7 - 9 PM Urgent Fundraiser for Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Struggle 7 - 9 PM Rock N Roll Chorus 7:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 You Are Invited to an Open House and Book Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Tricky Tracks: A Family Tracking Program 9:30 - 11:30 AM Coffee with Rep. Avram Patt and Rep. Chip Troiano 9:30 AM Montpelier PD's Next Coffee with a Cop Event! 10 AM - 12 PM Legislative Forum 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Trails 101 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Farmers' Market 10 AM - 1 PM Re: Trinity Community Thrift Store Special Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire This Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire 10 AM - 2 PM Children's Story Time in North Danville! Feb. 1! 10:15 AM Help Save Democracy-Indivisible Calais Shows You How 1 - 3:30 PM Help Save Democracy - Indivisible Calais Shows You How 1 - 3:30 PM Election Workshop 1 - 3:30 PM Whiskey Release and Super Bowl Party! 4 PM (multiday) Navigating End of Life Choices 5 - 6 PM Free Movie & Popcorn 6 PM Free Movie & Popcorn 6 PM Young Tradition Touring Group Concert in Greensboro! 7 - 9 PM Fifth Business at Peacham Library Winter Coffee House 7 PM Whammy Bar Presents John Smyth 7:30 - 10:30 PM Capital City Grange Contra Dances Feb. 1, 15 and 29! 7:45 - 11 PM Start Off February with a Contra Dance on Saturday! 8 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance Feb. 1 8 - 11 PM +20 more see less
2 Adventures in Ireland Slideshow Feb. 2 All Day Next Sound Immersion! 1:30 - 3 PM Beginner Argentine Tango Lessons Sunday at Catamount 1:30 - 3:30 PM Ice on Fire Volunteers Needed 2 - 5 PM Fun and Games! 3 - 5 PM Celebrate Groundhog Day with Games! 3 - 5 PM Sunday Fun and Games Just a Week Away! 3 - 5 PM Fly Fishing Club Meeting 3 PM Surveillance Capitalism 6 - 7 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle 6 - 8 PM +6 more see less	3 HM Coop Considers Milk with Dignity 5:30 - 7 PM Milk with Dignity - Hunger Mtn Coop Meeting to Weigh in 5:30 - 7 PM Book Discussion: Girl Made of Stars 6:30 - 8 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting This Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	4 North Country Chorus Spring Season Rehearsals 7:15 AM - 9 PM Lifelong Learning at The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium 5 - 6:30 PM Hitching Post Coming to Marshfield Discussion 5:30 - 6 PM SB Meeting 6 - 7 PM “How to Fix a Jail” - Prison Reform 6 PM Convivia/St J - Table Gathering to Celebrate Candlemas 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	5 Special Select Board Meeting 8 AM Walk-Through Wednesday Open Houses at Orchard Valley 8:30 - 10:30 AM Walk-Through Wednesday Open House at Orchard Valley 8:30 - 10:30 AM Masala Vegetarian Indian Lunch, Dinner + Take Home Meals 11 AM - 8 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Poverty in Lamoille Valley 2 - 3 PM Dedication of Exhibition: Women in the State House 4 PM A Spirited Evening: Celebrating Love in Vermont! 5 - 8 PM Introduction to Digital Photo Editing 5:30 - 7:30 PM Meditation Opportunity Tonight 6 - 7:30 PM Honoring the 19th Amendment Through Word and Song 7:30 - 9 PM Farmers' Night: Honoring the 19th Amendment 7:30 PM +9 more see less	6 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Winter Fun Playgroup 9 - 11:30 AM Cancellation-Planning Commission Meeting 6 - 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Cybersecurity Conversation for Families 6 - 7:30 PM Cybersecurity Conversation for Families 6 - 7:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Live Music at Salt Bistro with Caledonia Jazz Ensemble 6 - 8:30 PM Live Music at Salt Bistro 6 - 8:30 PM Your PC & You - the Essentials 6:30 - 8:30 PM Save the Date - EAB & Roadside Ash Mgmt in Plainfield 7 - 8:30 PM Wilder Arts Botanical & Scented Candle Evening Workshop 7 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less	7 Elders Together Support Group 1 - 2:30 PM Inky Dinky Oinkink Open Studio 4 - 7 PM Art Walk at the Center for Arts and Learning 4 - 8 PM February at the Garage Cultural Center 4 - 8 PM Classic Movie Night at the Athenaeum 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	8 Cabot 8th Grade Bottle Drive and Bake Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Presidents Reading-Discussion Series 10 AM Citizen Advocacy for Climate Justice (With Snacks) 11 AM - 1 PM February Climate Justice Advocacy with Sunrise & 350VT 11 AM - 1 PM Citizen Advocacy & Snacks: Next One Feb. 8 11 AM - 1 PM 2 Hour Restorative Yoga Workshop with Kristi 12 - 2 PM Agenda Plainfield WWW Commission 2 PM Owls Talking to You 3 - 4 PM Zenith Ensemble: Bach and Handel with Hilltones of SJA 3 - 4:30 PM Take the Weight Off Your Shoulders and Chest - Workshop 3 - 5 PM Feldenkrais Workshop 3 - 5 PM Skate Night at Woodbury Community Rink 3 - 5:30 PM Do You Host? Via Airbnb, VRBO, or Inn / B&B ? 3 - 6 PM Black History Month Community Event 5 - 7 PM Benefit Spaghetti Dinner for Kingdom Animal Shelter 5 - 7 PM Black History Month Community Event 5 PM NCAL's Menagerie Presents ‘Animal House' 5:30 - 10 PM Oscar Night in Mo-Vegas 6 - 10 PM Argentine Tango Lessons and Social Dance in St. J 6:30 - 10:30 PM Argentine Tango Lessons and Social Dance in St. J 6:30 - 10:30 PM Chad Hollister Band at Spruce Peak 7 - 11 PM Cabot Contra Dance This Saturday! 7:30 PM Solaris Benefit Concert for Dragonheart Vermont 7:30 PM +19 more see less
9 Antiques Market Sunday in Barre 8 AM - 1 PM Write Postcards to Fight Voter Suppression 11 AM - 1 PM February Winter Market! Feb. 9 11 AM - 3 PM EatUrArt by Finn Watsula Opening Reception 12 - 2 PM Festival of Trees! 1 - 4 PM Festival of Trees! 1 - 4 PM Addressing Hate 1:15 - 3:15 PM Love Out Loud - Save the Date 2 - 3:30 PM Print-Your-Own Valentine Card 2 - 5 PM Dance Sing & Jump Around - a Family Dance for All Ages 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Rob Mermin's "Parkinson's Pantomime" Event in Adamant 4 - 6 PM Gallery Reception - Nanine Beard: Inner Work 4 - 6 PM Rob Mermin's "Parkinson's Pantomime" Event in Adamant 4 - 6 PM Soup & Stories 5 - 6:30 PM Pot Luck at the Maple Corner Community Center 5:30 PM Upcoming Events at The Maple Corner Community Center 5:30 PM Change to 7:00 for "Parkinson's Pantomime Project" 7 - 8:30 PM Dann Pell and Nathan Mclaughlin Perform at Heartbeet 7 - 8:30 PM Rob Mermin's "Parkinson's Pantomime" Event in Adamant 7 PM +16 more see less	10 Addressing Hate 1:15 - 3:15 PM Art Class at Twin Valley Senior Center 2:30 - 4 PM Anti-Colonial Rally - Solidary with Wet'suwet'en Nation 3 - 6 PM Anti-Colonial Rally, Monday, Montpelier 3 - 6 PM Two Good Meetings 4 PM Public Hearing - VT State Budget 6 - 7 PM Public Hearing on Governor's Recommended FY21 Budget 6 - 7:30 PM Board of Civil Authority Meeting Feb. 10 6:15 PM Selectboard Agenda Feb. 10 7 PM +5 more see less	11 North Country Chorus Spring Season Rehearsals 7:15 AM - 9 PM Popup Valentine Card Workshop 4 - 7 PM You Are Invited! 5:30 - 7 PM Evanston's Living History, a Film by Craig Dudnick 6:30 - 8 PM	12 OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Valentine Tea Time in North Danville! 2 - 4 PM Braco's Gaze Within Silence 3 - 6 PM Kabbalah to Enhance Your Daily Life 6 - 7 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM LWV Presents Racial Bias in Criminal Justice in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM LWV Presents Racial Bias in Criminal Justice System 7 - 8:30 PM Racial Bias in Criminal Justice in VT 7 PM Cabot Trails Meeting 7 PM +6 more see less	13 I Love EMES All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Reparations in Vermont: is That a Thing? 5:30 - 7:30 PM Motown Concert, Cabot School 7 - 9 PM 'As You Like It' is Coming in February! 7 - 10 PM +1 more see less	14 Family/Friend Day 9 AM - 2 PM Shyam Nepali Concert in Burlington 6 - 8 PM LWV Centennial Anniversary Gala 6 - 8:30 PM LWV of Vermont Anniversary Gala 6 - 8:30 PM League of Women Voters 100th Birthday Party 6 PM Peacham Winter Carnival Family Paint & Sip 6:30 - 8:30 PM Valentines Day Concert and Dinner 6:30 - 9 PM On the Joy of Nordic Skiing 7 - 8:30 PM Maple Corner Film Series Friday Night 7 - 9 PM Love Hurts: Valentine's Day, Country Music Style 7 PM Menu for 4-Course Valentine's Dinner at Bethany Church 7:30 - 9 PM +7 more see less	15 Small Town Hobbies Grand Re-Opening 9 AM - 3 PM Family Sings with Heidi Wilson at NBNC 10 - 11 AM Family Sings with Heidi Wilson, N. Branch Nature Center 10 - 11 AM Re: Trinity Community Thrift Store Special Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Join Us for the Montpelier Farmers Market Tomorrow! 10 AM - 2 PM Argentine Tango Class Catamount Arts Sunday 1 - 3:30 PM Pacem School Open Maker Hours 2 - 5 PM Beat the Winter Blues: a Community Rejuvenation 3 - 6 PM Soup-A-Thon 5 - 6:30 PM Wine Tasting at the Maple Corner Community Store 5 - 7 PM Border Board Games Feb 2020 5 - 11:30 PM Yanks in the Attic to Support the Hazen Ireland Trip 6 - 9 PM Attention: Fans of Greek Food 6 PM Paint and Sip 6 PM Yanks in the Attic 7 - 9:30 PM Kava Express at Whammy Bar 7:30 - 10 PM Montpelier Contra Dance on Saturday at the Grange! 7:45 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance Feb. 15 8 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance Saturday Evening! 8 - 11 PM +15 more see less
16 Teen Program at Shao Shan Temple 10 AM - 2 PM Teen Program at Shao Shan Temple 10 AM - 2 PM Teen Program at Shao Shan Temple 10 AM - 2 PM Seed Swap Garden Gathering and Potluck 12:30 - 2:30 PM Argentine Tango Class Catamount Arts 1 - 3:30 PM Adult and Kiddo Paint Party 1 PM Northern Third Piano Quartet - Plainfield Opera House 4 PM Community Singalong Feb. 16 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	17 Chair Yoga (multiday) GoVT Winter Bike/Walk Challenge (multiday) Town Clerk's Office Closed Feb. 17 9 AM - 5 PM Soups On! at Good Living Senior Center Feb. 17 11 AM - 1 PM Meeting of E. Montpelier & Calais Historical Societies 6 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	18 Possible Way to Save on Your Taxes 2 - 4 PM Pacem School Open Maker Hours 3 - 5 PM SB Meeting Feb. 18, Willey Bldg 6 - 7:30 PM Let's Play Backgammon 6 - 9 PM OSUED Upcoming Meetings (Woodbury, Hardwick, Lakeview) 6 PM OSUED School Board Vacancy and Annual Meeting 6 PM Table Gathering on Tuesday 6:30 - 7:30 PM Collectively Processing the Climate Emergency 6:30 - 8 PM Collectively Processing the Climate Emergency 6:30 - 8 PM Free Playwriting Workshop 6:30 - 9 PM Collectively Processing the Climate Emergency 6:30 PM (multiday) Bernd Heinrich: "White Feathers" 7 - 8 PM Author Dan Swainbank to Speak! North Danville! 7 - 9:30 PM +9 more see less	19 Old West Church Association Special Meeting All Day Plainfield Special Selectboard Mtg 7:30 AM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM February Repair Cafe 5 - 7 PM Open House! 5:30 - 7 PM WCUUSD Budget Forum & Regular Board Meeting 5:30 - 9 PM RAMP Energy Meeting This Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30 PM Abenaki Singer Songwriter Bryan Blanchette 7:30 PM +6 more see less	20 Advanced Care Planning Workshop Feb. 20 All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM "They Shall Not Grow Old" and Original Student Films 5:30 PM (multiday) Danville Selectboard Agenda 6 - 8 PM Danville School Facilities Visioning Feb. 20 6 - 8 PM Human Family Potluck With Emily Bernard & Bryan Blanchette 6 - 8:30 PM OSUED Meeting: Possible Future School District Models 6 PM Movie - "Suppressed: the Fight to Vote" 6:30 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Hazard Mitigation Committee - Bridge, Dam 7 - 8:30 PM Montpelier High School Pops Concert 7 - 8:40 PM Life Drawing - Short Pose 7 - 9 PM Montpelier High School Pops Concert 7 PM +8 more see less	21 Quilting Circle 12 - 1:30 PM Macaroni and Cheese Dinner at Hazen 5 - 6:30 PM Mac and Cheese Dinner and Coffee House at Hazen 5 - 7:30 PM Cape Breton Kitchen Party - 142 Eastern 5:30 - 9:30 PM Meet and Greet District 3 Candidate at Rabble Rouser 6 - 8 PM Update: Meet District 3 Candidate at North Branch Cafe 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	22 Legislative Forum 10 AM Family Movie Night to Benefit VT Books to Prisoners! 4 - 9 PM Family Movie Night to Benefit VT Books to Prisoners! 4 - 9 PM Beef Stroganoff Dinner Danville Methodist Church 5:30 - 7 PM Albany Pie Auction! 6 - 9 PM +1 more see less
23 Antiques Flea Market Sunday Barre 8 AM - 1 PM Sled Hockey Games 9 AM - 7:30 PM Trek and Connect 11 AM - 12 PM Argentine Tango Lessons at Catamount Art Feb. 23 1 - 3:30 PM Workshop - Baking Bread from Scratch 1 - 5 PM Special Information Session 4 - 6 PM You Are Invited to Join the Summertime Marching Band! 6 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	24 Low Cost Cat Neuter Clinic All Day NEK Chamber Legislative Breakfast 8 - 9 AM Lego Build Day Camp for February Vacation 8:30 AM (multiday) Selectboard Agenda 7 PM	25 3 Penny Tap Room Donates 5% of All Sales to VCIL Feb. 25 11 AM - 11 PM Emergency SB Meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 25 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM North Branch Dems Meeting 5 - 6 PM Everyone Eats! Community Meal 5 - 6 PM Mother Up! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Potluck Plainfield Community Supper Focus on Volunteers 6 - 7 PM Onion River Exchange - Timebanking Orientation 6 - 8 PM Onion River Exchange - Timebank Orientation Feb. 25 6 - 8 PM Another Film for Black History Month 6:30 - 8:30 PM Agenda, Library Trustees 6:30 PM +6 more see less	26 OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Action Alert: Demonstration to Save the Bees 1:30 - 3 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Swarm the State House for Pollinator Protection 2 - 3 PM Action Alert: Demonstration to Save the Bees 2 - 3 PM Learn About the Upcoming NEK Broadband CUD Vote! 5:30 - 6:30 PM +2 more see less	27 My Last Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Storytime & Strings at Jeudevine Next Week 10 - 11 AM Press Conference for a Green New Deal in VT 11:45 AM - 12 PM Emergency SB Meeting Thursday 3pm TC's Office 3 - 4 PM Special SB Meeting 3 PM CCIF Emergency Meeting Thursday 4pm WB Mtg. Room 4 - 4:30 PM Emergency SB/CCIF Mtg. Thursday 5pm WB Mtg. Rm 5 - 5:30 PM Supper with Neighbors - Free Community Dinner 5 - 6 PM Supper with Neighbors on Thursday 5 - 6 PM Tango Practice at Catamount Art Tomorrow 5:30 - 8:30 PM Pushing the Limits, February Book Discussion on Feb. 27 6 - 7:30 PM Book Discussion About Walking One Step at a Time 6 - 7:30 PM Invitation to Lamoille Broadband Conference 6 - 8 PM Climate Action Film Festival - Montpelier, Feb. 27 6 - 8:30 PM Climate Action Film Festival 6 - 8:30 PM Tonight Take Action & Be Part of the Change 6 - 8:30 PM Town of Danville Public Informational Pre-Town Meeting 7 - 8 PM Ramp Energy Task Force Energy Innovations Workshop 7 - 8 PM Public Information Hearing 7 - 8 PM Smart Home & Energy Savings Workshop 7 - 8 PM RAMP Energy Innovations Workshop 7 - 8 PM Public Information Hearing Thursday 7pm 7 - 8 PM Energy Innovations for Your Home 7 - 8 PM +19 more see less	28 Rug Hooking Workshop with Sandy Ducharme 9:30 AM (multiday) Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night 6 - 8:30 PM Community Game Night 6:15 - 8 PM	29 LACN (Lamoille Area Cancer Network) Fundraiser 9 AM - 4 PM Cabot Public Library Saturday Morning Yoga 9:15 - 10:30 AM Women's Weekend Northwoods Yoga Retreat 9:30 AM (multiday) Central VT Reading to End Racism 10 AM - 12 PM Re: Trinity Community Thrift Store Special Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Phonebanking for Climate Tomorrow! 11 AM - 1 PM Vermont for Pete Canvass Kick-Off This Saturday! 1 - 2 PM Workshop: Climate Crisis, the Just Transition 3 - 4:30 PM Chicken & Biscuit Dinner Feb. 29 5:30 PM Chicken & Biscuit Dinner Feb. 29 5:30 PM Contra Dance on Leap-Day at the Grange! 7:45 - 11 PM +7 more see less