Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2024

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28 Hot Cocoa N' Cookies Stand at Jerihill 9 AM - 12 PM Sunday Service at MMUUF - Jan. 28 9:30 AM Nuture Your Spirit at Karuna Community Meditation 10 - 11:15 AM Lamoille County Players Annual Meeting 12 - 3 PM Lamoille County Players Annual Meeting 12:30 - 3 PM Blacksmithing Talk at Holcomb House 1 - 3 PM Transformation Breathwork & Sound Healing at Top Notch 2 - 3 PM Banner Painting Workshops 2 - 4 PM +4 more see less	29 9th Annual Mental Health Advocacy Day – Join Us 10 AM - 2 PM Lamoille and Washington Counties Legislative Forum 6 - 6:30 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting & Public Hearings 6:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	30 Fiber Arts at the Library All Day Day of Environmental Advocacy at VT Statehouse 8:30 AM - 1 PM Colchester-Milton Rotary Blood Drive 10 AM - 3 PM Community Engagement for Municipal Decision-Making 12 PM MMCTV Annual Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Yoga at Synergy Dance Studio 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	31 Michael's Tour of California Wines Dinner Jan. 31 All Day Age Well Grab and Go Meal at St. Thomas - Jan. 31 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Neighorhood Watch Meeting 5 - 6 PM Multigenerational Coloring 5 - 7 PM Women's Community Circle January 5:30 - 6:30 PM Light Up the Library 6 - 7 PM Workshop Jan. 31 at Ranch Camp! 6 - 7:30 PM Weekly Intro to Kettlebells at Milton Grange 6 PM New 7-8p Intro Kettlebells Class at Milton Grange 7 - 8 PM Visiting Artist Talk at VSC - Rosemarie Fiore 8 - 9 PM +7 more see less	1 Moogs Place Open Mic Tonight! 7:30 AM Essex Art League 9 - 11 AM Open House at Saint Francis Xavier School 9 AM - 1 PM Free Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM New Beginnings for Body and Mind - Yoga at the RBMH 5:30 - 6:30 PM Paint and Sip Parties at the Painted Lady Cafe 6 - 8 PM Maker's Group - 1st Thursday of the Month! 6:30 - 8 PM Bird Tales! 7 - 8:30 PM An Evening of Bird Tales 7 - 8:30 PM An Evening of Bird Tales 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	2 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Slow Flow Yoga 12 - 1 PM Mah-Jongg 2 - 4 PM Sinclair Inn Soup +Bread + Ale Experience 5 - 8 PM Coffee House Reboot 7 - 9 PM Visiting Artist Talk - Rosemarie Fiore 8 - 9 PM Live Music at Piecasso 9 - 11:30 PM +4 more see less	3 Legislative Update and Upcoming Public Event 10 - 11 AM Stories and Activities 10 - 11 AM Legislative Update and Event 10 - 11 AM Amnesty International Mtg 10 AM - 12 PM National Take Your Child to the Library Day 10 AM - 2 PM Winter Festival! 10 AM - 2 PM Lego Club 11 AM Ukranian Students Art Show 11 AM - 1 PM Johnson's Skate & Bake! 1 - 3 PM Ice Bar Party: Chill, Beer, Beats! 5 - 9:30 PM Live at Spruce Peak Arts: Josiah and the Bonnevilles 7 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less
4 First Sunday's Flea & Farmers Market 9 AM - 2 PM Nuture Your Spirit at Karuna Community Meditation 10 - 11:15 AM "The Letter" Film at Good Shepherd, Feb 4 10:30 AM Sunday Music Series: Judson Kimble and Sarah King 2 - 3 PM	5 Safety Kids Plus at Milton Grange Hall All Day Join Us at the Next Lamoille Legislative Breakfast! 8 - 9:30 AM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting, Feb. 5 6 - 9 PM Cannabis Control Board Meeting, Feb. 5 6 PM	6 Milton Water Bills Due Tuesday, Feb. 6 All Day Planning Commission Meeting Feb. 6 All Day Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM EWSD Board Meeting - Budget/Community Engagement 6 - 8:15 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6 - 9 PM Chocolates with Charlie Nardozzi at the Library 7 - 8 PM Luigi Galleani and the Anarchists of Barre 7 - 8:15 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 PM Riverside Sidewalk Public Meeting 7 PM +5 more see less	7 Informal Meet/Greets - Ethan Carlson Feb. 7-9 8:30 AM (multiday) Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Lamoille Valley Osher Lifelong Learning Series Opener 1 - 2 PM Free Injury Screening by Summit PT at The Forge 4:30 - 6:30 PM 100 Women Who Care Franklin County Quarterly Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Advice for Girls Ski Film (Free!) 6 - 8:30 PM New 7-8p Intro Kettlebells Class at Milton Grange 7 - 8 PM Soul Advice from the Goat 7 - 8:30 PM Tea Blending Class at the Library 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	8 Total Solar Eclipse: Stowe Community Planning Session 10 - 11 AM Notes from the North Pop-Up at Coco Goose 10 AM (multiday) Free Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Learn to Crochet 4:30 - 5:30 PM Rock Point School Virtual Open House 4:30 - 6 PM New Beginnings for Body and Mind - Yoga at the RBMH 5:30 - 6:30 PM Interested in a Buyout? 6 - 7:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Vermont ASLA Doug Crowell Lecture 6 - 8:30 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM Development Review Board Regular Meeting Agenda 6 - 9 PM Von Trapp Brewing Rebrand Launch Party at the Bierhall 6 - 9 PM Underhill Regular Selectboard Meeting Feb. 8 6 PM Proposed Maintenance Facility: Meeting Feb. 8! 6:30 PM Poker Hill School Book Club 7 - 8 PM +11 more see less	9 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Super Bowl Sale at Five Corners Antiques 10 AM (multiday) Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Homemade Soup Sale 11 AM - 2 PM Slow Flow Yoga 12 - 1 PM Mah-Jongg 2 - 4 PM Westford Common Hall Wine Down - Thank You! 5 - 7 PM Westford Common Hall: Community Wine Down 5 - 7 PM Sinclair Inn Soup +Bread + Ale Experience 5 - 8 PM New Art Up at the Library - Opening This Friday 6 - 8 PM Jontavious Willis & Paul Asbell in Concert 7 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	10 Bullets Benefit Ball 6 AM - 10 PM Stories and Activities 10 - 11 AM The Children's School Preschool Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Cookie Booth 10 AM - 12 PM Calling All Young Vermont Inventors! 10 AM - 1 PM First Tech Challenge VT State Robotics Championships 10 AM - 5 PM Read to Wyatt the Therapy Dog 10:30 AM Ukrainian Film Screening 12 - 2 PM Essex Fire's Annual Blood Drive in Memory of Addi 15A1 12 - 3 PM Georgia Historical Society Building Open 1 - 3 PM A Galentine's Retreat: Self Love Saturday 2 - 4:30 PM Kids Night Out - Valentine's Edition 4:30 - 7:30 PM Free Teen Science Cafe for Youth Gr. 7-12 5 - 7 PM Underhill's Semi Flannel 4.0 5 - 9 PM Guster at Apres Only Stowe 5 - 11 PM Nurture Night - Sound Bath/Reiki/Reading/Sauna/Tea 6 - 10 PM +12 more see less
11 Super Bowl at MCs Penalty Box All Day Superbowl Sunday Breakfast at St Thomas in Underhill 8 - 10:30 AM St. Thomas K of C Country Breakfast 8 - 10:30 AM Valentine Pancake Breakfast 8 AM - 12 PM Sunday Service at MMUUF 9:30 AM Green Mountain MS Group 10 - 11 AM Nuture Your Spirit at Karuna Community Meditation 10 - 11:15 AM Galentine's Day Brunch 10 AM - 12 PM Climate Change Film Sunday 10:30 AM Climate Change Film Sunday, Feb. 11 10:30 AM Holcomb House Open Sunday 1-3pm 1 - 3 PM In Celebration of Snowflake Bentley's Birthday 2 - 4 PM Birthday Event 2 - 4 PM Presentation 2 PM Justin Adams & Mauro Durante 7 - 9 PM +11 more see less	12 Stowe School Board Meeting 12 PM Lamoille South SU Board Meeting 5:30 PM Let's Eat Cake Party! 6 - 9 PM Town of Hyde Park Planning Commission Meeting Feb. 12 6 PM Regular Village Trustees Meeting Agenda Feb. 12 6 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting - Feb. 12 6:30 PM Underhill Conservation Commission Agenda 6:30 PM +4 more see less	13 The Curious Place Storytime at Spruce Peak Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Age Well Luncheon 12 - 1 PM Exploring Social Media 1:30 - 3 PM Glaciers and Lakes in Lamoille Valley Presentation 4 - 5 PM SCORE Workshop: Business Tax Planning 5:15 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Town of Hyde Park Selectboard Meeting Feb. 13 6 PM EWSD Board Budget Meeting/Open Board Seats 6:30 - 9 PM Ukulele Concert at United Church of Morrisville 7 PM +5 more see less	14 Send Some Love for Valentine's Day! All Day Singing Valentine Delivery 8 AM - 12 PM Smuggs 55+ Ski Club 8 AM - 12 PM Murder Mystery Movies with a Point 1 - 2 PM Stowe School Board Meeting 1 PM Come Build a Giant Heart Ice Sculpture at JCOGS ❤️ 4 - 6 PM Valentine's Day Prix Fixe Menu at Grant's 4 - 9 PM Underhill Energy Committee 5:30 - 7 PM Workshop Wednesday at Ranch Camp: Feb. 14 6 - 7:30 PM New 7-8p Intro Kettlebells Class at Milton Grange 7 - 8 PM Ash Wednesday 7 - 8 PM Soul Advice from the Goat 7 - 8:30 PM Visiting Writer Reading - Ladee Hubbard 8 - 9 PM +9 more see less	15 Library Closing Early on Thursday All Day Writing Craft Talk - Ladee Hubbard 10 - 11 AM Coffe Hour with Neighbors! 10 AM Free Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Learn to Crochet 4:30 - 5:30 PM New Beginnings for Body and Mind - Yoga at the RBMH 5:30 - 6:30 PM Constituent Mtg. with Reps Squirrell & Graning 6 - 7 PM Save the Date - Meet the Candidates Forum Feb. 15 6 - 8 PM Quiet Meditation Space for Lent 6:30 - 7:30 PM Roads and Water Quality Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Essex Junction Devel. Review Board Feb. 15 6:30 - 10 PM +7 more see less	16 Milton Winter Festival - Sign Up for Activities Now! (multiday) Milton Disc Golf Snow Throw Tournament (multiday) Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Slow Flow Yoga 12 - 1 PM Mah-Jongg 2 - 4 PM Cork Market at Moscow Grand Opening! 3 - 6 PM St. Thomas Church - Baked Fish Dinner Takeout 5 - 6:30 PM St Thomas Church in Underhill Baked Fish Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM K of C Fish Fry at St John Vianney Parish 5 - 7 PM Sinclair Inn Soup +Bread + Ale Experience 5 - 8 PM Community Contra Dance 6:30 - 9 PM Visiting Artist Talk - Jacqueline Surdell 8 - 9 PM V! a Vivacious Night of Variety 8 PM +9 more see less	17 Mardi Gras Bash with Glen David Andrews Band (multiday) Parking on Brookside & White Church Lane Saturday All Day Pancake Breakfast 8 - 11 AM Annual Pancake Breakfast 8 - 11 AM Make a Difference and Support Human Rights 9 - 10 AM Essex Jericho Underhill Ecumenical Food Shelf 9 - 10:30 AM Annual Westford Broomball Tournament! 9 AM - 8 PM Stories and Activities 10 - 11 AM Tot Shabbat: Let's Learn About Tikkun Olam! 10 - 11:30 AM Pastimes Party at EAHM 10 AM - 2 PM Pastimes Party 10 AM - 2 PM Reader's Circle Literacy Program 10:30 - 11:15 AM Jigsaw Puzzle Challenge at the Library! 10:30 AM Girl Scout Troop 51776 Cookie Booth 11 AM - 1 PM Westford Winter Festival 11:30 AM - 4 PM Hey, Have You Met Toby & Radar? 11:30 AM - 4 PM Chill-I Cook-Off & Community Lunch 12 - 2 PM Woods Walk in Westford This Saturday! 1 - 3 PM Banner Painting on Saturday 2 - 4 PM Open Mic Winter Series 2 - 4 PM Come Dance with the Legendary House Red Band 3 - 5 PM 40 Years Painting Vermont: an Eric Tobin Retrospective 5 - 8 PM Champlain Valley Skating Club Calcutta 5 - 9 PM Ice Crystal Ball: Me & My Grown-Up Dance 6:30 - 8:30 PM +20 more see less
18 Pre Bar/Bat Mitzvah Meeting for Parents 9 - 10 AM Stowe Chess Tournament 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Winter Morning Renewal Yoga 10 - 10:45 AM Nuture Your Spirit at Karuna Community Meditation 10 - 11:15 AM Sled-O-Rama 10 AM - 4 PM Self Defense 11:30 AM Cardboard Sled Competition 12 - 1:30 PM Brunch & Silent Auction Drive for Families in Need 12 - 2 PM Valentine's Day Brunch and Silent Auction 12 - 2 PM Valentine's Day Brunch to Support People Helping People 12 - 2 PM Valentine's Day Brunch for People Helping People Global 12 - 2 PM An Afternoon of Marie's Stories 1:30 - 3 PM Winter Poetry Walk: the Road Less Travelled 2:30 - 3:30 PM Come Dance with the Legendary House Red Band 3 - 5 PM Soup Bowl Supper 5 - 7 PM Viennese Gems Concert 6 - 7 PM Jericho Death Cafe 7 - 8:30 PM Alfie's Mardi Gras Bash with Glen David Andrews Band 8 PM +14 more see less	19 Lamoille North 2024 Annual Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Buddhism Class, Four Foundations of Mindfulness 6 - 8 PM Westford Planning Commission - Feb. 19 Agenda 6:30 PM	20 Upcoming Youth Visual Arts Camp! Scholarships Available 9 AM - 1 PM Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Wastewater Study Oversight Committee (WSOC) Meeting 3 - 4 PM QuickBooks on Line 102 5:30 PM Police Community Advisory Board 6 - 7:30 PM Winter Update CASAN 6 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6 - 9 PM EWSD Board Meeting - Budget/Community Engagement 6 - 9 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Meeting February 20 7 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting - Feb. 20 7 PM +6 more see less	21 Smuggs 55+ Ski Club 8 AM - 12 PM Upcoming Youth Visual Arts Camp! Scholarships Available 9 AM - 1 PM Join Michael Wood-Lewis on Wednesday Feb. 21 1 - 2 PM Front Porch Forum and Resilient Communities 1 - 2 PM Retirement / Welcome Open House – Feb. 21 4 - 6 PM Conversational Soup Supper & Soulful Silence 5:30 - 7 PM SongFarmers - a Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM SongFarmers - Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Westford Adult Book Group 7 - 8 PM New 7-8p Intro Kettlebells Class at Milton Grange 7 - 8 PM Soul Advice from the Goat 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	22 Upcoming Youth Visual Arts Camp! Scholarships Available 9 AM - 1 PM Free Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Open House at Cold Hollow Career Center - Feb. 22 4 - 7 PM Craft and Sip (Leather Bracelet Workshop) 5 - 7 PM New Beginnings for Body and Mind - Yoga at the RBMH 5:30 - 6:30 PM Local Concerns Meeting Re: Burlington Intersection 5:30 - 7 PM Planning Commission and Zoning Board Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Kicking Off Relay for Life of Chittenden County 2024! 6 - 8 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Paint and Sip Parties at the Painted Lady Cafe 6 - 8 PM Development Review Board Regular Meeting 6 - 9 PM DRB Notice of Public Hearing (Warning) 6 - 9 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9:30 PM Underhill Selectboard Meeting Feb. 22 6 PM Quiet Meditation Space for Lent 6:30 - 7:30 PM Lake Champlain Basin Program Love the Lake 6:30 - 7:30 PM Stowe Rotary Club Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Tabletop Game Night at the Westford Library Feb. 22 6:30 - 8 PM The Archaic Period of the Far Northeast 7 - 8:30 PM The Archaic Period of the Far Northeast 7 - 8:30 PM The Archaic Period of the Far Northeast 7 - 8:30 PM +17 more see less	23 Teddy Bear Sleepover 10 AM - 5 PM Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Blood Drive 11:30 AM - 4:45 PM Slow Flow Yoga 12 - 1 PM Mah-Jongg 2 - 4 PM Poultry Learning - No Poultry Required 4 PM (multiday) Free Community Dinner 5 - 6 PM Sinclair Inn Soup +Bread + Ale Experience 5 - 8 PM Date Change for Underhill Winter Carnival 5 PM Milton Special Selectboard Meeting 5 PM G Love Returns to Apres Only! Low Ticket Alert! 5:30 - 11 PM Stowe Sound Immersion 6 - 7 PM +8 more see less	24 Lucid Air Test Drive Event at Trapp Family Lodge 9 AM (multiday) Stories and Activities 10 - 11 AM Green Mountain Club Hike 10 AM - 4 PM From the Soul - Humble Revelry & Milton Artists' Guild 1 - 3 PM Showshoe Tour De Mobbs Farm! Moonlight in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less
25 Register for the 79th Annual Stowe Derby! 8 AM - 2 PM Woodworking Estate Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Sunday Service at MMUUF 9:30 AM Nuture Your Spirit at Karuna Community Meditation 10 - 11:15 AM Snowshoe Hike 10 AM - 12 PM Bargain Bin 10 AM - 3 PM Island Craft Shop Winter Class Series 12:45 - 3 PM The Life and Works of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley 1 PM A History of Quilting at Holcomb House 1 - 3 PM Will Patton Ensemble at Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM +6 more see less	26 Town of Milton: Dirt Road Posting All Day School Vacation Week 10 AM (multiday) Stowe School Board Meeting 12 PM School District Budget Information Meeting 6 - 7 PM Let's Grow More Food in Jericho 6 - 7:30 PM Buddhism Class, Four Foundations of Mindfulness 6 - 8 PM A Year Long Journey: Creativity, Healing, & Community 6 - 8 PM Examination of Premises and Public Hearing 6 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting - Feb. 26 6:30 PM Special Selectboard Meeting: Monday, Feb. 26 6:30 PM +6 more see less	27 Town of Milton: Road Postings All Day Learn to Knit with Ellen 11:30 AM (multiday) Age Well Luncheon 12 - 1 PM WSOC Meeting 3 - 4 PM SFL Adult Book Club with the Current 5 - 6 PM Meet and Greet with Ethan Carlson Feb. 27 at Cork 5 - 7 PM Vermont Hockey 12U Semi-Finals Games Tonight! 5 - 8 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Georgia Town Meeting - Town Plan and Survey Results 6 - 8 PM Stitch in Sponsored by Vermont Embroiderers Guild 6 - 8 PM Town of Hyde Park Selectboard Meeting 6 PM Fiber Arts at the Library 6:30 - 8 PM Conservation Commission Meeting 6:30 - 9:30 PM +9 more see less	28 Development Review Board Public Warning All Day Smuggs 55+ Ski Club 8 AM - 12 PM Introduction to Solar Eclipse Science 10 - 11 AM Banner Painting on Wednesday 10 AM - 12 PM Milton Historical Museum - Winter Open House! 10 AM - 2 PM Age Well Grab and Go Meal at St. Thomas 11 AM Town Coffee Talks - What's on the Town Meeting Ballot? 11 AM Annual Meeting Informational Meeting - Feb. 28 12 - 12 PM Enhancing History Through Thoughtful Restoration 1 - 2 PM OLLI Talk: VT State Curator, David Schutz Feb. 28 1 - 2 PM Make Your Own Photo Holder 3:30 PM Economic Development Commission Meeting 4 - 5 PM MMUUSD Board Special Meeting 6 - 7 PM Village Board of Trustees Special Meeting Feb. 28 6 PM Q&A with Environmental Journalist & Author Ben Goldfarb 7 - 8 PM New 7-8p Intro Kettlebells Class at Milton Grange 7 - 8 PM Soul Advice from the Goat 7 - 8:30 PM +13 more see less	29 Women's Retreat in Mexico! (multiday) Town of Hyde Park Listers Meeting - Feb. 29 10 AM Free Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Storytime with Ms. Bree 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM New Beginnings for Body and Mind - Yoga at the RBMH 5:30 - 6:30 PM Woof!! What's the Dog Saying?? 6 - 7:30 PM Quiet Meditation Space for Lent 6:30 - 7:30 PM An Evening with Explorer, Author, & Athlete Jan Reynolds 6:30 - 8 PM Bikes vs Cars 7 - 9 PM Meadow's Edge Homeowners' Association Annual Meeting 7 PM Vermont Repertory Theatre Presents: The Tempest 7:30 - 10 PM +8 more see less	1 Day Haus - Open Haus! 10 AM - 2 PM Recyle Rhonda 10:30 - 11:30 AM Librarian for an Hour (Grades K-5) 11 AM - 12 PM 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Presentation at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Mah-Jongg 2 - 4 PM Sinclair Inn Soup +Bread + Ale Experience 5 - 8 PM Teen Lock-In 5 - 10 PM Coffee House Reminder This Week 7 - 9 PM Vermont Repertory Theatre Presents: The Tempest 7:30 - 10 PM +5 more see less	2 Community Breakfast! 8 - 9:30 AM Stories and Activities 10 - 11 AM Townmeeting/School Meeting 10 AM Amnesty Internationally Meeting 10 AM Reader's Circle Literacy Program 10:30 - 11:15 AM Lego Club 11 AM Community Ceili 1 - 3 PM Ukrainian Egg Decorating 1 - 3 PM 4th Annual Hot Cocoa Stand to Support Spectrum! 1 - 4 PM Theater for Kids by Kids! At Lost Nation Theater! 2 - 3 PM Free Community Dinner March 2 5 - 6:30 PM Vermont Repertory Theatre Presents: The Tempest 7:30 - 10 PM +8 more see less