Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2016

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25 Women's Yoga & Climbing Retreat 4 PM (multiday) Universal Yoga Workshop at The Wellness Collective on Pine St. 6 PM (multiday) Autumn Equinox Party at Railyard Apothecary 7 PM (multiday) Garage Sale Sunday Sept. 25 9 AM - 5 PM Garage Sale Sunday Sept 25 9 AM - 5 PM Free Family Fun Day for Kids with Special Needs and Their Families! 1 - 4 PM MIND Walk 2016 for Mental Health 1 PM Walk for Mental Health! Sept. 25 1 PM Caroline Street Block Party 4 - 7 PM +5 more see less	26 Vermont K-12 Schools Vie to Win a Solar Tracker (multiday) Help Battle Carbon Pollution - Sign Up and Win Prizes All Day Vermont Council on World Affairs Speaker Series: Future of Korea 6 - 8 PM Preview of Sept. 26 City Council Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM Debate Watch Party! Hilary vs.Trump 9 - 11 PM Presidential Debate Watch Party Tonight - North End Studios 9 PM +2 more see less	27 Healthy Kids Meals Event 5:30 - 7:30 PM	28 Champlain College Rainbow Crosswalk Painting & Celebration 10 AM - 2 PM The Wellness Co-Ops Harvest Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM School Commissioners Forum for IAA and SA Communities Sept 28 5:30 - 7 PM City Council Search Committee Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Community Services Commission Meeting: Wednesday 6:30 PM Upcoming "Urban Wilds" Presentation by Burlington Geographic 7 - 9 PM Ward 4/7 NPA Sept. 28 Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	29 Art Exhibits Opening Tomorrow at Shelburne Farms All Day Teacher Contract Negotiation Conversation at Flynn School 5 - 6 PM Friends of the Winooski Library Meeting Sept. 29 7 PM Attend Public Hearing and Vote on Proposed DMUC Overlay 7 PM	30	1 Tom Brosseau at Light Club Lamp Shop Saturday All Day Yard Sale! 9 AM - 2 PM UVM Rent-A-Rower 9 AM - 6 PM Rotary Ski and Ride Expo at the Sheraton! 10 AM (multiday) Join the Walk for Animals - Oct. 1 12 - 1:30 PM Octoberfest Buffet and Tribute to Frank Sinatra 5:30 - 9 PM Art of Horror Opening Party at Space Gallery 6 - 11 PM Art of Horror Opening Party Space Gallery 6 - 11 PM South End All-Stars 7 - 8:30 PM South End All Stars 7 - 10 PM Ethiopian Boogie Benefit Oct 1 - Burnham Hall, Lincoln 7 - 10:30 PM +7 more see less
2 Free Zumba Class! 11 AM - 12 PM Garden Harvest Party & Potluck - Oct. 2 3 - 6 PM Great Food & Live Music 7 - 10 PM	3 Help Battle Carbon Pollution - Sign-Up and Win Prizes (multiday) Rosh Hashanah by the Lake! All Day Spiritually Infused High Holidays 10 AM - 1 PM Engaging High Holiday Services 10 AM - 1 PM Rosh Hashanah by the Lake 3 - 4:30 PM Winooski City Council Meeting, Oct. 3 6 PM "Burlington Flowing" by Burlington Geographic 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	4 Free Yoga Class Tuesday 9:30 AM - 10:30 PM Flying Pig Bookstore October Events 4 - 5:30 PM Flying Pig Bookstore October Events 4 - 5:30 PM Voices for Vermont's Children: Charting a Course to Equity & Wellbeing 5 - 6:30 PM Charting a Course to Equity & Wellbeing for Vt's Kids 5 - 6:30 PM Charting a Course to Equity & Wellbeing for VT's Kids 5 - 6:30 PM +2 more see less	5 Board of Civil Authority All Day International Walk-To-School Day, Oct. 5 7 - 8 AM Presentation on Adolescents and Adoption at Rock Point School 6 - 7:30 PM Rock Point School Hosts Presentation on Adoption and Adolescents 6 - 7:30 PM Is War Necessary? St. Michael's College Event 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	6 Ward 6 NPA All Day Free Backyard Compost Workshop + the Best Gift for Your Lawn & Garden 5 - 6 PM Lecture Oct. 6 at UVM "Spacializing Blackness" 5 - 6:30 PM Free Lecture by Reknowned Landscape Architect & Architect 6 - 8 PM Free Lecture and Discussion at Hotel Vermont 6 - 8 PM Have a Great Night Out at Smokey Joe's Cafe! 7 PM +2 more see less	7 Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) "Think of Others" Art Opening Friday - One Arts Center 6 - 8 PM	8 Lawn and Garden Tools and Equipment Sale (multiday) Purple Hearts Reunited Oct. 8 All Day Group Viewing of the White Helmets Documentary Saturday All Day Last Garage Sale of the Season 9 AM - 3 PM Moving Sale Saturday - Woolen Mills Apts 10 AM - 2 PM Free Fry Weekend! 11 AM (multiday) Mellow Yellow Trio at Smitty's Pub 8 - 11 PM +3 more see less
9 Open House at Fairfax Condo All Day SA's Annual Harvest Run: Just 4 Weeks Away! 8 - 11:30 AM Sustainability Academy's Harvest Run Sunday, Oct. 9 9 - 11:30 AM 5th Annual Harvest Run Sunday, Oct. 9! 9 - 11:30 AM Special Olympics Vermont 5k 9 AM - 12 PM Ethan Allen Tower "Keypers" 5k and 1-Mile Kids Run 9 AM - 12 PM SA's Annual Harvest Run 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale Sunday! 9 AM - 1 PM 5th Annual Harvest Run Oct. 9! 9:30 - 11 AM 5th Annual Harvest Run, Sunday Oct. 9! 9:30 - 11 AM Chase Away K9 Cancer - 5k Fun Run 10 AM Meditation Instruction/Dharma Talk 10:30 AM - 12 PM Dharma Talk at Shambhala Center 10:30 AM - 12 PM Estate Sale for the Greater Good 11 AM - 6 PM Three Books: Three Authors 6 - 7 PM +11 more see less	10 People and the Planet Over Profit March and Rally All Day Indigenous People's Day/Climate Justice Rally 5 - 7:30 PM Indigenous People's Day Solidarity March & Rally 5 - 8 PM Indigenous People Rally Oct. 10 5 PM Oct. 10 Indigenous People's Day Solidarity March 5 PM "Burlington's Edible History" by Burlington Geographic 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	11 French Conversation Club for Middle School Students 4 - 5 PM OTT Test Lab at Burlington Telecom 5:30 - 7:30 PM Yom Kippur Correction on Web Link 6:30 - 8 PM	12 AARP Safe Driver Course at Winooski Senior Center 9 AM - 2 PM Join the Fight for Fifteen! 6 - 7 PM Fight for $15! 6 - 7 PM School Board Meeting - Oct. 12 6:30 - 8:30 PM Wards 1 and 8 NPA Meeting Wednesday, Oct. 12 7 PM +1 more see less	13 Ladies Night - Free Community Event All Day Ladies Night - Free Community Event All Day Comedy Fundraiser for Emerge VT All Day What is the Real Story for Vt Women and Business? 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM ONE Community Dinner - Fall Harvest Feast 5:30 - 6:45 PM For Real Women Series: Git Ur Freak on - Swan Dojo 5:30 - 7 PM City Manager Search Committee Meeting Oct. 13 5:30 PM North Ave Unsignalized Crosswalks Public Meeting Presentation 6:30 - 8:30 PM Nerd Choir Call and Karaoke! 7 - 10:30 PM +5 more see less	14 Paint & Sip at ONE Arts: Starry Night All Day Marketplace Parking Garage Elevator Closure 10-14-16 8 AM - 6 PM	15 Garage Sale This Weekend! (multiday) Plants as Medicine Walk at Rock Point 9 AM - 12 PM Plants as Medicine Corvid Community Naturalists Oct. 15 9 AM - 12 PM Plants as Medicine: Corvid Community Naturalists Oct. 15 9 AM - 12 PM Plants as Medicine Corvid Community Naturalists 9 AM - 12 PM Learn About Plant Medicine 9 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale! 9 AM - 3 PM Queen City Memory Cafe Oct. 15 10 AM - 12 PM IAA Art Show and Sell & Silent Auction Oct. 15 10 AM - 2 PM Yoga for Stress & Anxiety at Swan Dojo 11:30 AM - 1 PM Yoga for Stress & Anxiety at Swan Dojo 11:30 AM - 1 PM Still Time! Yoga for Stress & Anxiety at Swan Dojo 11:30 AM - 1 PM Yoga for Stress & Anxiety at Swan Dojo 11:30 AM - 1 PM First UU Meeting House Tours Oct. 15 1 - 4 PM Raising the Bar - Winooski Skate Park Fundraiser Oct. 15 2 - 5 PM Raising the Bar - Winooski Skate Park Fundraiser Oct. 15 2 - 5 PM Shape Note Singing Workshop 3 - 6 PM Green Mountain Roller Derby Home Game 5 - 8:30 PM Barn Dance to Benefit VT Young Farmers Coalition! 5 - 10 PM +15 more see less
16 Ultimate Frisbee Pickup Game: Sunday 4 - 5:30 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Oct. 16 4 - 5:30 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Fort Blunder & Fort Montgomery 4 PM	17 BTV Ignite's Innovation Week: 10 Days of Free Events! (multiday) Driveway Encroachment Parking Prohibition 6 AM (multiday) High School French Conversation and Songs Club 4 - 5 PM Liquor Control Meeting Monday, Oct. 17 6 PM City Council Meeting Monday, Oct. 17 6:15 PM Preview of City Council Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	18 Burlington School Board - Finance Committee Meeting All Day Explore the Depths of Lake Champlain 12:30 - 2 PM "Was It Murder?" Presentation at the State Archives 5 - 8 PM	19 Women's Business Ownership + Vermont's Economy 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Join Me for Homeshare Vt's Open House! 4 - 6 PM "Bio" Beer & Gear Wed., Oct. 19 at ACPHS 5:30 - 7:30 PM Happy Hour at ONE Arts w/Duct Tape! 5:30 - 8 PM Community Dinner Oct. 19 - Future of Winooski Parking 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	20 Old North End Arts & Business Network Monthly Meeting All Day Ward 5 NPA Meeting Oct. 20 All Day Baby and Toddler Playgroup 9:30 - 10:30 AM Wanted: Your Opinion About CSWD's Programs & Facilities 5:30 - 7 PM Ward 5 NPA Meeting 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	21 Candy Chemist Camp at Echo Friday! 8:30 AM - 3 PM Family Contradance Cabaret Event Oct. 21 4 - 8 PM Annual Chicken & Biscuit Dinner 5:30 - 8 PM Chicken & Biscuit Dinner Oct. 21 5:30 - 8:30 PM Live Jazz at the Spot 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	22 The Tent Village and The Sign Documentary Film Screenings All Day UU is 200 All Day Annual Harvest Bazaar Oct. 22 9 AM - 2:30 PM Annual Harvest Bazaar 9 AM - 2:30 PM Pumpkin Carving 9 AM (multiday) City Council Meeting Saturday 9:30 AM Drug Take-Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM National Drug Take-Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Joint City Council/Commission Meeting Saturday 10 AM Tech Jam's "Coffee and Confidence" - Event for Women of All Ages 10:30 AM - 12 PM Chicken Pie Supper 5:30 - 7:30 PM Chicken Pie Supper 5:30 - 8 PM Music at Skinny Pancake Saturday to Benefit Haiti 7 - 9 PM Burlington Chamber Orchestra Concert 7:30 PM +10 more see less
23 (Not) Happy (About the Zoning Change) Hour All Day Yard Sale All Day Vermont Commons School Open House All Day Howl-O-Ween 5k! 9 AM - 2 PM Town Center Project 10:30 - 11:30 AM Vermont Commons Open House 1 - 3 PM Vermont Commons School - Curiosity Required! 1 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM Organ Recital at First Unitarian Universalist Church 2 - 4 PM Organ Concert to Celebrate Bicentennial 2 PM Vermont Italian Club Annual Dinner 5 PM Vermont Italian Club Annual Pasta Dinner 5 PM Livable City Public Get Together 6 - 8 PM New Sunday Evening Worship – First UMC 6:15 PM +11 more see less	24 Preview of Oct. 24 City Council Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	25 Music at the ONE Tuesday Market 3:30 - 6:30 PM Rabies 101 Public Talk 6 PM Friends of the Library Annual Meeting 7 - 8 PM Intersections: a Theatre Project: Prison and Reform 7 - 10 PM Informational Event on Ballot Questions - Oct. 25 7:30 - 9 PM Intersections: a Show About Prison and Reform 7:30 PM (multiday) Ballot Items 1-4 Info Meeting @ The Spot 7:30 PM Theatre Project About Criminal Justice Reform 7:30 PM +4 more see less	26 Ward 4/7 NPA Meeting 6:45 - 9 PM Agenda for Oct. 26 NPA (Legislative Candidates Forum!) 6:45 - 9 PM	27 Public Safety Committee Meeting All Day Burlington Walk/Bike Council Agenda All Day CTE Community Appreciation Day for Senior Citizens 10 AM (multiday) It's in the Records: Researching a Middlebury Cold Case 5 - 8 PM Speeding & Traffic Safety in Our Neighborhoods 5:30 - 7 PM Nutrition and Herbs for Digestive Health Series 6 - 8 PM Nutrition and Herbs for Digestive Health Series 6 - 8 PM Educational Presentation on Project-Based Learning 6 PM A Vision for Fair Development in Burlington 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	28 Zombie Zumba at the Y All Day Jumble Sale 9 AM (multiday) Friday Night Food Affair Community Dinner in Richmond 5 - 7 PM Demo / Intro to Strength Training with Kettlebells 5:30 - 7 PM Witches Brew Bash at Echo Tickets & Volunteer Info 8 PM +1 more see less	29 Festival of Pumpkins Oct. 29 - 30 (multiday) Halloween in Winooski 2016! 5 - 8 PM Halloween-Samhain Costume Party and Kava Lounge! 7 - 11 PM
30 Open Play (Age 0-5) 9:30 - 11:30 AM City Ballot Questions House Party 10:30 AM - 12 PM House Party & Discussion of Burlington Ballot Questions 10:30 AM - 12 PM Discussion of Burlington Ballot Questions 11:30 AM	31 Come Trick-Or-Treat at Our Spooky Stairway! 6 - 8 PM Come Trick-Or-Treat at Our Spooky Stairway! 6 - 8 PM Halloween Organ Concert 7:30 PM	1 Learn About Burlington's Ballot Measures, Meet Candidate 7 - 8:30 PM Meet Candidate, Learn About Burlington's Ballot Measures 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Get Cinnamon Swirl & Support Champlain Elementary! 7 AM - 6 PM Champlain School Garden Fundraiser at Great Harvest Nov. 2 7 AM - 6 PM Mayor's Town Hall Meeting on Ballot Questions Nov. 2 6 - 8 PM Open House 6 - 8 PM	3 Spaghetti Town Hall Meeting About Ballot Questions All Day Spaghetti Town Hall Meeting - Q&A on Ballot Items All Day WCP Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Nonviolence 101 6 - 8 PM Spaghetti Dinner and the Ballot Items 7 - 9 PM Spaghetti Town Hall Discussion on City Ballot Items 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	4 Press Conference of Coalition for a Livable City and Allies All Day Colchester Wellness Fair 4 - 8 PM Only One Month Away - Dollars for Scholars Fans! 5:30 - 9 PM	5 Zen Buddhism Workshop at the Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1:15 PM Bag Sale 25% Off Storewide! 9 AM - 7 PM Tag Sale 83 Barlow Community Room Nov. 5 and 6 9 AM (multiday) Shabbat Morning Learner's Service at Ohavi Zedek! 9:30 AM - 12 PM Natural Ancient Healing System 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Spaghetti Dinner / Bingo 5 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less