Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2024

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31 Ever Wednesday Evening Mens Zoom Bible Study 7:30 PM (multiday) Easter Sunrise Service 6:15 - 6:45 AM Family Open Gym 3/31 and 4/28 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Easter Sunday Service 11 AM - 12 PM	1 Craftsbury Fire District #2 \| Regular Meeting April 1 5:30 - 7 PM Songs for the Sun 6 - 7:30 PM Sing to the Sun 6 - 7:30 PM	2 2024 Annual Village Meeting All Day Soup to Nuts: an Eccentric History of Food 4 - 5 PM Craftsbury Principal Candidate Meet and Greet 5:30 - 7 PM Fiber Arts at the Library 6 - 7:30 PM Albany Selectboard Meeting 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	3 Free Online Quit Smoking Workshop 9:30 - 10:30 AM Bracelet Making at Leach Public Library! 12 - 3 PM Middle School Math Tutoring 3 - 4:30 PM Leach Library Trustee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM POSTPONED: Poetry Speak Out 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	4 Library Will Likely Be Closed on Thursday All Day Darn It! Fiber Crafternoon at the Simpson Library 3 - 5 PM Planting Seeds with WIC! 4 - 5 PM	5 Local Preschool Open House! 9 - 11 AM Preschool Open House 9 - 11 AM Craftsbury Food Share Rescheduled for April 5 12 - 2 PM Church Rummage Sale 1 PM (multiday) Community Dinner & Talk at Sterling College Friday 4:30 - 7 PM Greensboro Selectboard - Special Meeting 4/5 at 6:30 Pm 6:30 - 7 PM Civic Karaoke Friday at the Legion 7 - 11 PM +3 more see less	6 Hyde Park Community Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Community Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Saturday Story Time - Maple Sugaring 10 - 11 AM Crafts, Corn Chowder & Live Music at Albany Comm School 10 AM - 12 PM Cabin Fever Reliever Craft Fair! 10 AM - 3 PM Little League Bottle Drive April 6 11 AM - 2 PM Albany Rabies Clinic - Cancelled March 23 & Resheduled 2 - 2:45 PM Poetry and Prose for Peace Workshop #2: Poetry 2 - 8 PM Hardwick Natural Resources Inventory Report 2 PM Game Miniature Painting Workshop, Part II 3 - 5 PM Spring Maple Dinner at Wolcott United Methodist Church 4 - 6 PM Mud Season Dinner and Dance 5 - 11 PM Sufi Zikr: a Practice of Remembrance 6 - 7 PM Community Zikr - a Practice of Remembrance 6 - 7 PM Local Folk Orchestra at Highland Center for the Arts! 7 PM +11 more see less
7 Huge U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Huge U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Super Bingo 11:30 AM - 3 PM Knot Magic for the Eclipse 2 - 8 PM	8 A Total Eclipse in the Park 1 - 4:30 PM Eclipse Party at the Leach Public Library! 1 - 6 PM Totality on the Common! Solar Eclipse Viewing April 8 2 - 4 PM Eclipse Viewing in Hardwick 2 - 4:30 PM Solar Eclipse Party at the Walden Community Library 2 - 5 PM Request: Eclipse Historical Data/Current Impressions 2:15 - 4:38 PM Eclipzza! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Total Solar Eclipse 3 - 3:10 PM Solar Eclipse at the Community Oven 3 - 5 PM Community Dinner 5:30 - 6:30 PM Craftsbury Fire District #2 \| Special Meeting 7 PM +7 more see less	9 Wetlands & Tile Drains Workshop - Learn the Regulations 9:30 AM - 12 PM Wetlands & Tile Drains Workshop - Learn the Regulations 9:30 AM - 12 PM Wetlands & Tile Drains Informational Session 9:30 AM - 12 PM Wetlands & Tile Drains Workshop - Learn the Regulation 9:30 AM LRUEMSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Select Board Agenda April 9 6 PM +2 more see less	10 Memphre Lecture Series - Spring 2024 1:30 - 2:30 PM Middle School Math Tutoring 3 - 4:30 PM Ableism Panel 4 - 5:30 PM Walden Planning Commission 4:30 - 6 PM Greensboro Selectboard Meeting April 10 6:30 - 8:15 PM Poetry Potluck 7 - 9 PM Beauty and the Beast Jr at Lamoille Middle School 7 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	11 LVRT - East Hardwick Trail Closure Thurs. & Fri. (multiday) Death Café at GFL 11 AM - 12 PM Planting Seeds with WIC! 4 - 5 PM Wolcott Community Forest Committee - Public Meeting 6 - 8 PM Poetry Speak Out 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	12 Free Online Diabetes Management Workshop 10 AM - 12:30 PM The Grown Up Taylor Swift Club 3 - 4 PM Open House at Rock Point School 4 - 6 PM	13 HPES 6th Grade Fundraising Bottle Drive (multiday) HPES 6th Grade Fundraising Bottle Drive (multiday) HPES 6th Grade Fundraising Bottle Drive (multiday) HPES 6th Grade Fundraising Bottle Drive (multiday) Hyde Park Elementary School 6th Grade Bottle Drive 12 AM (multiday) Poetry and Pie 4 AM Polar Dash - Morrisville Rotary Club & Learn 9 AM - 12 PM Apple Tree Release at Gomo Town Forest on Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM Annual Leap Energy Fair - Waterbury / Duxbury 9 AM - 2 PM LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Free Webinar on Hormones and Weight Wellness 10 - 10:30 AM Volunteer Day at the Arboretum 10 AM - 4 PM This Saturday - Learn to Sew Bowl Cozies! 10 AM Celebrates National Poetry Month with MAC 1 - 3:30 PM Poetry Reading This Weekend! 1 - 3:30 PM H2Oh! 1 PM Intro to Beer Brewing 2 PM Tree Identification 2 PM Mom's Night Out at Mud and Lace 5:30 - 7 PM Glover Library Talent Show and Auction 7 - 10 PM LFO at Plainfield Opera House! 7 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Spring Concert 7 PM +18 more see less
14 Celebrate the Light of Spring and Use Mindfulness 1 - 3 PM Intro to Ukulele 1 PM Film Showing Sunday Afternoon 3 - 4:30 PM Showing of Israelism Film 3 - 5:30 PM Showing of Israelism Film 3 - 5:30 PM Showing of Israelism Film 3 PM Make Your Own Pasta 3 PM Indie Rock Show in Derby Line 7 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	15 School Budget Informational Meeting (multiday) Discussion with State Treasurer Mike Pieciak 5:30 - 6:30 PM North Craftsbury (Common) Cemetery Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Town of Hyde Park PC Meeting - April 15 6 PM Woodbury Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM 04 15 24 Council Agenda 6:30 PM +2 more see less	16 Friends of the Jeudevine Are Meeting Again! 5:15 AM - 6:15 PM Create a Living Will 11 AM - 12 PM Legislative Public Hearing on Proposition 3: 5 PM Friends of the Jeudevine Monthly Meeting 5:15 PM VT History Day - Celebration and Presentation 6:30 - 7:30 PM Albany Selectboard Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	17 Walden Democratic Town Party Caucus - April 17 9:30 AM Online Auction for Children's Medical Relief in Gaza 10 AM Online Auction for Children's Medical Relief in Gaza 10 AM Online Auction for Children's Medical Relief in Gaza 10 AM Online Auction for Children's Medical Relief in Gaza 10 AM Big Houseplant Clearance Sale 1 - 4 PM Middle School Math Tutoring 3 - 4:30 PM KiHP Committee Meeting, April 17 5:30 - 6:30 PM Woodbury Democratic Town Committee Caucus 6 - 8 PM Leadership & Facilitation Class 6 PM Hazen Band & Chorus Spring Concerts 7 PM (multiday) +7 more see less	18 Big Houseplant Clearance Sale, Lynette's Native Plants 1 PM (multiday) Don't Toss It - Make Art! 3 - 4:30 PM Darn It! Crafternoon at the Simpson Library 3 - 5 PM WCL Trustees Meeting April 18: Agenda 6 - 8 PM Movie Magic: Storytelling Without Dialogue 6 PM Drawing for 5 Free Window Inserts! Last Chance! 7 - 8 PM American Legion Post 7 Elections 7 PM +3 more see less	19 Planting Seeds at Storytime 10 - 11 AM Community Dinner at Sterling College Friday Night 4:30 - 6 PM Art Opening for Mary Young 5 - 7 PM Community Concert for Heartbeet Lifesharing 7 - 8 PM Re: Correction: Glorious Leader Concert is 7-9pm 7 - 9 PM Glorious Leader at Parker Pie Concert Hall 7 - 9 PM Community Concert for Heartbeet Lifesharing 7 - 9 PM Civic Standard Honky-Tonk at the Legion! 7 - 11 PM Community Concert for Heartbeet Lifesharing 7 PM +5 more see less	20 Plant Sale (multiday) Cosmic Play: an Adventure Game Theater Teen Retreat (multiday) Saturday Donut Lounge- Hardwick VT - Change in Hours! 9 AM - 12 PM Quilters/Crafters Sale 9 AM - 12 PM 90th Birthday Celebration for Alice Whiting 11 AM - 2 PM Sen. Bernie Sanders' Second Annual Chess Day 11 AM - 4 PM Soup and Sandwich Saturday at the Walden Library 12 - 2 PM Free Screening of Kiss the Ground 1 - 3 PM Boots - The Musical! 2 - 3 PM Poetry and Prose for Peace Workshop #3 2 - 8 PM Earth Day Sound Bath - April 20 4 - 6 PM Free Class This Saturday About Electric Vehicles! 7 - 8 PM Glover Library Talent Show 7 PM +9 more see less
21 Growing Mushrooms on Logs Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Lunch Class: How to Succeed at the Farmers Market 11 AM - 1 PM Light!!! Meditation Workshop Sunday 1 - 3 PM Music for Mud Season 2 - 4 PM Correction! 2 PM +1 more see less	22 Earth Day: Help Make a "Music Wall" 3 - 4:30 PM Rambling Repair Mending Workshop 4 - 5:30 PM Wolcott Democratic Committee Caucus 5 - 5:30 PM Resilience Implementation Strategy Kick-Off 5:30 - 6:45 PM A Year Long Journey: Creativity, Healing, & Community 6 - 8 PM Select Board Agenda for April 22 6 PM +2 more see less	23 Free Qigong Class Through Craftsbury U! 9 - 10 AM Unplugged Jam 1 - 3 PM Dementia/Alzheimer's Care Partners Support Group 3:30 - 5 PM Town of Hyde Park Selectboard Meeting - April 23 5:30 PM Craftsbury Town Democratic Caucus 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	24 Special Selectboard Meeting - Proposed Housing Project 6:30 - 8:30 AM Memphre Spring Lecture Series - Continues 1:30 - 2:30 PM Middle School Math Tutoring 3 - 4:30 PM Irasburg Selectboard Meeting April 24 5 - 6 PM Hardwick Democratic Party Town Caucus 5:30 PM Hardwick Democratic Town Committee Caucus April 24 5:30 PM Greensboro Town Hall Housing Project Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Town Hall Redevelopment Project Meeting 6:30 - 9:30 PM Greensboro Town Meeting April 24 at 6:30 6:30 PM Goodrich Memorial Library Poetry Night 7 - 8 PM Mennonite Singers 7 - 8 PM Sacred Singing (Taizé) 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	25 Albany Special Selectboard Meeting April 25 8 - 9 AM Hyde Park Democratic Caucus 8 AM Kids Crafts in East Crafts: Trollen Wheels 10 - 11 AM Book Discussion: the Women by Kristin Hannah 11 AM - 12 PM Resilience Implementation Strategy Kick-Off 12 - 1:15 PM Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: GFL Book Club Discussion 1 - 2 PM The 13th Taste of the Kingdom 6 - 8:30 PM Taste of the Kingdom April 25! 6 PM Greensboro Selectboard Meeting April 25 6:30 - 8 PM +5 more see less	26 Garage Sale - 2074 Elmore Pond Rd - April 26-27 8 AM (multiday) Town of Hyde Park Selectboard Meeting 9 AM Animal Art with Rob Mullen (For Kids 6+ and Adults) 10 AM - 12 PM 2024 Newport Job & Resource Fair 11 AM - 2 PM Johnson Community Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Community Dinner at Sterling College Friday Night 4:30 - 6 PM Free Community Dinner 5 - 6 PM North Country Chorus & Halcyon Chorale Sing Bernstein! 7:35 PM +4 more see less	27 Variety Show April 27 All Day 6th Equine Industry Summit 8:30 AM - 3 PM Saturday Donut Lounge- Hardwick VT - Change in Hours! 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Celebration 9:30 - 11:15 AM Weavers Get-Together 10 AM Weaver Get Together 10 AM Volunteer Day at The Arboretum 10 AM Haiku Writing Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Haiku Writing Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale! 12 - 5 PM Paper Weaving Workshop 1 - 3 PM Gardening Workshop: Growing in Small Spaces 1:30 - 3:30 PM Gardening in Small Spaces - Grow Your Own Workshop! 1:30 - 3:30 PM North Country Chorus & Halcyon Chorale Sing Bernstein! 3 PM Albany Variety Show at Town Hall, Saturday, April 27 7 - 9 PM Dave Keller Band - Blues & Soul 7 - 9 PM Albany Variety Show at Town Hall Saturday 7 PM Trumpeting Spring VPO Concert 7:30 PM (multiday) +14 more see less
28 Family Open Gym on April 28 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Narrated Talk About Nadeau Sand and Gravel Company 1 - 3 PM Vermont Philharmonic to Feature Top Trumpet Soloist 2 - 3:30 PM Learn to Identify & Manage Invasive Plants 3 - 5 PM The Local Folk Orchestra at St. Norbert's Church 4 - 6 PM Seasonal Sing with Heidi Wilson at the Simpson Library 4 - 6 PM +2 more see less	29 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Spring Sing! 6 - 7:30 PM LRUEMSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Active Listening: Workshop with Scott Noyes 6 - 8 PM Agenda - Select Board Meeting April 29 6 PM Craftsbury Trails Public Meeting 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	30 Intro to Pilates Mat - Craftsbury U 9 - 10 AM Vermont Studio Center Open Studios! 4 - 6 PM 5-Minute, 0-Waste DIY Demos 5 - 6 PM Fiber Arts at the Library 6 - 7:30 PM Tanya Sousa Book Launch 6:30 - 7:30 PM Thomas Christopher Greene Reading at the Jeudevine 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	1 Goodrich Memorial Library Book Drive Starts May 1 10 AM - 6 PM Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Middle School Math Tutoring 3 - 4:30 PM Leach Public Library May Trustee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM	2 Fiber Crafternoon in East Craftsbury: Trollen Wheels! 3 - 5 PM Destination Dinner at HCA May 2 5 PM Hardwick Haiku Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM Anne of Green Gables at Cabot Community Theater 7 PM (multiday)	3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (multiday) Fill a Bag Sale! 9 AM (multiday) Community Dinner at Sterling College Friday Night 4:30 - 6 PM	4 Come Support the Eighth Graders at Hazen Union All Day Green Up Vermont Day - May 4 All Day Green Up Day! May 4 All Day Hyde Park Green Up Day Details All Day Celebration of Palestinian Culture and Resistance All Day Public Bird Banding Day 6 - 11 AM You're Invited ~ Vermont Book Awards Celebration 7 AM - 9 PM Every-Saturday-In-May Bird Walks 7 AM Birding on Hardwick Trails 7 AM Community Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Green Up Day 8 - 11 AM Green Up Day Bags 8 AM - 1 PM Hazen Craft Fair 9 AM Justice for Dogs Bottle/Can Pop Up Drive May 4 9 - 11 AM Annual Friends of HES PTO Bottle Drive Fundraiser 9 - 11 AM Plants for Sale, Permaculture & Agroforestry 9 AM - 12 PM Household Hazardous Waste Collection - LRSWMD - May 4 9 AM - 12 PM Conservation Fair, Plant Sale & Permaculture Event 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up North Hyde Park (And Eat Pie!) 9 AM - 12 PM Live Music at the Donut Lounge - May 4 9 AM - 12 PM Conservation Fair & 40th Annual Plant Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day - Lamoille Rail Trail, Wolcott Section 9 AM - 12 PM Saturday Donut Lounge- Hardwick VT - Change in Hours! 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up North Hyde Park and Eat Some Pie Too 9 AM - 12 PM Quality Bareroot Plants for Sale This Saturday! 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day - Town of Woodbury 9 AM - 1 PM Spring Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Uphill Pottery at Hazen Spring Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Stillmeadow Gardens Opening Day May 4! 9 AM Green Up Day at the Grange 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Meet a Horse 10 - 11 AM Family Bike Rodeo This Saturday! Fun for All Ages 10 AM - 12:05 PM Family Bike Rodeo in Newport This Saturday! 10 AM - 1 PM Bake Sale & Green Up Day Bags in Wolcott 10 AM - 2 PM Rail Trail Green Up 10 AM - 4 PM Skatepark Green Up Party 12 - 2 PM Celebration of Palestinian Culture and Resilience 12 - 4 PM Celebration of Palestinian Culture and Resilience 12 - 4 PM Celebration of Palestinian Culture and Resilience 12 - 4 PM Celebration of Palestinian Culture and Resilience 12 - 4 PM Home Weatherization Tours - Craftsbury 1 - 4 PM 3 Home Weatherization Tours May 4 1 - 4 PM 3 Home Weatherization Tours, Sat., 5/4, Craftsbury 1 - 4 PM 3 Home Weatherization Tours, Sat, 5/4- Craftsbury 1 - 4:15 PM 1 New Home, 2 Old Home Weatherization Tours May 4 1 - 4:30 PM Open House May 4 5:30 PM +42 more see less