Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2024

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28 Lifeguarding Certification Course (multiday) Lifeguarding Certification Course at GMCF 2 PM (multiday) BYSA Lacrosse Bottle Drive 9:30 AM - 12 PM Bodywork & Reiki April 28 - Tending the Caregivers 1:30 - 3 PM Sonnet Circle at the Adamant Community Club 2 - 3 PM Poa Mutino Governor 2024 Meet N Greet 2 - 5 PM Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM +3 more see less	29 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Volunteer Art Day April 29 at MSAC 1 - 3 PM Introduction to Hua Yue Tai Chi with Elle Hayes 4 - 5 PM MRPS School Board Meeting: FY25 Revised Budget 5 - 6 PM Spring Sing: Mondays April 29 to June 3 6 - 7:30 PM "Magnificent Desolation: Antarctica” Visual Tour 6 - 8 PM "Magnificent Desolation: Antarctica” Visual Tour 6 - 8 PM Upcoming Open Rehearsals 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	30 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Where and When to Vote for the School Budget 10 AM - 7 PM Vernal Pool Walk in Town of Barre Forest 4:30 - 6:30 PM All Brains Belong's Brain Club: "Autistic Culture" 6 - 7 PM	1 American Red Cross Blood Drive at the Health Center 10 AM - 3 PM Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks in Montpelier 10:30 - 11:30 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks 10:30 - 11:30 AM Artist Gathering 2 - 4 PM Primo Maggio 2024 5 - 9 PM Primo Maggio: Death at the Labor Hall 5 - 9 PM Twinfield Hosts Dinner & Budget Discussion 5:30 - 7:30 PM Elia Corti: A Death at the Labor Hall 6 - 9 PM May Day Celebration at Old Labor Hall 6 - 9 PM Community Supper Tonight! 6 PM Carry the Load (Walking) Relay 6:15 - 8 PM WCUUSD School Board Community Budget Discussion 6:30 - 7:30 PM Join Us and Learn More About the School Budget 6:30 - 7:30 PM FY25 Budget Informational Meetings - May 1 6:30 - 7:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM WCUUSD School Board Community Budget Discussion 6:30 PM SOS & LWV Webinars Explain Ranked Choice Voting 7 - 8:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting for VT by LWV & SoS 7 - 8:30 PM Virtual Forums on Ranked Choice Voting 7 - 8:30 PM LWVVT, Sec. of State Co-Hosts Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM LWVVR, Sec. of State Co-Host Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM +18 more see less	2 Come See Anne of Green Gables in Cabot Next Week! (multiday) Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Town Office Energy Audit Thursday 9 - 11 AM Stories & Songs for Infants and Toddlers at the Cutler 10:30 AM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Birding Trip Fundraiser Dinner at Twinfield 5:30 - 7:30 PM Barre UUSD Superintendent Search Committee Meeting 5:30 PM Friends of Calais Fiber Friends Group 6 - 8 PM Community Jam at the Montpelier Senior Center May 2 6:15 - 8 PM Cabot Folk Club Presents Brett Hughes - May 2 7 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	3 Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Free Nurse Clinic, Montpelier Downtown 11 AM - 1 PM Hands-On Team Building Demonstration & Updates 🐴 2 - 4:30 PM Kate Fetherston at The Front: Field Notes 4 - 7 PM Grief Support Group - Spring 2024 6 - 7 PM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	4 1 Week to Green Up Day! May 4 at EMES All Day Green Up Day Pancake Breakfast 7 AM - 12 PM Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM Green Up Day May 4 8 AM Marshfield Green Up Day 9 - 11 AM Yard Sale - Fuller St - Music Themed! 9 AM - 12 PM Household Hazardous Waste Collection - LRSWMD - May 4 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Neighborhood Garage Sale - Greenock Ave 9 AM - 1 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Green Up Day - This Saturday 9:30 AM - 12 PM Skill Share Saturdays Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM 4-H State Day 10 AM - 1 PM $10 Vintage Clothing Sale! 10 AM - 2 PM Downing Street Yard Sale! 10 AM - 3 PM Green Up Day 10 AM - 4 PM Open Theatre Casting Call in Barre 12:30 - 3:30 PM Amazing Mushroom Workshop This Weekend! 1 - 4 PM Litchfield Memorial Concert with Hausner and Kaplan 2 - 3:30 PM Roots Unearthed Petals Unfurled: Spring Sound Bath 2 - 4 PM Capital City Grange 2024 Cooking Contest 4:30 PM Capital City Grange Cooking Contest 4:30 - 6:30 PM Capital City Grange 2024 Cooking Contest 4:30 PM +19 more see less
5 Sunday Bike Ride All Day Spring Bird Walk at The Stranahan Town Forest! 7:30 - 10:30 AM Playful Minds Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Mother's Day Grief Series 10 AM - 4 PM Easy Riders 10 AM (multiday) All Species Day! 12 - 3 PM All Species Day is This Sunday 12 - 4 PM Save-The-Date: All Species Day is Sunday, May 5 12 - 4 PM All Species Day is This Sunday 12 - 4 PM All Species Day is This Sunday 12 - 4 PM Screen Time & Your Body - May 5 1:30 - 3 PM Screen Time & Your Body May 5 1:30 - 3 PM "Israelism" Film Screening at The Savoy 3 - 5 PM Film Screening of “Israelism” at Savoy May 5 3 PM Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM Hunger Mountain Coop Special Council Meeting 7 - 7:30 PM +12 more see less	6 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Barre UUSD Facilities/Transportation Committee Meeting 6 PM East Montpelier Selectboard Meeting May 6 6:30 PM	7 Please Vote of May 7 7 AM - 7 PM Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Bone Marrow Donor Drive 8 AM - 5 PM Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Voting in Plainfield Tuesday 9 AM - 7 PM 3sqaurevt! Community Outreach! 10 AM - 12 PM Energy Committee Meeting, May 7, Town Hall 5 - 6:30 PM Select Board Meeting Tuesday 5 - 7 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM Dogs & Trail Use in Hubbard Park Meeting 6 PM Calais Planning Commission Meeting May 7 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less	8 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks in Montpelier 10:30 - 11:30 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks 10:30 - 11:30 AM Free Pop-Up Healthcare Clinic 11 AM - 12 PM CVCC Trades Fair & Signing Day 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cemetery Commission Meeting Agenda May 8 5:30 PM Unwind for Restful Night's Sleep 5:45 - 8 PM Marshfield Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 PM Unwind for Restful Night's Sleep 6:45 - 8 PM Ranked Choice Voting Program 7 - 8:30 PM RCV in VT: Impact, Considerations & Opportunities 7 - 8:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting: Virtual Second Meeting, LWVVT 7 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM Annual Town Meeting 7:30 PM +10 more see less	9 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Petition Signing for Presidential Ballot 10 AM - 1 PM Tend: a Movement Circle for Mothers 12 - 8:30 PM Plant Based Cooking Basics Workshop 4 - 7 PM Middlesex Road Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Town of Plainfield Select Board Special Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Potluck and Conversation 6 - 8 PM May Friends of Calais Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Queer Open Mic Night - Poetry/Writings from LGBTQIA+ 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	10 Jewelry for Sale (Mothers Day Sale) (multiday) Copley Hospital Mother's Day Bake Sale 8 - 11:30 AM Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Join the Calais Inclusion Workgroup 9 - 10 AM Mother's Day Dinner a TVSC Take-Out Fundraiser 12 - 5 PM Mother's Day Dinner Fundraiser for TVSC - Friday, May 10 3 - 5:30 PM TVSC Take-Out Dinner 3 - 5:30 PM Take Back the Night! 4 - 9 PM Take Back the Night 4 - 9 PM Bellydance 5:30 - 6:30 PM Vermont Women and the Civil War 5:30 - 7 PM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM A Tale of Two Meeting Houses 7 - 8:30 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM A Tale of Two Meeting Houses 7 - 9 PM The 2024 Young Tradition Festival is May 10-12 in Bton! 7 PM (multiday) A Tale of Two Meeting Houses 7 PM Buffalo Nichols at the Barre Opera House 8 PM +14 more see less	11 Stamp Out Hunger - Annual Food Drive All Day Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM Barre Town Residents: Bulk Trash - May 11 8 AM - 2 PM Open House at Orchard Valley Waldorf School 9 - 10 AM Free U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic! 9 - 10 AM U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic - Free! 9 - 10 AM Conservation Commission Walk 9 - 11 AM Friends Annual Plant Swap: May 11 at The Jaquith 9 AM - 12 PM Onion River Outdoors 2024 Bike Swap 9 AM - 12 PM Bottle Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Fire Station Open House 9 AM - 1 PM Homestead Antiques 9 AM - 3 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Tools Only Sharpening Event 10 AM - 2 PM Self-Serve Egg Stand 10 AM - 5 PM It Takes a Village Inaugural Event on State House Lawn 12 - 4 PM It Takes a Village 12 - 4 PM May 11 Kids Trade & Play Celebrates Good Beginnings 12 - 4 PM Mending Workshop at Rabble-Rouser This Saturday! 1:30 - 3:30 PM Spring Wildflower Walk 2 - 3:30 PM Worcester Historical Society Ladies' Tea 2 - 4 PM Franklin Street Porch Social 2 - 4 PM 2nd Saturday Chef Series - Thai Pacific Dishes by Jess 5:30 - 7:30 PM Spring Fling at the Aldrich Public Library 6 - 9 PM Onion River Chorus! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Onion River Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 PM Onion River Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 PM +24 more see less
12 Easy Riders 10 AM (multiday) Mother's Day Wildflower Walk at The Stranahan Forest! 1:30 - 3:30 PM Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM	13 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Volunteers Wanted to Place Flags 1 - 3 PM Board of Abatement Meeting May 13 5 - 6 PM Important Parks Commission Meeting 5 PM Embroidery Workshops 5:30 - 8:30 PM Montpelier City Plan Public Engagement Process Kick-Off 5:30 PM Town of Plainfield Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM SB Meeting May 13 6 - 8:20 PM Middlesex Trails Committee Meets May 13 7 - 8 PM Marshfield Energy & Climate Change Committee Meeting 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	14 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM Community Potluck & Conversation with Randy Kritkausky 5:30 - 9 PM WHS Monthly Board Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM School Board Meeting May 14 6 PM +2 more see less	15 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks in Montpelier 10:30 - 11:30 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks 10:30 - 11:30 AM Artist Gathering 2 - 4 PM Walking Paths to Rumney School? & Planning Comm'n Mtg 6 - 8 PM Worcester Arts Festival - 2024 6:30 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM Calais Hist. Pres. Comm. Meeting—May 15 7 PM +6 more see less	16 Traffic Delays & Road Closures Governors Corporate Cup All Day Trip to Boston! - Only 20 Spots Left 8 AM - 5 PM Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Volunteers Needed for Knotweed Removal at Martin Bridge 9 AM - 12 PM Plainfield Select Board Special Meeting 5 - 8 PM Herbs & Hormones: Clinical Approaches for All Bodies 5:30 - 7:30 PM 41st Annual Vermont Corporate Cup Challenge 5k 6 - 7 PM Social Hour for French Speakers May 16 6 - 7:30 PM Friends of Calais Fiber Friends Group 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	17 Workshop with Michael D'aleo (multiday) Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM It's May! 9 AM (multiday) ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Why is Gospel Music So Powerful for Healing ? 5:30 - 7:30 PM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Montpelier Rotary Casino Night 7 - 10 PM Michael D'aleo Talk and Workshop 7 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	18 Far-Flung French May 18 All Day Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM Stranahan Bird Walk Rescheduled to May 18! 7:30 - 10:30 AM U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic - Free! 9 - 10 AM Free U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic! 9 - 10 AM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM 2nd Annual May Market at the Mill 10 AM (multiday) Burlesque Class 1 - 3 PM Burlesque Special Workshop 1 - 3 PM Free Water Safety Day at GMCF 2 - 4 PM Intro to Safe Swimming Free Event 2 - 4 PM Free Event - Introduction to Swimming! 2 - 4 PM Water Safety Event 2 - 4 PM Capital City Concerts Final Concert May 18 7:30 - 9:15 PM Final Capital City Concert, May 18 7:30 PM "Far-Flung French" on Saturday May 18 in Montpelier 7:30 PM Artists Market in East Calais 10 PM (multiday) +14 more see less
19 Cob Oven Building Workshop 9 AM (multiday) VCIH Plant Swap and Sale Fundraiser 10 AM - 2 PM Easy Riders 10 AM (multiday) Green Mountain Wrestling 2 - 5 PM ...But They Sing in My Soul: Songs Awakening Spring 3 - 4 PM Promoting Milk with Dignity 3 - 5 PM Soul Porpoise is Bringing the Groove to Plainfield! 3:30 PM Soul Porpoise is Bringing the Groove to Plainfield! 4 - 5:30 PM Soul Porpoise is Bringing the Groove to Plainfield! 4 - 6 PM Soul Porpoise is Bringing the Groove to Plainfield! 4 PM +6 more see less	20 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Become a Tour Guide at the State House 2 - 3 PM	21 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM Flood Victim Gathering - Barre & Montpelier (Guest Speaker) 6:30 - 8 PM EmpowR Transformation Community Building 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	22 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Plainfield Town Meeting 5:30 - 10 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	23 Rally for the Planet 2024! 8:30 AM - 1 PM Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM	24 Granite Center Garden Club - Annual Plant Sale 6:30 AM Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM	25 Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM Multi-Family Yard Sale - May 25-26 7:30 AM (multiday) Huge Yard Sale May 25 8 AM - 2 PM U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic - Free! 9 - 10 AM Free U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic! 9 - 10 AM Bottle Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Fall 2024 Auditions 9 AM - 2 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Race Against Racism 11 AM - 3 PM Come to the Race Against Racism! 11:30 AM - 3 PM Race Against Racism 11:30 AM - 3 PM +8 more see less
26 Easy Riders 10 AM (multiday) Breath & Your Body Class 4:30 - 4:45 PM Breath & Your Body Class 4:30 - 5:45 PM	27 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM	28 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM	29 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Artist Gathering 2 - 4 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM	30 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Ice Cream Social for High School Seniors 7 - 8:30 PM Three Sisters Four Women - Preview Night! 7:30 - 9 PM	31 Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Meditation and Mindfulness Retreat May 31-June 2 3 PM (multiday) Saints Shuffle Fun Run/Walk 4 - 7:30 PM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Fall 2024 Auditions 9 AM - 2 PM Skill Share Saturdays Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM Adamant Blackfly Online Auction is Open 10 AM - 3 PM Adamant Blackfly Festival Saturday June 1 10 AM - 3 PM Adamant Blackfly Festival 10 AM - 3 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM +4 more see less