Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2017

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29 Join Us for Lunar New Year Celebration 10:30 AM - 2 PM Introduction to Essential Oils Free Class! 12 - 2 PM Yoga for Syria 12 - 2 PM MVU Football Poker Tournament 12 - 5 PM An Afternoon of Games and Fun! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Italian Buffet Dinner 4 - 7 PM Italian Buffet Dinner 4 - 7 PM Sunday Jazz at Hinesburgh Public House 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	30 City Council Meeting Jan. 30 All Day Junior League Info Session - New Member Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Jericho/Underhill Republican Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	31	1 Rice Prospective Parent Luncheon All Day Richmond Planning Commission Agenda Feb. 1 All Day Materials for DRB Meeting Feb. 1 All Day Open House at Saint Francis Xavier School 8:30 AM - 2 PM Rice Prospective Parent Luncheon 12 - 1 PM Rice Prospective Parent Luncheon 12 - 1 PM Rice Prospective Parent Luncheon 12 - 1:30 PM Consumer Night at Vermont Farm Show 4 - 7 PM Know Your Rights Training for Immigrants 5:30 - 7 PM Friends of the Library Meeting 7 - 8 PM How to Get Started on Your College Search Event 7 - 8 PM +7 more see less	2 Informational Meeting All Day Free Community Soup & Bread Supper All Day Artist in Residence Featured Artist Reception 4:30 - 7 PM Feb. 2 Open House at Christ the King School 5:30 - 7 PM Christ the King Open House for Catholic School's Week! 5:30 - 7 PM Harry Potter Book Night! 6 - 7 PM Richmond Zumba Fitness Thurs. 6:30 - 7:30 PM Mindfulness 6:30 - 7:30 PM VTrans Meeting Notch Road Tunnel Project 6:30 - 8:30 PM Groundhog Day - Live, True, Storytelling! 7 - 8:30 PM Public Forum - Catamount Community Forest 7 - 9 PM Indigenous Water Protectors Tour, Feb. 2 Montpelier 7 PM +8 more see less	3 Mansfield Cooperative School Open House 5 - 7 PM Open House at Mansfield Cooperative School and FFA! 5 - 7 PM Open House at Mansfield Cooperative School and FFA! 5 - 7 PM Friday Food Affair with Mansfield Cooperative 5 - 7 PM Kids Night Out at JUMC 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	4 Wild Game Supper All Day Meet with Your District 7-1 Representative 9 - 10 AM Morning Magic in the Waldorf Preschool & Kindergarten 10 - 11:30 AM Morning Magic in Waldorf Preschool & Kindergarten 10 - 11:30 AM Colchester Winter Carnival Chili Challenge 10 AM - 1:30 PM Kids VT Camp and School Fair Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Kids Vt Camp Fair Feb. 4 10 AM - 2 PM Solidarity with Our Refugee and Muslim Community 10:30 AM - 12 PM Fundraiser Blue Star Mother of Vermont 10:30 AM - 4 PM Of Earth and Being: Works of Diane Elliott Gayer 3 - 4 PM French Canadian Supper 5 - 6 PM Paint & Sip at Bolton Valley 6 - 9 PM American Legion Auxiliary Sock Hop Fundraiser 6 - 10:30 PM Sock Hop Fundraiser 6 - 11 PM Winter Dance Gala in Montpelier 7 - 9 PM Contrasts: Quintets for Strings and Piano 7:30 - 9 PM Free Choral Concert 7:30 - 9 PM +13 more see less
5 Tumbleweed at Charlotte Congregational Church, Sunday Feb. 5 10 - 11 AM 2 Programs at Temple Sinai 10 - 11:30 AM Super Sunday with Dr. First! 10 - 11:30 AM Two Wonderful Programs at Temple Sinai 10 - 11:30 AM Culinary Class: Detox Soups for the Winter 10 AM - 2 PM Super Bowl Sunday Food Drive! 10 AM - 3 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 - 3 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 - 3 PM Movement Lab: Moving Better, Living Better 1 - 3:30 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM Vermont Commons School Open House Feb. 5 1 PM Open Forum Discussion with Mayor Seth Leonard 1 PM Super Sunday with Dr. First! 10 - 11:30 PM +9 more see less	6 Massage Openings and V Day Special! All Day Westford Planning Commission & DRB Feb. 6 Agenda All Day Village Trustees Special Meeting Feb. 6 All Day Richmond Water Commission Agenda Feb. 6 5:30 - 7 PM Youth Events at the Dorothy Alling Library 6:30 - 7 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda for Feb. 6 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	7 The X-Y-Z's of College Planning: Feb. 7 All Day Haiti Slideshow and Information All Day Go Red for Women Event at Senior Center 9 - 11 AM How to Get Started on Your College Search 4:45 - 5:45 PM CHMS Family Dialogue Night 6:30 - 8 PM The X-Y-Z's of College Planning 6:30 - 8 PM Learn About Pathways Vermont 6:30 PM Haiti Solar Project Slideshow 7 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting Feb. 7 7 - 9 PM Survey & Public Meeting: VT 116/Tilley/Kimball 7 - 9 PM Public Meeting Feb. 7: VT 116/Tilley Dr./Kimball Ave 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	8 Meet the Doulas! 5 - 7 PM Meet the Doulas! 5 - 7 PM Market Your Small Business to Get the Sale - SCORE 5:30 - 7 PM Market Your Small Business to Get the Sale 5:30 - 7 PM Market Your Small Business to Get the Sale 5:30 - 7 PM “Gardens of Scotland” Talk 6 - 8 PM Friends of UVM Horticulture Farm Present 6 - 8 PM Gardens of Scotland Talk 6 - 8 PM Hale and Hearty Seniors Monthly Meeting 6 PM School Board Meeting Feb. 8 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	9 Black Lives Matter Day/Weekend Events 9 AM (multiday) Nonprofits Invited to MMCTV for Webinar 12 - 1 PM Protect Yourself from Fraud! 1:30 PM Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM HSCC Hosts Purrrses for Paws 6 - 8 PM Purrrse's for Paws 6 - 8 PM HSCC Hosting 3rd Annual Purrrses for Paws 6 - 8 PM Purses for Paws 6 - 8:30 PM 3rd Annual Purrrses for Paws 6 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Hearing on 2017 Town Plan 6 PM Mindfulness Session Feb. 9 6:30 - 7:30 PM Hearing on the Minimum Wage 7 - 8:30 PM Materials for Feb. 9 Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	10 Mending the Heart - Rewrite the Past & Change Your Future (multiday) Lularoe Fundraiser at Jericho Elementary School All Day Mending the Heart 4 AM (multiday) Rummage Sale at Grace United Methodist Church 9 AM - 4 PM Mending the Heart Workshop 3 PM (multiday) Lularoe Open House Hours - Feb. 10 4 - 7 PM Chinese New Year Celebration at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM Milton Winter Festival 2017 6:30 PM (multiday) Queen City Contra Dance Friday, Feb. 10 in Shelburne 7:45 - 11 PM +5 more see less	11 Barn Sale (multiday) Huntington River Vineyard Wine & Chocolate Weekend (multiday) Kids Soccer Tournament All Day 3V3 Street Soccer Tournament All Day Steamboat Graveyard Story at Town Hall Feb. 11 All Day Pancakes! 7:30 - 11 AM Pancakes! 7:30 - 11 AM Meet with Your District 7-1 Representative 9 - 10 AM Bottle Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Bottle Drive for Georgia School Spanish Class 9:30 AM - 1 PM Learn Energy Archaeology 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Release the Winter Blahs! 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Fun New Race - Snowcross Relays! 10 AM - 12 PM Mansfield Cooperative School: Upcoming Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Open House at Mansfield Cooperative School! 10 AM - 12 PM Mansfield Cooperative School Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Burlington Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Snowcross Relays at Sleepy Hollow Ski Center 10 AM - 2 PM Snowcross Relays at Sleepy Hollow 10 AM - 2 PM Beginner Watercolor Class "The Basics" 10 AM - 3 PM Friends of the Winooski: Stream Table Training 10 AM - 4 PM Chocolate Tasting at Bijou Fine Chocolate 10 AM - 4 PM Stream Table Training 10 AM - 4 PM Sleepy Hollow Ski Center Snowcross Relays 10 AM Spanish Musical Playgroup 10:30 AM - 12 PM This Saturday Mansfield Cooperative School Open House 10:30 AM - 12 PM Chris Sabick - Underwater Discoveries in Shelburne Bay 11 AM - 12:30 PM Gather to Make Valentines! 11 AM - 3 PM 8th Grade Challenge: Fundraiser to Benefit COTS 12 - 4 PM Huntington River Vineyard Wine & Chocolate Weekend 12 PM (multiday) Huntington River Vineyard Wine & Chocolate Weekend 12 PM (multiday) Coyote Killing Derby Protest 1 - 3 PM Green Burial and the Vermont Law 1:30 - 3 PM Green Burial and the Vermont Law 1:30 PM Polish Dinner - Family Style! 5 - 8 PM Black Lives Matter Vermont Events 5 - 8 PM Grand Opening 5 - 8 PM Pasta Dinner at Saint Jude in Hinesburg 5:30 - 7 PM Me & My Special Someone Dance 6:30 - 8:30 PM +35 more see less
12 Breakfast at St Thomas in Underhill Sun. 8 - 10:30 AM Valentine's Day Brunch w/ Live Music & Silent Auction 10 AM - 12 PM Love and Marriage Discussion Group 12 - 1 PM Feb 12: Valentine's Brunch and Do-Good Event! 12 - 2 PM United Church of Colchester "Second Sunday" Series 12 - 2 PM Valentine's Day Brunch and Silent Auction 12 - 2 PM Valentine's Day Charity Brunch 12 - 2 PM Feb 12: Valentine's Brunch and Do-Good Event! 12 - 2 PM Feb 12: Valentine's Brunch and Do-Good Event! 12 - 2 PM Feb. 12: Valentine's Brunch & Do-Good Event 12 - 2 PM PHPG's 7th Annual Valentine's Day Bruch 12 - 2 PM Reiki & Dreams – Workshop Created for Women 1 - 5 PM Meditations in Movement: Free Class Sunday 1:30 - 3 PM Town Hall Art Reception: Kaleidoscope 2 - 4 PM Art Reception 2 - 4 PM Town Hall Art Reception : Kaleidoscope 2 - 4 PM Renaissance Concert Feb. 12 3 - 4 PM Open House at Vermont Day School, Feb. 12 3 PM Renaissance Concert 3 PM Renaissance Concert at Unitarian Church 3 PM Renaissance Concert at the Burlington UU Society 3 PM Westford Music Series Concert 4 - 5 PM Possumhaw Concert 4 - 5 PM Community Service Event 4 - 6 PM CVU Girls Basketball 5th Annual Calcutta 4 - 7 PM CVU Girls Basketball 5th Annual Calcutta 4 - 7 PM CANCELLED: Muzikk! 4 PM WHS Jazz Band and Contemporary Ensemble Dinner 6 - 8:30 PM +24 more see less	13 Senior Luncheon All Day Alpine Shop Women's Ski/Ride, Yoga & Demo Morning 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Transition Town Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Artist Talk 6:30 - 7:30 PM	14 Selectboard Meeting - Feb. 14 All Day Send a Singing Valentine - Gift Out of the Ordinary! 8 AM - 8 PM Singing Valentines Delivered to Your Special Someone 9 AM - 9 PM Vermont Green Burial at Statehouse, Montpelier 9:30 - 11:30 AM Underhill Selectboard Agenda Feb. 14 6 PM Open Group Channeling Session 7 - 10 PM Richmond Conservation Commission February Agenda 7:30 PM +3 more see less	15 Richmond Planning Commission Agenda Feb. 15 All Day Materials for DRB Meeting Feb. 15 All Day Open House at Mater Christi School Feb. 15 8:30 - 11 AM Mater Christi School Open House Feb. 15 8:30 - 11 AM Open House at Mater Christi Feb. 15 8:30 - 11 AM Open House at Mater Christi School 8:30 - 11 AM WSBA Mixer at Hatchet Feb. 15 5 - 7 PM Community Service to Be Honored by Essex Rotary 5:30 - 8 PM Essex Rotary to Honor Community Service Individuals 5:30 PM Count Me In! Preschool Math Night 6 - 7 PM Community Dinner 6 - 7:30 PM Community Restorative Circle for All 6:30 - 8 PM EPA Public Informational Meeting 6:30 PM Texas Hold 'em VFW Winooski 6:30 PM +10 more see less	16 BTV Airport Voluntary Noise Program Meeting Feb. 16 All Day Adolescent Neuroscience and Strength Building 5 - 7 PM Parenting with Strengths in Mind 5 - 7 PM Facebook Q&A with Congressman Peter Welch 5:30 - 6:30 PM Facebook Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Peter Welch 5:30 - 6:30 PM Photography Club 5:30 - 7 PM Airport Noise Question and Answer Session 5:30 - 7:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Constituent Meeting with Reps Till and Squirrell 6:30 - 8 PM Candidate Forum 7 - 8:30 PM Energy Committee Meeting Feb. 16 at Town Center 7 - 8:30 PM Shelburne Candidates Forum Feb. 16 Town Office, 7pm 7 - 8:30 PM Community Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	17 Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble Concert All Day Picky Eater Workshop All Day Come Try Warrior Conditioning at SFH Feb. 17 All Day LuLaRoe Open House Hours Feb. 17 3 - 6 PM Love Your Library Musician Line Up 5:30 - 8:30 PM Calling All Musicians! 5:30 - 8:30 PM This Weekend! Friends of RFL Annual Booksale 5:30 - 8:30 PM Richmond Free Library Book Sale and Raffle 5:30 PM (multiday) Warm and Sweet at Friday Food Affair 6 - 7 PM Movie Night at the Barn School 6 - 8 PM Burlington Songwriters' “Sessions” Concert 6:30 - 8:30 PM Special Community Film Screening Fri. 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less	18 NOFA-Vt's 35th Annual Winter Conference! (multiday) NOFA Vermont 35th Annual Winter Conference! (multiday) Drop/Swap & Donate! 8 AM - 4 PM Drop/Swap & Donate! 8 AM - 4 PM Visit with Your State Representative from District 7-1 9 - 10 AM Free Technology Seminar 9 AM - 12 PM Open House - Radiate Art Space 9:30 AM - 12 PM Needle Felt a Cat 10 AM - 12:30 PM Open House Independent Senior Living 10 AM - 1 PM Tech Out @ BTC's Open House 2017! 10 AM - 3 PM Pokerhill School Fundraiser 11 AM - 2 PM Pokerhill School Fundraiser 11 AM - 2 PM Discovery Preschool Winter Carnival 12 - 2 PM One Half Hour Slot Left! 1:30 - 2 PM Family Yoga 2 - 3 PM Green Mountain Roller Derby - Game Feb 18 5 PM Green Mountain Roller Derby Bout 6 - 8:30 PM Benefit Valentine Dance 7 - 10 PM Carpenters Tribute Concert at Spotlight Vermont 7:30 - 10 PM +15 more see less
19 IndivisibleVermont Meeting All Day 30th Annual Camel's Hump Challenge Feb. 19 7 AM - 5 PM Feb. 19 Leunig's Donates to Casting for Recovery 9 AM - 8 PM Coffee Chat with City Council Candidate Eric Covey 10 - 11 AM LuLaRoe Multi Consultant Fundraiser and Bake Sale 11 AM - 2 PM Lularoe Open House 1 - 3 PM Lularoe Open House 1 - 3 PM Will Randall at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum 2 - 3 PM Ethan Allen - Prisoner of War 2 - 3 PM Richmond Historical Society Winter Program 3 - 4:30 PM Town Banner Painting at the Library 3 - 6 PM Community Banner Painting Work Session 3 - 7 PM Underhill Community Soup Bowl Sun. 5 - 7 PM Paint & Sip at Bolton Valley 6 - 8:30 PM Meeting for Indivisible Vermont 7 PM +11 more see less	20 Planning Commission Agenda Feb. 20 All Day Annual Meeting 6:30 PM	21 Colchester School Board Meeting All Day Open House at Mansfield Cooperative School! 3 - 6 PM Open House at Mansfield Cooperative School! 3 - 6 PM Mansfield Cooperative School Open House 3 - 6 PM Meeting Feb. 21 at WPD: Police Log/Data 5 PM Richmond Water Commission Agenda for Feb. 21 6 - 7 PM Shelburne Recreation Committee Meeting 6 PM Liquor Control Meeting Feb. 21 6 PM City Council Meeting Tue. 6:15 PM Learn the Signs of Heart Dangers! 6:30 - 8 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda Feb. 21 7 - 9 PM Jericho Planning Commission - Tuesday 7 - 9 PM Book Discussion: "Brown Girl Dreaming" at Library 7 PM +9 more see less	22 Richmond Planning Commission Agenda for Feb. 22 All Day 1 Week Left to Audition for Vermont Has Talent! 1:30 PM (multiday) Branding Your Business, Champlain Valley Score Workshop 6 - 8 PM Film Screening and Discussion 7 - 8 PM Andrews Forestland Informational Meeting Wed. 7 - 8:30 PM Preservation Burlington Annual Meeting and Awards Night 7 - 9 PM City Council Candidates Debate - SBHS 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	23 Fundraiser for the Brick Meeting House Society, Inc 11 AM - 8 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Launch of Essex Chapter of Women Business Owners Network 5:30 - 7 PM Win $1,000 & Support VT Veterans 6 - 9 PM Underhill Selectboard Candidates Forum 6:30 PM Materials for Planning Commission Meeting Feb. 23 7 - 9 PM Sustainable Williston Social #2 7 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda Feb. 23 7 PM Essex Players Presents "Stage Kiss" by Sarah Ruhl 7:30 - 10 PM +5 more see less	24 TMM Offers Acting Workshops 2017 (multiday) Beth London at DRML All Day Open House at Trinity Baptist School 8:30 - 11:30 AM TBS Open House 8:30 - 11:30 AM Open House at Trinity Baptist School 8:30 - 11:30 AM Open House at Trinity Baptist School 8:30 - 11:30 AM Music and Storytime at DRML 11 AM - 12 PM LuLaRoe Open Hours 4 - 7 PM Huge Burrito Bar at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM Winooski Singer Songwriters at Switchback Brewery 6 - 8 PM CHMS Boys Hoops in ADL Tournament 7 - 8 PM Live CLI Studios Intensive - Lindsay Richardson 7:30 - 8:30 PM Essex Players Presents "Stage Kiss" by Sarah Ruhl 7:30 - 10 PM 2nd Annual Salsa Convention 8 PM (multiday) +10 more see less	25 Creative RVT Meeting Feb. 25 All Day HAM-CON Amateur Radio and Technology Event 8 AM - 1 PM Lularoe Fundraiser to Benefit VT Children's Hospital 10 AM - 12 PM Fundraiser for Vermont Children's Hospital 10 AM - 12 PM For Sale or Rent - Open House Saturday 11 AM - 2 PM Fundraiser for Brick Meeting House Society, Inc 11 AM - 4 PM Open Coffee Hour 2 - 3 PM Paint & Sip at Bolton Valley 6 - 8:30 PM Clarinet-Piano Recital at Richmond Free Library 7:30 - 9 PM Steven Klimowski in Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM Carpenters Tribute Concert at Spruce Peak Arts 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less
26 Workshop: Giving Birth to Authenticity 10 AM - 3 PM Rick Norcross Concert 2 - 3:30 PM Rick Norcross Solo at Ethan Allen Homestead Museum 2 - 4 PM Art Workshop "Making Folded Page Book Sculptures" 2 - 4 PM Essex Players Presents "Stage Kiss" by Sarah Ruhl 2 - 4:30 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Fundraiser 2 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Fundraising Concert 2 PM Refugee Benefit Concert Sun.! 4 - 5 PM Refugee Benefit Concert 4 - 5 PM Enjoy Great Music and Support VT Refugee Resettlement 4 PM +6 more see less	27 Upcoming Public Meetings - Village & Town All Day Not Too Soon to Think About February Vacation Camp 8 AM (multiday) Basketball Camp at MMU 9 AM (multiday) MMU Winter Break Basketball Camp 9 AM (multiday) Jericho Town Library: Essential Oil Workshop 5:30 - 6:30 PM Legislative Community Forum 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	28 Underhill Selectboard Special Meeting Feb. 28 5:30 PM Shelburne Volunteer Fire Department Open House 6 - 8 PM Underhill Selectboard Regular Meeting Feb. 28 6 PM Green Mountain Chorus Guest Night Tues. 7 - 9:30 PM	1 Ash Wednesday "Ashes to Go" 5:50 - 8:30 AM "Ashes-To-Go" March 1 6 - 8:30 AM Maple Tree Tapping & Syrup Tasting at Town Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Vermont Humane Lobby Day 1 - 6 PM Attention Animal Advocates: Vermont Humane Lobby Day 1 - 6 PM Ash Wednesday Service, Charlotte Congregational Church 6 - 6:30 PM Dinner and a Movie at Milton Historical Museum 6 PM (multiday) Join Us at Dick Mazza's Tonight! 6 PM Ash Wednesday Service 7 - 7:30 PM Loving Kindness Course Starts March 1 7 - 8:30 PM Arcade Tournament at the Archives 7 - 11 PM +7 more see less	2 School Budget All Day Savvy Seniors Theatre Performance 1 PM Free Community Soup and Bread Supper 4:30 - 6:30 PM Aritst's Reception at Artist in Residence Gallery 4:30 - 7 PM Book Signing and Author Meet & Greet 5 PM Live, True Storytelling 7 - 8:30 PM Come Learn Handel's Messiah! 7 - 8:30 PM Essex Players Presents "Stage Kiss" by Sarah Ruhl 7:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less	3 Book and Bake Sale at Grace Church 9 AM - 12 PM Baked Potato Bar Gone Wild 5 - 7 PM Kids Night Out at JUMC 6 - 8 PM Free Screening of Documentary All of Me 6 - 8 PM Essex Players Presents "Stage Kiss" by Sarah Ruhl 7:30 - 10 PM Sugar on Snow Party Saturday 11 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	4 Job Fair at Spring Village All Day Winooski Family Night at Burlington Y All Day Meet with Your District 7-1 Representative 9 - 10 AM Essex Winter Carnival Chili Cook-Off 10 AM - 1:30 PM LuLaRoe Fundraiser for Paquette Family 10 AM - 2 PM Lularoe Fundraiser to Benefit 13 Year Old Cole Paquette 10 AM - 2 PM Test Your Nettle! 10 AM - 3 PM Test Your Nettle! 10 AM - 3 PM Test Your Nettle! 10 AM - 3 PM 16th Annual Winter Carnival 10 AM - 3 PM Vermont Winter Renaissance Faire 10 AM - 9 PM Vermont Winter Renaissance Faire 10 AM - 9 PM Upcoming Retreat at Dharma Door! 10 AM (multiday) Sugar on Snow Party 1 - 4 PM Coffee with Your Councilor 3 - 5 PM Code for BTV Open Data Day Event 6 - 8 PM Audrey Bernstein at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM +13 more see less