Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2021

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26 Guided Walk into Ferrisburgh Town Forest, Sun. Sept. 26 9 AM - 12 PM Compassionate Remembrance 10 AM - 2 PM Ferrisburgh Day at Union Meeting Hall 10 AM - 6 PM Zig Zag Issue 11 Release Party 2 - 4 PM Ethan Allen Homestead 2 PM +1 more see less	27 Selectboard Meeting 5:15 - 9:20 PM	28 Red Cross Blood Drive: Vergennes - Sept. 28 12 - 4:30 PM Mindful Movement & Meditation for Teens - Bixby Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM MAUSD School Board Sept. Meeting 6 - 8 PM Charlotte Conservation Commission September Meeting 7 - 9 PM	29 Practical Earth Honoring 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Energy 7 - 9 PM	30 Charlotte Senior Center Blood Drive - Sept. 30 2 - 7 PM Nordic Nite Out - Canceled 4 - 4 PM Car Buying and Credit Workshop - Bixby Library 5 - 7 PM Monkton Community School Forum 7 - 8 PM	1 Art Exhibit Opening & Perennial Harvest Days Kickoff 5 - 7 PM An Evening with Clem Snide - A Backyard Concert 7 PM	2 Multi Family End of Season Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Food Drive for Charlotte Food Shelf 9 AM - 12 PM Estate Sale, Phase 2, Barn/Garage 9 AM - 3 PM Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Hill Farm Vintage Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro, Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Workshop Opportunity 9:30 AM - 12 PM Cider Pressing at Horsford's 10 AM - 2 PM Statue Centennial Celebration at UVM Morgan Horse Farm 10 AM - 2 PM Ginny Joyner - Vermont Fall Open Studio This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) Open House: New Monkton Town Hall & Library, Sat. Oct. 2 10:30 AM - 1 PM Bingo at St. Peter's 5 - 8 PM Ripton Coffee House at Holley Hall Live & Live Streamd 7 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less
3 Dedication of VT Historic Marker Honoring Stephen Bates 11 AM - 1 PM Botanical Dyes in the Garden - Workshop 11 AM - 2 PM Fall Fiesta 1 - 6 PM Viva El Sabor Fiesta is Back! 1 - 6 PM	4 Selectboard Special Meeting Oct. 4 6:30 - 8 PM ANWSD/MAUSD Merger Study Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM	5 MAUSD Community Connections Family Night 5 - 6:30 PM Paint Night Events 6 - 8 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 PM CVQG Meeting - Quilter, Beth Helfter, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Meeting 7 PM +1 more see less	6 Rotary Club Meeting and 2021 Rotary Halloween Parade 7:30 - 8:30 AM Button Up Webinar on Wednesday 12 - 1 PM	7 Vinyasa Yoga Thursdays 12 - 1 PM Supporting Resilience in Uncertain Times 12 - 1 PM One-on-One Financial Mentoring at the Bixby Library 1 - 6 PM Last Farmers Market of Summer Season 3 - 6:30 PM Last Farmers Market of Summer Season 3 - 6:30 PM Last Nordic Nite Out, Supper & Farm Stand Collaborative 4 - 7 PM ANWSD Survey - Success in the Middle Event 6:30 - 8 PM ANWSD Survey - Success in the Middle Event 6:30 - 8 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Regular Mtg 7 - 9:30 PM +5 more see less	8 Service for Walter Kuehn 10 AM SAL Friday Fish Fry 5 - 7 PM	9 Quilt Show in Middlebury (multiday) Estate/Garage Sale This Weekend (multiday) Moving Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Shelburne Farmer's Market, Last Saturday of the Season 9 AM - 12:05 PM Yard Sale: 21 Meadow Ln, Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Craft Show Saturday Oct. 9 10 AM - 3 PM Fall Craft Fair in Brandon, VT 10 AM - 3 PM Jan Cannon Pottery Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Walk to Shop Demonstration at Healthy Living, Sat 11 AM - 3 PM Live Stream: the Unknown Blues Band 12:30 - 10 PM Turkey and All the Fixin's Takeout Only Supper 5 - 6 PM Bingo, St. Peter's Parish Hall, Vergennes 6 - 8:30 PM Unknown Blues Band at Vergennes Opera House 7:30 - 10 PM +10 more see less
10 5k Run/Walk Honoring a Vermont Coaching Legend 11 AM - 12 PM Suffragist Event Society Re-Enactment 2 - 3:10 PM See Play Exploring Women's Suffrage Movement 2 PM UWAC's .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM UWAC's .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM United Way .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM Community Gathering to Discuss MAUSD Facilities Process 4 - 5:30 PM +3 more see less	11 Charlotte Library Board Meeting All Day ✨ Rehoming Treasures Event! Monday ✨ 9 AM - 2 PM Selectboard Meeting Oct. 11 5:55 - 9:15 PM	12 ACCOC Webinar - Email Marketing 101 8:30 - 10 AM Bixby October Book Club - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 6 - 7 PM MAUSD Board Meeting Oct. 12 6 PM Emergency Preparedness: Let's Be "Ready Together" 7 - 8 PM Emergency Preparedness: How to Be "Ready Together" 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Moved to Oct. 12 7 - 9 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Monthly Meeting, Oct. 12 7 PM +3 more see less	13 Free! Second Wednesday Comedy Jam at Nectar's, Oct. 13 6 - 8 AM Rotary Club Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 AM Green, Local, Healthy: Choosing Renovation Materials 12 - 1:30 PM Flu Shot Clinic 12 - 3 PM After School Citizen Science: Zooniverse 4 - 5 PM A Conversation with Ashley C. Ford 4 - 5:15 PM +2 more see less	14 Housing & Homeownership Discussion Oct. 14 5:30 - 6:30 PM	15 Garage Sale Friday and Saturday 8 AM - 3 PM Medicare Made Clear - Bixby Library 11 AM - 1 PM	16 Rain or Shine Garage Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Attention Crafters 9 AM - 3:30 PM St. Peter's Craft Fair 9 AM - 3:30 PM Needle Felting Workshop - Youth 10 AM - 12:30 PM Friend of NHCL Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Repair Cafe 10 AM - 2 PM Fall Chili Festival 10 AM - 6 PM Town Hall Planting Day II Oct. 16 10 AM Decorate the Bixby Scarecrow 1 - 2 PM Needle Felting Workshop - Adult Class 2 - 4:30 PM Benefit Dance & Raffle for Derick Benoit Scholarship 7 - 11 PM Benefit Dance & Raffle for Derick Benoit Scholarship 7 - 11 PM +9 more see less
17 Final Garden Work Day Sunday at Marty & Terry's House 9 AM - 12 PM Live Music in Monkton This Sunday Oct. 17 11 AM - 4 PM Lazy Breeze Farm - Farmers Market Oct. 17 11 AM - 7 PM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington 2 - 3 PM Sunday PM Music Series 4 - 6 PM Concert in Richmond 4 - 7 PM +4 more see less	18 Reminder: Chance to Win Free Mulching Lawnmower! All Day Selectboard Special Meeting 6 - 8:15 PM Howard Coffin Presents "The Cold Winter of 1816" 7 - 8 PM	19 Good Beginnings for the Youngest Among Us 3 - 4 PM Selectboard Budget Work Session 5:30 - 6:15 PM Charlotte Recreation Commission - Special Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Is There a Shortcut to Doing a Business Plan? Yes! 5:30 - 7 PM Refugee Resettlement Town Hall Oct. 19 5:30 PM ANWSD/MAUSD Merger Study Committee 6:30 - 8:30 PM Spiritualism & the Robinsons of Rokeby 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	20 Rotary Meeting Wednesday Oct .20 7:30 - 8:30 AM Wed. Event at Charlotte Senior Center 1 PM Vermont Women's Fund Event! 5 - 6:30 PM Community Center Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	21 Invitation to Vermont Adult Learning Open House 3 PM ACCOC October Networking Mixer at Vermont Cider Co 5:30 - 7 PM Justin Morgan's Horse: Making an American Myth – Online 6 - 7 PM Special MAUSD Board Meeting- Oct. 21 6 PM VTASLA Doug Crowell Lecture 7 - 8:30 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Regular Meeting 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	22 Lazy Breeze Farm Burgers Still Cooking! 11 AM (multiday) Take Out Fish Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM The Scarab's Curse Mystery for Shelburne Museum 7 - 9 PM	23 2021 5-Town Food Drive. (Fill the Station) 9 AM - 12 PM Friends & Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM 5-Town Fire Dept. Food Drive This Saturday 9 AM Russell Library Programs for Kids 10 - 11 AM Share the Warmth: A Winter Outerwear Giveaway! 10 AM - 12 PM Share the Warmth: A Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 12 PM Weatherization Event at Essex Lowe's Oct. 23-24 10 AM (multiday) Annual Fall Harvest Dinner Oct. 23 (Take-Out) 4 - 5 PM Free Fall Family Fest! 4 - 7 PM Free Fall Family Festival 4 - 7 PM Art Party at Duker's/Inn at Charlotte 4 - 11 PM +7 more see less
24 Garage Sale Leftovers: 98 W Main Street 9 AM All Sports Gear Sale at CVU 10 AM - 2 PM Half-Day Regenerative Eco-Retreat Oct. 24 10 AM - 3 PM	25 VUHS Class of 2022 Walk for a Cause - Oct. 25 8 AM - 2 PM Selectboard Meeting 5:45 - 9 PM	26 Red Cross Blood Drive - Vergennes 10 AM Of Wheelmen, the New Woman and Good Roads 7 - 8 PM Bicycling in Vermont: 1880-1920 7 - 8 PM Conservation Commission Meeting with Zoom Information 7 - 9 PM	27 Rotary Meeting Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 AM CVSD Virtual Community Budget Forum 7 PM	28 Addison County Chamber 2021 Annual Meeting 8 - 10 AM "Joseph Battell: a Life and a Legacy" by David Bain 12 - 1 PM Compassion Fatigue for the Whole Community 1 - 2:30 PM Bixby Library Author Talk with Cathie Smith Keenan 6 - 7 PM	29 Medicare Made Clear - Bixby Library 11 AM - 1 PM Med47 Foundation Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Spirits of Rokeby Special Event Including Matinees Sat. 5 PM (multiday) Halloween Costume Dance Party and Movie Screening! 6:30 PM (multiday)	30 Halloween Happenings 10 AM - 2 PM
31 Lacrosse 9:30 AM - 12 PM Trunk or Treat 2 - 3 PM 2021 Shelburne Rotary Halloween Parade 2 - 4 PM Russell Library News and Notes 4 - 5:30 PM Monkton Ridge Trunk or Treat 4 - 5:30 PM Pumpkin Display on Town Green 5 - 8 PM +2 more see less	1 Selectboard Special Meeting Monday 6 - 7 PM ANWSD/MAUSD Merger Study Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM	2 Ferrisburgh ARPA Public Meeting 5:30 PM Girl Scout Info & Registration Night 6 - 7:30 PM CVSD School Board Committee Meetings 6 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Meeting: New Day and Time 6:30 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 PM CCQG Meeting - Quilter, Roz Daniels, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM Book Talk: "On Being a Vermonter" by David Holmes 7 - 8 PM Day of the Dead Celebration with Spanish Mass 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	3 ACCOC 2021 Legislative Briefing 10 AM - 12 PM Wed. Event at 1 P.M. at Charlotte Senior Center 1 PM Maple Broadband Public Hearing 5 - 6 PM "The Addiction Inoculation" with Jessica Lahey 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting Nov. 3 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	4 Healthcare Wait Times Public Session/Share Your Story! All Day Thursday Yoga 12 - 1 PM Tenant Rights & Responsibilities Bixby Online Workshop 5:30 - 7 PM Public Meeting - Vergennes Truck Traffic 6 - 8 PM Oshima Brothers Concert Nov. 4 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	5 Russell Library Programs for Kids 9:30 AM - 12 PM	6 Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 6 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Huge Rummage Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury on Nov. 6 9 AM - 3 PM St. Peter's Annual Penny Fair This Week! 10 AM Scouting Salute to Veteran's Parade Hosted by Troop 539 11 AM Author Talk with Christina Caniyo - Bixby Library 1 - 3 PM Moving Sale 1 - 4 PM Birch Bark Ornament Workshop 1 - 5 PM Vermont Day School Open House Nov. 6 (PreK to 8) 3 - 4:30 PM Nov. 6 Ripton Coffee House in Lincoln with Kalos 7 - 9:30 PM Night of Worship and Thanksgiving 7 PM +9 more see less