Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2024

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28 Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Final Blowout Pottery Open Studio Sale 10 AM (multiday) The CVQGVT Quilt Show April 26-28 9 AM - 5 PM Volunteer with Acorn at New Leaf Organics! 10 AM - 2 PM Volunteers Needed at New Leaf Organics! 10 AM - 2 PM Public Bingo at Vergennes Legion Post #14 2 - 4:30 PM My Dentist's Son 3 - 4:30 PM My Dentist's Son — a Place for Stories That Don't Fit 3 - 4:30 PM Fr. Marchand's Italian Culinary Tour 5:30 - 8 PM +6 more see less	29 ANWSD Budget Informational Meeting Tonight 6 - 7 PM Cribbage Anyone 7 - 8:30 PM	30 School Budget Vote #3 for Panton 7 AM - 7 PM School Budget Vote April 30 7 AM - 7 PM Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM CVSD Special Meeting 6 - 6:30 PM CVSD Finance Committee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	1 Short Story Selections 1 - 2 PM In Stitches: After School Embroidery 2:15 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	2 Thurs. May 2 Donation Day & Sat. May 4 Used Book Sale 3 - 6 PM StorySlam at the Bixby Library 5:30 - 7 PM Substance Use & Our Community 6:30 - 8 PM Line Dancing Lessons at the VFW for 2 Weeks! 6:30 - 9 PM Water Quality in Monkton 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:45 PM +2 more see less	3 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) The Kruger Brothers at the Vergennes Opera House 7:30 AM CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 8:15 AM Volunteers Needed! - West Addison Lakeview Cemetery 10 AM - 12 PM	4 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) Panton Residents - May 4 is Green Up Day! All Day Moving Sale - 606 Rotax Rd, Monkton - May 4 8 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day Saturday May 4 8 AM - 6 PM "Empty the Garage" Sale 8 AM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Seeking Fans of Popular Authors & Interesting Nonfiction 9 AM - 1 PM Vermont Old Cemetery Association Spring Meeting 9 AM - 2 PM Green Up Day 2024! 9 AM - 4 PM Electronics Collection on Green Up Day, May 4! 9 AM - 4 PM Saturday Playgroup May 4 9:30 - 11 AM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Educator Idea Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Green Up Day 10 AM - 3 PM Fiber Arts Circle at the Bixby Library 12 - 2 PM Buckthorn Removal at Monkton Central School 1 - 3 PM Vermont Book Award Celebration 7 PM Montpelier Contra Dance with Mary Wesley & Stomp Rocket 8 - 11 PM +14 more see less
5 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) Monkton Fire Dept Breakfast May 5 7 - 11 AM Community Scanning Day 10 AM - 1 PM Knotweed Removal & Information Event 2 - 4 PM How to ID Knotweed in Lewis Creek Watershed 2 - 4 PM Invasive Species Eradication 2 - 4 PM Cinco De Mayo Ticketed Dinner Celebration at 51 Main 6:30 - 10:30 PM +3 more see less	6 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) Good Eating 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Local Concerns Meeting 6 - 7 PM Charlotte Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM District Arts Festival 6 PM (multiday) MAUSD Fine Arts Festival 6:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	7 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) Monthly Meeting of the Trails Committee May 7 All Day Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM CVSD Indicators Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Agenda May 7 6:30 PM +1 more see less	8 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM In Stitches: After School Embroidery 2:15 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Town Forest - UVM Student Walk & Presentation May 8! 3 - 8:30 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM A Flatbread Party for a Cause 5 - 9 PM Open Door Clinic - Flatbread Benefit Bake 5 - 9 PM Addison County Bike Club 5:30 PM Special Selectboard Meeting 7 - 8 PM New Haven Historical Society Meeting May 8 7 PM +7 more see less	9 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) Med47 Online Silent Auction (multiday) Advance Care Planning Presentation at the Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Advance Care Planning Presentation at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Spring Fling, Downtown Vergennes ~ This Thursday Night! 5 - 8 PM Monthly Meeting of the Snake Mountain Cruisers May 9 6:30 - 7:45 PM Greenbush Band 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	10 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) The 2024 Young Tradition Festival is May 10-12 in BTV (multiday) The 2024 Young Tradition Festival is May 10-12 in BTV (multiday) Birds of a Feather Lunch, This Friday 12:15 - 1:15 PM CSH Rotary Calcutta 6 - 9 PM Celebrate Spring Rescheduled 6:30 PM +2 more see less	11 Emergency Services 12 AM (multiday) Mentoring Recruiting and Celebration Event 1:30 AM - 3 PM St Peter's Resale Closet Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Special Recycling Opportunity 9 AM - 12 PM CVFRS Operation Mayday Open House 9 AM - 1 PM Green Mt. Draft Horse Assoc Horse Tack & Equipment Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Green Mountain Draft Horse Association Annual Auction 9 AM - 4 PM Apple Blossom Viewing 9 AM (multiday) Beginner Watercolor Workshop This Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Rhododendrons and Lilacs at the Hort Farm 10 AM - 12 PM Beginner Watercolor Workshop This Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Free - Opening Day at Shelburne Museum 10 AM - 5 PM It Takes a Village - Sister Circle in Vergennes 11:55 AM - 12 PM MAUSD Mentoring: Come See What We Do! 1:30 - 3 PM Takeout Roast Pork Supper 5 - 6 PM Ferrisburgh Grange King Pede Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Concert, Saturday May 11 7:30 PM +15 more see less
12 Mother's Day Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Public Breakfast Buffet 7:30 - 10 AM Mother's Day Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Mother's Day Brunch at Lu.Lu! Sunday 11 AM - 2 PM Hinesburg Artist Series Spring Concert 4 PM Middlebury Community Choir Free Concert 5 - 6:30 PM Mother's Day Concert 5 - 6:30 PM +3 more see less	13 Mystery Book Group: "The Graveyard Position" 10 - 11 AM Good Eating 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Urgent Budget Meeting with Kathi & Ashley 6:30 - 8 PM	14 Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Age Well May 14 Grab and Go Meal - Shelburne 11 AM - 12 PM Death Café at the Bixby Library 4:30 - 6 PM The Bixby Book Club Reads “The Light Pirate” 6 - 7 PM Steve Hill: Working at the Border 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	15 Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Red Cross Blood Drive - Vergennes May 15 12 - 4:30 PM Short Story Selections 1 - 2 PM Preventing Elder Fraud Presentation at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Preventing Elder Fraud Presentation at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM In Stitches: After School Embroidery 2:15 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM 🌈 the Queer Joy Club Art Party is Back! 🌈 5 - 6:30 PM CSH Rotary Companion Club Meet Up 6 - 7 PM Public Hearing: CCRPC Annual Work Program + Budget 6 - 8 PM The Science of Children's Spirituality Book Discussion 6:30 - 7:30 PM Charlotte Tree Warden Overview 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM New Haven Conservation Commission Virtual Meeting 7 PM +11 more see less	16 Opening Reception at Henry Sheldon Museum 4:30 - 6 PM Henry Sheldon Museum Opening Reception 4:30 - 6 PM Charlotte Park & Wildlife Refuge Committee Meeting 5 - 6 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting May 16 7 - 9 PM A.R.T. Presents "Never Before Scene" 7 PM 5 Town Friends of the Arts Musical Library Tour 7:30 - 8:30 PM Music in Starksboro 7:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	17 Garage Sale - Monkton Rd - May 17-19 (multiday) Multi Family Garage Sale - Lower Plains Rd - May 17-18 8 AM (multiday) "Spring into Health" with Helios Natural Medicine 6 - 7 PM A.R.T. Presents "Never Before Scene" 7 PM	18 Moving/Yard Sale - Greenbush Rd. (multiday) Work Day at the Burying Ground - Volunteers Needed! 8 AM - 12 PM Tag Sale at Bristol Baptist Church 8 AM - 1 PM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Buckthorn Removal Session at Monkton Central School 9 - 11 AM Big Barn Moving Sale - Greenbush Rd 9 AM (multiday) 8th Annual Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) 8th Annual Med47 Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Saturday Playgroup Tomorrow! 9:30 - 11 AM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Big Truck Day! 10 AM - 2 PM UVM Time to Plant Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Splash for Tranquility 3 - 6 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Monthly Cars & Creemees at Olsen's Ice Cream 6 - 8 PM Contra Dance and Waltz - Saturday at Capital City Grange 7 - 11 PM Ripton Community Coffee House 7:30 - 9:30 PM +13 more see less
19 8th Annual Med47 Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington 2 - 3 PM	20 Announcing the Inaugural Reduce Your Lawn Day! All Day 8th Annual Med47 Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Good Eating 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Beginner Tai Chi Chuan - All Souls Interfaith Gathering 5:30 - 7 PM Trivia Fun at Rocker's Pizza May 20! 6 - 8 PM Regular Selectboard Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Monkton Museum & Historical Presentation on Cedar Lake 7 - 8:30 PM Cribbage Anyone 7 - 8:30 PM Cribbage Night 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	21 8th Annual Med47 Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Waltham Town Wide Reappraisal 6 - 7:30 PM CVSD School Board Regular Meeting 6 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting May 21 6:30 PM Annual Cemetery Meeting 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	22 8th Annual Med47 Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Luncheon Shelburne May 22 11:30 AM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Re: Panton Solar Proposal - Public Input Session May 22 5 - 7 PM Vergennes Rotary Club - Mexico Water Project Presentation 5:30 - 7:30 PM Celebration of Monteverde Water Project 5:30 - 8 PM Pop-Up Meet-N-Greet 5:30 PM Public Meeting - Changes to the I-89 Exit 14 Area 6 - 7:30 PM Better Together Book Club: "Flight of the Puffin" 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM Spring Concert 7 - 9 PM Moira Smiley & the Rhizome Quartet with Community Choir 7:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	23 8th Annual Med47 Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Maasai Pop-Up Meet-N-Greet (Date Change) 5:30 - 7 PM Ethical Wildcrafting- Plant Medicine Workshop 2 5:30 - 8 PM Ferrisburgh Climate and Energy Committee 7 - 8 PM	24 Multi - Family Yard Sale - Mountain View Lane - May 24-25 (multiday) Multi Family Yard Sale and 100 Years of Items! (multiday) Multi Family Yard Sale - Middlebury - May 24-26 (multiday) Yard Sale - Part of Monkton Sales 8 AM (multiday) 8th Annual Med47 Garden Shoppe 9 AM (multiday) Celebration of Life 1:30 - 4 PM Pizza Every Friday at Stine Orchard 3:30 - 7 PM +3 more see less	25 Pop-Up Thrift Store for PIA All Day Yard Sale - Rte 17W - May 25 All Day The Ordinarie - Vermont Open Studio This Weekend! All Day Bird Walk 8 - 10 AM Multi Family Yard Sale - Jersey St - May 25-26 8 AM (multiday) Bird Watch Tour 8 AM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Charlotte Senior Center Plant Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Plant Sale at Charlotte Senior Center 9 AM - 12 PM 50th Year Celebration of the Middlebury Farmers Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM Free Craft Supply Giveaway - 4H Project 9 AM - 1 PM Monkton Friends Methodist Church Annual Plant Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Free Craft Supply Give Away! 9 AM - 1 PM Pottery Sale This Weekend at Middlebury Studio School 9 AM - 1 PM Monkton Town Wide Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Lawn Sale - Main St - May 25 9 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Art Auction: Get the Picture 9 AM Whiskey Bay Annual Volunteer Clean-Up 10 - 11 AM Beeman 5/6 Grade Art Show Fundraiser! 10 AM - 12 PM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Bloom Time Festival 10 AM - 2 PM Artful Escapes 10 AM - 4 PM “Artful Escapes” 10 AM - 4 PM Open Studio Weekend - Furniture By Timothy Clark 10 AM (multiday) Ginny Joyner - Vermont Spring Open Studio This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) Jessica Scriver - Vermont Open Studio Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio / Timothyclark.com / Shop Visit 10 AM (multiday) Fiber Arts Circle 12 - 2 PM Ferrisburgh Grange King Pede Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM House Concert - Adam Monaco with Sam Kuhns Opening 7:30 - 9 PM +27 more see less
26 Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Museum Open 1 - 4 PM	27 Memorial Day Gathering and Flag Placing 9 - 10 AM Open House Ice Cream Social 10:30 AM - 2 PM Memorial Day Parade 2024 11 AM - 12 PM Vergennes Memorial Day Parade, Join Us Monday, May 27! 11 AM - 1 PM Beginner Tai Chi Chuan - All Souls Interfaith Gathering 5:30 - 7 PM +1 more see less	28 Red Cross Blood Drive - Vergennes, May 28 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM	29 Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM	30 Monkton Library Storytelling Event May 30 6 - 8 PM Storytelling Night at Russell Memorial Library 6 - 8 PM Music with the Museum - Support Rokeby Museum! 6 PM Music with the Museum 6 PM MindFit 7 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	31 Library Garden Circle 8:30 - 10 AM CCS Play This Weekend! 12 PM (multiday) Pizza Every Friday at Stine Orchard 3 - 7 PM Women's Spring Renewal Retreat Martha's Vineyard 5:30 PM (multiday) A Celestial Soirée: the Bixby's Summer Fundraiser 7 - 11 PM "Disney's Frozen Jr" at Mt Abe 7 PM +2 more see less	1 Taxes Due June 1 All Day Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Stillwater Meditation 9 - 10 AM Garden Club Annual Plant Sale This Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Garden Club Plant Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Zoey's Place - Children's and Maternity Boutique 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market at VFW Post 7823 9 AM - 12:30 PM Workday at Riverside Cemetery 9 AM - 2 PM Saturday Monthly Baby Time 10 - 11 AM Let's Lego! 10 AM - 1 PM Bottle Drive! 10 AM - 1 PM Forest Bathing Workshop 10 AM - 2 PM Open Boats at Point Bay Marina 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Starry Fest at Starry Night Cafe! 4 - 7 PM Live Outdoor Concert! (Leukemia and Lymphoma Benefit) 5 - 10 PM Women's Spring Renewal Retreat Martha's Vineyard 5:30 PM (multiday) More Great Contra Dance – June 1 at Capital City Grange 8 - 11 PM +13 more see less