Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2024

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29 Marrowbone (multiday) Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Free Pile 9 - 9 AM Vermont Kidney Association Annual Walk 9 AM - 12 PM Major Garage Sale! Sept. 29 10 AM - 2 PM Live Blues Music at the Orchard 1 - 4 PM "Playtime for Spiritual Adults" Mini Retreat 3 - 5 PM Gov. Howard Dean to Speak in Middlbury 4:30 - 6 PM Practicing Democracy 4:30 - 6 PM +5 more see less	30 Bird Banding and Habitat Restoration Event Sept. 30 8 - 11 AM Cribbage Night 7 - 8:15 PM	1 Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Oct. 1 All Day “How to Love a Forest” Author Talk by Ethan Tapper 5:30 - 6:30 PM FCS Invites the Community to Our Garden Harvest Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM Migrant Justice Presentation 6 - 7 PM Craft Group Oct. 1 6:30 - 8 PM Charlotte Trails Committee 6:30 - 8 PM Celebrate Recovery Oct. 1 7 - 8:30 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 - 8:30 PM Addison Select Board Monthly Meeting 7 PM +5 more see less	2 Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Plant Sale and More 4 - 6 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM October New Moon Circle 6:30 - 8 PM October New Moon Circle 6:30 - 8 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting Oct. 2 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	3 Bench Building Workshop for Birding Hot Spot 10 AM - 1 PM Bench Building Workshop for Birding Hotspot 10 AM - 1 PM Bench Building Workshop for Birding Hotspot 10 AM - 1 PM Bench Building Workshop for Birding Hotspot 10 AM - 1 PM Live Music, Food & Drink at Stine Orchard 12 - 12 PM Beautiful Fall Day at Vergennes Farmers Market 3 - 6:30 PM Rosh Hashanah by the Lake 5 - 6 PM Texas 2-Step Classes at the Vergennes Opera House 6:30 - 7:30 PM Texas 2-Step Dance Classes 6:30 - 7:30 PM Book Talk with Ivor Hughes 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Mtg. Thursday 7 - 9 PM Twist O' Wool Guild Meeting 7 PM +8 more see less	4 Ad Hoc Committee Re: Proposed Green Mtn Youth Campus 8 - 9 AM Free Coffee & Muffins Happy Hour - Grange This Friday 8:30 AM	5 Boro Hill Block Party Oct. 5 All Day Dead Creek Wildlife Day 7 AM - 4 PM Yoga at Russell Memorial Library 8 - 9 AM Picker's Yard Sale North Ferrisburg Oct. 5 8 AM - 3 PM Stillwater Meditation at Charlotte Library 9 - 10 AM B12 Injection Clinic at Helios Natural Medicine 9 AM - 12 PM Zoey's Place... Open Sept. 7! 9 AM - 12 PM Kids' Clothing Drive Saturday Morning! 9 AM - 12 PM Help with Pollinator Gardens at Your Monkton Town Hall 9 AM Celebrate Wildlife at Dead Creek Wildlife Day 9:30 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale - East St - Oct. 5 9:30 AM Let's Lego! 10 AM - 1:30 PM Explore Natural Dyeing 11 AM - 1 PM Slow Fashion Fest 11 AM - 2 PM Slow Fashion Fest 11 AM - 2 PM Buckthorn Removal Session at Monkton Central School 1 - 2:30 PM Ferrisburgh Historical Society 2 - 4 PM Art Reception Oct.5 - Works by Lynda Mcintyre 2 - 5 PM Date Change Boro Hill Block Party 3 - 7 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Jules & Gerry - Full Band! 7 - 10 PM October 5: Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +18 more see less
6 Lewis Creek Association 2024 Party! All Day Allen Clark Hill Climb All Day Lewis Creek Association 2024 Party! 9 AM - 4 PM Lewis Creek Association 2024 Party 9 AM - 4 PM Lewis Creek Association Annual Party 9 AM - 4 PM Lewis Creek Association 2024 Annual Party! 9 AM - 4 PM Blessing of the Animals 10 - 11 AM North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church Hayride 11:15 AM +4 more see less	7 Recreation Commission Meeting Oct. 7 5:30 - 6:30 PM Beginner Tai Chi Chuan - All Souls Interfaith Gathering 5:30 - 7 PM Amended Agenda for Monday's Regular Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM	8 Kids' Clothing Drive Tuesday Morning! 8 - 10 AM Shelburne - Grab and Go Meal 11 AM - 12 PM The Robinsons & Anti-Slavery Advocacy in Vermont 1 - 2 PM CVSD Finance Committee Meeting 5:15 PM Craft Group Oct. 1 6:30 - 8 PM CVSD Indicators Committee Meeting 6:30 PM Traditional Boatbuilder from Japan to Hollywood 6:30 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	9 Wildcard Wednesdays: Scribblebots! 2 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Lynn Cummings Gallery Talk 5:30 - 6:30 PM Button Up for Winter – Rebates Up to $24,500 6 - 7 PM Spanish Conversation Group at the Library 7 - 8 PM Line Dancing Class at The Grange 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	10 Book Donations for Friends of the Bixby 3 - 6 PM Face Painting and Hot Cider at the Farmers Market 3 - 6:30 PM Bluegrass & Pizza 4 - 7 PM Texas 2-Step Classes at the Vergennes Opera House 6:30 - 7:30 PM Texas 2-Step Dance Classes 6:30 - 7:30 PM Reminder - Town Planning Open Meeting Oct. 10 6:30 - 8 PM State Senate Candidate Forum This Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM Addison County Senate Candidates to Speak at Forum 7 - 8:30 PM Senate Candidates Debate 7 - 9 PM Correction to Date for Senate Debate 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	11 Vergennes Lions Charity Online Auction Nearly Done All Day Garage Sale - Mountain Rd - Oct. 11 8 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale - Jersey St South - Oct. 11 9 AM (multiday) Correction of Dates - Lawn/Moving Sale - Oct. 11-13 9 AM (multiday) Huge Yard/Moving Sale - 38 Bowman Rd - Oct. 11-13 9 AM (multiday) Halloween Themed Trail Rides 4 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	12 Women's Weekend Outdoor Survival Classes (multiday) Continued Garage Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Stillwater Meditation at Charlotte Library 9 - 10 AM Recycling-Collecting Bottles to Benefit Fall Musical 9 AM - 12 PM Book Sale at the Bixby 9 AM - 1 PM Just for Kicks Learning Tournament & Crafts 9 AM - 3:30 PM One Day Women's Survival Course 9 AM - 5 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Weatherization Materials 10 AM - 12 PM Let's Lego! 10 AM - 1:30 PM Stuffed Animal Tea Party and Storytime 10:30 - 11:30 AM Fall Cleanup Day at the VBG! 11 AM - 2 PM Native Seed Collecting Workshop 1 - 3 PM Build Your Own Scarecrow 1 PM Takeout Turkey Supper 5 - 6 PM Cancelled - St Peter's Bingo 5 PM A Celebration of Showing Up: Storytelling: Saturday 6 - 9 PM +12 more see less
13 Charity Fundraising Breakfast - Save the Date! All Day Help Provide Data About Invasive Plants in Vermont (multiday) Public Breakfast Buffet 7:30 - 10 AM Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Women's Shelter Craft for Emergencies 9 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale - Dorset St - Sunday! 10 AM - 1 PM Middlebury Car Show & Fall Festival 10 AM - 3 PM The 22nd Annual East Charlotte Tractor Parade 11 AM - 2 PM 🍂🍁 Fall into Brunch at Lu•Lu Ice Cream This Sunday! 11 AM - 3 PM Chicken and Biscuit Dinner 12 - 5 PM Town Forest - Animals (Dog Walking & Horseback Riding) 1 - 3 PM Annual Meeting 2 - 4 PM PlayEveryTown - Free Piano Concert 4 - 5 PM Pianist Claire Black: "Forests & Fairy Tales" 4 - 5:30 PM +11 more see less	14 Beginner Tai Chi Chuan - All Souls Interfaith Gathering 5:30 - 7 PM	15 Shelburne Luncheon Oct. 15 11:30 AM "Flyways" Film Screening & Discussion w/ Hank Kaestne 1 - 1 PM The 2nd Annual World Singing Day is Coming to Bristol! 1 - 4:30 PM CVSD School Board Regular Meeting 6 PM Craft Group Oct. 1 6:30 - 8 PM Ethan Tapper Author Talk: "How to Love a Forest" 7 - 8 PM Women's Giving Circle in Addison County 100+Women 7 - 8:30 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 - 8:30 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	16 UVM Greenhouse Annual Oddball Sale 12 PM (multiday) iPhone Photography Workshop at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Wildcard Wednesday: Bird Migration Walk 2:15 - 2:15 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM CP & WR Monthly Meeting 5 - 6 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Simple Astonishment: Changing Climate Conversation 5 - 7 PM Mental Health Urgent Care Public Town Hall Webinar 6 - 7:30 PM A+D Film: Dorothea Lange - Grab a Hunk of Lightning 6 - 8 PM New Haven Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 8 PM Better Together Book Club: "Gather" 7 - 8 PM Meet Your State Legislators 7 - 8:30 PM Charlotte Democratic Candidate Meet and Greet 7 PM NHCC Oct. 16 Meeting Agenda 7 PM +10 more see less	17 The Dirt on Backyard Composting Workshop 5 - 6 PM Vergennes Partnership Meet & Greet, Oct. 17 5 - 7 PM Texas 2-Step Classes at the Vergennes Opera House 6:30 - 7:30 PM Texas 2-Step Dance Classes 6:30 - 7:30 PM Reminder - Town Planning Open Meeting This Thursday 6:30 - 8 PM Mt. Abe Music Department Cider and Donuts Concert 7 - 9 PM Weekly Woodchuck Line Dancing Lessons & Open Dance! 7 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	18 Feed My Starving Children MobilePack (multiday) Ad Hoc Committee Re: Proposed Green Mtn Youth Campus 8 - 9 AM Charlotte Walks Friday Oct. 18 8:30 - 10 AM Open House at Rock Point School 4 - 6 PM Halloween Watch Party: Family Movie Night 6:30 - 8 PM "Across the Pond" Line Dancing Lessons & Open Dance! 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	19 Community Yoga 8 - 9 AM Lewis Creek Tree Planting, Hinesburg 8:30 AM - 12 PM Lewis Creek Tree Planting in Hinesburg 8:30 AM - 12 PM VT Women of Faith Conference 8:30 AM - 4 PM Stillwater Meditation at Charlotte Library 9 - 10 AM Fill the Firehouse Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Huge Outdoor and Indoor Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Huge Lawn Sale - North St - Oct. 19 9 AM - 4 PM CVUHS Craft Fair Oct. 19 9 AM - 4 PM Barn Clean Out and Household Sale 9 AM (multiday) Barn Clean Out and Household Sale 9 AM (multiday) Charlotte Energy Committee Weatherization Materials 10 AM - 12 PM 5 Town Partnership/Share the Warmth 10 AM - 1 PM Share the Warmth: Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 1 PM Winter Outerwear Giveaway! 10 AM - 1 PM Let's Lego! 10 AM - 1:30 PM St Peter's Resale Closet Saturday Opening 10 AM - 4 PM Halloween Party & Open House 4 - 6 PM Casino Night! 6 - 9 PM Saturday: Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +16 more see less
20 Addison Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 7 - 11 AM Free Talk: Stories & Secrets from Canal Boat Shipwrecks 11 AM - 12 PM 2nd Annual World Singing Day at Holley Hall in Bristol 1 - 4:30 PM Around the Kitchen Table 2 PM St. Ambrose Chicken Pot Pie Dinner 5 - 7 PM Chicken Pot Pie Dinner 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	21 Mental Health Urgent Care Public Open House 3 - 7 PM Beginner Tai Chi Chuan - All Souls Interfaith Gathering 5:30 - 7 PM	22 Vergennes Area Blood Drive Oct. 22 10 AM - 2:30 PM CVSD Community Budget Forum Oct. 22 6 - 7:15 PM Craft Group Oct. 1 6:30 - 8 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	23 Understanding Where You Fit – Connectivity and VCD 12 - 1 PM Wildcard Wednesday: First Responder Celebration 2 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Free College Essay Workshop at the Library! 4 - 6 PM Dirt on Backyard Composting Workshop 5 - 6 PM The Dirt on Backyard Composting Workshop 5 - 6 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Starting Strong with Kidpower 6 - 8 PM Finding Authentic Happiness - Anyen Rinpoche 7 - 8:30 PM Town Forest Topic Meeting - Hunting & Trapping Oct. 23 7 - 9 PM Men's Book Group 7:30 - 9 PM +7 more see less	24 Winter Health Medicine Cabinet with Julie Mitchell 5:30 - 8 PM Halloween Watch Party: After-Hours Movie Night 7 - 9 PM Weekly Woodchuck Line Dancing Lessons & Open Dance! 7 - 9:30 PM	25 Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets On Sale Now! 5 - 8 PM Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets On Sale Now! 5 - 8 PM Halloween Dance Addison County Eagles Club 6:30 - 11 PM	26 Community Yoga 8 - 9 AM Stillwater Meditation at Charlotte Library 9 - 10 AM Charlotte Energy Committee Weatherization Materials 10 AM - 12 PM Let's Lego! 10 AM - 1:30 PM Frost Mountain Nordic Ski Swap and Gear Repair! 10 AM - 3 PM Frost Mountain Ski Swap + Las Hermosas Tacos! 10 AM - 3 PM Ski Swap, Gear Repair, Tacos! 10 AM - 3 PM Intro to Lego Robotics at the Bixby 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Teacher Day at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 11 AM - 3 PM Halloween on the Green Celebration in New Haven 3:30 - 5:30 PM Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets On Sale Now! 5 - 8 PM Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets On Sale Now! 5 - 8 PM Vergennes LEOS Sponsoring Bingo on Saturday 5 - 10 PM Camp Wabun Open House 5 PM Oktoberfest at American Legion Vergennes Post #14 7 - 10 PM +11 more see less
27 Trunk or Treat in Monkton 3 - 4:30 PM	28 Mystery Book Group: Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel 10 - 11 AM Beginner Tai Chi Chuan - All Souls Interfaith Gathering 5:30 - 7 PM	29 Celebrate Recovery 7 PM New School Year = New Beginnings 7 PM New School Year - New Beginnings 7 - 8 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 - 8:30 PM	30 Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM	31 Weekly Woodchuck Line Dancing Lessons & Open Dance! 7 - 9:30 PM	1 Huge Lawn Sale/Moving Sale - Bowman Dr - Nov. 1 9 AM - 4 PM	2 Community Yoga 8 - 9 AM Zoey's Place... Open Sept. 7! 9 AM - 12 PM Vermont Women's Rally on November 2 10 AM - 12 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Weatherization Materials 10 AM - 12 PM St. Peter's Annual Penny Fair 10 AM - 6:30 PM 63rd Annual Penny Fair at St. Peter's 10 AM Intro to Lego Robotics at the Bixby 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Little City Gala 7 - 11 PM +4 more see less