Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2023

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30 Hopscotch Release Event at Mad River Distillers 12 PM (multiday) BPRW Spring Pickleball Tournament (multiday) Free Community Play Along at Elley-Long Music Center Until 4 PM National Eating Disorders Walk is April 30! All Day Discussion: 10 Warning Signs of Dementia, April 30 11 AM - 12 PM Discussion: 10 Warning Signs of Dementia 11 AM Books & Beer at Zero Gravity This Sunday 1 - 3 PM April Silent Book Club Meet-Up 1 - 3 PM Free Community Play Along at Elley-Long Music Center 4 - 5:20 PM +5 more see less	1 Tibetan Buddhist Mind Training Until 8 PM May Day 2023 Rally & Picnic 6 AM Skirack's Bike Swap is Happening! May 6 & 7 11 AM (multiday) Preview of May 1 City Council Meeting 5:30 - 9 PM City Council Preview 5:30 PM May Day Celebration 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	2 The Future of Battery Street: Public Meeting May 2 4 - 7:30 PM HANDS Fundraiser at American Flatbread 4 - 10 PM HANDS Benefit 4 - 10 PM Flower Arranging Class/Event, at Apres Stowe 5:30 - 7:30 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM HU Chant: the Sound of Soul, Tuesday 7 - 8 PM In Person Quilt Guild Lecture 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	3 A Conversation About an Important Book on Housing 5:30 - 7 PM Burlington Walk Bike Council Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM	4 Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM Public Talk by a Visiting Dharma Teacher 6 - 8 PM Ward 6 NPA Meeting - Forum on Police Oversight 6:30 - 8:30 PM BHS Drama Presents: "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" 7 PM (multiday) Clean Sweep in South End Thursday Night - No On-Street Parking Overnight 10 PM +1 more see less	5 August Osage County Opens This Weekend in Hyde Park! (multiday) Sisters Rising Film Screening and Discussion 4 - 6 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Event 6 - 9 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Social: Kaleidoscope 6 - 9 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Spring Social 6 - 9 PM Steps' Social 6 - 9 PM Edmonds Middle School Play and Silent Auction! 6 PM (multiday) Willy Wonka This Friday and Saturday! 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	6 Fletcher Free Book Sale Next Weekend (multiday) Outdoor Furniture for Sale Saturday Morning Only 8-12 8 AM - 12 PM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM Yard Sale Saturday at 46 Scarff Ave Burlington 8:30 AM Three Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day! 9 AM - 12 PM Burlington Bike Park Green Up Day at Leddy Park 9 AM - 1 PM beCause Craft Show This Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day at Leddy Park 9 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day May 6! 9 AM - 1 PM Barge Canal Greenup Festival 9 AM - 3 PM 2nd Annual Barge Canal Green Up Day Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Greenup Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Green Up Day Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Green Up Festival at the Barge Canal 9 AM - 3 PM Bike Swap is Here at Skirack! 9 AM (multiday) Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Green-Up Day in The Old East End 10 AM - 12 PM Beltaine Festival! 10 AM - 9 PM Book Sale - Fletcher Free Friends 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Library Used Book Sale, May 6 & 7 10 AM (multiday) Hula Hoop Making, Decorating & Dedication Workshop 3 - 5 PM Northern Bronze Handbell Ensemble Concerts 7 - 8:45 PM South Burlington Community Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +24 more see less
7 Fl!P Your K!Tchen® Sessions - Virtual Cooking Classes 10 AM - 12 PM Giornata Del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Day) 2 - 9 PM Giornata Del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Day) 2 - 9 PM Giornata Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Day) 2 - 9 PM Giornata Del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Day) 2 - 9 PM Giornata Del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Day) 2 - 9 PM VYOA Final Concert of the Season \| The Lost World 3 PM +3 more see less	8 Two Events Bringing Ranked Choice Voting to Vermont (multiday) Monday Night Meditation! 5 - 6:30 PM South End Innovation District, City Council Meeting 5:30 PM	9 Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Happy Birthday to Knot Knite 6 - 8 PM The Moth StorySLAM -Gossip 7:30 PM	10 Stand Up Comedy May 10! 6:30 - 8 PM Stand Up Comedy May 10! 6:30 - 8 PM Stand Up Comedy May 10! 6:30 - 8 PM Ward 1 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA) 7 - 9 PM	11 Mother's Day Sip and Shop at the Essex Resort 5 - 8 PM ONE Community Dinner Features Special Nepali Meal 5:30 - 6:30 PM Wards 2 & 3 Neighborhood Meeting (NPA) Thursday May 11 6:30 - 8:30 PM	12 Porch Sale Friday and Saturday May 12-13 - 2 Allen St (multiday)	13 Yard Sale Saturday May 13 All Day Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale, 9 - 2pm 9 AM - 2 PM Next Week - Five Sisters Tag Sale and Free Pile Day 9 AM - 3 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM "Make Your Own" at AO Glass 10 AM - 3 PM Multi-Household Garage Sale! May 13 10 AM - 4 PM Garden Soil Health Day 1 - 4 PM Five Sisters Perennial Plant Swap & Give-Away May 13 2 - 3 PM Free Community BBQ May 13 at Champlain St. Park! 3 - 6 PM The Vault LIVE! An Immersive Show This Saturday! 7 - 8:30 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Spring Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM All Generations Will Call Me Blessed, 7:30 - 9:30 PM +10 more see less
14 Seeing Through the Wall - 56 Minute Vermont Film - Free 3:30 - 5 PM	15 Preview of May 15 City Council Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM City Council Meeting Monday (Action Item) 6:30 PM	16 Medicaid Cutoffs Discussion 5 - 7 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul 7 - 8 PM	17	18 Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM Join Us at the Ward 5 NPA! 6:30 - 8:45 PM Racial Trauma and Generational Healing 7 - 8 PM World Migratory Bird Day Weekend at Missisquoi Nwr 7 PM (multiday)	19 South Burlington School District: Donuts and Discussion 9 - 10 AM BCA Summer Exhibitions Opening Reception 5 - 7 PM Live Music: Ryan Ober & the Romans at AO Glass 7 - 10 PM	20 Walk to Shop Trolleys at the Farmers Market May 20 All Day Bella Voce Women's Chorus Songs of the Night 7:30 AM (multiday) Renovation-Inspired Yard Sale 8 AM Lakeside Park Plant Swap on May 20 9 AM - 12 PM Walk to Shop Trolleys Returns to the Farmers Market! 9 AM - 2 PM Green Mt. Rug Hooking Guild Mtg, Workshops & Auction 9 AM - 3 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Heineberg Walk of Ages /Health Fair 10 AM - 12 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale - Essex/Jericho - This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) Women's Spring Retreat 11 AM - 4 PM Listening Session with Councilor Doherty & Councilor King 12 - 1 PM Rice Dumpling (Zongzi) Wrapping Class 1:30 - 4 PM Plex Arts Festival 6 PM (multiday) +9 more see less
21 Empowerment Self Defense in Burlington 10 AM - 12:30 PM Spoonful Herbals Annual Plant Sale and Swap 10 AM - 1 PM Earth Network Tending Opportunities 10 AM - 4 PM May Silent Book Club Meet-Up 1 - 3 PM Girls Nite Out Productions Announces Auditions!! 1 - 4 PM Elite Women in the Business of Slavery 2 - 3 PM Elite Women in the Business of Slavery 2 - 3 PM Garage Sale & Lemonade! 2 - 5 PM +4 more see less	22 Girls Nite Out Productions Announces Auditions!! 1 - 4 PM Legislative Forum 6 - 7:30 PM	23 Local Italian Feast by Wolfpeach and Live Forever Foods Until 6 PM Girls Nite Out Productions Announces Auditions!! 1 - 4 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Police Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Substance User 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	24 Free Training Program in Construction 6:30 - 7:30 PM Swallow This: a Documentary About Methadone and Covid 7 - 8:30 PM Wards 4&7 NPA 7 - 9 PM Your NPA is Back Wednesday with Free Pizza 7 - 9 PM	25 Presentation on The Pine Street Barge Canal 5:30 - 7 PM The Story Beneath The Barge Canal May 25 5:30 - 7 PM The Story Beneath The Barge Canal 5:30 - 7 PM Learn About Barge Canal Land and Water! 5:30 - 7 PM Ward 8 NPA 7 - 8:15 PM South Burlington Governance Forum 7 - 9 PM Interfaith Study and Devotional Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	26 Christ the King Spring Challenge at Calahan Park Friday 8 AM - 12 PM	27 Yard Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Sale to Benefit North End Food Pantry - Grey Meadow Dr - May 27 8:30 AM - 5 PM Neighborhood Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Carwash Fundraiser 10 AM - 2 PM Fort Saint-Jean Re-Enactment 10 AM (multiday) Weekly Family Yoga Class! 3:30 - 5 PM Community Pasta Dinner for All - Marathon Saturday 5 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less
28 City Marathon Sunday May 28 All Day Samba Beats for Marathon Runners 7:15 - 11:15 AM Yard Sale - Low Prices! 9 AM - 12 PM Save the Date: Passion 4 Paws Adoption Event! 10 AM - 2 PM Garden Swap This Sunday! 11 AM - 1 PM Teen/Young Adult Clothes Sale! - Sunday May 28 11 AM Family Contra Dance This Sunday 1:30 - 3 PM Family Contra Dance 1:30 - 3 PM +4 more see less	29	30 Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM	31 Citizens' Assemblies: Public Information Session 6 - 8 PM Citizens' Assemblies: Public Information Session 6 - 8 PM Citizens' Assemblies: Public Information Session 6 - 8 PM Citizens' Assemblies: Public Information Session 6 - 8 PM Citizens' Assemblies: Public Information Session 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	1 Author Visit at the Pierson Library 6:30 AM - 8 PM Free Trees for Burlington Residents! 3 - 5 PM Leddy Park Comprehensive Plan - Final Public Meeting 4:30 - 6:30 PM Tie Dye Workshop 5 - 7 PM Ward 6 NPA - June 1 Meeting 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	2 Davis Studio Painting Show at Pierson Library June 2 All Day Savoy Queer Film Festival - June 2 and 4 7:30 PM	3 Girls on the Run 5K Volunteers Needed 8 AM - 12 PM Tag Sale at Northgate Apartments 8 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale - Strong St - June 3 9 AM - 12 PM Pottery Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Touch-A-Truck 10 AM - 12 PM Open House This Weekend! 10 AM - 1 PM Community Tag Sale - Flynn Ave June 3 11 AM - 2 PM Weekly Family Yoga Class! 3:30 - 5 PM +4 more see less