Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2020

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26 Essex CHIPS 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash All Day Essex CHIPS 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash! 9 AM - 2:30 PM Essex Chips 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash! 9:30 AM - 2 PM Yoga Fundraiser at the North Hero Elementary School 10 - 11 AM 2C's Sunday Market 11 AM - 3 PM ReTribe Breathwork Workshop 12 - 5 PM Learn-To-Curl Clinic Offered by Green Mountain Curling 12:15 - 3 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM NVU-Johnson Women's Basketball - Free Admission 1 - 3 PM Talk at Ethan Allen Homestead - Sunday - Jan 26 2 - 3 PM Spoken Word Sundays 4 - 6 PM Nepalese Dinner and Kirtan at Northernshire 5:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	27 Home Schooler's Art Classes @ Milton Artists' Guild 10 AM - 12 PM Selectboard Public Hearing on Charter Change Vote 7 - 9:30 PM	28 Special Storytime 3:30 - 4:30 PM Support Kids' RehabGYM at American Flatbread 5 - 11:30 PM Women's Empowerment Self Defense Level 1 Workshop 6 - 8:30 PM MMCTV Board Meeting on Jan. 28 6:30 - 7:30 PM Conservation Commission Meeting - Jan. 28 6:30 - 8 PM Migrant Justice Event on Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Budget Info/Open Board Seats - Meeting Jan. 28 6:30 - 8:30 PM Essex Junction Trustees Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	29 Saint Francis Xavier School Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Open House at St. Francis Xavier School 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Saint Francis Xavier School Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Backyard Birding 10 - 11 AM Backyard Birding Talk at The Worthen Library 10 AM - 12 PM Backyard Birding Talk at the Worthen Library 10 AM - 12 PM Free Open Door Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM "Suppression: the Fight to Vote" Film 6:30 PM +4 more see less	30 Small Biz Boot Camp. Session 1: Branding 12 - 1:30 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Planning Commission Special Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Trivia Night at 1st Republic Brewing Co 6 - 8 PM Hammered Heart Pendant Workshop 6 - 8 PM Lecture: Angels and Demons 7 - 8 PM Ye Vagabonds Irish Music Shelburne Farms Jan. 30 7 PM +3 more see less	31 Calcutta to Benefit Saint Francis Xavier School All Day Super Bowl Weekend Open House & Sale 10 AM (multiday) Five Corners Antique Super Bowl Sale 10 AM (multiday) 37th Annual Colchester Winter Carnival 6 PM (multiday) National Mandolin Champion at the Underhill Town Hall! 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Take Your Child to the Library Day! 9 AM - 1 PM Quilt Making for Community 10 AM - 2 PM Chili Challenge to Support the Josh Pallotta Fund 10 AM - 2 PM Annual Chili Challenge - Colchester Winter Carnival 10 AM Bring Your Child to the Library Day 10 AM Empty Bowls Supper 4 - 6:30 PM Empty Bowls Dinner, Saturday 4 - 6:30 PM Watch Day 1 of "Communities for Future" Online Summit 5 - 8 PM Young Tradition Touring Group Concert 7 PM +5 more see less
2 Milton Community Reiki Clinic 1 - 4 PM Healing Service - Ascension Catholic Church 2 PM	3 Home Schooler's Art Classes @ Milton Artists' Guild 10 AM - 12 PM Swanton Community Celebration 5:30 - 8 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM	4 Climate Solutions Discussion 6 - 7:30 PM EWSD Budget Info/Open Board Seats - Meeting Feb. 4 6:30 - 9 PM	5 Watching "Communities for Future: Day 5" at Retribe 5 - 8 PM	6 Planning Commission Special Meeting Feb. 6 All Day Essex Art League Meeting Hopes You Will Join Us! 9 - 11 AM Artist in Residence February Featured Artist Reception 4:30 - 7 PM POSTPONED: Transportation & Climate Mtg Feb. 6 6 - 8 PM HSCC Hosts Purrrses for Paws 6 - 8 PM An Evening of Bird Tales 6:30 - 8:30 PM An Evening of Bird Tales 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	7 Rummage Sale at Grace United Methodist Church 9 AM - 2 PM ReTribe Forest School Trial Day for Kids 9 AM - 3 PM	8 Guided Snowshoe Tour 9 - 11 AM Burlington Technical Center Open House 2020 9 AM - 12 PM Sledding Event at Casey's Hill 9 AM - 12 PM Grace Methodist Church Rummage Sale One Day Only 9 AM - 2 PM Climate Solutions Discussion #2 10 - 11:30 AM Meet, Greet, Create! This Saturday 1 - 3 PM Meet, Greet, Create! 1 - 3 PM Harry Potter Night 2020 4 - 7 PM Annual Turkey Dinner 5 PM Win $2000! 5:30 - 9 PM Win $2,000! 5:30 - 9 PM Solaris Concert Saturday 7:30 - 8:30 PM "This Shining Night 2020" Solaris Benefit Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM Benefit Concert for Dragonheart Vermont 7:30 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concert 7:30 PM +11 more see less
9 Westford Music Series Valentine Love Songs 4 - 5 PM St. Thomas Church Italian Buffet 4 - 7 PM G.I.V.F.D. Auxiliary Calcutta 4:30 PM Nepalese Dinner / Fundraiser 5 - 7 PM Watching "Communities for Future: Day 9" at ReTribe 5 - 8 PM +1 more see less	10 Home Schooler's Art Classes @ Milton Artists' Guild 10 AM - 12 PM Vermont Precision Tools Training Program Orientation 5:45 - 8 PM Speaker Mitzi Johnson in Essex 6 - 7:30 PM Photo History of Underhill Presented by Gary Irish 6:30 PM Learn About the History of Underhill at DRML! 6:30 PM Special City Council Meeting Feb. 10 6:30 PM +2 more see less	11 Writers Group at Grand Isle Free Library All Day Underhill Historical Society All Day St Albans Parkinson's Outreach Group Meeting Oct. 8 10 - 11:30 AM Fairfax Arts Council February Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Herbal Aphrodisiacs Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM Herbal Aphrodisiacs Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Open Board Seats/Budget Info - Meeting Feb. 11 6:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	12 The Island Line Talk and Film at the Worthen Library 10 - 11 AM The Island Line Talk & Film at the Worthen 10 AM - 12 PM Craft Circle 5:30 - 8 PM Community Film Showing: the Hate U Give - Feb. 12 6 - 9 PM	13 Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Public Meeting: Chittenden County I-89 2050 Study 6 - 8 PM Meet with Your Legislators 6:30 - 8 PM Living with Beavers Wildlife Presentation 6:30 - 8 PM Bird Tales This Thursday Feb. 13! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Feb. 13 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	14 Singing Valentines 9 AM - 9 PM Fast Food Friday for Valentine's Day 4:30 - 6:30 PM Valentine's Weekend at the Paddle 4:30 PM (multiday) Community Supper at the Congregational Chuch 5:30 - 7 PM Got Plans for Valentine's? Come Support Project Grad! 6:30 - 9 PM Valentine's Dinner Fundraiser 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	15 Center for Technology Essex (CTE) Open House Saturday All Day Food Shelf Open 8 - 9 AM Lecture Series: Why the Mass? 9 - 10 AM Healthy Hearts Event Coming Up 9 AM - 12 PM Last Call for Broomball Tournament Registrations 9 AM Puzzle Swap 10 AM Community Lead Story Time 10 AM CTE Open House 11 AM - 2 PM Center for Technology, Essex Open House 11 AM - 2 PM Open House at CTE 11 AM - 2 PM ReTribe Scholarship Fund Silent Auction - Benefit Dinner 11 AM (multiday) Pre-Town Meeting Overview of Merger Feb. 15 1 - 3 PM Afternoon Kids Movie 1 - 3 PM Essex Has Talent 7 - 9 PM Concert Saturday 7:30 PM +11 more see less
16 Country Breakfast at St. Thomas Church 8 - 10:30 AM Valentine's Day Brunch and Silent Auction 12 - 2 PM Valentine's Day Brunch and Silent Auction 12 - 2 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM February Open Group Channeling Session 1:30 - 4:30 PM VYO Winter Concert 3 - 4 PM Ladies Tea Sunday 3 - 6 PM Retribe Benefit Dinner and Teen Parenting Workshop 3 - 8 PM +5 more see less	17 North Hero School's Annual Iron Chef 5:30 - 6:30 PM	18 St. Albans City Parks Commission Meeting Feb. 18 6 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting: Tuesday, Feb. 18 6 PM EWSD Open Board Seats/Board Meeting Feb. 18 6:30 - 8:30 PM The Biggest Little Farm 7 PM	19 CEO of Revision Military to Speak at Rotary 12 - 1:30 PM Rotary Lunch Date is Incorrect 12 - 1:30 PM Tomasi Meadow Public Meeting 7 - 9 PM	20 Free Seminar: Email Basics for Business 12 - 1:30 PM St. Albans City Historic Preservation Commission Mtg 1 PM LCHP Hosts Clinton County's Battle for Woman Suffrage 6:30 - 7:30 PM	21 Cornhole Tournament 5:30 - 10 PM	22 JU Lions Club 34th Pancake Breakfast 7:30 - 11 AM Guided Snowshoe Tour 9 - 11 AM Madonna Vasa Trail - Ski/Snowshoe 9 AM Mr. K - Skulls, Stories & Critter Feet 10 - 11 AM Homeschool for Everybody 10:30 AM - 12 PM Balancing Town Forest Stewardship and Recreation 1 - 3 PM "Cutting Remarks” with Bill Torrey 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less
23 Jazz Sunday 9:45 - 11 AM Jamfest to Benefit UVM Medical Center Lung Center 11:30 AM - 5 PM Speaker on Immigration Rescheduled 2 - 4 PM	24 Cook the Book at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library 12:15 - 1:30 PM Monster Movie Monday 4 - 7:30 PM 2nd Annual Chili* Cook-Off 5:30 - 6:45 PM Climate Change in VT? A Meteorologists Perspective 5:30 - 7 PM Agenda for Feb. 24 6 - 8 PM Special City Council Meeting Feb. 24 6:30 PM +2 more see less	25 Snow Day at Swanton Recreation 1 - 4 PM Cardboard Box Fort Building 4 - 6 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Mtg. Feb. 25 6 PM	26 Jeff Schulman, UVM Athletic Director to Speak at Rotary 12 - 1:30 PM Jeff Schulman, UVM Athletic Director to Speak at Rotary 12 - 2 PM Winter Photo Walk - Swanton Recreation 1:30 - 3:30 PM Kids Paint and Sip 2 - 4 PM Craft Circle 5:30 - 8 PM History & Ecology of Sugaring Talk at Worthen Library 7 - 8 PM History & Ecology of Sugaring Talk at the Worthen 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	27 Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Our Best Endeavors 6:30 - 7:30 PM LCBP Hosts “Prohibition in the Champlain Valley” 6:30 - 7:30 PM	28 Rummage Sale (multiday) Hop Conference 9 AM - 4 PM Rummage Sale 9 AM (multiday)	29 Winter Twig Workshop 9 - 11:30 AM Puzzle Contest 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Winter Carnival 10 AM - 2 PM Winter Carnival Chili and Mac & Cheese Cook-Off 10 AM - 2:30 PM Fairfax Town/School Meeting 10 AM The Logger is Coming to Highgate This Saturday! 7:30 PM +2 more see less