Calendar - Front Porch Forum

July 2023

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25 Middlebury Pride (Festival June 25; Events All June) (multiday) Feminist Reproductive Justice Mini Golf (multiday) MCP's Company Be's First Play of the Summer! 7:30 PM (multiday) Feminist Reproductive Justice Mini Golf (multiday) Yard Sale - Liberty St - June 23-25 9 AM (multiday) Feminist Reproductive Justice Mini Golf (multiday) Garage Sale - 56 High Street 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale at the Tillerman June 24-25 9:30 AM (multiday) Moving Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Pride Parade Pre-Party at Ilsley 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Public Bingo 1:30 - 4 PM Ice Cream Social & Historic Car Show 2 - 4 PM MCP's Red at Vergennes Opera House 2 - 4 PM Piano Concert 2 PM English Cream Tea Party 3:30 - 5 PM White River Valley Players' Annual Meeting 4:30 - 5:30 PM County Democrats Ice Cream Social 5 - 7 PM Ice Cream Social in Bristol June 25 5:30 - 7 PM ACDC Ice Cream Social 5:30 PM +15 more see less	26 Community Swim at MAUSD Pool 8:15 AM (multiday) Summer Camps Available 10 AM (multiday) Music Classes Start Monday - Spots Available! 10 AM Bristol Farmers Market! 4 - 7 PM Compassionate Responses to People in Distress 5 - 7 PM Compassionate Responses to People in Distress 5 - 7 PM Compassionate Responses to Community Members in Distress 5 - 7 PM Compassionate Responses to Community Members (ECPR) 5 - 7 PM VT Comm. Broadband Board Listening Session in Shoreham 6 - 7:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda 6 - 10 PM Seeking Better Internet? Join VCBB in Person Monday! 6:30 - 7:30 PM Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 PM +8 more see less	27 Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Public Meeting Re: Town Hall Theater's Expansion 6 - 7 PM	28 Henry Sheldon Museum Lunchtime Gallery Talk 12 AM - 1 PM Bristol 4th of July! (multiday) Middlebury Pride (Festival June 25; Events All June) (multiday) Noon Gallery Talk at Henry Sheldon Museum 12 - 1 PM Henry Sheldon Museum Lunchtime Gallery Talk 12 - 1 PM Upcoming Events at Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury! 12 - 1 PM Teddy Bear Picnic 2023 12 - 2 PM Wednesday Pop-In Activity: Board Games 3 - 5 PM ARPA Advisory Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	29 Sewing Machine Presentation 1 - 2 PM Henry Sheldon Museum Sewing Machine Presentation 1 - 2 PM Volunteer Training Opportunity - Exercise Class Leaders 1 - 4 PM West African Dance Class 5 - 6 PM Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden - Birds of VT Museum 5 - 7:30 PM June Astrology Meet-Up! 5:15 - 6:45 PM +2 more see less	30 Youth Program: Curator for the Day 9 AM - 2 PM Tai Chi for Fall Prevention, Level 1 10 - 11 AM Cookies and Bars for Community Supper Program June 30 10 AM First Day of the Great Brandon Auction in the Town Hall 2 - 7 PM Enjoy Ananda Tamant's Dumplings and Thalis 4 - 6 PM Teen After-Hours Lounge at Ilsley 6 - 8:30 PM Chandler's 24th Annual Summer Youth Musical 7 - 10 PM +3 more see less	1 Flea Market 8 AM - 2 PM Hey, You with the Stuff! 9 AM - 12 PM Toy and Book Sale - Seymore St - July 1 9 AM - 1 PM Tag Sale at the Federated Church of Rochester 9 AM - 1 PM Fund-Raising Tag Sale for Brandon Methodist Church 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale/Book Sale - 69 Mountain St 9 AM - 2 PM Brandon Independence Day Silent Auction 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale - New Items Added to Sale - 48 Mountain Terrace 9 AM Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 1 PM Party Behind the Brandon Inn! 11 AM - 3 PM Swiss Roll World Championship 12 PM BigTown Gallery Re-Opening Event 6 - 9 PM +8 more see less
2	3 Bristol's 4th of July Parade & Battle of the Bands 3 PM (multiday) Bristol Farmers Market! 4 - 7 PM	4 Battle of the Bands All Day Bristol's 4th of July Parade & Battle of the Bands All Day Bristol 4th of July Celebration! All Day 5K Road Race on July 4th and Corrected Link (I Hope!) 7 - 9 AM Pierce Hall 4th of July Race - Chicken BBQ - Raffle 7:30 AM Rochester Annual Tennis Tournament 8 - 10:45 AM The Great Bristol Outhouse Race 8:30 - 10:30 AM 5-Town Friends of the Arts Annual Silent Auction 9 AM - 2 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Notice: Food Shelf & Friend Zone 12 PM Ice Cream Social 2 - 4 PM +8 more see less	5 Lincoln Pollinator Garden Plant Sale Ending Friday (multiday) Frederick Douglass in Vermont 11 AM - 2:30 PM Wednesday Afternoon Pop-In Session 3 - 5 PM Development Review Board - Regular Meeting 6 - 9 PM DRB Regular Meeting - Updated Address for Hearing #2 6:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	6 Community Laser Tag (Donations Welcome!) 2 - 5 PM Middlebury Summer Market July 6 3:30 - 7:30 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" - July 6 4 - 6 PM West African Dance Class 5 - 6 PM Hancock Green Summer Concerts 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	7 Plant and 2 Family Yard Sale - Seymour St. - July 7-8 9 AM (multiday) Tai Chi for Fall Prevention, Level 1 10 - 11 AM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Enjoy Ananda Tamant's Dumplings and Thalis 4 - 6 PM It's a Hardbacked Life: Teen Book Discussion Group 6 PM A Special Benefit Concert for RCHS 7 - 10 PM +2 more see less	8 Garage Sale - July 8-9 - Old Basin Rd (multiday) Yard Sale - Wheeler Road 8 AM - 2 PM Town Yard Sale - 3 Blueberry Lane, East Middlebury 8 AM - 3 PM Grand Opening of Green Mountain Foster Bikes! 8:30 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale - Ossie Rd. - July 8 8:30 AM Garage Sales on Mt. Pleasant Acres in Brandon 9 AM PYO Blueberries Opening Saturday 9 AM July 8 East Middlebury Townwide Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Rochester Garden Tour 9 AM - 1 PM Peasant Market on The Green in Middlebury 9 AM - 1 PM Big Yard and Food Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale - Washington St Ext 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Bats with Jerry Schneider! 10 - 11 AM Art Journaling on the Bristol Trail Network 10 AM - 12 PM Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 1 PM Friends of Ilsley Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Free Workshop Tour - Wooden 3d Maps (Treeline Terrains) 10 AM - 3 PM Spanish English Storytime 11 - 11:45 AM Live at Kennedy Park! Music Series (Sponsored by Dba) 11 AM - 1 PM Join Us at Davenport Electric Fest! 12 - 5 PM Movie in the Park: Star Wars-Return of the Jedi 7 - 10 PM Cotton Candy Concessions! 7 - 10 PM Discover Night Time Creatures; Nocturnal Bugs 8:30 - 10:30 PM +19 more see less
9 Middlebury Festival on the Green July 9-15 (multiday) Middlebury Festival On-The-Green, July 9-15 12 PM (multiday) Middlebury Shape Note Singing 1 - 3 PM Music on the Trail 1 - 4 PM Bristol Music on the Trails 1 - 4 PM 'The Grift' on the Village Green! (or Holley Hall) 4 - 6 PM Pizza by the Pond to Benefit Brandon Library! 5:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	10 Free Yoga in the Park! 5:30 AM - 6 PM Rokeby Theater Camp Pay What You Can 9 - 10 AM Bristol Selectboard Agenda July 1 5:30 - 10 PM Lincoln School District Board Meeting July 10 6:30 PM Mysteries and Magic of Vermont's Bogs & Fens 7 - 8 PM Town of Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 PM +2 more see less	11 Tree Talk 10 AM Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM	12 Age Well Community Meal 11 AM - 1 PM Making Sense of Representation: Rural Queer Life 12 - 1 PM Mindfulness Meditation 1:30 - 3 PM Pop-In Activity: Animal Rescue and Care 3 - 5 PM Benefit Bake for WomenSafe at American Flatbread 5 - 9 PM Dynamic One-Woman Show at Phantom 8 - 9 PM +2 more see less	13 Feminist Reproductive Justice Mini Golf! (multiday) West African Dance Class 5 - 6 PM Middlebury Science Cafe at IPL Preserving the Past 5 - 6:30 PM Hancock Green Summer Concerts 6:30 - 8 PM	14 Tai Chi for Fall Prevention, Level 1 10 - 11 AM Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Teen Stove-Free Cooking at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM Sarah King at Festival on the Green Friday 7 PM +1 more see less	15 Vermont Mad Pride 12 - 4 AM Yard Sale 8 AM - 12 PM Garage Sale - Crosby Heights 8 AM - 4 PM Big Yard Sale - Quaker St July 15 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - High St 9 AM (multiday) Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 1 PM Peace.Fest! 🎸✨💃🏽 2 - 10 PM Silent Movie at the Brandon Town Hall 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less
16 Meet Our New Pastor 12 - 2 PM Blow Out Fiber Sale 12 PM (multiday) Fiber Blow Out Sale 12 PM (multiday)	17 Horse Camp 8:30 AM (multiday) MAV Lax Quick Sticks Camp Registration Open Until July 12 9 AM (multiday) House Concert! 7 - 8:30 PM	18 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM The Willowell Foundation Summer Arts Series 5:30 - 7:30 PM Let's Change the Headlines: 350VT Webinar 7 - 8 PM Let's Change the Headlines: 350VT Webinar 7 - 8 PM 100+ Women Who Care Addison County Member Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda July 18 7 PM +4 more see less	19 Mindfulness Meditation 1:30 - 3 PM Pop-In Activity at the Library July 19 3 - 5 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" July 19 4 - 6 PM Author Event! "The Mortician's Curse" 6 - 7 PM Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM Enerjazz Plays Music at the Riverbend - Free Concert 6 - 8 PM Book Talk 7 PM +3 more see less	20 Elderly Services Virtual Information Session 9:30 - 11:30 AM Joshua Landis: Great Power Rivalry in the Middle East 10 AM Sheldon Museum Needlework Demonstration 1 - 3 PM Middlebury Summer Market July 20 3:30 - 7:30 PM You're Invited: New Art Exhibit Opening Party! 5 - 7 PM Pizza by the Pond- Blueberry Hill Inn w/ Bloodroot Gap 5 - 8 PM Granville Daze at Mad River Barn 5:30 - 8 PM Yoga at the Bend for the Brandon Library's Renovation 6 - 6:45 PM Hancock Green Summer Concerts 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Historical Society Monthly Meeting 7 - 8 PM “Slow Food” at the Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM (multiday) “Slow Food” at the Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	21 Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden - Treleven Farm 9 - 11:30 AM Tai Chi for Fall Prevention, Level 1 10 - 11 AM "Ask a Master Gardener" July 21 10 AM - 12 PM Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Community Swim 10:45 - 11:45 AM Cribbage at the Libanus Lodge This Friday 12 PM Cribbage Tournament at Libanus Lodge 12 PM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Teen After-Hours Lounge at Ilsley 6 - 8 PM An Evening with Franz Kafka: Readings & Commentary 7 - 8 PM Franz Kafka Reading in Salisbury 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	22 Lawn Sale - Schoolhouse Hill Rd. - July 22 8 AM - 2 PM Huge Garage Sale - N 116 Rd - July 22 & 23 8 AM (multiday) Buttolph Acres Neighborhood Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale - N. Pleasant Street - July 22 9 AM - 3 PM Moving Sale - 17 High St - July 22-23 9 AM (multiday) Guardians This Saturday! 9:30 - 11 AM Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 1 PM Emergency Management Bulletin - July 21 10 AM Spanish English Storytime 11 - 11:45 AM Live at Kennedy Park! Music Series (Sponsored by Dba) 11 AM - 1 PM Come Meet Race Car Driver Cam at Brandon Library! 11 AM Farm to Ballet 5 - 7:30 PM New Haven Fire Dept. Chicken BBQ Saturday 5 PM Fiddle Tunes and Folk Songs! 6 - 7 PM Roller Disco Bristol - This Saturday! 6 - 8 PM Rock Bands Performing at The Town Hall 7:30 - 9:30 PM Lemonade Stand + Yard Sale on Rogers Rd 11 PM +13 more see less
23 An Invitation from the Weybridge Congregational Church 10 AM - 12 PM Indoor Flea Market July 23 10 AM - 3 PM Java Hubbard Memorial Reception 1:30 - 3:30 PM Concert for Flute and Organ in Cornwall 2 PM Cause and Effect Play and Learn Time on Sunday 3:30 - 5:30 PM Cause and Effect Play and Learn Time on Sunday 3:30 - 5:30 PM Ice Cream Social - Addison County Democrats - Sunday! 5 - 7 PM Join Us for Ice Cream 5:30 - 7 PM +4 more see less	24 Summer Camp 8:30 AM (multiday) Linocut Printmaking 1 - 3 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda July 24 6:30 - 10 PM Town of Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 PM	25 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" - Tue., July 25 4 - 6 PM Bridge School Elementary Open House 5:30 - 6:30 PM Local Timber Framer to Share Experience in France 7:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	26 Sheldon Museum Talk: “Forecasts for a Post-Roe America" 12 - 1 PM Music with Caleb Elder at LML! 1 - 3 PM Mindfulness Meditation 1:30 - 3 PM This Week's "Pop-In People" Program 3 - 5 PM Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM White River Valley Players' "Theater Makers" 6:15 - 7:15 PM +2 more see less	27 MUHS All Class Reunion July 27 All Day CLiF Book Bonanza 1 - 2:30 PM Rug Hooking Demonstration at the Sheldon Museum 1 - 3 PM Block Party + Midd Summer Market 3:30 - 7:30 PM Brandon Carnival! 5 PM (multiday) Garden Gathering Workshop with Alchemy Gardens 6 - 7 PM Hancock Green Summer Concert 6:30 - 8 PM Titanic Book Talk - Lincoln Library - July 27, 6:30 P.M. 6:30 PM +4 more see less	28 Great Big Yarn Sale & Pottery Sale This Weekend! (multiday) Huge 5 Family Garage Sale Friday & Saturday (multiday) Huge 5 Family Garage Sale - Schoolhouse Hill Rd (multiday) Tai Chi for Fall Prevention, Level 1 10 - 11 AM "Ask a Master Gardener" July 28 10 AM - 12 PM 3 Local Women Artists: Fabulous Show and Sale! 10 AM - 4 PM Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Have-A-Heart Food Shelf Distribution 5 - 6 PM Surf & Turf Dinner 5 - 7 PM Feeding the Valley - Day and Time Change! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Teen Book Discussion Group at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM Standup Comedy at the Swift House - LOL Under the Tent 8:30 - 10 PM Tonight! Standup Comedy at the Swift House 8:30 - 10 PM +10 more see less	29 Water and Bubble Play and Learn Time Saturday 9:30 - 11 AM Water and Bubbles Play and Learn Time Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Raising Monarch Butterflies 10 - 11 AM Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Popup Gallery: Art & Curated Goods at Next Chapter Farm 10 AM - 5 PM LC Jazz at the Brandon Town Hall 7 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less
30 Breakfast at Dorchester Masonic Lodge 7:30 - 10 AM Yard Sale Sunday Afternoon 12 - 4 PM Viva El Sabor Third Annual Summer Fiesta! 3 - 8 PM Viva El Sabor Third Annual Summer Fiesta! 3 - 8 PM Pizza at the Pond 5 - 8 PM +1 more see less	31 Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM	1 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Our Wild Community - Animal Guests at The Rec! 1 - 2:30 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" Aug. 1 4 - 6 PM Community Health's Teddy Bear Clinic Returns August 1 4 - 7 PM Community Health's Teddy Bear Clinic Returns Aug. 1 4 - 7 PM IPL/VBS First Tuesdays 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Aug. 1 7 PM +5 more see less	2 Pop-In for Creative Origami at the Lincoln Library 3 - 5 PM Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM Development Review Board - Public Notice 6 - 9 PM	3 It's Watermelon Season! 10:30 - 11:30 AM Yardsale at 74 North St 10:30 AM - 2 PM Middlebury Summer Market Aug. 3 3:30 - 7:30 PM Interlude Open House: Mental Health Crisis Alternative 4 - 7 PM Interlude Open House: Mental Health Crisis Alternative 4 - 7 PM Hancock Green Summer Concert 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	4 Tai Chi for Fall Prevention, Level 1 10 - 11 AM Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Teen Stove-Free Cooking at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM Theater 1, 2, 3 is Back! August 4, 5, 6 7 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	5 Multi Family Garage Sale - Mt. Pleasant Dr. - Aug. 5 All Day Busy Bee Honey at Town Wide Yard Sale in The Town Hall 8 AM - 2 PM 5 Vendors Inside the Air Conditioned Town Hall 8 AM - 2 PM Multi Family Yard Sale - Forestdale Rd - Aug. 5 8 AM - 3 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale - 1931 Wheeler Road 8 AM - 5 PM Big Moving Sale - North St - Aug. 5 8 AM Rokeby Clean-Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Estate and Yard Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Fundraising Tag & Bake Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale = East St. - August 5 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - South St. Ext. - August 5 9 AM - 3:30 PM Sign Up Now - Yard Sale Day: Aug 5 9 AM - 4 PM Downsizing Lawn Sale This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Lawn Sale - Mechanic St. - August 5-6 9 AM (multiday) 6th Annual “Raise a Child in Haiti” Walk-A-Thon! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Raise a Child in Haiti Walk-A-Thon 9:30 - 11:30 AM Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 1 PM Morgan Horse Farm Vermont Day - Free! 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Vermont Day at the Morgan Horse Farm! Free Event! 10 AM - 2 PM Calling All Bakers! 10 AM - 2 PM Popup Gallery & Goods at Next Chapter Farm 10 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale at 74 North St 12 - 3 PM Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden - Swift House Inn 5 - 7 PM +22 more see less