Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2024

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29 Tie Dye Shop 2nd Annual Tag Sale/50% Off All Tie Dye 10 AM (multiday) Champlain Islands Methodist Worship Schedule 9 AM Buckthorn Pulling at Silver Lake Woods 9 - 10 AM Vermont Kidney Association Walk 9 AM - 12 PM Take Steps for Social Change on Sept. 29! 9 AM - 1 PM Eleventh Annual Champlain Islands Crop Hunger Walk 1 - 3 PM Annual Champlain Islands Crop Hunger Walk 1 - 3 PM Dave Pettigrew - Christian Artist - Live in Concert 6 - 8 PM Burlington Baroque Festival 7:30 - 9 PM +5 more see less	30 Golden Dome Book Award Discussion: Saving Sunshine 3:30 - 4:30 PM Info Session on Vermont's "3 Acre" Stormwater Regs 6:45 - 9 PM Navigating the Waters: Understanding Vermont's 3-Acre Permit 7 - 8 PM Understanding Vermont's 3-Acre Permit 7 - 8 PM Meet the Candidates for State Representative 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	1 Rec Park Boardwalk Renovation Work Party 1 - 5 PM Alburgh Conservation Block Party! 4:30 - 6 PM St. Albans City Belonging, Equity & Inclusion Committee 6 PM	2 Cider Congregate Meals Now Served Every Wednesday! 11:30 AM - 1 PM Rec Park Boardwalk Renovation Work Party 1 - 5 PM Teen Craft at Burnham Library: Book Safes 3 - 4 PM Maple Run Unified School District Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM ILM Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Square Dance Lessons 6:30 PM Milton Historical Society - VT's Island Line Revisited 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	3 Catholic Daughters' Rummage Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Essex Art League Meeting, Thursday, October 3 9 - 11 AM EV Meet-Up at Vermont Electric Co-op This Thursday 2 - 5 PM Poetry Writing Workshop with Michael Cunningham 6 - 8 PM Music Circle 6 - 8 PM Join Us for Democratic Candidate Meet and Greets! 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	4 The Best Man by Gore Vidal Opens Friday, Oct. 4th! All Day Singing for People with Memory Loss & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Burnham Library Fall Concert: the Clements Brothers 6 - 7 PM Buck Hollers Band at 14th Star with Special Guest! 6 - 9 PM	5 The Best Man by Gore Vidal Opens Friday, Oct. 4th! All Day Open Studio at the Sugarhouse Gallery in Jeffersonville (multiday) Free Food 9 - 11 AM Saturday at The Colchester Food Shelf 9 AM - 12 PM Tag Sale/Furniture Sale - Main St. - Oct. 5-6 9 AM (multiday) Free Family Support Group Facilitator Training 9 AM (multiday) Noting There Are Just Two More Events Left! 9:30 - 10:30 AM VT Open Studio Fall 2024 10 AM (multiday) Open House - South Hero Fire and Rescue 11 AM - 1 PM Fall Book Sale at Island Arts 11 AM - 3 PM Kintoberfest 11 AM - 8 PM Open Studio Group Art Show 11 AM (multiday) Alburgh Community Festivals: Oktoberfest 2024 12 - 8 PM Ethan Tapper - How to Love a Forest Book Signing 1 - 2 PM Ice Cream Social with Candidates 1 - 3 PM Ice Cream Social 1 - 3 PM Ice Cream Social with Josie Leavitt and Andy Julow 1 - 3 PM VT Reads Gather- Author Visit- Kenneth M Cadow 2 - 3 PM Isle La Motte Haunted Library and Grounds 7 - 9 PM +15 more see less
6 The Best Man by Gore Vidal Opens Friday, Oct. 4th! All Day Champlain Islands Methodist Worship Schedule 9 AM Join Us for the Northern Vermont Strides Walk! 10 AM Fall Book Sale at Island Arts 11 AM - 3 PM Mill Pond HOA Moving Sale 11 AM - 4 PM Small Dog Play Time 12:30 - 1:30 PM "The Quietest Year" 2 PM Free Event for All! Tomorrow! 2 - 5 PM Meet and Eat 2 - 5 PM +5 more see less	7 Gentle Yoga at the Milton Grange! 5:30 - 6:15 PM Public Hearing: Vicious Dog Complaint 5:30 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM Bloomin' 4 Good Program for Emma's Foundation ♥ 9 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	8 Poetry Reading 4:30 PM Family Bingo at the Burnham Library 5:30 - 6:30 PM SCORE Webinar: Finding Funding for Your Business Online 6 - 7:30 PM Mah Jongg for Beginners & Refreshers 6 - 8 PM	9 Cider Congregate Meals Now Served Every Wednesday! 11:30 AM - 1 PM Button Up for Winter – Rebates Up to $24,500 6 - 7 PM "Ask the Energy Experts" at the Library, Oct. 9 6 - 8 PM Square Dance Lessons 6:30 PM	10 Burnham Library Teen Advisory Group Kickoff Meeting 12 - 1 PM Spooky STEAM: Fire Snake 3:30 PM Teen Movie Night 6 - 8 PM Development Review Board Public Warning 6 - 9 PM	11 The Best Man by Gore Vidal Opens Friday, Oct. 4th! All Day Moving Sale at Granny's Attic (multiday) Huge Multi Family Moving Sale 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale - Shady Ln - Oct. 11-12 10 AM (multiday) Singing for People with Memory Loss & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Mill Pond HOA - Multi-Family Moving & Garage Sales 11 AM - 4 PM Corner Junction Bluegrass at Two Heroes Friday 7 PM +3 more see less	12 The Best Man by Gore Vidal Opens Friday, Oct. 4th! All Day ILM Recreation Department Monthly Meeting 8 - 9 AM Fall Harvest Craft & Flea Market 9 AM - 3 PM Welcome Baby Celebration 10 - 11 AM Tour the Hort Farm Conifers 10 AM - 12 PM LGBTQ+ Coffee Meetup Sept. 14 10 AM - 12 PM Tractor Show 10 AM - 2 PM St Amadeus Thrift Shop 10 AM - 2 PM 👩🌾 CIFM Harvest Fest 2024 - Oct. 12 in South Hero! 10 AM - 3 PM Mill Pond HOA - Multi-Family Moving & Garage Sales 11 AM - 4 PM Harvest Perch Fry! 12 - 8 PM Parking Lot Dance Party & Picnic with Green Mountain Swing 4 - 6:30 PM GPBS Annual Turkey Supper 5 PM +9 more see less
13 The Best Man by Gore Vidal Opens Friday, Oct. 4th! All Day Champlain Islands Methodist Worship Schedule 9 AM Missisquoi NWR Walk for the Wild 10 AM - 3 PM Missisquoi Wildlife Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Missisquoi Wildlife Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Missisquoi Wildlife Fair 10 AM - 3 PM National Wildlife Refuge Week Events 10 AM - 3 PM Missisquoi's Walk for the Wild 10 AM - 4 PM Mill Pond HOA - Multi-Family Moving & Garage Sales 11 AM - 4 PM +5 more see less	14 Puppy Story Hour 10:30 - 11:30 AM C.I.D.E.R. Flu, COVID & RSV Vaccination Clinic 11 AM - 2 PM Rec Park Boardwalk Renovation Work Party 1 - 5 PM Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain 4:30 - 7 PM Gentle Yoga at the Milton Grange! 5:30 - 6:15 PM Indians of the Missisquoi River Basin -1800 to Today 6:30 PM +2 more see less	15 Rotary Blood Drive - Urgent Need 10 AM - 3:30 PM Colchester-Milton Rotary Blood Drive 10 AM - 3:30 PM C.I.D.E.R. Flu, COVID & RSV Vaccination Clinic 11 AM - 2 PM Rec Park Boardwalk Renovation Work Party 3 - 5 PM Family Craft: Bird Feeders at the Burnham Library 5:30 - 6:30 PM Mah Jongg for Beginners & Refreshers 6 - 8 PM St. Albans City Board of Abatement Meeting Oct. 15 6 PM +3 more see less	16 Cider Congregate Meals Now Served Every Wednesday! 11:30 AM - 1 PM Grand Isle County Farm to School Gathering 4 - 6 PM Families Coping with Addiction (FCA) Group (Weds/Wkly) 5:30 - 6:30 PM Mental Health Urgent Care Public Town Hall Webinar 6 - 7:30 PM Maple Run Unified School District Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM ILM Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Franklin County Guild October Meeting 6 - 9 PM Cooking the Books 6 PM PJ Storytime 6 PM Square Dance Lessons 6:30 PM GICWD Monthly Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 8 PM +7 more see less	17 Rec Park Boardwalk Renovation Work Party 1 - 5 PM Engaging Readers! 3:30 - 4:45 PM Vermont Council on Literacy - Online Literacy Event 3:30 - 4:45 PM Engaging Readers! 3:30 - 4:45 PM Spooky STEAM: Halloween Bath Bombs 3:30 PM Forum and Debate 6:30 - 8 PM Paint and Sip at 14th Star Brewing Co. in St. Albans 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	18 The Best Man by Gore Vidal Opens Friday, Oct. 4th! All Day Volunteer: Pack 100,000 Meals FeedMyStarvingChildrenVT (multiday) How to Love a Forest with Ethan Tapper 7 AM Singing for People with Memory Loss & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Open House Oct. 18 11 AM - 2 PM Open House Oct. 18 11 AM - 2 PM Irish & American Folk Music 6 - 8 PM How to Love a Forest with Ethan Tapper 7 - 8 PM How to Love a Forest with Ethan Tapper 7 - 8:30 PM How to Love a Forest, with Ethan Tapper 7 PM +6 more see less	19 The Best Man by Gore Vidal Opens Friday, Oct. 4th! All Day CVU Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Craft Fair - Oct 19 9 AM - 4 PM Also in Oct., Rhododendron Workday 10 AM - 12 PM Pumpkin Painting 10 AM Free Clothes Giveaway 11 AM - 4 PM Open House - House for Sale 12 - 2 PM Celebration of Life for Nicholas Beauregard 1 - 3 PM 2nd Annual Casino Night: Bet on Hope 6 - 9:30 PM Help Support Cancer Patients and Their Families 6 - 10 PM +6 more see less
20 Champlain Islands Marathon/Half Marathon 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Champlain Islands Methodist Worship Schedule 9 AM Troop 658 Pancake Breakfast 9 AM - 12 PM Professional Family Photos! 11:30 AM - 3 PM Oh My, Pie! Part 1: Fruit Pies 12 - 3 PM Sunday Free Legal Clinic - Via Zoom or Phone 12 - 3 PM “Vermont and the Battle of Cedar Creek” 2 - 3 PM St Paul's Turkey Supper 3 - 5 PM Annual Turkey Dinner 4:30 - 6 PM +5 more see less	21 Grand Opening for Route 7 Automotive! All Day Vermont Blue Advantage 9 AM - 10 PM Teen Craft at Burnham Library: Halloween Lanterns 3 - 4 PM Mental Health Urgent Care Public Open House 3 - 7 PM Gentle Yoga at the Milton Grange! 5:30 - 6:15 PM Youth Book Club 5:30 - 7 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Meeting: Oct. 21 5:30 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM Cannabis Control Board Meeting 6 PM SAFD2 Phase 2 Meeting at Town Office 6:30 - 8 PM Italian Conversation Social at Mimmos! 6:45 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	22 Age Well Lunch 12 - 1 PM The Impact of Social Media on Teen Mental Health 5:30 - 7 PM Mah Jongg for Beginners & Refreshers 6 - 8 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting – Oct. 22 6:30 PM	23 Fall Job & Internship Fair at VTSU Johnson 10 AM - 1:30 PM Cider Congregate Meals Now Served Every Wednesday! 11:30 AM - 1 PM Ready for Winter? Heat Pump & Weatherization 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM Economic Development Commission Meeting 4 - 5 PM Burnham Lib. Lecture "AI: Our Newest Digital Companion" 4 - 5 PM Families Coping with Addiction (FCA) Group (Weds/Wkly) 5:30 - 6:30 PM Gory Halloween Makeup 5:30 PM Square Dance Lessons 6:30 PM +4 more see less	24 Engaging Readers! 3:30 - 4:45 PM Vermont Council on Literacy - Online Literacy Event 3:30 - 4:45 PM Engaging Readers! 3:30 - 4:45 PM Spooky STEAM: Skeletons 3:30 PM Development Review Board Public Warning 6 - 9 PM Paint and Sip at 14th Star Brewing Co. in St. Albans 6:30 - 8:30 PM Meeting Tomorrow Night! 6:30 PM WWOOFing In Italy: Farm Volunteering Under the Italian Sun 7 - 8:15 PM WWOOFing in Italy: Farm Volunteering Under the Italian Sun 7 - 8:15 PM +5 more see less	25 Singing for People with Memory Loss & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Lively Irish Music 6 - 8 PM	26 Fall Craft Show 8 AM - 12 PM Vermont Blue Advantage Benefits Seminar 9 - 10 AM Swap and Sprout: Baby Gear Exchange 9 AM - 12:30 PM Informational Meeting - Town Articles 10 AM - 12 PM Halloween Beaded Spiders 10 AM Civil War Program 11 AM Annual Trunk-Or-Treat at Burnham Library 12 - 2 PM FC Senior Center Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 12 - 5 PM Pumpkin Carving & Halloween Party 12 - 8 PM Vermont Symphonic Winds Concert Halloween Concert 12 PM Trunk or Treat at Donaldson 4 - 5 PM Green Mountian Roller Derby 6 PM 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' at The Welden, Oct. 26 9:15 PM +9 more see less
27 Champlain Islands Methodist Worship Schedule 9 AM Free Live Concert 10:30 AM - 12 PM French Club 11 AM - 12 PM Hinesburg Artist Series Fall Concert 4 - 5:30 PM Candidate Event at Kraemer and Kin with Howard Dean! 4 - 6 PM +1 more see less	28 Coffee with Constituents! 9 - 10 AM Gentle Yoga at the Milton Grange! 5:30 - 6:15 PM Author Talk: Doris Sumner "Life at Camp" 6:30 - 7:30 PM St. Albans City Design Advisory Board Meeting 6:30 PM Group Tuning Session Offered by Tula Wellness 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	29 Open House: Volunteer Opportunities with AARP Tax-Aide 3 - 5 AM AARP-VT Open House for New Tax Aide Volunteers Oct. 29 3 - 4:30 PM Haunted Library Oct. 29 6 - 7:30 PM Mah Jongg for Beginners & Refreshers 6 - 8 PM Saint Albans City School Candidate Forum 6:30 - 8 PM Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Agenda (Pdf) 6:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	30 NAMI Vermont's 2024 Annual Conference! 8 AM - 4 PM Cider Congregate Meals Now Served Every Wednesday! 11:30 AM - 1 PM CIDER Presents: Senior Forum with the Senate Candidates 1 - 2 PM Colchester/Grand Isle Senate Candidate Senior Forum 1 - 2 PM Candidate Forum in South Hero 1 - 2 PM North Hero School & North Hero PTYO Trunk or Treat 5 - 6 PM Families Coping with Addiction (FCA) Group (Weds/Wkly) 5:30 - 6:30 PM Natural Burial Documentary Screening 5:30 - 7:30 PM Book Club - "Year of Wonders" 6 PM Square Dance Lessons 6:30 PM Service of Loss & Remembrance 7 - 8:15 PM +7 more see less	31 Spooky STEAM: Pumpkin Catapult 3:30 AM Haddad Subaru of St Albans Trunk or Treat 2024 4 - 6 PM Alburgh Trunk or Treat Event 5 - 7 PM Trunk or Treat at Folsom School - Note New Time 6 - 7 PM	1 Singing for People with Memory Loss & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM	2 Vermont Women's Rally 10 AM Chicken & Biscuit Community Dinner at First Church BTV 5 - 8 PM Open Rehearsal: Vermont Choral Union Fauré Concert 7:30 PM