Calendar - Front Porch Forum

March 2016

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28 "Oh! the Games People Play" Silent Auction Benefit 1 - 4 PM	29 This Changes Everything - Free Screening Feb. 29 All Day This Changes Everything: Free Public Viewing at Goddard Feb. 29 All Day Calais School Budget Information 6 - 7 PM Cabot School Annual Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	1 EMES ECO Pie Auction Mar. 1 All Day Change in Polling Hours for Town of Cabot 7 AM - 7 PM Super Tuesday 7 AM - 7 PM March 1 Town Meeting Potluck Lunch 9 AM - 1:30 PM Daffodils to Brighten Town Meeting Day 10 AM - 7 PM Open Turf - March 1 11 AM - 2 PM Calais Town Meeting Lunch! 12 - 1 PM Coloring Club Change of Date/Time 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	2 Open House at Shambhala Meditation Center in Montpelier March 2 All Day Blues Rocker Beth Hart Bursts into Town All Day OLLI Presentation All Day Calais Conservation Commission Meeting March 2 All Day Next OLLI Program March 2 1:30 - 3 PM Selectboard Meeting March 2 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	3 Newbury Book Discussion Group All Day Newbury Book Discussion Group All Day Relocalizing VT March 4: Can Progressive 3rd Parties Gain Power? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT March 4: Can Progressive 3rd Parties Gain Power? 9 - 10:30 AM Aging at Home Lunch Talk 12 - 1 PM Interfaith Devotional Gathering Thursday, NVRH Chapel 5:15 - 6 PM Planning Commission Work Session 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	4 Happy Birthday Vermont! 5 - 8 PM Happy Birthday Vermont! March 4 5 - 8 PM Book Launch Party for "Organic Revolutionary" 7 - 9 PM EagleMania at Chandler Performing Arts! 7:30 PM	5 Central Vermont Humane Society Open House and Kitten Shower All Day Hot Comedy on a Cold Night Mar. 5 All Day Library Winter Banquet Tickets Now on Sale All Day Poetry Workshop March 5 All Day Cabin Fever Potluck March 5 All Day Mardi Gras Event to Benefit Vermont Foodbank All Day Library Winter Banquet Tickets Now on Sale All Day Rabies Clinics All Day Open House and Kitten Shower All Day Poetry Workshop - Women in Transition March 5 2 - 4 PM Capital City Concerts March 5 & 6 3 PM (multiday) Games at Peacham Library Saturday 4 - 9 PM Stage 32 Presents 'Baggage' 7 - 7 PM Mayfly and Heidi Wilson Perform at Plainfield Town Hall! Mar. 5 7 - 8:30 PM Great Music at the Opera House Saturday Night 7 - 8:30 PM March Music Series at Plainfield Opera House 7 - 8:30 PM Madaila/The Limes (Concert/Pizza/Ciderflight Deal) 7:30 - 10:30 PM Kamikaze Comedy Invades Central VT! 8 - 9:30 PM Hot Comedy on Cold Night Mar. 5 8 - 10 PM Improvisational Comedy 8 PM +16 more see less
6 Family Dance in Plainfield March 6 All Day Downton Abbey Finale Event All Day Red Cross Shelter Volunteer Training March 6 1 - 2:30 PM End-of-Season Skating Party Sunday, March 6 1 - 4 PM Silent Auction Benefit for Kingdom Animal Shelter 2 PM Fabulous Concert for Choral Lovers! 3 PM House Concert Invite: Dana and Susan Robinson 4 - 6:30 PM +3 more see less	7 Radio Interview Re: Vaccine Choice 9 - 10:30 AM 30's and Under Meditation Night! March 7 6:30 - 8:30 PM Monthly Marshfield and Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting March 7 7 - 8:30 PM	8 Contemporary Buddhist Teacher and Author to Speak at Shambhala Center All Day Dart 2.0: Do Something About Addiction 6 - 8 PM Project Safe Catch - Public Forum on the Regional Heroin Crisis 6:30 PM Community Forum on Local Opiate and Heroin Crisis March 8 6:30 PM Patty Griffin Concert Fuller Hall March 8 with LWV 7 PM Tai Chi Classes Begin March 8 7:30 - 9 PM Tai Chi Class for Beginners 7:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	9 OLLI Presentation All Day Next OLLI (Osher) Program March 9 1:30 - 3 PM Solar Discussion at Kingdom Taproom and Local Draft Brew on Us! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Barre Heritage Festival Volunteer Event 6 - 7 PM Keeping Track Presentation: Animals of the North 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	10 Rabies Clinic for Dogs and Cats Mar. 10 All Day Rabies Clinic for Dog and Cats March 10 All Day Relocalizing Vermont: Organic Artist; NEK Food Plan March 10 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Organic Artist; NEK Food Plan March 10 9 - 10:30 AM Free Event at Catamount Film and Arts Center! 5:30 - 9 PM Rabies Clinic for Dogs and Cats March 10 6 - 8 PM Free Movie on the Battle Waged for Women to Get the Vote 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	11 poeMUSEic March 11 All Day "Fly by Night" Concert to Benefit Food Program All Day "Fly by Night" Benefit Concert in Barre All Day St. Monica-St. Michael School Lenten Fish Dinners All Day Conga Classes at Catamount Arts 3:15 - 5 PM Indian Dinner Fundraiser 5:30 PM +2 more see less	12 Barre Town Fire Department Rabies Clinic Mar. 12 All Day Pasta Dinner at Unitarian Church of Montpelier March 12 All Day Kids Trade and Play, Children's Clothing Exchange All Day Blood Drawing at Twin Valley March 12 All Day Pasta & Chicken Dinner March 12 All Day Mother Nurture Donation Yoga Class Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:30 PM 'Them, Us & You' Exhibit Opening at SPA 4 - 6 PM Open Mic & Pie Social at NES 6 - 7:30 PM Community Forum on the Fracked Gas Pipeline 6 - 7:30 PM Chiara String Quartet at Chandler! 7:30 PM Cabot Contra and Square Dance This Saturday! 7:30 PM +7 more see less
13 Dog Friendly 5k Sunday in St. Johnsbury All Day Tree Medicine Class 10 AM - 4 PM Organ and Flute Concert 3 PM	14 Plainfield Selectboard Meeting Agenda March 14 All Day Community Conversations on Inequality March 14 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Agenda - Monday March 14 7 PM	15 CES Board Meeting March 15 All Day Act 46 Forums March 15 5:30 - 6:30 PM Youth Activism Summit Art Party March 15 6 - 7:30 PM Catamount Arts Coloring Club March 15 6 - 8 PM Stranahan Discussion March 15 6 PM Selectboard to Discuss Proposed Changes to Stranahan Forest Mgt Plan 6 PM Special Town Meeting Mar 15 6:30 - 7 PM Cabot Agricultural Network Committee Meeting Tuesday, March 15 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM Selectboard March 15 Agenda 7 - 9 PM Music Event at Plainfield Opera House March 15! 7 - 10 PM Great Live Music at Opera House March 15 7 - 10 PM +8 more see less	16 Next OLLI (Osher) Program March 16 1:30 - 3 PM Solar Discussion at Kingdom Taproom and Local Draft Brew on Us! 5:30 - 7:30 PM	17 Free Workshop Thursday - Wild-Craft Your Artwork with Nick Neddo All Day Osher Spring Lecture Series All Day Hazard Mitigation Committee Meets March 17 All Day Barre Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee All Day St. Patrick's Day Dinner All Day BNI Seeks Electricians, Physical Therapists, Contractors, and Media 8 - 9:30 AM Mental Health Advocacy Day March 17 8 AM - 12 PM Relocalizing Vermont: Unsustainable Presidency; NEK Food Plan 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Unsustainable Presidency; NEK Food Plan 9 - 10:30 AM Third Thursday: Connecticut River Petroglyph 12 - 1 PM Braco - Gazing Sessions 1 - 5:30 PM Osher Lecture Series: Toxic Gene Mar. 17 1:30 - 3 PM Saint Patrick's Day Dinner - 50/50 Door Prize 4 - 7 PM Village Planning Discussion: Village Water Supply 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less	18 Comedy Night! All Day Ready Jet Go! at Catamount Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Free Live Local! Sherlock Holmes Celebration 5:30 PM Family Fun Night- Jazzercise 6:30 - 7:30 PM The Importance of Being Earnest 7 PM The Importance of Being Earnest in Cabot 7 PM +2 more see less	19 VSAC Free College Planning Event! All Day Sugar on Snow Montpelier Farmers Market Saturday All Day Reminder: Lego Exhibition Saturday, March 19 All Day Music and Theater at Maple Fest March 19 All Day Free "Unconference" for Educators March 19 All Day Open House Orchard Valley School Saturday, March 19 All Day 15th Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 19 All Day Woodbury Pie Breakfast! March 19 8:30 - 10:30 AM 16th Annual Woodbury Pie Breakfast! 8:30 - 10:30 AM Maple Fest Seeking Silent Auction Donations 9 AM - 3 PM Cabin-Fever Reliever Theatre Workshops at Chandler! 9 AM - 5:30 PM Cabin-Fever Reliever Theatre Workshops! 9 AM - 5:30 PM Open House at Orchard Valley 10 AM - 1 PM League of Women Voters Sponsors Luncheon Address on Human Trafficking 11:30 AM The Importance of Being Earnest 2:30 PM Free Community Dinner and Concert 5:30 PM The Importance of Being Earnest 7 PM Performance: "Duffy Gardner Live in Concert" at Espresso Bueno 7 PM +14 more see less
20 Fantastic Basket Challenge & Spaghetti Supper All Day Tack and Craft Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Yoga Retreat - Sunday March 20 10 AM - 1 PM Fantastic Basket Challenge & Spaghetti Supper 2 - 7 PM The Importance of Being Earnest 2:30 PM A Celtic Equinox: Irish & Scottish Music and Song March 20 3 - 6 PM Flatlanders Play Vermont Music 3 PM Community Singalong Sunday, March 20 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	21 East Montpelier Calais Historical Society Meeting All Day Cabot Board Act 46 Community Forum 7 - 8:30 PM Act 46 Community Discussion 7 PM Calais/ E Montpelier Historical Societies Meeting March 21 7 PM Act 46 Forum March 21 / U32 Forum March 23 7 PM +1 more see less	22 Read Across Peacham Day! 9 AM - 2 PM Cabin Fever Reliever 5 PM Beginner Digital Workshop at Tenney This Tuesday 6 - 8 PM	23 Tonight! Sara Grace & Andy Suits at Sweet Melissa's! All Day Show Tonight! Sara Grace & Andy Suits at Sweet Melissa's All Day Puffins Coming to Bradford Public Library 6 PM	24 Relocalizing VT: Local Food Systems in ME and MN March 24 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Local Food Systems in ME and MN March 24 9 - 10:30 AM Osher Lecture Series 1:30 - 3 PM Open House at Pacem School 5 - 7 PM Green Mountain Girls: Women of Long Trail March 24 7 - 9 PM Green Mountain Girls: Women of Long Trail March 24 7 PM +2 more see less	25 Folk Music - Jamming! All Day	26 Twinfield Dinner Raffle March 26 All Day Community Clean Up Day! All Day 29th Annual Egg Hunt March 26 All Day East Montpelier Democratic Caucus March 26 All Day NEK Food System Plan Summit March 26 9 AM Peacham Cal Ripken Baseball Fun Day/Sign Up & Easter Egg Hunt 10 - 11:30 AM Events at Studio Place Arts 10 AM - 5 PM Chili Cook Off March 26 1 - 3 PM All Churches 1st Annual Chili Cook Off and Silent Auction 1 - 3 PM "Messiah" Performance Saturday 1 PM Barnet School 8th Grade Auction Fundraiser 5 PM +7 more see less
27	28 Plainfield Democratic Town Caucus All Day Pirates & Fools Tour - Gilbert & Sullivan to Plainfield and Beyond 7 PM (multiday) Selectboard Agenda - Monday 7 PM	29 Film: "This Changes Everything” Tuesday, March 29 All Day Little League Sign Ups 5:30 - 7 PM Intermediate Photo Workshop at the Tenney March 29 6 - 8 PM Ukrainian Egg Dyeing Class 6:30 PM Notice of Democratic Post-Primary Presidential Town Caucus 7 PM +1 more see less	30 GCG Meet Up at Alley Cat - Wednesday, March 30 All Day Next OLLI (Osher) Program 1:30 - 3 PM St. Johnsbury Democratic Committee Post-Primary Caucus March 30 5:30 - 6:30 PM Granite City Grocery Meetup (Everyone Welcome) 5:30 - 7 PM Milk & Cookies Night 6 - 7 PM Milk & Cookies Night 6 - 7 PM Pirates & Fools Pre-Gala Tour Brings Gilbert & Sullivan to Hardwick 7 - 10 PM +3 more see less	31 Marijuana Film and Panel at MHS March 31 All Day Osher Spring Lecture Series 12 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Fruit Tree Prep; On-Farm Slaughter Law 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Fruit Tree Prep, On-Farm Slaughter Law 9 - 10:30 AM Pirates & Fools Pre-Gala Tour Brings Gilbert & Sullivan to Plainfield 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pirates & Fools Pre-Gala Free Matinee March 31 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Osher Lecture Series 1:30 - 3:30 PM Newbury Democratic Caucus 7 - 8 PM Woodlands for Wildlife Talk 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	1 Project Independence Lucky Raffle Fundraiser April 1 All Day Renew the Feeling! Apr. 1 All Day One-Year Anniversary Celebration of Renewbury at BMU All Day Vermont Bicycle Shop Grand Opening! 9:30 AM (multiday) New Exhibit Opening Friday at Front Gallery, Montpelier 4 - 8 PM Dog Licenses Due April 1 5 - 5 PM ReNew the Feeling Community-Wide Celebration April 1 5:30 PM Second Harvest Exhibition at Blinking Light Gallery 6 - 8 PM Mary Poppins at the Flynn 7:30 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	2 Help a Helping Church & Come to Great Auction April 2 All Day Adamant Co-op Great Barn Cleaning! April 2 12 AM Republican Caucus 8:30 - 10 AM Pancake Breakfast Saturday, April 2 8:30 - 10:30 AM Dates Changed: Therapeutic Touch Workshop 8:30 AM (multiday) Free Tree Pruning Workshop 10 AM - 1 PM Mud and Muck Auction 12 - 4 PM Kids Art Lessons at Maple Corner Community Center 1 - 2:30 PM Peacham P.T.F. Mud & Muck Auction Saturday! 1 - 4 PM River Rock Auction - Only a Few Days Left to Bid Online! 1 PM Learn How to Use the Sun! Solar Fair 2 - 4:30 PM Solar Energy Fair Saturday at Montpelier Grange 2 - 4:30 PM Beyond Measure: Film Screening in Cabot 5 - 8 PM Beyond Measure: Film Screening in Cabot 5 - 8 PM Worcester Fourth Annual Mud Season Variety Show 6:30 PM Jessica Lang Dance to Provide Graceful Season Finale 7:30 PM Springtime Joy! Jessica Lang Dance Saturday! 7:30 PM +13 more see less