Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2017

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26 Farnham Farm Maple Open House 10 AM (multiday) Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert 7 PM (multiday) Friends of the Plainfield Opera House Present Frevo! 4 - 6 PM Laser Tag Tournament 6 - 8 PM Free Lazer Tag with Granite City Grocery 6 - 8 PM Free Laser Tag 6 - 8 PM Free Laser Tag 6 PM +3 more see less	27 March Legislative Breakfast 8 - 9 AM Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Cabot Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM St. Johnsbury Selectboard Meeting 6 PM	28 Stranahan Forest Monthly Meeting 6 PM	29 A Timely Talk About Estate Planning at the Jaquith! All Day OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Program 1:30 - 3 PM CES Board Meeting Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 PM Calais School Board Meeting Wednesday 5:30 PM A Free Press and Our Democracy 7 - 8:30 PM Discussion of Free Press and Our Democracy 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	30 Relocalizing VT: Don't Burn That Burn Pile! 9 - 10:30 AM Pre-School Story Time 9:30 - 10:30 AM Fundraiser for Easterseals 4 - 8 PM Pacem School Open House 4:30 - 6 PM Solar Q&A 6 - 7 PM Solar Q&A 6 - 7 PM Family Mental Health Training 6:45 - 8:30 PM Film and Discussion Series 7 - 9 PM Conversation with Danville School Board 7 PM Spaulding High School Drama, the Drowsy Chaperone 7:30 PM (multiday) Pat Donahue in Concert in Stowe 7:30 PM +7 more see less	31 Willy Wonka Presented by Cabot Community Theater (multiday) Mayo Healthcare's Taste of Maple Fri. 5:30 - 8:30 PM Music and Live Auction at Maple Corner Community Center 6 - 9 PM Special Selectboard Meeting Fri. 6 PM Willy Wonka Comes to Cabot! 7 PM +1 more see less	1 Baby and Child Expo 9 AM - 1 PM Street Medic Training! 9 AM (multiday) Orchard Valley Puppet Show at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 10:30 - 11 AM Orchard Valley Puppet Show at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 10:30 - 11 AM Tenney Outdoor Adventure 10:30 AM - 12 PM Puppet Show at Kellogg Hubbard 10:30 AM Prenatal Yoga and Massage Series 12 - 1 PM Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka 2 PM Open House at Capital City Grange Hall on Route 12 4 - 6 PM Open House at Capital City Grange Hall 4 - 6 PM MCO Concert Crawl 6 - 9 PM 2017 Montpelier Concert Crawl 6 - 9 PM Barre Opera House Fundraising Gala 6 - 11 PM Irish Music House Concert April 1 7 PM +10 more see less
2 Green Mountain Youth Symphony Spring Concert All Day Two Popular PoemCity Events, April 2 and 3 All Day Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka 2 PM Plainfield Co-op Annual Meeting 3 - 5 PM Monthly Ted Talk Salon, This Sunday! 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	3 Invitation to SLO Draft 1 Exemplar Gallery Walk 3 - 4:30 PM Classic Book Club 6 - 7:30 PM Drug Awareness for the Community 6 - 8:30 PM School Budget Information Session 7 - 8 PM Marshfield and Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	4 Braco's Healing Transmission - Free Live Streams 4 - 6:45 PM Alice in Wonderland- the Musical! 4 PM St. J. Area Local Food Alliance (ALFA) 4:30 - 5:30 PM Selecboard Meeting Tues. 5 - 8:30 PM Hearing at the State House 5:30 - 7:30 PM Special Woodbury Select Board Meeting 5:30 PM Defend Our Vermont Environment Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Results Maybe of Danville School Principal Resigning 7 PM +4 more see less	5 Cabot School Re-Vote Wed., Willey Building 7 AM - 7 PM Drop in Needlework Group 1 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Program 1:30 - 3 PM Author Talk and Book Signing with M. Dickey Drysdale 6 - 7 PM Smell, Relax & Learn to Use Essential Oils 6 - 7:30 PM Backyard Composting Workshop Apr 5 6 - 8 PM 34th Annual Festival of Bands Concert 7 - 8 PM Climate Change Movie Re: Carbon Pollution Tax 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	6 Relocalizing VT Thurs: Sugaring - Maple and Birch 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thurs: Sugaring - Maple and Birch 9 - 10:30 AM Onion River Exchange 1:30 - 2:30 PM Introducing A-Term at Lyndon Institute! 5 PM (multiday) Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM Village Planning April 6: Draft Plan Review 7 - 8 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Apr 6: U32 Student Work at Barre Opera House Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	7 Family Bingo - West Newbury Hall 6:30 - 8 PM "The Hollywood Blacklist" Talk at MCCC April 7 7 - 9 PM The Hollywood Blacklist 7 - 9 PM U32 Spring Musical: Cry Baby 7 PM	8 16th Annual Easter Egg Hunt All Day Birding Trip to Moose Bog 7 AM - 3:30 PM Field Trip with North Branch Nature Center 7 AM - 3:30 PM Pancake Breakfast 8:30 - 10 AM Carpool to Waterbury Energy Fair Sat.? 9 AM - 3 PM Worcester Clothing Swap 9 AM - 3 PM Special Danville School Board Meeting 9 AM Vermont Book, Postcard & Ephemera Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Kid's Reading Group at MCCC April 8 1 - 2:30 PM Earthwalk Bark Basket Workshop 1 - 4 PM Sacred Circle Dance 3 - 5 PM Dancing in the Northeast Kingdom 6:30 - 10:30 PM Home Concert Still Has Room 7 - 8:30 PM Film: Romantic Realism, the Art of Roderick Wells 7 PM Anima & Fyre & Lightning at Plainfield Opera House 7:30 - 9:30 PM Fyre and Lightning/Anima Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM Anima & Fyre & Lightning at the Plainfield Opera House 7:30 - 9:30 PM Cabot Contra and Square Dance Sat.! 7:30 PM +14 more see less
9 Kids4peace Camp 9:15 - 9:15 AM Reiki and Dreams Workshop for Women 1 - 5 PM Open Sugarhouse! 1 - 5 PM	10 Agenda for April 10 Plainfield Selectboard Meeting All Day Act 46 for Our Community Meeting 5:45 - 6:45 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Danville, Twinfield, Cabot Merger Forum 7 PM Selectboard Agenda Monday 7 PM Town Meeting Resolution on SB Agenda 8:30 PM +2 more see less	11 Vote for St. J's School Budget 10 AM - 7 PM Vote for School Budget! 10 AM - 7 PM Meet Up with the League 3 - 5 PM Reminder - Meet Up with the League 3 PM EMSLI Meeting April 11 - Town Office 4 - 5:30 PM DART: Tripartite Approach to Addiction 6 - 8 PM Community Seder 6 - 8 PM Conversation About End of Life Care and VT Act 39 6 - 8 PM Act 46 Presentation 6:30 - 8 PM +5 more see less	12 Congressman Peter Welch at TVSC All Day Next Walk-Through Wed. at Orchard Valley 8:30 - 10:30 AM Next Walk-Through Wednesday at Orchard Valley 8:30 - 10:30 AM Vermont Taking Action Against Cancer 9 AM - 8 PM OLLI Film Series Begins 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Onion River Exchange - Learn More! 5:30 - 7 PM "Requiem for an American Dream" Movie & Discussion 6:30 - 8 PM Cabot Forum: Cabot/Twinfield/Danville Merger Plan 6:30 - 8 PM Camino Walk Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	13 E.L.O. Extravaganza All Day Relocalizing VT: Rural VT Concerns; Pollinators 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Rural VT Concerns; Pollinators 9 - 10:30 AM Overdose Awareness Day 11 AM - 1 PM Phenomenon - Bruno Groening, Part I 4 - 5:45 PM Mental Health Support Group 4 PM Revised Agenda, CES Board Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM 2 Slams This Week! 7 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	14 Easter Worship Services (multiday) Come Join Us for Free Dinner and a Movie 5:30 - 9:30 PM Good Friday Service 6 - 7:30 PM Good Friday Service 6:30 PM Maple Corner Film Series This Friday 7 PM Haydn's "Seven Last Words of Christ" by the Octet 7 PM +2 more see less	15 5k Fun Run/Walk Barre 9 - 10 AM 5k Fun Run & Walk 9 AM - 12 PM Kingdom Animal Shelter Benefit Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Natural Art Class at North Branch Nature Center 9 AM - 2 PM Easter Rising! Songs of Resistance & Social Change 10 AM - 5 PM +1 more see less
16 Easter Sunday Sunrise Service All Day Community Singalong April 16 6 - 8 PM	17 E. Montpelier and Calais Historical Society Meeting 6 - 8 PM Calais/East Montpelier Historical Society Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM DOVE Environmental Group Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	18 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Party 2:30 - 5:30 PM Selectboard Meetings April 18 5 - 8:30 PM Food and Drink to Support VT Sierra Club Tues. 7 - 9:30 PM	19 "Being Mortal" Film Screenings: April 19-20 (multiday) Build the Eiffel Tower 9 AM - 12 PM Next OLLI Film 12:30 - 1:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM "Being Mortal" Film Screening 5:30 - 8 PM "Being Mortal" Film Showing and Discussion 5:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	20 Relocalizing VT Thur: Can Farms Survive Climate Change? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thur: Can Farms Survive Climate Change? 9 - 10:30 AM A Personal Story About Vermont's Act 39 5:30 - 6 PM Plainfield Hazard Mitigation - Flus and Pandemics 6 - 7:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Presentation and Discussion, What is Justice? 6:30 - 8 PM Building More Compassionate Justice System 6:30 - 8:30 PM Forum on Criminal Justice Reform 6:30 PM Forum on Justice 6:30 PM Selectboard Special Meeting Agenda - April 20 7 PM Revised Zoning/Subdivision Regulations for Newbury 7 PM +7 more see less	21 Friends of the Library Book Sale Fri. & Sat. 12 PM (multiday) Friends of Library Book Sale Friday & Saturday 12 PM (multiday)	22 Annual Spring Auction 8 - 9:30 AM Save the Date for Breakfast and Auction 8 AM - 12 PM Huge Indoor Sale at First Pres. Church Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM First Presbyterian Church - Indoor Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Indoor Yard Sale at First Presbyterian Church in Barre 9 AM - 1 PM Ancient Mushrooms for the Modern World: April 22-23 10 AM (multiday) March for Science 12 - 1:30 PM The Maupsh: 3 Neighbors Celebrate Earth Day/Poems&Music 5 - 7 PM 6th Annual Saltimbocca Supper 5:30 - 6:30 PM Free Community Lasagna Dinner & Concert 5:30 PM Melt the Ice Migrant Justice Solidarity Party 6 - 11 PM Capital City Concert 7:30 PM "Poem Music" 7:30 PM Capital City Concerts Presents "Poem Music" 7:30 PM +10 more see less
23 Millstone Trails Work Day - Sun. - Town Forest 8 AM Spring Cleanup Day at the Old Labor Hall 12 - 3 PM Brahms' Requiem at Barre Opera House 4 PM Fundraiser to Stop the Fracked Gas Pipeline! 6 - 10 PM Benefit Concert - Help Stop the Fracked Gas Pipeline 6 - 10 PM +1 more see less	24 Act 46 Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Act 46 Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Town of Woodbury Select Board Meeting Agenda 6 PM Plainfield Select Board Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Why Am I Sick; and How Can I Be Well? 7 - 8 PM Talk with Wired Child Author: UC in Montpelier 7 - 9 PM Talk with Wired Child Author: April 24, Montpelier 7 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda Mon. 7 PM +4 more see less	25 Green Up Day Press Conference Tues. 11 AM - 12 PM EMSLI Meeting April 25 4 - 5:30 PM Selectboard Working Sessions 5 - 7 PM 6th Grade Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 6 - 7:30 PM Greater Cabot Working Landscape Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	26 Last OLLI Film April 26 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM I Poet! Do You? April 26 6:30 - 7:30 PM Calais Cemetery Commissioner's Meeting April 26 7 - 9 PM	27 Bernie, the Nordic Model, & Supporting Community Radio 9 - 10:30 AM Bernie, the Nordic Model, & Supporting Community Radio 9 - 10:30 AM Public Hearing Cabot Town Plan April 27 7 - 8 PM Panel Discussion on Innovation and Creativity 7 - 9 PM Special Selectboard Meeting Agenda Thurs. 7 PM +1 more see less	28 Free Quickbooks Training April 28 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Donkey Basketball - Get Your Tickets Now! 5:30 - 8 PM Make-A-Wish Sip & Shop at Simply Delicious 6 - 8 PM Community Open Mic/Talent Show & Crock-Pot Cook-Off 6 - 8:30 PM Baroque Music Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Poetry Night 7 - 9 PM Johnson State College Chorale, Concert Band Perform 7 - 9 PM House Concert Fri.! 8 - 10:30 PM +4 more see less	29 Game of Logging Training (multiday) Tree & Shrub Sale All Day Pancakes at EMES! 8 - 10 AM Moving Sale 8 AM - 3 PM 2017 Muddy Onion! (A Spring Bicycle Event) 8 AM - 4 PM Giant Book Sale at the Davies Library April 29 9 AM - 1 PM Giant Book Sale at the Davies Library April 29 9 AM - 1 PM Household Hazardous Waste Collection Sat. 9 AM - 1 PM Family Farm Day at Orchard Valley Waldorf School 9:30 AM - 12 PM Free Fun!! Farm Day at OVWS 9:30 AM - 12 PM Farm Day at Orchard Valley Waldorf School 9:30 AM "Come and Play Day" at River Rock School 10 AM - 12 PM Used Bike Sale at Freeride Montpelier 10 AM - 2 PM National Drug Take-Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Used Bike Sale at Freeride Montpelier 10 AM - 2 PM Moving Sale 10 AM - 3:30 PM Labor of Love Weekend at Dog Mountain! 10 AM (multiday) How to Make Essential Oils at Home! Workshop 11 AM - 1:30 PM Essential Oil Workshop at Hooker Mtn. Farm 11 AM - 1:30 PM BBQ 11 AM - 4 PM People's Climate Rally 1 - 2 PM Local Climate Rally Saturday in St. Johnsbury 1 - 2 PM Local Climate Rally 1 - 2 PM Climate Rally in St. Johnsbury 1 - 2 PM Peoples Climate Rally Sat.! 1 - 2:30 PM Japanese Tea Dinner - 53 Stations of Tokaido Road 4 PM (multiday) Sip and Paint in Stowe Village! 6 PM Lasagna Dinner Library Fundraiser! 6 PM Lasagna Dinner! 6 PM Swing into Spring - Put on Your Dancing Shoes! 6:45 - 9:30 PM Swing into Spring - Put on Your Dancing Shoes! 6:45 - 9:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert Dates 7 PM MTA Kick-Off Party! (Public Welcome) 7:30 - 11 PM +29 more see less
30 Woodbury Bottle Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Vermont Horse-Assisted Therapy's (VHAT) Open Barn 1 - 4 PM Cabot Arts Show & Tell 3 - 5 PM Theater Addition for Plainfield Town Hall 4 - 5:30 PM Shelter Benefit Dinner at Danville Restaurant and Inn 5 - 7:30 PM Love at the Creces 6 - 7 PM Love at the Creches: Education, Health and Hope for Impoverished Children in South India 6 PM Vermont Haiti Project with Elaine Parker 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	1 Nurturing Skills for Families Parenting Class 10 - 11:30 AM Classic Book Club 6 - 7:30 PM Classic Book Club: North of Boston by Robert Frost 6 - 7:30 PM Resilient VT Communities in a Time of Arctic Warming 6 - 7:30 PM	2 Cabot School Revote - May 2 7 AM - 7 PM Improve Your Chances of Living Longer Without Alzheimer's 6 - 8 PM Laurie Forest's the Black Witch Launch Party 7 - 9 PM	3 Local Wood Local Good Meet Up 8:30 AM - 4 PM Cabot Town Clerk Office Closed 9 AM - 5 PM Selectboard Meeting - May 3 5 - 8 PM Strengths-Based Happiness Workshop 5:30 - 7:30 PM Montpelier Shambhala Open House - Wed. 6 - 7:30 PM Opioid Awareness 101 6:30 - 8 PM Legislators at U-32 Board Meeting May 3 7 - 8 PM Barre Town Open Meeting 7:30 PM +4 more see less	4 Relocalizing Vermont: Food and Farming Edition 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Food and Farming Edition 9 - 10:30 AM Free Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream 2 - 4 PM Bruno Groening Documentary Film, Part 2 4 - 5:50 PM Spring Rummage Sale 4 - 7 PM Forging Connections for Local Businesses 6 - 8 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM Forum on Freedom of the Press 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM First Amendment and Freedom of the Press Discussion 7 PM Updated Zoning and Subdivision Regs for Newbury 7 PM Freedom of the Press Panel Discussion 7 PM Village Planning May 4: Draft Plan Review 7:30 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	5 Senior Community Outreach Project from U32 Seniors 10 AM - 2 PM Maple Syrup Tasting! 4 - 6 PM Wood Gallery New Exhibits, Opening Receptions and More! 4 - 8 PM Solar Open House Saturday 5 - 7 PM Ham and Bean Supper 5:30 - 7 PM Environmental Justice and VT's Nuclear Waste 5:30 - 8:30 PM Forum on Environmental Justice and Nuclear Waste 5:30 - 9:30 PM Art and Author Night Friday at the Jaquith 6 PM Local Flooding Hazards Increase as Arctic Warms 6:30 - 8 PM Cemetery Commission Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	6 Dodgeball Tournament May 6! All Day Green Up Day All Day Bird Walk at Barre City Cow Pasture 7 - 8:30 AM Martin Bridge Workday 8 AM - 12:30 PM Barnet Green-Up Day 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Green Up Day in the Cow Pasture! Join Us! 9 - 11 AM Vermont Yarn Shop "50% Off All Knitting Patterns" Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Week is Here! 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day, Save the Date 9 AM - 3 PM Wellness Expo: Benefit Good Living Senior Center 9 AM - 4 PM Thank the Media Postcard Writing Breakfast 9:30 AM - 12 PM Orchard Valley Annual Sweet ‘N Savory Pie Breakfast! 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Orchard Valley Annual Sweet ‘N Savory Pie Brunch! 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Orchard Valley Annual Sweet ‘N Savory Pie Breakfast! 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM U32 Color Run May 6 10:30 AM 11th Annual PHWC Bowl-A-Thon Set for May 6 1 - 3 PM Bowlers/Teams Wanted for 11th Annual PHWC Bowl-A-Thon 1 - 3 PM Auction/Gala 6 - 9 PM Time and Talent Dinner and Auction 6 PM De Gustibus Inter Libros! 6:30 - 11 PM Anima in Concert This Weekend 7 - 9 PM Awesome Blues Trio in Cabot May 6 7 - 10 PM Anima, with the Fyre & Lightning Consort 7 PM (multiday) Small Gospel Choir at the Old Meeting House 7 PM Mad River Chorale "Springs into Song!" 7:30 - 9 PM +22 more see less