Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2016

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1 Youth Activism Summit 9 AM (multiday) Bike Swap April 30 - Alpine Shop Now Accepting Used Bikes to Sell 9 AM (multiday) Alpine Shop Accepting Used Bikes for Bike Swap! 9 AM (multiday) Clean Sweep Downtown 11:30 PM (multiday) Manhattan Drive/127 Bike Path Clean-Up All Day 27th Annual Cots Walk 9 AM - 6 PM Celebrate Spring at CompostFest! 10 AM - 3 PM Church Brunch 11:15 AM 27th Annual Cots Walk 1 - 3 PM Become a COTS Walk Team 1 - 4 PM 27th Annual Cots Walk 1 - 5 PM Neighborhood Perennial Plant Swap May 1 2 PM Choral Union Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Vermont Youth Orchestera Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Vermont Choral Union Concert 3 PM Vermont Day School Open House 3 PM +12 more see less	2 Champlain College Exams Begin All Day City Council Meeting May 2 All Day Clean Sweep - Old North End 1 PM (multiday) A Taste of Art Paint & Sip Night 6 - 8 PM Preview of May 2 City Council Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	3 Clean Sweep - Hill Section 8 AM (multiday) Women & Men! Join Us at VT Women's Fund Annual Benefit May 3 5:30 - 7:30 PM Boys BHS Lacrosse Play Rice in Queen City Classic 5:30 - 8:30 PM Home Financing Seminar 6 - 8 PM Beginner Acroyoga Class at Sangha Studio 6:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	4 Clothing Sale 10 AM (multiday) Clean Sweep - University Area 10:30 AM (multiday) Workshop: Traditional Herbalism in a Globalized World: Study of Cuba 6 - 8 PM Out of Our Heads-A Male Journey into the Heart Documentary Premiere 7 - 10 PM	5 Wizard of Oz at Edmunds Middle School All Day Facebook Live Conversation All Day The Wizard of Oz at Edmunds Middle School! 4 - 6 PM 3rd Annual Meet Your Police BBQ 4 - 7 PM LaunchVT Final Competition 4 - 8 PM Colchester Avenue Sidepath and Crosswalks Public Meeting 5 - 7 PM Shelburne Vineyard 1st Thursday Concert May 5 6 - 8:30 PM Shelburne Vineyard 1st Thursday Concert with Hard Scrabble 6 - 8:30 PM Celebrate Cinco De Mayo with Art Fiesta! 6 - 9 PM Ward 6 NPA at Champlain College 7 PM 3rd Annual Meet Your Police BBQ @ North St 8 - 11 PM +7 more see less	6 Comedy and Cupcakes All Day FHTMS Drama Presents, Oliver! All Day Comedy & Cupcakes! All Day Yoga Workshop All Day Comedy and Cupcakes All Day Bird Walk with LCC Friday, May 6 8 - 9 AM Multi-Mayor Multi-Modal Tour This Friday 8:30 AM - 12 PM Orchard Tag Sale 3 - 7 PM Vermont Elite Calcutta 6:30 - 9 PM FHTMS Presents Oliver! 7 PM Comedy & Cupcakes - Supporting Integrated Arts Academy 8 - 10 PM +7 more see less	7 Champlain College Residence Halls Close All Day Free Racial Justice Books Discussions & Other PJC Events (multiday) Benefit for the VNA Respite House - Help Us Reach Our Goal! All Day Mama & Me Portrait Session May 7 All Day Genealogy Research in Acadia All Day Green Up With Branch Out Burlington! All Day 5 Dollar Local Music/Business Raffle All Day Asian Studies Outreach Program Farewell Conference Next! All Day Lilac Workshop All Day City Wide Green Up Day 7 AM - 12 PM Fun Run and Jiggety Jog Benefit for the VNA Respite House 8 - 11 AM Green Up Day 2016 8 AM - 2 PM Green Up Day 2016 8 AM - 2 PM Green Up Day & Scenic View Inventory Activity! 8 AM - 2:30 PM Green Up Day - Leddy Park 9 - 11 AM Free Local Technology Learning Event Saturday! 9 AM - 12 PM Free Green Up Day Children's Book Reading and Scavenger Hunt 10 - 11 AM Two Girls in the Weeds Plant Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Lake Champlain Waldorf School Mayfest Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Grand Opening of Davis Studio's New Building This Weekend 10 AM - 5 PM Graphic Novel Double-Header at the Flying Pig Bookstore 11 AM - 1 PM Ham Dinner and Silent Auction 5 - 7 PM Dinner/Silent Auction at Faith UM Church 5 - 7:30 PM Shacksbury Cider Tasting Dinner at Bread and Butter Farm 6 - 9:30 PM NNA Tapes Waking Windows Showcase 9 PM (multiday) +21 more see less
8 Mother's Day Special at Petra Cliffs Climbing Center 10 AM - 6 PM Mother's Day Brunch Cruise on Lake Champlain 12 - 2 PM Burlington Bocce Club - Rookie Day and Orientation 1 - 3 PM Colchester Wild Plant Walk May 8 3 - 5 PM	9 Respite, Foster Care and Adoption Open Forum All Day 3 Week Spring Rest at Healthy Living Market and Cafe 6 - 7:30 PM Respite, Foster Care and Adoption Open Forum 6 - 8 PM	10 2016 Recycling Cart Special (multiday) Business Professionals Invited to Champlain Valley BNI 7:30 - 9 AM UVM Mapping Class Map Gallery 4:30 - 6:30 PM Calling All High School Singers 6 - 8 PM Rally Awards 7:15 PM +1 more see less	11 Peace & Justice Center Benefit All Day Ward 1, Ward 8 NPA Meeting May 11 7 PM	12 Neighborhood Planning Assembly 2/3 - Monthly Meeting All Day Anew Place Story Night Fundraising Event 6 - 8:30 PM Anew Story Night Fundraising Event 6 - 8:30 PM Burlington High School's Production of the Scarlet Letter 7 PM (multiday)	13 Yard Sale Moss Glen Lane, Oak Creek Village 12 AM (multiday) Bird Walk with LCC Friday 8 - 9 AM Pride Center of VT's Annual Celebration! 6 - 9 PM 18th Annual LGBTQA Community Celebration May 13 6 - 9 PM Pride Center of Vermont's 18th Annual LGBTQA Community Celebration 6 - 9 PM +1 more see less	14 Yard Sale May 14 All Day Big Truck Day Saturday All Day Friends of Sbcl Annual Meeting All Day Garage Sale 7 AM - 12 PM Multi-Family Garage / Yard Sale May 14 7 AM - 12 PM Rain-Free Moving Sale - 70 Highland Terrace 8 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Moving/Estate Sale 8 AM - 5 PM Neighborhood Garage/Yard Sale 8:30 AM - 2 PM Visit with State Representative from District 7-1 9 - 10 AM "Yuge" Garage Sale 273 Shelburne Rd. 9 AM - 2 PM Major Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Major Yard Sale! 9 AM - 3 PM Running Meditation and Yoga Instruction 9 AM - 4 PM Hayward Tag Sale! 9 AM Champlain College Undergraduate Commencement 10 AM - 12 PM Big Truck Day is This Weekend! 10 AM - 1 PM Big Truck Day 2016 in Burlington! 10 AM - 1 PM Gather: "20s & 30s Group Picnic Potluck" 5 - 7 PM Carpenters Tribute Concert - Song for You 7 - 8:30 PM Carpenters Tribute Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Speakeasy at ONE Arts 7 - 11 PM +18 more see less
15 Champlain College Residence Halls Close @ Noon for Graduating Students All Day Sleepy Hollow Mountain Race 10 AM - 2 PM Sunday's Record Fair at Nectar's 11 AM - 4 PM Sleepy Hollow Mountain Race 12 PM Coffee/Tea with Your City Councilors at Nunyuns May 15 12:30 PM Yoga + Horseback Riding 2 - 3:30 PM India Hicks - Sangria Sip and Shop 3 - 4:30 PM Oriana Singers Perform Georg Frideric Handel's Israel 4 - 6 PM Listen: "Vigil: the Poetry of Presence" 4 - 6 PM Talk at Ethan Allen Homestead Sunday 4 PM Ethan Allen Homestead: Mount Independence May 15 4 PM Matt Dunne Potluck! 6 PM +8 more see less	16 Rice's High School for a Day 8 AM - 2:30 PM Scholastic Book Fairs Warehouse Sale 12 PM (multiday) South Burlington Energy Prize Around Town! 6 - 7:30 PM Preview of May 16 City Council Meeting 7 - 10 PM	17 Discuss Transportation in Burlington for People with Disabilities 4 - 6 PM English Handbell Spring Concert Series 7 - 8:30 PM	18 UVM Virtue Field - Construction Traffic Notice All Day BCA Exhibition Reception at Shelburne Farms 5 - 8 PM Champ Masters Toastmasters Club Meeting 5:30 PM	19 Old North End Arts & Business Network Monthly Meeting All Day 3rd Annual Vermont Career Connections Job Fair 12 - 6 PM 3rd Annual Vermont Career Connections Job Fair 12 - 6 PM Respite, Foster Care and Adoption 5:30 - 7 PM Storycraft: Stories in Motion with Lida Winfield 5/19 5:30 - 8 PM Ward 5 NPA Meeting May 19 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	20 Edmunds Mayfair Festival All Day Paint Your Pet at the ONE Arts Center All Day Huge Multi-Family Sale 6 AM (multiday) Multi-Family Sale 6 AM (multiday) South Burlington High School Blood Drive 9 AM - 2 PM Lawn Sale 9 AM (multiday) Champlain College Master's Hooding/Commencement 10 AM - 12 PM Huge Yard Sale Friday & Saturday 10 AM (multiday) +4 more see less	21 Godspell! (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Bella Voce Spring Concerts (multiday) Bella Voce Concerts (multiday) VMT Teens Perform Godspell at UVM's Mann Hall May 21 & 22 (multiday) VMT Teen's Perform Godspell at UVM's Mann Hall May 21 & 22 (multiday) Multi-Family Garage Sale in Cider Mill! All Day Porch Sale All Day Yard Sale All Day Yard Sale All Day Garage Sale Saturday 8 AM - 1 PM Heatherfield Neighnorhood Yard Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Neighborhood Garage Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Coffee with Your Legislators 9 - 10:30 AM Saturday Yard Sale! Yarn, Clothing and More! 9 AM - 12:30 PM Lawn Sale @ 83 North Champlain Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale! 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale to Benefit Vermont English Bulldog Rescue 9 AM - 4 PM Moving Sale 109 Catkin Dr. South Burlington 9 AM (multiday) Queen City Memory Cafe 10 AM - 12 PM Annual Plant Sale by the NW Chapter - Extension Master Gardeners 10 AM - 2 PM Volunteers Needed for Tree Planting Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Annual NW Chapter - Extension Master Gardeners Plant Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale! 21 South Willard 11 AM Support Group Meeting for Gluten-Free Kids/Teens and Their Families 2 - 4 PM Very Merry Theatre Presents 'Godspell'! 2 PM (multiday) Family Contradance with Chip Hedler 3 - 5 PM +23 more see less
22 RJ Rice Run All Day Upcoming Running Event All Day Yard Sale All Day RJ Noonan Annual Fun Run/Walk 9 AM - 1 PM Moving Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Hearts and Noses - Workshop 9:30 AM - 3 PM Chittenden County Historical Society Program 2 - 3:30 PM Ethiopian Night at ArtsRiot 4:30 - 9 PM Authentic Ethiopian/Eritrean Cuisine! 4:30 - 10 PM Enjoy Jazz This Sunday! May 22 5:30 - 8 PM +6 more see less	23 Dear Diary: the Writings of Mabel Augusta Ruggles Cobb 7 - 8 PM Dear Diary: the Writings of Mabel Augusta Ruggles Cobb 7 - 9 PM Dear Diary: the Writings of Mabel Augusta Ruggles Cobb 7 - 9 PM Legislative Forum Monday, May 23 7 PM	24 Night Out at the Ballfield to Benefit Vt Community Garden Network (multiday) Open House at Christ the King School May 24 8:30 - 10:30 AM Christ the King School Open House May 24 8:30 AM Open House at Christ the King School 8:30 AM Open House at CKS May 24! 8:30 AM Slam! Spoken Word Poetry at ArtsRiot 6:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	25 Annual Hunt Middle School Plant Sale and Raffle! All Day Interesting Event About Burlington: Water Meets Land All Day 14th Annual Dismas House Benefit Plant Sale 9 AM (multiday) NPA Meeting Agenda 6:45 - 9 PM Champlain College's Special Collections Local History Event 7 - 9 PM Neighborhood Planning Assembly 7 - 9 PM History of Burlington's Waterfront Presentation 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	26 No Recycling on Memorial Day 11 AM (multiday) Green or Living Roof Presentation 6 - 7 PM Green or Living Roof Presentation 6 - 7 PM Burlington Film Society of the Fits 7 - 9 PM	27 Jello Prints at ONE Arts Center! All Day Garage Sale 8 AM (multiday) Moving Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale Friday and Saturday 9 AM (multiday) Live Jazz at The Spot 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	28 Huge Yard Sale (multiday) Garage Sale All Day Moving Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Fabric and Quilt Sale! 9 AM - 2 PM Fabric Sale Benefit May 28 - It's Coming Up Next Sat. 9 AM - 2 PM Fabric Sale Benefit May 28 9 AM - 2 PM Big Sale! Memorial Day Weekend Art Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9:30 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Opening Day: Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action 10 AM - 5 PM +8 more see less
29 Community Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Community Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM	30	31 Try Dragon Boating at the Waterfront 5:30 - 7:15 PM	1 Student Support Services Meeting All Day Special Education and Support Services Parent Meeting June 1 6 - 7:30 PM "The Lyrical Piano" Concert in Richmond 7:30 - 8:30 PM	2 Ward 6 NPA - Note New Venue and Start Time All Day Neighborhood Assembly, Ward 6 All Day Nourish Vermont Traditional Food and Health Gathering 9 AM (multiday)	3 Final Friday for Sustainability Bike Trains! All Day Preschool Open House at Davis Studio 10 - 11:30 AM Yoga and Rock Climbing Retreat for Women 5 PM (multiday)	4 Preservation Burlington's 2016 Homes Tour All Day Tag Sale All Day Neighborhood Garage Sale All Day Multi Family Yard Sale All Day Great Sales on Clymer Street All Day Vinyasa, Acro & Kids Yoga Saturday at Sustainability Academy 3 AM - 4:30 PM Women's Economic Opportunity Conference 8 AM - 3 PM Community Kickoff - South Burlington City Center Collaborative! 9 - 11:30 AM Yoga for Horseback Riders 9 AM - 3:30 PM Adamant Blackfly Festival 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale! 9 AM - 4 PM Saturday - City Center Collaborative Kickoff Event! 9 AM - 11:30 PM Summer Book Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Preservation Burlington - 2016 Homes Tour 12 - 4 PM Preservation Burlington Homes Tour 12 - 4 PM Preservation Burlington - 2016 Homes Tour 12 - 4 PM Stressed? Learn How to Question What You Think 2:30 - 4:30 PM Family Yoga Day - Fundraiser for the Sustainability Academy! 3 - 4:30 PM Family Yoga Day at SA 3 - 4:30 PM Family Yoga Day - Fundraiser for Sustainability Academy! 3 - 4:30 PM Family Yoga Day at SA 3 - 4:30 PM Family Yoga Day - Fundraiser for the Sustainability Academy! 3 - 4:30 PM +18 more see less