Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2023

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26 Put This Hilarious, Local Play in Your Schedule 7 PM (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale 10 AM (multiday) Book Sale - Fletcher Free Library, March 25-26 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Library Bigger & Better Book Sale 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Library Bigger & Better Book Sale 10 AM (multiday) Put This Hilarious, Local Play in Your Schedule 7 PM (multiday) Sugar on Snow Parties at Green Mountain Audubon Center 11 AM - 4 PM Open House Sunday March 26 1 - 3 PM March Silent Book Club Meet-Up! 1 - 3 PM Family Contra Dance 1:30 - 3:30 PM Family Dance This Weekend 1:30 - 3:30 PM Janitech is Hiring 2:30 - 5:30 PM +8 more see less	27 Girls on the Run at JJ Flynn Elementary 12 PM (multiday) Frog Hollow 4-Course Farm Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM Preview of March 27 City Council Meeting 5:30 - 9:30 PM City Council Preview 5:30 PM Legislative Forum 6 PM +1 more see less	28 Tap O.N.E. is Coming to Calahan Park 5 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Police Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM	29 Healing Dialogues for Couples All Day Town Meeting & Crossover Legislative Update 6 - 8 PM	30 Red Cross Adult Disaster and Emergency Training Event 6 - 7:30 PM Intuitive Eating Skill Building 6 - 8 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM Interfaith Study and Devotional Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM	31 Rummage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Public Invited to Thought-Provoking Talks 2 PM Portuguese Conversation Group 4:30 - 6 PM Family Fun Night with Comedian/Ventriloquist Al Getler 6 - 7 PM Family Fun Night with Comedian/Ventriloquist Al Getler 8 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Mother & Teen-Daughter Workshop at Expressive Arts 9 AM - 4 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM 2nd Annual Vermont Gear Maker's Festival 10 AM - 3 PM Seasonal Job Fair - Shelburne Farms 11 AM - 2 PM Youth Chess Day 11 AM - 4 PM Mutual Aid Bake Sale & Art Market 12 - 6 PM Listening Session with Ward 8 Councilor-Elect King 1:30 - 2:30 PM Drive-Thru Lasagna Dinner Fundraiser 5 - 5:30 PM Drive-Thru Lasagna Dinner Fundraiser 5 - 5:30 PM Drive-Thru Lasagna Dinner Fundraiser, April 1 5 - 5:45 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM Pianist Claire Black Performs Song & Dance: Part 2 7:30 - 9 PM +8 more see less
2 Yoga Day! 10 AM - 4 PM Yoga & A Pint at Goodwater Brewery 11 AM - 12 PM Learn to Curl Clinic (Green Mountain Curling Club) 12 - 3 PM Family Vets Town Hall (All Encouraged to Attend) 1 - 2:30 PM Family Vets Town Hall (All Encouraged to Attend) 1 - 3 PM Free Open House at Elley-Long Music Center April 2 2:30 - 5 PM Free Open House at Elley-Long Music Center April 2 2:30 - 5 PM Pianist Claire Black in Concert 3 - 4:30 PM +4 more see less	3 State House Volunteer Tour Guide Information Session 2 - 3 PM South Burlington Legislative Forum: Housing 5 PM Preview of April 4 Council Meeting – Organization Day 6 - 7 PM Free Sing - Group Singing with Marcie Hernandez 7 - 8 PM	4 Today! Chipotle Fundraiser for FHTMS PTO 4 - 8 PM Save Little Morocco Cafe! 5 - 6:30 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Odd Fellows Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul, Tuesday 7 - 8 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	5 Learn About Local Advocacy Re: Housing and Homelessness 10 AM - 12 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM	6 Join Me for Petra's 3 Wk Adult Co-Ed Climbing Clinic? 6 - 8 AM Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM Ward 6 NPA - April 6 Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Free Tree Care Training with Branch Out Burlington! 6 - 8 PM Webinar on Northeastern Grasslands 7 - 8 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM +2 more see less	7 Public Invited to Thought-Provoking Talks 2 PM Portuguese Conversation Group 4:30 - 6 PM Fine Forager Arts by Dakin Fuller Open Studio 5 - 9 PM There is Still Time to Buy Tickets to LUNAFEST 7 - 9:30 PM	8 Moving Sale! 9 AM - 2 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Half Marathon - Saturday - Travel Notice 12 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM
9	10 Free Sing - Group Singing with Marcie Hernandez 7 - 8 PM	11 Age Well Meals at St. Catherine's Shelburne 11 AM - 12 PM Grammy Winners Perform in Shelburne 2 PM Elmwood Community Group Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Early Childhood Education Job Training Opportunity 6 PM +1 more see less	12 Healing Dialogues for Couples All Day Learn About Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) 10 AM - 12 PM Child Care for Vermont: the Courage to Care Rally April 12 12 - 3 PM City of Burlington Job & Internship Fair 12 - 4 PM Join in Support of Affordable, Accessible Child Care 1 - 3 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM Camp Wildfire: Reignite Your Spark for Life 6:30 - 7:30 PM Spring into Spring with Comedy This Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM Spring into Spring with Comedy This Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM Spring into Spring with Comedy This Wednesday, April 12! 6:30 - 8 PM Comedy for Peace - Live Interfaith Comedy Show 7 - 9 PM Ward 1 NPA April 12: Brainstorming and Chili! 7 PM +8 more see less	13 Lyric Theatre Company's Shrek the Musical April 13-16 (multiday) Join Me for Petra's 3 Wk Adult Co-Ed Climbing Clinic? 6 - 8 AM Kids' Clothing Drive! 10 AM (multiday) Recycling Workshop 2 - 3 PM Made Here Film Festival 3 - 9 PM ONE Community Dinner - Everyone Welcome! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Learn About Rice Memorial High School! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Shorebird Photography: Migration Through Vermont 6:30 - 7:30 PM Crisis Cops: Ernie and Joe 6:30 - 8 PM Wards 2 & 3 Neighborhood Meeting (NPA) Thursday, April 13 6:30 - 8:30 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM +7 more see less	14 Steps to End Domestic Violence Kid's Clothing Drive (multiday) Coffee with a County Forester in Williston This Friday! 8 - 9:30 AM Youth Lobby: Rally for the Planet! 8:30 AM - 2 PM Rally for the Planet! 8:30 AM - 2 PM Come to Rally for the Planet on April 14! 8:30 AM Made Here Film Festival 2023 12:30 PM (multiday) EEE Lecture 2 - 3 PM Public Invited to Thought-Provoking Talks 2 PM Made Here Film Festival 3 - 9 PM Portuguese Conversation Group 4:30 - 6 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts - Montpelier 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	15 Fundraising Dinner Event! 4:30 AM - 6:30 PM Champlain Valley Amnesty International (CVAI) Zoom 9 - 10 AM Waterbury LEAP - Energy Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Creative AI Vermont Symposium at Hula 9 AM - 5 PM Make a Difference, Support Human Rights 9 AM Make a Difference & Support Human Rights 9 AM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Children's Flea Market 10 AM - 1 PM Friends of the Library Used Book Sale! 10 AM - 2 PM Factory Sale at AO Glass 11 AM - 3 PM Repair Cafe 11 AM - 3 PM Youth Day - UVM Lacrosse 11:30 AM - 5 PM Community Composting 12 - 5 PM Youth Opera Presents an American in Paris 2 - 3 PM Youth Opera Company of VT "An American in Paris" 2 - 4:30 PM Made Here Film Festival 3 - 9 PM Cook & Dine: Shanghai Pan-Fried Pork Buns 4:30 - 8 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM VT Italian Cultural Association 40th Anniversary Gala 5 - 8 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts - St. Albans 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burlington Choral Society - Deep in Song 7:30 PM (multiday) Local Choruses Perform Music Honoring Ukraine 7:30 PM (multiday) Deep in Song: a Choral Concert from and to Ukraine 7:30 PM (multiday) +19 more see less
16 Migrant Justice Organizing Tour Burlington 1 - 3 PM The Archeology of the Ethan Allen Homestead 2 - 3 PM Youth Opera Presents an American in Paris 2 - 3 PM Made Here Film Festival 3 - 9 PM New Volunteer Orientation for Ethan Allen Homestead 3:30 - 4:30 PM New Volunteer Orientation for Ethan Allen Homestead 3:30 - 4:30 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble 4 - 6 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts - Burlington 4 - 6 PM Camp Wildfire: Reignite Your Spark for Life 6:30 - 7:30 PM +5 more see less	17 Seven Days and Preview of April 17 Council Meeting 5:30 - 9 PM New Lions Club Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Coach Jesse Gillette Speaker 6:30 PM Free Sing - Group Singing with Marcie Hernandez 7 - 8 PM Ranked Choice Voting in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	18 Medicaid Cutoffs Info Hours at Fletcher Free 5 - 7 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Concentric Creatives! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul 7 - 8 PM HU Chant: the Sound of Soul 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	19 Breaking Barriers: Finding Possibilities and Purpose 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Community Action Day at Champlain St. Park 11 AM - 2 PM Embodied Yoga: Free Virtual Class 12 - 1 PM Positive Leader of Vermont Mixer 5 - 7 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM Hiking 101 with the Green Mountain Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM South End Innovation District, City Council Meetings 5:30 - 7:30 PM Camp Wildfire: Reignite Your Spark for Life 6:30 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	20 Join Me for Petra's 3 Wk Adult Co-Ed Climbing Clinic? 6 - 8 AM Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM Art/Fair Housing Event at King St Laundry 3 - 6 PM Longing is Just Our Word for Knowing 3 - 6 PM UVM WE 5k for Wellness 4:20 - 6 PM South End Coordinated Redevelopment Open House 5 - 6:30 PM Speaker & Open House at the Turning Point Center 5:30 - 7:30 PM Middle & High School Open House April 20 6 - 7:30 PM Ward 5 NPA Thursday, April 20 6:30 - 8:45 PM Neighborhood Planning Assembly 6:30 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM The Wailers 7 - 11 PM Wailers Concert 7 PM +9 more see less	21 South Burlington School District: Donuts and Discussion 9 - 10 AM Re: EMS Grand Opening Aril 21-23 9 AM (multiday) EEE Lecture Friday 2 - 3 PM EEE - Education and Enrichment for Everyone Lecture 2 - 3 PM EEE Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM Public Invited to Thought-Provoking Talks 2 PM Portuguese Conversation Group 4:30 - 6 PM Magic Mann's April 21 Bash 5 - 9 PM +4 more see less	22 Celebrate Spring at ReTribe Earth Day Teen Retreat (multiday) April Stools Day 9 - 11 AM Coffee with City Councilors 9 - 11 AM Tree Planting at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge 9 AM - 3 PM Champlain Housing Trust's Homebuyer Education Workshop 9 AM - 4:30 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Lions Club Food Drive 10 AM - 2 PM Lions Club Shelburne Market Food Drive 10 AM - 2 PM Sampler ID Day April 22 10 AM - 4 PM Echo's Stellar Earth & Space-Tacular Festival 10 AM - 5 PM Burlington Representatives Hosting Virtual Coffee Hour 11 AM - 12 PM Constituent Coffee - Saturday 11 AM - 12 PM Join BCA Outside for an Earth Day Family Art Saturday! 11 AM - 1 PM Earth Day on The Marketplace 11 AM - 2 PM Huge Yard Sale! 11 AM - 5 PM Spring Greek Take-Out Food Event 12 - 5 PM Spring Greek Take-Out Food Event 12 - 5 PM Spring Greek Take-Out Food Event 12 - 5 PM Camp Kesem UVM's Make the Magic Fundraising Event 6 - 9 PM Social Band Concerts This Weekend 7:30 PM +16 more see less
23 Echo's Stellar Earth & Space-Tacular Festival 10 AM - 5 PM Family Contra Dance 1:30 - 3:30 PM Intermediate Spanish Conversation Circle 3 - 4 PM Camp Wildfire: Reignite Your Spark for Life 6:30 - 7:30 PM	24 Echo's Stellar Earth & Space-Tacular Festival 10 AM - 5 PM Free Sing - Group Singing with Marcie Hernandez 7 - 8 PM	25 Echo's Stellar Earth & Space-Tacular Festival 10 AM - 5 PM Woods and Wildlife Talk Tomorrow (April 25)! 12 - 1 PM Silvia Jope, Gardening with. Perennials April 25 1 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM	26 Healing Dialogues for Couples All Day Coffee with Progressive Councilors 8 - 9:30 AM Coffee with Progressive Councilors! 8 AM - 9:30 PM Echo's Stellar Earth & Space-Tacular Festival 10 AM - 5 PM Vocabulary of Home: How We Talk About Housing 6 - 7:30 PM Join Me For an Intimate Dialogue - Exploring Home 6 - 9 PM Camp Wildfire: Reignite Your Spark for Life 6:30 - 7:30 PM Whale Tales Free Comedy Show This Wednesday, April 26! 7 - 8 PM Your NPA is Back Next Wednesday 7 - 9 PM Your NPA is Back Wednesday 7 - 9 PM NPA Meeting Tonight 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	27 Echo's Stellar Earth & Space-Tacular Festival 10 AM - 5 PM Ward 8 NPA April 27 Meeting 7 - 8 PM Ward 8 NPA April 27 Meeting 7 - 8 PM Ward 8 NPA April 27 Meeting 7 - 8 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM Sue Morse, Speaking Wild About Wild Habitat. Zoom. Not to Be Missed 7 PM Interfaith Study and Devotional Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM The Moth 2023 Grandslam 7:30 PM +4 more see less	28 UVM Conference: Indigenous Sovereignty April 28 8:30 AM - 12 PM Echo's Stellar Earth & Space-Tacular Festival 10 AM - 5 PM Our Voice - A New UVM LCOM Medical Narrative Series 12 - 1 PM Hopscotch Release Event at Mad River Distillers 12 PM (multiday) EEE Lecture 2 - 3 PM Public Invited to Thought-Provoking Talks 2 PM Portuguese Conversation Group 4:30 - 6 PM Diversity Speaker Series 6 - 7:30 PM Pianist Claire Black in Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Pianist Claire Black Presents Song & Dance Part 2 7:30 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	29 BPRW Spring Pickleball Tournament (multiday) Round Robin Pickleball Tournament at Miller Center (multiday) Volunteer for Day in the Dirt!! All Day Estate Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale for a Cause at 57 Staniford April 29 9 AM - 12 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Kids Fest! 10 AM - 1 PM Community Driven Media Making Workshop - April 29 10 AM - 4 PM Echo's Stellar Earth & Space-Tacular Festival 10 AM - 5 PM Free Movie Night & Happy Hour: the Pursuit of Happyness 6 - 9 PM CCV Community Chorus - Free Performances 7:30 - 8:30 PM Claire Black Piano Concert 7:30 - 8:45 PM Pianist Claire Black in Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Max Weaver Allstars at Moogs Place! 8 PM +10 more see less
30 Free Community Play Along at Elley-Long Music Center Until 4 PM National Eating Disorders Walk is April 30! All Day NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) Walk! 10 AM - 2 PM Discussion: 10 Warning Signs of Dementia 11 AM - 12 PM Discussion: 10 Warning Signs of Dementia, April 30 11 AM - 12 PM Discussion: 10 Warning Signs of Dementia 11 AM April Silent Book Club Meet-Up 1 - 3 PM Books & Beer at Zero Gravity This Sunday 1 - 3 PM Intermediate Spanish Conversation Circle 3 - 4 PM Pianist Claire Black in Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Free Community Play Along at Elley-Long Music Center 4 - 5:20 PM Camp Wildfire: Reignite Your Spark for Life 6:30 - 7:30 PM +8 more see less	1 Tibetan Buddhist Mind Training Until 8 PM May Day 2023 Rally & Picnic 6 AM Skirack's Bike Swap is Happening! May 6 & 7 11 AM (multiday) Preview of May 1 City Council Meeting 5:30 - 9 PM City Council Preview 5:30 PM May Day Celebration 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	2 The Future of Battery Street: Public Meeting May 2 4 - 7:30 PM HANDS Benefit 4 - 10 PM Flower Arranging Class/Event, at Apres Stowe 5:30 - 7:30 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM HU Chant: the Sound of Soul, Tuesday 7 - 8 PM Dahlia Lithwick to Speak at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 7 - 9 PM In Person Quilt Guild Lecture 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	3 A Conversation About an Important Book on Housing 5:30 - 7 PM Burlington Walk Bike Council Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Camp Wildfire: Reignite Your Spark for Life 6:30 - 7:30 PM	4 Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM Public Talk by a Visiting Dharma Teacher 6 - 8 PM Ward 6 NPA Meeting - Forum on Police Oversight 6:30 - 8:30 PM BHS Drama Presents: "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" 7 PM (multiday) The Kobzar's Prayer for Ukraine with Jurij Fedynskyj 7 PM +1 more see less	5 August Osage County Opens This Weekend in Hyde Park! (multiday) Sisters Rising Film Screening and Discussion 4 - 6 PM Portuguese Conversation Group 4:30 - 6 PM Only Cannoli's 1st Birthday Party at Local Maverick 5 - 8 PM Steps' Social 6 - 9 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Spring Social 6 - 9 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Social: Kaleidoscope 6 - 9 PM 1st Annual Steps' Social: Kaleidoscope 6 - 9 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Event 6 - 9 PM Edmonds Middle School Play and Silent Auction! 6 PM (multiday) Willy Wonka This Friday and Saturday! 6:30 - 8 PM +7 more see less	6 Fletcher Free Book Sale Next Weekend (multiday) Yard Sale - 18 Bradley Street! All Day SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM Yard Sale Saturday at 46 Scarff Ave Burlington 8:30 AM Three Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day! 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day May 6! 9 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day at Leddy Park 9 AM - 1 PM Burlington Bike Park Green Up Day at Leddy Park 9 AM - 1 PM beCause Craft Show This Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM 2nd Annual Barge Canal Green Up Day Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Green Up Day Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Greenup Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Bike Swap is Happening at Skirack This Year! 9 AM - 6 PM Bike Swap is Here at Skirack! 9 AM (multiday) Skirack Bike Swap 9 AM (multiday) Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Green-Up Day in The Old East End 10 AM - 12 PM Beltaine Festival! 10 AM - 9 PM Book Sale - Fletcher Free Friends 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Library Used Book Sale, May 6 & 7 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale 10 AM (multiday) Hula Hoop Making, Decorating & Dedication Workshop 3 - 5 PM Northern Bronze Handbell Ensemble Concerts 7 - 8:45 PM South Burlington Community Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM Fletcher Free Library Used Book Sale, May 6 & 7 10 PM (multiday) +25 more see less