Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2024

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28 Shift Happens: Adult Healing Retreat (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) CVQG Biennial Quilt Show at Holy Family Parish Center 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Green Up Vermont – Hinesburg Saturday, May 4 (multiday) Final Blowout Pottery Open Studio Sale 10 AM (multiday) The CVQGVT Quilt Show April 26-28 9 AM - 5 PM Passion 4 Paws Dog Adoption Event Sunday April 28th! 10 AM - 1 PM Volunteers Needed at New Leaf Organics! 10 AM - 2 PM Plant Swap April 28 10 AM Painting with Wool Class - Spring Flowers April 28 12 - 3 PM Heath Quartet in a Free Concert, Live and Streaming 2 - 3:30 PM Meditation 3 - 4 PM Rewild Your Backyard 3 - 5 PM Learn to Identify and Remove Invasive Plants 3 - 5 PM A True Italian Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM +13 more see less	29 In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM St. George Selectboard Meeting - April 29 2024 @ 4:00pm 4 PM Shelburne Equity and Diversity Committee Meeting April 29 6 - 7 PM Andrews Community Forest Committee 6 - 8 PM Fair Housing in Williston 6 - 8 PM Join VGS for a Community Geothermal Discussion 6 - 8 PM Public Meeting - Remedial Action at Superfund Site 6 PM Cribbage Night at Libanus Lodge on Monday 7 - 8:15 PM Cribbage Anyone 7 - 8:30 PM Huntington Planning Commission Meeting April 29 7 PM 2 Kite Runner Tickets to the Flynn 7:30 - 9:30 PM +9 more see less	30 In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Embodiment Course 5 - 7:30 PM Town Common Committee Meeting 5:30 PM CVSD Special Meeting 6 - 6:30 PM St. George Republicans Presidential Caucus 6 - 7 PM Embroidery Stitch-In Event 6 - 8 PM Note from MAUSD School Board 6 - 8 PM CVSD Finance Committee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Starksboro Historical Society 6:30 PM Meeting 6:30 PM Crosswalk Alternatives Meeting 7 PM +9 more see less	1 Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Short Story Selections 1 - 2 PM In Stitches: After School Embroidery 2:15 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	2 CVU's Inaugural Celebration of Culture All Day Spring Rummage Sale (multiday) In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) Field Trip to East Monitor Barn 1:30 - 2:30 PM Wine Tasting at the Bushel Market 4 - 7 PM Exploring the Catholic Faith 6 - 7:30 PM Reminder: Tree Removal Hearing 6:30 - 7:30 PM Substance Use & Our Community 6:30 - 8 PM How the Webb Estate Became a Public Resource 7 - 8 PM Water Quality in Monkton 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:45 PM Volunteers Green & Browns Court Project Committee 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	3 Estate Sale (multiday) In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) Educators - Kelly Gallagher Conference 8 AM - 3 PM CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 8:15 AM Large Estate Sale - Hinesburg 10 AM (multiday) Huge Estate Sale - 327 Charlotte Rd 10 AM (multiday) Radical Self Care Retreat 4 PM (multiday) First Friday: Mill River Beer Tasting 5 - 6:45 PM Celebrate May Day at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM First Friday Returns 5 - 7:30 PM Long Trail End-to-Ender's Panel 6 - 7:30 PM Consider Canada College Fair 6 - 8 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Social, Kaleidoscope 6 - 9 PM +10 more see less	4 Reminder - Green Up Day, May 4 All Day Green Up-Date This Saturday, May 4 All Day Green Up Day May 4 7 AM - 3 PM Rummage Sale at Burnham Hall in Lincoln 8 - 10:30 AM Moving Sale - 606 Rotax Rd, Monkton - May 4 8 AM - 12 PM Green Up Vermont – Hinesburg May 4 8 AM - 4 PM Green Up Day Saturday May 4 8 AM - 6 PM Green Up Day! 8:30 - 11:30 AM NAMI Vermont In Our Own Voice Training 9 AM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Green Up Day at Audubon Vermont 9 - 11 AM How Do Trees Get Online? 9 AM - 12 PM Pop-Up Dahlia Tuber and Fresh Cut Spring Flower Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day at Town Common 9 AM - 12 PM Town Fair & Green Up Day - May 4 9 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day is May 4! 9 AM - 3 PM Green Up Day 2024! 9 AM - 4 PM Electronics Collection on Green Up Day, May 4! 9 AM - 4 PM Tree Care from Saplings to Ancient Treasures 9 AM Be Cause Craft Show 9:30 AM - 4 PM Ultimate Frisbee Skills Clinic for Grades 5-8 10 AM - 12 PM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Spring Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Free Real Dialogue Workshop! 10 AM - 10 PM Everything Must Go Sale 10 AM Celebration of Life Service for Harriet Riggs 11 AM - 12:30 PM Williston Town Band Concert Saturday! 12 - 1 PM Buckthorn Removal at Monkton Central School 1 - 3 PM +24 more see less
5 Bottle Drive (multiday) Monkton Fire Dept Breakfast May 5 7 - 11 AM The Automaster Shelburne 5K 10K Half Marathon 8 - 11:30 AM Mother's Day Jewelry Making Workshop at Elli Parr 9 AM - 4 PM Spring Wildflowers Progression I 10 AM - 12 PM Community Scanning Day 10 AM - 1 PM Trail Running Race at Cochran's May 5th! 11:15 AM - 1 PM Come See If Vermont Commons is Right for Your Kid 1 - 3 PM How to ID Knotweed in Lewis Creek Watershed 2 - 4 PM In Praise of Small Streams: Opening at Chelsea Library 2 - 4 PM Japanese Knotweed & iNaturalist - Lewis Creek Association 2 - 4 PM Mapping and Controlling Invasive Plants 2 - 4 PM Knotweed Identification and Control 2 - 4 PM Shelburne Village Walk and Roll 3 - 4:30 PM Beverly Little Thunder to Speak at Huntington Library 5:30 - 6:35 PM Learn to Swing Dance at the Library (Second Chance!) 6 - 8 PM +12 more see less	6 Re-Opening of Business Dunshee Property Maintenance All Day Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM Good Eating 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 5:30 PM Local Concerns Meeting 6 - 7 PM Charlotte Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM District Arts Festival 6 PM (multiday) Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +4 more see less	7 Monthly Meeting of the Trails Committee May 7 All Day Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Red for Ed Event Tomorrow at the State House 3 - 5 PM School Budget Woes 3 PM Embodiment Course 5 - 7:30 PM CVSD Indicators Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul May 7 (Zoom) 7 - 8 PM Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	8 Join ReTribe Forest School Open House May 8-10 9 AM (multiday) Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM In Stitches: After School Embroidery 2:15 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Town Forest - UVM Student Walk & Presentation May 8! 3 - 8:30 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Town Hall Celebration May 8 5 - 7 PM Town Hall Tunes, Tales, Tacos, and Taxes 5 - 8:30 PM Lectio Divina - in Latin, This Means Divine Reading 5:30 - 6:15 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM Adaptation Strategies in Huntington, May 8, HPL 6:30 - 8 PM Special Selectboard Meeting 7 - 8 PM Town Center and Library Committee 7 - 8:30 PM Huntington Energy Committee Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:40 PM Selectboard Meeting Notice & Agenda 7 PM Shelburne Rural Characteristics Discussion 7 PM Community Forum on Affordability 7 PM Amateur Musicians Orchestra 2024 Spring Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Free Community Connections Circle! 7:30 - 9:30 PM +15 more see less	9 Rotary Speaker: Gretchen Owens 7:30 - 8:30 AM Advance Care Planning Presentation at the Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Advance Care Planning Presentation at the Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Trailside First Aid Clinic 6:30 - 8:30 PM Huntington Conservation Commission Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Parade and Fireworks Committee 7 - 9 PM St. George Board of Abatement Meeting 7 PM +3 more see less	10 The 2024 Young Tradition Festival is May 10-12 in BTV (multiday) The 2024 Young Tradition Festival is May 10-12 in BTV (multiday) Join Retribe Forest School Open House May 8-10 9 AM - 12:30 PM Friends of the Pierson Upcoming Used Book and Pie Sale 5:30 PM (multiday) Make-Your-Own Bouquet for Mother's Day! 6 - 8 PM Kids Night Out 6 - 8:30 PM CSH Rotary Calcutta 6 - 9 PM Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary Calcutta 6 - 9 PM Celebrate Spring Rescheduled 6:30 PM +5 more see less	11 Estate Sale Continues (multiday) Mentoring Recruiting and Celebration Event 1:30 AM - 3 PM Creekside Neighborhood Multi-Family Yard Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Community-Wide Food & Hygiene Drive May 11 9 - 11 AM Special Recycling Opportunity 9 AM - 12 PM United Church of Hinesburg Plants and Pies Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Haiku Workshop 9 AM - 1 PM CVFRS Operation Mayday Open House 9 AM - 1 PM Green Mt. Draft Horse Assoc Horse Tack & Equipment Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Windswept Pony Party 9 AM - 4 PM Fresh Tulips and Dahlia Tubers for Sale 9 AM (multiday) Bolton Spring Festival 9 AM (multiday) Apple Blossom Viewing 9 AM (multiday) NAMI Vermont's Free Mental Illness & Recovery Workshop 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Open Garden and Plant Sale Lincoln Hill Botanical Garden 9:30 AM (multiday) Rhododendrons and Lilacs at the Hort Farm 10 AM - 12 PM Ultimate Frisbee Skills Clinic for Grades 5-8 10 AM - 12 PM Beginner Watercolor Workshop This Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Beginner Watercolor Workshop This Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Beginner Watercolor Workshop This Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Green Mountain Woodcarvers Carve-In 10 AM - 2 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Event 1 - 3 PM MAUSD Mentoring: Come See What We Do! 1:30 - 3 PM Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Food Shelf 5:30 - 7 PM Open Mic Night at Huntington Town Hall May 11 7 - 9 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Spring Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Spring Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Concert, Saturday May 11 7:30 PM +26 more see less
12 Early Birder Morning Walk 7 - 8:30 AM Charity Fundraising Breakfast - Masons Lodge in Bristol 7:30 - 10 AM Celebrate Mother's Day with a Brunch Bag! 8 AM - 12 PM Fresh Tulips and Dahlia Tubers for Sale 9 AM (multiday) Crazy Quilts, the First Art Quilts? 1 - 2 PM Hinesburg Artist Series Spring Concert 4 PM Hinesburg Artist Series Spring Concert 4 PM Hinesburg Artist Series Spring Concert 4 PM +4 more see less	13 Mystery Book Group: "The Graveyard Position" 10 - 11 AM Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM Starksboro Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting 4:30 - 6:30 PM Old Brick Church Trustees Meeting 5 - 6 PM Discussion of the Book, the Anxious Generation 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	14 Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Age Well May 14 Grab and Go Meal - Shelburne 11 AM - 12 PM Shelburne May 14 Age Well Grab and Go Lunch 11 AM - 12 PM Lake Champlain Memory Cafe 11 AM - 12 PM RTC Volunteer Trail Night on the Rivershore Trail 5 - 7 PM Embodiment Course 5 - 7:30 PM Free Seminar - Shelburne Stories - a Pictorial History 6 - 7 PM Parking Advisory Committee Meeting 6 - 7:15 PM Steve Hill: Working at the Border 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	15 Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Preventing Elder Fraud Presentation at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Preventing Elder Fraud 1 - 2 PM Preventing Elder Fraud Presentation at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Short Story Selections 1 - 2 PM Focus Group to Discuss Civic Engagement, Social Connect 1 - 2:30 PM Civic Engagement & Social Connectedness Focus Group 1 - 2:30 PM In Stitches: After School Embroidery 2:15 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Announcing: Lectio Divina 5:30 - 6:15 PM Lectio Divina - in Latin, This Means Divine Reading 5:30 - 6:15 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM CSH Rotary Companion Club Meet Up 6 - 7 PM Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Companion 6 - 7 PM CSH Rotary Companion Club 6 - 8 PM Charlotte Tree Warden Overview 7 - 8 PM +13 more see less	16 Free Workshop! Garden Planning for Raised Beds 5 - 6:30 PM Thank You Catherine! Farewell Party at SPL on May 16 6 - 7:30 PM "Comics and Queerness in Vermont and Beyond." 6:30 - 7:30 PM Kids' Club Night at Community Alliance Church 6:30 - 8 PM 5 Town Friends of the Arts Musical Library Tour 7:30 - 8:30 PM Music at the Public Library! 7:30 PM +2 more see less	17 Huge Tag Sale! (multiday) Board Game Night 5 - 7 PM "Spring into Health" with Helios Natural Medicine 6 - 7 PM	18 Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Make a Difference & Support Human Rights 9 - 10 AM Richard's Ride 10 AM - 12 PM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Big Truck Day - Hinesburg Nursery School 10 AM - 2 PM Big Truck Day! 10 AM - 2 PM Big Truck Day - Hinesburg Nursery School 10 AM - 2 PM Human Powered Parade 10 AM - 3 PM Annual Shelburne Pond Studios Open Studios Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM Free, Home Heat Transfer Workshop 2 - 3:30 PM Saxon Hill School Enchanted Dash & Magic 2 - 4:30 PM Spring into Summer Parenting Series 3 - 5 PM Sail Beyond Cancer's SPLASH! for Tranquility 3 - 6 PM Community Meal 5 PM Community Dinner in Huntington May 18 5 PM +11 more see less
19 Early Birder Morning Walk 7 - 8:30 AM Spring Wildflowers Progression I 10 AM - 12 PM	20 Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM	21 Town Budget Revote 7 AM - 7 PM Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Red Cross Blood Drive May 21 12 - 5 PM Embodiment Course 5 - 7:30 PM CVSD School Board Regular Meeting 6 PM +1 more see less	22 Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Shelburne Luncheon 11:30 AM - 1 PM Luncheon Shelburne May 22 11:30 AM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM Better Together Book Club: "Flight of the Puffin" 7 - 8 PM Climate Action Book Discussion: the Quickening 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	23 Ethical Wildcrafting- Plant Medicine Workshop 2 5:30 - 8 PM	24	25 Dragon Day is Back! All Day May Bird Monitoring Walk 7:30 - 9 AM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Senior Center Plant Sale - Donations Accepted 9 AM - 12 PM Monkton Town Wide Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Lincoln Town Wide Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Plant Sale Benefit 9 AM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Opening Day at Lake Iroquois Beach = Friendraising! 11 AM - 2 PM Opening Day at Lake Iroquois 11 AM - 2 PM Lake Monsters Home Opening Game, Centennial Field 6 - 8 PM +7 more see less
26 Early Birder Morning Walk 7 - 8:30 AM	27	28 Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Embodiment Course 5 - 7:30 PM	29 Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Get Started with Container Gardening 5:30 - 6:30 PM	30 Music on the Patio at Folino's in Williston 5 - 7 PM Monkton Library Storytelling Event May 30 6 - 8 PM Storytelling Night at Russell Memorial Library 6 - 8 PM Parent Workshop: Supporting Teens with Smartphone Use 7:30 - 9 PM	31	1 Call to Artists: Passage to Wonderland All Day Toy Swap 9 - 10 AM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Hinesburg Welcome Baby Picnic 11 AM - 12:30 PM Join Us at NAMIWalks Vermont 12 - 3 PM Join Us at NAMIWalks Vermont 12 - 3 PM Yoga on the Hillside 3 - 4 PM Old Round Church Concert Series 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less