Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2020

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26 Essex CHIPS 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash All Day Essex CHIPS 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash! 9 AM - 2:30 PM 3rd Annual Birdie Bash! 9 AM - 3 PM Essex Chips 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash! 9:30 AM - 2 PM ReTribe Breathwork Workshop 12 - 5 PM Breathwork Workshop at ReTribe, Jan. 26, Underhill 12 - 5 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM NVU-Johnson Women's Basketball - Free Admission 1 - 3 PM 2020 Legislative Update from Sen. Ginny Lyons 2:30 - 4:30 PM Vermont Day School Open House Sunday 3 PM Nepalese Dinner and Kirtan at Northernshire 5:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	27 Agenda Andrews Forest Management Committee Meeting All Day Public Testimony on Dyslexia Bills H.668 & H.669 4 - 6 PM Creating and Maintaining Resilient Forests in Vermont 5:30 - 7 PM Adapting Vermont Forests to Climate Change Jan. 27 5:30 - 7 PM Selectboard Public Hearing on Charter Change Vote 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	28 Support Kids' RehabGYM at American Flatbread 5 - 11:30 PM MMCTV Board Meeting on Jan. 28 6:30 - 7:30 PM EWSD Budget Info/Open Board Seats - Meeting Jan. 28 6:30 - 8:30 PM NR2 Taking Action in Your Community 6:30 - 8:30 PM Essex Junction Trustees Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Inspiring Film Series 7 PM +2 more see less	29 St. Francis Xavier Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Consumer Night at the Vermont Farm Show 4 - 7 PM Vermont's Natural Communities Program 4:30 - 5:30 PM Film - Suppressed: the Fight to Vote in BTV 6:30 PM +1 more see less	30 Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Planning Commission Special Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Trivia Night at 1st Republic Brewing Co 6 - 8 PM Modern Heating Workshop 6:30 - 7:30 PM Stay Warm & Save Money with New Heating Options! 6:30 - 7:30 PM Richmond Climate Action Committee Event 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	31 MMU Hosts the Northwest District Music Festival 7 - 9 AM Super Bowl Weekend Open House & Sale 10 AM (multiday) Calcutta to Benefit St. Francis Xavier 6 - 9 PM 2020 Williston Variety Show 6:30 PM National Mandolin Champion at the Underhill Town Hall! 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Welcome to the Art of Listening 9 AM - 12 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild - Open Sew In 10 AM - 2 PM Quilt Making for Community 10 AM - 2 PM Chili Challenge to Support the Josh Pallotta Fund 10 AM - 2 PM Annual French Canadian Supper 5 - 6:30 PM Watch Day 1 of "Communities for Future" Online Summit 5 - 8 PM +2 more see less
2 The Buffalo Soldiers: a Celebration of Black History 2 - 4 PM	3 Citizens for Responsible Growth Meeting All Day	4 Climate Solutions Discussion 6 - 7:30 PM CVSD School Board Committee Meetings 6 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild - Feb. Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM EWSD Budget Info/Open Board Seats - Meeting Feb. 4 6:30 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	5 Watching "Communities for Future: Day 5" at Retribe 5 - 8 PM Kickoff Meeting - Town Wide Read! 7 - 9 PM	6 Planning Commission Special Meeting Feb. 6 All Day Williston Community Food Shelf Annual Meeting All Day Free Community Soup & Bread Supper All Day Essex Art League Meeting Hopes You Will Join Us! 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Invites You to Their Next Meeting 9 - 11 AM POSTPONED: Transportation & Climate Mtg Feb. 6 6 - 8 PM Suncommon's Climate Action Film Festival Premiere! 6 - 8 PM Climate Action Film Festival 6:30 - 8:30 PM Cartooning and the Climate Crisis in Richmond 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	7 Trivia Night All Day Rummage Sale at Grace United Methodist Church 9 AM - 2 PM ReTribe Forest School Trial Day for Kids 9 AM - 3 PM Fabulous Menu at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM Trivia Night at MMU 6:30 - 9 PM Trivia Night 6:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	8 Sledding Event at Casey's Hill 9 AM - 12 PM Grace Methodist Church Rummage Sale One Day Only 9 AM - 2 PM Unsure... but Wanting to Try Yoga? 1 - 3 PM EAB and Management Walk at Hinesburg Forest 1 - 3 PM Special Saturday Celebration - All Are Invited 2 - 4 PM Fun for the Whole Family 7 - 8:30 PM Solaris Concert Saturday 7:30 - 8:30 PM Benefit Concert for Dragonheart Vermont 7:30 PM +4 more see less
9 February Fun Fest 11 AM - 1 PM Print Your Own Cards! 2 - 4 PM Special Lecture: Finding Jesse: a Fugitive from Slavery 3 - 4:30 PM Westford Music Series Valentine Love Songs 4 - 5 PM "Sound an Echo" Sunday in Richmond 4 - 6 PM St. Thomas Church Italian Buffet 4 - 7 PM Nepalese Dinner / Fundraiser 5 - 7 PM Watching "Communities for Future: Day 9" at ReTribe 5 - 8 PM +4 more see less	10 Breakfast with the Principal of MMU - Richmond 7:30 - 8:45 AM Climate Action Art at Radiate - A Free Student Workshop! 5 - 7:30 PM Climate Action Art at Radiate - A Free Student Workshop! 5 - 7:30 PM Speaker Mitzi Johnson in Essex 6 - 7:30 PM Photo History of Underhill Presented by Gary Irish 6:30 PM Learn About the History of Underhill at DRML! 6:30 PM +2 more see less	11 Underhill Historical Society All Day Vermont Wolves AAU Basketball Tryouts 7/8 Grade Boys 5:15 - 6:45 PM SCORE Local Event: How Do I Set My Prices? 5:30 - 7:30 PM Herbal Aphrodisiacs Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM Herbal Aphrodisiacs Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Open Board Seats/Budget Info - Meeting Feb. 11 6:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	12 Free PT Day! 7 AM - 7 PM Green Mountain Chapter Embroidery Guild 9:30 AM - 2 PM Weekly Community Acupuncture in Williston 10 AM - 12:30 PM Jericho Blood Drive! 1 - 6 PM Jericho Blood Drive! 1 - 6 PM Craft Circle 5:30 - 8 PM Community Film Showing: the Hate U Give - Feb. 12 6 - 9 PM Citizens for Responsible Growth 6:30 - 8:30 PM Development Review Board Public Warning 7 - 8:30 PM Do the Math - the Movie Feb. 12 at DRML 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	13 Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Public Meeting: Chittenden County I-89 2050 Study 6 - 8 PM Meet with Your Legislators 6:30 - 8 PM Living with Beavers Wildlife Presentation 6:30 - 8 PM Correction: Beaver Lecture on Feb. 13 6:30 PM Feb. 13 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	14 Daffodil Days of Vermont (multiday) Advance Care Planning Info Session 12:30 - 1:30 PM Friday Food Affair Pizzapalooza 5 - 7 PM Parents Evening Out 5:30 - 7:30 PM Got Plans for Valentine's? Come Support Project Grad! 6:30 - 9 PM Calcutta Fundraiser - More Than Just the $2k Jackpot! 6:30 - 10 PM QCC Contra Dance in Burlington Feb. 14 8 - 11 PM +3 more see less	15 Center for Technology Essex (CTE) Open House Saturday All Day Food Shelf Open 8 - 9 AM Celebrate Women and Girls in Sports at Athleta 9 - 10 AM Last Call for Broomball Tournament Registrations 9 AM Invitation to Amnesty International Meeting 10 AM - 12 PM On Farm Market Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM On Farm Market at Maple Wind Farm 10 AM - 2 PM Vermont Genealogy Library Classes 10:30 AM - 12 PM Center for Technology, Essex Open House 11 AM - 2 PM CTE Open House 11 AM - 2 PM Center for Technology - Open House 11 AM - 2 PM ReTribe Scholarship Fund Silent Auction - Benefit Dinner 11 AM (multiday) Pre-Town Meeting Overview of Merger Feb. 15 1 - 3 PM Essex Has Talent 7 - 9 PM Concert Saturday 7:30 PM +11 more see less
16 Valentine's Brunch & Silent Auction Feb. 16 All Day Country Breakfast at St. Thomas Church 8 - 10:30 AM Valentine's Day Brunch and Silent Auction 12 - 2 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM February Open Group Channeling Session 1:30 - 4:30 PM Daisy and the Doll: Story and Craft Workshop for Kids 2 - 3 PM VYO Winter Concert 3 - 4 PM VT Youth Orchestra Winter Concert 3 - 5 PM Retribe Benefit Dinner and Teen Parenting Workshop 3 - 8 PM ReTribe Benefit Dinner, Free Workshop, Silent Auction 6 - 10 PM Breakfast at St Thomas in Underhill 8 - 10:30 PM +7 more see less	17	18 Cvsd School Board Retreat Session 5 PM Feb. 18 - Fight Back Against Police Collaboration w/ ICE 6:30 - 8 PM EWSD Open Board Seats/Board Meeting Feb. 18 6:30 - 8:30 PM 'Making Spaces Safer' Book Discussion Feb. 18 7 - 9 PM The Biggest Little Farm 7 PM +1 more see less	19 CEO of Revision Military to Speak at Rotary 12 - 1:30 PM Rotary Lunch Date is Incorrect 12 - 1:30 PM Hale and Hearty Senior Club Meeting 6 PM Tomasi Meadow Public Meeting 7 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda for Feb. 19 7 PM +1 more see less	20 CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 7:30 AM Use Recycled Materials to Create Art This Thursday! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Film Showing "Nightsweats" at UVM's Fleming Museum 7:30 - 9 PM Meet About Pool/Rec Center Building Interest 7:30 PM	21 Food in Fiction Teen Event at DAML 5 - 6 PM Cornhole Tournament 5:30 - 10 PM How Do We Care for Ourselves While We Are Suffering? 7 - 9 PM	22 Pancake Breakfast 7:30 - 11 AM JU Lions Club 34th Pancake Breakfast 7:30 - 11 AM Madonna Vasa Trail - Ski/Snowshoe 9 AM Open House - The Creamery Residential Apartments 11 AM - 2 PM Balancing Town Forest Stewardship and Recreation 1 - 3 PM Balancing Town Forest Stewardship and Recreation 1 - 3 PM “Cutting Remarks” with Bill Torrey: A Life in the Woods 7 - 8:30 PM "Cutting Remarks” with Bill Torrey 7 - 8:30 PM Pancake Breakfast! 7:30 - 11 PM +5 more see less
23 Rescheduling of Immigration Talk All Day Jazz Sunday at First Baptist Church Burlington 9:30 - 11 AM Jazz Sunday 9:45 - 11 AM The Hate U Give: Book Discussion for Teens and Adults 2 - 3:30 PM Can't We All Get Along? 2 - 4 PM Political Climate Downright Frosty, Analysts Observe 2 - 4 PM Speaker on Immigration Rescheduled 2 - 4 PM +3 more see less	24 MMU Winter Break BBall Camp 3rd-8th Grade - 5 Spots Left 9 AM (multiday) Cook the Book at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library 12:15 - 1:30 PM Climate Change in VT? A Meteorologists Perspective 5:30 - 7 PM	25 Join Us at the RFM Annual Meeting on Tuesday 6 - 7:30 PM Young Traditions Vermont 7 - 10 PM Mardi Gras Party at Hotel Vermont 7 PM Free Wildlife Event Sponsored By Protect Our Wildlife 7 PM	26 Jeff Schulman, UVM Athletic Director to Speak at Rotary 12 - 1:30 PM Jeff Schulman, UVM Athletic Director to Speak at Rotary 12 - 1:30 PM Jeff Schulman, UVM Athletic Director to Speak at Rotary 12 - 2 PM Kids Paint and Sip 2 - 4 PM Free College & Career Planning Event 4:30 - 8 PM Craft Circle 5:30 - 8 PM Ash Wednesday Service Williston Federated Church 6:45 PM Murder Mystery at the Clothier in St. Albans 7:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	27 Citizens for Responsible Growth Meeting All Day Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM LCBP Hosts “Prohibition in the Champlain Valley” 6 - 7:30 PM Birds & Beers with Bridget Butler 6 - 9 PM Upcoming Concert: Sean Watkins & the Bee Eaters 7:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	28 Essex Players Present Drinking Habits by Tom Smith 7:30 PM (multiday)	29 Winter Carnival 10 AM - 2 PM Winter Carnival Chili and Mac & Cheese Cook-Off 10 AM - 2:30 PM Potluck Lunch & Games at Birds of Vermont Museum 11 AM - 2 PM