Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

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1 Explore Essex Fall Festival - All Are Welcome! (multiday) Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Early Childhood Soccer Classes - Ryan's Soccer School 9 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend - Laura Kerson 10 AM (multiday) Vermont Open Studio Weekend - Sugar House Jewelry 10 AM (multiday) Corrected Open Studio Weekend Announcement 10 AM (multiday) Mobbs Farm Trail Day 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale: Sunday Oct. 1 9 AM - 3 PM Autumn on the Green Danville VT 10 AM - 4 PM Vermont Open Studio Weekend - Gerald K Stoner Sculpture 10 AM - 5 PM Farm Fresh Watermelon Tasting Party! Free! 12 - 2 PM Buddy Walk to Support Down Syndrome 12 - 3 PM Porch Event Free “Sale” 12 - 6 PM Sunday Music Series: Featuring Colin Mccaffrey 2 - 3:45 PM Sunday Afternoon Art Exhibit - Free Paintings 2 - 4 PM Come to the TCR Barn Dance & Harvest Festival! 2 - 5 PM Simbiótica \| Grass Cattle Company 3 - 7 PM Concert in the Round Church Oct. 1 4 - 5 PM Jericho Death Cafe Oct. 1 7 - 8:30 PM +15 more see less	2 Westford Special Selectboard Meeting 4 - 7 PM Gentle Yoga Monday Evenings in Underhill 6 - 7 PM Buddhist Philosophy Class, "The Battle of Ego" 6 - 8 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 6 PM Jericho Underhill Land Trust Annual Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting - Oct. 2 6:30 PM Got Bears? 6:30 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +4 more see less	3 Trails Committee Volunteer Trail Night 4:30 PM Caring for Forests in a Changing Climate - CCF 5 - 7 PM Managing Forests for Climate Change Walk Oct. 3! 5 - 7 PM Essex Community Historical Society Meeting and Program 6:15 - 8:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM "Our American Family" Film Portrait of Addiction 7 PM +4 more see less	4 West Coast Swing Dance 6:45 AM - 9:30 PM Williston Conservation Commission 7 - 9 AM Temp Road Closure Pokerhill & Nus Rd. Wednesday 10 AM - 3 PM Music & Movement with Miss Emma - Jericho Town Library 10:30 - 11:15 AM Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM Underhill Energy Committee Solar Group Meeting 5:30 - 6 PM Weekly Community All-Levels Yoga: Wednesdays 5:30pm! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Burlington Scrabble Club 6 - 10 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6:30 - 8 PM Bagpipes and Drums 7 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	5 Essex Art League Meeting Thursday Oct. 5 - Come Join Us! All Day Rotary Speaker: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 7 - 8:30 AM Essex Art League Invites You 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League 9 - 11 AM Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library - New Time (9:30) 9:30 - 10 AM Vermont's Wild Bees: Past, Present and Future 1:30 - 2:30 PM School May Be Starting, but Farmers Market Continues! 3 - 6:30 PM Chittenden County Homeless Alliance Community Meeting 4:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Maker's Night - 1st Thursday of the Month! 6:30 - 8 PM Richmond Republican Caucus 7 PM +7 more see less	6 Garage Sale - Old Pump Road 10 AM (multiday) Singing Group for People with Dementia 10:30 - 11:30 AM EEE - Education & Enrichment for Everyone-Lecture Series 2 PM Richmond Farmers Market 3 - 6:30 PM Big Band Jazz Event 7:30 - 10 PM +1 more see less	7 Weight Loss Support Group 8:45 - 10 AM Romp & Rhyme: Baby Storytime at Jericho Town Library 9 - 10 AM Block Party/Sidewalk Sale Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Lions Club "Strides" for Diabetes Awareness 9 AM - 2 PM Postponed - Lions Club "Strides" Walk for Diabetes 9 AM - 2 PM Art in Faith Display and Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Williston Woods Annual Bazaar Oct. 7 9 AM - 3 PM Early Childhood Soccer Classes - Ryan's Soccer School 9 AM (multiday) Clothing Swap at the Community Center in Jericho - Oct. 7 10 AM - 1 PM Clothing Swap at the Community Center in Jericho 10 AM - 1 PM Explore Essex Community Day - Now Indoors 10 AM - 4 PM Watercolor Artists' Reception & Bixby Benefit Sale 11 AM - 1 PM Vermont's Historic Theater Curtains - WHS Event 1:30 - 3 PM VT's Historic Theater Curtains - Westford Hist. Society 1:30 - 3 PM Remembrance Night for Pregnancy and Infant Loss 5:30 - 7:30 PM +11 more see less
8 Garage Sale - Cochran Rd - Oct. 8 & 9 9 AM (multiday) Sunday Service at MMUUF - Oct. 8 9:30 AM Tree Identification for Birders and Friends 10 AM - 12 PM Passion4Paws Dog Adoption Event Oct. 8! 10 AM - 1 PM Art Appreciation Reception 1 - 3 PM Cancelled: Green Mountain Swing (At Isham Family Farm) 1 - 4 PM Closing Reception Town Hall Art: "Celebrate" 2 - 4 PM Memorial for Marie Tedford and Laurie Tedford, Oct 8 2 - 5 PM +4 more see less	9 Senior Luncheon 11:30 AM Jericho Republican Party Caucus 5 PM Gentle Yoga Monday Evenings in Underhill 6 - 7 PM Buddhist Philosophy Class, "The Battle of Ego" 6 - 8 PM Underhill Conservation Commission Agenda 6:30 PM +1 more see less	10 Create Your Own Soul Collage or Vision Board 6 - 9 AM Volunteers Green & Browns Court Project Committee 5 - 7 PM Richmond Transportation Committee Meeting 5:30 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Special Selectboard Meeting 7 PM Williston Development Review Board - Oct. 10 Agenda 7 PM Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda 7:30 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	11 West Coast Swing Dance 6:45 AM - 9:30 PM Underhill Affordable Housing Initiative Presentation 7 AM - 8 PM The Great Potato Dig! 9 - 11 AM The "Great Potato Dig" at DRML Oct. 11 9 AM Lions Club Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Lions Club Blood Drive Pre-Registration 12 - 5 PM Early Release Day Crafternoon (& Other JTL Events) 1 - 2:30 PM Weekly Community All-Levels Yoga: Wednesdays 5:30pm! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Underhill Energy Committee Regular Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Burlington Scrabble Club 6 - 10 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6:30 - 8 PM Williston Energy Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Underhill Flats Affordable Homes Information Session 7 - 8 PM Underhill Flats Affordable Homes Information Session 7 - 8:30 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +12 more see less	12 Stream Keys Bags Names Words 12 AM (multiday) Rotary Speaker: Cristalee Mcsweeney 7:30 - 8:30 AM Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library - New Time (9:30) 9:30 - 10 AM Coffee Hour 10 - 11 AM 4 Day Garage Sale - 21 Snowflake Dr 12 PM (multiday) MMU Academic Boosters Annual Lasagna Dinner - Take-Out 3:30 - 6:30 PM MMU Academic Boosters Lasagna Dinner 4 - 7 PM Catamount Community Forest Committee Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Community Infant, Child and Adult CPR and First Aid 6 PM Amended Selectboard Agenda Oct. 12 6 PM +6 more see less	13 Garage Sale (multiday) Richmond Farmers Market 3 - 6:30 PM The Comedy of Errors - the Motion Picture! 7 - 9:30 PM Spooky Fall Storytelling Event 7 PM (multiday) Greatest Ode to Nature on Piano Since George Winston 7:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	14 Golf Tournament to Benefit the Grand Isle School 8 AM - 12 PM Weight Loss Support Group 8:45 - 10 AM Garage Sale - VT Rte 15 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Chelsea Pl - Oct. 14 9 AM - 3 PM CVU Handcrafters Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Early Childhood Soccer Classes - Ryan's Soccer School 9 AM (multiday) Trail Cleanup Day! 9:30 AM Understanding Forest Management 10 AM - 12 PM Richmond Elementary School Big Truck Day 10 AM - 2 PM Richmond Elementary School Big Truck Day 10 AM - 2 PM Burlington White Cane Awareness Day 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Bolton Valley's Fall Festivus 11 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale - Pleasant Valley Rd - Oct. 14-15 12 PM (multiday) Westford Bike Park Grand Opening 2 - 4 PM Takeout Chicken Pie Supper 4:15 - 7 PM Teeny Tiny Dinner Theatre Right Here in Jericho! 6 - 8:30 PM GOTR Sneaker Soiree! 6 - 9 PM Girls on the Run VT: 2023 Fall Fundraiser at BBCO! 6 - 9 PM +15 more see less
15 Feather Carving & Painting with Bob Lindemann 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Borderlands, an Annual Outdoor Theater Event 12 - 4 PM EAHM Lecture: Combined Arms in the Civil War 2 - 3:30 PM Twangtown Paramours at the Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM	16 Special Selectboard Committee Meeting 3 PM Gentle Yoga Monday Evenings in Underhill 6 - 7 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 6 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Oct. 16 6:30 - 10 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM Scam Jam 7 PM +2 more see less	17 Jericho/Underhill Cribbage Group All Day Lactation Support Group 10 AM - 11 PM Williston Senior Group Halloween Hoopla Luncheon 11:30 AM - 1 PM SCORE Webinar: Small Business Holiday Marketing Class 12 - 1 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting Agenda - Oct. 17 5:30 PM Announcement! Our Community Cares Camp Annual Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting - Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting (Updated Agenda) - Oct. 17 6:30 - 9 PM HCC Speaker Series: Conquer Fear of Public Speaking 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Oct. 17 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	18 West Coast Swing Dance 6:45 AM - 9:30 PM Williston Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 AM Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM Gardening Committee 6 - 7:30 PM Odyssey of the Mind Open House Oct. 18 6 - 8 PM SongFarmers - a Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM SongFarmers - a Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Songfarmers - Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6:30 - 8 PM Chittenden Asylum Seekers Assistance Meeting Oct. 18 7 - 8 PM Public Hearing on Draft Management Plan for Park 7 - 8 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Meeting Tonight 7 - 8 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Meeting Oct. 18 7 - 8 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Meeting Oct. 18 7 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +11 more see less	19 Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library - New Time (9:30) 9:30 - 10 AM Nature Journaling This Thursday 10 AM Office Hours with State Representative Edye Graning 10:30 AM - 12 PM Chillin' in Autumn Luncheon 11:30 AM - 1 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Family Science Night! - Registration Required 6:15 - 7:15 PM Tickets Available: Damn Yankees by GMVS 7 PM +3 more see less	20 Invitation to Indian Cooking Lessons by DesiDeliveryVT 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Stories from the Vermont Queer Archives 4 - 5 PM Raise a Glass with the Westford Common Hall! 6 - 8 PM Tickets Available: Damn Yankees by GMVS 7 PM Hawkes & Handsaws: 1623 - 2023 7 - 9 PM 2023 WLFV Feed My Starving Children MobilePack 7:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	21 1-Day Moving Sale 26 Colonel Page Rd - Oct. 21 All Day Race Around Birds 2023 (Virtual / Self-Timed Weeks) 6 AM (multiday) "Combat" Breast Cancer - Fitness Fundraiser 8:30 - 10:30 AM Jeri-Hill Residents' Craft Fair 8:30 AM - 4 PM Weight Loss Support Group 8:45 - 10 AM Food Shelf Distribution Saturday 9 - 10:30 AM Food Shelf Distribution Saturday, Oct. 21 9 - 10:30 AM Craft Fair Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Mental Illness & Recovery Workshop Oct. 21, Howard Center 9 AM - 4:30 PM Garage/Moving Sale - Beaver Pond Rd - Oct. 21-22 9 AM (multiday) Early Childhood Soccer Classes - Ryan's Soccer School 9 AM (multiday) Pop-Up Moving Sale! 10 AM - 3 PM Huntington Arts & Crafts Fest 10 AM - 4 PM Fall Arts Festival 10 AM - 4 PM Hora De Cuento (Spanish Storytime) at the Library 10:30 - 11:15 AM POSTPONED: Cookbook Club at Jericho Town Library Oct. 21 1 - 2:30 PM Restoring Old Growth Characteristics at CCF 1 - 3 PM Nancy Stone's Book Launch 1 - 3 PM Northernshire Fall Work & Play Party 1 - 11 PM Community Groups Open House at Richmond Town Center 1:30 - 4 PM Finding Family 2 - 3:30 PM Introduction to Genealogy with VT Genealogy Society 2 - 3:30 PM Pumpkin Carving Party - Benefit for Common Roots 2 - 6 PM Fall Harvest Community Potluck Dinner Oct. 21 5 - 7 PM Tickets Available: Damn Yankees by GMVS 7 PM Hawkes & Handsaws: 1623 - 2023 7 - 9 PM +22 more see less
22 Sunday Service at MMUUF 9:30 AM WOW-VT Woods Walk Bats and Forest Management 10 AM - 12 PM Upcoming Events/Dinner at Maple Wind Farm 10 AM - 2 PM Craft Fair, White Elephant Sale, Baked Goods 10 AM - 3:30 PM Learn About the New Housing Project Coming to Underhill 10:30 AM Learn About the New Housing Project Coming to Underhill 10:30 AM Learn About the New Housing Project Coming to Underhill 10:30 AM All Souls Interfaith Gathering Music and Spirit Service 11 AM - 12 PM Truly "Green," Not "Greenwashed" - Electricity for VT 12:30 - 2 PM Green & Just Electricity in VT : Problems and Solutions 12:30 - 2 PM Truly "Green", Not "Greenwashed" Electricity for VT 12:30 - 2 PM Moore Park Pumpkin Carving This Sunday! 3 - 5 PM Annual Harvest Ham Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM St Thomas Underhill Annual Harvest Ham Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM Last Concert of the Season at the Round Church 5 - 7 PM WRD Special Meeting to Consider the Haunted Forest 6 PM +12 more see less	23 Westford Planning Commission - Oct. 23 Agenda All Day Gentle Yoga Monday Evenings in Underhill 6 - 7 PM Andrews Community Forest Committee 6 - 7:30 PM Composting Workshop 6 - 7:30 PM Transition Town Jericho: Composting at Home 6 - 8 PM Parking Advisory Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM “Go On, Be Brave” Film Screening at UVM 6 - 8:30 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	24 Williston Development Review Board - Oct. 24 Agenda 7 AM Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Story Hour: How the Roads Got Their Name 5:30 - 6:30 PM	25 Special Meeting of the Water and Sewer Commission All Day West Coast Swing Dance 6:45 AM - 9:30 PM Age Well Grab and Go Meal at St. Thomas 11 AM - 12 PM Device Advice at Richmond Free Library 5 - 6:30 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Prayer Vigil for Peace Oct. 25 6 - 7 PM Make Big Oil Pay is Coming to Richmond! 6 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6:30 - 8 PM Williston Energy Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	26 Town Center and Library Building Committee Meeting All Day Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library - New Time (9:30) 9:30 - 10 AM Hannaford Williston In-Store Hiring Event 11 AM - 7 PM Williston Hannaford In-Store Hiring Event 11 AM - 7 PM Travelogue: Egypt and Jordan 1:30 - 3 PM Travelogue: Egypt and Jordan 1:30 - 3 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper Oct. 26 5 - 7 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Agenda 5 - 10 PM Domestic Violence 101 Presentation 6 - 8 PM Underhill Regular Selectboard Meeting Oct. 26 6 PM Workshops 6 PM Richmond Climate Action Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM ADU Community Forum in Hinesburg 7 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	27 Pumpkin Paint N Sip 5:30 - 8:30 PM	28 Cross Country Ski Swap Hosted by Mansfield Nordic Club (multiday) Race Around Birds 2023 (Virtual / Self-Timed Weeks) 6 AM (multiday) Weight Loss Support Group 8:45 - 10 AM JETF Repair Cafe - Jericho Community Center - Oct. 28 9 AM - 1 PM Repair Cafe at Jericho Community Center 9 AM - 4 PM Pumpkin Painting 10 AM - 12 PM Free Octoberfest Festival for Kids - Support Unicef 10 AM - 12 PM Free Octoberfest for Kids in Honor of Uniceff 10 AM - 12 PM Free Octoberfest for Kids in Honor of Unicef 10 AM - 12 PM This Saturday - Drug Take Back at Town Center 10 AM - 2 PM Community Sale - Rescheduled from Oct. 21 to Oct. 28 10 AM - 3 PM Community Sale - Pointe Dr - Oct. 28 10 AM - 3 PM Open House / House for Sale 11 AM - 3 PM Indian Brook Park Annual Fall Clean-Up - Rescheduled 12 - 2 PM Halloween on the Green 12 - 4 PM Costume Party & Contest at Stone Corral 12 - 9 PM Vermont's Grand Ghosts & Weird Wonders - by Joe Citro 1:30 - 2:30 PM Book Launch Event: Grief is an Elephant by Tam Smith 2 - 4 PM Book Launch at RCK Oct. 28! 2 - 4 PM +15 more see less
29 Jerhill Bargain Bin 10 AM - 3 PM Vegetable Sale on Porch at Richmond Community Kitchen 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM MNC XC Ski & Gear Swap at Jericho Community Ctr 12 - 5 PM Westford Halloween Walk IV: Potions & Pumpkins Aplenty 1 - 3 PM Paint and Sip BYOB 1:30 - 3:30 PM Painting a Fall Picture 1:30 - 3:30 PM International Folk Dance Party 1:30 - 4:30 PM Pumpkin Paint N' Sip at Jericho Ale & Bean! 2 - 4 PM Trunk or Treat 2:30 - 4:30 PM David Neiweem at First Baptist Church, Burlington 3 - 4:30 PM Indian Sub-Continental Cuisine Take-Out 4:30 - 6 PM +7 more see less	30 Gentle Journey Yoga Class 10 - 11 AM Gentle Yoga Monday Evenings in Underhill 6 - 7 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Oct. 30 6:30 - 9 PM Essex Selectboard Special Meeting Oct. 30 6:30 PM Community Ctr. / Library Project Presentation - Oct. 30 7 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting Oct. 30 7 PM +2 more see less	31 Becoming an Environmental Leader in Your Town 1 - 2 PM Halloween Trunk or Treat 5 - 7 PM Halloween 5 - 7:30 PM	1 West Coast Swing Dance 6:45 AM - 9:30 PM Williston Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 AM Music & Movement with Miss Emma - Jericho Town Library 10:30 - 11:15 AM Deborah Rawson Library Basket Raffle 1 - 7 PM Learn About VT Saves with Treasurer Pieciak 6 - 7:30 PM Join State Treasurer & Local House Delegation Nov. 1 6 - 7:30 PM Williston Housing Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM Flowing Forward: Post Flood Discussions 6:30 - 7:30 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6:30 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	2 FCC Food Drive! Nov. 2 All Day Essex Art League Invites You 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Monthly Meeting Nov. 2 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Guest Speaker 9 - 11 AM Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library - New Time (9:30) 9:30 - 10 AM Craft Group 5:30 - 7:30 PM Craft Group Swap Meet 5:30 - 7:30 PM Town Center and Library Building Committee Meeting 7 PM +6 more see less	3 EEE - Education & Enrichment for Everyone-Lecture Series 2 PM Free Handcrafting Event for Kids at the Library 3 - 5 PM Community Conversations About Healthcare in VT 4 - 6 PM English Country Dance with Live Music 6:30 - 9 PM	4 Weight Loss Support Group 8:45 - 10 AM Harriet Farnsworth Powell Historical Musuem Opening 9 AM - 3 PM Cozy Nook Craft Fair at Essex Free Library 9 AM - 3 PM The Williston Craft Show! 9 AM - 4 PM Williston Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Williston Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Williston Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Wild Seed Saving Instructional JFiN Event Nov. 4 10am 10 - 11 AM Race Around Birds 2023 (Race Day) 10 AM - 1 PM Come to a Singing Workshop with the Amidons! 10 AM - 2:30 PM Create & Connect Craft Day to Benefit Josh's House 10 AM - 6 PM Create & Connect Craft Day to Benefit Josh's House 10 AM - 6 PM Create & Connect Craft Day to Benefit Josh's House 10 AM - 6 PM Create & Connect Craft Day to Benefit Josh's House 10 AM - 6 PM Create & Connect Craft Day to Benefit Josh's House 10 AM - 6 PM Empower VT for Clean and Just Electricity - Family Ed 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Poetry Workshop with Canto Cutie Zines 11 AM - 12:30 PM Board Games & Bagels at Richmond Free Library 11 AM - 1 PM Calling Middle School Detectives 🔑 1 - 4 PM Middle School Glow Dodgeball 5 - 7 PM Saturday Night Chicken & Biscuits 5 - 8 PM Annual Chicken Pie To-Go Dinner - Next Saturday 5:30 - 6:30 PM Annual Chicken Pie To-Go Dinner 5:30 PM Backcountry Barn Bash 2023 6:30 - 10 PM +20 more see less