Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2024

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29 VT Climbing Festival (multiday) Burlington Baroque Festival 7:05 PM (multiday) Multi Family Lawn Sale Sept 27-29 - Raceway Rd, Jericho (multiday) Book Sale During the Harvest Market 3 PM (multiday) Vermont Climbing Festival 5 PM (multiday) Saxon Hill School's Annual Fall Sale This Weekend (multiday) Synergy Center for Dance - Harvest Market Fundraiser! 8 AM (multiday) Garage Sale - Sat & Sun - Black Walnut Ln 9 AM (multiday) Multi Family Mega Sale - Dumas Rd - Sept. 28-29 9 AM (multiday) Multi Family Mega Sale - Dumas Rd - Sept. 28-29 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale Saturday and Sunday - Hillview Rd 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale Sat/Sun 10 AM (multiday) SPARC Fall Fundraiser 10 AM (multiday) The Farm at 84 - Honey, Cider, Apples! 10 AM (multiday) Indian Brook Cleanup (Time Change) 12 PM (multiday) Pelvic Health & Fitness for Pregnant/Postpartum Athlete 9 - 10 AM Household Garage Sale - Browns Ct 9 AM - 12 PM Steps for Social Change 5K Walk/Run/Roll Sept. 29 9 AM - 1 PM 3rd Annual Green Mountain Academy Golf Tournament 9 AM - 4 PM Deborah Rawson Memorial Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Join Us for the 5th Annual Richmond Art Crawl! 10 AM - 3 PM Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM Isham Farm Festival 12 - 5 PM Meet Your VT Senators & House Reps at Sweet Scoops 3 - 5 PM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM +21 more see less	30 Andrews Community Forest Committee 5 - 6:30 PM Child Care Financial Assistance Q&A Session, Hinesburg 5:30 - 6:30 PM Westford Recreation Beginner Pilates Reformer Series 5:45 - 6:40 PM State Rep Candidate Forum on Town Meeting TV 6:10 - 6:55 PM Meet the Candidate Forum Via Zoom 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	1 Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM MMUUSD Community Feedback 6 - 7 PM Grades 3-12 Learn to Wrestle 6 - 8 PM EWSD Board Meeting Oct. 1 6:30 - 9 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	2 Williston Conservation Commission 7 - 9 AM Home Buying Bingo 5:30 - 7 PM Embodied Wisdom Women's Group 6 - 7 PM Williston Housing Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Volunteers Green & Browns Court Project Committee 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	3 Essex Art League Invites You 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League October Meeting 9 - 11 AM Bench Building Workshop for Rokeby Birding Hotspot 10 AM - 1 PM Early Literacy Storytime at Westford Public Library 11:25 AM - 12:25 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM Ohavi Zedek's Rosh Hashanah by the Lake 12 - 6:30 PM Vermont Electric Co-Op Drive Electric Week 2 - 5 PM Don't Miss the Final Farmers Market of the Year! 3 - 6:30 PM RAFT Meeting Oct. 3 6 - 7:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Crafter's Group 6 - 8 PM Charter Change Proposal Second Public Hearing 6:15 - 8:10 PM Maker's Group 6:30 - 8 PM Writing: Join Our Writing Collective 6:30 - 8 PM Upper Main Street Planning Project Workshop 7 - 8:30 PM +11 more see less	4 Rummage Sale at Richmond Congregational Church 10 AM - 7 PM Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM English Country Dance with Live Music 6:30 - 9 PM Red Brick Coffee House Time Again 7 - 9 PM	5 Town Meeting Day Reimagined 12 AM - 12 PM Songs, Meditations, and a Dream: Music of Don Jamison (multiday) Songs, Meditations, and a Dream: Music of Don Jamison (multiday) Garage Sale - Antique Oak Furniture 8:30 AM - 3 PM Women in Midlife Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Williston Woods Annual Bazaar Oct. 5 9 AM - 3 PM Free Family Support Group Facilitator Training 9 AM (multiday) VYO's Music Together Starts Sept. 14 10 - 11 AM Community Conversation with State Rep. Jana Brown 10 - 11 AM Forum on Proposed New Women's Correctional Facility 10 - 11:30 AM The Farm Upstream Opening in Jericho! 10 AM - 12 PM Open Studio Weekend at Sugar House Jewelry 10 AM - 12 PM Jericho's Town Budget & Business Kick Off Meeting Oct. 5 10 AM - 12 PM Richmond Elementary School Big Truck Day! 10 AM - 2 PM Richmond Elementary School Big Truck Day 10 AM - 2 PM Gerald K Stoner Sculpture Fall Open Studio 10 AM - 5 PM Essex Artists Showing in Jeffersonville Oct. 5-12 10 AM - 5 PM Dianne Shullenberger Open Studio Tour Oct. 5/6 10 AM (multiday) Local Artist's Studio Opening in Richmond 10 AM (multiday) Open House Studio Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Fall Open Studio Tour This Weekend - Oct. 5 & 6 10 AM (multiday) Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM Mount Mansfield School Board Listening Session 12 - 1 PM MMUUSD Committee Feedback 12 - 1 PM MMUUSD Community Feedback 12:30 - 2 PM Youth Try Hockey for Free This Saturday 1:50 - 2:50 PM Ampersand Vocal Ensemble Concert at Old Round Church 4 - 5:30 PM Remembrance Night for Pregnancy & Infant Loss 5:30 - 7:30 PM WHS Lost Nation Movie Screening Online Tickets 7 - 9 PM Film Screening: "Lost Nation" by Jay Craven 7 - 10 PM Red Hot Juba at Stone Corral! 8:30 - 10:30 PM Vermont Open Studio Live Edge Creations 10 PM (multiday) +28 more see less
6 More Prefect Union, Richmond Green, Oct. 6 All Day Blessing of the Animals - Oct. 6 2:30 - 3:30 AM 2024 Special Olympics Vermont Cornhole Classic 9:30 AM - 3 PM Bird and Bee Native Plants Open Gardens and Nursery 10 AM - 4 PM Gerald K Stoner Sculpture Fall Open Studio 10 AM - 5 PM Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM Isham Farm Festival 12 - 5 PM "The Quietest Year” Documentary 2 - 3:15 PM Jeff Salisbury & Friends Perform at Deborah Rawson 2 - 3:45 PM +MPU Sponsored Election Security Event (W. Free Food) 2 - 5 PM Memorial Service for Robert Scot Jameson 2:30 - 5 PM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM Reiki & Restorative Yoga Oct. 6 6 PM MMUUSD Community Feedback 6 - 7 PM Virtual Listening Session with MMUU School Board 6 - 7 PM Just Getting by Documentary Film Screening in Williston 7 - 9 PM +12 more see less	7 Artist Open Studio 11 AM (multiday) Wastewater Alternatives Committee Meeting 3 - 4 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 5:30 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Oct. 7 6:30 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +1 more see less	8 Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM CVSD Finance Committee Meeting 5:15 PM Grades 3-12 Learn to Wrestle 6 - 8 PM CVSD Indicators Committee Meeting 6:30 PM Making Friends with AI Talk 7 - 8:30 PM Development Review Board Meeting Oct. 8 7 PM +3 more see less	9 Community Walk: Jacob Krantz Conservation Area 4 - 5:30 PM Crackers, Cakes and Candidates at the Community Center 5 - 7 PM Crackers, Cake, and Candidates 5 - 7 PM Westford Recreation Beginner Pilates Reformer Series 5:45 - 6:40 PM Button Up for Winter – Rebates Up to $24,500 6 - 7 PM Embodied Wisdom Women's Group 6 - 7 PM Forum on Proposed New Women's Correctional Facility 6 - 7:30 PM Williston Energy Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Star Party at the Library with VT Astronomical Society 6:30 - 8 PM Town Center and Library Committee 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	10 Rotary Speaker: Dave Carter 7:30 - 8:30 AM FEMA Updates 9 - 10 AM CCJ Coffee Hour 10 AM Early Literacy Storytime at Westford Public Library 11:25 AM - 12:25 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 1 - 6 PM VYCC Harvest Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cold Hollow to Canada Annual Gathering 6 - 9 PM Selectboard Notice of Emergency Public Hearing 6:15 - 7 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting 6:15 - 9:30 PM Writing: Join Our Writing Collective 6:30 - 8 PM Mah Jongg 6:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	11 Big Barn Sale - River Rd - Oct. 11-12 8:30 AM (multiday) Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM	12 Cross Country Ski Swap Hosted by Mansfield Nordic Club (multiday) Eagle Scout Bottle Drive - Oct. 12 8:30 AM - 11 PM VYO's Music Together Starts Sept. 14 10 - 11 AM The Farm Upstream Opening in Jericho! 10 AM - 12 PM Open House and 75th Anniversary Celebration 10 AM - 1 PM Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM Cookbook Club: Let's Make Dumplings! 12 - 1:30 PM Community Harvest Party - Oct. 12 2 - 6 PM +4 more see less
13 The Big Sit! 6 AM - 6 PM Winter Ready Herbalism: Class Series This Fall! 10 AM Herbal Medicine Making This Fall! 10 AM - 12 PM Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM Isham Farm Festival 12 - 5 PM Mark Andrews Celebration of Life 2 - 4 PM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM +3 more see less	14	15 Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM Lasagna Takeout Dinner 3:30 - 6:30 PM MMU Academic Boosters Lasagna Takeout Dinner Fundraiser 3:30 - 6:30 PM Grades 3-12 Learn to Wrestle 6 - 8 PM CVSD School Board Regular Meeting 6 PM +2 more see less	16 Sunday, October 6th from 2-5pm: Election Security in VT 2 - 5 PM Death & Grief Worker Meet & Mingle 5:30 - 7:30 PM Westford Recreation Beginner Pilates Reformer Series 5:45 - 6:40 PM Embodied Wisdom Women's Group 6 - 7 PM SongFarmers - A Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Year-Round Composting (Without the Critters!) 6 PM +2 more see less	17 Rotary Speaker: Brendan Magill 7:30 - 8:30 AM Early Literacy Storytime at Westford Public Library 11:25 AM - 12:25 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM Writing: Join Our Writing Collective 6:30 - 8 PM Bluegrass for a Cause: Concert for Common Ground Center 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	18 Volunteer: Pack 100,000 Meals FeedMyStarvingChildrenVT (multiday) Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM A Mindfulness Meditation Retreat in Adamant Vermont 4 PM (multiday) Mindfulness & Meditation Retreat 4 PM (multiday) Volunteer to Help Hand-Pack 100,000 Lifesaving Meals 5 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	19 Essex Jericho Underhill Ecumenical Food Shelf 9 - 10:30 AM CVU Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Two Seats Left in Upcoming Reiki Classes! 9 AM - 5 PM VYO's Music Together Starts Sept. 14 10 - 11 AM The Farm Upstream Opening in Jericho! 10 AM - 12 PM Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM GOTR Sneaker Soiree! 6 - 10 PM The Halloween Boo-Ball: a Spooktacular Adult Prom 7:30 - 10:30 PM +4 more see less
20 Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM Isham Farm Festival 12 - 5 PM Fall Clothng Swap 1 - 3 PM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM	21	22 Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM Grades 3-12 Learn to Wrestle 6 - 8 PM Official Notice of Special Town Meeting 6:15 - 8 PM	23 Westford Recreation Beginner Pilates Reformer Series 5:45 - 6:40 PM Community Forum on Kids, Smartphones & Social Media 6 - 7:30 PM	24 Food Drive! 9 AM - 5:30 PM Early Literacy Storytime at Westford Public Library 11:25 AM - 12:25 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM Writing: Join Our Writing Collective 6:30 - 8 PM	25 16th Annual VT Jump$Tart Financial Literacy Conference 7:45 AM - 3 PM Art Exhibition “Lifting the Veil” 12 PM Community Farewell to Library Director Rebecca Mueller 4 - 7 PM	26 Swap and Sprout: Baby Gear Exchange 9 AM - 12:30 PM VYO's Music Together Starts Sept. 14 10 - 11 AM The Farm Upstream Opening in Jericho! 10 AM - 12 PM Halloween on the Green 2024 11 AM - 2 PM Bolton's Big Truck or Treat Fundraiser 12 - 4 PM Annual Chicken Pie To-Go Dinner 5:30 - 6:30 PM Vermont Symphonic Winds Concert Halloween Concert 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less
27 Halloween Cookie Decorating Class 10 AM - 12 PM Tree Identification for Birders and Friends 10 AM - 12 PM Westford Halloween Walk V: Vampires & Verevolves! 1 - 3 PM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM	28	29 Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM Open House-Volunteer Opportunities with AARP Tax-Aide 3 - 5 PM Open House-Volunteer Opportunities with AARP Tax-Aide 3 - 5 PM Grades 3-12 Learn to Wrestle 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	30 NAMI Vermont's Together for Mental Health Conference 8 AM - 4 PM NAMI Vermont's 2024 Conference 8 AM - 4 PM Westford Recreation Beginner Pilates Reformer Series 5:45 - 6:40 PM	31 Early Literacy Storytime at Westford Public Library 11:25 AM - 12:25 PM Movement for Parkinson's Fall Session 12 - 1:15 PM Volunteers Needed for Halloween Trunk or Treat 5 - 7 PM Writing: Join Our Writing Collective 6:30 - 8 PM	1 2024 Vermont Short-Term Rental Conference & Trade Show All Day Vermont Short-Term Rental Conference & Trade Show 10 AM (multiday)	2 Create & Connect Craft Day to Benefit Josh's House 8 AM - 6 PM Cozy Nook Craft Fair at Essex Free Library 9 AM - 3 PM VYO's Music Together Starts Sept. 14 10 - 11 AM Pianist Claire Black: "Forests & Fairy Tales" 7:30 - 9 PM