Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2020

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26 Joey Waxman at Mountain River Sangha 10 AM Waterbury Winterfest Family Fun Run/Walk 10:30 AM - 12 PM Winter Fest Rochester Skatespace 11 AM - 2 PM Sunday Brunch at Hogback Mountain Brewery & Taproom! 11 AM - 2 PM Basketball Free Throw Contest 1 - 4 PM North Branch School Prospective Student Informational 3:30 - 5 PM International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration and Film 5 - 6 PM Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration 5 - 6 PM +4 more see less	27 Climate Solutions Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM Houston, We Have a Problem 6 - 7:30 PM Knit Night at the Library - Monday, January 27 6:30 - 8:30 PM	28 Travelogue Tuesday, Jan. 28 12 - 1 PM Free Tobacco Cessation Workshop Starts Jan. 28 5 - 6 PM Film Fest: Inspiring People Fighting Climate Change 6:30 - 8 PM Come See the Documentary Suppressed: the Fight to Vote 7 - 8:30 PM Showing of Suppressed: the Fight to Vote 7 - 8:30 PM Select Board Meeting Jan. 28 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	29 Upcoming Workshop: Be Unstoppable 9:30 - 11:30 AM Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture 1:30 - 3 PM Varsity Hockey Community Awareness Game! 6 - 8 PM Varsity Boys Hockey Community Awareness Game! 6 - 8 PM Waterbury Winterfest Wassailing 6 - 9 PM Suppressed: the Fight to Vote. Film and Discussion 6:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	30 Free Cookies! (Closing Reception) 3 - 6 PM Open House - Northfield Ridges and River Routes Project 5 - 7 PM A Walkable Northfield? We Need Your Ideas! 5 - 7 PM Stargazing Party at the Library 5 - 7:30 PM Valentine Making with Kelly 6 - 8 PM Valentine Making with Kelly 6 - 8 PM Open Poetry Reading 6:30 - 8 PM Winterfest Starlight Ski, Snowshoe and Class Vinyl 6:30 - 10 PM A Long Trail Hiker's Climb of Denali 7 - 8:30 PM YE Vagabonds Concert in Shelburne! 7 - 9 PM Armchair Travel at the Starksboro Public Library 7 - 9 PM U-32 Presents: Avenue Q School Edition (Multiple Days) 7 PM (multiday) Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn Irish Music Event 7 PM +9 more see less	31 Dawg Daze Pop-Up at Good Measure (and Other Stuff) 4 - 7 PM Taco Night This Friday Jan. 31! 5 - 7 PM Pizza & A Picture 6 - 8 PM MRVBC Annual Meeting and Party at the Big Picture 6 - 10 PM MRV Backcountry Coalition Annual Mtg/Party at Bigpic 6 - 10 PM +1 more see less	1 Winter Bocce Ball 9 - 11 AM Middlesex Food Shelf 9:30 - 10:30 AM Tricky Tracks: Family Tracking Program 9:30 - 11:30 AM Dungeons & Dragons at the Library 10 AM - 2 PM Waldorf Winter Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Saturday/Sunday Estate Sale 10 AM (multiday) Help Make a Winterfest Public Art Project on Saturday! 11 AM - 3 PM Help Make a Winterfest Public Art Project on Saturday! 11 AM - 3 PM "Love Our Lincoln Library" Open House 11:30 AM - 3 PM Meet the Musician + Author of ‘The Violin Family' 12 - 1 PM Climb for Connor 12 PM (multiday) Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt for Teens at the Library 1 - 2 PM U-32 Presents: Avenue Q School Edition (Multiple Days) 2 - 7 PM Big Toy Night: The Children's Room/Waterbury Winterfest 3 - 5 PM Big Toy Night This Saturday 3 - 5 PM VT. History Trivia Bowl and Potluck 4 - 6 PM Lincoln Co Op Preschool Spaghetti Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Your End of Life Options 5 - 6 PM Waterbury Winterfest Snow Ball Dance and Silent Auction 7 - 11 PM Snow Ball Dance & Silent Auction Waterbury Winterfest 7 - 11 PM Paul Asbell at Ripton Coffee House 7:30 - 10 PM +17 more see less
2 Camel's Hump Challenge 2020 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM Super Bowl, Farmor Farm and a Palindrome 11 AM - 2 PM Northfield Winter Farmer's Market 11 AM - 2 PM Northfield Farmers' Market Sunday 11 AM - 2 PM History Snowshoe/Hike 12 - 2 PM Women's Learn to Play Hockey 3:30 - 4:30 PM Super Bowl Party 3:30 - 11:30 PM Starksboro Monthly Community Supper 4:30 - 6 PM +4 more see less	3 Guest Night for Women Singers 6:30 - 9 PM Barre-Tones Chorus Are Having a Guest Night! 6:30 PM	4 Home Health and Hospice Volunteers 10 AM Dreams and Soul Travel – Keys to Healing and Inner Peace 6:30 - 7:30 PM Community Center Feasibility Study - Third Meeting 6:30 - 8:15 PM	5 Ladies Aid Industria Tea 1 - 3 PM Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture 1:30 - 3 PM How to Play the Native American Flute (For Beginners) 6:30 - 7:30 PM Rochester Democrats Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Wolves: Ecology, Conservation and Conflict 6:30 - 8 PM WCUUSD Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Local Sketch Comedy 7:30 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	6 Update for Essex Art League Meeting Thurs Feb. 6 9 - 11 AM Interested in Art? 9 - 11 AM After School Movies at the Rochester Public Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Knit 'N Stitch 6 - 7 PM POSTPONED: Transportation & Climate Mtg Feb. 6 6 - 8 PM SunCommon's Climate Action Film Festival 6 - 8 PM MadDog Trout Unlimited Meeting and Some! 6 - 8:30 PM Climate Action Film Festival - 2 Screenings! 6 PM Climate-Friendly Forests Talk This Thursday! 6:30 - 8 PM White River Valley Players Annual Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	7 Montpelier Art Walk and Show 37 Opening at the Front 4 - 7 PM Wine Tasting 4 - 7:30 PM 4 Course Spanish Dinner 5 - 5 PM February Opening Reception 5 - 7 PM Movie Night at the Huntington Library 7 - 8:30 PM Open Mic This Friday 7 - 9 PM They Call Me Q - 1 Woman... 13 Characters 7 PM TURNmusic at Zenbarn Friday 8 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	8 Pie for Breakfast! 8 - 11 AM Calling All Northfield Democrats 9 - 10 AM Middlesex Food Shelf 9:30 - 10:30 AM Divorce Options - Free Class 10 - 11:30 AM MECA Clothing Swap! 10 AM - 12 PM Artwalk and Grand Re-Opening of the Cheshire Cat 10 AM - 5:30 PM Citizen Advocacy Events 11 AM - 1:30 PM Last Call for Returnables! 11 AM - 2 PM Save Your Bottles & Cans! 11 AM - 2 PM Rotary Interact Bottle Drive 11 AM - 2 PM Harwood Benefit Bottle Drive! 11 AM - 2 PM Unsure... but Wanting to Try Yoga? 1 - 3 PM Art, Etc. Opening Reception Moved to Saturday! 4 - 6 PM Pre-Valentines Day Event! 4 - 6 PM U-32 Hockey Fights Cancer: Pink the Rink 2020 4 - 8 PM HRC Community Game Night Potluck 5 - 7 PM Raffle and Dance 5:30 - 10:30 PM Green Mountain Club Taylor Series 7 - 8:30 PM Ten Below Variety Show! 7 PM Charity Concert for Dragonheart VT by Solaris 7:30 - 9 PM Burnham Music Series 7:30 - 9:30 PM +17 more see less
9 Scout Sunday 9:30 AM Friends of Huntington Public Library Annual Meeting 12 - 1 PM Friends of Huntington Public Library Annual Meeting 12 - 1 PM Celebration of the Trees 1:30 - 3:30 PM Katherine's Silly Spectacular 2 - 3 PM Scrag Mountain Music Concert for All Ages 4 - 6 PM Gratitude Feast 4 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	10 Public Hearing on Governor's Recommended FY21 Budget 6 - 7:30 PM	11 Girls/Boyz First Mentoring Fundraiser at Sarduccis, Feb. 11 All Day Sled Hockey Presentation 12:30 - 1 PM Native Plants in the MRV - Audubon Plants for Birds 1 - 2:30 PM Mountain Gardeners Presentation: Open to the Public 1 PM Mountain Gardeners Presentation: Open to the Public 1 PM Open to the Public Presentation: Plants for Birds 1:15 PM Lincoln Coop Preschool Open House 5:30 - 7:30 PM Travel & Culture Talk 6 - 8 PM Northfield Town Plan Public Hearing 7 - 8:30 PM Select Board Meeting Feb. 11 7 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	12 Walk-N-Roll to School - Wednesday, Feb. 12 7:30 - 8 AM Baby/Toddler (0-5) Hike at the Green Mountain Club 10 AM - 12 PM Lunch & Learn 11:30 AM - 1 PM Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture 1:30 - 3 PM Clean Beauty Night 4:30 - 6 PM Middlesex Democracy, Communication and Cookies 6 - 7:30 PM Parkland: Private Journeys & Challenge to the Nation 6 - 8 PM 1st Annual Climate Action Film Fest Comes to Middlebury 6 - 8:30 PM Button Up! Home Efficiency and Energy Audit Giveaway! 7 - 8:30 PM Win a Home Energy Audit (Worth $400)! 7 PM +6 more see less	13 Make Your Own Chocolate for V-Day! All Day 🌷Valentine Pop Up Flower Shop 🌷 All Day Pre Valentines Day Market & Japanese Bar Bites 5 AM - 8 PM Valentine Dinner 12 PM Public Meeting: Chittenden County I-89 2050 Study 6 - 8 PM Skiing All 110 Mountains in Vermont Above 3000' 7 - 8:30 PM Chocolate Making at the Library! 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	14 Phoenix Books Book Fair to Support BPMS (multiday) RFL Book Sale & Raffle & Live Music! 5:30 AM - 8:30 PM Singing Valentines to Be Delivered 8 AM - 8 PM BHAV Spa Valentines Day Special: Couples Spa Package! 9 AM - 8 PM Bridgeside Books Valentine's Family Story Time 10:30 - 11 AM Pop Up Dinner at Hogback Mountain Brewery! 4 - 8 PM Valentine's Dinner & Music at the American Legion 5 - 7:30 PM Kick-Start Vday Date Night at Axel's 5 - 7:30 PM Parents Night Off Event at Northfield Elementary on Valentines Day! 5 - 10 PM Valentine's Dinner 5:30 - 9 PM Shyam Nepali Concert in Burlington 6 - 8 PM +7 more see less	15 Come Learn About Rochester's Climate Emergency Vote 8 - 11 AM Legislative Coffee and Conversation 9 - 10:30 AM Central Vermont Runners Long Run at Carrier Roasting 9:30 - 11:30 AM Writers' Wertfrei Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Community Talk: Fairytale of Infinite Economic Growth 10 AM - 12 PM Presentation on Limits to Growth 10 AM - 12 PM Huntington River Walk! 10 AM - 12 PM Prenatal Lactation Class 10 AM - 12 PM Rochester PTO Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM On Farm Market Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Expressions in Wool Open House 12 - 2 PM Wellness Offering 12:30 - 3 PM Forest Festival at Moretown School 2 - 4 PM Forest Festival at Moretown School 2 - 4 PM Yippee! - Forest Festival at Moretown School 2 - 4 PM Cider Faire at the Mad River Taste Place 2 - 5 PM The Front Gallery Opening Rescheduled 4 - 7 PM Free Escape Room 4 - 8 PM Chicken BBQ Dinner 5 - 7 PM Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Dance 5:30 - 9 PM Spaghetti Supper 5:30 PM Valentine's Day Dance with "Mirage" at the Legion Sat 7 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance Saturday Evening! 7:30 - 11 PM Community Breakfast to Benefit Harwood Scholarships 8 - 11 PM +20 more see less
16 Valentine Yoga and Glass Blowing Classes 10 AM - 4 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM Daytona 500 Party Sunday at the American Legion 2 - 6:30 PM Sound Healing with Tibetan Sound Bowls 3 - 4:15 PM Planet Huntington Visits Greece, Sunday Feb. 16! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Planet Huntington Sunday Night - Visit Greece! 5:30 - 6:30 PM +2 more see less	17 Have You Ever Wondered What Being Transgender is Like? 6 - 7 PM Songwriting in the Steele Room 6 - 8 PM Have You Ever Wondered What Being Transgender is Like? 6 PM Ask a Transgender Program - Joslin Library 6 PM Dr. Alan Betts - Atmospheric Climate Scientist 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Agenda for Monday 7 PM +2 more see less	18 February Adventure Camp at CGC 8:30 AM (multiday) Arctic Expedition: Baffin Island and Greenland 1:30 - 3:30 PM Money Talks: Investment and Retirement Accounts 5:30 - 6:30 PM Race Conversations 6:30 - 7:30 PM Town of Lincoln - Public Information Meetings 6:30 - 8 PM Collectively Processing the Climate Emergency 6:30 - 8 PM Aspiring Playwrights 6:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	19 Huntington Energy Committee Monthly Meeting Agenda All Day Free Baby & Me + Wellness Conversations 9 - 10:30 AM Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture 1:30 - 3 PM Edward Heyman's Soup's on Night is Wednesday! 4 - 5 PM WCUUSD Budget Forum & Regular Board Meeting 5:30 - 9 PM Quintown Democratic Debate Watch Social 7:30 - 11 PM +2 more see less	20 Town Hall Performing Arts Meeting Feb. 20 All Day DNA and Finding "Lost" Family 1:30 - 3:30 PM Handcraft and Chat Thursdays at the Library 5 - 7 PM Handcraft and Chat Thursdays at Moretown Library 5 - 7 PM Fly Fishing Film Night Sugarbush Resort 5:30 - 7:30 PM Film Screening: They Shall Not Grow Old 5:30 - 7:45 PM Auditions for Cabin Fever Follies 6 - 7 PM Restorative Yoga with Reiki 6 - 7:30 PM Mud Season Series Event with Susan Clark 6:30 - 8:30 PM Pub Sing! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Pub Sing at Sandy's! 6:30 - 8:30 PM MOPS and MOMSnext Marriage Night 6:45 PM An Evening of Playscript Readings 7 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	21 Wildflowers Studio MRV Open House Event 2:30 - 4 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Friday Night Grill ~ Hosted by S.A.L & Auxiliary 5 - 7 PM Pizza & a Picture 6 - 8 PM Pizza & A Picture 6 - 8 PM Skating Friday Evening in Waitsfield! 6 - 8 PM Orah Moore at Axel's Friday Night 6 - 8 PM Community Skating Event This Friday! 6 - 8 PM Karaoke with Levi Beach 6 - 10 PM Raffle Last Days + Drawing on Feb. 21 6 PM Norwich University Film Festival 7 - 9 PM They Say a Lady Was the Cause of It 7:30 - 9 PM Ergo/Movement Presents: They Say a Lady Was the Cause 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less	22 NAMI Presenter Training 8 AM - 4 PM Free Flower, Herb, and Vegetable Seeds 9 AM - 12 PM Board & Tabletop Games 10 AM - 2 PM Coffee Brewing Methods with KS Coffee 11 AM - 12 PM Community Sledding Party, Snowshoe and Trail Run 1 - 4 PM Sledding Party and Snowshoe at the Shaw Outdoor Center 1 - 4 PM Texas Hold'em Tournament 1 - 6 PM Like to Speed?! 4 - 6 PM Farmhouse Dinner Series at Inn at Round Barn Farm 5 - 7:30 PM Climate Change Informational at Sugarbush 6 PM Contra Dance at The Warren Town Hall 6:30 - 8:30 PM Yann Falquet & Keith Murphy at Walkover Feb. 22 8 PM +8 more see less
23 Waffle Breakfast! Support Mt Abe Softball at Post 19 7 - 11 AM Sunday Brunch at Hogback Mountain Brewery 11 AM - 2 PM Legislative Forum: Bristol Area 1 - 2:30 PM Bread Baking Workshop at Rise Up Bakery 1 - 5 PM Sound Healing with Tibetan Singing Bowls 1:30 - 2:45 PM Phone Banking Training - Get Out the Vote! 4 - 5:30 PM Learn More About Composting! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Mt. Abe Softball Waffle Breakfast, Sunday AM 7 - 11 PM +4 more see less	24 Starksboro Open-House & Sugar on Snow Planning Meeting 4 - 5 PM A Night at the "Drive-In" at Moretown Library 4:30 - 7:30 PM A "Night at the Drive-In" at Moretown Library 4:30 - 7:30 PM Special Cask & Live Music at Lawson's Finest Taproom 5 - 7 PM Monday Night Stitchers 5 - 8 PM Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Craft Night 6 - 8 PM Reminder: Community Knit & Tea at the Library 6 - 8:30 PM Washington County Democratic Meeting - Kellogg-Hubbard 6 PM +5 more see less	25 February Travelogue 12 - 1 PM February Travelogue 12 - 1 PM Northfield Public Hearing 2/25 7 - 8 PM Genealogy Meeting 7 - 9 PM Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM Free Wildlife Event Sponsored by Protect Our Wildlife 7 PM Mardi Gras Party for Tom Sustic Fund in Burlington! 7 PM +3 more see less	26 Upcoming Workshop - Getting Found Online: SEO & SEM 9 AM - 12 PM Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture 1:30 - 3 PM A Comprehensive and Achievable Vision for Rochester 6 - 7 PM Ash Wednesday Service at the United Church of Lincoln 6:30 - 7:30 PM Ash Wednesday Service 7 - 7:45 PM Ash Wednesday Service - United Church of Northfield 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	27 Weekly Lenten Lunches Waterbury Starting Feb. 27 12 - 1 PM Hearing and Hearing Aids: What You Need to Know 1:30 - 4 PM Climate Action Film Festival: 6pm on Thursday! 6 PM Duxbury Planning Commission Public Hearing 6:30 - 8 PM Duxbury Planning Commission Public Hearing 6:30 - 8 PM Meet the Lincoln Candidates for March Election 7 - 8 PM Speaker: Day Hiking + Other Adventures in Newfoundland 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	28 Friday Night Grill ~ Hosted by S.A.L & Auxiliary 5 - 7 PM Reception for Photographer Paul Forlenza at Walkover 5 - 7 PM Vermont Cookbook Connection Event at Sandy's 5 - 8 PM Barry Bender Performs at the American Legion Friday 6 - 8 PM	29 Potluck Lunch & Games at Birds of Vermont Museum 11 AM - 2 PM Fish Fry 5 PM Contra Dance on Leap-Day - Saturday at the Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM