Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2024

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31 AARP Tax Clinic at Twin Valley Senior Center 9 AM (multiday) Dog License Due 9 AM (multiday) AARP Tax Clinic at Twin Valley Senior Center 9 AM (multiday) Easter Weekend Events at Washington Baptist Church (multiday) Good Friday and Easter Services 7 PM (multiday) Cabot Sunrise Service - Breakfast to Follow 6:15 AM Easter Service at Mt Pleasant Cemetery 7:30 - 8 AM Cabin Fever Family Yoga 9 - 10:30 AM Easter Services 9 - 10:45 AM Moving Sale in Plainfield 9 AM - 1 PM Children's Easter Egg Decorating in Peacham 9:30 - 10:30 AM Easter Egg Hunt at The Maple Corner Community Store 10 AM Easter Morning Service 10 - 11 AM +9 more see less	1 CVCCSD Program Quality Committee 5 - 5:45 PM CVCCSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting April 1 6:30 PM Marshfield Energy & Climate Change Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Barnet Voters: School District Annual Election 7 AM - 7 PM Barnet Voters: School District Annual Election - April 2 7 AM - 7 PM AARP Tax Clinic at Twin Valley Senior Center 9 AM (multiday) CVCCSD Finance Committee 4 - 5 PM CVCCSD Facilities Committee 5 - 6 PM Cribbage in Barnet Tuesdays 6 - 9 PM +2 more see less	3 Wellness Wednesdays at Ershaka Reiki 10 AM - 5 PM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks in Montpelier 10:30 - 11:30 AM OLLI Films: Correction on Dates 1:30 - 3 PM Rick Winston on Actors & Directors: 3 Collaborations 1:30 - 3:30 PM Music Fundamentals and Beyond 5:30 - 7 PM Meet and Greet with County Forester Robert Nelson 5:30 - 7 PM Sewing Machine Maintenance Clinic 5:30 - 7 PM Scrabble at Fox Market - April 3 5:30 - 8 PM Cribbage in North Danville 6 - 8 PM School Board Meeting 6 PM Washington Central Meeting - April 3 is Now Remote 6:15 PM Flood Resiliency Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM St. Johnsbury Bluegrass Jam 6:30 - 8:30 PM Red Scare in the Green Mtns: VT in the McCarthy Era 7 - 8 PM Calais Conservation Commission Mtg. April 3 7 PM Farmers Night: An Evening Honoring Pete Sutherland 7:30 - 8 PM +12 more see less	4 AARP Tax Clinic at Twin Valley Senior Center 9 AM (multiday) Gentle Flow Yoga 10:30 - 11:30 AM Rick Winston at the Aldrich Public Library 5:30 - 7 PM Chess for Fun 5:30 - 8 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 7 PM Plainfield Select Board Special Meeting - Via Zoom Only 6 - 7:30 PM Friends of Calais Fiber Friends Group 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	5 Poetry and Tea 4 PM Barre Town PTO Bingo Night 5 - 7 PM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM St. Johnsbury School Budget Informational Meeting 6 PM Dana Robinson - April 5 - Maple Corner Comm. Center 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	6 Moving Sale ~ Saturday 8 AM - 1 PM Open to Everyone Plumbing & Heating Tips & Tricks, Pt 1 9 - 11 AM Guided Meditation for Happiness and Wellbeing 9:30 - 10:30 AM Folk Music Jam 10 AM - 12 PM St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center Eclipse Hours 10 AM (multiday) Journey into Parenthood Workshop by Good Beginnings 10:30 AM - 2 PM Pie for Brunch and Community Grants Celebration 11 AM - 1 PM Vermont Ravens Semi-Pro Football Team 12 - 2 PM Pre-Eclipse Fun 12 - 7 PM Astrological Moon Journaling - Montpelier & Zoom 2 - 4 PM Fairmont Market Soup Cook Off 4 - 6 PM Eclipse Sound Bath Ceremony: April 6 4 - 6 PM Chili Cook Off 4 - 7 PM 31st Annual Mud & Muck Auction 4 - 7 PM Mud and Muck Auction in Peacham 4 - 7 PM Peacham Coffee House This Saturday Feat. Dana Robinson! 7 - 9 PM Saturday: Contra Dance into April 7:30 PM +13 more see less
7 U 32 Craft Fair All Day Moving Sale (Part II) 9 AM - 1 PM Huge Craft Show at U-32 in Montpelier! 9 AM - 3 PM U-32 Rescheduled Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM Peacham Church Sunday Programs- April 9:30 - 10:30 AM Kidz Zone Kickoff at Washington Baptist Church 12 - 1:30 PM Pre Eclipse Event at DeBanvilles 12 - 7 PM In the Path of Totality: Eclipse Sound Bath Ceremony 2 - 4 PM "Over the Waterfall" at The Adamant Community Club 3 - 5 PM Storytelling Show 3 PM This Sunday at the Plainfield Opera House 4 - 5:30 PM J.T. Turner's "Robert Frost, Light and Dark" 4 - 6 PM Mad River Glen, a 75-Year Fellowship of Skiers 6 - 7:30 PM +9 more see less	8 Construction Work Update Route 2 6 AM (multiday) Plainfield Town Clerk's Office Closed April 8 8 AM - 4 PM Eclipse Information 8 AM (multiday) Eclipse Day! 10 AM - 6 PM The Great Eclipse Sacred Sound Sanctuary Retreat Day 10 AM - 6 PM Eclipse Party with Vermont Beer & Cheese Tasting 1 - 4 PM Solar Eclipse Watch at NSO! 2 - 5 PM Selectboard Meeting April 8 6 - 8:30 PM Swim Committee and Curtis Pond Ordinances Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	9 Tuesday, April 9 is the School Budget Vote All Day Wetlands & Tile Drains Informational Session 8:30 AM - 12 PM AARP Tax Clinic at Twin Valley Senior Center 9 AM (multiday) American Red Cross Blood Drive 11:30 AM - 4 PM Community Learning Series 5 - 8 PM Hunger Mountain Coop Council Meeting 5:30 - 8 PM Cribbage in Barnet Tuesdays 6 - 9 PM School Board Meeting In-Person and On Zoom 6 PM Calais Emergency Management Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Calais DRB Meeting April 9 6:30 PM +6 more see less	10 Wellness Wednesdays at Ershaka Reiki 10 AM - 5 PM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks in Montpelier 10:30 - 11:30 AM Alfred Hitchock's Notorious with Rick Winston 1:30 - 3:30 PM Music Fundamentals and Beyond 5:30 - 7 PM Tick Presentation and Community Potluck on April 10 5:30 - 7:30 PM Community Pot Luck Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cribbage in North Danville 6 - 8 PM Echo Valley Community School District Budget Forum 6 - 8:30 PM Marshfield Planning Commission 6:30 PM Farmers Night: Springtime Serenade with Solaris 7:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	11 Relocalizing VT, Thursday: The Secaucus 7 Return Again! 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT, Thursday: The Secaucus 7 Return Again! 9 - 10:30 AM AARP Tax Clinic at Twin Valley Senior Center 9 AM (multiday) Gentle Flow Yoga 10:30 - 11:30 AM Peacham Church Spring Food Drive April 11-16 12 PM (multiday) Facility Policy and Fees Subcommittee 5 - 6 PM Chess for Fun 5:30 - 8 PM Talk Saves Lives: Introduction to Suicide Prevention 6 PM Town of Plainfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8 PM Monthly Friends of Calais Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM April Friends of Calais Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Visible Mending Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Special School Board Meeting 7 - 8 PM +9 more see less	12 VFAFA & VKAP 2024 Conference 8:30 AM (multiday) Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night 6 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM Matilda, Jr. at U-32 Middle & High School This Weekend 7 PM (multiday) Cabot Community Contra Dance Friday, April 12! 7:30 - 10 PM +1 more see less	13 Hope's Biggest Fund Raiser of the Year All Day Take Out Pasta Dinner All Day Paul Mailman 10 Mile/5k Running Race 8:45 AM 2024 LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Leap Energy Fair - Free Family-Friendly Fun! 9 AM - 2 PM 2024 LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 2 PM "Matilda, Jr." at U-32 Middle & High School 10 - 11:30 AM Two Free Presentations on Wildlife! 10 AM - 12 PM Peacham Church Spring Food Drive April 11-16 11 AM - 1 PM Art Opening at Adamant Gallery for "Local Visions" 1 - 3 PM Spring into Writing Workshop at McIndoes Academy 1 - 4 PM The Farm Boy - Screening and Discussion 2 - 5 PM "The Farm Boy" Screens in Barre 2 PM Second Saturday Chef Series- with Southern Chef James 5 - 7:30 PM Calcutta for Circle 5 - 9 PM Correction! Echo Valley School Budget Floor Vote Date 6 - 8 PM Local Folks Orchestra, with Jess O'Brien 7 - 9 PM Local Folk Orchestra at the Plainfield Opera House 7 PM +14 more see less
14 Center Farm's Lamb Open House - April 14 10 AM - 12 PM Italian Ciabatta Bread Workshop 12 - 4 PM Reminder: Italian Ciabatta Bread Workshop 12 - 4 PM Barnet Library Intro to Meditation 1 - 2 PM GMYS Spring Concert 2 - 3 PM Youth Opera Company Presents a Country Store Opera 2 - 3 PM Public Philosophy Week Talk 2 - 4 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around Family Dance 3 - 4:30 PM “A Journey of Discoveries” with Beatrice Ring 4:30 PM +5 more see less	15 There's Still Time to Donate to the Peacham Food Drive 8 AM (multiday) Plainfield Recreation and Public Arts Comm Mtg April 15 5:30 - 6:45 PM Health Justice Community Forum 6 - 8 PM BUUSD Finance Committee Mtg April 15 6 PM Cabot Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM +1 more see less	16 Plainfield WWW Commission Agenda April 16 5:15 PM Book Discussion Last Night at the Telegraph Club 5:30 - 7 PM Scrabble Night at Fox Market - April 16 5:30 - 8 PM SB Meeting April 16 6 - 8 PM Civics Community Conversations- Everyone's Invited 6 - 8 PM Cribbage in Barnet Tuesdays 6 - 9 PM Vermont Public Philosophy Week Talk 6:30 PM Democratic Party Meeting 7 - 8 PM EmpowR Transformation Community Building 7 - 8:30 PM Ch-Ch-Changes: What to Expect with Perimenopause 7 - 8:30 PM Calais Planning Commission Meeting 7 PM +7 more see less	17 We Are Directly on the Path of Flip Fabrique! All Day Benefit On-Line Auction 10 AM Wellness Wednesdays at Ershaka Reiki 10 AM - 5 PM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks in Montpelier 10:30 - 11:30 AM OLLI Film at Savoy - The Seventh Seal 1:30 - 3:30 PM Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal with Rick Winston 1:30 - 3:30 PM Hunger Mountain Coop Council Meeting 5:30 - 8:45 PM Cribbage in North Danville 6 - 8 PM Barre Unified Union School District Policy Cmt Meeting 6 PM School Board Update 6:15 - 8 PM Cabot Library - Writing Workshop with Samn Stockwell 6:30 PM Flip Fabique, World-Class Circus April 17 at LSU 7 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Conservation Commission 7:05 - 8:15 PM Farmers Night: an Evening Honoring Pete Sutherland 7:30 - 7:30 PM +10 more see less	18 Free Chili Dinner 6 - 7:30 AM Gentle Flow Yoga 10:30 - 11:30 AM Healing Strong Meeting 2 - 3 PM Inclusive Arts CYCLES - Opening Reception - Today 4:30 - 6:30 PM Energy Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Notice of St. Johnsbury Democratic Committee Caucus 6 - 6:30 PM Argentine Tango Class and Practice St. J Welcome Center 6 - 8 PM Friends of Calais Fiber Friends Group 6 - 8 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Marshfield Relocalization Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM An Evening of 'Spirits' & Wine 6 - 9 PM Cabot Community Investment Fund Meeting 6 PM Rick Winston: A Life with Movies at The Cutler Library 6 PM Barre UUSD Special Board Meeting 6 PM Visible Mending Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM St. Johnsbury Dems Social Event 6:30 - 8 PM +12 more see less	19 Plainfield Town Democratic Caucus 5 - 6 PM Notice of Danville Democrat Committee Caucus 5 PM Breaking Bread. Building Hope 6 - 8 PM Pub Sing - Whirligig Brewing 6 - 8 PM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM +1 more see less	20 I Am My Own Wife (multiday) Legislative Update, Rep. Scott Campbell 8 - 10 AM Yard Sale and Bake Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Maple History Tour - Registration Open! 8 AM - 5 PM Pancake Breakfast 8:30 - 11 AM Kingdom Maple Festival April 20! 8:30 AM - 4 PM Homebuyer Education Workshop 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Indoor/Outdoor Moving Sale 9 AM - 4:04 PM Earth Day Care Day 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Barre Town Democrats Caucus 10 - 11 AM Meet with Your Legislator at the Wammy Bar 10 AM - 12 PM Folk Music Jam 10 AM - 12 PM Needle Felting Class at the Brainerd Memorial Library 10 AM - 12 PM Senator Sanders 2nd Annual Youth Chess Day, Randolph 11 AM - 4 PM Opening Reception for Holland Sweeney Art 2 - 4 PM Earth Day Sound Bath - April 20 4 - 6 PM Spiral into Gaia's Heartbeat: Earth Day Sound Bath 4 - 6 PM Notice of Democratic Caucus for Barnet April 20th 4 PM Church Dinner 5 PM Montpelier Contra Dance! 7:30 PM Farm & Estate & Moving Garage & Barn & Yard Sale 9:30 PM (multiday) +17 more see less
21 Vance Gilbert, Plainfield Opera House, April 21 4 AM “Going Out Green” with Lee Webster 4 - 5:30 PM Vance Gilbert Live in Concert! 4 - 6 PM Vance Gilbert at Plainfield Opera House April 21 4 PM Full Moon Sound Bath Event 5:30 - 7 PM The Summertime Marching Band Practice 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	22 Horsemanship Camp 9 AM (multiday) Capital Soccer Spring Break Soccer Camp 10 AM (multiday) Special Selectboard Meeting 11 AM - 12 PM Resilience Implementation Strategy Kick-Off - New Time! 5:30 - 6:45 PM Town of Plainfield Select Board Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Cabot School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM SB Meeting April 22 6 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	23 Friends of the Winooski Annual Dinner 5:30 - 9 PM Cribbage in Barnet Tuesdays 6 - 9 PM Calais Emergency Management Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Trails Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Cabot Library Board of Trustees Regular Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Cemetery Commission Meeting 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	24 Wellness Wednesdays at Ershaka Reiki 10 AM - 5 PM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks in Montpelier 10:30 - 11:30 AM East Montpelier Democratic Party Caucus 4 - 4:30 PM 2024 Democratic Party Town Caucus 5 PM Observatory Knob Community Input Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Open Gym Night at BTMES 5:30 - 7 PM Barre Town Republican Caucus - Presidential Convention 6 - 7 PM Calais Cemetery Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM Cribbage in North Danville 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	25 Gentle Flow Yoga 10:30 - 11:30 AM Ramblin' Repair at St J Atheneum 5 - 7 PM Potluck at the East Calais Rec Building 6 - 7 PM Democratic Caucus 6 - 7 PM Indoor Air Quality Workshop April 25 at Jaquith 6:30 PM Republican Town Caucus for Town of Orange 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	26 Pop-Up Pizza Friday, April 26! All Day Lifeguarding Certification Course (multiday) Dabble Day at Victoria Hill Physical Therapy & Wellness 9 AM - 4 PM Friends of the Library Book Sale 11 AM (multiday) Lifeguarding Certification Course at GMCF 2 PM (multiday) Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM Aromatherapy for Emotional Support 6:30 - 7:30 PM North Country Chorus & Halcyon Chorale Sing Bernstein! 7:30 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	27 Annual Equine Summit All Day Help Support Worcester's 4th of July Fireworks! 7:30 AM - 1 PM Spring and Summer Clothes 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale - Rt 2B - April 27 9 AM - 3 PM Friends of Calais Curious Calais Nature Walk 9:30 AM Montpelier World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Gathering 9:30 - 11:15 AM Puzzle Competition at the Jaquith 10 AM - 1 PM Blue Heron Acupuncture Open House 10 AM - 1 PM Drug Take Back Day is This Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Plainfield Skatepark Work Day April 27 10 AM - 3 PM Bake Sale - 8 Winter Meadow, Barre 12 - 5:30 PM Family Folk Storytelling Matinee: Lost Nation Theater 12:45 - 2 PM Family Folk Storytelling Matinee Lost Nation Theater 1 - 2 PM Postcard Writing Party! 1 - 3 PM Chocolate and Postcard Party at Rabble Rouser 1 - 3 PM Postcard Writing 1 - 3 PM North Country Chorus & Halcyon Chorale Sing Bernstein 3 PM Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All at Savoy Theater 4 - 5 PM Health Seminar & Revelation Seminar 7 PM (multiday) Heart Waves Dance Showcase 7:30 - 9 PM +16 more see less
28 BYSA Lacrosse Bottle Drive 9:30 AM - 12 PM Sonnet Circle at the Adamant Community Club 2 - 3 PM Dalí Quartet 4:30 - 6 PM	29 Construction Work Update Route 2 7 AM (multiday) Willey Building Meeting April 28 6 - 7 PM Spring Sing: Mondays April 29 to June 3 6 - 7:30 PM "Magnificent Desolation: Antarctica” Visual Tour 6 - 8 PM "Magnificent Desolation: Antarctica” Visual Tour 6 - 8 PM Upcoming Open Rehearsals 6:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	30 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Office Closed 9 AM - 5 PM Vernal Pool Walk in Town of Barre Forest 4:30 - 6:30 PM Family Dinner Night 5:30 - 7 PM Cribbage in Barnet Tuesdays 6 - 9 PM "Ask a Principal" 6:30 - 8 PM Cabot Public Library - Creative Writing Workshop 6:30 PM Republican Town Caucus 7 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	1 American Red Cross Blood Drive at the Health Center 10 AM - 3 PM Wellness Wednesdays at Ershaka Reiki 10 AM - 5 PM Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks in Montpelier 10:30 - 11:30 AM This Week at Washington Baptist Church 11 AM (multiday) Primo Maggio: Death at the Labor Hall 5 - 9 PM Twinfield Hosts Dinner & Budget Discussion 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cribbage in North Danville 6 - 8 PM May Day Celebration at Old Labor Hall 6 - 9 PM Community Supper Tonight! 6 PM Join Us and Learn More About the School Budget 6:30 - 7:30 PM Rescheduled: Cabot Library Board of Trustees Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM St. Johnsbury Bluegrass Jam 6:30 - 8:30 PM Health Seminar by Suzanne Currier 6:30 - 8:30 PM WCUUSD School Board Community Budget Discussion 6:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting for VT by LWV & SoS 7 - 8:30 PM LWVVR, Sec. of State Co-Host Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM SoS & LWV Webinars Explain Ranked Choice Voting 7 - 8:30 PM +14 more see less	2 Come See Anne of Green Gables in Cabot Next Week! (multiday) Town Office Energy Audit Thursday 9 - 11 AM Gentle Flow Yoga 10:30 - 11:30 AM Stories & Songs for Infants and Toddlers at the Cutler 10:30 AM Brett Hughes at the Cabot Folk Club 12 - 12 PM Stop the Bleed 2 - 3 PM Birding Trip Fundraiser Dinner at Twinfield 5:30 - 7:30 PM Barre UUSD Superintendent Search Committee Meeting 5:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 7 PM Friends of Calais Fiber Friends Group 6 - 8 PM Cabot Folk Club Presents Brett Hughes - May 2 7 - 9:30 PM Anne of Green Gables 7 PM +8 more see less	3 Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Bone Builders 8:30 - 9:30 AM Plainfield Community Meal 6 PM Anne of Green Gables 7 PM	4 Barnet's Green Up Day All Day 1 Week to Green Up Day! May 4 at EMES All Day Green Up Day All Day Green Up Waterford! 7 AM - 12 PM Construction Work Update Route 2 7 AM (multiday) Green Up Danville! 8 AM - 3 PM Danville Green Up Day 8 AM - 3 PM Marshfield Green Up Day 9 - 11 AM Green Up in St. Johnsbury 9 AM - 12 PM Conservation Fair 9 AM - 12 PM Yard/Barn Sale - Main St - May 4 9 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day - This Saturday 9:30 AM - 12 PM Folk Music Jam 10 AM - 12 PM 4-H State Day 10 AM - 1 PM New Location! St Johnsbury Bike for Life Fair 10 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day 10 AM - 4 PM Litchfield Memorial Concert with Hausner and Kaplan 2 - 3:30 PM Roots Unearthed Petals Unfurled: Spring Sound Bath 2 - 4 PM Celebration of Palestinian Culture & Benefit Auction 2 - 4 PM Anne of Green Gables 2 PM Capital City Grange 2024 Cooking Contest 4:30 PM Capital City Grange 2024 Cooking Contest 4:30 - 5:30 PM Capital City Grange 2024 Cooking Contest 4:30 PM Anne of Green Gables 7 PM +20 more see less