Calendar - Front Porch Forum

August 2023

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30 Vermont Moth Blitz Week 2023 (July 22-30) 12 AM (multiday) Otter Creek Music Festival 7:30 PM (multiday) Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs and Events 10 AM (multiday) Huge Estate Sale - Shaker Hill Rd - July 29-30 9 AM (multiday) Breakfast at Dorchester Masonic Lodge 7:30 - 10 AM Meditation Class 10 - 11:30 AM Monkton and Charlotte Tour of Pollinator Gardens 11 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale Sunday Afternoon 12 - 4 PM Paco álvarez, Piano 3 - 4:30 PM Viva El Sabor Third Annual Summer Fiesta! 3 - 8 PM Viva El Sabor Fiesta at Marbleworks 3 - 8 PM +7 more see less	31	1 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM New Haven Pollinator Garden 4 - 6 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" Aug. 1 4 - 6 PM Community Health's Teddy Bear Clinic Returns August 1 4 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Aug. 1 Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM IPL/VBS First Tuesdays 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Aug. 1 7 PM +3 more see less	2 Pop-In for Creative Origami at the Lincoln Library 3 - 5 PM Development Review Board - Public Notice 6 - 9 PM Otter Creek Music Festival 7:30 PM (multiday)	3 It's Watermelon Season! 10:30 - 11:30 AM Yardsale at 74 North St 10:30 AM - 2 PM Bixby Friends Book Donation and Used Book Sale 3 - 6 PM Middlebury Summer Market Aug. 3 3:30 - 7:30 PM Interlude Open House: Mental Health Crisis Alternative 4 - 7 PM Pizza, Blueberries and Live Music with Unruly Allies 5 - 8 PM +2 more see less	4 Theater 1, 2, 3 an Evening of One Acts (multiday) Tai Chi for Fall Prevention, Level 1 10 - 11 AM Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs and Events 10 AM (multiday) Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Pizza, Blueberries and Live Music with Jaded Ravins 5 - 8 PM Teen Stove-Free Cooking at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM Theater 1, 2, 3 is Back! August 4, 5, 6 7 PM (multiday) Insect Blacklighting Nights in Ripton 8:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less	5 Clean-Up at at Rokeby Museum 9 AM - 12 PM Rokeby Clean-Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Rokeby Clean-Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Big Yard Sale - S Munger St, Middlebury - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale = East St. - August 5 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Estate and Yard Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Big Yard Sale - Hidden Acres - Aug. 5 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale - South St. Ext. - August 5 9 AM - 3:30 PM Downsizing Lawn Sale This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Lawn Sale - Mechanic St. - August 5-6 9 AM (multiday) 6th Annual “Walk for Haiti” August 5 9:30 - 11:30 AM Raise a Child in Haiti Walk-A-Thon 9:30 - 11:30 AM 6th Annual “Raise a Child in Haiti” Walk-A-Thon! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 1 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Calling All Bakers! 10 AM - 2 PM Morgan Horse Farm Vermont Day - Free! 10 AM - 2 PM Morgan Horse Farm Vermont Day 10 AM - 2 PM Popup Gallery & Goods at Next Chapter Farm 10 AM - 5 PM Tag Sale - Old Stage Rd - Aug. 5 10 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale at 74 North St 12 - 3 PM Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden - Swift House Inn 5 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM Nostalgia Movie Night - Matilda 8 PM +23 more see less
6 Book Sale for Ripton Family All Day Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Yard Sale, Continued! 9 AM - 3 PM Meditation Class 10 - 11:30 AM Open House Middlebury East Condo 10 AM - 12 PM Purification Lodge to Sweat Our Prayers for Women 10 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale - Main St - Aug. 6 10 AM - 4 PM Book Sale for Ripton Family 10 AM Circus at the Library! 11 AM Middlebury Mini Ramp Grand Opening! 2 - 4 PM +6 more see less	7 Vermont Senior Games Association Golf Championship 10 AM - 4 PM Jacob Rice Performs in Ripton 7 - 8 PM	8 Member of the American Legion Family? Flood Damage? (multiday) Addison County Fair and Field Days - Home & Garden 10 AM (multiday) Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PACT Act, Burn Pit Exposure, Agent Orange 12 PM (multiday) Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM Bixby Good Citizen Challenge Film Screening 5 - 7 PM Selectboard Regular Meeting 5:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	9 Huge Sale - Twitchell Hill Rd - Aug. 9-13 (multiday) Mosquito Info at Field Days 9 AM - 8 PM LML's August Artistic Exploratory: Music Creation 1 - 3 PM Pop-In People! Learn About Performing Magic 3 - 5 PM Dharma Talk with Sr. Gail Worcelo 5:30 - 6:30 PM Invitation to Ilsley Library Design Ideas Presentation 6 - 8:30 PM New Haven Historical Society August Meeting 7 - 8 PM The Story of 1957 Army Airplane Crash 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	10 Branbury State Park Programs - Special Event! (multiday) Middlebury Summer Market 3:30 - 7:30 PM Aug. 10 Webinar - Flood Resilience w/ Efficiency VT 5 - 6 PM Coming Up at Ilsley Public Library 6 - 7 PM DRB Hearing 7 - 9 PM Jacob Rice in Concert at the Bristol Federated Church 7 PM +2 more see less	11 Big Sale - Twitchell Hill Rd - Aug. 11-12 (multiday) American Dreaming- a New Play Festival (multiday) Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Indigenous Experiences in the Revolutionary War 11 AM - 12 PM Teen Book Discussion Group at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM Allman Brothers Tribute Concert at Shelburne Vineyard 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	12 Yard Sale and More This Weekend! All Day Clean Gravestones at Munger Street Cemetery, New Haven 8 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale - S. Munger St. - August 12 8 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - Broadview Est 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Rokeby Clean Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Yard & Estate Sale - S Munger St, Middlebury - Aug. 12 9 AM - 1 PM Estate/Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Family Yard Sale - York Hill Rd - Aug. 12-13 9 AM (multiday) Family Yard Sale - York Hill Rd - Aug. 12-13 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Online Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Local Art Sale to Support the Trail Around Middlebury 10 AM - 5 PM Art, Photography, Filipino Stories 2 - 5 PM Celebrating Vaneasa 5 - 9 PM American Dreaming - A New Play Festival Show Relocation 7 PM +11 more see less
13 Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs - Update All Day Yard Sale - Lindale Cir - Aug.13 9 AM - 2 PM Flood Relief Online Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Meditation Class 10 - 11:30 AM Bristol Music on the Trail, Caleb Elder & Friends! 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trail, Caleb Elder and Friends! 1 - 4 PM Pie & Ice Cream Social at Rokeby Museum 1 - 4 PM Pie & Ice Cream Social at Rokeby Museum 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trail 1 - 4 PM Pie and Ice Cream Social at Rokeby Museum 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trail, Caleb Elder and Friends! 1 - 4 PM Bristol Trail Network Outdoor Concert 1 - 4 PM Pie & Ice Cream Social at Rokeby Museum 1 - 4 PM Foodaroo at Marble Works Aug. 13 4 - 8 PM +11 more see less	14 Flood Relief Online Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Auditions for Ghostly Play 6 - 9:30 PM MCP Hold Auditions for Second Sight 6:30 - 9:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda 7 - 10 PM Bristol Pine Street Waterline Project Overview 7:30 - 8:15 PM +2 more see less	15 Flood Relief Online Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM Storytime at Rokeby Museum Presents: Food! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Selectboard Special Meeting 5:30 - 6 PM Auditions for Ghostly Play 6 - 9:30 PM MCP Hold Auditions for Second Sight 6:30 - 9:30 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Agenda Aug. 15 6:30 PM Update on Rt7 Speeding/Passing Issues 6:30 PM HU Chant: the Sound of Soul 7 - 8 PM +7 more see less	16 Town Office Closed (multiday) Flood Relief Online Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Turtle Time with the Vermont Institute of Natural Science 10:30 - 11 AM Raptors: Inspiring Conservation with VINS 11:15 - 11:45 AM Pop-In Activity This Week: Making Slime! 3 - 5 PM Chicken BBQ - Aug. 16 - Band Concert 5 PM Chicken BBQ - Aug. 16 - Bristol 5 PM Must Free Speech Endure Hate Speech? 6 - 7 PM Selected Reptiles and Amphibians of Addison County Aug. 16 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Talk: Selected Reptiles & Amphibians of Addison County 7 PM New Haven Conservation Commission Virtual Meeting 7 PM Selected Reptiles and Amphibians of Addison County 7 PM +10 more see less	17 “Wally's Cafe” at the Vergennes Opera House (multiday) Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs and Events (multiday) Flood Relief Online Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Elderly Services Virtual Information Session 10:30 - 11:30 AM Volunteer & Substitute Recruitment Fair 2 - 4 PM Bristol Astrology Group August Meet-Up 5 - 6:45 PM Alliance Française Open House 5 - 7 PM The Michele Fay Band at Pizza by the Pond 6 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 PM Howard Coffin Presentation 7 - 8 PM In 1 Week: Nonsense Concert with Ted Wesley Aug.17 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	18 Moving Sale - Sand Rd - Aug. 18-19 (multiday) Wally's Café is a Laugh Riot! (multiday) Free Carillon Concert Friday by George Matthew Jr 3 AM - 5 PM 7 Family Yard Sale - Seymour Street, Middlebury 9 AM (multiday) 7-Family Yard Sale - Seymour St 9 AM (multiday) 7 Family Yard Sale (Friday is Weather Dependent) 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Flood Relief Online Silent Auction 9 AM (multiday) Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Indigenous Experiences in the Revolutionary War 11 AM - 12 PM Learn to Row on Lake Champlain 1:30 - 3:30 PM Momos (Dumplings) by Ananda Tamang Friday at Minifactory 4 - 7 PM Pizza by the Pond with Zoe Fitzgerald Carter 5 - 8 PM +9 more see less	19 2023 Long Trail Day with the Bread Loaf Loafers! All Day 2023 Long Trail Day with the Bread Loaf Loafers! All Day Lawn Sale - Booska Court - Aug. 19 8 AM - 2 PM Barn Estate Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - 999 Dog Team Rd - Aug. 19 8 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - 999 Dog Team Rd, Indoors - Aug. 19 8 AM - 3 PM Huge Lawn Sale - Cleaning House! 8 AM - 4:30 PM Learn to Frame a Tiny Home 8:30 AM (multiday) Design/Build Weekend Workshop 8:30 AM Friends of the Library Book & Bake Sale 9 AM - 12 PM 50th Annual Woodcarving Show 9 AM - 3 PM Estate Sale - Vermont 22A - August 18-20 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Yard Sale at the Vermont Zen Center - Aug. 19 9 AM - 3 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale: 91 Seymour St. Sat/Sun 9 AM (multiday) Moving Sale - Valley View Dr - Aug 19-20 9 AM (multiday) Sunrise Orchards Farm Stand & PYO Opening Day! 9 AM Mark Your Calendars! Pop Up Boutique and Gallery! 10 AM (multiday) Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden - Mount Independence 11 AM - 1 PM Starksboro Pollinator Garden Tour 3 PM Pocock ROCKS! Aug. 19 3 - 8 PM Ferrisburgh Fire Dept. Annual Chicken BBQ 4:30 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Parties 6:30 - 8:30 PM Filmmaker Jay Craven to Screen Award-Winning Film 7:30 PM +19 more see less
20 Bridport Town Wide Yard Sale Aug. 20 8 AM - 4 PM Huge Lawn Sale - Cleaning House! 8 AM - 4:30 PM Yard Sale - 79 Lemon Fair Rd, Cornwall - Aug. 20 9 AM - 3 PM Multi-Family Lawn Sale Lots of Goodies! Aug. 20 9 AM Meditation Class 10 - 11:30 AM Big Sale! Aug. 20 10 AM - 4 PM East Monkton History Booklet Kickoff Celebration 1 - 3:30 PM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM VCM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM Summer Restorative: Breath & Body Workshop 3:30 - 5 PM +8 more see less	21	22 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM Quilt Appraisal 6 - 8 PM Opportunity to Learn About Quilt Appraisal 6:30 - 8:30 PM Milk & Honey Quilters Guild Quilt Appraisal Talk 6:30 - 9 PM Milk and Honey Quilters Guild Meeting 6:30 PM Middlebury Quilters Host Guest Speaker, Public Invited 6:30 PM +3 more see less	23 End of Summer Program: Pop-In for Old Fashioned Fun! 3 - 5 PM Summer Music at Tillerman 6 - 9 PM ARPA Advisory Committee Meeting Wednesday, August 23 6:30 - 8:30 PM Development Review Board - Special Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM	24 Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs + Update (multiday) Calling All Families 10 AM - 12 PM Limelight: Evening of Art & Music to Help Keilani Lime 6 - 9 PM	25 Garage Sale - Aug 25-26 8 AM (multiday) Rummage Sale at St. Peter's in Vergennes 9 AM - 7 PM Mark Your Calendars! Pop Up Boutique and Gallery! 10 AM (multiday) Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Indigenous Experiences in the Revolutionary War 11 AM - 12 PM Surf & Turf Dinner 5 - 7 PM Night Moths and Insects Program 8 - 9:30 PM Re: No Strings Attached: An Evening of Burlesque and More 8 - 11 PM +4 more see less	26 Pediatric CPR/AED/First Aid Certification Class 9 AM - 12:30 PM Celebrate Vergennes Day at the Bixby Used Book Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Quilters' Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters' Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Quilter's Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters' Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters' Giant Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale - Lemon Fair Rd - August 26 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters' Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale -Lemon Fair Rd. - August 26 9 AM - 3 PM Inside Moving Sale - Valley View Dr 9 AM (multiday) Vergennes Cub Scout Pack 539 10 AM - 3 PM Vergennes Day 2023 10 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Drew Ln. - August 26-27 10 AM (multiday) Mark Your Calendars! Pop Up Boutique and Gallery! 10 AM (multiday) Family Concert - Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival 10:30 AM - 12 PM Celebrating 20 Years of Village2Village Project 1 - 5 PM Social Band Sings at the Old Round Church in Richmond 7:30 PM +15 more see less
27 Come Meet the New Pastor of Lincoln! 9:45 - 10 AM Meditation Class 10 - 11:30 AM Starksboro Sports Gear Swap 11 AM - 2 PM White River Land Collaborative Event and Screening 12 - 1:30 PM White River Land Collaborative Screening and Event 12 - 1:30 PM Vineyard Dinner, Sunday, 8/27 4 - 7 PM Bristol Roller Disco 2 - Disco Barbie - Tonight! 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	28 Proposed Controlled Neighborhood Brush Fire 12 - 12 PM Ferrisburgh Progressive Party Caucus 5 - 6 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda 7 - 10 PM	29 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM	30 Dharma Talk 5:30 - 6:30 PM Tillerman Music This Week 6 - 9 PM	31 Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs - Final Weekend (multiday) Yard Sale - We've Added More! Case St - Aug. 31-Sept. 2 9 AM (multiday) Pizza by the Pond + Live Music at Blueberry Hill 5 - 8 PM Chuck Miller's Last Jam - Thursday at THT 7 - 9 PM Chuck's Final Jam 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	1 Correction: Middlebury Town Offices Closed Labor Day (multiday) Yard Sale! 8 AM (multiday) The Printmaker and the Potter Opening Date Changed 5 - 7 PM The Printmaker and the Potter Reception at Art on Main 5 - 7 PM Pizza by the Pond + Live Music at Blueberry Hill 5 - 8 PM Bread + Puppet Comes to Snow Bowl 9/1! 5:45 - 7 PM Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitching Club 6 PM Sound of Freedom Movie 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	2 Multi Booth Antique Sale - Rte. 30, Cornwall - Sept. 2-3 (multiday) Huge Yard Sale - More Added 8 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale (Rain or Shine) - Sept. 2-3 8 AM (multiday) New Haven Garage Sale - North St - Sept 2-3 8 AM (multiday) Garage Sale - Rte 7 - Sept. 2 9 AM - 2 PM Multi Family Lawn Sale - Basin Harbor Rd - Sept. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Town Hill Rd - Sept. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Sept. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Sale 9 AM (multiday) First of Many Tag Sales - Tools 10 AM - 1 PM Book Bash & Ice Cream Social 10 AM - 2 PM Mad River Valley Craft Fair in Waitsfield This Weekend 10 AM - 5 PM Mad River Valley Craft Fair 10 AM (multiday) Mad River Craft Fair 10 AM (multiday) Labor Day Weekend Estate/Yard Sale Benefiting NHN 10 AM (multiday) Join GMP Events, Learn How to Save Using EVs, More! 11 AM - 2 PM Libertystock Festival & Benefit - Cabot, VT 11 AM - 9 PM Libertystock Festival & Benefit Sept. 2 11 AM - 9 PM Garden Tour 2 - 3 PM Learn to Knit at Hermit Thrush Fiber Co in Bristol! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Learn to Knit! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Bill Ambrose - Celebration of Life 3 - 6 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM Burnham Presents Grand Opening 7:30 - 10 PM Sept 2 Music at Burnham Hall with Bon Débarras! 7:30 - 10 PM Burnham Presents, a New Music Series in Lincoln 7:30 - 10 PM Burnham Presents Live Music in Lincoln Sept. 2 7:30 - 10 PM Burnham Presents Grand Opening Sept. 9 7:30 - 10 PM +28 more see less