Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2024

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28 Celebrate National Poetry Month at Moretown Library! (multiday) Prenatal Yoga @ Love U 10 - 11 AM Bodywork & Reiki April 28 - Tending the Caregivers 1:30 - 3 PM Poa Mutino Governor 2024 Meet N Greet 2 - 5 PM George Woodard's 'The Farm Boy' Film 2 PM (multiday) Yin Yoga Sunday 4-5pm @ Center Studio Yoga 4 - 5 PM Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM +3 more see less	29 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) Celebrate National Poetry Month at Moretown Library! (multiday) Volunteer Art Day April 29 at MSAC 1 - 3 PM Introduction to Hua Yue Tai Chi with Elle Hayes 4 - 5 PM MRPS School Board Meeting: FY25 Revised Budget 5 - 6 PM "Magnificent Desolation: Antarctica” Visual Tour 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	30 Flowers and Egg Farm Stand Open (multiday) Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Where and When to Vote for the School Budget 10 AM - 7 PM All Brains Belong's Brain Club: "Autistic Culture" 6 - 7 PM	1 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks 10:30 - 11:30 AM Artist Gathering 2 - 4 PM Primo Maggio 2024 5 - 9 PM May Day Celebration at Old Labor Hall 6 - 9 PM Elia Corti: A Death at the Labor Hall 6 - 9 PM Carry the Load (Walking) Relay 6:15 - 8 PM Join Us and Learn More About the School Budget 6:30 - 7:30 PM FY25 Budget Informational Meetings - May 1 6:30 - 7:30 PM WCUUSD School Board Community Budget Discussion 6:30 - 7:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM SOS & LWV Webinars Explain Ranked Choice Voting 7 - 8:30 PM Virtual Forums on Ranked Choice Voting 7 - 8:30 PM LWVVT, Sec. of State Co-Hosts Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM LWVVR, Sec. of State Co-Host Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM +11 more see less	2 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Town Office Energy Audit Thursday 9 - 11 AM Stories & Songs for Infants and Toddlers at the Cutler 10:30 AM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Supremely Strong with Becky Widschwenter 5:30 PM Community Jam at the Montpelier Senior Center May 2 6:15 - 8 PM Cabot Folk Club Presents Brett Hughes - May 2 7 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	3 Live Theater in Hyde Park (multiday) Free Nurse Clinic, Montpelier Downtown 11 AM - 1 PM Hands-On Team Building Demonstration & Updates 🐴 2 - 4:30 PM Kate Fetherston at The Front: Field Notes 4 - 7 PM Grief Support Group - Spring 2024 6 - 7 PM Long Trail End-To-Ender's Panel 6 - 7:30 PM Long Trail End-To-Ender's Panel 6 - 7:30 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Chaos in the Valley 7 PM +5 more see less	4 Green Up in the Mad River Resource Management Alliance All Day 1 Week to Green Up Day! May 4 at EMES All Day Green Up Day Pancake Breakfast 7 AM - 12 PM Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM May 4 Cleaning Up the Backcountry Skiing Trailheads 8 - 10 AM Vermont Green Up Day is May 4 8 AM - 4 PM Green Up Day May 4 8 AM Household Hazardous Waste Collection - LRSWMD - May 4 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale - Fuller St - Music Themed! 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Neighborhood Garage Sale - Greenock Ave 9 AM - 1 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Skill Share Saturdays Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM $10 Vintage Clothing Sale! 10 AM - 2 PM Downing Street Yard Sale! 10 AM - 3 PM Spring Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Barn Sale May 4 10 AM Open Theatre Casting Call in Barre 12:30 - 3:30 PM Waterbury Parades from Past to Present 1 - 2:30 PM Amazing Mushroom Workshop This Weekend! 1 - 4 PM Green Up and Boogie Down at BPS Gym 2 - 4 PM Roots Unearthed Petals Unfurled: Spring Sound Bath 2 - 4 PM Capital City Grange Cooking Contest 4:30 - 6:30 PM Capital City Grange 2024 Cooking Contest 4:30 PM +20 more see less
5 Cars and Coffee 8 AM - 12 PM Waterbury Area Trails Alliance Annual Gravel Grinder 8:30 AM - 3 PM Weekend Workshop Series for Young Kids! 9 AM - 12 PM Playful Minds Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Pop-Up Yoga with Anjali Budreski at the Library 9:30 - 10:30 AM Prenatal Yoga @ Love U 10 - 11 AM Mother's Day Grief Series 10 AM - 4 PM Family Friendly Bingo on Sunday 12 - 3:30 PM Save-The-Date: All Species Day is Sunday, May 5 12 - 4 PM All Species Day is This Sunday 12 - 4 PM All Species Day 12 - 4 PM All Species Day is This Sunday 12 - 4 PM Screen Time & Your Body - May 5 1:30 - 3 PM Screen Time & Your Body May 5 1:30 - 3 PM Celebration of Life — Scott L. Wood 2 - 4 PM George Woodard's 'The Farm Boy' Film 2 PM Film Screening of “Israelism” at Savoy May 5 3 PM Yin Yoga Sunday 4-5pm @ Center Studio Yoga 4 - 5 PM Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM +15 more see less	6 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Pickleball! 1:15 - 3 PM Middle Eastern & Veggie Takeout at Stowe Street Cafe 5 - 9 PM Rice Memorial High School Parent Open House 5:30 - 6:30 PM Climate & Ecology Book Discussion 6 PM East Montpelier Selectboard Meeting May 6 6:30 PM +2 more see less	7 Please Vote of May 7 7 AM - 7 PM Coffee & Chat with Rep. Dara Torre 8 - 9 AM Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Bone Marrow Donor Drive 8 AM - 5 PM 3sqaurevt! Community Outreach! 10 AM - 12 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Select Board Meeting Tuesday 5 - 7 PM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM Your Emotions Are Making Your Decisions! 6 - 8 PM Dogs & Trail Use in Hubbard Park Meeting 6 PM Let's Trout Fish Next Tuesday the 7th! 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	8 AARP Scam Jam 9 - 11:30 AM Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks 10:30 - 11:30 AM Free Pop-Up Healthcare Clinic 11 AM - 12 PM Free Estate Planning Seminar with Stackpole & French 5:30 - 6:30 PM CVCC Trades Fair & Signing Day 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cemetery Commission Meeting Agenda May 8 5:30 PM Unwind for Restful Night's Sleep 5:45 - 8 PM Paint Night "Sunflower Barn" 6 - 8 PM Unwind for Restful Night's Sleep 6:45 - 8 PM RCV in VT: Impact, Considerations & Opportunities 7 - 8:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting Program 7 - 8:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting: Virtual Second Meeting, LWVVT 7 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	9 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Petition Signing for Presidential Ballot 10 AM - 1 PM Tend: a Movement Circle for Mothers 12 - 8:30 PM Plant Based Cooking Basics Workshop 4 - 7 PM Middlesex Road Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Queer Open Mic Night - Poetry/Writings from LGBTQIA+ 7 - 9 PM "Change Your Life: Hardwick's Own Live Game Show" 7:30 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	10 Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Copley Hospital Mother's Day Bake Sale 8 - 11:30 AM Mom's Can't Be Beet at the Woodstock Farmers Market! 12 PM (multiday) Mother's Day Dinner Fundraiser for TVSC - Friday, May 10 3 - 5:30 PM Take Back the Night 4 - 9 PM Take Back the Night! 4 - 9 PM Bellydance 5:30 - 6:30 PM Waterbury Recreation Fundraiser - Canvas and Cookies 7 - 8 PM A Tale of Two Meeting Houses 7 - 8:30 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM The 2024 Young Tradition Festival is May 10-12 in Bton! 7 PM (multiday) A Tale of Two Meeting Houses 7 PM +8 more see less	11 Stamp Out Hunger - Annual Food Drive All Day Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic - Free! 9 - 10 AM Onion River Outdoors 2024 Bike Swap 9 AM - 12 PM Bottle Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Fire Station Open House 9 AM - 1 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Tools Only Sharpening Event 10 AM - 2 PM Celebration of Life - Robert 'Bobby' Champine 11 AM - 5 PM May 11 Kids Trade & Play Celebrates Good Beginnings 12 - 4 PM It Takes a Village Inaugural Event on State House Lawn 12 - 4 PM Resources for New Families: May 11 in Montpelier 12 - 4 PM Mending Workshop at Rabble-Rouser This Saturday! 1:30 - 3:30 PM Spring Wildflower Walk 2 - 3:30 PM Worcester Historical Society Ladies' Tea 2 - 4 PM Franklin Street Porch Social 2 - 4 PM Blooms & Brews: a Collab with VBC and Sow & Surrender 4 - 6 PM Onion River Chorus! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Onion River Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 PM +17 more see less
12 Mother's Day Brunch All Day Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Prenatal Yoga @ Love U 10 - 11 AM Mother's Day on the Farm in Moretown 10 AM - 12:30 PM Stowe Farmers Market - Now in a New Location! 10:30 AM - 12 PM Yin Yoga Sunday 4-5pm @ Center Studio Yoga 4 - 5 PM Mad River Chorale Spring Concert on Sunday 4 - 5:30 PM Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM +5 more see less	13 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Volunteers Wanted to Place Flags 1 - 3 PM Important Parks Commission Meeting 5 PM Embroidery Workshops 5:30 - 8:30 PM Montpelier City Plan Public Engagement Process Kick-Off 5:30 PM Harwood Student Films from Africa 6 - 7 PM Middlesex Trails Committee Meets May 13 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	14 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM WHS Monthly Board Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM	15 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks 10:30 - 11:30 AM Artist Gathering 2 - 4 PM Celebrate 49 Yrs of the Art Resource Association (ARA) 3 - 5 PM Walking Paths to Rumney School? & Planning Comm'n Mtg 6 - 8 PM Jazz Jam with Nina Towne at the Old Stagecoach Inn 6 - 9 PM Worcester Arts Festival - 2024 6:30 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	16 Traffic Delays & Road Closures Governors Corporate Cup All Day Trip to Boston! - Only 20 Spots Left 8 AM - 5 PM Road Closure - Sweet Road 8:30 AM - 1 PM Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Herbs & Hormones: Clinical Approaches for All Bodies 5:30 - 7:30 PM Social Hour for French Speakers May 16 6 - 7:30 PM Spanish Tapas Community Dinner at Stowe Street Cafe 6 - 8 PM Folk Duo, Hungrytown - Cabot Folk Club - May 16 7 - 9:30 PM Pacem School Play: The Witch's Princess 7 PM +5 more see less	17 Workshop with Michael D'aleo (multiday) Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) It's May! 9 AM (multiday) "Two Too Many" Yard Sale This Week! 9 AM (multiday) Harwood Middle School Walkathon! 1 - 3 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Why is Gospel Music So Powerful for Healing ? 5:30 - 7:30 PM John Lackard Blues Band 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Montpelier Rotary Casino Night 7 - 10 PM Michael D'aleo Talk and Workshop 7 PM (multiday) Pacem School Play: The Witch's Princess 7 PM Love Letters - A.R. Gurney Play at Adamant 7:30 - 9 PM Love Letters. Don't Miss This Play! 7:30 PM (multiday) +10 more see less	18 Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Far-Flung French May 18 All Day Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM Far-Flung French = Season Finale at Capital City Concerts 7:30 AM MadDog Chapter TU Intro to Fly Fishing for Women 8 AM - 1 PM Upcoming Blood Drives in Your Area 8:30 AM - 1 PM U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic - Free! 9 - 10 AM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection in MRRMA 9 AM - 1 PM Saturday Bulk Loading at Vermont Compost 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale - Colonial Dr 9 AM - 3 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Ember Hill Farm Sale - Berry, Fruit/Nut, Trees, Shrubs 10 AM (multiday) Rumney PTNO Spring Fair 11 AM - 2 PM Saturday Sessions at the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub 12:30 - 2:30 PM Burlesque Class 1 - 3 PM Free Event - Introduction to Swimming! 2 - 4 PM Family Fun Farm Party to Support Non-Profit VFFS 4 - 8 PM VFFS Farm Party! 4 - 8 PM Annual Harwood Union High School Calcutta 5:30 - 9 PM Soup to Nuts: An Eccentric History of Food 7 - 8:30 PM Waltz and Contra Dance the Night Away! 7 - 11 PM Capital City Concerts Final Concert May 18 7:30 - 9:15 PM Love Letters. Don't Miss This Play! 7:30 PM (multiday) World-Class Chamber Music Saturday Evening 7:30 PM Artists Market in East Calais 10 PM (multiday) +22 more see less
19 Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Waterbury Stowe Fish and Game Club Kid's Fishing Derby 9 - 11 AM Make Your Own Leather Sandals 9 AM - 3 PM Cob Oven Building Workshop 9 AM (multiday) Church May 19 9:30 AM Prenatal Yoga @ Love U 10 - 11 AM VCIH Plant Swap and Sale Fundraiser 10 AM - 2 PM A Musical Munchkins Open House - Free Demo, 3-5 Yrs 10:30 - 11:15 AM ...But They Sing in My Soul: Songs Awakening Spring 3 - 4 PM Milk with Dignity 3 - 4 PM Promoting Milk with Dignity 3 - 5 PM Soul Porpoise is Bringing the Groove to Plainfield! 3:30 PM Soul Porpoise is Bringing the Groove to Plainfield! 4 PM Harwood Assembly Band: Free Concert on the Green 5 - 7 PM +10 more see less	20 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Become a Tour Guide at the State House 2 - 3 PM Iranian and Middle Eastern Fusion at Stowe Street Cafe 5 - 8 PM Informational Meeting for Revised HUUSD Budget 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Agenda May 20 Meeting 6:30 PM +1 more see less	21 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM Flood Victim Gathering - Barre & Montpelier (Guest Speaker) 6:30 - 8 PM Stories and Songs from the Suffragists May 21 7 - 8:30 PM Duxbury Historical Society Program May 21 7 PM +1 more see less	22 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM AARP Shred Fest On-Site Shred Event in May 11 AM - 1 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Introduction to Fly Fishing at the Fish and Game Club 5:30 - 7 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM Moira Smiley Special Concert of Song & Music 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	23 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Come to the Next Public Forum on Flood Resilience 6:30 - 8:30 PM	24 Potluck in Spanish! 12 AM - 2 PM Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Brett Hughes & That Bluegrass Band: Free Concert 5 - 8 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM	25 Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic - Free! 9 - 10 AM Bottle Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Playful Minds Workshops 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Saturday Bulk Loading at Vermont Compost 9 AM - 2 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Fall 2024 Auditions 9 AM - 2 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Official Confirmation: May 25 Worcester Yard Sale! 10 AM - 3 PM Race Against Racism 11 AM - 3 PM Race Against Racism 11:30 AM - 3 PM Saturday Sessions at the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub 12:30 - 2:30 PM +9 more see less
26 Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Prenatal Yoga @ Love U 10 - 11 AM Breath & Your Body Class 4:30 - 4:45 PM Breath & Your Body Class 4:30 - 5:45 PM	27 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Memorial Day Ghost Walk 11 AM - 6 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM	28 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM City Plan 2024 - May 16 Update 6 PM	29 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Artist Gathering 2 - 4 PM 350VT Summer Climate Event Series 6 - 8 PM Summer Climate Event Series 6 - 8 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	30 Bone Builders 9 - 10 AM Waterbury Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM VT Kindness Project: Returning Home to Ourselves 6 - 7:30 PM Three Sisters Four Women - Preview Night! 7:30 - 9 PM	31 Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Meditation and Mindfulness Retreat May 31-June 2 3 PM (multiday) Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM	1 Sandiwood Farm Seedlings, Produce & Flowers (multiday) Sun Do Yoga: Spring Cleaning for the Body Sat. Mornings 7:30 - 8:50 AM Playful Minds Workshops 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Fall 2024 Auditions 9 AM - 2 PM Composting Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM Skill Share Saturdays Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM Adamant Blackfly Festival Saturday June 1 10 AM - 3 PM Saturday Sessions at the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub 12:30 - 2:30 PM Birding by Ear with Mad Birders and Moretown Library 3 - 4:30 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM +7 more see less