Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2023

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29 Sunday Morning - 10am Meditation 10 AM Sunday Soul Collage with Tara 2 - 4 PM	30 Tai Chi Classes in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Barre Unified Union School District Policy Cmt Mtg 6 PM Community Forest Management Plan Committee Meeting #7 6:30 - 8 PM George Woodard Presents the Magic of Filmmaking 6:30 PM	31 ARPA Funds to Help Fix Failed Wells and Septic Systems All Day Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Barre Unified Union School District Special Meeting 6 PM City of Barre City Council Agenda 7 PM	1 Olli Presents New Term: First Up - Irish Music 1:30 - 3 PM Virtual Body Image Support Group 5 - 6:15 PM Sun Do Beginner's Series 1/25 5 - 6:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting: Tonight! 6:30 - 8:30 PM	2 Relocalizing VT: Working Vermont 9 - 10:30 AM Congregate Meals from Feast Senior Meals 12 - 1 PM Thursday Book Club 3 PM Caregivers Night Out! 5 - 8 PM Country Club Road Site Public Meeting #2 6 - 8 PM Community Jam at The Montpelier Senior Center 6:15 - 8 PM Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 8:15 PM +3 more see less	3 Artisans Hand Craft Gallery Annual Winter Sale 11 AM (multiday) Computer Science Club at Aldrich Library 2 - 5:30 PM Art Walk with Concert 4 - 8 PM Montpelier Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Group Show 53 at the Front 4 - 8 PM Romantic Interlude: Pianist Diane Huling for Art Walk 5:30 - 6:30 PM Romantic Interlude: Pianist Diane Huling for Art Walk 5:30 - 6:30 PM Friday Night Meal at American Legion Post 3 6 PM Ecstatic Dance in Montpelier! 7 - 9 PM The VT Bluegrass Pioneers at Bent Nails Bistro 7 - 9 PM Special Showing of “Tantura,” at the Savoy Theatre 7 - 9 PM Film and Discussion at Savoy Theater in Montpelier 7 - 10 PM +8 more see less	4 American Legion Craft Show! 9 AM - 3 PM Dabble Day for Children Ages Birth to Six! 10 AM - 12 PM Knife Sharpening at Capital Kitchen 10 AM - 1 PM Open Auditions for New Stage Play 10 AM - 1 PM Open Auditions for a New Stage Play Feb. 4 10 AM - 1 PM Capital City Farmers Market Canceled Tomorrow! 10:55 AM - 1 PM Preschool Art Class on Saturdays 11 - 11 AM Family Constellations Workshop 1 - 5 PM Teen Professional Summer Intensive Audition 3 - 7 PM Using the Budget Process to Promote Equality 5 - 6 PM Public Assets at the Grange, and a Potluck! 5 - 6 PM Public Assets at the Grange, and a Potluck! 5 - 7 PM Public Assets at the Grange, and a Potluck! 5 - 7 PM Cold? Hot Dance at the Grange Saturday! 7:30 - 11 PM +10 more see less
5 Upcoming Events with the Green Mountain Club All Day Sunday Morning - 10am Meditation 10 AM Teen Professional Summer Intensive Audition 1 - 4 PM Soul Collage with Tara 2 - 4 PM Ice on Fire 2 - 5 PM Ice on Fire 2023 2 - 6 PM +2 more see less	6 Tai Chi Classes in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Barre Unified Union School District Special Board Meeting 5 PM Rescheduled: Privatization of Medicare 5:30 - 7 PM Privatization of Medicare 5:30 - 7 PM The Privatization of Medicare - Snow Date Change 5:30 - 7:30 PM Rescheduled: Privatization of Medicare 5:30 PM Barre Town Recreation Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM "Nurturing a Child's Sense of Wonder" Workshop Series 7 - 8 PM Adult Beginner Irish Dance Class & More 7:15 - 8 PM +5 more see less	7 Nonprofit Advocacy Webinars 3 - 5 PM Pacem School Open House & Information Session 5 - 6 PM Select Board Meeting Agenda 5 - 6:30 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Want to Learn to Be a Better Speaker? This is for You 6 - 7:30 PM Film Screening-Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age 6:30 - 8:30 PM City of Barre City Council Agenda 7 PM +3 more see less	8 The Life and Death of the Russian Avant Garde 1:30 - 3 PM Olli Presents: M.T. Anderson, Russian Avant Garde 1:30 - 3 PM Virtual Body Image Support Group 5 - 6:15 PM Sun Do Beginner's Series 1/25 5 - 6:30 PM Barre UUSD Negotiations Committee Meeting 5 PM Scrabble Group Session 2! 5:30 PM Dual Enrollment and Early College Informational Event 6 - 7:30 PM Fourth Lecture, the Impact of Climate Change in VT 7 - 8 PM The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM Upstream–Downstream: River Resilience Panel Discussion 7 - 8:30 PM The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM Middlesex Energy Committee Monthly Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont 7 PM +9 more see less	9 Relocalizing Vermont: Climate and Covid 9 - 10:30 AM The Local - Free Tasting Tonight! Come by Anytime! 4:30 - 6:30 PM The Offers and Needs Market 5 - 8 PM Voices from the Front: Structural Racism & Policing 6 - 7:30 PM Barre Unified Union School District Board Meeting 6 PM +1 more see less	10 Computer Science Club at Aldrich Library 2 - 5:30 PM Guitar and Ukulele Classes for Kids 3 - 5 PM SHS Class of 2023 Sweetheart Calcutta 6 - 9 PM Parent-Child Valentine's Day Dance at Capitol Plaza 6:30 - 8:30 PM Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	11 Indoor Moving Sale (multiday) Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Dog and Cat Free Clinic 10 AM - 12 PM Barre Lions Club "Food from the Heart" Feb. 11 10 AM - 2 PM Preschool Art Class on Saturdays 11 - 11 AM Living Supply Closet 11 AM - 1 PM Mystery Dinner Theater! 12 - 5 PM Mystery Dinner Theater! 12 PM 350VT March & Rally for Climate & Energy Justice 1 - 3 PM Winter Tree ID Walk - Feb. 11 at 2 PM 2 - 3 PM Mystery Dinner Theater! 5 PM Black History Month Event: Potluck, Music,Poetry, Film 6 - 8 PM Black OurStory Event - Feb. 11 (All Ages) 6 - 8 PM Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted 7 - 9 PM Great Night of Live Music at Bent Nails 9 - 11 PM +11 more see less
12 Antique Market 8 AM - 1 PM Onion River Outdoors Frozen Onion 10 AM - 3 PM Sunday Morning - 10am Meditation 10 AM Contact Improv Class 3 - 4:15 PM Dance Sing & Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing & Jump Around at the Grange! 3 - 4:30 PM Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	13 Tai Chi Classes in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Barre UUSD Facilities/Transportation Committee Meeting 6 PM Middlesex Trails Committee Meeting 7 - 8 PM	14 Singing Valentines 8 AM - 8 PM Singing Valentines Deliveries Are Back! 8 AM - 8 PM Technology4Tomorrow Digital Literacy Classes at MSAC 1 - 3 PM Valentine's Day Statehouse Lawn Winter Party 4 - 7 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM To Ease Suffering 6 - 7 PM Online Meditation to Ease Global Suffering 6 - 7 PM Valentines Day Music Event + Country Duets + Love Hurts 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	15 Olli Presents: Tom Slayton on Robert Frost Today 1:30 - 3 PM Free Soup! 2:30 - 4 PM Wednesday Afternoon Music at Rabble Rouser 2:30 - 4 PM Virtual Body Image Support Group 5 - 6:15 PM Sun Do Beginner's Series 1/25 5 - 6:30 PM River Access Task Force Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Budget Update and Presentation 6 - 7:15 PM Planning Commission Meeting Feb. 15 6 - 8 PM WCUUSD Budget Forum 6:15 - 8 PM Wednesday, 6:30PM - MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	16 Little Mermaid Coming Up! (multiday) Relocalizing VT Feb. 16: Weather Balloons (For Real!) 9 - 10:30 AM Congregate Meals from Feast Senior Meals 12 - 1 PM The Local - Free Tasting Tonight! Come by Anytime! 4:30 - 6:30 PM BUUSD Finance Committee Meeting Feb. 16 6 PM Community Jam at the Montpelier Senior Center 6:15 - 8 PM Board of Civil Authority Meeting Tuesday 6:30 - 7 PM Union Elementary School Caregivers Alliance Meeting 7 - 8 PM MRPS Masque Theatre 7 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	17 Presentation: Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted 7:30 AM (multiday) Rug Hookers - Hook In 11 AM - 3 PM Computer Science Club at Aldrich Library 2 - 5:30 PM Guitar and Ukulele Classes for Kids 3 - 5 PM Performance: Trumbo: Red, White & Blacklisted 7:30 PM (multiday) Alan Doyle - BOH Presents 8 - 10 PM +2 more see less	18 Presentation: Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted 7:30 AM (multiday) The Hunger Mountain Climb 9 AM The Hunger Mountain Climb 9 AM Meet Council Candidates 9:30 - 10:30 AM An Exploration into Dreams and Psychodrama 9:30 - 11 AM Would You Like to Talk to City Councilor (District 2)? 10 - 11 AM Preschool Art Class on Saturdays 11 - 11 AM Studio Cycle 101 at Alpenglow Fitness 12 - 12:30 PM Tropical Party with Honeybee Steelband 5 - 7 PM Cabot Concert: Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno 7 - 9 PM Contra Dance Saturday at the Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +8 more see less
19 Presentation: Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted 7:30 AM (multiday) Sunday Morning - 10am Meditation 10 AM Potluck Sunday at UCM - Come All 1 - 4 PM	20 German Group Meets This Monday (Only) at UU Church 12 - 1 PM Tai Chi Classes in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Community Forest Management Plan Committee Meeting #9 6 - 8 PM Barre Unified Union School District Policy Cmt Meeting 6 PM Asset Management Plan - Sewer Division - Public Hearing 7 PM Adult Beginner Irish Dance Class & More 7:15 - 8 PM +2 more see less	21 Technology4Tomorrow Digital Literacy Classes at MSAC 1 - 3 PM Town Hall Study Update 5 - 5:30 PM Select Board Agenda 5 - 6:30 PM K-12 Art Show - Barre Unified Union School District 5:30 - 6:30 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Grow As a Speaker and Leader with Savvy Speakers! 6 - 7:30 PM Parks Commission Meeting Tonight at 6pm! 6 PM Urgency Culture in the Workplace - Feb. 21 6 PM Mardi Gras Party w/Music by Pointe Noir & Yankee Chank! 7 - 10 PM +5 more see less	22 Olli Presents: Migrant Justice on Milk with Dignity 1:30 - 3 PM Wednesday Afternoon Music at Rabble Rouser 2:30 - 4 PM Barre Farmer's Market 3:30 - 6:30 PM Italian Conversation Social at Pearl Street Pizza 4 - 7 PM Virtual Body Image Support Group 5 - 6:15 PM Sun Do Beginner's Series 1/25 5 - 6:30 PM Celebrate Kate! A Fundraiser for Rep. Kate McCann 5:30 - 7 PM Ash Wednesday Service - Trinity United Methodist Church 6:30 - 7 PM +4 more see less	23 Relocalizing VT: Our Unpaid Debts to Farmers 9 - 10:30 AM MRPS School Budget & School Board Listening Session 11 AM - 12 PM The Local - Free Tasting Tonight! Come by Anytime! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Shakespeare at War / Shakespeare at Peace 7:30 PM (multiday)	24 Film Festival in Honor of Black History Month 9 AM (multiday) Montpelier Roxbury School Budget Update 1 - 2:30 PM Montpelier Roxbury School Budget Update Canceled 1 - 2:30 PM Middlesex Historical Society Annual Meeting Feb. 24 1 - 3 PM Middlesex Historical Society Annual Meeting Feb. 24 1 PM Computer Science Club at Aldrich Library 2 - 5:30 PM Guitar and Ukulele Classes for Kids 3 - 5 PM Event on Cuban Influences in Agroecology & Beyond 5:30 - 8:30 PM Prayer Service for Peace 7 - 8 PM Prayer Service for Ukraine - Invitation to Join Choir 7 - 8 PM Ecstatic Dance in Montpelier! 7 - 9 PM Prayer Service for Peace: Shepherd of the Hills Church 7 PM +8 more see less	25 Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert! (multiday) We Lift Our Hands - Black History Month Concerts (multiday) Fundraiser for Turkish/Syrian Earthquake Relief 5 - 7:30 AM Free Youth Girls Lacrosse Clinic Series! 9 - 10 AM Free Youth Girls Lacrosse Clinic Series! 9 - 10 AM Film Festival in Honor of Black History Month 9 AM (multiday) Good Beginnings - Rituals for Caregivers - Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Mindfulness, Sports Nutrition & More for Youth 8-15 10 AM - 12:30 PM Girl Scout Cookie Booth 10 AM - 2 PM Drag Story Hour 10:30 - 10:30 AM What is Noncitizen Voting? 10:30 AM - 12 PM Non-Citizen Voting? Ask the League of Women Voters 10:30 AM - 12 PM Preschool Art Class on Saturdays 11 - 11 AM VT Ravens Semi-Pro Football Team Information Meeting 12 - 2 PM Earthquake Relief Fundraising Dinner 5 - 7 PM Fundraising Dinner for Turkish/Syrian Earthquake Relief 5 - 7:30 PM Dinner for Turkish/Syrian Earthquake Relief 5 - 7:30 PM Turkish Dinner to Support Earthquake Relief 5 - 7:30 PM Rip-Roaring Celtic Music at Mulligans Irish Pub 6:30 PM ‘Summer of Walter Hacks' Screening at River Arts 6:30 PM We Lift Our Hands - Black History Month Concerts 7 - 8 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert 7 - 8:15 PM We Lift Our Hands - Black History Month Concerts 7 PM (multiday) Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert 7 PM +20 more see less
26 Film Festival in Honor of Black History Month 9 AM (multiday) Sunday Morning - 10am Meditation 10 AM Workshop at Rise Up Bakery in Barre 1 - 5 PM Classic Italian Ciabatta Baking Workshop 1 - 5 PM Dog Coats Overfloweth! 2:30 - 4:30 PM We Lift Our Hands - Black History Month Concert 4 - 6 PM Virtual Cooking Class: Tiramisu - an Italian Favorite 4 - 6 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert 4 PM +4 more see less	27 Film Festival in Honor of Black History Month 9 AM (multiday) Buy One Pizza, Get a Pizza 1/2! + Woodbelly Happenings 12 - 12 PM What Do You Want to Ask Mayoral and Council Candidates? 12:30 PM Tai Chi Classes in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Annual Meeting & Informational Session 6 - 8 PM Community Forest Management Plan Committee Meeting #10 6 - 8 PM Re: The Stono Rebellion 6:30 - 7:30 PM Unwittingly Homeless 6:30 - 8 PM Barre City Council Candidate Forum 6:30 - 8:30 PM Feb. 27 EM Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM +6 more see less	28 Film Festival in Honor of Black History Month 9 AM (multiday) On the Margins of Europe: A War Before the War 9:25 - 10 AM Technology4Tomorrow Digital Literacy Classes at MSAC 1 - 3 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Town Meeting Updates: Ballots, Y'all 6 - 8 PM Town Meeting Informational Hearing 6 - 8 PM City of Barre City Council Agenda 7 PM +3 more see less	1 Olli Presents: John Alberth on Protecting Our Wildlife 1:30 - 3 PM Wednesday Afternoon Music at Rabble Rouser 2:30 - 4 PM Virtual Body Image Support Group 5 - 6:15 PM Sun Do Beginner's Series 1/25 5 - 6:30 PM Romantic Interlude: Pianist Diane Huling for Art Walk 5:30 - 6:30 PM Somatic Practices and Herbal Support for Mental Health 6:30 - 8:30 PM CVFiber Construction Update Webinar 7 - 8 PM Barre Homeless Task Force Agenda 7 PM +4 more see less	2 Relocalizing Vermont: Bread, Books, and More 9 - 10:30 AM Congregate Meals from Feast Senior Meals 12 - 1 PM Weekly Drop-In In-Person Yoga and Meditation 12 - 1 PM The Local - Free Tasting Tonight! Come by Anytime! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Community Jam at the Montpelier Senior Center 6:15 - 8 PM City of Barre Development Review Board Agenda 7 PM +2 more see less	3 American Red Cross Lifeguard Training & Re-Cert (multiday) Lifeguard Certification Course Available at GMCF! (multiday) American Red Cross Lifeguarding Certification at GMCF (multiday) Girl Scout Cookie Booth 10 AM - 2 PM Blood Drive at Montpelier City Hall 10 AM - 2:30 PM Become a Lifeguard or Re-Certify Through Red Cross 12 PM (multiday) Computer Science Club at Aldrich Library 2 - 5:30 PM Guitar and Ukulele Classes for Kids 3 - 5 PM North: Elizabeth Nelson at the Front 4 - 7 PM Frozen Jr. Theater for Kids by Kids 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	4 Free Youth Girls Lacrosse Clinic Series! 9 - 10 AM Free Youth Girls Lacrosse Clinic Series! 9 - 10 AM An Exploration into Dreams and Psychodrama 9:30 - 11 AM Montpelier Farmers Market 10 AM - 1 PM Girl Scout Cookies 10 AM - 2 PM Town Meeting Info 10 AM Preschool Art Class on Saturdays 11 - 11 AM Frozen Jr. Theater for Kids by Kids 2 - 3 PM Frozen Jr. Theater for Kids by Kids 7 - 8 PM March into Contra Dancing at the Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM +6 more see less