Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2024

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28 Lifeguarding Certification Course at GMCF 2 PM (multiday) BYSA Lacrosse Bottle Drive 9:30 AM - 12 PM Bodywork & Reiki April 28 - Tending the Caregivers 1:30 - 3 PM Vermont Philharmonic Spring Concert 2 - 4 PM Poa Mutino Governor 2024 Meet N Greet 2 - 5 PM Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM +2 more see less	29 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 Republican Town Caucus 5:30 PM "Magnificent Desolation: Antarctica” Visual Tour 6 - 8 PM Invitation - Up Coming Barre Tones Rehearsals 6:30 - 8:30 PM Upcoming Open Rehearsals 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	30 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM Where and When to Vote for the School Budget 10 AM - 7 PM Vernal Pool Walk in Town of Barre Forest 4:30 - 6:30 PM All Brains Belong's Brain Club: "Autistic Culture" 6 - 7 PM G4G (Gamers for Good) Opening Gaming Night 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	1 Green Up! Toss Your Metal Junk at NMHS! 12 AM (multiday) American Red Cross Blood Drive at the Health Center 10 AM - 3 PM Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – 12 Weeks 10:30 - 11:30 AM Senior Day at the Aldrich Library on Wednesday May 1st 1:30 - 2:30 PM Artist Gathering 2 - 4 PM Primo Maggio 2024 5 - 9 PM Elia Corti: A Death at the Labor Hall 6 - 9 PM May Day Celebration at Old 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 MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM LWVVR, Sec. of State Co-Host Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting for VT by LWV & SoS 7 - 8:30 PM LWVVT, Sec. of State Co-Hosts Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM SOS & LWV Webinars Explain Ranked Choice Voting 7 - 8:30 PM +13 more see less	2 Town Office Energy Audit Thursday 9 - 11 AM Stories & Songs for Infants and Toddlers at the Cutler 10:30 AM Noon Concert in Montpelier - Gospel Choir 12 - 1 PM Barre Sangha 5 - 6 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Barre UUSD Superintendent Search Committee Meeting 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 Barre City Development Review Board Agenda May 2 7 PM +5 more see less	3 Yard Sale 8 AM (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 "Good Eats" at Good Shepherd 5:30 - 6:30 PM Grief Support Group - Spring 2024 6 - 7 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	4 Sound the Alarm All Day 1 Week to Green Up Day! May 4 at EMES All Day Green Up Day Pancake Breakfast 7 AM - 12 PM Barre Rivers Green-Up Clean-Up 8 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day May 4 8 AM Green Up Day at the Cow Pasture 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 Green Up Day in Berlin on May 4 9 AM - 1 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Moving Sale - South Barre - May 4-5 9 AM (multiday) Skill Share Saturdays Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM 4-H State Day 10 AM - 1 PM $10 Vintage Clothing Sale! 10 AM - 2 PM Downing Street Yard Sale! 10 AM - 3 PM Barre Green Up Day Fair 11 AM - 3 PM Open Theatre Casting Call in Barre 12:30 - 3:30 PM Amazing Mushroom Workshop This Weekend! 1 - 4 PM Litchfield Memorial Concert with Hausner and Kaplan 2 - 3:30 PM Roots Unearthed Petals Unfurled: Spring Sound Bath 2 - 4 PM Candidates at Pearl Street Pizza May 4 3 - 5 PM It's Not Too Late to Be Cheesy at the Grange! 4:30 - 5 PM Capital City Grange Cooking Contest 4:30 - 6:30 PM Capital City Grange 2024 Cooking Contest 4:30 PM Barre Area Senior Center Annual Gala 5:30 - 9:30 PM Vermont Book Awards Saturday, May 4 7 - 9:30 PM Grange: Contra Dance with Mary Wesley & Stomp Rocket! 7:30 - 11 PM +24 more see less
5 Playful Minds Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Mother's Day Grief Series 10 AM - 4 PM Save-The-Date: All Species Day is Sunday, May 5 12 - 4 PM All Species Day is This Sunday 12 - 4 PM Save-The-Date: All Species Day May 5 12 - 4 PM All Species Day is This Sunday 12 - 4 PM All Species Day May 5 12 - 4 PM Save-The-Date: All Species Day is Sunday May 5 12 - 5 PM Screen Time & Your Body May 5 1:30 - 3 PM Screen Time & Your Body - May 5 1:30 - 3 PM Film Screening of “Israelism” at Savoy May 5 3 PM Film Screening of “Israelism” at Savoy May 5th 3 PM Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM +9 more see less	6 Silent Book Club 5 - 8 PM Barre UUSD Facilities/Transportation Committee Meeting 6 PM East Montpelier Selectboard Meeting May 6 6:30 PM	7 Please Vote of May 7 7 AM - 7 PM 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 Select Board Meeting Tuesday 5 - 7 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM Dogs & Trail Use in Hubbard Park Meeting 6 PM Barre City Council Meeting Agenda 5-7-24 6 PM +5 more see less	8 Buildings & Facilities Committee May 8 8 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 CVCC Trades Fair & Signing Day 5:30 - 7:30 PM Unwind for Restful Night's Sleep 5:45 - 8 PM Unwind for Restful Night's Sleep 6:45 - 8 PM Ranked Choice Voting: Virtual Second Meeting, LWVVT 7 - 8:30 PM RCV in VT: Impact, Considerations & Opportunities 7 - 8:30 PM Annual Town Meeting 7:30 PM +6 more see less	9 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 Barre Sangha 5 - 6 PM Middlesex Road Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Barre UU Potluck Dinner 6 - 8 PM Queer Open Mic Night - Poetry/Writings from LGBTQIA+ 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	10 Garage Sale - Jones Brook Rd - May 10-12 (multiday) Jewelry for Sale (Mothers Day Sale) (multiday) Mother's Day Dinner a TVSC Take-Out Fundraiser 12 - 5 PM Mother's Day Dinner Fundraiser for TVSC - Friday, May 10 3 - 5:30 PM Artist Seminar with Buffalo Nichols 4 - 5 PM Take Back the Night! 4 - 9 PM Take Back the Night May 10 4 - 9 PM Take Back the Night 4 - 9 PM Bellydance 5:30 - 6:30 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 Buffalo Nichols at The Barre Opera House 8 - 10 PM +10 more see less	11 Stamp Out Hunger - Annual Food Drive All Day Barre Town Residents: Bulk Trash - May 11 8 AM - 2 PM U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic - Free! 9 - 10 AM Bottle Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Berlin Pond Watershed Association Spring Fling 9 AM - 12 PM Onion River Outdoors 2024 Bike Swap 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Fire Station Open House 9 AM - 1 PM Homestead Antiques 9 AM - 3 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Tools Only Sharpening Event 10 AM - 2 PM Re-Election Campaign Launch 12 - 1 PM It Takes a Village Inaugural Event on State House Lawn 12 - 4 PM May 11 Kids Trade & Play Celebrates Good Beginnings 12 - 4 PM Mending Workshop at Rabble-Rouser This Saturday! 1:30 - 3:30 PM Spring Wildflower Walk 2 - 3:30 PM Franklin Street Porch Social 2 - 4 PM Spring Fling at the Aldrich Public Library 6 - 9 PM Onion River Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Onion River Chorus! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Onion River Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 PM +17 more see less
12 Held: Navigating the Journey into Motherhood 4 - 5:30 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM	13 Hydrant Flushing May 13 All Day 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 Middlesex Trails Committee Meets May 13 7 - 8 PM +2 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	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 Barre UUSD Superintendent Search Committee Meeting 4 PM Walking Paths to Rumney School? & Planning Comm'n Mtg 6 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM Capital City Band Rehearsal Wednesday Evening 7 PM Barre Homelessness Taskforce Agenda May 15 - Zoom Only 7 PM +6 more see less	16 Traffic Delays & Road Closures Governors Corporate Cup All Day Trip to Boston! - Only 20 Spots Left 8 AM - 5 PM Barre Sangha 5 - 6 PM Cow Pasture Stewardship Committee Agenda May 16 5:30 - 7 PM Herbs & Hormones: Clinical Approaches for All Bodies 5:30 - 7:30 PM Milk & Cookies Night Storytime at Aldrich Library 6 - 7 PM Social Hour for French Speakers May 16 6 - 7:30 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) Fundraising Event at Berlin Shaws 9 AM - 2 PM "Two Too Many" Yard Sale This Week! 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) It's May! 9 AM (multiday) ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM "Good Eats" at Good Shepherd 5:30 - 6:30 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) +11 more see less	18 Far-Flung French May 18 All Day Intro to Fly Fishing for Women 8 AM (multiday) U32 Girls Lacrosse Clinic - Free! 9 - 10 AM Montpelier Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Crimson Crawl 5k UVM Childrens Hospital Fundraiser 9 AM - 1 PM Saturday Bulk Loading at Vermont Compost 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale! 45 Granite St, Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale - Colonial Dr 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale - Cutler Corner - May 18 9 AM - 3 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Yard Sale Extraordaire - Zan St 9 AM (multiday) Dance, Sing & Jump Around - In Northfield, and Free! 10 - 11:30 AM 6th Annual RehabGYM Strength Meet & Block Party 10 AM - 1 PM Rumney PTNO Spring Fair 11 AM - 2 PM Spring Fair Tomorrow! 11 AM - 2 PM Saturday Sessions the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub 12:30 - 2:30 PM Burlesque Class 1 - 3 PM Free Event - Introduction to Swimming! 2 - 4 PM Free Water Safety Day at GMCF 2 - 4 PM Free Event - Kids 5-12 Intro to Safe Swimming 2 - 4 PM Quill and Foil's Hasty Composure 3 PM VFFS Farm Party! 4 - 8 PM Waltz and Contra Dance the Night Away! 7 - 11 PM Contra Dance and Waltz - Saturday at Capital City Grange 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) "Far-Flung French" on Saturday May 18 in Montpelier 7:30 PM World-Class Chamber Music Saturday Evening 7:30 PM Capital City Concert “Far-Flung French” This Saturday 7:30 PM Artists Market in East Calais 10 PM (multiday) +26 more see less
19 Moving/Yard Sale - Sunday, Main St 9 AM - 2 PM Make Your Own Leather Sandals 9 AM - 3 PM Cob Oven Building Workshop 9 AM (multiday) 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 Green Mountain Wrestling 2 - 5 PM Green Mountain Wrestling 2 - 5 PM Vocal/Piano Recital, Maple Corner Community Ctr, May 19 3 - 4 PM ...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! 4 - 6 PM Soul Porpoise is Bringing the Groove to Plainfield! 4 PM Harwood Assembly Band: Free Concert on the Green 5 - 7 PM Meditation for All 7 - 8 PM +11 more see less	20 Become a Tour Guide at the State House 2 - 3 PM Silent Book Club 5 - 8 PM Monthly Meeting of E. Montpelier & Calais Hist. Soc 6 - 8 PM Barre Unified Union School District Special Board Mtg. 6 PM	21 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM 📚 Grief Support Book Group 📚 4 - 5 PM Savvy Speaker Toastmasters Club Celebrating 100 Years 4:30 - 6 PM Bicycling Basics for Fun & Safe Riding 5:30 - 6:30 PM Barre City Council Meeting Agenda May 21 6 PM Flood Victim Gathering - Barre & Montpelier (Guest Speaker) 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	22 Memorable Times Jukebox 10:30 - 11:15 AM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM	23 Barre Sangha 5 - 6 PM Come to the Next Public Forum on Flood Resilience 6:30 - 8:30 PM	24 Potluck in Spanish! 12 AM - 2 PM Granite Center Garden Club - Annual Plant Sale 6:30 AM Brett Hughes & That Bluegrass Band: Free Concert 5 - 8 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM	25 Multi-Family Yard Sale - May 25-26 7:30 AM (multiday) 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 Green Mountain Youth Symphony Fall 2024 Auditions 9 AM - 2 PM Saturday Bulk Loading at Vermont Compost 9 AM - 2 PM Book Discussion 9 AM - 10:15 PM Race Against Racism 11 AM - 3 PM Race Against Racism 11:30 AM - 3 PM Saturday Sessions the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub 12:30 - 2:30 PM Sally P. Lonegren Celebration of Life Service May 25 1 - 3 PM +8 more see less
26 Breath & Your Body Class 4:30 - 4:45 PM Breath & Your Body Class 4:30 - 5:45 PM	27 ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM	28 Listen to Your Body - Somatic Movement Class 8 - 9 AM 📚 Grief Support Book Group 📚 4 - 5 PM 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 Awareness of Ash Trees: a Walk in the Town Forest 4:30 - 6:30 PM 350VT Summer Climate Event Series 6 - 8 PM Summer Climate Event Series 6 - 8 PM Capital City Band Rehearsals 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	30 Barre Sangha 5 - 6 PM Three Sisters Four Women - Preview Night! 7:30 - 9 PM	31 Meditation and Mindfulness Retreat May 31-June 2 3 PM (multiday) Saints Shuffle Fun Run/Walk 4 - 7:30 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM	1 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 Skill Share Saturdays Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM Adamant Blackfly Festival Saturday June 1 10 AM - 3 PM Soul Alchemy (Day) Retreat w/ Rooted Yoga 10 AM - 4 PM Saturday Sessions the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub 12:30 - 2:30 PM ALOFT Art Exhibition 5 - 7 PM +4 more see less