Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2023

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26 Put This Hilarious, Local Play in Your Schedule 7 PM (multiday) Book Sale - Fletcher Free Library, March 25-26 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Library Bigger & Better Book Sale 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale 10 AM (multiday) Put This Hilarious, Local Play in Your Schedule 7 PM (multiday) March Silent Book Club Meet-Up! 1 - 3 PM Family Contra Dance 1:30 - 3:30 PM Family Dance This Weekend 1:30 - 3:30 PM +4 more see less	27 Girls on the Run at JJ Flynn Elementary 12 PM (multiday) Preview of March 27 City Council Meeting 5:30 - 9:30 PM City Council Preview 5:30 PM	28 Tap O.N.E. is Coming to Calahan Park 5 PM Police Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - March 28 6:30 PM	29 Town Meeting & Crossover Legislative Update 6 - 8 PM	30 Our Changing Libraries 12 - 1 PM NNE Book Club Meets March 30 6 - 7:30 PM Red Cross Adult Disaster and Emergency Training Event 6 - 7:30 PM Intuitive Eating Skill Building 6 - 8 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM Interfaith Study and Devotional Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	31 Rummage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Weekly Educational Lectures (In-Person or Remote) 2 - 3 PM EEE Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM EEE Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM	1 Mother & Teen-Daughter Workshop at Expressive Arts 9 AM - 4 PM Huge U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM 2nd Annual Vermont Gear Maker's Festival 10 AM - 3 PM Seasonal Job Fair - Shelburne Farms 11 AM - 2 PM Shelburne Farms Job Fair 11 AM - 2 PM Mutual Aid Bake Sale & Art Market 12 - 6 PM Listening Session with Ward 8 Councilor-Elect King 1:30 - 2:30 PM Drive-Thru Lasagna Dinner Fundraiser, April 1 5 - 5:45 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM +6 more see less
2 Yoga Day! 10 AM - 4 PM Yoga & A Pint at Goodwater Brewery 11 AM - 12 PM Learn to Curl Clinic (Green Mountain Curling Club) 12 - 3 PM Family Vets Town Hall (All Encouraged to Attend) 1 - 2:30 PM Family Vets Town Hall (All Encouraged to Attend) 1 - 3 PM Free Open House at Elley-Long Music Center April 2 2:30 - 5 PM Free Open House at Elley-Long Music Center April 2 2:30 - 5 PM +3 more see less	3 Preview of April 4 Council Meeting – Organization Day 6 - 7 PM Free Sing - Group Singing with Marcie Hernandez 7 - 8 PM	4 Odd Fellows Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM	5 Wii Gaming Sessions at Burnham Library 12:30 - 3 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM Colchester Speak Out Contest - High School Students 6:30 - 8:30 PM	6 Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM Ward 6 NPA - April 6 Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Free Tree Care Training with Branch Out Burlington! 6 - 8 PM Webinar on Northeastern Grasslands 7 - 8 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM Colchester High School Theatre 7 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	7 EEE Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM Fine Forager Arts by Dakin Fuller Open Studio 5 - 9 PM Vermont Works for Women Presents Lunafest in Burlington 6 - 9 PM This Friday – Lunafest Film Festival in Burlington 6 - 9 PM There is Still Time to Buy Tickets to LUNAFEST 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	8 17th Annual Half Marathon Unplugged Road Race 8:55 - 10 AM 2023 Half Marathon Unplugged 9 - 10:45 AM Moving Sale! 9 AM - 2 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Easter Egg Hunt at Bayside Park 10 - 11 AM Half Marathon - Saturday - Travel Notice 12 PM Grand Opening of Off Center for the Dramatic Arts! 4 - 7 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM +4 more see less
9 Easter Sunday Service 9:30 - 10:30 AM Easter Egg Hunt 10 - 11 AM Easter Activities - Champlain Valley Baptist Church 10:15 AM - 12 PM	10 Free Sing - Group Singing with Marcie Hernandez 7 - 8 PM Old Coins 7 - 8:30 PM	11 Two Grammy Winners Perform in Shelburne 2 - 4 PM Elmwood Community Group Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Early Childhood Education Job Training Opportunity 6 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - April 11 6:30 PM	12 City of Burlington Job & Internship Fair 12 - 4 PM Child Care for Vermont: the Courage to Care Rally April 12 1 - 3 PM Join in Support of Affordable, Accessible Child Care 1 - 3 PM Child Care for Vermont: the Courage to Care Rally April 12 1 - 3 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM Spring into Spring with Comedy This Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM Spring into Spring with Comedy This Wednesday, April 12! 6:30 - 8 PM Spring into Spring with Comedy This Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM Spring into Spring with Comedy April 12! 6:30 PM Comedy for Peace - Live Interfaith Comedy Show 7 - 9 PM Ward 1 NPA April 12: Brainstorming and Chili! 7 PM +7 more see less	13 Lyric Theatre Company's ‘Shrek the Musical' April 13-16 (multiday) Recycling Workshop 2 - 3 PM CSWD Workshop 2 - 3 PM Heineberg Community and Senior Center Workshop CSWD 2 - 3 PM CSWD Workshop at the Heineberg Community Senior Center 2 - 3 PM Middle School Craft at Burnham Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM ONE Community Dinner - Everyone Welcome! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Learn About Rice Memorial High School! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Buying and Selling Your Home - Ask the Professionals 6 - 7 PM Shorebird Photography: Migration Through Vermont 6:30 - 7:30 PM Crisis Cops: Ernie and Joe 6:30 - 8 PM Wards 2 & 3 Neighborhood Meeting (NPA) Thursday, April 13 6:30 - 8:30 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM +9 more see less	14 Steps to End Domestic Violence Kid's Clothing Drive (multiday) Coffee with a County Forester in Williston This Friday! 8 - 9:30 AM Rally for the Planet! 8:30 AM - 2 PM Youth Lobby: Rally for the Planet! 8:30 AM - 2 PM Come to Rally for the Planet on April 14! 8:30 AM Made Here Film Festival 2023 12:30 PM (multiday) EEE Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM EEE Lecture 2 - 3 PM Education & Enrichment for Everyone (EEE) 2 - 3 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts - Montpelier 7:30 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	15 Free Food 9 - 11 AM Creative AI Vermont Symposium at Hula 9 AM - 5 PM Make a Difference & Support Human Rights 9 AM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Children's Flea Market 10 AM - 1 PM Springtime Egg Hunt 10:45 - 11:45 AM Factory Sale at AO Glass 11 AM - 3 PM Old North End Repair Cafe 11 AM - 3 PM Community Composting 12 - 5 PM Youth Opera Company of VT "An American in Paris" 2 - 4:30 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM VT Italian Cultural Association 40th Anniversary Gala 5 - 8 PM Simple Roots Brewing - Dyngus Day 5 - 9 PM Social Band - Spring Concerts April 15, 16, 22, 23 7:30 - 9 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts - St. Albans 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burlington Choral Society - Deep in Song 7:30 PM (multiday) +12 more see less
16 Migrant Justice Organizing Tour Burlington 1 - 3 PM The Archeology of the Ethan Allen Homestead 2 - 3 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Museum April 16 2 PM New Volunteer Orientation for Ethan Allen Homestead 3:30 - 4:30 PM New Volunteer Orientation 3:30 - 4:30 PM New Volunteer Orientation for Ethan Allen Homestead 3:30 - 4:30 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts - Burlington 4 - 6 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble 4 - 6 PM +4 more see less	17 Seven Days and Preview of April 17 Council Meeting 5:30 - 9 PM Free Sing - Group Singing with Marcie Hernandez 7 - 8 PM Ranked Choice Voting in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM	18 Hearing Clinic 9:45 AM - 12 PM Heineberg Community and Senior Center Hearing Screenings 9:45 AM - 12 PM Medicaid Cutoffs Info Hours at Fletcher Free 5 - 7 PM High School "Coffeehouse" at Burnham Library 6:30 - 7:30 PM	19 Breaking Barriers: Finding Possibilities and Purpose 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Embodied Yoga: Free Virtual Class 12 - 1 PM Ramadan Iftar Comfort BBQ to Go - Free Break Fast 5 - 7 PM Hiking 101 with the Green Mountain Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM South End Innovation District, City Council Meetings 5:30 - 7:30 PM Choose Happy - Applying Positive Psychology to Every Day 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	20 Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM Longing is Just Our Word for Knowing 3 - 6 PM South End Coordinated Redevelopment Open House 5 - 6:30 PM Middle & High School Open House April 20 6 - 7:30 PM Ward 5 NPA Thursday, April 20 6:30 - 8:45 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM +2 more see less	21 Re: EMS Grand Opening Aril 21-23 9 AM (multiday) Lecture Series Sponsored by EEE 2 - 3 PM EEE - Education and Enrichment for Everyone Lecture 2 - 3 PM EEE Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM	22 Celebrate Spring at ReTribe Earth Day Teen Retreat (multiday) Coffee with City Councilors 9 - 11 AM Tree Planting at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge 9 AM - 3 PM Champlain Housing Trust's Homebuyer Education Workshop 9 AM - 4:30 PM Champlain Housing Trust's Homebuyer Education Workshop 9 AM - 4:30 PM CHT's Homebuyer Education Workshop is Back! 9 AM - 4:30 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Legislator Hour Saturday April 22 10 - 11 AM Sampler ID Day April 22 10 AM - 4 PM Constituent Coffee - Saturday 11 AM - 12 PM Burlington Representatives Hosting Virtual Coffee Hour 11 AM - 12 PM Join BCA Outside for an Earth Day Family Art Saturday! 11 AM - 1 PM Earth Day on The Marketplace 11 AM - 2 PM Second Shelburne Farms Job Fair 11 AM - 2 PM Huge Yard Sale! 11 AM - 5 PM Spring Greek Take-Out Food Event 12 - 5 PM Spring Greek Take-Out Food Event 12 - 5 PM Camp Kesem UVM's Make the Magic Fundraising Event 6 - 9 PM +14 more see less
23 Family Contra Dance 1:30 - 3:30 PM	24 Free Sing - Group Singing with Marcie Hernandez 7 - 8 PM	25 Heineberg Antique Road Show 10 - 11:30 AM Heineberg Community Senior Center Antique Road Show 10 - 11:30 AM Woods and Wildlife Talk Tomorrow (April 25)! 12 - 1 PM Silvia Jope, Gardening with. Perennials April 25 1 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - April 25 6:30 PM +1 more see less	26 Coffee with Progressive Councilors 8 - 9:30 AM Coffee with Progressive Councilors! 8 AM - 9:30 PM Vocabulary of Home: How We Talk About Housing 6 - 7:30 PM Join Me For an Intimate Dialogue - Exploring Home 6 - 9 PM Whale Tales Free Comedy Show This Wednesday, April 26! 7 - 8 PM NPA Meeting Tonight 7 - 9 PM Your NPA is Back Next Wednesday 7 - 9 PM Your NPA is Back Wednesday 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	27 Ward 8 NPA April 27 Meeting 7 - 8 PM Ward 8 NPA April 27 Meeting 7 - 8 PM Ward 8 NPA April 27 Meeting 7 - 8 PM Western VT Choral Lab March 16 - April 27 (7 Thursdays) 7 - 8:45 PM Sue Morse, Speaking Wild About Wild Habitat. Zoom. Not to Be Missed 7 PM Interfaith Study and Devotional Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	28 UVM Conference: Indigenous Sovereignty April 28 8:30 AM - 12 PM Hopscotch Release Event at Mad River Distillers 12 PM (multiday) EEE Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM EEE Lecture 2 - 3 PM Education & Enrichment for Everyone (EEE) 2 - 3 PM Diversity Speaker Series 6 - 7:30 PM Pianist Claire Black Presents Song & Dance Part 2 7:30 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	29 BPRW Spring Pickleball Tournament (multiday) Volunteer for Day in the Dirt!! All Day Yard Sale for a Cause at 57 Staniford April 29 9 AM - 12 PM Volunteer for Day in the Dirt 9 AM - 12 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Kids Fest! 10 AM - 1 PM Rock Point Nature Celebration 10 AM - 2 PM Free Movie Night & Happy Hour: the Pursuit of Happyness 6 - 9 PM CCV Community Chorus - Free Performances 7:30 - 8:30 PM Max Weaver Allstars at Moogs Place! 8 PM +6 more see less
30 Free Community Play Along at Elley-Long Music Center Until 4 PM National Eating Disorders Association Walk April 30! All Day National Eating Disorders Walk is April 30! All Day Volunteers Needed: NEDA Walk April 30 8 AM - 1 PM Discussion: 10 Warning Signs of Dementia, April 30 11 AM - 12 PM Constituent Meet Up, Sunday, April 30 11 AM - 12 PM Books & Beer at Zero Gravity This Sunday 1 - 3 PM April Silent Book Club Meet-Up 1 - 3 PM Free Community Play Along at Elley-Long Music Center 4 - 5:20 PM +5 more see less	1 Tibetan Buddhist Mind Training Until 8 PM May Day 2023 Rally & Picnic 6 AM Skirack's Bike Swap is Happening! May 6 & 7 11 AM (multiday) Preview of May 1 City Council Meeting 5:30 - 9 PM City Council Preview 5:30 PM May Day Celebration 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	2 Dahlia Lithwick Talk 7 - 9 AM The Future of Battery Street: Public Meeting May 2 4 - 7:30 PM HANDS Benefit 4 - 10 PM Flower Arranging Class/Event, at Apres Stowe 5:30 - 7:30 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	3 Burlington Walk Bike Council Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM	4 Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM NNE Book Club - Miller Center 6 - 7:30 PM Public Talk by a Visiting Dharma Teacher 6 - 8 PM NNE Book Club Meets Thursday, May 4 6 PM Ward 6 NPA Meeting - Forum on Police Oversight 6:30 - 8:30 PM The Kobzar's Prayer for Ukraine with Jurij Fedynskyj 7 - 9 PM BHS Drama Presents: "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" 7 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	5 Sisters Rising Film Screening and Discussion 4 - 6 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Social: Kaleidoscope 6 - 9 PM Steps to End Domestic Violence Spring Social 6 - 9 PM Edmonds Middle School Play and Silent Auction! 6 PM (multiday) Sing Along Concert with Annie Patterson & Peter Blood 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	6 Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale - Next Weekend! (multiday) Fletcher Free Book Sale Next Weekend (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale (multiday) Volunteer for Green Up Day May 6 All Day SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11:30 AM Yard Sale Saturday at 46 Scarff Ave Burlington 8:30 AM Touch-A-Truck 9 - 11 AM This Saturday at the Food Shelf 9 - 11 AM Three Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day! 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day at Leddy Park 9 AM - 1 PM Burlington Bike Park Green Up Day at Leddy Park 9 AM - 1 PM beCause Craft Show This Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM 3 Family Garage Sale Saturday 9 AM - 2 PM Barge Canal Green Up Day Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Greenup Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Festival 9 AM - 3 PM 2nd Annual Barge Canal Green Up Day Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Bike Swap is Here at Skirack! 9 AM (multiday) Because Craft Fair 9:30 AM - 12 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Green-Up Day in The Old East End 10 AM - 12 PM Mila's Flower Farm - Neighborhood Pop Up Sale! 10 AM - 2 PM Book Sale - Fletcher Free Friends 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Library Used Book Sale, May 6 & 7 10 AM (multiday) Hula Hoop Making, Decorating & Dedication Workshop 3 - 5 PM Northern Bronze Handbell Ensemble Concerts 7 - 8:45 PM South Burlington Community Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +29 more see less