Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2023

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30 Hopscotch Release Event at Mad River Distillers 12 PM (multiday) BPRW Spring Pickleball Tournament (multiday) Free Community Play Along at Elley-Long Music Center Until 4 PM National Eating Disorders Walk is April 30! All Day National Eating Disorders Association Walk April 30! All Day Volunteers Needed: NEDA Walk April 30 8 AM - 1 PM Constituent Meet Up, Sunday, April 30 11 AM - 12 PM Discussion: 10 Warning Signs of Dementia, 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 +7 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 Friends Book Sale (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale (multiday) Fletcher Free Book Sale Next Weekend (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 This Saturday at the Food Shelf 9 - 11 AM Touch-A-Truck 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 Greenup Festival 9 AM - 3 PM 2nd Annual Barge Canal Green Up Day Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Barge Canal Festival 9 AM - 3 PM 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 Library Used Book Sale, May 6 & 7 10 AM (multiday) Fletcher Free Friends Book Sale 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
7 Giornata Del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Day) 2 - 9 PM Giornata Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Day) 2 - 9 PM Giornata Del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Day) 2 - 9 PM Ethan Allen Homestead: Book Club 3 - 4 PM VYOA Final Concert of the Season \| The Lost World 3 PM +1 more see less	8 Two Events Bringing Ranked Choice Voting to Vermont (multiday) Hydrant Flushing in the Fire District No .2 Area All Day YA Craft at Burnham Library: Upcycled CDs 3:15 - 5:30 PM Monday Night Meditation! 5 - 6:30 PM South End Innovation District, City Council Meeting 5:30 PM +1 more see less	9 Colchester Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM	10 Stand Up Comedy May 10! 6:30 - 8 PM Stand Up Comedy May 10! 6:30 - 8 PM Stand Up Comedy May 10! 6:30 - 8 PM Stand Up Comedy May 10! 6:30 - 8 PM Ward 1 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA) 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	11 Mother's Day Sip and Shop at the Essex Resort 5 - 8 PM ONE Community Dinner Features Special Nepali Meal 5:30 - 6:30 PM Wards 2 & 3 Neighborhood Meeting (NPA) Thursday May 11 6:30 - 8:30 PM	12 Porch Sale Friday and Saturday May 12-13 - 2 Allen St (multiday) Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday)	13 Yard Sale Saturday May 13 All Day Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale, 9 - 2pm 9 AM - 2 PM Next Week - Five Sisters Tag Sale and Free Pile Day 9 AM - 3 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM "Make Your Own" at AO Glass 10 AM - 3 PM Multi-Household Garage Sale! May 13 10 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 12 - 1 PM Five Sisters Perennial Plant Swap & Give-Away May 13 2 - 3 PM The Vault LIVE! An Immersive Show This Saturday! 7 - 8:30 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Spring Concert 7 - 9 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Spring Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less
14 Seeing Through the Wall - 56 Minute Vermont Film - Free 3:30 - 5 PM	15 Preview of May 15 City Council Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM City Council Meeting Monday (Action Item) 6:30 PM	16 Medicaid Cutoffs Discussion 5 - 7 PM Painted Flowers 5:30 - 6:30 PM	17 This Week at the Colchester Food Shelf 12 - 6 PM Legislative Session Wrap Up Meet Up 5 - 6 PM	18 Lunch Meetup in Schmanska Park 12 - 1 PM YA Science Experiments at Burnham Library 3:15 - 4:15 PM Join Us at the Ward 5 NPA! 6:30 - 8:45 PM Racial Trauma and Generational Healing 7 - 8 PM World Migratory Bird Day Weekend at Missisquoi Nwr 7 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	19 Vermont Arbor Day Conference, May 19 at VTC 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM BCA Summer Exhibitions Opening Reception 5 - 7 PM Live Music: Ryan Ober & the Romans at AO Glass 7 - 10 PM	20 Walk to Shop Trolleys at the Farmers Market May 20 All Day Renovation-Inspired Yard Sale 8 AM Hands-On Beekeeping Courses at Burlington's Rock Point 9 AM - 12 PM Green Mt. Rug Hooking Guild Mtg, Workshops & Auction 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale May 20! 9 AM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Walk of Ages 10 AM - 12 PM Heineberg Senior Center Happenings 10 AM - 12 PM Heineberg Walk of Ages /Health Fair 10 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale - Essex/Jericho - This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) Old North End Repair Cafe 11 AM - 3 PM Women's Spring Retreat 11 AM - 4 PM Women's Spring Retreat 11 AM - 4 PM Listening Session with Councilor Doherty & Councilor King 12 - 1 PM Plex Arts Festival 6 PM (multiday) +12 more see less
21 Spoonful Herbals Annual Plant Sale and Swap 10 AM - 1 PM Spoonful Herbals Annual Plant Sale & Swap on May 21st 10 AM - 1 PM May Silent Book Club Meet-Up 1 - 3 PM Elite Women in the Business of Slavery 2 - 3 PM Elite Women in the Business of Slavery 2 - 3 PM +1 more see less	22 Let's Save Some Lives Blood Drive 10 AM - 3 PM	23 Local Italian Feast by Wolfpeach and Live Forever Foods Until 6 PM Trivia Night at the Burnham Library! 6 - 7:15 PM Police Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - May 23 6:30 PM Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Substance User 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	24 This Week at the Colchester Food Shelf 12 - 6 PM Free Training Program in Construction 6:30 - 7:30 PM Swallow This: a Documentary About Methadone and Covid 7 - 8:30 PM Wards 4&7 NPA 7 - 9 PM Your NPA is Back Wednesday with Free Pizza 7 - 9 PM Wards 4/7 NPA Meeting Agenda Ft. Free Pizza 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	25 The Story Beneath The Barge Canal May 25 5:30 - 7 PM The Story Beneath The Barge Canal 5:30 - 7 PM Ward 8 NPA 7 - 8:15 PM Interfaith Study and Devotional Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM	26 Big Sale 667 Bean Road (multiday) Christ the King Spring Challenge at Calahan Park Friday 8 AM - 12 PM Garage Sale - Bean Rd - May 26-29 8 AM (multiday) Estate Sale Part 2 8 AM (multiday) Huge Multifamily Garage Sale - May 26-29 8 AM (multiday) +1 more see less	27 Yard Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Sale to Benefit North End Food Pantry - Grey Meadow Dr - May 27 8:30 AM - 5 PM Memorial Day Weekend Garage Sale 8:30 AM (multiday) Neighborhood Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale on Ira Lane May 27! 9 AM - 3 PM Weekly Family Yoga Class! 3:30 - 5 PM Community Pasta Dinner for All - Marathon Saturday 5 - 7:30 PM Community Pasta Dinner for All-Marathon Saturday 5 - 7:30 PM Community Pasta Dinner for All - Marathon Saturday 5 - 7:30 PM +6 more see less
28 City Marathon Sunday May 28 All Day Samba Beats for Marathon Runners 7:15 - 11:15 AM Furniture Moving Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale - Low Prices! 9 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale - Thayer Bay Cir. - May 28 9 AM - 12 PM Garden Swap This Sunday! 11 AM - 1 PM Family Contra Dance This Sunday 1:30 - 3 PM +3 more see less	29	30	31 Citizens' Assemblies: Public Information Session 6 - 8 PM Citizens' Assemblies: Public Information Session 6 - 8 PM Citizens' Assemblies: Public Information Session 6 - 8 PM	1 Free Trees for Burlington Residents! 3 - 5 PM Leddy Park Comprehensive Plan - Final Public Meeting 4:30 - 6:30 PM Ward 6 NPA - June 1 Meeting 6 - 8 PM	2 Davis Studio Painting Show at Pierson Library June 2 All Day 2nd Weekend Garage Sale - 156 Meadow Dr! 8 AM (multiday) Savoy Queer Film Festival - June 2 and 4 7:30 PM	3 Tag Sale at Northgate Apartments 8 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale - Strong St - June 3 9 AM - 12 PM Pottery Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Re: Annual Community Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Neighborhood Garage Sales and Block Party 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - 75 Waybury Rd 9 AM (multiday) Another amazing BOOK SALE this Saturday, June 3! 9:30 AM - 1 PM Book Sale (+ Yard Sale) - Rockland St June 3 9:30 AM - 1 PM Open House This Weekend! 10 AM - 1 PM Relay for Life Bottle Drive & Donations! 10 AM - 5 PM Community Tag Sale - Flynn Ave June 3 11 AM - 2 PM Weekly Family Yoga Class! 3:30 - 5 PM +8 more see less