Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2015

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29 March Workshops: Sean Dye Studio Pastel & Oil Painting 9 AM (multiday) Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast March 29 All Day 5-Town Friends of the Arts Gathering March 29 All Day 5-Town Friends of the Arts Gathering All Day 5-Town Friends of the Arts Gathering All Day Solo Exhibition at the Walkover Gallery All Day Solo Exhibition at the Walkover Gallery All Day North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church Easter Egg Hunt All Day Public Breakfast All Day Upcoming Fire Facility Building Committee Meeting All Day 5 Town Friends of the Arts Special Gathering All Day Public Breakfast at Masonic Lodge March 29 7:30 - 10 AM Historic Local Military Road Program on Community TV 4 - 5 PM 5-Town Friends of the Arts Special Gathering 4 - 6:30 PM +10 more see less	30 Transition Town Charlotte Gardens Meeting All Day Cribbage Night March 30 All Day Community Meeting for Creating a Food Coop in Bristol 7 PM	31 Spring Celebration Goddess Circle All Day CCS Budget Informational Meeting March 31 All Day Rutland Area Toastmasters Open House 6 - 7:30 PM School Board Meeting March 31 7 PM	1 Plants for Pollinators Talk - No Fooling! All Day Pollinator Habitat Restoration for the Home Gardener 7 - 8 PM Community Q&A Session Regarding MAUMHS Budget 7 PM	2 Senior Meal April 2 12 AM Thursday Night Potluck Supper All Day For Kids Make 'N Take Craft Fest All Day 3rd Annual "Show of Hands" Silent Auction at Penny Cluse Cafe 5:30 - 7:30 PM VT Health Connect Navigator at New Haven Community Library 6 - 8 PM Free Peaceful and Practical Parenting Class Series 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	3 Bessette Quartet Hosts Our High School Students at Shelburne Museum All Day 7th & 8th Grade Dance Friday, April 3 All Day 7th/8th Grade Dance at Holley Hall April 3 All Day 7th/8th Grade Dance at Holley Hall April 3 7 - 9 PM 7th/8th Grade Dance Friday, April 3 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	4 New Haven Candy Hunt Sat. All Day Annual CMN Bake Sale April 4! All Day Bottle Drive for Project Graduation April 4 All Day Fundraising Event for Addison Central Teens All Day Easter Egg Hunt at Charlotte Congregational Church! All Day New Haven Cub Scout "Day Before Easter Bake Sale" 7am-12pm 7 AM - 12 PM Pre-Season Open House at Red Wagon Plants 10 AM - 3 PM New Haven Candy Hunt on Town Green April 4 10 AM Easter Egg Hunt 11 AM - 12 PM Cornwall Dance - This Saturday 7 - 9:30 PM Cornwall Dance Sat. 7 - 9:30 PM The Spring Thaw - Benefit for Addison Central Teens 7 - 10 PM Fundraising Event for Teen Center at Carol's Hungry Mind Cafe 7 - 10 PM Matt Harlan April 4 7 PM +10 more see less
5 Easter Sunrise Service and Breakfast All Day North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church Easter Services All Day Eddy Farm Easter Egg Hunt and Open Barn April 5 All Day Easter Services at New Haven Congregational 6:30 - 11 AM Easter Resurrection Sunday Services 8:30 AM - 1 PM Celebrate Easter with an Easter Egg Hunt! 1:30 - 4 PM +2 more see less	6 Family Literacy Night for 3-5 Year Olds at Monkton Central School All Day MCS Family Literacy Night for Children 3-5 Years and Their Parents All Day Parenting Expert, Vicki Hoefle Comes to the Flying Pig All Day Selectboard Agenda and Packet for April 6 All Day	7 Hinesburg Nursery School Benefit at Public House All Day AARP Safe Driver Course Sponsored April 7 All Day Hph Community Dinner to Benefit Hinesburg Nursery School All Day Nicole Griffin Comes to the Flying Pig All Day Hinesburgh Public House Community Supper Benefits HnS! All Day Howard Center Foster Care Open House All Day Tree Keeper Training All Day HPH Community Dinner to Benefit Hinesburg Nursery School All Day Great Kids' Mystery Writer at the Flying Pig April 7 All Day Kindergarten Registration 8:30 - 11:30 AM HPH Community Dinner to Benefit Hinesburg Nursery School! 5 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM Talking with Your Teen About Dating Presentation! 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation: Talking with Your Teen About Dating! 7 - 8:30 PM Talking with Your Teen About Dating Presentation! 7 - 8:30 PM Development Review Board Agenda April 7 7:30 PM +12 more see less	8 Senior Program at the Library April 8 All Day Music for the Country, City and Sea All Day New Haven Historical Society Meeting All Day Bird Talk! All Day Insightful Speaker Discusses ‘Real Thinking' April 8 All Day Mary Hogan Elementary School Annual Meeting All Day Middlebury Community Music Center Performance Salon Wednesday 6 PM Burlington Writer's Workshop - Middlebury Branch 6:30 - 8:30 PM What's Buzzing in Hinesburg? Golden-Winged Warblers in the Champlain 7 - 8 PM Music for the Country, City and Sea 7 PM Mary Hogan School Annual Meeting April 8th 7 PM Middlebury Wind Ensemble 7 PM Mary Hogan School Annual Meeting Wednesday! 7 PM Planning Commission Agenda 7:30 PM +10 more see less	9 Charlotte Central School Presents: Disney's Peter Pan Jr (multiday) Vergennes Community Garden Meeting All Day Ferrisburgh Day 2015 Meeting All Day Coffee Conversation All Day Weybridge Parents' Club Service Raffle & Community Potluck 6 PM Weybridge Potluck and Service Raffle April 9 6 PM Weybridge School Service Raffle and Community Potluck April 9 6 PM Parent Workshop: Supporting Your K-4 Math Learner at Home 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	10 Comedy Night in Bristol All Day House Concert at Sally Burrell's in Bristol All Day A Special Night at the Bristol Bakery All Day First Open Mic Teen Night at Walkover Gallery All Day Rummage Sale! All Day House Concert at Sally Burrell's in Bristol All Day Friday Night at the Bristol Bakery All Day Finding the Stillpoint All Day Dine Out and Support the Shelburne Nursery School All Day House Concert at Sally Burrell's in Bristol All Day Poetry Event All Day 2nd Annual Made in Vermont Marketplace 4 PM (multiday) Bixby Movie Club #5 - Night Moves (1975) 6 - 8:30 PM Fly Fishing Film Tour 6 - 11 PM Kids Night Out! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Friday Night Teen Open Mic Night at Walkover Gallery! 7 - 9 PM Poetry Reading April 10 7 PM Comedy Night in Bristol 7 PM Comedy Night in Bristol 7:30 PM Comedy Night in Bristol 7:30 PM Vamp Out at the Marquis! 9 PM (multiday) +17 more see less	11 Don't Miss the Sustainable Living Expo! All Day Sustainable Living Expo in Middlebury All Day Free Rock Climbing Event for Middle School Boys All Day Sustainable Living Expo in Middlebury! All Day Yard, Farm and Garden Sale This Weekend! All Day Crafting at the Starksboro Library All Day People, Power and Pasta All Day Treasures & Trinkets Rummage Sale at VUHS! All Day A Beautiful Adventure: Songs of Travels and Transformations All Day Rusty Dewees, "The Logger" is Coming to Bristol! All Day Rusty Dewees, "The Logger" is Coming to Bristol! All Day "People, Power and Pasta" All Day Treasures & Trinkets Rummage Sale All Day Casino Night at St. Ambrose Church All Day Treasures & Trinkets Sale All Day Treasures & Trinkets Rummage Sale at VUHS! All Day LEAP Energy Fair All Day Treasures & Trinkets Rummage Sale! 8 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Free Spring Children's Clothing and Book Swap 9 - 10:30 AM 1st Annual Spring Extravaganza and Flea Market 9 AM - 2 PM 1st Annual Spring Extravaganza and Flea Market 9 AM - 2 PM Join Me at the Sustainability Expo This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Sustainable Living Expo April 11 9 AM - 4 PM Sustainable Living Expo 9 AM - 4 PM Lawn, Garden and Tool Sale 9 AM - 6 PM Big Garage Sale This Weekend! 9 AM (multiday) Chinese Conversation Group 10:10 AM - 11:10 PM DAR: History and Research Process 10:30 AM - 12 PM VT Works for Women Fundraiser 11 AM - 12:30 PM Sister to Sister International Cooking Event 12 - 2 PM Economic Development Initiative Public Input Session 12:30 - 2:30 PM "People, Power and Pasta" 4:30 - 6 PM People, Power and Pasta - a Community Event for All! 4:30 - 6 PM People, Power and Pasta April 11 4:30 PM Benefit Concert in Burlington April 11 7 PM Benefit for the Children in Fukushima 7 PM Music at Burnham Hall This Weekend! 7 PM Rusty Dewees Show This Saturday April 11 7 PM Casino Night at St Ambrose Parish Church 7:30 PM +36 more see less
12 Book Release Party All Day Vermont Sweet Briar College Alumnae and Friends Fundraising Meeting All Day Vermont Day School Informational Meeting All Day Planet Cat: aCATemy Awards All Day Breakfast Buffet Sunday Morning in Bristol All Day Sunday Group Meditation All Day St. Peter's Church Breakfast All Day Henry Sheldon Museum Sponsors Antiques Appraisal Day 10 AM - 2 PM Henry Sheldon Museum Sponsors Antiques Appraisal Day April 12 10 AM - 2 PM Henry Sheldon Museum Sponsors Antiques Appraisal Day April 12 10 AM - 2 PM Henna for Hair Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Co-Op Conversation 11 AM Ferrisburgh Historical Society 2 PM This Sunday's Salon: a Sense of Place 7 - 8:30 PM Postponed Feb. Salon: a Sense of Place with John Elder & Nate Gusakov! 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Sunday Salon Series April 12 7 - 8:30 PM +12 more see less	13 Mt Abraham Budget Revote (multiday) Henna at the Library All Day Low-Cost Microchip Clinic at Homeward Bound April 13 All Day Revised School Budget Vote This Tuesday All Day MAUMHS Budget Vote & Informational Meeting All Day Vote on Monday! 7 - 7 PM +2 more see less	14 Mt. Abe Budget Re-Vote All Day Mt. Abe Re-Vote All Day Starksboro First Response is Hosting a CPR Class! All Day Mt. Abe Budget Re-Vote 7 AM - 7 PM Mt. Abe Budget Re-Vote 7 AM - 7 PM Mt Abe Budget Revote April 14 7 AM - 7 PM Lincoln Town Office Closed April 14 8 AM - 2 PM Warning Agenda Panton Select Board Meeting 5:30 PM Zumba Benefitting Hunger Free Vermont! 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	15 Annette's Preschool Hosts Act 166 Open House All Day Annette's Preschool Hosts Act 166 Prek Info Night All Day Eat at Bobcat & Support Willowell Camp Scholarships All Day Act 166 Pre-K Education Funding - Informational Night All Day Music at The Antidote All Day Eat at the Bobcat to Support Camp Scholarships All Day Chicken & Biscuit Dinner All Day Meet the Incoming CCS Lead Principal April 15 4:30 - 5:30 PM Meet the Incoming CCS Lead Principal April 15 4:30 - 5:30 PM Chicken & Biscuit Dinner 5 - 7 PM Act 166 Informational Night for Families with Preschoolers 5:30 - 7 PM "From Classic to Whimsy" - Presentation by Judith Irven 7 PM Free Film & Artist Panel Discussion: "Handmade Nation" April 15 7 PM +9 more see less	16 Shelburne Players Presents "Calendar Girls" April 16-18 (multiday) Slow Money Event All Day Presentation: What's the Big Deal About Sugar? All Day Cultural Exchange Info Night All Day Coffee Conversation All Day Make Global Connections a Reality with AFS! 6 - 7 PM VUES Presents "Aladdin" 6 - 7:30 PM Charter House Benefit Dinner at 51 Main Street 6 - 9 PM Presentation at Mtn Health Ctr: What's the Big Deal About Sugar? 7 - 8 PM Slow Money Event 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	17 Family Bingo Night! All Day Opening for Season, Cocktail Party at Red Wagon Plants 8 AM - 9 PM VFW Fish Fry 5 - 7 PM Game Night at Ilsley Library 6:30 - 9:30 PM 5th & 6th Grade 5-Town Dance 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	18 VT Home & Garden Show at Champlain Valley Expo (multiday) Creating with Collage All Day Family Dance April 18 All Day Cash Bingo in Vergennes All Day Growing Blueberry Bushes in Your Backyard All Day Martin and Eliza Carthy at All Souls Interfaith Gathering April 18 All Day Bottle Drive! All Day Free Saturday Family Playtime All Day The Road Less Traveled - a Capella Show All Day Bishop Visiting Saint Ambrose! All Day Bixby Book Sale Grand Re-Opening April 18 9 AM - 3 PM Seeking Donations for April Benefit Rummage Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Genealogy Class on Lafrance Database 10:30 AM - 12 PM Naomi Klein is Coming to Vermont! 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Book Reading & Signing at Recycled Reading! 12 - 2 PM Cash Bingo in Vergennes 1 - 5 PM Bingo to Benefit the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #14 1 PM "Lost Apples" Pruning Workshop 1 PM Family Dance to Support the Swim Team 7 - 9 PM New Haven Republican Town Committee Meeting 7 PM Huge Garage Sale 8:30 PM (multiday) +17 more see less
19 Live Play Contest - Cultural Smorsgabord Sunday and Monday (multiday) Awesome Yard Sale April 19 All Day Covenant Players at First Baptist Church All Day New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast April 19 7 - 11 AM Monkton Volunteer Fire Department Annual Breakfast 8 - 11 AM National Jewish Playwrighting Contest Comes to South Burlington 2 PM Covenant Players Performance 4 - 5 PM +3 more see less	20 Selectboard Agenda and Packet for April 20 All Day Bristol Qigong Class 10 - 11:30 AM The Bristol Hub Presents PREP 10 AM (multiday)	21 Donna Brazile Presentation All Day Intro to Couponing Workshop at the Bixby! All Day Selectboard Meeting All Day Planning Commission Meeting April 21 All Day Development Review Board Meeting April 21 All Day Suncommon Shine n' Dine at Two Brothers! 6 - 7:30 PM Condominium Energy Efficiency Presentation 6:30 - 8 PM Community Forum About Carbon Tax April 21 7 PM +4 more see less	22 Earth Day Children's Activities at Red Wagon Plants All Day A Walk in the Park - Earth Day April 22 All Day Eat for Art All Day Robinson School Board Meeting All Day Friends of the Hort Farm Presents "It's All About the Plants" All Day Earth Day Children's Activities at Red Wagon Plants 9 AM - 1 PM The Bristol Hub Hikes! Trip to Bristol Ledges 12 - 4 PM Taiji Talk and Demonstration 4 - 5 PM Community Caregiving Celebration April 22 5 PM Fiction, Nonfiction or Poetry Series 5:30 - 7 PM Innovative Gardens Talk Wednesday Evening 6 - 8 PM Planning Commission Agenda 7:30 PM +8 more see less	23 Barn Dance This Thursday! All Day ACTR 116 Commuter Fare Free on 3rd Anniversary All Day Barn Dance! All Day Barn Dance! All Day King Arthur in Middlebury! All Day Barn Dance! All Day Free Bus Ride! All Day Barn Dance with Footprint Farm All Day Barn Dance at Footprint Farm 6 - 9 PM Spamalot 8 - 10:30 PM Spamalot Opens April 23 8 - 10:30 PM +7 more see less	24 Ladies Aide Industria Annual Spring Rummage Sale (multiday) Community Dinner - Friday All Day Swing Dance with East Bay Jazz Band All Day Community Dinner April 24 5:30 - 7 PM The Vermont Maple Festival 6 PM (multiday) Music at the Bristol Bakery 7 - 9:30 PM Traditional Music Concert at CCC 7:30 - 9 PM Anne Frank Remembrance Concert April 24, 25 7:30 PM Spamalot 8 - 10:30 PM +5 more see less	25 Bristol Historical Society Open House April 25 All Day World Tai Chi Day All Day Old Bones Country & Gospel Concert & Supper All Day World Tai Chi Day All Day Compostfest at Green Mountain Compost! All Day Williston Habitat Restore Expansion Celebration All Day Iroquois Soccer Field Prep Day - We Need You! All Day Zen Buddhism Workshop All Day Gear Swap April 25 All Day Fly Casting Clinic All Day Spring Sale All Day Fly Casting Clinic at Shelburne Field House All Day Zen Buddhism Workshop All Day April Stools' Day at Lands of the Watershed Center 9 - 11 AM Plant, Bake and Yard Sale! 9 AM - 1 PM Gear Swap April 25 9 AM - 3 PM Finding Ancestors in Online Newspapers 10:30 AM - 12 PM "Thinking Money" Film and Guest Speaker Aaron Robertson 10:30 AM - 12 PM Charlie Nardozzi Gardening Talk + Spring Market 11 AM - 5 PM Old Bones Country & Gospel Concert & Supper 5:30 - 8:30 PM Miss Vermont Scholarship Competition 6 PM +17 more see less
26 Sunday Public Breakfast All Day Farm Dinner at Agricola Farm April 26 All Day Annual Yoga Class, a Benefit for RGH All Day Yoga Fundraiser for RGH All Day Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast All Day Discovered Poems Workshop All Day Public Breakfast Sunday Morning All Day Public Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Discovered Poem Workshop 10 AM - 2 PM Discovered Poem Workshop 10 AM - 2 PM Fundraiser for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 12 PM Spamalot 2 - 4:30 PM Firehouse Design Meeting 7 PM +9 more see less	27 Cribbage/Game Night at Libanus Lodge All Day Kindergarten Registration All Day Selectboard Agenda and Packet for April 27 All Day Solar Energy Talk at Library April 27 All Day Blasting at Exit 10 Begins April 27 12:30 - 3:30 PM Park and Ride Discussion 6 PM Energy Efficiency Seminar 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	28 Grateful Dog is Re Opening April 28! All Day Public Informational Meeting & Australian Ballot Vote All Day Talk at Ilsley on Educating Girls in Afghanistan 5:30 - 7 PM	29 How Low Can You Go? Home Energy Explained All Day ID Theft Prevention Presentation at Charlotte Library All Day How Low Can You Go? Home Energy Efficiency Explained All Day Navigator at Lincoln Library April 29 All Day Correction: Robinson School Board Meeting April 29 All Day Cornwall's Inventory of Natural Resources All Day Vergennes Champs Swim Team Information & Registration Night All Day Health Insurance Navigator Visits Lincoln Library All Day Vergennes Champs Swim Team Information & Registration Night at VUES 6 - 7:30 PM Identity Theft Protection Presentation 7 - 8 PM How Low Can You Go? Home Energy Efficiency Explained 7 - 8:30 PM How Low Can You Go? Home Energy Explained April 29 7 PM Cornwall's Inventory of Natural Resources April 29 7 PM +9 more see less	30 Rummage Sale (multiday) Jeffrey Lent Talk All Day Last Week to See "Spamalot"! All Day Grange Rummage Sale All Day Jeffrey Lent at the Flying Pig All Day Last Week to See "Spamalot"! All Day Rummage Sale All Day Charlotte Grange Spring Rummage Sale All Day Coffee Conversation 10 AM Workshop: "The How and Why to Memorize Poetry" 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Dinner with an Author 5:30 - 7:30 PM Vermont On-Road Cycling Plan - Mtg. April 30 6 - 8 PM Spamalot 8 - 10:30 PM +9 more see less	1 May Day March in Montpelier All Day Welcome Baby Brunch All Day Middlebury Swing Club Spring Show All Day Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Event May 1 10 AM - 2 PM Arbor Day in Charlotte 2 PM Wine Tasting at Almost Home Market 4:30 - 6:30 PM The Buck Stopped Here: Retrospective Exhibit Celebrating Life 5 - 8 PM Bixby Movie Club May 1 6 PM Silent Auction May 1 6:30 - 9 PM Spamalot 8 - 10:30 PM +6 more see less	2 Vermont Green Up Day 45th Anniversary Weekend (multiday) Estate Sale (multiday) Huge Rummage Sale! All Day Green Up Day All Day Calling All Cornwall Citizens - Green Up Day Saturday, May 2 All Day Green Up Day All Day Looking for a Few High School Kids to Help Out May 2 All Day Independent Bookstore Day All Day Songs Made Famous: an Evening of Signature Songs! All Day Derby Day Fundraiser for Porter All Day CCS Compost Sale and Shed Tour on Green Up Day All Day Ethiopian Boogie Benefit All Day Robinson Reconsideration Vote May 2 All Day CCS Compost Sale and Shed Tour on Green Up Day All Day Ferrisburgh Video on VPT May 2 All Day Green Up Day All Day Ilsley Book Sale All Day Green Up Day! All Day Pottery and Art Sale at Middlebury Studio School All Day Ethiopian Dance Party! All Day Pick Up Ultimate for Middle Schoolers Starts This Saturday! All Day Green Up Day May 2 All Day Need Help Teaching Beginners How to Ride a Bike? All Day Green Up Day in the Hollow All Day Green Up Festival! All Day Want to Avoid "Roadtrans?" All Day Large Multi Family Yard Sale All Day Clean Up, Green Up - Saturday! All Day Rummage Sale May 2 All Day Mother's Day Weekend Concerts! All Day Mother's Day Weekend Concerts All Day Ethiopian Boogie Benefit All Day Green Up Day May 2 All Day Spaghetti Supper May 2 All Day The Bluegrass Gospel Project! All Day Special Town Meeting May 2 All Day Green Up Day – Vergennes All Day Mt. Abe Revised Budget / Robinson Budget Reconsideration All Day Green Up Day May 2 All Day Green Up Day 2015 8 AM - 12:30 PM Green Up Day in Panton 8 AM - 6 PM Procity Shootout Basketball Tournament 8 AM (multiday) Green-Up Day Saturday May 2 9 - 10 AM 8th Annual Branch Out Burlington Tree Sale 9 - 11 AM CCS Compost Sale and Shed Tour on Green Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Bike Swap & Clinic on Green Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Special Starksboro Robinson Elementary Town Meeting 9 AM Special Town School District Meeting May 2 9 AM Green Up Day in the Hollow 9:30 AM Green Up Day in the Hollow 9:30 AM Early Childhood Mayfest May 2 10 AM - 2 PM Pottery Sale at Middlebury Studio School 10 AM - 4 PM Discover Your Civil War Veterans in Federal Publications 10:30 AM - 12 PM Yoga for Gardeners with Heidi Bock & Charlie Nardozzi 11 AM - 1 PM Green Up Festival This Weekend! 12 - 3 PM Songs Made Famous: an Evening of Signature Songs! 7:30 - 9:30 PM The Bluegrass Gospel Project! 7:30 - 10:30 PM Adult Prom - "Hinesburg Heaven" Prize Pack Valued at over $300! 7:30 PM (multiday) Adult Prom! 7:30 PM (multiday) Green Up Hinesburg 8:30 PM +57 more see less