Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

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1 Mega Yard Sale! (Free Hot Dogs!) 9 AM (multiday) Blessing of the Animals 10:30 - 11:30 AM	2 Dance in the Isle's New Fall Schedule is Now Up! All Day St. Albans City Climate & Energy Committee Meeting 4 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM	3 North Hero Special Election - Water Bond Vote 7 AM - 7 PM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Town Planning Commission 6 - 7 PM Isle La Motte Selectboard Meeting Oct. 3 6 - 7:30 PM St. Albans City Belonging, Equity & Inclusion Committee 6:30 PM +1 more see less	4 Live Music at Two Heroes All Day Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM Test Emergency Alerts 2:20 PM Free In-Person Diabetes Prevention Program 5:30 - 6:30 PM	5 Drone Flight Thursday 1 - 4 PM	6 South Hero Jolley's Breast Cancer Awareness Bake Sale! (multiday) Catholic Daughters of America Fall Rummage Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Catholic Daughters Rummage Sale 8 AM (multiday) Rummage Sale at St. Paul's Church Oct. 6-7 8 AM (multiday) Rummage Sales 9 AM - 3 PM Fall Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Community Movie Night: Ghostbusters 5:30 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	7 Turkey Supper is Back! - Oct. 7 All Day Weekend in the Islands 8 AM (multiday) Rummage Sales 9 AM - 3 PM CANCELLED Tractor Display 10 AM - 3 PM Huge Book Sale at Island Arts 10 AM - 4 PM Allenholm Farm Craft Fair 10 AM (multiday) Silent Auction at Island Arts! 10 AM (multiday) Fall Foliage Hike with Third Act VT, GMC & Sierra Club 10:45 AM Family Fun Show During Weekend in the Islands 4 - 5 PM Haunted Library and Grounds 6:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less
8 Correction: Open House on Sunday Oct. 8 All Day GIAW: Yard Sale - Weekend in the Islands 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Sunday - Fire Department Open House 10 AM - 1 PM Huge Book Sale and Meet Author Lenny Levine 10 AM - 4 PM Silent Auction at Island Arts! 10 AM (multiday) Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM Jazz Concert - The Sounds of the Season 3 - 4:15 PM +4 more see less	9 Swanton School Family Literacy Night 5:15 - 7 PM Regular City Council Meeting Oct. 9 6:30 PM	10 Volunteer Work Party at Folsom Learning Garden 3 - 5 AM Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Adult Craft Night: Mop Head Ghosts 4:30 - 5:30 PM Knitting Group 5 - 7 PM +1 more see less	11 Adult Volleyball 6 - 8 PM Cancelled: Charles Coe: Poet, Writer, Musician 6 PM The Island Line Revisited! 6:30 - 8 PM Vermont's Island Line Revisited 6:30 PM Here Ye! Here Ye! 6:30 PM +1 more see less	12 Healthy Highgate Walking Club 10 AM Lego Free Play 2 - 6 PM C.I.D.E.R Annual Meeting Rescheduled 4:30 - 6 PM Rescheduled CIDER Annual Meeting 4:30 - 6 PM Grand Isle Recreation - Mary Crest Beach Sub-Committee 6:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Firefighter Storytime 10 AM Fall Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM	14 GI Fire Breakfast Fundraiser 7:30 AM LGBTQ+ Coffee Meetup 9 - 11 AM Beautifying Folsom Education and Community Center 9 AM - 1 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Pumpkin Painting 10 - 11 AM Kids Costume Swap 10 AM - 12 PM 🍂 Harvest Fest New Date - Oct. 14 ! 10 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale Continues at Grand Isle Art Works 10 AM - 3 PM Silent Auction Benefit - Franklin County Senior Center 10 AM - 4 PM Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Classic Gymkhana Followed by Draft Horse Gymkhana 11 AM - 4 PM Oct. 14 Open House at the Grand Isle Lake House! 12 - 2 PM Stein Holding at Kraemer & Kin Brewery 6 - 7 PM +9 more see less
15 Center Market Provisions Historical Society Program 2 - 3 PM Fall Fest at Donaldson Park 2 - 4 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM	16 St. Albans City Planning Commission Meeting: Oct. 16 5:30 PM	17 Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM 2024 Medicare Advantage Plans Meeting 10 AM - 12 PM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM C.I.D.E.R. Flu and Covid Vaccination Clinic 11 AM - 2 PM Score Webinar: Small Business Holiday Marketing Master 12 - 1 PM South Hero Conservation Commission Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	18 Hydrant Flushing (multiday) Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM Halloween Costume Exchange 5 - 8 PM Maple Run Unified School District Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Isle La Motte Selectboard Meeting - Oct. 18 6 - 8 PM Adult Volleyball 6 - 8 PM 1920's Murder Mystery Night - Registration Required 6 - 8 PM GICWD - October Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Meeting Oct. 18 7 PM +5 more see less	19 Healthy Highgate Walking Club 10 AM Lego Free Play 2 - 6 PM St. Albans City Historic Preservation Commission Mtg 6 PM	20 Open Door Dinner 5:30 - 6:30 PM Fall Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM	21 Garage Sale - US Route 2 - Oct. 21 & 22 (multiday) Lots of Great Deals - 1 Day Moving Sale This Saturday 8 AM - 3 PM Kitty Adoption Event 9 AM - 1 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM The Story of Jeffrey Brace: Slave and Revolutionary War 10:30 AM - 12 PM Energy Fair in Swanton 11 AM - 2 PM Pumpkin Carving 12 - 4 PM Halloween Social/Jackolantern Judging at Highgate Manor 1 - 4 PM Live Music: The Tenderbellies 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less
22 Champlain Islands Marathon/Half Marathon 7 AM - 2:30 PM Annual Nativity Ham Dinner 11 AM - 12:30 PM Empower VT Campaign for Truly Green & Just Electricity 12:30 - 2 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM	23 Friends of the Library Meeting 6 - 7 PM St. Albans City Design Advisory Board Meeting 6:30 PM	24 Volunteer Work Party at The Gleaning Garden 3 - 6 AM Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Public Meeting Town Plan Update 1 - 5 PM Planning Commission Open House for Town Plan Update 1 - 5 PM Knitting Group 5 - 7 PM St. Albans City Police Advisory Board Meeting 5 PM Legacy of Paul Lawrence: a Panel Discussion 6 - 7 PM South Hero Historical Society Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM SHHS Annual Meeting - Worthen Library 6 - 7:30 PM Town of Georgia Workshop for the Town Plan Update 6 - 8 PM 2nd GI Community Mtg - Updating Our Town Plan & 🍕 6 - 8 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting: Oct. 24 6 PM +9 more see less	25 Mater Christi School PK-8th Grade Open House 8:30 - 11 AM Special Effects Make-Up/Barbie Zombification for Teens 4:30 - 6:30 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Adult Volleyball 6 - 8 PM	26 Healthy Highgate Walking Club 10 AM Lego Free Play 2 - 6 PM Exploding Pumpkins 3:30 PM Martha's ~ 3rd Annual First Responder Chili Cook-Off 4 - 5:30 PM Halloween Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	27 Huge Yard Sale & Book Sale Oct. 27-28 8:30 AM (multiday) Nature at Night 5 - 6:30 PM Fall Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM The Honky Tonk Halloween at Kraemer & Kin 6 - 8 PM	28 Holy Angels Parish Holiday Craft Sale 12 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Rain or Shine 8 AM - 2 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Harvest Festival 10 AM - 12 PM Spooky Saturday on Oct. 28 10 AM - 3 PM An Acadian Genealogy Primer 10:30 AM Mt. Philo State Park Hike 10:45 AM Trunk or Treat- Trunks Needed 5 - 6 PM To the Enchanted Forest We Go: Halloween Dance Party! 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less
29 Free Halloween Family Fun with Fido Too! 10 AM - 2 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM Organ Recital 3 - 5 PM Let's Learn Tarot - Divination & Self Empowerment 3 - 6 PM	30 Halloween Kid's Crafternoon 4 - 5 PM Free Vaccine and Health Clinic 4 - 6 PM St. Albans City & Town Joint Police Board Meeting 5:30 PM	31 Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Trunk or Treat at Haddad Subaru of St Albans 4 - 6 PM Trunk or Treat at Folsom School 5 - 6 PM Alburgh Truck or Treat 5:30 - 7:30 PM Haunted Highgate Trunk or Treat & Haunted Arena 5:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	1 Red Cross Blood Drive Nov. 1 12 - 4:30 PM Make Your Own Ring Dish 3:30 PM 100 Women Who Care Franklin County Meeting Nov. 1 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care - Franklin County, VT Quarterly Mtg 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care Nov. 1 Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Isle La Motte Selectboard Meeting - Nov. 1 6 - 8 PM Adult Volleyball 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	2 SEP Community Meeting Focus 2024 5:30 AM - 7 PM	3 Grand Isle Free Library Raffle All Day Friday Movie Matinee 12 PM	4 Catholic Daughters Christmas Gift & Craft Show 8 AM - 3 PM CDA Christmas Gift and Craft Show 8 AM - 3 PM Annual Craft/Vendor Fair 9 AM - 12 PM Kitty Adoption Event 9 AM - 1 PM St Albans Free Exchange 9 AM - 2 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Pet Event and Vendor Pop Up 10 AM - 12:30 PM Winter Farmers Market 10 AM - 1 PM Genealogy Fair in Barre Vermont 10 AM - 2 PM Thanksgaming Community Game Day 10 AM - 6 PM Daisy Turner's Kin Talk with Folklorist Jane Beck 11 AM - 12 PM Saint Albans Museum Calcutta 5:30 PM +8 more see less