Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2014

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27 Advance Medical Directives and End of Life Issues Presentation All Day April Take-Out Dinner All Day Armchair Traveler Series All Day Armchair Traveler Series All Day Paul Selig Workshop in Knowing & Worth 10 AM - 5 PM +1 more see less	28 Adult Programs at Kellogg-Hubbard Library All Day Bcems Garden Club Starting All Day City-Wide Barre Community Gardens Pre-Season Gathering All Day 4/28 Plainfield Select Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM	29 Transforming Peer Aggression in Girls - Training Opportunity All Day Adult African Djembe Class - Tuesdays Beginning April 29 5:30 - 6:30 PM Adult Djembe Class to Begin in Plainfield on April 29 5:30 PM	30 Osher Presentation All Day Drumming African Djembe Class April 30 All Day Olli Presents: the Vermont Movie Parts Ii & Iv 1:30 - 3:30 PM Film at Msac: the Vermont Movie: Part 2– Under the Surface 1:30 PM	1 Godspell Performance All Day Date for Primo Maggio - May 1 1:30 PM Storytime for Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers at the Cutler Library 2 - 3 PM Food, Film and Pete Seeger Tribute at the Old Labor Hall 5:30 - 9 PM Celebrate Primo Maggio (May Day) 5:30 PM Primo Maggio Nearly Here! 5:30 PM Primo Maggio! 5:30 PM Colin Mccaffrey, Pete Sutherland, & Brendan Taaffe at Bagitos 6 - 8 PM Nutritional Q and a at the Northfield Teen Center/Boys & Girls Club 6:30 - 7:30 PM +5 more see less	2 Lunafest: Support Vt Works for Women & Breast Cancer Fund All Day Buddhist Author Talk, Book Signing May 2 All Day Marshfield Tball League All Day "All Dogs Are Individuals" May 2 All Day Free Seminar - All Dogs Are Individuals All Day Lunafest: Films By, for and About Women All Day Buddhist Author Talk and Book Signing May 2 All Day Informal Town Meeting 6:30 - 8 AM Baroque Concert - Fundraiser for Good Samaritan Haven 7 - 9 PM Music at the North Branch Cafe 7 PM (multiday) Cameo Baroque Concert 7 PM Contra Dance at Beaver Brook Farm May 2 7 PM Sky Blue Boys at the Whammy Bar 7:30 PM +9 more see less	3 Spaghetti Dinner All Day Green Up Day May 3 All Day Green Up Day Info All Day It's Earth Day Today – Get Your Green on and Green Up! All Day Green Up Day! All Day Montpelier Kiwanis Breakfast All Day Beach Ball Dance Party! All Day Green Up on the Cross Vermont Trail May 3 All Day Montpelier Kiwanis Breakfast 7 - 11:30 AM Montpelier Kiwanis Club Annual Breakfast 7 - 11:30 AM Cookbooks Only Yard Sale 8 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day - Pick It Up! 9 AM - 3 PM Spghetti Dinner: Sat. May 3rd First Congregational Church of Berlin 5 - 6:30 PM Open Call for Performance This Saturday May 3rd 5 - 8 PM Spaghetti Dinner May 3 5 PM The Vermonter's Ball is Here! 8 - 11 PM +12 more see less
4 All Species Day Parade and Spring Pageant 12 - 3:30 PM Farm Open House 1 - 4 PM Comedy at Sweet Melissa's - Vermont Comedy Divas on Sunday! 7 PM	5 Didgeridoo to Treat Sleep Apnea May 5 All Day New Annuals - Presentation May 5 All Day Garden Meeting May 5 All Day Organic Lawn Care with Charlie Nardozzi All Day Charlie Nardozzi on Organic Lawn Care All Day Bcems School Budget Vote on May 13 All Day Bcems Budget Information Meeting 5:30 PM School Budget Meeting 5:30 PM Classic Book Group at the Cutler Library 6 - 8 PM Charlie Nardozzi Workshop on Organic Lawn Care 6:30 - 8 PM Charlie Nardozzi on Organic Lawn Care 6:30 - 8 PM Barre Community Gardens Meeting May 5 6:30 PM New Flowering Annuals for Containers and Gardens - Slides & Talk 6:30 PM Play the Didgeridoo to Treat Sleep Apnea 7 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting on Monday 7 PM +11 more see less	6 Ballroom Dance Classes All Day 1 Taylor Street Community Event May 6 All Day River Rock School Tech Night and Maker Workshop! All Day Growing Older Discussion Group - May 6th at 11 Am 11 AM Update: Hearing on Rr's Request to Spray Herbicides on Right of Way 1 PM Urgent: Railroad Intends to Apply Herbicides Along Bike Path 1 PM River Rock Tech Night/Maker Workshop Tue 5:30 - 7:30 PM Free Creative Writing Workshops! 6 - 8 PM Special Invite for Young People at Taylor Street Project 6 PM +5 more see less	7 Osher Presentation All Day Wendell F Pelkey Award Presentation All Day Jaquith Library Friends Meeting All Day Free Screening of "Escape Fire" All Day Public Hearing to Stop the Fracked Gas Pipeline May 7 All Day Senior Day May 7 All Day Olli Presents: the Vermont Movie Part Iv 1:30 - 3:30 PM The Vermont Movie, Part 4: Doers and Shapers at Msac Next Wednesday! 1:30 PM Herb Gardening Workshop at Vcih: May 7th 6 - 8 PM Join the Friends of Jaquith Library - Wed. May 7 7 PM +6 more see less	8 New Book on Vermont! Meet the Editors All Day What is the Vermont Difference? 12 - 1:30 PM Save the Date! 7 PM (multiday) Drb Public Hearing 7:15 PM Public Hearing-Comment on Rl Vallee's Application to Marshfield Drb 7:15 PM +1 more see less	9 Zumbathon May 9 All Day Vermont Veterans' Home Info Session at 58 Barre Street 12:45 PM See Futuristic Buildings Imagined for Downtown Montpelier 4 - 7 PM Concussion Awareness & Prevention Presentation 6:30 - 8 PM The Green Mountain Playboys at White Rocks Pizza in Woodbury, Vt 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	10 Yard Sale May 10 All Day Open House, Barre Town Dept. of Public Works All Day Plant and Book Sale All Day Bbq Dinner All Day Dpw Open House May 10 All Day Musical in May! All Day Solar Open House May 10 All Day Saturday May 10! Letter Carrier Food Drive All Day Stuff-A-Bag Clothing Event @ Twinfield Union School 9 AM - 4 PM Twinfield Stuff-A-Bag Event 9 AM - 4 PM R&L Archery's Range Day This Saturday at the Barre Fish & Game Club 9 AM - 4 PM O.U.R.House of Central Vermont Dinner Raffle 6 - 10 PM Vocal Quartet to Appear at Whammy Bar 7 PM +9 more see less
11 Fresh Track Fundraiser for Good Beginnings All Day 18th Annual Mutt Strut All Day 18th Annual Mutt Strut All Day Fund Raising Benefiting Good Beginnings of Cental Vermont All Day Mother's Day Spring Wildflower Walk with Brett Engstrom All Day U-32 Scop 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Onion River Chorus Concert 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	12 Way to Go Challenge May 12-16 (multiday) Way to Go Challenge (multiday) Foster's Clambake with Barre Area Senior Center May 12 All Day Upcoming Trips with Barre Area Senior Center All Day Foster's Clambake with Barre Area Senior Center All Day Barre Community Gardeners Meeting May 12 All Day Barre Blood Drive May 12th 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM Recycle and Reuse Sale! 12 - 5 PM Food for Thought Book Group and Potluck 6:30 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Book Group at the Cutler Library 7 - 8:30 PM 5/12 Hearing-Animal Control Ordinance & Plainfield Selectboard Meeting 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	13 Plainfield Town Hall Mailing Party This Week (multiday) "The Kid" - Author Talk with Ben Bradlee Jr All Day Tree Walk in Montpelier May 13 All Day 2014 Budget Re-Vote May 13 All Day Twinfield Union School Board Meeting May 13 All Day All You Can Eat Pasta Dinner 5 - 7 PM Williamstown School Board Meeting 6 - 9 PM Hungryheart is Showing at Northfield Middle&Senior High at 7pm 7 - 8:30 PM Author Readings at Bear Pond Books 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	14 Plainfield Cemetery Commission Meeting All Day	15 Exhibit of Peter Miller's Photography All Day Mayfly Cd Release Show with Sheesham and Lotus! 8:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont 5/15: Home Sharing, Local Storytelling, and More 9 - 10:30 AM Third Thursday: Christian Science in Vermont 12 - 1 PM Mayfly Cd Release Show with Sheesham and Lotus! 8:30 PM +1 more see less	16 Rummage Sale at Montpelier Senior Activity Center Fri.-Sat (multiday) Community Yard Sale Quarry Hill Apartments 9 AM - 4 PM When Froggy Comes a Callin' 7 - 9 PM Sheesham Lotus & Son Bring High-Voltage Old-Timey Show to Cabot! 7 PM Mhs Masque Presents: the Mouse That Roared Revised 7:30 PM +1 more see less	17 First Aid & Herbal Care for Self, Family, and Community (multiday) Good Karma Sale (multiday) 2014 Spring Slam - 4 on 4 Basketball Tournament (multiday) Garage Sale (multiday) Community Yard Sale, Independence Green All Day Berlin Ptna Plant Sale May 17 All Day Barre Farmers Market All Day Vermont Kin as Parents Fund Raiser All Day Barre Farmers Market All Day Yard Sale May 17 All Day Barre Farmers Market Opens This Weekend! All Day Plant Swap May 17 and Bird Walk May 18 All Day Pancakes for Garett - This Saturday! All Day Barre Family Event May 17 All Day Benefit for Garett Peace, 4th Grader with Leukemia 8 - 10 AM Garage Sale - 394 Sierra Lavin Road 8 AM - 5 PM Perennial Sale This Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Robotics Coaching Workshop 9 AM - 2 PM Church Yard Sale - Faith Community Church 9 AM - 3 PM Church Yard Sale for Youth Mission Team 9 AM - 3 PM Village Medic Training, May 17-18 9 AM (multiday) Vermont Downtown Historical Walk 9:30 AM Kids Concert This Saturday! 11 AM - 12 PM Marshfield Home for Sale - Open House May17 11 AM - 3 PM Free Shows 12 - 5 PM Green Mountain Chorus - 66th Annual Show - Everything Old is New Again 2 PM Jazz at Positive Pie, Plainfield May 17 8:30 PM 2014 Spring Slam - 4 on 4 Basketball Tournament 10 PM (multiday) +24 more see less
18 Open Farm Day May 18 All Day The Quarries Disc Golf Grand Opening All Day Open Farm Day All Day Plainfield Historical Society Visit May 18 All Day Local Medicinals for Summer First Aid Plant Walk This Sunday 1-2:30 1 - 2:30 PM Community Singalong, May 18th, 6-8, East Montpelier 6 - 8 PM Gospel Choir Concert 7 PM +3 more see less	19 Barre-Tones Guest Night All Day Nature, Connection, and Tribe in the Norse Tradition 3 PM School Board Meeting 5:30 PM Barre Community Gardeners Alliance 6 - 7:30 PM Water/Wastewater Meeting Notice 6 PM May 19th Berlin Selectboard Agenda 7 - 10 PM +2 more see less	20 East Montpelier - Calais Historical Society Until 6 PM Restorative Justice Presentation by Montpelier Community Justice Ctr 12:30 PM	21 Vt Comedy Fest May 21-25 (multiday) Joint Barre City and Barre Town Bike Path Public Educational Meeting All Day Berlin Historical Society Dinner and Program May 21 All Day Public Informational Meeting - Barre Bike Path May 21 All Day Berlin Historical Society Potluck Program Meeting May 21 All Day Puppets in Education to Visit Berlin Elementary May 21 All Day Family Movie Night at the Aldrich Library May 21st at 5:30 5:30 PM +3 more see less	22 Free Spanish Musical Kids Class All Day	23 Bueno Comedy Showcase! 6th Annual Green Mountain Comedy Festival (multiday) Plainfield Clothing Drop and Swap This Weekend (multiday) Yard Sale May 23-26 (multiday) Tlc Circus Smirkus Performance! All Day Msac Reminisce Group All Day Friday Morning Chat 6:30 - 8 AM Relay for Life Tag Sale May 23rd and 24th 9 AM - 2 PM Relay for Life Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Interview Workshop for Mature Workers at Msac 12:45 PM Green Mountain Playboys at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier, Vt! 6 - 8 PM Art and Author Night at Jaquith Library - May 23 6 - 8:30 PM Bueno Comedy Showcase! 6th Annual Green Mountain Comedy Festival 8 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	24 Friends and Neighbors Farm- Plant Sale May 24-25! (multiday) Multi-Family Yard Sale May 24-25 (multiday) Garage Sale (multiday) Huge Moving Sale! (multiday) Yard Sale, Chelsea Road (multiday) Memorial Day Parade All Day Yard Sale, Etc All Day Book & Cookie Sale - Ainsworth Public Library All Day Memorial Day Parade and Festivities All Day Garage Sale Marshfield May 24 All Day Moving and Multi-Family Yard Sale All Day Barre Farmers Market May 24 All Day Yard Sale May 24 All Day Yard Sale - Saturday May 24 7 AM - 3 PM Huge Yard Sale! 8 AM Yard Sale Saturday, May 24 on Franklin St 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale This Saturday and Sunday 9 AM - 4 PM 16 Cobble Hill Meadows Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Crystal Healing Workshop May 24-25th 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale This Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Thanks for Pots -Heaton Woods Garden Fundraiser 10 AM - 2 PM Community Art Visits 10 AM - 5 PM 22nd Vermont Open Studio Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Jazz Saturday Night 7 - 9 PM +20 more see less
25 Twin Valley Seniors Take-Out Dinner! All Day Twin Valley Senior Last Sunday of the Month Dinner All Day Open Farm Day at Center Farm May 25 All Day Open House May 25 All Day 2-Family Yard Sale Sunday 8 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Moving Sale Part 2! 9 AM - 3 PM Moving Sale!!! 9 AM Open House: Summit School of Traditional Music & Culture 4 - 6 PM +5 more see less	26 Plant Sale All Day Barre School Budget Meeting All Day Moving Sale! All Day	27 Hearing About Berlin Pond All Day Selecting and Planting a Tree with Dave Wilcox May 27 All Day Nature Walks in the Town Forest Begin May 27 All Day Selecting and Planting a Tree with Dave Wilcox All Day Selecting and Planting a Tree with Dave Wilcox May 27 All Day Public Hearing on Berlin Pond All Day Selecting and Planting a Tree with Dave Wilcox All Day Blood Drive at U-32! 8 AM - 1 PM Capital Ringers Handbell Concert at Msac on Tuesday, May 27th at 5 5 PM Barre Partnership Hosts Suncommon 5:30 - 7 PM Selecting & Planting a Tree W/ Dave Wilcox, State Lands Forester 6 - 7:30 PM Selecting & Planting a Tree, with Dave Wilcox 6 - 7:30 PM Public Hearing Concerning Access to Berlin Pond 6 - 8 PM Selecting and Planting a Tree--Free Workshop Tuesday 6 PM Author Event: Bernd Heinrich at Bear Pond Books 7 - 8 PM +11 more see less	28 Vpt: "Story of the Jews" and "Yiddish Theater in Montreal" All Day Story of the Jews & Tales from a Yiddish Theatre All Day Folk Dancing at Jaquith Library May 28 All Day Health Center - Free Presentation About Insulin Pump Therapy 6 PM Plainfield Business Partnership Meeting 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	29 Transforming Peer Aggression in Girls All Day Budget Information Meeting All Day The Devils' Cormorant & Nbnc's 3rd Annual Birdfest! All Day Vtrans Meeting May 29 All Day Plainfield Public Forum with Vtrans: Us2 Blinking Light Intersection 7 - 8:30 PM Happiness & Wellbeing Conference and Fun Events in Burlington! 8:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	30 Friends of the Library Plant & Book Sale Friday & Saturday! (multiday) Seeking Perennials for Plant Sale (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Awesome Washington County Youth Service Bureau Event! All Day Please Donate Some Plants to the Cutler Library Plant Sale! All Day Made by Vermont Hands - Silent Auction Fundraiser! All Day Art Opening May 30! All Day Giant Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Art Opening May 30 -Contours of the Space Between- Amanda Franz 6 - 9 PM Family Friendly Fund Raising Event 7 - 10 PM +6 more see less	31 Garage Sale (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Three Family Yard Sale (multiday) Planting Hope Yard Sale (To Benefit Projects in Nicaragua) (multiday) Planting Hope's Giant Community Yard Sale May 31 - June 1 (multiday) Plant and Seedling Swap May 31 All Day Blackfly Haiku All Day Saturday Seedling Swap All Day Blackfly Haiku All Day Barre Farmers Market May 31 All Day Piano Music All Day Yard Sale for Project Grad All Day Saturday: Adamant Blackfly Festival! All Day Yard Sale May 31 All Day Yard Sale All Day Iphone / Ipad Photography Workshop All Day The One and Only Adamant Black Fly Festival May 31 All Day Birdfest at North Branch Nature Center 7 AM - 1:30 PM Bird Fest at North Branch Nature Center Saturday 7 AM - 1:30 PM Birdfest at North Branch Nature Center 7 AM - 1:30 PM Big Fabulous Multi-Family Yard Sale Saturday May 31 8 AM - 3 PM Tire Recycling to Benefit Northfield Baseball Association 8 AM (multiday) Berlin Elementary School, Garden Work Day, Saturday, May 31 8 AM Giant Community Yard Sale to Benefit Planting Hope This Weekend! 9 AM - 1 PM +20 more see less