Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2015

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27 Music at Bagitos This Week 6 PM (multiday) Teen Wild Overnight This Weekend - Enroll Now! (multiday) Estate and Yard Sale - East Calais This Weekend (multiday) Great Estate & Yard Sale (multiday) The Huntress Intensive: Ethical Deer Hunting 9 AM (multiday) Huge Yard Sale to Benefit Central Vermont Humane Society All Day Huge Yard Sale to Benefit Central Vermont Humane Society This Sunday! All Day Central Vermont Showing Up for Racial Justice Kickoff Sunday! All Day Harvestival at Fresh Tracks Farm Sept. 27 All Day Huge Yard Sale to Benefit Central Vermont Humane Society Sunday! All Day Huge Yard Sale to Benefit Central VT Humane Society Sept. 27 All Day Huge Yard Sale to Benefit Central Vermont Humane Society Sept. 27! All Day Huge Yard Sale to Benefit Central Vermont Humane Society All Day Two Exciting Elephant Conservation Events Coming Soon All Day PYO Potatoes Date Set 9 AM - 5 PM Beth Jacob Synagogue School 10 - 11:30 AM East Hill Farm Family Riding Center - 40th Anniversary and Open House! 10 AM - 3 PM 3rd Annual Central Vermont Crop Hunger Walk 12:30 - 3 PM Fourth Annual Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp at Fresh Tracks Farm 1 - 5 PM Fourth Annual Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp at Fresh Tracks Farm 1 - 5 PM Who Moved the Wells River Sept. 27 7 PM Newbury Historical Society Presentation 7 PM +18 more see less	28 Agenda for Sept. 28 Plainfield Selectboard Meeting All Day Regional Energy Planning Info Meeting Sept. 28 6 PM East Montpelier Selectboard Vicious Dog Hearing 6:30 PM	29 Registration Night for Skating Lesson 5 - 7 PM Author Reading at Bear Pond Books: Stephen P. Kiernan 7 - 8 PM	30 Live at Montpelier Elks Club All Day Fall Foliage Festival in Plainfield - Slide Show - History of PLFD All Day Fall Foliage Barbecued Chicken Supper All Day Democratic Caucus All Day Barre Town Democratic Caucus Sept. 30 All Day Community Book Discussion All Day OLLI Osher) Presentation All Day OLLI (Osher) Program Sept. 30 1:30 PM Contemplative Practice Workshop with Hanna Satterlee 5:15 - 7 PM Live on Wednesday at Montpelier Elks 6:30 PM School Open House! 7 PM +7 more see less	1 CDA Fall Rummage Sale at St. Augustine Church (multiday) CDA Fall Rummage Sale at St. Augustine Church (multiday) Newbury Book Discussion Group All Day Patti Casey & Colin Mccaffrey at Bagitos All Day History Program on the Building of Interstate 89 in Middlesex/Mtplr All Day Patti Casey Joins Colin Mccaffrey at Bagitos 6 AM (multiday) Relocalizing VT Oct. 1: Hemp in Next Agricultural Revolution 9 AM Comedy Thursday $5 8 - 10 PM +4 more see less	2 Book Sale in Groton! (multiday) 50th Anniversary Concert - Vermont Music Teachers Association All Day Poetry Reading - Free Event All Day Moving Sale 8 AM (multiday) Walk Run Fun Fundraiser at Barre City School 9 AM - 1 PM Art and Activism Brunch Workshop with David Solnit 10 AM - 12 PM Art and Activism Brunch Workshop with David Solnit 10 AM - 12 PM Poetry Reading 12:30 - 1:30 PM Television/Comedy Writer to Speak at VCFA (Free Event) 2 - 4 PM Tarot/Oracle Sessions with Linda River Valente 5 - 7 PM Art and Author Night Oct. 2 6 PM "What's Cooking?" Cookbook Sale Kickoff and Panel Discussion 6:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less	3 Lawn Sale This Weekend (multiday) Lawn Sale to Benefit Home Hospice (multiday) Open StudioThis Weekend, Oct. 3 & 4 (multiday) Multiple Yard Sales (multiday) Open Studio is This Weekend, Oct .3 &4 (multiday) Items for Sale All Day Yard Sale All Day Artist's Reception Oct. 3 All Day Home Energy Conservation Tours All Day Open House All Day Williamstown Fall Festival Craft Fair All Day Chicken Pie Dinner at the Old Meeting House Oct. 3 All Day Bottle Drive at East Montpelier Rec Feild All Day Chicken Pie Dinner Oct. 3 All Day ArtsFest Show All Day Chicken Pie & All the Fixings Oct. 3 All Day Garage Sale All Day Annual Fall Raffle & Book Sale All Day Take Your Family Out for Supper This Saturday All Day Chicken Pie Dinner All Day Open Studio in East Montpelier This Weekend! All Day Town Forest Trek: Guided Bicycle Tour of Town Forests All Day New Book on Montpelier History - Signing Oct. 3 All Day Sale All Day Book Signing: Montpelier Chronicles 1 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 8 AM - 3:30 PM Yard Sales! 8 AM (multiday) 22 Maple Grove Street Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Cochran's Fall Bike Rides and Trail Run 9 AM - 2:30 PM Stained Glass Village 10 AM - 8 PM 5th Annual Fall Vermont Open Studio Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Celebrate Art & Harvest Lunch 10 AM (multiday) Celebrate the Arts in Newbury 10 AM (multiday) NAMIwalk 2015 10 AM Homemade Biscuits, Chicken Pie, Apple Crisp & All the Trimmings! 12 - 7 PM Homemade Biscuits, Apple Crisp & Chicken Pie! Saturday! 12 - 7 PM 3 Nonfiction Gigs with Bridge Editors... 1 - 4 PM Writers - Join Saturday Scribes @ the Bridge 1 - 4 PM Writers - Join 'Saturday Scribes' Workshop Series @The Bridge 1 - 4 PM Rhythm of the Rein Non-Profit Charitable Fundraiser BBQ 2 - 6 PM Diane Huling - Pianist - Rich's Hollow Concert Series 4 PM Movement Magic Masterclass with Hanna Satterlee 4:30 - 6:30 PM Chicken Pie Supper at the First Cong. Church of Berlin Oct. 3 5 - 6:30 PM Three Acts Oct. 3 7 - 9 PM +41 more see less
4 Town Forest Nature Walk Sunday All Day House for Sale by Owner - Open House Sun. All Day The Great Chili Cook-Off All Day Last Minute Chili Competition Entry? All Day Don't Miss Marshfield Harvest Festival All Day Paddle the Border Fall 9:30 AM - 4 PM Open House - 10 Leblanc Ave. Barre 10 AM - 3 PM Open House 10 AM - 3 PM March for Elephants in October 11 AM - 12:30 PM Marshfield Harvest Festival & Chili Cook-Off Oct. 4 11 AM - 3 PM 2 Great Local Running Races for Autumn Inspiration! 11 AM Leaf Peepers Half Marathon and 5k Race 11 AM All-Ages Kickball Game 12:30 - 1:30 PM APA Pool League Starting at the Montpelier Elks 2 - 6 PM Researching Your House's History 2 PM Newbury Historical Society Program 2 PM +12 more see less	5 Habitat Homes in Central Vermont - Meetings! All Day Oct. 5 Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM	6 An Invitation to Organizations 3 - 5:30 PM Food & Fun at the Farmraiser 3 - 5:30 PM Newbury's Festival of Fun and Yum 3 - 5:30 PM Financial Planning Workshops 6:30 - 8 PM	7 U-32 High School Budget Forum All Day Open House at Local Meditation Center All Day OLLI (Osher) Program Oct. 7 All Day Last Call to Register for “The Roots of Beer” Oct. 7 All Day OLLI (Osher) Presentation All Day Heat Pump Workshops Scheduled for Barre Oct. 7 All Day More Energy Efficiency Events Oct. 7! All Day Qi Gong Class Begins Wednesday 6 - 7 PM Heat Pump Workshop 6 - 8 PM Free Heat Pump Workshop 6 - 8 PM Delving into Your Dreams 6 - 9 PM Paying for College Info Night Oct. 7 6:30 - 8 PM The Syringa Tree at LNT 7 - 9:30 PM +9 more see less	8 Gallery Opening for East Montpelier Artist Oct. 8 All Day Gardeners Workshop Oct. 8 4 - 7 PM Spaulding High School Powder Puff Flag Football Fundraiser 5:45 - 8 PM Solar 101 Workshop at Tenney Library 6:30 - 7:30 PM Fit & Feisty Women's Fitness & Everyday Self-Protection Class 6:30 - 7:45 PM +1 more see less	9 Italian Dance at Old Labor Hall! All Day Curious About Home Sharing? All Day Chicken Pie Supper Oct. 9 All Day House Band Friday Night All Day Maria's Bagels Ribbon Cutting 11 - 11:30 AM Music This Weekend at Bagitos 6 PM (multiday) Mayfly Show at the Whammy Bar! 7:30 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	10 Yard Sale - Plainfield (multiday) Moving Sale (multiday) Indoor Yard Sale - Help Me on My Journey to a Tiny House (multiday) Hazardous Waste Collection All Day Choice Physical Therapy Fall Foliage 5k Run/Walk Oct. 10 All Day Last CVSWMD 2015 Hazardous Waste Collection! All Day Indoor Garage Sale All Day 1st Annual Choice Physical Therapy Fall Foliage 5K Run/Walk All Day Play-A-Thon All Day Costume Swap! All Day Green Mountain Youth Symphony-Playathon Oct. 10 All Day Choice Physical Therapy Fall Foliage 5k Run/Walk All Day Chicken Pie Supper Oct. 10 at Trinity United Methodist Church All Day Montpelier 5k Oct. 10! All Day Family Style Roast Turkey Dinner Oct. 10 All Day Estate Sale All Day West Newbury Turkey Supper All Day 1st Annual Choice Physical Therapy Fall Foliage 5k Run/Walk Oct. 10 All Day West Newbury Turkey Supper Oct. 10 All Day Saturday Garage Sale All Day Choice Physical Therapy Fun Run/Walk 5k All Day Coming Soon….Thanksgiving Dinner in October All Day Chicken Pie Supper at Trinity United Methodist Church All Day Hide Tanning Class All Day GMYS Playathon All Day Yard Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Playathon! 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Sale Saturday Behind Christ Church 9 AM - 1:30 PM Lawn Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Mama Says Costume Swap 10:30 AM - 12 PM 2015 Woodbury Trails 5K Trail Run 11 AM Spruce Root Basket Weaving Workshop 12:30 - 4:30 PM Spruce Root Basket Workshop Oct. 10 12:30 - 4:30 PM Art's First at Studio Place Arts 1 - 3 PM Second Saturday: Counterfeiting and Forgery in Vermont 2 - 3 PM Counterfeiting and Forgery in Vermont with Mariessa Dobrick 2 PM Saw-Whet Owl Banding at the North Branch Nature Center! 7 - 10:30 PM +33 more see less
11 Martin Grosswendt Duo at Skinny Pancake All Day Blessing of the Animals at Christ Church Oct. 11 All Day Plainfield Town Forest Oct. 11 All Day Plainfield Town Forest Work Day - Sun. Oct. 11 All Day Canadian Club Bazaar 10 AM - 3 PM +1 more see less	12 Flu Clinic and Harvest Dinner All Day Yard Sale All Day Mama Mangez 4 - 6 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Gruesome Playground Injuries at Lost Nation Theater Oct. 13-14 (multiday) Film Screening: Louis Moyse: a Life in Music All Day "Don't Fear the College Application" Workshop Oct. 13 All Day City to Hold Second Community Budget Forum Oct. 13 All Day Second City Community Budget Forum & Survey All Day Paying for College Info Night Oct. 13 6 - 8:30 PM "Gruesome Playground Injuries" at LNT Oct.13-14 7 PM (multiday) Play About Love and Hurting 7 PM (multiday) Jacqueline Woodson Author Talk at Unitarian Church Tuesday 7 PM +5 more see less	14 Correction Regarding OLLI Presentation All Day History of the Camel's Hump Bomber Crash - Presentation All Day MPS Community Forum - the Future of School All Day MPS Community Forum - the Future of School All Day MPS Community Forum - The Future of School All Day 34th Annual Community Recognition Dinner All Day MPS Community Forum - The Future of School All Day Young Adult Book Discussion at Kellogg-Hubbard Library All Day OLLI (Osher) Program for Wednesday 1:30 PM 34th Annual Joint Services Club Recognition Dinner Oct. 14 6 - 9 PM Kellogg-Hubbard Young Adult Book Discussion 6:30 - 8 PM +7 more see less	15 Relocalizing Vermont: Tiny Houses and Microshelters All Day Relocalizing VT Oct. 15: Tiny Houses and Microshelters All Day Earthwalk Fall Open House for Prospective Families! Oct. 15 9 AM - 12 PM Paying for College Info Night at Thetford Academy Oct. 15 6 - 7:30 PM Paying for College Night at Danville High School Thurs. 10/15 6 - 7:30 PM Paying for College Info Night Oct. 15 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	16 Moving Sale 331 Cutler Corner Road (multiday) Saw Whet Owl Banding Night for All Eco Students and Families All Day U32 Fall Food Drive 7 PM House Concert 7 PM Awesome Music Friday at the Opera House! 8 - 10 PM Myra Flynn Playing Friday at Positive Pie 8:30 PM +2 more see less	17 Free Running Clinic All Day Halloween Decorations Workshop Oct. 17 All Day Day of Mindfulness All Day Twin Valley/Coop Harvest Dinner All Day 3 Family Garage Sale Oct. 17 All Day Harvest Dinner All Day Hedding UMC's Chicken Pie Supper All Day Drag Night to Benefit VT People with Aids Coalition All Day Moving Sale All Day Capital City Concerts Opens Season with "Time After Time" Oct. 17 All Day Winter is Coming Garage Sale All Day Yardsale, Rain or Shine. 228 North St, Montpelier All Day Winter is Coming Garage Sale - Saturday Only All Day Yard & Garage Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale in Barre 9 AM - 3 PM Day of Mindfulness 9 AM - 4 PM Cvu Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Woodswoman Ax Skills 10 AM - 4 PM Teen Wild Weekend Overnight 10 AM (multiday) Open Rehearsal for the VSO Chorus 1 - 4 PM Best Harvest Dinner of the Fall Season Oct. 17 4 - 7 PM Upcoming NE Boiled Dinner to Benefit the Twin Valley Senior Center 4 - 7 PM Don't Miss This Capital City Concert! 7:30 PM Capital City Concert, Saturday 7:30 PM Capital City Concerts Opens Season Oct. 17 7:30 PM +22 more see less
18 Central VT Climate Group (350 VT Local Group) Meeting Oct. 18 All Day Venison Cookery Class in Worcester Oct. 18 All Day 350 VT Node Meeting Oct. 18 All Day Fall Breakfast at Old Meeting House All Day Large Muti Family Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Fall Nurture in Nature Women's Retreat 9 AM - 5:30 PM Microshelters with Deek Diedricksen Oct. 18 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM House for Sale by Owner- Open House 12 - 2 PM Roots Duo Dana and Susan Robinson in Cabot This Sunday 3 - 6 PM Baroque Music Performance 4 - 6 PM Folk Soul Duo Moonheart 4 - 6 PM Community Singalong Oct. 18 6 - 8 PM +8 more see less	19 East Montpelier Calais Historical Societies All Day Secretary of State Jim Condos Brings Transparency Tour to Montpelier 6 - 8 PM Oct. 19 Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM	20 Ava Anderson Non-Toxic Open House All Day Opiate Use in Vermont - the Present Reflects the Past All Day Need a Pick Me Up? 2 - 3 PM Paying for College Info Night at Cabot High School 6 - 7:30 PM Paying for College Info Night - North Country Union HS 6 - 8 PM Paying for College Info Night at U-32 6:30 - 8 PM Paying for College Night - Oxbow Union High School 6:30 - 8 PM Archer Mayor & Castle Freeman at Bear Pond Books 7 - 8 PM Opiate Use in Vermont - The Present Reflects the Past 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	21 Public Hearing for the New Comprehensive Energy Plan! All Day OLLI (Osher) Presentation All Day Planned Recycling Facility Discussion Group Oct. 21 All Day OLLI (Osher) Program Wednesday 1:30 PM Paying for College Night -- Twinfield Union HS 5:30 - 7 PM Vermont Public Service Department Comprehensive Energy Plan Hearing 6 - 8 PM This Week's Town Braintap Talk 7 PM +3 more see less	22 Relocalizing Vermont: Tom Stearns; Gene Logsdon All Day Relocalizing Vermont on WGDR/H All Day Kellogg-Hubbard Library Story Time at the EMES Preschool All Day Are You Concerned About Liberty? 7 - 8 AM Moonlight Madness Thursday! 4 - 9 PM Moonlight Madness in Montpelier 4 - 9 PM National Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Day 5 - 8 PM VT Youth Activist Summit - Meeting 6 - 8 PM Montpelier Writer's Workshop Oct. 22 6 - 8 PM Orchard Valley Presents "Windows on Waldorf" 6:30 - 8 PM Celebrate "Rock-Tober"! 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	23 Sweetening Jar Spell with Linda River Valente All Day Karen Kitzmiller Memorial Winter Coat Drive! All Day Unitarian Church of Montpelier - Rummage Sale All Day Garage Sale Fri. & Sat. 8 AM (multiday) Garage Sale Fri. & Sat. 8 AM (multiday) Rummage Sale Oct. 23 and 24 9 AM (multiday) Pottery Studio Equipment Sale 2 - 5 PM Maplehill School Harvest Supper Friday 6 PM Spaulding Football Home Game 7 - 10 PM Support Spaulding High School Foorball Team 7 PM +6 more see less	24 Beautiful Music Oct. 24 All Day Times Up, Rise Up: Plainfield Turns Out for Massive Climate Action! All Day Montpelier Ski and Skate Sale All Day Ski and Skate Sale All Day Annual Ski and Skate Sale All Day Rise Up, Shut It Down! All Day Mass Climate Action in Montpelier All Day VT Alliance for Retired Americans Conference All Day Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra Concert All Day Montpelier Ski and Skate Sale All Day Yard/Garage Sale All Day Farmers Market All Day 2nd Annual Dam Wrightsville Cyclocross Race All Day Public Welcome Storage Unit Auction/Sale All Day Rise Up, Shut It Down! All Day Adamant Co-op Beauty and the Feast Oct. 24 5:30 AM - 8:30 PM Garage Sale Pierce Road Saturday 8 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Conference and Annual Meeting, VT-ARA 8:30 AM - 3 PM Stop the Pipeline: Mass Action 11 AM Oh Horror: Sherlock Holmes & Thehound of the Baskervilles 1:15 - 1:40 PM Local Author to Read from New Book 3 PM Emes Community Bingo Night 6 - 8 PM Barre Opera House Annual Gala Oct. 24 6 - 11 PM +20 more see less
25 Church Organs Tour in Barre All Day CircumBurke Mtb Challenge or Mountain Run 8 AM - 3 PM Central VT SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) Upcoming Meeting 2:30 - 5 PM Pipe Organ "Tour" 2:30 - 5 PM "Being Mortal" Film & Discussion 7 PM +1 more see less	26 Prevention Day Oct. 26 All Day Community Art Space - Organizing Meeting 7 - 8 PM	27 Howard Frank Mosher Reading & Talk 7 - 8 PM Onion River Exchange Info Session 7 - 8 PM	28 Town Braintap This Week All Day Granite City Grocery After-Work Social Hour All Day Olli (Osher) Program for This Wed. All Day Granite City Grocery After-Work Social Hour All Day Olli (Osher) Presentation Oct. 28 All Day Granite City Grocery After-Work Social Hour in Barre All Day Granite City Grocery Social Hour at Simply Delicious Oct. 28 All Day Granite City Grocery Social Hour at Simply Delicious Oct. 28 5 - 6:30 PM Granite City Grocery Social Hour 5 - 6:30 PM Singing for Health Healing and Hope 6 - 6:45 PM Singing Circle at First Church in Barre, Universalist 6 - 6:45 PM WCSU Act 46 Community Forum 6 PM +8 more see less	29 Host Exchange Student - Informational Meeting All Day Feminism is Ruining Manhood! 7 - 8 AM Mix & Mingle Networking Party at Skinny Pancake 5:30 - 7:30 PM Mix & Mingle Networking Party at Skinny Pancake 5:30 - 7:30 PM Flood Meeting Thur. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House 6:30 PM +1 more see less	30 African Dance Party All Day Bellydance Workshop All Day Dance Party at Canadian Club Fri. All Day Bellydance with Linda River Valente All Day African Dance Music with Makuru Friday! All Day Montpelier Schools Conversation 8 - 9 AM Clothing Drop n Swap is Happening Soon! 12 PM (multiday) Monster Mash Jr. Jazzercise Costume Dance 6:30 - 7:30 PM Shackalicious Grooves at P Pie Plainfield! 9:30 - 11:30 PM +5 more see less	31 Halloween at Four Corners School All Day Trick-Or-Treat at Heaton Woods This Halloween! All Day Halloween Party! All Day Halloween Party! All Day As They Say "One Man's Junk is Another's Treasure" All Day Autumn Onion 5k Halloween Race to Support Vermont Works for Women! All Day Montpelier Halloween Party All Day Montpelier Halloween Party All Day Last Leaf Drop of the Year Oct. 31 8 AM - 12 PM Barre Town Democratic Committee Meeting Oct. 31 8 AM Volunteer or Participate in Halloween 5k Costume Run/Walk 9 - 10 AM Downtown Halloween Happenings 3 - 5:30 PM FCC Harvest Festival 4 - 6 PM Haunted House - NECI on Main - Chef's Table 4-7pm Sat. 4 - 7 PM Halloween Howl and Haunted House 5:30 - 9 PM BASA Middle School Halloween Dance 7 - 9:30 PM Found iPod-Corner of E. State and College Street - Yours? 7 PM Halloween Storytelling Show at 4 Corners Schoolhouse 7:30 - 10:30 PM +14 more see less