Calendar - Front Porch Forum

August 2016

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31 Barre Heritage Festival! 5 PM (multiday) Plainfield Farmers' Market (multiday) 2 Family Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) 2 Family Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Learn Zen Shiatsu! 1 - 4 PM Family Olympics on the Statehouse Lawn 3 - 5 PM Mountain Bike Trail Fix Demo 4 - 7 PM Trail Fix Tricks Clinic and BBQ 4 - 7 PM Performance: 7 Person Chair Pyramid High Wire Act 6 - 9 PM +5 more see less	1 Summer Camp at Rhythm of the Rein 9 AM - 2 PM East Montpelier Democratic Caucus 4 PM Monday Falafel Block Party! 5:30 PM SHS Union Board Policy Committee Meeting 5:30 PM August 1 Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM Concerts & Showcases During Music Composition Residency at VCFA 8 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	2 Business Network International (BNI) 8:30 - 9:30 AM CLiF Storytelling and Book Giveaway at Aldrich Library 12:30 - 1:30 PM School Renovation Cmte Meeting 7 PM Kirtan at Yoga Mountain 7:30 - 9 PM	3 Last Week of "Almost, Maine" at Stowe Theatre Guild (multiday) We Bike for Ice Cream! 2 PM West Worcester Wood Fired Pizza 5 - 8 PM Monthly Open House Talk: Shambhala Montpelier 6 - 7:30 PM Co-Counseling Intro Night 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	4 2 Free Brown Bag Outdoor Concerts at Christ Church Aug. 4 All Day "Yuge" Estate Sale! 4 Orange St., Barre City 8 AM (multiday) "Yuge" Estate Sale! Thursday Through Saturday, Aug. 4 - 6 8 AM (multiday) Keep Fracked Gas Pipeline Out of Our Parks! 8:30 - 9:30 AM State Rep Candidate Carl Etnier Meet and Greets 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 6 - 7:30 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 6 - 7:30 PM Northfield / Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee 6 - 8:15 PM Village Planning Discussion: Village Housing 7 - 8 PM "Yuge" Estate Sale! Aug. 4, 5, and 6 8 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	5 Garage Sale - 519 Graniteville Road, Graniteville (multiday) Garage Sale (multiday) Yard Sale All Day Yard Sale 8 AM - 5 PM Two Day Two Family Garage Sale 8 AM (multiday) Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM All Are Invited to Friday Night Adamant Co-Op Cookouts 5:30 - 7 PM Adamant Cookout Menu, Aug. 5 5:30 - 7 PM Meet & Greet with Democratic Candidate for Governor Sue Minter 6 - 7:30 PM Sara Grace Live at Whammy Bar 7 - 9 PM $15 Tickets for "Almost, Maine" 7:30 - 9:30 PM Chandler Presents Scrag Mountain Music's "Diaries of Adam & Eve" 7:30 PM +8 more see less	6 Yard Sale Saturday, 110 Forest Dr Montpelier 8 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Missisquoi Family Paddle Day 9 AM - 12:30 PM Level One Reiki Certification Class August 6 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale Saturday 36 East State St Montpelier 9 AM - 6 PM Weaving Well-Being Weekend Aug. 6 - 7 9 AM (multiday) The Big Latch On! 10 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale Aug. 6-7 10 AM (multiday) Garden Design Tips for Traffic-Stopping Curb Appeal 10 AM Kerry Ann Mendez, Gardener, Coming to Montpelier 10 AM Kerry Ann Mendez Coming to Montpelier Aug 6 10 AM Garden Design Tips for Traffic-Stopping Curb Appeal 10 AM Design Tips for Traffic-Stopping Curb Appeal Aug. 6 10 AM Matthew Danziger Memorial Service 2 - 4 PM Meet Kimberly Jessup at Adamant Community Center 4 - 6 PM Teen Night at the Barre City Pool 5:30 - 9 PM Farm to Table Benefit Dinner - Sat Aug 6 5:30 - 9:30 PM Four Shillings Short at Old Meeting House in East Montpelier 7:30 - 9:30 PM Four Shillings Short - Concert at Old Meeting House 7:30 - 9:30 PM Bill Staines in Concert at Lost Nation Theater 7:30 PM +17 more see less
7 Welcome Circus Smirkus to Town with a Parade and Games 4 - 5:30 PM Chandler Center for the Art's Screening of Jay Craven's "Peter & John" 7 - 9:30 PM	8	9 Story Creation Workshop for Kids at Aldrich Library 4 - 6 PM Open House: Wake Up to Dying Project Aug. 9 5 - 7:30 PM Wake Up to Dying Project - Open House 5 - 7:30 PM Concerts at the Schoolhouse, Legendary Texas Songwriter Eric Taylor 6 - 10 PM Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Aug. 9 6:30 - 8:30 PM Newbury Democratic Caucus 7 - 8:30 PM Eric Taylor, Concerts at the Schoolhouse, Cabot 7 - 10 PM Big Texas Talent in Small Town VT Aug. 9 7 - 10 PM +4 more see less	10 Transforming Difficult Relationships - Spiritual One-Day Retreat 10:30 AM - 4 PM 1-Day-Long Retreat 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Cancer Support Group Potluck Dinner 6 - 8 PM Cancer Support Group Potluck Dinner 6 - 8 PM Barre City Republican Caucus for Justices of the Peace 6:30 - 8 PM Chandler Pride Festival Hit Comes to Valley Players 7:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	11 Yard and Book Sale (multiday) Ellis Mills Summer Brown Bag Concert Series All Day Barre Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee 5:30 PM Yin Yoga Masterclass with Hannah Lynn Thursday 6 - 8 PM Marshfield Democratic Town Committee 6:30 - 7:30 PM Final Summer Concert at Old Schoolhouse Common - Dave Keller Band 6:30 PM Dana & Susan Robinson - House Concert to Benefit Summit School 7 PM +3 more see less	12 Yard Sale (multiday) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Takes Flight This Weekend All Day Plainfield Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM Adamant Cookout Menu 5:30 - 7 PM Friday Night Adamant Co-Op Cookouts 5:30 - 7 PM Adamant Co-op Cookout - If It Rains 5:30 - 7 PM Booklovers' Bingo: Prizes for Every Player 6 - 8 PM Booklovers' Bingo: Prizes All Around 6 - 8 PM Amazing Music Tonight! 10 PM +5 more see less	13 Memory Cafe Aug. 13 All Day Join Us for Sonny Chiba's Street Fighter! All Day Volunteers Needed! All Day Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Takes Flight This Weekend All Day Volunteer at Harpoon Point to Point 7 AM - 5 PM Music! West Newbury Vermont Summer Festival 8 AM - 2 PM West Newbury Summer Festival - Silent Auction 8 AM - 2 PM West Newbury Summer Festival Taste of Desserts - Yum! 8 AM - 2 PM West Newbury Summer Festival 8 AM - 2 PM West Newbury Summer Festival - Rain or Shine! 8 AM - 2 PM Yard/Moving/Porch Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale 72 Phillips Road 9 AM - 2 PM Big Yard Sale in Shelburne 9 AM - 3 PM Cordwood Building Workshop 9 AM (multiday) Estate Sale 9 AM (multiday) Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM It's a Parade! 10 AM Contra and English Country Dancing Saturday at the Grange 8 - 11:30 PM +15 more see less
14 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Takes Flight This Weekend All Day Buddhist Temple Invites All to Open House All Day Nearly Free Course on Stress Reduction Aug. 14 10 AM - 1 PM Kite Flying ~ Bible Hill 1:30 - 3:30 PM Paint Between the Vines 2 - 4 PM Jazz Concert 3 - 5 PM Amazing Jazz Concert Sunday 3 PM Mama Says Community Potluck Aug. 14 4 - 6 PM +4 more see less	15 Open Farm Week (multiday) Huge Lawn Sale Monday Through Friday 8 AM (multiday) Vacation Bible School 9 AM (multiday) Little Yard Sale and Lemonade Stand on a Monday Afternoon 1 - 4 PM Summer Shape Note Sing 6:30 - 8:30 PM East Montpelier Calais Historical Societies Meeting 7 PM +2 more see less	16 Rec Commission Hosts Ice Cream Social - Trow Hill Playground 6:30 PM BES Renovation Group Meets Aug. 16 7 - 9 PM	17 Servsafe Food Safety Class Exam & Certification 8:30 AM - 5 PM Act 46 School Consolidation Meeting: Bradford, Newbury, Oxbow, BMU 5:30 - 7 PM Art and Politics Lecture in Stowe 7 - 8:30 PM BMU School Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM Comedy at La Puerta Negra 8 - 11 PM +1 more see less	18 Ellis Mills Brown Bag Concert Series: Big Hat, No Cattle Aug. 18 12 - 1 PM LWV Summer Happy Hour 5:30 - 7 PM LWV 19th Amendment Celebration 5:30 - 7 PM Free Herb Walk at the Garden at 485 Elm 5:30 - 7 PM Informal Meeting - Hazard Mitigation Committee 5:30 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee 6 - 8:30 PM Program - the Hurricane of '38 7 - 9 PM Jaquith Public Library Event - Moths with Michael Sabourin 8 PM +4 more see less	19 Yard Sale (multiday) Yard Sale/Bake Sale to Raise Money for Operation Christmas Child Aug. 19 8 AM - 2:30 PM Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale Aug. 19 - 21 9 AM (multiday) Tulsi Tea Room Pop-Up Lunch 11 AM - 2 PM Marrow Donor Registry Drive 12 - 5 PM Farmers' Market Aug. 19 4 - 7 PM Blinking Light Gallery Exhibit Opening Reception 5 - 7:30 PM Practical Conversations About Preparing for the End of Life 5 PM (multiday) All Are Invited to the Friday Night Adamant Co-Op Cookouts 5:30 - 7 PM Adamant Cookout Menu - Friday, Aug. 19, 5:30 - 7 5:30 - 7 PM Tenfest - 10 Minute Play Festival! 8 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	20 Yard Sale (multiday) Moving Sale Aug. 20 - 21 (multiday) Yard Sale! (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Yard Sale Saturday 8 AM - 3 PM Multi-Household Yard Sale Saturday Only, Aug. 20 8 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 8 AM - 5 PM Two-Family Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Barre Lions Coin Drop This Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale at Hap's House 9 AM (multiday) Vermont Vintage Trailer Show 10 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 10 AM (multiday) Walk and Run for Children 10 AM Samosa Class 2 - 3:30 PM +10 more see less
21 Sunday Morning Walks in Barre Town Forest 9 AM Ice Cream Sundae 1 - 3 PM Free Advance Care Planning Discussion Aug. 21 2 - 4 PM Open Homestead Tour with David Maynard and Mary Fettig 4 - 7 PM Community Singalong, Sunday Aug. 21, East Montpelier 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	22 Washington County Mental Health Services Career Fair 4:30 - 7 PM Plainfield Selectboard Meeting Agenda Monday, Aug. 22 7 PM	23 Earthwalk Registration Open & Information Session Aug. 23 & 25! (multiday) Mill Street Park - Summer Event All Day Monthly EFT 4 Parents Group 6 - 8 PM Embodiment Activism: What is It and Why Does It Matter? 7 - 8:30 PM	24 Free Quickbooks Training Aug. 24! 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Free Quickbooks Training Aug. 24! 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Re-Imagining Justice 6 - 7:30 PM WCSU Act 46 Study Committee Meeting 6 - 9 PM PTNA Playground Evening 6:30 - 8 PM Paint and Sip! 6:30 - 9:30 PM New Location for "Our Revolution" Livestream Watch Party 8:30 - 10 PM +3 more see less	25 Exciting Programs for Relocalizing Vermont Through Nov. 10 9 - 10:30 AM Last Brown Bag Concert of the Season 12 - 1 PM Re-Wilding Our Bodies Classes/Series 6 - 7:30 PM Free Film - Merchants of Doubt (How Climate Change is Denied) 6:30 - 8:30 PM Free Film - "Merchants of Doubt" (How Climate Change is Denied) Aug. 25 6:30 PM Final Weekend for "Boston Marriage" at Unadilla Theatre 7:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	26 Moving Sale (multiday) Moving Sale (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Moving Sale! 8 AM - 3 PM Tag Sale 8 AM (multiday) Pet Appreciation Day at Hardwick Farmers' Market, Friday 3 - 6 PM The Plainfield Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM Last Adamant Cookout of the Season Aug. 26 5:30 - 7 PM Last Adamant Cookout of the Summer - Aug. 26 5:30 - 7 PM Public Forum on Future of Plainfield Co-op 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	27 Multi-Family Porch & Yard Sale! (multiday) Large Yard Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale 72 Phillips Road 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale 72 Phillips Road 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale – Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale at 32 Terrace Street 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 32 Terrace Street 9 AM - 3 PM Garage/Yard/Midlife Purge Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Weirdofest at Onion River Campground 3 - 10 PM Mirrors of Privilege: Racial Justice Community Organizing Film Series 7 - 9 PM 3rd Film in Racial Justice Community Organizing Film Series! 7 - 9 PM Showing Up for Racial Justice Film Showing 7 - 9 PM Racial Justice Film Showing Aug. 27 7 PM Racial Justice Film Showing Aug. 27 7 PM Swing Band - Live Big Band 7:30 - 10 PM Swing Dance & Concert – Live Big Band – Saturday Night 7:30 - 10 PM Swing Dance - Live Big Band 7:30 - 10 PM Raiders of the Lost Ark on the State House Lawn! 8:30 - 10:30 PM Free Movie on State House Lawn: Raiders of the Lost Ark 8:30 PM Tender Senders w/April Caspari - Sweet Melissa's Saturday! 9 - 11:30 PM +20 more see less
28 Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Recreation Field Clean Up Date Aug. 28... Volunteers Wanted! 9 AM Race to the Top of Vermont! 10 AM - 12 PM Bodies in Wild: Re-Engaging with Our Living Ecosystems Aug. 28 1 - 6 PM Workshop - Tea: Practice Aug. 28 2 - 4 PM Uncommon Art on the Uncommon Jam 2 - 7 PM Kid-Friendly Community Service Project and Free Ice Cream 3 - 5 PM Yum Turkey Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM +5 more see less	29 Soccer Registration Deadliine and First Practice Information 5:30 - 7 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM Free Charlie Chaplin's the Gold Rush Showing 7:30 - 9 PM	30 Grateful Yoga Youth and Teen Classes 4 - 5 PM Trow Hill Playground Grand Opening Ceremony Aug. 30! 6 - 7 PM School Board - BES Renovation Proposal 6 - 8 PM Community Potluck - Maple Corner Community Center 6 PM	31	1 Moving Sale 9:30 AM (multiday) Grateful Yoga Youth and Teen Classes 4 - 5 PM Paint, Battery, Bulb Collection in Chelsea Sept. 1 5 - 7 PM Central Vermont Crop Hunger Walk Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee 6 - 8 PM Village Planning Discussion Sept. 1: Public Facilities and Infrastructure 7 - 8 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM Tribute to Jackie Brookner 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	2 Large Yard Sale (multiday) Lawn Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Lawn Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Tulsi Tea Room Reopening 11 AM - 7 PM This Week at the Farmers Market 4 - 7 PM Showing Up for Racial Justice Community BBQ 4 - 7 PM CVt SURJ Potluck Outing at the Park! 4 - 7 PM CVt SURJ Potluck Outing at the Park! 4 - 7 PM Art Opening Reception - Elizabeth Nelson 4 - 7 PM Show 12 Opening Reception 4 - 8 PM 5th Annual "Books for the Baldwin" Block Party 5 - 7 PM Correction: Friday Sept. 2 Artist Anne Sarcka - Montpelier Artwalk 6 PM AHAA Experiment: Showcase of Experimental Art Sept. 2 8 - 10 PM AHAA: Experimental Art 8 - 10 PM +10 more see less	3 Multi-Family Yard Sale (multiday) Neighborhood Yard Sales (multiday) Multi-Family Porch-Yard Sale! (multiday) Yard Sales All Day Twinfield Youth Soccer All Day Crafter's Delight Yard Sale All Day Labor Day Weekend Multi-Family Yard Sale All Day Large Multi Family Yard Sale 7:30 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale! Sept. 3 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale Saturday Morning 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Tag Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale 9:30 AM - 3 PM 50% Off Sale Storewide 9:30 AM - 6 PM Yard Sale! 10 AM - 5 PM +15 more see less