Calendar - Front Porch Forum

March 2019

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24 Montpelier Antiques Market 8 AM - 1 PM The Next Step in Winter Wildlife Tracking 9 AM - 4 PM Circle Singing Workshop Held at River Rock School 3 - 4:30 PM The Racial Justice Alliance: "What Equity Looks Like" 3 - 5 PM Cancer Support Group 4 - 6 PM Oscar Night in Morrisville Feb. 24 6 - 10 PM +2 more see less	25 Lego Robotics/Mindstorm Feb. Vacation Week Camp (multiday) Lego Robotics/Mindstorm Camp, Feb. Vacation 8:30 AM (multiday) Kids Basket Making Workshop 10 AM - 3 PM Candidate Meet and Greet with Teddy Waszazak 5:30 - 6:30 PM First Unified Union School District Meeting 6 PM Environmental Film Series at Library: On Plastics 6:30 - 8 PM Plainfield Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +3 more see less	26 You're Invited - Community Taco Supper on Tuesday All Day Plainfield Co-op to Host Next Community Supper 6 - 7:30 PM Introduction to Broom Making with Hannah Mitchell 6 - 7:30 PM Introduction to the Four Agreements 6:30 - 7:30 PM	27 Disability Awareness Day at the Statehouse 9 AM - 9 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Genealogy and Slavery – Research & Discussion 4:30 - 6 PM Genealogy and Slavery - Research and Discussion 4:30 PM What's Next? Retirement and Beyond Event! 5:30 - 7:30 PM City Council Meeting Agenda - Feb. 27 6:30 - 10 PM +3 more see less	28 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Rural Vermont's Small Farm Advocacy Day 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Documentary "The Devil We Know" at State House Feb. 28 5:30 - 7:30 PM Wild Minds Community Class from VCFA 6:30 - 8 PM Film Showing "If Stone Could Speak" 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	1 Theater for Kids by Kids at LNT: The Impossible Voyage 5:30 PM (multiday) Freezing Fun for Families Mar 1-3 5:30 PM (multiday) A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at Bagitos 6 - 8 PM Digital Photography Workshop: Buttons, Dials and Menus 6:30 - 8:30 PM	2 Burlington Irish Heritage Festival All Day Drugs and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace 8 AM Free Intro to Studio Cycling Class 10 - 11 AM 2nd Chance at Central VT Seed Swap 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM Granite City Grocery Volunteers 11 AM - 1 PM Open Data Day 2019 - Help Map a Humanitarian Crisis 11 AM - 2 PM Friends of the Library Winter Banquet/Auction 5:30 - 8:30 PM Gaslight Tinkers and Nils Fredland—Dance at the Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM Dance at the Grange - Gaslight Tinkers & Nils Fredland 8 - 11 PM +5 more see less
3 Montpelier Elks Lodge Breakfast March 3 9:30 - 11:30 AM Popsibilities Pop-Up Card Workshop 12 - 2 PM Regeneration Gardening and Homestead Ecology 1 - 3 PM	4 Community Invited to Free Movie at Goddard College 10:30 AM - 12 PM Barre City Tree Stewardship Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM School Budget Informational Meeting 6 - 7 PM Town Meeting Day and Pre-Town Meeting 6 PM (multiday) Monthly Energy Committee Meeting This Monday 7 - 8:30 PM Barre City Council Meeting Cancelled 7 PM +2 more see less	5 Town Meeting Bake Sale & Chair Massage 9 AM - 12 PM Environment, Climate, and National Security 4:30 - 6 PM Youth Meeting for Legislative Action 6:30 - 8 PM	6 Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM	7 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM	8 Cabin Fever Sale This Weekend Downtown!! (multiday) Montpelier Death Cafe Friday March Meeting 12:15 - 1:45 PM Green Burial Talk at MSAC 2 - 3:30 PM Women's Circle 6:30 - 8:30 PM Chili Dinner to Support Outright Vermont 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	9 Moving Sale All Day Barre Senior Center Country Breakfast Fundraiser 8 - 11 AM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM River Rock School Maker Morning Admissions Event 10 AM - 12 PM Penny Sale in Bradford 10 AM - 1 PM Model Railroad Show 10 AM - 4 PM Family Writing Workshop: The Secret Life of Roy G. Biv 10:30 AM - 12 PM $15 Rabies Shots for Dogs or Cats 1 - 3 PM Cabot Family Contra & Square Dance 7:30 PM +6 more see less
10 Montpelier Antiques Market 8 AM - 1 PM Gender Creative Therapeutic Play Group 11 AM - 12:30 PM Ayurveda Basics Workshop 1 - 3 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around! 3 - 4:30 PM Empty Bowl Benefit for Foodbank 4:30 - 6:30 PM Empty Bowl Benefit 2019 for VT Foodbank 4:30 - 6:30 PM +2 more see less	11 Barre City School Board Meeting 5:30 PM	12 Steps to Grow Your Business 8 - 9:45 AM Earlier Mistake on Date of Meeting - Sorry 6 - 8 PM Parent/Community Forum - Middle School Principal Search 6 PM	13 Come Explore River Rock School at Coffee Morning 8 - 10 AM W/WW Commission Meeting Agenda 1 - 2 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM Informal Caregiver Orientation, Family Services 4:30 - 5:30 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM City Council Meeting Agenda - Mach 13 6:30 - 9:30 PM Constitutional Crisis Series: Liberalism/Conservatism 7 - 8:30 PM Constitutional Crisis? Liberalism/Conservatism - Then & Now 7 - 8:30 PM Liberalism/Conservatism, Then and Now 7 - 8:30 PM Green Mountain Club Slide Show by Andrew Nuquist 7 PM +7 more see less	14 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT: How to Welcome a Convict 9 - 10:30 PM Relocalizing VT: How to Welcome a Convict 9 - 10:30 PM	15 Class - Learn to Knit Socks on Two Circular Needles 10 AM - 12 PM Poem City Adamant! 11 AM - 1 PM Family Friendly Film Screening! 3:30 PM Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner at TVSC 5 PM Blues/Fusion Dance - March Edition! 7:15 - 11 PM +1 more see less	16 Support the Old Labor Hall March 16 All Day Strawberry Pancake Breakfast, Mar. 16 7:30 - 10:30 AM Jimmy Kennedy Breakfast, Silent Auction & Canoe Raffle 8 - 10 AM Jimmy Kennedy Breakfast Fundraiser and Silent Auction 8 - 10 AM Rabies Clinic 9 - 10:30 AM Introductory Zen Buddhism Workshop 9 AM - 1:15 PM Luck O' the Irish! 9 AM - 3 PM Luck O'The Irish Sale and Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM Growing Great Perennials: Old Favorites & Lesser-Knowns 10 AM - 12 PM Seminar on Growing Great Perennials 10 AM - 12 PM Growing Great Perennials 10 AM - 12 PM Growing Great Perennials with Henry Homeyer 10 AM - 12 PM VCFA Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM "Office Hours" with Rep. Carl Demrow, Mar. 16 10 AM - 12 PM Learn 2 Easy Ways to Unlock Your Neck & Jaw 3 - 5 PM Steven and Kathy's Long Walk 7 - 9 PM Kathy and Steven's Long Walk on the Camino De Santiago 7 - 9 PM Irish Band Dervish - Celebration Series 7:30 - 9:30 PM Pete's Posse Plays & Alex D-L Calls Dances on Saturday! 7:30 - 11 PM Contra Dance - This Saturday at the Grange Hall! 8 - 11 PM +16 more see less
17 Ballroom Dancing All Day Garage/Moving Sale 12 - 5 PM Sophie Michaux at the Plainfield Opera House 4 - 5:30 PM St. Patrick's Day Dinner at Bethany Church 5 - 7 PM Eat, Perform, Win Prizes at Bethany Church! 5 - 7 PM Family Friendly St. Patrick's Day Shenanigans! 5 - 7:30 PM Community Singalong 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	18 River Rock School Annual Mud Season Auction - Online! 8 AM (multiday) W/WW Commission Meeting / Agenda 5:15 - 7:15 PM Meeting of E. Montpelier & Calais Historical Societies 6 - 8:30 PM Barre City Neighborhood Watch Program 6 PM	19 Icelandic Model for Youth 6 - 8 PM Twinfield School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM How to Decrease Teenage Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use 6:30 - 8 PM EMSLI's Annual Meeting (Cont'd) 7 - 8:30 PM	20 Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM +2 more see less	21 Sugar on Snow at Twinfield's Afterschool Program All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT Th 9 Am: Power to Towns; Rural Co-Ops 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Th 9 Am: Power to Towns; Rural Co-Ops 9 AM - 10:30 PM Barre Genealogy Group 10 - 11:30 AM Special Meeting for Farmers 1 - 3:30 PM Tile Drain Rules for Water Quality 1 - 3:30 PM KHL Outreach Visits to Community Preschools 1:30 PM Free College & Career Planning Event 5 - 7 PM Montpelier Death Cafe Thursday March Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Acupuncture for Pets - Public Talk by Dr. Erika Bruner 6 - 7:30 PM Pet Acupuncture Discussion with Dr. Erika Bruner 6 - 7:30 PM Acupuncture for Pets: Public Talk with Dr Erika Brune 6 - 7:30 PM Public Talk: Acupuncture for Pets with Dr. Erika Bruner 6:15 PM Yestermorrow Speaker Series: The Art of Stone 7 - 8 PM Artist Ray Brown Documentary March 21 at Wood Gallery 7 PM Concert in West Newbury, March 21 7:30 PM +13 more see less	22 BNI Business Professionals Presentation 8 AM - 9:30 PM Film Showing "The Resurrection of Victor Jara" 7 - 8:30 PM Refugee Resettlement Fundraiser 7 - 9:30 PM Cancelled! Film and Upcoming Events at Old Labor Hall 7 PM Victor Jara Film & Music 7 PM Kathleen Kanz Comedy Hour is Canceled Tonight - Snow 8:30 - 8:30 PM Kathleen Kanz Comedy Hour 8:30 - 10 PM +3 more see less	23 High Quality Alternative Education Option 9 - 10:30 AM Montessori Open House 9 - 10:30 AM Open House at Montessori School of Central Vermont 9 - 10:30 AM Coffee with the Mayor...And Director of Public Works 9 - 11 AM Rabies Clinic 9 AM - 12 PM VT Statehouse - No Co2 Tax Protest 9 AM - 12 PM BeCAUSE Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Musical Munchkins 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Maple Open House Weekend! 9:30 AM (multiday) Craft Fair Fundraiser for Cancer Prevention 10 AM - 4 PM Maple Open House Weekend at Templeton Farm 10:30 AM (multiday) Liberal Democracy Challenged…Can It Survive? 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Liberal Democracy Challenged…Can It Survive? 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM League of Women Voters Lunch 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Stanley Sloan Speaks Democracy at LWV Lunch 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Stanley Sloan Speaks Democracy at LWV Lunch 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Grand Opening at Williamstown Thrift Store 1:30 - 4 PM Clothing Swap: Vermont Access to Reproductive Freedom 5 - 7 PM +14 more see less
24 Beginner Beekeeping Classes 10 AM - 3 PM Vermont Chapter Presents Bach Organ Marathon 1:30 PM Cooking Workshop at the Grange, Sunday 2 - 6 PM What Equity Looks Like 2.0 3 - 5 PM Conscious Light Documentary Film 7 - 8:30 PM Conscious Light Documentary Film 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	25 Plainfield Select Board Meeting March 25 All Day Rally to Support Muslim Vermonters 5:30 PM Grief Share Support Group 5:45 - 7:45 PM	26 Plainfield's Hazard Mitigation Committee All Day Radio Show with Protesters at ICE Offices in Williston 9:30 AM CVMC Community Town Hall 5:30 - 7 PM Stranahan Forest Recreation Plan Public Meeting 6 - 7 PM Stranahan Forest Final Recreation Plan Public Meeting 6 - 7 PM Rabies Clinic & Dog Licensing Tonight! 6 - 7:30 PM Twinfield Together Mentor Dinner for All 6 - 7:30 PM East Montpelier Fire Dept. Annual Rabies Clinic 6 - 7:30 PM March Community Supper - Hosted by Journey Fellowship 6 - 7:30 PM +5 more see less	27 OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Genealogy and Slavery-Research and Discussion 4:30 - 6 PM City Council Meeting Agenda 6 - 10 PM Twinfield Partners in Education Invite You 6:30 - 7:30 PM Lunafest at the Savoy! Films For, by & About Women 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	28 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Pacem School Open House 4:30 - 6 PM Pacem School Open House 4:30 - 6 PM Family Round Table: Building Family Voice 5 - 7 PM Green Mountain Film Fest 5 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	29 Phantom Tollbooth Comes to Cabot Next Weekend! (multiday) Now Through Sunday, Member Appreciation Celebration 8 AM (multiday) WMHS Spring Blood Drive 1:30 - 5:30 PM Introducing the Listen Up Project For Youth 12-18 4 - 6 PM Introducing the Listen Up Project For Youth 12-18 4 - 6 PM Oysters at North Branch Cafe 4 - 8 PM Oysters at North Branch Cafe 4 - 8 PM Artesano's Public Philosophy Discussion 5:30 - 8 PM Mayo Healthcare's Taste of Maple 5:30 - 8 PM Aladdin 6:30 PM Chamber Music Soireé 7 - 8:30 PM WCA High School Play “The History of Dating” 7 PM +8 more see less	30 Free Pancake Breakfast at Twinfield March 30 All Day Caring for Your Woods Pancake Breakfast 9 AM - 1 PM River Rock School Annual Mud Season Auction 10:30 AM - 2 PM Annual Online Auction Benefits River Rock School 10:30 AM - 3 PM River Rock School Annual Auction 11 AM - 3 PM Repair Cafe at Montpelier Senior Center 12 - 4 PM Repair Cafe March 30 at MSAC 12 - 4 PM Repair Café 12 - 4 PM Folk Dancing 3 - 5 PM Sound Immersion 4 - 5 PM Roller Derby Game March 30! 5:30 - 8 PM Next Contra Dance at the Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM +8 more see less
31 Beginner Beekeeping Class 10 AM - 3 PM Parenting Through a Jewish Lens 10:30 AM - 12 PM Millstone Trails Calcutta Raffle - This Sunday! 12 - 4 PM Arm Chair Traveler - Kayaking on the Erie Canal 3 PM Evan Premo, Mary Bonhag, Annemieke & Jeremiah Mclane 4 - 5:30 PM Sunday Cancer Support Group 4 - 6 PM Scrag Mountain Music at the Plainfield Opera House! 4 - 6 PM Wonderful Concert at Plainfield Opera House! 4 - 6 PM Scrag Mountain Music at the Plainfield Opera House! 4 - 6:30 PM Scrag Mountain Music at the Opera House! 4 PM Friends of Coburn Pond Annual Meeting-March 31 5:30 - 7:30 PM +7 more see less	1 You Wont Want to Miss This 6 - 8 PM Famous Psychologist Michael Thompson Event April 1 6 - 8 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Milk & Cookies Night at the Library 6 - 7 PM Youth Meeting for Legislative Action 6 - 7:30 PM John Kenney Reading: "Love Poems for Married People" 7 - 8 PM	3 U-32 School Budget Forum April 3 All Day Conference for Families of Children with Special Needs 8 AM - 4 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM ACEs Documentary & Free Dinner Discussion 6 - 7:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM "Frank and Friendly Chat About My Wife's Transition" 7 - 8:30 PM Advance Care Planning Presentation - Wed., April 3 7 - 8:30 PM First Wednesdays: Emily Dickinson: Poet of New England 7 - 8:30 PM See Independent Documentary About FPF April 3 7 PM +6 more see less	4 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Coming Home from Prison in VT 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Th 9 Am: Coming Home from Prison in VT 9 - 10:30 AM Huge Thrift Sale at Methodist Church in Montpelier 10 AM (multiday) Montpelier Spring Noontime Concerts 12 PM Is a Recession on the Horizon? 5 - 6 PM Hearing - Amending VT Constitution Prohibiting Slavery 5 - 7 PM Trans, Non-Binary, & Curious Therapy Group 5:30 - 7 PM Wild & Scenic Film Festival 5:30 - 10 PM Trans, Non-Binary, & Curious Therapy Group (13-23) 5:30 PM (multiday) Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM Yestermorrow Speaker Series: Talking with Trees 7 - 8 PM Greg Rekus, Magic User, Putsch House Show 7 - 10 PM Greg Rekus, Magic User, Putsch House Show 7 - 10 PM Tango Alternativo 7 - 10 PM SHS Drama Club Presents Into the Woods 7 PM (multiday) SHS Drama Clubs Puts on Into the Woods 7 PM (multiday) VT Pbs Airing of “Wretches & Jabberers” Documentary 7 PM Into the Woods at Spaulding High School 7 PM +15 more see less	5 Montpelier Senior Activity Center Rummage Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Poemtown by BES 3rd Graders - Gallery Reception 5 - 7 PM Friday Night Reading Series at VCFA's Cafe Anna 5:30 - 7:30 PM Calcutta/Silent Auction for Barre Town Dog Park 6 - 10 PM 2nd Annual Dog Park Calcutta/Silent Auction Fundraiser 6 PM Support the Dog Park 6 PM Our Best Kept Secret: Introduction to Catholic Teaching 7 - 8:30 PM 8th Annual Poetry and Music Concert 7:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	6 Largest Energy Fair in State Saturday April 6 9 AM - 3 PM Leap Energy Fair April 6 9 AM - 3 PM LEAP Energy Fair April 6 9 AM - 3 PM Free Intro to Studio Cycle Class 10 - 11 AM Montpelier Senior Activity Center Rummage Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale / Fun & Games 10 AM (multiday) Open House! 11 AM - 2 PM Softening to Our Roots 3:30 - 6:30 PM Capital SC "Girls' Night" 6 - 7:30 PM Glowga: Blacklight Yoga 6:30 - 8 PM Contra Dance at the Capital City Grange 7:45 PM +7 more see less