Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2019

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31 Green Mountain Film Fest 5 PM (multiday) Phantom Tollbooth Comes to Cabot Next Weekend! (multiday) Now Through Sunday, Member Appreciation Celebration 8 AM (multiday) 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 Scrag Mountain Music at the Plainfield Opera House! 4 - 6 PM Sunday Cancer Support Group 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 +10 more see less	1 Famous Psychologist Michael Thompson Event April 1 6 - 8 PM You Wont Want to Miss This 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 First Wednesdays: Emily Dickinson: Poet of New England 7 - 8:30 PM Advance Care Planning Presentation - Wed., April 3 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 Th 9 Am: Coming Home from Prison in VT 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: 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) Yestermorrow Speaker Series: Talking with Trees 7 - 8 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 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) Into the Woods at Spaulding High School 7 PM VT Pbs Airing of “Wretches & Jabberers” Documentary 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
7 Resiliency Sundays 12:30 - 2:30 PM Gentle Spring Cleanse 1 - 3 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Spring Concert 2 - 5 PM Blacksmithing for Beginners - April 7 2 - 5 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Spring Concert 2 - 5 PM Come Dance! 3 - 5 PM Learn How to Dance Foxtrot 3 - 5 PM Dancing Lessons 3 - 5 PM Vermont Virtuosi Presents the Tao of Light 4 - 5:30 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle April 7 6 - 8 PM As You Wish: Trivia and a Movie at the Savoy 6 - 9:30 PM As You Wish: Movie Date with Beaux and Prudie 6:30 - 9:30 PM Film Showing: "American Socialist: Eugene V Debs" 7 - 8:30 PM MFA in Graphic Design Spring Residency Public Events 7:30 PM (multiday) +10 more see less	8 Organizational Meeting WCUUSD 6 PM WCUUSD Organizational Meeting Apr. 8 6 PM	9 Estate Planning Workshop at the Senior Center 6 - 7:30 PM Garret Keizer Book Launch: "The World Pushes Back" 7 - 8 PM	10 Practice Session on Interrupting Hate at UU Church All Day OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:45 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Woodridge Career Fair April 10 2 - 7 PM Introduction to Poetry Slams for Kids with Geof Hewitt 3 PM Volunteer Information Sessions 5 - 6 PM Interrupting Hate & Unintended Bias - Practice Session 6 - 8 PM Practice Session on Responding to Bias - April 10 6 - 8 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM City Council Meeting Agenda - April 10 6:30 - 9 PM +7 more see less	11 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Spring Concert at Christ Church Apr. 11 12 - 12:45 PM Trans, Non-Binary, & Curious Therapy Group (13-23) 5:30 - 7 PM Trans, Non-Binary, & Curious Therapy Group (13-23) 5:30 - 7 PM Barre Supervisory Union Board Meeting 5:30 PM Merchant St Neighborhood Watch 6 - 8 PM Barre Uusd Initial Board Meeting 6 PM Free Golf Fitness Clinic in Waterbury 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	12 Montpelier Death Cafe Friday April Meeting 12:15 - 1:45 PM	13 Indoor Moving Sale 8 AM (multiday) Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM 18th Annual Easter Egg Hunt 10 - 10:30 AM Introduction to Spinning 10 - 10:45 AM Keeping Bees Discussion 10 AM - 12 PM Keeping Bees with Sheri Englert 10 AM - 12 PM Keeping Bees with Sheri Englert 10 AM - 12 PM Verd Mont Button Club Expo and Education Day 10 AM - 3 PM Celebrate Earth Day with GMP! 11 AM - 1 PM Bake Sale in Downtown Montpelier 11 AM - 2 PM Vintage and Sustainable Clothing Pop-Up Saturday! 11 AM - 3 PM Green Mountain Knitting Guild Public Yarn Swap 12 - 1:50 PM Youth Plus Poetry Slam with Geof Hewitt 4 PM Spaghetti Supper - Make Your Reservations Now! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Latin Dance Instruction & Dance St. Johnsbury 6:30 - 10:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra 7 - 9 PM Don't Miss This Great Concert! 7 - 10 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 PM Fiddle Concert Apr. 13 7 PM Upcoming Capital City Concerts - Veritable Violin 7:30 - 9 PM Capital City Concerts Presents Veritable Violin 7:30 - 9 PM Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM Capital City Concerts Final Concert of This Season! 7:30 PM Capital City Concert 7:30 PM +22 more see less
14 Final Indoor Antiques Market of the Season 8 AM - 1 PM French Conversation Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Tango for Lady Leaders in Stowe 12 - 1 PM Resiliency Sundays 12:30 - 2:30 PM No Strings Marionettes Puppet Show! 2 - 3 PM Bread & Puppet Presents "Diagonal Man" April 14 5 - 8 PM Bread & Puppet 5 PM Andrew Yang's 2020 Run for Democratic Nominee 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	15 Games, Games, Games! Camp at River Rock, Next Week 8:30 AM (multiday) Meeting of E. Montpelier & Calais Historical Societies 6 - 8:30 PM Montpelier Dance Open House and Potluck 6:30 - 9 PM Montpelier Dance Open House and Potluck 6:30 - 9 PM	16 Plainfield Recreation Committee Meeting April 16 All Day Free Chronic Disease Management Workshop Apr. 16 9:30 AM - 12 PM Community Service Day for Kids at Baldwin Library 1 - 3 PM Meditation at Twin Valley Senior Center 6 - 7 PM Spring into Meditation! Class Starts on April 16 6 - 7 PM “Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection” 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	17 Homeschooling Workshop Mosaic Art for Kids! 11 AM - 2 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Film 12:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Cafe April 17 at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM CVSWMD Free Compost Workshops April 17 & Beyond 5:45 - 7:15 PM +1 more see less	18 Agenda for Hazard Mitigation Meeting April 18 All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Growing the Renewable Economy 9 - 10:30 AM Barre Genealogy Group 10 - 11:30 AM Spring Concert at Christ Church 12 PM Winter Should Be Over Party, Free! 4 - 9 PM Montpelier Death Cafe Thursday April Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Food Justice Film & Discussion Tonight! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Moroccan Night 6 - 10 PM Neighborhood Watch Meeting 6 PM Free Writing Workshops in Montpelier 6 PM Ellementa Women's Gathering - Cannabis Microdosing 6:30 - 8:30 PM Ellementa Women's Gathering - Cannabis Microdosing 6:30 - 8:30 PM Yestermorrow Speaker Series: Composting Toilets! 7 - 8 PM The Rough & Tumble Concert at the Space on Main 7 - 10 PM Kick Off Cabaret Benefit Concert at LNT 7:30 PM +12 more see less	19 Inside Sound 5 - 6:15 PM The Quebe Sisters - BOH Presents 7:30 - 9:30 PM	20 "Office Hours" with Rep. Carl Demrow, April 20 10 AM - 12 PM Spring Bike Sale! 10 AM - 1 PM Spring Bike Sale! 10 AM - 1 PM Spring Bike Sale! 10 AM - 1 PM Spring Bike Sale! 10 AM - 1 PM High Performance House Tour April 20 10 AM Safety Meeting Party at Stowe Cider 12 - 7 PM Learn to Fly: Arm Balance Workshop Saturday 1 - 3 PM Contra Dance at the Capital City Grange 8 - 11 PM Contra Dance with Mary Wesley & Russet Trio April 20th! 8 PM +6 more see less
21 Upcoming Resiliency Sundays Schedule 12:30 - 2:30 PM Community Singalong 6 - 8 PM	22 Plainfield Selectboard Meeting All Day W/WW Commission Meeting / Agenda 5:15 - 7 PM Capital City Orchestra's Spring Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM	23 In Defense of Butterflies: Poets for Migrant Justice 7 - 8 PM Paul Gillies - The Law of the Hills 7 PM	24 OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Film 12:30 - 3 PM Pop-Sibilities Pop-Up Card Workshop, Part 2 4 - 5:30 PM Genealogy and Slavery Discussion– Monthly Meet-Up 4:30 - 5:45 PM Genealogy and Slavery Discussion – Monthly Meet-Up 4:30 - 6 PM Business Model Canvas: Reduce Business Planning Fear 5:30 - 7:30 PM City Council Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM Village Trustees Meeting April 24 7 PM Special Plainfield Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +5 more see less	25 GMT Participates in National Get on Board Day All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Who is Hungry? 9 - 10:30 AM Contractor Informational Seminar 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Rural Vermont Presents: Small Farm Advocacy Day 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM April Noontime Music Thursday 12 - 12:45 PM Noon Concert at Christ Church - Vermont Horn Club 12 PM Notice of Meeting: MRPS Partners in Education 5:15 - 6:45 PM Dinner and Discussion Hosted by the Co-Op 5:30 - 8 PM LNT's Turn of the Screw: April 25-May 12 7:30 PM +6 more see less	26 Book Event at the Co-Op 5 - 7 PM CCV Night of the Arts and Silent Art Auction 5:30 - 7:30 PM VCFA Reading Series With David Shields and Trinie Dalton 5:30 - 7:30 PM Chamber Music Soirée 7 - 8 PM Once & Future Space Prom 8 - 10 PM Kathleen Kanz Comedy Hour 8:30 - 10 PM +2 more see less	27 Saturday is Prescription Drug Take Back Day All Day Garage Sale - Free Stuff All Day Reminder: Take Back Day is Saturday All Day Correction! Paul Mailman 10 Miler is April 27! All Day Garage Sale 7 AM - 2 PM Community Book & Clothing Swap at Hunger Mountain Co-op 8 AM - 2 PM Coffee with the Mayor...And Planning Director 9 - 11 AM Local Tree and Shrub Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Indoor Yard & Bake Sale (Rainy Day Outing) 9 AM - 1 PM Kindergarten Options at River Rock School 10 AM - 12 PM National Prescription Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Indoor Yard Sale at First Presbyterian Church of Barre 10 AM - 2 PM Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Three Family, Garage & Moving Sale! 4/27, 4/28 10am-4pm 10 AM (multiday) Multi Family Yard Sale April 27-28 - Robinhood Circle 10 AM (multiday) Love Sparks: April WeMoon Circle 12 - 1 PM Drawing Herbs: A Closer Look at Medicinal Plants 1 - 3 PM Timebanker Orientation (Onion River Exchange) 1:30 - 3:30 PM Blacksmithing for Beginners - April 27 2 - 5 PM Blacksmithing for Beginners - April 27 2 - 5 PM Young Adventurer's Guide Book Launch & Party 3:30 - 5 PM Corn Hole 5:30 - 9 PM Aldrich Public Library Spring Fling 6 - 9 PM Zeichner Trio Concert in Sharon! 7 - 9 PM Album Release Party 7 - 11 PM Katie Trautz CD Release Show in Burlington! 9 - 10:30 PM +24 more see less
28 23rd Annual Mutt Strut 10 AM - 12 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale Ongoing - New Items 10 AM - 2 PM Finding Peace in Our Homes 10:30 AM - 12 PM Breath Workshop 3 - 5 PM MMS 25th Anniversary Concert and Benefit 3 PM The Will Patton Ensemble 4 - 5:30 PM Free Concert: Old Meeting House, East Montpelier 4 - 6 PM The Will Patton Ensemble at Plainfield Opera House 4 - 6 PM The Will Patton Ensemble at the Opera House 4 - 6 PM The Will Patton Ensemble 4 PM The Will Patton Ensemble at the Plainfield Opera House! 4 PM Will Patton Ensemble at the Opera House 4 PM +8 more see less	29	30 Woodlands Owner Workshop April 30 All Day Model Communities Kick Off Event Apr. 30 4:30 - 8:30 PM Passing Lands Pop-Ups 5:30 - 9:30 PM Jennifer Mcmahon Book Launch: "The Invited" 7 - 8 PM	1 Free Yard Sale May 1 8 AM Walk-Through Wednesday at Orchard Valley School 8:30 - 9:30 AM Walk-Through Wednesday at Orchard Valley 8:30 - 9:30 AM If You've Experienced Postpartum Depression 12 - 1:30 PM Primo Maggio Dinner May 1 at the Labor Hall 5 - 8:30 PM Financial Fitness Class - Saving for the Future 6 - 7:30 PM Sustainable Montpelier Coalition This May Day -Mayday! 6 - 7:30 PM Holocaust Remembrance Program - May 1 in Stowe 6:30 - 8 PM Holocaust Remembrance Program in Stowe May 1 6:30 - 8 PM Medical Cannabis 101 Class in Marshfield and Montpelier 7 - 8 PM Courage and Compassion at the Southern Border 7 - 9 PM Discussion: Courage & Compassion at the Southern Border 7 PM Other Minds - A Play 7:30 PM (multiday) Other Minds 7:30 PM (multiday) Other Minds 7:30 PM (multiday) +11 more see less	2 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Arbor Day Conference 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Relocalizing VT: Local Transportation 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Local Transportation 9 - 10:30 AM Parent Evening at Orchard Valley - Open to All 6:30 - 8 PM Conversation and Workshops Focused on the Temperaments 6:30 - 8 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM Film Showing "The Organizer" 7 - 9 PM Plan B: ¡Bailar! Tango in Montpelier at Studio Zenith 7 - 10 PM Public Forum on Draft Zoning Regulations 7 PM +6 more see less	3 Yard Sale (multiday) Heart of Vermont BNI Visitor's Day 8 - 10 AM The Best Way to Grow Your Business 8 - 10 AM Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Drop Off Your Kids and Go Out on the Town! 5:30 - 9:30 PM VCFA Q&A with Literary Agents from Folio Lit Management 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	4 Green Up Day May 4 All Day Call for Artists All Day Montpelier Kiwanis Club All You Can Eat Breakfast 7 - 11 AM Green Up Day at the Cow Pasture 8 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Bring Your Bikes in Now for This Weekend's Bike Swap! 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day! May 4 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day 9 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day, Grades K-2 Activity Booklets 9 AM - 2 PM Bake Sale for River Rock School 9 AM - 3 PM Confluence Park Design Input Needed! 9:30 AM - 1 PM Scouts Bottle Drive at Canadian Club 10 AM - 4 PM Scouts Bottle Drive at Canadian Club 10 AM - 4 PM Cub Scout Pack 777 Bottle Drive 10 AM - 4 PM Craftsbury Tour of New Energy Efficiency Home 10 AM Free Comic Book Day 11 AM - 6 PM Workshop: Detox & Renewal for Body, Heart and Spirit 1 - 5:30 PM Detox & Renewal for Body, Heart and Spirit 1 - 5:30 PM 3rd Annual Montpelier Pedestrian Scramble 1:45 - 4 PM Poetry Salon in Newbury, VT 4:30 PM PipeDreams Flute Quartet Presents Flutes on Vacation 5 - 6 PM Wine, Dine and Hear Great Music May 4 6 - 8 PM CVCOA's 3rd Annual "Age Out Loud" Fundraiser! 6 PM Concert & Singalong May 4 7 - 9 PM Somewhere Between Nostalgia & Blindness (Dance Perf) 7 PM For the Love of Pete 7 PM CVCOA Age Out Loud Fundraiser! 7:30 - 9 PM CVCOA's 3rd Annual "Age Out Loud" Fundraiser May 4! 7:30 - 9 PM CVCOA's 3rd Annual "Age Out Loud" Fundraiser! 7:30 - 9 PM Age Out Loud 7:30 - 9:30 PM Age Out Loud 2019 7:30 PM Age Out Loud 2019 7:30 PM Contra Dance at the Grange - Live Caller, Band and Fun! 8 - 11 PM +29 more see less