Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

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1 Barre - 3 Family Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Garage Sale - Daniels Drive - Sept. 30 & Oct. 1 9 AM (multiday) Bent Nails Music Festival Fundraiser 12 PM (multiday) Apple Pie Sale 11 AM - 1 PM Marshfield Harvest Festival 11 AM - 4 PM Montpelier Fall Festival 12 - 4 PM This Sunday: Montpelier Fall Festival, Oct. 1 12 - 4 PM Montpelier Fall Festival, Oct 1, 12-4PM 12 - 4 PM Harvest & Release Gathering 12 - 4 PM Farm Stand 12 - 5 PM Marshfield History 3 - 4 PM Field Walk: The Beavers of Bailey Pond (Sun, Oct. 1) 3 - 5 PM +8 more see less	2 Town of Plainfield Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	3 Bingo at Barre American Legion 5 - 9:30 PM Regular Council Meeting Agenda Corrected Oct. 3 6 PM	4 Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM Senior Day at Aldrich Library: Fiddle Playing Concert 1:30 - 2:45 PM Central Vermont OLLI Hosts Garrett Graff on UFOs 1:30 - 3 PM Reminder: Order Your Take Out Meals 4:30 - 6:30 PM Advocating with Personal Stories Training Opportunity 5:15 - 6:45 PM St. Francis Day Oct. 4 Pet Blessing 5:30 - 6 PM St Francis' Day Blessing of Pets Oct. 4 5:30 - 6 PM St. Francis Day Blessing of Pets Oct. 4 5:30 - 6 PM Next Paine Mountain School District Meeting 6 - 8 PM BUUSD Curriculum Committee Meeting 6 PM +6 more see less	5 Relocalizing VT: How to Buy Your Dream Home 9 - 10:30 AM Town Forest Invasive Species Removal 3:30 - 5:30 PM German Coffee Hour and Conversation 4 - 6 PM Barre City Development Review Board Agenda 7 PM	6 Garage Sale - Cutler Corner Rd - Oct. 6 8 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - Cutler Corner Rd - Oct. 6 8 AM - 1 PM Swim Lessons for Homeschoolers/At-Home Learners at GMCF 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Survivor Artist Reception 4 - 8 PM	7 Williamstown United Church Bake Sale & Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Garage/Lawn Sale - Wilson St - Oct. 7-8 9 AM (multiday) The Gardens at Williamstown 9:30 AM - 12 PM Bake Sale / Silent Auction / Raffle - Fundraiser 9:30 AM - 12 PM Bake Sale- Groton United Methodist Church! 9:30 AM - 2 PM Rainbow Fair & Dance Party 12 - 7:30 PM Potluck Dinner and Music 5 PM +3 more see less
8 Green Moutain Gravel 2nd Annual Gravel Cycling Event 5:30 AM - 5:30 PM Yard Sale Oct. 8 9 AM - 1 PM 45th Annual Harvest Festival! 9 AM - 3 PM Farm Stand 12 - 5 PM Dana Robinson Concert in Adamant Oct. 8 3 PM +1 more see less	9	10 2023 Norwich University Military Writers' Symposium 9:25 AM (multiday) Bingo at Barre American Legion 5 - 9:30 PM Annual Meeting and Potluck at Williamstown Historical 5:30 - 7:30 PM Historical Society-Annual Meeting , Potluck & Fiddlers 5:30 - 8:30 PM Potluck, Annual Meeting, Fiddlers 5:30 - 8:30 PM Sharing Circle at Cutler Memorial Library Tuesday at 6 6 - 7 PM School Board Meeting Oct. 10 6 PM +3 more see less	11 Barre Opera House Usher Training 12 - 1:15 PM OLLI Program on Tree Migration 1:30 - 3 PM	12 VeggieVanGo at Gifford 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Cooking Program at the Aldrich Library 4 - 5:30 PM German Coffee Hour and Conversation 4 - 6 PM Williamstown United Church Take-Out Chicken Pie Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Returning Home to Ourselves 5:30 - 7:30 PM Regular Meeting of the Barre City Planning Commission 5:30 PM Make Big Oil Pay Community Action Tour in Barre City! 6 - 8 PM Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee 6:30 PM +4 more see less	13 Garage Sale - Camp St. - Oct. 13 8 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale Oct. 13 8 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - Websterville Rd 9 AM (multiday) Swim Lessons for Homeschoolers/At-Home Learners at GMCF 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Peter Schumann & B&P Art Opening at the Jaquith 4 - 8 PM +1 more see less	14 Garage Sale - Currier St - Oct. 14 8 AM - 2 PM Yard/Barn Sale - Hollister Hill Rd - Oct. 14 9 AM - 12 PM Craft Fair and Flea Market at TVSC 9 AM - 3 PM Garage/Lawn Sale - Wilson St - Oct. 14 9 AM - 3 PM Kids Trade & Play - Clothing/Item Exchange 9:30 - 11:30 AM Family Climate Workshop 10:30 AM - 12 PM Families Rise Up Climate Workshop 10:30 AM - 12 PM Chicken Pie at Old Meeting House 12 - 6 PM Town of Barre Fall Festival (46 Websterville Road) 12 - 6 PM Fall Sale - Central Vermont Humane Society 1 - 3 PM Chicken Pie Supper! 5 PM +7 more see less
15 Martin Bridge Flood Repair Workday Oct. 15 All Day Virtual Office Hours 12 - 1 PM Farm Stand 12 - 5 PM Community Harvest of Central Vermont Open House 2 - 4 PM Benefit Concert for Flood Relief 4 - 5:30 PM Tea and Fashions from the 1980s at the Gardens 4 - 5:30 PM Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Scottish Fiddle & Cello 4 - 6 PM +3 more see less	16 German Convo Group Returns to Kellogg-Hubbard 12 - 1 PM Plainfield Rec and Public Arts Committee Mtg 5:30 - 6:30 PM Town of Plainfield Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Finance Committee Meeting Oct. 16 6 PM First Food Security Group (Grassroots) Gathering 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	17 Bingo at Barre American Legion 5 - 9:30 PM Songs of Hope, Joy and Resilience with John Harrison 6:30 - 7:45 PM	18 Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM OLLI Presents Vermont's 251 Club 1:30 - 3 PM Barre Up - Community Flood Recovery Focus Groups 5:30 - 7:30 PM Paine Mountain School District Community Forum at WMHS 6 - 7 PM Barre Unified Union School District Policy Cmte Meeting 6 PM PMSD Board Meeting 7 - 8 PM Plainfield Conservation Commission 7 - 8:15 PM Author Reading w/ Rick Winston Tonight: At the Jaquith 7 PM +4 more see less	19 Stories & Songs for Infants and Toddlers at the Cutler 10:30 - 11 AM German Coffee Hour and Conversation 4 - 6 PM Cooking Program at the Aldrich Library 4 - 6 PM Screening/Raffle at Savoy Theater - Oct. 19 7 - 9 PM Hazard Mitigation Agenda - Thursday, Oct. 19 8:30 PM +1 more see less	20 Maplehill School Harvest Supper 5:30 - 7:30 AM Money Matters: Eco-Feminism + Radical Love 10 AM - 4 PM Money Matters: Eco Feminism & Radical Love 10 AM - 4 PM Swim Lessons for Homeschoolers/At-Home Learners at GMCF 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Magic: The Gathering on Friday at The Cutler 3:30 - 5 PM Julie Fowlis - Celebration Series 8 - 10 PM +2 more see less	21 Garage Sale! 8 AM Stranahan Forest Fall Work Day 9 AM - 12 PM Open House and Tack N Stuff Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Rhythm of the Rein, Tack and Bake Sale and Much More! 9 AM - 2 PM Community Fun Day - No Cost! 10 AM - 1 PM Vermont Home Movie Day - Oct. 21 4 - 8 PM Kamalika-K Full Moon Sound Baths Oct. 21 & Dec. 17 4:30 - 6 PM Neighbor Connection Dinner Oct. 21 5 - 7:30 PM Neighbor Connection Dinner 5 - 8 PM +5 more see less
22 Pluto Rising at Plainfield Opera House 4 PM Pluto Rising at Plainfield Arts 4 - 6 PM Pluto Rising at Plainfield Arts 4 - 6 PM Newberry and Verch Concert This Sunday in Cabot! 4 - 6 PM Free Community Dinner 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	23 German Convo Group Returns to Kellogg-Hubbard 12 - 1 PM Barre UUSD Superintendent Evaluation Committee Meeting 4:30 PM	24 Bingo at Barre American Legion 5 - 9:30 PM Marshfield Select Board Agenda Oct. 24 5:30 PM Barre City Council Meeting Oct. 24 6 PM Cutler Memorial Library Monthly Trustee Meeting 6:15 PM Songs of Hope, Joy and Resilience with John Harrison 6:30 - 7:45 PM +1 more see less	25 Community Pot Luck Dinner Oct. 25 All Day Senior Games 1:30 - 3 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Community Potluck Dinner 6 - 7:30 PM Barre Unified Union School District Board Meeting 6 PM Village of Marshfield Board of Trustees Meeting 7 PM +2 more see less	26 German Coffee Hour and Conversation 4 - 6 PM Aldrich Library-Cooking Program 4 - 6 PM Windsor/Orange County Forester Meet and Greet 5:30 - 7:30 PM Genealogy & Slavery Discussion Group - Meeting Oct. 26 6 - 8 PM	27 Swim Lessons for Homeschoolers/At-Home Learners at GMCF 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pumpkin Walk This Friday Evening! 5:30 - 8 PM Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Committee 6:30 PM Theater: Love and Physics 7:30 PM Scrag Mountain Music: Sacred Songs of the Mary's 7:30 - 8:45 PM +1 more see less	28 Walk to Fight Suicide 9 AM 2nd Annual Out of the Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide 9 AM - 1 PM Annual Fall Clothing Drop 'N Swap 9 AM - 5 PM Samhain: Preparing for the Dark Half of the Year 11 AM Bricks & Books Williamstown 1 - 2:30 PM Trunk or Treat in Williamstown 2 - 4 PM News at the Ainsworth Public Library 2 - 4 PM Plainfield WWW Commission Agenda 5:15 PM American Legion Halloween Costume Party 6 - 11 PM +5 more see less
29 Pumpkin Carving/Painting 11 AM Pumpkin Carving at Plainfield Rec Field 1 - 3 PM Fermentation Workshop with Peter Young 1 PM Choral Workshop with Peter and Mary Alice Amidon 3 - 5 PM Choral Workshop with Peter and Mary Alice Amidon 3 - 5 PM +1 more see less	30 German Convo Group Returns to Kellogg-Hubbard 12 - 1 PM BarreTones Rehersals 6:15 - 8:30 PM	31 Williamston Autumn Blood Drive Oct. 31 12 - 5 PM Trick or Treat at the Library 2 - 6 PM East Barre Halloween Event 5 - 8 PM Blackstone Manor Loves Trick 'r Treaters! 5 - 9 PM Bingo at Barre American Legion 5 - 9:30 PM Halloween Party 6 - 7 PM Join Gamers for Good - Halloween Gaming Free-For-All 6 - 8 PM Songs of Hope, Joy and Resilience with John Harrison 6:30 - 7:45 PM +4 more see less	1 Winter Warmup with Connecting Hope 9 AM - 12 PM Rob Mermin Program at OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Senior Day at Aldrich Library 1:30 - 3 PM Homelessness Taskforce Agenda for 11/1/23 6:30 PM	2 German Coffee Hour and Conversation 4 - 6 PM Barre Employee Appreciation Supper at Barre Elks 5 - 8 PM Bob and Sarah Amos Nov. 2 7 - 9 PM	3 Energy Saving Window Insert Build - Join Us! (multiday) Swim Lessons for Homeschoolers/At-Home Learners at GMCF 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM NorthCountry Celebrates Best Day Ever on Nov. 3 11 AM	4 Home for Sale - Handy Man Special 9 - 11 AM Bowlathon Fundraiser in Support of the People's Clinic 9 - 11 AM Repair Cafe 9 AM - 3 PM Genealogy Fair Nov. 4 10 AM - 2 PM Start to Sew with 4-H: Free Kids Hand Sewing Series 1 - 3:30 PM Start to Sew with 4-H: Free Kids Hand Sewing Series 1 - 3:30 PM Martin Bridge Flood Repair Workday 1 - 5 PM News at The Ainsworth Public Library 1 PM An Evening with Cowboy Junkies at Barre Opera House 8 - 10 PM +5 more see less