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October 2021

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26 Outside Mullingar Opens This Week 7:30 PM (multiday) Guided Walk into Ferrisburgh Town Forest, Sun. Sept. 26 9 AM - 12 PM Compassionate Remembrance 10 AM - 2 PM Ferrisburgh Day at Union Meeting Hall 10 AM - 6 PM Zig Zag Issue 11 Release Party 2 - 4 PM Ethan Allen Homestead 2 PM +2 more see less	27 Job Fair at Middlebury College 4 - 6 PM Progressive Town Caucus, Middlebury 4:30 PM Selectboard Meeting 5:15 - 9:20 PM Intro to 3D Design - New Makery Class 6 PM (multiday) Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Mon., Sept. 27 7 - 10 PM +1 more see less	28 Nice Dummy Partner - but What Do I Do Now? 3 - 5 PM Mt. Abraham Home Cross Country Meet Tuesday 3 - 6 PM Mindful Movement & Meditation for Teens - Bixby Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM MAUSD School Board Sept. Meeting 6 - 8 PM Charlotte Conservation Commission September Meeting 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	29 Practical Earth Honoring 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Energy 7 - 9 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Wednesday 7:30 - 8 PM	30 Bridge 3:30 AM - 12 PM Charlotte Senior Center Blood Drive - Sept. 30 2 - 7 PM Nordic Nite Out - Canceled 4 - 4 PM Car Buying and Credit Workshop - Bixby Library 5 - 7 PM Monkton Community School Forum 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	1 Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Vermont Redistricting Panel Event 3:30 - 4:30 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Take-Out Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Take-Out Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM Art Exhibit Opening & Perennial Harvest Days Kickoff 5 - 7 PM Art Exhibit Opening Kicks Off a Month of Events 5 - 7 PM New Perennials Presents Perennial Harvest Days 2021 5 PM (multiday) Ilsley After-Hours: Teen Lounge 6 - 8 PM An Evening with Clem Snide - A Backyard Concert 7 PM +5 more see less	2 Vision Camp Oct. 2 All Day Big Yard Sale! 1.5 Miles from Center of Bristol 8 AM - 3 PM Multi Family End of Season Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Food Drive for Charlotte Food Shelf 9 AM - 12 PM Estate Sale, Phase 2, Barn/Garage 9 AM - 3 PM Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro, Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Hill Farm Vintage Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro, Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro, Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Morgan Horse Farm Centennial Statue Celebration 10 AM - 2 PM Cider Pressing at Horsford's 10 AM - 2 PM Statue Centennial Celebration at UVM Morgan Horse Farm 10 AM - 2 PM Statue Centennial Celebration at UVM Morgan Horse Farm 10 AM - 2 PM Open Studio Weekend at Deborah Holmes Art 10 AM (multiday) Caleb Kenna Photography Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) Ginny Joyner - Vermont Fall Open Studio This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) VT Open Studio Weekend: Alice Eckles 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend - Mike Mayone Art Studio 10 AM (multiday) Open House: New Monkton Town Hall & Library, Sat. Oct. 2 10:30 AM - 1 PM Used Book Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Reproductive Rights March 2 PM Bingo at St. Peter's 5 - 8 PM Ripton Coffee House at Holley Hall Live & Live Streamd 7 - 9:30 PM Ripton Coffee House at Holley Hall Live & Live Streamed 7:30 - 10 PM +22 more see less
3 Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Harvest Festival at the Vermont Farmers Food Center 12 - 6:30 PM Fall Fiesta 1 - 6 PM Viva El Sabor Fiesta is Back! 1 - 6 PM	4 Selectboard Special Meeting Oct. 4 6:30 - 8 PM ANWSD/MAUSD Merger Study Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM	5 Nice Dummy Partner - but What Do I Do Now? 3 - 5 PM Licensed Nurse Assistant Program (LNA) Starts Oct. 5 4:30 - 8 PM MAUSD Community Connections Family Night 5 - 6:30 PM Paint Night Events 6 - 8 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 PM CVQG Meeting - Quilter, Beth Helfter, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Oct. 5 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Meeting 7 PM +4 more see less	6 Rotary Club Meeting and 2021 Rotary Halloween Parade 7:30 - 8:30 AM Button Up Webinar on Wednesday 12 - 1 PM "Living with Death" Talk by Sheldon Museum 7 - 8 PM 1st Wednesdays at Ilsley Public Library 7 - 8 PM	7 Supporting Resilience in Uncertain Times 12 - 1 PM Vinyasa Yoga Thursdays 12 - 1 PM One-on-One Financial Mentoring at the Bixby Library 1 - 6 PM Last Farmers Market of Summer Season 3 - 6:30 PM Last Nordic Nite Out, Supper & Farm Stand Collaborative 4 - 7 PM Bristol Hub Cab Meeting 6 - 7 PM ANWSD Survey - Success in the Middle Event 6:30 - 8 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Regular Mtg 7 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	8 Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Cocoon, Live Storytelling Event Inspired by the Moth 8 - 8:45 PM	9 Neighborhood Yard Sales (multiday) Community-Wide Yard Sale, Mead Ln/Butternut Ridge Dr (multiday) Estate/Garage Sale This Weekend (multiday) Quilt Show in Middlebury (multiday) Richard Tom Foundation, Richard's Ride 7 AM - 3 PM First Weybridge Hill Cemetery Work Day 8 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Moving Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Shelburne Farmer's Market, Last Saturday of the Season 9 AM - 12:05 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Recommending Bread Loaf View Farm 9 AM (multiday) Columbus Weekend Art Sale 10 AM - 2 PM 1st Annual Bristol Horse Day! 10 AM - 3 PM Craft Show Saturday Oct. 9 10 AM - 3 PM Quilting in the Land of Milk and Honey Quilt Show 10 AM (multiday) Quilt Show in Middlebury 10 AM (multiday) Art in the Park 10 AM (multiday) Jan Cannon Pottery Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Haunted Forest Work Day #2 10 AM Walk to Shop Demonstration at Healthy Living, Sat 11 AM - 3 PM Genealogy Class on Zoom 1:30 PM Oct 9: Sister-To-Sister Fall Event 2 - 4 PM Chicken and Biscuit Dinner 4 - 5 PM Save the Date! 2nd Annual Chicken and Biscuit Dinner at the Masons' Lodge in Bristol Oct. 19 4 - 5:15 PM Bingo, St. Peter's Parish Hall, Vergennes 6 - 8:30 PM Doric String Quartet and Pianist Jonathan Biss 7:30 - 9:15 PM Burnham Music Series Presents Abby Sherman Oct. 9 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burnham Hall Concert Series 7:30 PM +24 more see less
10 Free and for Sale Extravaganza - Sunday 9 AM - 12 PM Havurah 40ish Anniversary Tag Sale Oct. 10 at 9am 9 AM - 1 PM 5k Run/Walk Honoring a Vermont Coaching Legend 11 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Shape-Note Singing 1 - 3 PM Green Mtn Swing Outdoor Concert Sunday - Free to All! 1 - 4 PM A Fun, New Play: the Suffragist Reenactment Society 2 - 3 PM Suffragist Event Society Re-Enactment 2 - 3:10 PM See Play Exploring Women's Suffrage Movement 2 PM UWAC's .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM UWAC's .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM UWAC's .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM United Way .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM Community Gathering to Discuss MAUSD Facilities Process 4 - 5:30 PM +9 more see less	11 Charlotte Library Board Meeting All Day Take & Make 8 - 9 AM ✨ Rehoming Treasures Event! Monday ✨ 9 AM - 2 PM Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Challenge Race 11 AM - 2 PM Selectboard Meeting Oct. 11 5:55 - 9:15 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Monday Oct. 11 7 - 10 PM +2 more see less	12 Environmental Justice Panel Discussion 1:30 - 3 PM Nice Dummy Partner - but What Do I Do Now? 3 - 5 PM Bixby October Book Club - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 6 - 7 PM Workshop for Backpacking Overnight at Silver Lake 6 - 8:30 PM MAUSD Board Meeting Oct. 12 6 PM MUASD Board Meeting, Consultant Update 6 PM Emergency Preparedness: Let's Be "Ready Together" 7 - 8 PM Emergency Preparedness: How to Be "Ready Together" 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Moved to Oct. 12 7 - 9 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Monthly Meeting, Oct. 12 7 PM +6 more see less	13 Free! Second Wednesday Comedy Jam at Nectar's, Oct. 13 6 - 8 AM Rotary Club Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 AM Heat Pumps & Weatherization 12 - 1 PM Green, Local, Healthy: Choosing Renovation Materials 12 - 1:30 PM Flu Shot Clinic 12 - 3 PM After School Citizen Science: Zooniverse 4 - 5 PM A Conversation with Ashley C. Ford 4 - 5:15 PM Perennial Perspectives in the Health and Wellbeing 4:30 - 6:30 PM Yoga Philosophy with Prem Prakash 7:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	14 Perennial Harvest Days Panel on Food Systems 4:30 - 6:30 PM Housing & Homeownership Discussion Oct. 14 5:30 - 6:30 PM Amy Godine Talk "Dreaming of Timbuctoo" at THT 6 - 7 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Agenda Oct. 14 6 - 8 PM Vermont Town Schools Listening Party! 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Democrats Monthly Meeting 7 PM +2 more see less	15 Barn Opera - La Traviata (multiday) Medicare Made Clear - Bixby Library 11 AM - 1 PM Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Art on Main Art Show Opening 5 - 7 PM A Few Open Spots in Singing Weekend 5 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	16 Harvest Party at Sunrise Orchards! Oct. 16-17 (multiday) Multi-Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Perennial Harvest Day at Bread and Butter Farm 9 AM - 3 PM St. Peter's Craft Fair 9 AM - 3:30 PM CVU Craft Fair - Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Craft Fair This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Federated Church Pie Sale 9 AM Get Pollinated Event!: Attract Backyard Pollinators 10 - 11:30 AM Repair Cafe 10 AM - 2 PM Friend of NHCL Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Fall Chili Festival 10 AM - 6 PM Fall Festival at Vermont Food Collaborative 10 AM - 6 PM Town Hall Planting Day II Oct. 16 10 AM Electric Vehicle Parade in Bristol 11 AM - 1 PM Decorate the Bixby Scarecrow 1 - 2 PM Outdoor Concert in Our Backyard - Hungrytown 3 - 4 PM Benefit Dance & Raffle for Derick Benoit Scholarship 7 - 11 PM +14 more see less
17 Final Garden Work Day Sunday at Marty & Terry's House 9 AM - 12 PM 2021 Scooter Competition 10 AM - 3 PM Scooter Competition This Sunday! 10 AM Live Music in Monkton This Sunday Oct. 17 11 AM - 4 PM Lazy Breeze Farm - Farmers Market Oct. 17 11 AM - 7 PM Perennial Harvest Day at Willowell 12 - 5 PM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington 2 - 3 PM Havurah Kintsugi Workshop - Oct. 17 3 - 5:30 PM Sunday PM Music Series 4 - 6 PM Concert in Richmond 4 - 7 PM +9 more see less	18 Reminder: Chance to Win Free Mulching Lawnmower! All Day Selectboard Special Meeting 6 - 8:15 PM Howard Coffin Presents "The Cold Winter of 1816" 7 - 8 PM	19 Good Beginnings for the Youngest Among Us 3 - 4 PM Nice Dummy Partner - but What Do I Do Now? 3 - 5 PM Selectboard Budget Work Session 5:30 - 6:15 PM Charlotte Recreation Commission - Special Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Refugee Resettlement Town Hall Oct. 19 5:30 PM ANWSD/MAUSD Merger Study Committee 6:30 - 8:30 PM AAUW Speaker Series 7 - 8 PM Spiritualism & the Robinsons of Rokeby 7 - 8 PM Tom Hanley to Speak at Ilsley Tuesday Oct. 19 at 7pm 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	20 Weatherization and Making Your Home Healthy & Safe All Day Rotary Meeting Wednesday Oct .20 7:30 - 8:30 AM Wed. Event at Charlotte Senior Center 1 PM Vermont Women's Fund Event! 5 - 6:30 PM Energy Committee Meeting Agenda, Wed 7:00p 7 - 8 PM Community Center Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	21 MAUSD Area Mini Metro Basketball Tryouts 6:30 AM (multiday) Vermont Adult Learning Open House 3 - 6 PM Invitation to Vermont Adult Learning Open House 3 PM Vermont Adult Learning Open House 3 PM ACCOC October Networking Mixer at Vermont Cider Co 5:30 - 7 PM Justin Morgan's Horse: Making an American Myth – Online 6 - 7 PM Special MAUSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Special MAUSD Board Meeting- Oct. 21 6 PM MCCFC Our Town 6:30 - 7:30 PM VTASLA Doug Crowell Lecture 7 - 8:30 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Regular Meeting 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	22 Perennial Harvest Days Final All Sphere Panel 10 AM - 12 PM Lazy Breeze Farm Burgers Still Cooking! 11 AM (multiday) Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Final Perennial Harvest Day Gathering Oct. 22 2:30 - 5 PM Take Out Fish Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Surf & Turf Dinner 5 - 7 PM The Scarab's Curse Mystery for Shelburne Museum 7 - 9 PM "The Scarab's Curse" Mystery for Shelburne Museum 7 PM +4 more see less	23 Backpacking Overnight at Silver Lake 8 AM (multiday) Backpacking Overnight at Silver Lake 8 AM (multiday) 5-Town Fire Department Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM 2021 5-Town Food Drive. (Fill the Station) 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM Yard Sale, Chipman Hts this Saturday 9 AM - 2 PM Bristol Republican Meeting 9 AM 5-Town Fire Dept. Food Drive This Saturday 9 AM Russell Library Programs for Kids 10 - 11 AM Share the Warmth: A Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 12 PM Share the Warmth: A Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 12 PM Share the Warmth: A Winter Outerwear Giveaway! 10 AM - 12 PM Weatherization Event at Essex Lowe's Oct. 23-24 10 AM (multiday) Teen Advisory Group at Ilsley 2 - 3 PM Annual Fall Harvest Dinner Oct. 23 (Take-Out) 4 - 5 PM Free Fall Family Festival 4 - 7 PM Art Party at Duker's/Inn at Charlotte 4 - 11 PM Mystery Dinner & Fall Celebration 6 - 8 PM +14 more see less
24 Free: End of Yard Sale Leftovers 8 AM - 12 PM Sunday in the Park 8:30 - 10:15 AM All Sports Gear Sale at CVU 10 AM - 2 PM Half-Day Regenerative Eco-Retreat Oct. 24 10 AM - 3 PM Bristol Trail Network Work Day Sunday 1 PM +1 more see less	25 VUHS Class of 2022 Walk for a Cause - Oct. 25 8 AM - 2 PM Selectboard Meeting 5:45 - 9 PM The Condor and the Eagle with Bill Mckibben 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Oct. 25 7 - 10 PM	26 Second Annual ACHHH Drive-Thru Flu Vaccine Clinic 7:30 - 10:30 AM Weatherization Presentation, Questions and Answers 5:30 - 7 PM Two Webinars on Weatherization: Today and Wednesday 5:30 - 7 PM Addison County Button Up Webinar 5:30 - 7 PM Bicycling in Vermont: 1880-1920 7 - 8 PM Of Wheelmen, the New Woman and Good Roads 7 - 8 PM Conservation Commission Meeting with Zoom Information 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	27 Rotary Meeting Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 AM Naomi Replansky Poetry Reading 4:30 - 6 PM CVSD Virtual Community Budget Forum 7 PM	28 "Joseph Battell: a Life and a Legacy" by David Bain 12 - 1 PM "Joseph Battell: a Life and a Legacy" by David Bain 12 - 1 PM Compassion Fatigue for the Whole Community 1 - 2:30 PM Learn About Vermont Day School Prek-8 5:30 - 6:30 PM Thinking About Schools? Learn About VT Day School PreK-8 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bixby Library Author Talk with Cathie Smith Keenan 6 - 7 PM +2 more see less	29 Wanted: Actors! Spirits at Rokeby (multiday) Food Fun Friday at Turning Point Center of Addison County All Day Medicare Made Clear - Bixby Library 11 AM - 1 PM Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Annual Haunted Forest! Oct. 29-31 4 PM (multiday) Med47 Foundation Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Med47 Foundation Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Spirits of Rokeby Special Event Including Matinees Sat. 5 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	30 Open House/Job Fair at the A. Johnson Co on Saturday! 8 AM - 12 PM Open House at the A. Johnson Co., LLC 8 AM - 12 PM Garage Sale and Giveaway: 121 Cottage Lane 9 - 11 AM Garage Sale - Rain or Shine! 9 - 11 AM Huge Garage Sale, Carlstrom Rd 9 AM - 3 PM Halloween Happenings 10 AM - 2 PM Oct. 30: Brother-To-Brother Halloween Bash 1 - 4 PM Matthew Raidbard - Author Talk at IPL 3 - 4 PM +4 more see less
31 Free Lacrosse Halloween Clinic, Grades 3rd Through 8th 9:30 AM - 12 PM Lacrosse 9:30 AM - 12 PM Free Halloween Lacrosse Clinic 9:30 AM 2021 Shelburne Rotary Halloween Parade 2 - 4 PM Monkton Ridge Trunk or Treat 4 - 5:30 PM Russell Library News and Notes 4 - 5:30 PM Halloween Carnival at St. Ambrose 4 - 7 PM Spooktacular Drive/Walk-Thru Trick-Or-Treating 4 - 7 PM Pumpkin Display on Town Green 5 - 8 PM Trick or Treat Event 5 - 8 PM Trunk & Treat at Weybridge Fire Department 6 - 8 PM Weybridge Fire Dept. Trunk or Treat 6 - 8 PM Trunk or Treat at the Weybridge Fire Dept. on Oct. 31 6 - 8 PM +9 more see less	1 Undercover Quilters and Crafters 7 - 9 AM Selectboard Special Meeting Monday 6 - 7 PM Life in a Jar - Zoom - Access CVU Hinesburg 6:30 - 8:30 PM ANWSD/MAUSD Merger Study Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM	2 Drop in Bridge at Ilsley Public Library 3:30 - 5:25 PM Public Hearing on Rural Economic Development 5 PM Ferrisburgh ARPA Public Meeting 5:30 PM Girl Scout Info & Registration Night 6 - 7:30 PM CVSD School Board Committee Meetings 6 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Meeting: New Day and Time 6:30 PM Chant and Contemplate 7 - 8 PM Book Talk: "On Being a Vermonter" by David Holmes 7 - 8 PM CCQG Meeting - Quilter, Roz Daniels, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM Day of the Dead Celebration with Spanish Mass 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	3 Wed. Event at 1 P.M. at Charlotte Senior Center 1 PM Maple Broadband Public Hearing 5 - 6 PM 1st Wednesdays 7 - 8 PM "The Addiction Inoculation" with Jessica Lahey 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting Nov. 3 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	4 Healthcare Wait Times Public Session/Share Your Story! All Day Thursday Yoga 12 - 1 PM Tenant Rights & Responsibilities Bixby Online Workshop 5:30 - 7 PM Public Meeting - Vergennes Truck Traffic 6:30 - 8 PM	5 UVM Extension Community Horticulture Conference Nov. 5-6 (multiday) Contemporary and Vintage Christmas Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Russell Library Programs for Kids 9:30 AM - 12 PM Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Knights in Italy Take-Out Spaghetti Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM +1 more see less	6 Saturday Pottery Sale / Middlebury Studio School 9 AM - 1 PM Pre-Holiday Pottery Sale at Middlebury Studio School 9 AM - 1 PM 2nd Annual Snow Bowl Gobble Hobble 9 AM - 2 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 6 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Huge Rummage Sale, Church St Vergennes 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury American Legion Auxiliary Craft Show 10 AM - 3 PM Holiday Craft & Bake Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Ilsley Library Book Sale Saturday 11 AM - 2:30 PM Used Book Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Author Talk with Christina Caniyo - Bixby Library 1 - 3 PM Moving Sale 1 - 4 PM Birch Bark Ornament Workshop 1 - 5 PM Vermont Day School Open House Nov. 6 (PreK to 8) 3 - 4:30 PM Nov. 6 Ripton Coffee House in Lincoln with Kalos 7 - 9:30 PM Nov. 6 Ripton Coffee House in Lincoln with Kalos 7 PM Matthew Whitaker Quartet, Jazz 7:30 - 9:30 PM +18 more see less