Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

SUNDAY SUN	MONDAY MON	TUESDAY TUE	WEDNESDAY WED	THURSDAY THU	FRIDAY FRI	SATURDAY SAT
1 Animal Trainers' Retreat 5 PM (multiday) Rock River Players Present: "Harvey" 7 PM (multiday) West River Railroad Museum 12 PM (multiday) Fall Migration Walk at Hogback Postponed to Oct. 1 9 - 11 AM BC Skiers – Dutch Hill Trail Work Oct. 1 9 AM - 3 PM BC Skiers – Dutch Hill Trail Work Oct. 1 9 AM - 3 PM Vermont Open Studios with Roz & Rae 10 AM - 5 PM West River Railroad Museum 12 PM (multiday) Orchard Aid Benefit Concert 1 - 7 PM Orchard Aid Benefit Concert Retreat Farm 1 - 7 PM “Artisans of Dummerston” Art Exhibit 2 - 4 PM Westminster's Wild Waterways 3 - 4:30 PM Beta Night: Spooky at NECCA 7 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	2 West River Railroad Museum 12 PM (multiday) Small Group Fitness Classes! 5:30 - 8 PM New Tai Chi Beginners Class 7 - 8 PM	3 Marlboro Cares Senior Lunch 12 - 1:30 PM West River Railroad Museum 12 PM (multiday) Storytime at the Guilford Free Library 2 - 2:45 PM	4 Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM West River Railroad Museum 12 PM (multiday) 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Community Bike Ride 4 - 5:30 PM Stained Glass Window Series 5 - 6 PM Guilford Art Club 6 - 7:30 PM Women's Group 7 - 8:30 PM Classic Movie to Honor Bill Lockwood 7 - 9 PM NPR's Martha Barnette at Brooks Memorial Library 7 PM +5 more see less	5 Read Banned Books at Village Square Bookseller 10 AM - 4 PM New Guilford Cares Weekly Tai Chi Class 10:30 - 11:15 AM West River Railroad Museum 12 PM (multiday) Guilford Cares Senior Support Group 1 - 2 PM Guilford Cares Food Pantry 3 - 4 PM Readings from Hetty Green Biography 3:30 - 4:30 PM Six Week Restorative Practice Training 4 - 6 PM Manifesting the Muse Writing Workshop 7:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	6 Contents of House (multiday) Estate Sale - Canal St. - Oct. 6 8 AM (multiday) West River Railroad Museum 12 PM (multiday) Chili Supper 5 PM Brattrock Unplugged Sponsors Performance at BMAC Oct. 6 5 - 6 PM Chili Supper 5 - 7 PM Bingo Night Fundraiser for Winston Prouty Center 5 - 9 PM Property Taxes Due By on Friday, Oct. 6 5 PM Rock River Players Present: "Harvey" 7 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	7 Book Sale in Guilford 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Guilford Community Church Book Sale 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Book Sale - Guilford Community Church 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Garage Sale - State Forest Rd. - Oct. 7 9 AM - 12 PM Huge Yard Sale! 9 AM - 3 PM 39th Annual Vermont Apple Festival & Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Cultivating Health and Vitality Through Qigong 10 - 11 AM Open House at Gerdas Equine Escue (Rain or Shine) 10 AM - 2 PM Book Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Newfane Heritage Festival Next Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Newfane Heritage Fest & VT Quince 10 AM (multiday) Third Act, Sierra Club and Green Mtn Club Mt Philo Hike 10:45 AM West River Railroad Museum 12 PM (multiday) "The Farm Boy" Directed by George Woodard 2 - 4 PM Crockpot Meal 2 - 6 PM Artist Reception at Green River Bridge Inn 3 - 5 PM Cirque Us Stories 4 - 5 PM +13 more see less
8 Blessing of the Animals 10 - 11 AM Round Schoolhouse Open House 10 AM - 1 PM Crowell Art Gallery - Extended Hours This Weekend 10 AM - 2 PM “Artisans of Dummerston” Art Exhibit 10 AM - 2 PM Heirloom Apples Day 10 AM - 6 PM Foliage Bike Ride to Grafton from Townshend 10:30 AM - 2 PM Railroad History 12 PM (multiday) Kamila's Kitchen - Afghan Food Stand 1 - 3 PM +4 more see less	9 Retired Teachers Meeting 11:30 AM Small Group Fitness Classes! 5:30 - 8 PM Culinary Herbs and Spices: Past and Present 6 - 7 PM New Tai Chi Beginners Class 7 - 8 PM	10 Guilford Cares Senior Walk - Last of Season! 10:30 AM - 12 PM Storytime at the Guilford Free Library 2 - 2:45 PM Reminder from Marlboro Planning Commission + Zoom link 6 PM	11 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Speak Out 5 - 6:30 PM “More Than You Can See - A Mother's Memoir” 6 - 7 PM Guilford Selectboard Meeting Agenda for Oct. 11 6:30 - 8 PM Conservation 101 7 - 8 PM Conservation 101 7 - 8 PM Joint Guilford and Vernon Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	12 Wool Crafters at the Moore Free Library 10 - 11:30 AM New Guilford Cares Weekly Tai Chi Class 10:30 - 11:15 AM Six Week Restorative Practice Training 4 - 6 PM Open House, Multicultural Community Center 4 - 6 PM Newfane Planning Commission Mtg Tonight, Oct. 12 6 PM Manifesting the Muse Writing Workshop 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	13 22nd Annual Brattleboro Literary Festival 7 PM (multiday) Brattleboro Lit Fest - The Story of Us 7 PM (multiday)	14 Horse Speak Clinic 9:30 AM (multiday) Cultivating Health and Vitality Through Qigong 10 - 11 AM Gender-Affirming Hair Clinic (Registration Required) 10 AM - 2 PM Pumpkin Fest - Eclipse Viewing - New Gazebo Fundraiser 10 AM - 4 PM Preparing Your Body for Birth and Beyond 10:30 AM - 12 PM Prouty Pregnancy Group 10:30 AM - 12 PM Rosary Rally at Pliny Park 12 - 12:45 PM Sun Party at the Library 12:13 - 2:31 PM Kamila's Kitchen and Afghan Earthquake Relief 1 - 3 PM Old Folks in the Old Growth Forest 1 - 4 PM Barnfest 2023 - Oct. 14 1 - 9 PM Green River Workshop 3 - 4 PM Reception for the Gianna Robinson Art Exhibit 3 - 5 PM +9 more see less
15 Hymn Sing and Soup/Pie Supper 4 - 6 AM Dutch Hill Work Day for Backcountry Skiers Sunday 9 AM - 3 PM Dutch Hill Work Day for Backcountry Skiers Sunday 9 AM - 3 PM Ash Tree Inventory Training 10 AM - 12 PM Guilford Historical Soc. Annual Mtg + Grange History 1 - 2 PM Concert 3 PM Volunteering with Refugees - Volunteer Knowledge Share 4 - 6 PM Brattleboro Area Youth Group Hold Second Gathering 5 - 7 PM Bard Owl - Sunday Concert in Grafton Evensong Series 5:30 PM +5 more see less	16 Introduction to Staying Safe Online 1 PM Medicare Fraud: It's Enough to Make You Sick! 2 - 3 PM Community Dialogue About Eating 4:30 - 6:30 PM Small Group Fitness Classes! 5:30 - 8 PM Informational Meeting - Asset Management Oct. 16 6:30 - 8:30 PM New Tai Chi Beginners Class 7 - 8 PM Book Group Sept. 25 7 - 9 PM Film Series Explores Regenerating Life 7 PM +4 more see less	17 Storytime at the Guilford Free Library 2 - 2:45 PM Are UFOs Really Here? 6 - 7:30 PM	18 Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Open Sanctuary at Newfane Church 5:30 - 7 PM Rescheduled: Emergency Ops Orientation Now Oct. 18 6:30 - 7:30 PM Women's Group 7 - 8:30 PM How the Arts Affect Social and Political Change 7 PM +2 more see less	19 Forest of Mystery, Bonnyvale Environmental Ed Center (multiday) Breakfast at the Williamsville Hall 8 - 10:30 AM Breakfast/Movie at the Williamsville Hall 8 - 10:30 AM New Guilford Cares Weekly Tai Chi Class 10:30 - 11:15 AM ”Why Does My Dog Do That?!,” an Online Event 12:30 PM Hospice 101: What Hospice Really is 1 - 2 PM Guilford Cares Senior Support Group 1 - 2 PM Six Week Restorative Practice Training 4 - 6 PM October School Board Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Audubon Society Tonight at UU Springfield 7 PM Manifesting the Muse Writing Workshop 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	20 Forest of Mystery, Bonnyvale Environmental Ed Center (multiday) Wool Crafters at the Moore Free Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM US-China Relations: 'Old' Friends to the 'New Cold War' 6:30 PM World Singing Day Singalong at Brooks Memorial Library 7 PM Guilford Center Stage: Haunts of the Season 7:30 - 7:30 PM Friday Night Movie at Williamsville Hall on Oct. 20 7:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	21 Forest of Mystery, Bonnyvale Environmental Ed Center (multiday) Fundamentals of Chinese Manual Therapy (Tuina) Part 2 9 AM (multiday) Cultivating Health and Vitality Through Qigong 10 - 11 AM State Rep Emily Long at the Moore Free Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Windham County GOP Biennial Reorganizational Meeting 11 AM - 2:30 PM VT Music Teachers Asso Quad State Meeting 11 AM - 5 PM VMTA Hosts 2023 Quad State Conference in Brattleboro 11 AM - 5 PM MSA Fundraising Wickedly Wonderful Witches Tea 1 - 3 PM SAHS Annual Meeting and Program 1 - 3 PM Willow Indian Takeout on Saturday 4 - 7 PM Scott Farm Harvest Dinner 5 PM 69th Annual Springfield Rotary Penny Sale on Oct. 21 5 PM Guilford Center Stage: Haunts of the Season 7:30 - 7:30 PM +9 more see less
22 Guilford Center Stage: Haunts of the Season 2 - 2 PM Dummerston Historical Society Meeting & Program 2 - 4 PM Poetry for Everyone at the Moore Free Library 3 - 4:30 PM Ramp Up the Schoolhouse Concert with Jesse 4 - 6 PM Film Series Debuts with 'Taking Root' 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	23 Guilford Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 AM - 8 PM Small Group Fitness Classes! 5:30 - 8 PM Martha Hennessy at Springfield Town Library 6 - 7 PM Reading & Discussion of Rough Sleepers at Library 7 PM New Tai Chi Beginners Class 7 - 8 PM Film Series Explores Regenerating Life 7 PM +2 more see less	24 Marlboro School Association Annual Appeal Mail Stuffing 8:30 - 10 AM Storytime at the Guilford Free Library 2 - 2:45 PM Restorative Practices Workshop: Skillful Communication 3 - 4:30 PM Join Us - North Star Vision Open House! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Let's Talk Transportation 6 - 8 PM Our Cars, Our Bodies, Our Earth - Brooks Library 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	25 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Seal or Expunge Your Vermont Criminal Record 1 - 2 PM Petroglyphs of the West River, Guided Walk 4 - 6 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Death Cafe at Experienced Goods 6 - 8 PM Guilford Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	26 New Guilford Cares Weekly Tai Chi Class 10:30 - 11:15 AM Guilford Cares Food Pantry 3 - 4 PM Six Week Restorative Practice Training 4 - 6 PM Mini Pumpkin Decorating 4:30 - 6 PM Newfane Planning Commission Mtg., Oct. 26 6 PM Manifesting the Muse Writing Workshop 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	27 Wool Crafters at the Moore Free Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Last Brattleboro Walking History Tours of the Season 4 - 5:30 PM Harvest Festival at the West Townshend Country Store 5 - 7 PM	28 Improve Your Teaching and Training Skills 9 AM (multiday) Spooky Fun at the Moore Free Library 10 - 11 AM Cultivating Health and Vitality Through Qigong 10 - 11 AM Giant Journey Farm Rabbitry Workshop w/ Rural VT 10 AM - 1 PM Marlboro Energy Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Brookline Hazard Mitigation Committee Meeting 10 AM Mt. Philo Hike 10:45 AM - 2 PM Mt. Philo Hike 10:45 AM Green Mountain Mummers 11 AM (multiday) Trunk or Treat in Guilford at the Fairgrounds 1 - 3 PM Kamila's Kitchen - Afghan Food Stand 1 - 3 PM North Indian Classical Music Concert at Brooks Library 3 PM Trio Mambo Plays Music You Might Love 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less
29 Film Series Continues: Johnny Cash, the Man 6:30 AM - 8 PM Introduction to Hand Tools by Gary Lavorgna 1 - 2:30 PM Halloween Happenings at Rockingham Meeting House 3 - 5 PM Halloween Happenings at The Rockingham Meeting House 3 - 5 PM Brattleboro Bal Folk (French Dance) 6:30 - 9 PM Windham Philharmonic Halloween Concert 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	30 Bewitched Fashion Trends 1 - 2:30 PM Small Group Fitness Classes! 5:30 - 8 PM Putney Affordable Housing Advisory Mtg 6:30 - 8 PM LTP Library Fiction Book Club 6:30 PM New Tai Chi Beginners Class 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	31 Storytime at the Guilford Free Library 2 - 2:45 PM Open House at Inner Fire 2:15 - 4 PM Halloween Party at the Marlboro Community Center 5 - 6:30 PM Guilford Center Hallowe'en 5 - 7 PM	1 Nov. Art Club - Ancestors 6 - 7 PM Women's Group 7 - 8:30 PM	2 New Guilford Cares Weekly Tai Chi Class 10:30 - 11:15 AM Guilford Cares Food Pantry 3 - 4 PM GunSense VT Candlelight Vigil Thursday, Nov 2 5 - 6 PM Gunsense VT Candlelight Vigil, Brattleboro 5 - 6 PM Pool Your Ideas for Brattleboro's Pool 6 PM Windham Regional Commission Presentation in Guilford 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	3 Sign Up Soon to Get Low-Cost Inside Storm Windows 8:30 AM (multiday) Wool Crafters at the Moore Free Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM An Evening with Leland & Gray Journey Away Students 6 PM Journey Away Community Dinner in Townshend 6 - 8 PM Gather Round: Stories and Images of the Circus 7 - 8:30 PM The Clements Brothers and Geneviève Racette 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	4 Sign Up Soon to Get Low-Cost Inside Storm Windows 8:30 AM (multiday) Maple Tubing and Spout Recycling Collection 9 AM - 12 PM BC Skiers - Dutch Hill Workday Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM BC Skiers - Dutch Hill Workday Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Cultivating Health and Vitality Through Qigong 10 - 11 AM A Gazette Folding Party 10 AM - 12 PM Health & Wellness Expo 10 AM - 2 PM Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market - Weekly Thru March! 10 AM - 2 PM Health & Wellness Expo: Nurturing Mind, Body and Soul 10 AM - 2 PM True Crime Stories of Burlington, Vermont 11 AM - 12 PM Inner Heat Yoga Annual Open House 12:30 - 5 PM Book Launch of Memoir by Ann McCloskey 2 PM Closing Reception, Collaborations 3 - 5 PM 2x2 Magical Merging of Voices Fundraiser Nov. 4 7 - 9 PM NECCA Alumni Showcase 7 - 10 PM 2x2 - Voices in Harmony 7 PM +12 more see less