Calendar - Front Porch Forum

March 2024

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25 Roxbury Free Library Game Night 6 - 8 PM	26 New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Free Business Workshop - Legal Tools for Operations 10 AM - 12 PM Pokemon Card Trading & Game Day 2:30 - 4 PM First Branch Preschool Info Night @ CPS 5:30 - 6:30 PM VOREC Grant Implementation Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM We Still Have Space in Our Reconnecting Program! 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	27 Chelsea Food Shelf 4 - 5 PM Author Talk with Dawn Reno Langley! 4 - 6 PM Tunbridge Pre-Town Meeting & Selectboard Agenda 6 PM Notice of Tunbridge Abatement Hearing 6:45 PM Northfield, VT Public Hearing 7 - 7:45 PM Healthy Rivers Talk 7 - 8:30 PM Northfield Select Board Public Hearing & Regular Mtg 7 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	28 Window Dressers Webinar 12 - 1 PM First Branch PreK Info Night @ TCS 5:30 - 6:30 PM Friends of the Chelsea Public Library Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM	29 Leap Day at the Library! 11 AM - 6 PM BPL February Vacation Crafternoon 1 - 3 PM Free, In-Person Tech Workshops for Older Adults 2 - 3:15 PM Reading Rhythms 5 - 6 PM High School Open House! 5:45 - 7 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM Emergency Management Shelter Group Meeting - Feb. 29 6:30 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	1 Veterans & Friends Coffee Hour at Chelsea Library 11 AM - 12 PM Northfield Town Buildings & Energy Subcommittee Meeting 1 - 2 PM First Friday on March 1st! 5 - 7 PM	2 Rug Hooking with Fern Strong 10 AM - 1 PM Legislative Update 10 AM Braintree Town Meeting Information 10 AM Memorial Service for Ken Jacobs 2 PM Tunbridge Town Hall Shindig 7 - 10 PM Contra Dance at the Grange: Hot Fun on Saturday Night! 7:30 - 11 PM +2 more see less
3 Tunbridge Sunday Series 2:30 - 4 PM	4 Rochester Area Climate Initiative - RACI All Day New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM 🎓 School Meeting & Budget Vote! 5 - 8 PM Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM	5 Randolph-Shizukuishi Exchange Program — Fundraiser All Day 🗳️ Primary Election & Ballot Voting: Tues. March 5 8 AM - 7 PM Town Meeting Day Refreshments 9 AM - 7 PM Girl Scout Cookie Booth 4 - 6:30 PM	6 Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Mar. 6 6:30 - 8:30 PM	7 Harry Potter and the Return of the Dumbledorks 4 - 5 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM Chandler's Mud Season Talent Show Auditions 6 PM (multiday) Special Meeting of Paine Mountain School Board 6:15 - 8 PM Auditions for March 29 Mud Season Variety Show 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	8 69th Tunbridge Civic Club Show 7:30 AM (multiday) Community Soup Dinner 5 - 7 PM Group for 11-13 Year Olds at the Library! 6 - 8 PM Brandon Community Dance 6:30 - 8 PM Winter Evenings Presents, "Bees Besieged" March 8 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	9 Baked Goods, Krispy Kreme Donuts Order, Raffle! 8 AM - 12 PM Yoga for Kids! 9 - 10 AM March Madness Craft Fair at Old Labor Hall in Barre 9 AM - 3 PM Craft/Vendor Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Kids (And Women's) Clothing & Gear Exchange 9:30 - 11:30 AM Paletteers Meet and Greet 10 AM - 12 PM Jigsaw Puzzle Competition! 10 AM - 1 PM Roxbury Community Crafters 1 - 4 PM "Abstracted Emotions" Opening Reception 2 - 4 PM Williamstown United Church Take-Out Lasagna Dinner 5 - 6 PM Chelsea Rabies Clinic 9 - 11:30 PM +7 more see less
10 Girl Scout Cookie Booth 11 AM - 12 PM Dance Sing & Jump Around - Family Dance for All Ages 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Piano Concert, Slide Show Photos Needed 4 PM	11 Auction: OutBidding Osteosarcoma 12 AM (multiday) New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Bethel Selectboard Agenda 6 PM	12 Paintings on Glass by Nick Defriez 8 AM - 5 PM Tunbridge Selectboard Meeting Agenda March 12 6 PM MRPS Special School Board Meeting March 12 6:30 - 8:30 PM Northfield Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM	13 Learn a Skill – Mend Your Wool Socks 1 PM Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Town of Bethel Rabies Clinic 4 - 5:30 PM	14 Harry Potter and the Return of the Dumbledorks 4 - 5 PM FBUD & We R Hope Presents: Mental Health Literacy 5 - 7:30 PM Randolph Selectboard Meeting - Agenda 5:30 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM Unlocking Artistic Entrepreneurship: 6 - 8 PM Reduce the Plastic in Your Life 6 - 8 PM Seed Swap & Seed Saving 6 - 8 PM Northfield Town Republicans March Meeting 7 - 8 PM Pegasus Players' Spring Musical Heathers 7:30 PM Echo Taps Thursday 10 PM +6 more see less	15 ROTC / Norwich University Training on Paine Mountain (multiday) Wit & Grit Trivia Night: Food! 5 - 8 PM Pegasus Players' Spring Musical Heathers 7:30 PM	16 Yoga for Kids! 9 - 10 AM Rabies Clinic 9 - 11 AM Re: Seeking Seed Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Plant Swap 10:30 AM - 12 PM Community Herbal Discussion: Bitters! 11 AM Bethel U Course, "House and Site Construction..." 1 - 4 PM Solar Eclipse Info Session and Glasses Distribution 2 - 3 PM Barnarts Masquerade Jazz & Funk Winter Music Carnival 6 - 10 PM Pegasus Players' Spring Musical Heathers 7:30 PM +5 more see less
17 Girl Scout Cookie Booth 11 AM - 2 PM Swedish Fiddler Lena Jonsson at Chandler Sunday 2 - 4 PM Swedish Fiddler Lena Jonsson at Chandler Sunday 2 - 4 PM Tunbridge Sunday Series 2:30 - 4 PM Square Dance! Fun for All Ages! 3 - 5 PM PMSD Community Forum on the Budget 3 PM Roxbury Free Library 90th Birthday Celebration 3 PM +3 more see less	18 Norwich University's 2024 Peace and War Summit 9 AM - 4:30 PM New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Free Early Literacy Workshop at BPL 6 - 7:30 PM Notice of Public Hearing - Randolph DRB 7 - 8:30 PM Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 10 PM +1 more see less	19 Rochester PTO Book Fair 8:30 AM (multiday) Mid-Month Homeschoolers at the Library 11 AM Braintree Selectboard Meeting 6 - 7 PM Community Center Task Force Virtual Forum Discussion 7 - 8:30 PM	20 Fiber Arts Group 3:30 - 5 AM Spring Career and Internship Fair at VTSU Johnson 10 AM - 1:30 PM Spring Career and Internship Fair at VTSU Johnson 10 AM - 1:30 PM Spring Career and Internship Fair at VTSU Johnson 10 AM - 1:30 PM Spring Career and Internship Fair at VTSU Johnson 10 AM - 1:30 PM Senior Center Town Meeting 11 AM Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Dinner and the Blues 5 - 7 PM Sound Bath Healing 5:30 - 7 PM Brookfield Public Safety Meeting March 20 5:30 - 7:15 PM Paine Mtn School Board Public Forum and Budget Vote 6 - 9 PM Easter Bunny Welcome Sign Craft Night 6:30 - 8 PM Poetry Open Mic 7 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	21 Harry Potter and the Return of the Dumbledorks 4 - 5 PM Northfield Highway Subcommittee Meeting 4 - 5:30 PM Randolph Town Budget Committee Meeting 5 - 6 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM	22 Mayo's Taste of Maple 5:30 AM - 8 PM	23 It's Almost Time for Maple Open House Weekend (multiday) Yoga for Kids! 9 - 10 AM Brookfield Rabies Clinic 9 - 11 AM Open House at Silloway Maple 10 AM (multiday) Brookfield Bees Open Maple Sugar House 11 AM (multiday) Town of Roxbury - Rabies Clinic on March 23 1 PM The Chelsea Grange Sit-In or Take-Out Meal 5 PM Mega March Birthday Bash w/ Suburban Samurai, 7:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less
24 Free Classes: Open House: Emerge with Amy Lepage All Day Maple Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Auditions for Macbeth 2 - 5 PM Free Clowning Workshop for Adults! 3 - 4:30 PM Program on Galapagos in Brookfield 4:30 - 5:45 PM Roxbury Free Library Game Night 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	25 New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM Free Business Workshop Next Monday! 10 AM - 12 PM VOREC Grant Implementation Committee Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Selectboard Agenda 6 PM	26 Northfield/Roxbury Outing Club 10 AM Central Vermont Council on Aging Presentation 10:30 AM Chelsea Food Shelf 4 - 5 PM B.Y.O Book Chat (Formerly Reading Rhythms) 4 - 5 PM Orange Southwest Friends of Music Booster Club Meeting 5 - 5:30 PM Preschool Information Night 5 PM Northfield Select Board Regular Meeting 6 - 9:30 PM Tunbridge Selectboard Meeting Agenda March 26 6 PM +4 more see less	27 Art & Soul T-Shirt Making - Community Help 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM WMHS Blood Drive! 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Norwich University Writers Series: Ann Davila Cardinal 4 - 5 PM Royalton Rabies Clinic 4 - 6 PM Art Opening: the Tunbridge General Store Gallery 5 - 7 PM Art Opening: the Tunbridge General Store Gallery 5 - 7 PM Art & Soul Student Performance: All Welcome 5:30 PM Randolph Community Garden Meeting 6 - 7 PM Northfield-Norwich Connection Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +6 more see less	28 Harry Potter and the Return of the Dumbledorks 4 - 5 PM Northfield Common Rehab Steering Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Maundy Thursday Service 5:30 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM Book Chat - Fantasy, Science and Speculative Fiction 6 - 7:30 PM Special Paine Mtn School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Randolph Planning Commission Agenda 6 PM +3 more see less	29 Roxbury Community Supper: All Welcome 5 - 7 PM Good Friday Service 6 - 7 PM Mud Season Variety Show is Back! 7 - 9 PM Mud Season Variety Show is Back! 7 - 9 PM Baptist Fellowship of Randolph Easter Events 7 PM (multiday) Chodus / Phrogs with Wicked Louder and Time Life Magazine 7:30 - 10 PM Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour 7:30 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	30 Randolph Shizukuishi Exchange Bake Sale 8 AM - 12 PM Bake Sale - Saturday, March 30 - Shaw's in Randolph 8 AM Easter Bake Sale at St. John's 9 AM - 12 PM Community Egg Hunt 10 - 11:30 AM Annual Easter Eggstavaganza - Egg Hunt 10 AM - 12 PM Vermont's Maple Open House Weekend - Round 2! 10 AM - 4 PM Northfield Rotary Spring Egg Hunt 10 AM Community Easter Egg Hunt 10:30 AM Roxbury Rabies Clinic 12 - 12 PM Adult Art Classes with Elliot 12:30 - 2:30 PM Easter Bake Sale 1 - 3 PM Roxbury Community Crafters 1 - 4 PM Saturday: One More March Contra Dance! 7:30 - 11 PM Open House at Silloway Maple 10:20 PM +10 more see less
31 Rochester Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 7 - 10 AM Easter Service 9 AM Easter Service at Williamstown Community Church 5:30 PM	1 New Weekly Playgroup at the White Church in Bethel 10 AM - 12 PM CVCCSD Program Quality Committee 5 - 5:45 PM CVCCSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Northfield Utility Commissions Joint Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	2 CVCCSD Finance Committee 4 - 5 PM CVCCSD Facilities Committee 5 - 6 PM Hiking Mt. Whitney by Cliff 6 - 7 PM April 2 Braintree Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM Town of Bethel 6 PM First Branch School Board: Budget Info. Meeting 6 PM +2 more see less	3 Public Hearing -– Draft Zoning Regulation Revisions All Day Weekly Peace/Anti-War Vigils on Wednesdays 4 - 4:30 PM Paine Mountain School Board to Vote on Possible RIFs 6 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM	4 Rochester Public Hearing/Selectboard Meeting 8 AM Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM The Dumbledorks! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Harry Potter and the Return of the Dumbledorks 4 - 5 PM Evening Yoga at the Arnold Block 6 - 7 PM +1 more see less	5 Veterans & Friends Coffee Hour 11 AM - 12 PM First Fridays at the Library! 5 - 7 PM April ART, etc. Opening Reception with New Artists! 5 - 7 PM Documentary Screening: Miles to Go Before She Sleeps 5 - 8 PM Northfield PTNO Annual Spring Raffle Drawing 6:30 - 7:30 PM Poetry Reading 7 - 8:30 PM Night Protocol with Andriana at the Underground 7 - 9:30 PM Addams Family Musical 7 - 10 PM The Addams Family Musical in Northfield 7 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	6 Girl Scout Cookie Booth at Berlin Mall 10 AM - 12 PM Apple Tree Grafting Workshop! 10 AM - 12 PM OCPCC Spring Fest Touch-A-Truck and Pizza Picnic! 11 AM - 1 PM Addams Family Musical 2 - 5 PM Yes, It's Central VT Chamber Music Festival in Spring! 7 - 9 PM Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival 7 PM Saturday: Contra Dance into April 7:30 - 11 PM Live Music at Good Measure 8 - 10 PM +4 more see less