Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2023

SUNDAY SUN	MONDAY MON	TUESDAY TUE	WEDNESDAY WED	THURSDAY THU	FRIDAY FRI	SATURDAY SAT
26 Vermont Maple Open House in Bennington County 10 AM (multiday) Ukrainian Easter Egg Workshop to Benefit Ukraine Relief 2 - 4 PM	27 Select Board Meeting 3 - 7:30 PM	28	29 Italian Night Dinner Fundraiser for Rotary Scholarships 5 - 7 PM Re-Enactment of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life 5:30 PM Wine Tasting 101 6 - 8 PM	30 Marlboro Warming Center Discussion 7 - 8 PM Norman Rockwell's Models - Author Talk 7 - 8 PM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	31 Select Board Meeting 8 - 8:30 AM	1 Habitat for Humanity Build Day with SYP 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
2 Introduction to Lightwork: Crystal Jewelry Making Class 1 - 3 PM Meg Mott Talk 2 PM Hate a Speech in a Free Society 3 - 4 PM	3 "State of the State's Fisheries" by VT F&W's Lael Will 5:30 - 7 PM	4 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Marlboro Senior Lunch, Sheriff's Ruok Program 12 - 1 PM Reception for Academia Perpetua 5 - 7 PM Peter Welch at Bennington College! 6 PM	5 Energy Committee Meeting - April 5 7 - 8:30 PM	6 The History and Future of Northeastern Grasslands 7 - 8 PM All I Really Need to Know I Learned at Bennington 7 - 8:30 PM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	7 Spaghetti Supper Hosted by MES Junior High 5:30 - 8:30 PM Wine Tasting 101 6 - 7:30 PM	8 Hale Mountain Band at The Bennington Farmers Market 10 AM - 1 PM Spring Crafting at MCC 10 AM - 2 PM
9 Easter Sunrise Service at Lake Paran 6 AM Sunrise Service 6:15 - 6:50 AM	10 Unzoo, a Pop-Up Ketogenic-Culinary Event 5 - 8 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	11 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Meeting Announcement 12 PM Historic Preservation Commission 4 - 5:30 PM Marlboro Planning Commission Meeting - Today 5 - 7 PM	12 Final Cycling Savvy Classroom Class April 19 (multiday) Basket and Bag Bingo 6:30 AM	13 Bennington County Beekeepers Club Zoom Meeting All Day Bennington County Beekeepers Meeting All Day Community Luncheon at St. Mary's in Wilmington 12 - 1 PM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	14 Wine Tasting 101 6 - 7:30 PM Love's Gonna Carry Us: a Singalong Concert 7 - 9 PM	15 Big Moving Sale in North Bennington Saturday 8 AM Craft Fair to Benefit Marlboro Volunteer Fire Co 9 AM - 4 PM Yard/Tag Sale 12 - 5 PM
16 Cabin Fever Cooking Class Il: Brasserie Favorites 1 - 4 PM A Family Revealed - A Story and Concert 2 PM S.5 Town Hall with Rep. Tristan Roberts 4 - 5 PM	17 Unzoo Restaurant Pop-Up 5 - 9 PM Special Select Board Meeting 6 PM Shaftsbury - Water Board & Select Board Meeting 6 PM	18 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Blood Drives 9 AM - 2:30 PM	19 Blood Drives 9 AM - 2:30 PM VCIL Women's Group 11 AM - 1 PM Last Minute: Cycling Safety Course This Wednesday 6 - 9 PM Poetry at Bennington College - Prageeta Sharma 7 - 8 PM	20 Community Policy Advisory Review Board 6 - 8 PM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	21 White Creek Country Store Grand Re-Opening! 8 AM - 8 PM Huge Multi Family Tag Sale/Moving Sale 9 AM (multiday) Wine Tasting 101 6 - 7:30 PM Youth Open Mic 6 - 8 PM	22 Walloomsac River Walk Earth Day Clean-Up Tomorrow 10 - 11 AM Earth Day Tree Planting 10 AM - 2 PM Bennington Free Library News from the Children's Room 10 AM - 4 PM Bennington Free Library Earth Day Craft Supply Shop 10 AM - 4 PM Memorial/Remembrance of David W. Elliott 1 - 3 PM Milk with Dignity 1 - 3 PM Bennington Community Café 1:30 - 3 PM A Climate Conversation on Earth Day 2 - 3 PM Earth Day Event 2 PM Spring at the Beaver Pond 6:30 - 8 PM Windham Philharmonic Orchestra: "Sounds of Spring" 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less
23 Winter Wildlife: Adaptations to Survive the VT Climate 5 AM - 12 PM Crafty Grotto Fair 12 - 12 PM Tony Lu Piano Concert at 2nd Congregational Church 5 PM	24 School Board Director Election - River Valleys SD 10 AM - 7 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	25 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Gardening for Baby Boomers 11 AM - 12 PM	26 Invasive Plant Identification and Management 6 - 7:15 PM Open Mic Poetry Night 6 - 7:30 PM	27 Uprooting Addiction - Free Film and Discussion 5:30 - 7:30 AM Spring Music Series at Pangaea 7:30 - 9 PM	28 Multiple Roots of Addiction Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Way of Council Training 5:30 PM (multiday) Wine Tasting 101 6 - 7:30 PM	29 Spring Litter Cleanup Action Day! 9 AM - 12 PM Mini Market at the Mountain Goat 9 AM - 1 PM Repair Cafe 1 - 4 PM Stories from Around the World at the BFL 2 - 3 PM
30 Bennington Cares Meeting 11:30 AM Refugee Resettlement in Vermont 2 - 3:30 PM Refugee Resettlement 2 PM	1 Shaftsbury - Water Board & Select Board Meetings 5:45 - 8 PM	2 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Marlboro Senior Lunch and Garden Talk May 2 12 - 1:30 PM Concert: Whisper Not: Sarah Clay and the StarCats 3 - 4:30 PM Shaftsbury Solar Project - Informational Open House 5 - 7 PM	3 Public Meeting: Bennington County Solid Waste Alliance 4 - 5 PM Poetry at Bennington College - Jennifer Chang 7 - 8 PM Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	4	5 Chefs at the Shire with Cactus Blossom Cantina 5 AM (multiday) (Re)birth Weekend May 5-7 12 PM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM	6 Green Up Vermont Day 2023 Until 8 PM Chefs at the Shire with Cactus Blossom Cantina 5 AM (multiday) Green Up Day with SYP 8:30 - 10:30 AM Celebrate Green Up Day This Saturday with SYP! 8:30 - 11 AM Fundraiser for Groundworks and Windham Co Heat Fund 8:30 AM - 2 PM Morris Dancing 9:15 AM - 2 PM May 6th is Green Up Day! 10 AM - 12 PM Rail Trail Opening and Bike Rodeo 10 AM - 12 PM Mile Around Wood Garlic Mustard Eradication Event 10 AM - 12 PM Pollinator Pathway Presentation 2 - 3 PM Don Your Derby Best and Support SVTRC 4:30 - 7:30 PM +7 more see less