Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2014

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27 Basement Sale April 25-27 9 AM (multiday) Sodbusters Horseshoe Club Dance Fundraiser 8 PM (multiday) Spring Fling Dance 8 PM (multiday) Brandon Community Potluck April 27 All Day Pet First Aid & CPR Workshop April 27 All Day Guided Nature Walk April 27 All Day Ash Tree Awareness Week: Nature Walks April 27 All Day Pet First Aid & CPR Workshop April 27 All Day Pet First Aid & CPR Workshop April 27 1 - 5 PM Pet First Aid & CPR Workshop April 27 1 - 5 PM +6 more see less	28 Pto Special Meeting April 28 All Day 2-Hour Workshop for Women: Purchasing a Vehicle All Day After-School Art Explorations at the Library 3:15 - 4:30 PM Bristol Fire Station Site Selection Meeting 7 PM Cribbage Night 7 PM +1 more see less	29 Goddess Circle/Women's Circle All Day Meeting - Addison/Rutland Natural Gas Project April 29 All Day Free Gardening Information Outside Co-Op Tuesdays Through June 2:30 - 4:30 PM Future of Middlebury Retail Public Meeting 5 PM	30 Showing of the Hungry Heart April 30 All Day Hungry Heart Showing All Day Lincoln Sports Fundraiser at the Bobcat April 30 All Day Controlling Your Blood Sugar...For Health All Day Lincoln Sports Fundraiser at the Bobcat 5 - 9 PM Armchair Traveler Visits Ethiopia 7 - 8:30 PM Hill Farming in the Mad River Valley: Past, Present & Future 7 PM More Open Community Meetings About Municipal Projects 7:45 - 10 PM +4 more see less	1 "What Makes Us Laugh" Lecture May 1 All Day Coffee and Conversation All Day Mcp Production of "Almost, Maine" at Town Hall Theater All Day Coffee and Conversation May 1 10 AM Senior meal 11:30 AM Clean Heat Solutions Forum May 1 6 PM Spring Potluck and Annual Meeting, All Welcome 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Farmers' Market Annual Potluck 6:30 PM Circus Smirkus Founder to Give Presentation at Big Picture Theater 7 - 8 PM Chorus, Moretown Community Chorus Thursday 7-9 pm 7 - 9 PM Free Showing of Gasland Documentary Movies Series 7 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	2 Pete Seeger Birthday Community Sing All Day LGBTQ Community Center Annual Celebration: The Big Reveal All Day Spaghetti Dinner May 2 All Day Arbor Day and the Town of Middlebury All Day Workshop Introduces Innovative “New Americans” Website & Curriculum 9 AM - 3:30 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Spaghetti Dinner! 5 - 7 PM Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Relay for Life Middlebury College 5:30 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	3 Relocation Celebration at Recycled Reading! All Day Volunteers Welcome – Buffer Planting Along New Haven River May 3 All Day Yard Sale at Community Church All Day Green Up Day in Hancock All Day Bike Swap May 3 All Day Rochester Pto Bottle Drive All Day Comedy at Walkover Gallery All Day Green Up Day Sat. May 3 All Day Green Up Day at Town Green! May 3 All Day Crafting at Starksboro Library May 3 All Day Bristol Green Up Day All Day Garage Sale All Day Green Up Day is Coming All Day "Boston Marriage" May 3 All Day Green Up Day This Sat All Day Yard Sale, Hilltop View Rd All Day Yard Sale May 3 8 AM - 3 PM Benefit Day at Bristol Health and Fitness 9 AM - 2 PM Benefit for Jacob Gorton! 9 AM - 2 PM Yardsale 9 AM - 3 PM Flea Market and Tag Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Flea Market and Tag Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Cvu Spring Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Spring Day at Mt. Abe 10 AM - 2 PM Henna in Bat Emerald Rose 10 AM - 2 PM Annual Safety Day & Bike Rodeo 10 AM - 2 PM Using Obituaries & City Directories in Genealogy Research 10:30 AM - 12 PM Ilsley Library Book Sale, Saturday, May 3, 11 - 2:30 11 AM - 2:30 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Benefit Dinner for Little Girl 6 PM Staged Reading of David Mamet's "Boston Marriage" 7:30 - 9 PM Boston Marriage 7:30 PM Heather Maloney at Ripton Community Coffee House May 3 7:30 PM +29 more see less
4 Middlebury Maple Run-Road Closures Sun All Day Csa Open Farm Day May 4 All Day Farm Csa Sunday at Hartshorn Farm All Day Kingsbury Market Garden/Muddy Boots Csa Open Farm Day All Day Wren's Nest Forest Preschool Info Session All Day 2014 Middlebury Maple Run 9 AM - 1 PM Matlak's Pottery Porch Sale May 4 10 AM - 4 PM Gaylord Farm Csa Open Farm Day 1 - 4 PM Monkton Girl Scout Cake Off 2 - 4 PM Beltane Celebration, This Sunday 3-5pm at the Waterworks 3 - 5 PM Join the Watershed Center's Beltane Celebration! (Rain or Shine) 3 - 5 PM Special Choral Concert This Sunday Evening, May 4 7:30 PM +8 more see less	5 Teacher Appreciation Week May 5th - May 9th (multiday) Charlie Nardozzi on Organic Lawn Care All Day BEEMAN ELEMENTARY Kindergarten Registration for 2014-2015 School Year 8:30 - 11:30 AM Main Street Tacos 12 - 8 PM Free Writers Workshop at Moretown Memorial Library Begins May 5 7 PM +1 more see less	6 Fine Arts Festival at Mt Abraham Union Middle/High School (multiday) Composting Workshop May 6 All Day Citizens for Middlebury's Future May 6 All Day Waitsfield Bond Vote May 6 All Day Planning Commission Meeting Agenda May 6 All Day Shine and Dine at the Shoreham Inn May 6 All Day Waitsfield Bond Vote 7 AM - 7 PM Lecture on Vegetable Gardening 1 PM Extreme Home Composting Workshop 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	7 Maker Classes at Warren Public Library! All Day Wildlife Corridor Listening Session All Day Walk & Roll to School Wed All Day Bike Safety Fair Wed. at Mary Hogan School 3:15 - 5:30 PM Friends of Library Book Sale 4 - 7 PM Public Service Board Hearing on Phase 2 of Proposed Pipeline 7 PM Public Hearing on Phase 2 of Fracked Gas Pipeline 7 PM Vt Comedy Crew Cabaret at Brandon Town Hall 8 PM +4 more see less	8 Coffee and Conversation All Day Jenn's Sing for Ken Winter May 8 All Day Cribbage Night at Starksboro Public Library May 8 All Day Town of Middlebury Hazard Mitigation Planning All Day Cocktails for a Cause All Day Legislative Update/Gmo Bill Signing May 8 All Day Middlebury Hazard Mitigation Planning Public Input Meeting All Day Cocktails for a Cause All Day Senior Lunch All Day Coffee Conversation Up Date 10 AM Coffee Conversation Program in Bristol 10 AM Moretown Wind Forum 6:30 - 8:30 PM Chorus, Moretown Community Chorus Thursday 7-9 pm 7 - 9 PM Seed Saver Meeting 7 PM +10 more see less	9 5th & 6th Grade Dance All Day Arts Walk Friday 5 - 7 PM Community Art Show Reception 5:30 - 7 PM	10 Mother's Day Plant Sale (multiday) Harwood High School Alums Jazz Program/Open Mic All Day Monkton Town-Wide Yard Sale May 10 All Day Pedals for the Playground May 10 All Day Boy Scouts Spaghetti Dinner All Day Monkton Town Wide Yard Sale May 10 All Day Pedals for the Playground May 10 All Day Celebrate Camp Common Ground All Day Basket Making Workshop All Day Basket Making Class All Day Silent/Live Auction & Chicken Dinner All Day Lincoln Mountain Magic 5k/10k & Pancake Buffet May 10 All Day Car Wash & Cookout All Day Dragonheart Vt Garage Sale Fundraiser All Day Spring/Mother's Day Craft and Vendor Fair All Day Multi Family Yard Sale May 10 All Day Boy Scout Fund Raising Dinner May 10 All Day Monkton Town Wide Yard Sale- Saturday May 10th from 8am-3pm 8 AM - 3 PM Monkton Town Wide Yard Sale May 10 8 AM - 3 PM Monkton Town Wide Yard Sale- Saturday May 10 8 AM - 3 PM Tag and Bake Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Work Day at the Lincoln United Church 9 AM - 3 PM Huge Tag Sale 9 AM - 3 PM The Bridge School Tag Sale Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Moving Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Pedal for the Playground 9 AM Lincoln Mountain Magic 5/10k & Pancake Breakfast! May 10 9 AM Genealogy Class 10:30 AM - 12 PM Building a Raised-Bed Garden 10:30 AM “Starting Strong with Kidpower” Workshop for Children Ages 3-5 11 - 11:50 AM Kidpower Safety Workshop for Children Ages 6-12 and their Adults 1 - 5 PM Save the Date: 20th Anniversary Celebration at Common Ground Center 4 - 9:30 PM Waitsfield-Fayston Fire Department's Senior Dinner Event 6 PM Opening Night at Brandon Town Hall 7 PM The Michele Fay Band, Burnham This Saturday Night 7:30 - 9:30 PM Handbell Concert - Save the Date 7:30 PM +32 more see less
11 Breakfast Buffet at the Mason Lodge on Mother's Day 7:30 - 10 AM Greenhouse Help and Onion Planting Day at Good Earth Farm! 10 AM - 4 PM Benefit Concert 2 - 4 PM	12 Way to Go! Week May 12-16 (multiday) Way to Go Challenge May 12-16 (multiday) Large Estate Sale-Furniture, Sports Equipment, Designer Clothing Etc 1 PM (multiday) Middle School 7th Grade Meet the Teams Night at Mt. Abe 6:30 - 7:30 PM	13 Pete Seeger Documentary All Day Date Change: Pete Seeger Documentary May 13 All Day Pete Seeger Documentary May 13 All Day Hub Community Advisory Board Meeting Next May 13 All Day Cancelled!- Pete Seeger Film Viewing All Day Middle School 8th Grade Meet the Teams Night at Mt. Abe 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	14 Wren's Nest Forest Preschool Info Session May 14 All Day "Vermont History Through Song" All Day Vermont History Through Song Program May 14 10:30 AM You Know You Want a Bobcat Burger - Wed May 14 5 - 9 PM Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitching Club 6:30 PM New Haven Historical Society 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	15 Electric Vehicle Event May 15 All Day Bristol's Horse Barns, Carriage Houses, and Garages All Day housing with year's lease beginning 5/15 All Day Tax Payment Due All Day Coffee Conversation All Day Free Open Poetry Writing Workshop Thursdays at Ilsley Library 1 - 3 PM Prenatal Health Series at Gifford Medical Center: May 15, 5-8pm 5 - 8 PM Peepers Rendezvous May 15th from 5-8:30pm 5 - 8:30 PM Peepers Rendezvous Event May 15 5:30 - 8:30 PM Fostering to Forever class coming up 6 - 9:30 PM Chorus, Moretown Community Chorus Thursday 7-9 pm 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	16 VT Coverts Training: Forests for wildlife habitat, recreation, timber (multiday) Atlantic Crossing Plays May 16 All Day Benefit Bake May 16 All Day Atlantic Crossing Plays May 16 All Day Benefit Bake at American Flatbread! 5 AM - 9:30 PM Summer Music Starts at Lincoln Peak Vineyard! 6 - 8 PM Summer Music Starts at Lincoln Peak Vineyard! 6 PM Dessert with the Principal 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	17 Fiber Arts Workshop at Starksboro Library May 17 - Register! All Day Woofstock 2014 for the Animals! All Day Kids Concert May 17 All Day Nelly Hofmann's Memorial Celebration All Day Fairy Day!! All Day Openings at Starksboro Cooperative Preschool - Open House May 17 All Day Bridge Street Art Fair May 17 All Day Yard Sale to Benefit Friend in Need All Day Big Truck Day May 17 All Day Kids Concert This Saturday! All Day Woofstock - Doggie Fun! All Day Yard Sale Saturday to Benefit a Friend in Need All Day Missions Conference at Panton Community Baptist Church All Day Woofstock 2014 is a Go for May 17! All Day Woofstock 2014 for the Animals! All Day Plant Sale Saturday - Middlebury Garden Club 9 AM - 1 PM Weybridge Street Tag Sale - Sat., May 17 - Great Stuff from 7 Families 9 AM - 2 PM Woofstock 2014 on May 17 9 AM - 3 PM Woofstock 2014 for the Animals! 9 AM - 3 PM Revised 5/17 Lucet and Braiding Workshop @ Spl - Sign Up Soon! 10 AM - 12 PM Heart to Hearth Organic Gluten Free Lasagna - Upcoming Free Tastings! 11 AM - 1 PM Heavyfest May 17 at Magic Hat! 12 PM Nelly Hofmann's Memorial Celebration 1 - 4 PM "Perilous Passages" Reception at the Birds of Vermont Museum May 17 6:30 PM New Haven Republican Town Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM Fundraiser for Red Cedar School 7 - 11 PM +22 more see less
18 House Concert May 18 All Day Free Fun at Dirt Day! May 18 All Day House Concert - Sheesham and Lotus & Son All Day Correction: Herbal Workshop on Sunday May 18 - Free! 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - Maple St May 18 9 AM E Cycle Event, Goodpoint Recycle 11 AM - 3 PM Chicken and Biscuit Dinner, New Haven Cong. Church May 18 12 PM +3 more see less	19 Community Forum to Meet Candidates for Superintendent All Day Children's Afterschool Art with Vera, May 19 3:15 - 4:30 PM Cajun Food Fundraiser for Dragon Boat Club 5 - 10 PM Save the Date: Monday, May 19 @ 7:00 Pm Warren Public Library 7 - 8:30 PM Energy Series Kick-Off Discussion at Wpl May 19 7 PM +1 more see less	20 Hub Community Advisory Board (Cab) Meeting Tonight 6 PM The Hub's May Community Advisory Board (Cab) Meeting! 6 PM Bristol Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM	21 Ride of Silence May 21 All Day The Bert Prival School of Ballet and Theater Arts Free Class and Food All Day Coffee Program at the Joslin Library 6:30 - 8 PM New Haven Conservation Commission Meeting May 21 6:30 PM Coffee Program at Joslin Memorial Library May 21 6:30 PM +1 more see less	22 Coffee Conversation All Day Tai Chi for Arthritis May 22 All Day	23 Baked Beads 22nd Memorial Day Weekend Fashion Accessory Clearance (multiday) Susan Wahlrab Art Opening May 23 All Day Russell Library Story Hour All Day Lincoln Library's Annual Book, Plant & Bake Sale May 23 All Day Brandon Farmer's Market 9 AM - 2 PM Boys and Girls Fundraiser at Foley Brothers Brewery 12 PM (multiday) Gala Opening May 23 5 - 7 PM Have a Heart Food Shelf Temporary Summer Location 5:30 - 7 PM Nutty Steph's New Nightlife!!! 6 PM +5 more see less	24 Vermont Open Studio Weekend, May 24 & 25 (multiday) New Haven Town Wide Yard & Garage Sale (multiday) Multi-Family Yard Sale May 24, 25 (multiday) Doors Wide Open at Brandon Art Studios May 24 and 25 (multiday) Open Studio (multiday) Yard Sale, 2190 Hardscrabble Road, May 24-25 (multiday) Giant Moving Sale, North St (multiday) New Haven Town Wide Lawn & Garage Sale May 24, 25 All Day East Warren Community Yard Sale May 24 All Day Moving/Garage Sale All Day Huge Yard Sale May 24-25 All Day Glass Art Sale All Day Rummage Sale/ Food Drive All Day Lincoln Library Memorial Day Book, Plant, and Bake Sale All Day Yard Sale May 24 All Day Garage Sale All Day Lincoln Library Memorial Day Book, Plant, and Bake Sale All Day Yard Sale 394 Rockydale Rd May 24 All Day Yard and Plant Sale at Park House May 24! All Day Lincoln's 25th Annual Town Wide Yard Sale All Day Yard Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale -- 411 Hardscrabble Road 8 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale 2190 Hardscrabble Road, Bristol May 24 (8-4) & May 25 (8-1) 8 AM - 4 PM Tag Sale - Saturday May 24 8 AM Cota Field Wildlife Walk 8:30 - 10 AM Trail Work on the Tam 9 AM - 12 PM Community Yard Sale: Sat May 24th, East Warren Coop Mkt Green 9 AM - 3 PM Glass Art Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Perennial Plant Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Congregational Church Plant Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Vermont Open Studio Weekend 10 AM (multiday) This Weekend Vermont Open Studio Event 10 AM (multiday) Final Wweekend Sale for Tom Homann Potteryu 10 AM (multiday) Herbal Conference and Spring Celebration at Shelburne Farms, May 24th 8 - 9 PM +30 more see less
25 Giant Moving Sale, North St (multiday) Garage Sale, 29 Maple Street (multiday) Wine Release Party May 25 All Day New Wine Release Party 5/25 All Day New Wine Release Party May 25 All Day Wine Release Party All Day Huge Yard Sale! 9 AM - 5 PM +3 more see less	26 Dedication Ceremony Hancock Town Green 9 - 9:45 AM Memorial Day Observance in Monkton 7 - 8 PM	27 Summer Theater Auditions (multiday) Selecting and Planting Tree with Dave Wilcox, State Lands Forester 6 - 7:30 PM Education Funding Working Group- May 27, 6pm - Venue Change 6 - 8:30 PM Selecting & Planting a Tree, with Dave Wilcox 6 PM Goddess Circle 6:30 PM Summer Theater 7 PM Auditions for 12th Night 7 PM Scrag Mountain Music: May 27 at 7 Pm at Warren United Church 7 PM +4 more see less	28 Auction Fundraiser All Day Container Gardening Workshop May 28 All Day Free and Anonymous Distribution of Naloxone (Narcan) Free Rescue Kits 1 - 6 PM Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitching Club Dinner 5 - 9 PM Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitching Club 5 - 9 PM Film and Discussion on Outdoor Learning May 28 5:45 PM Auction 6 PM Bristol Fire Station Site Selection Committee Meeting 8 - 9 PM +4 more see less	29 Anesu Education Recognition Awards All Day Anesu Education Recognition Awards All Day Bristol Elementary Poetry in the Park May 29 All Day Vww Workshop for Adults Who Work with Girls All Day Anesu Education Recognition Awards All Day Coffee Conversation All Day Anesu Education Recognition Awards All Day Vt Poet Laureate to Visit Hancock 7:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	30 Patti Casey & Colin Mc Caffrey Play May 30 All Day Patty Casey & Colin Mc Caffrey Play May 30 6 - 8 PM Music and Wine at Lincoln Peak Vineyard 6 - 8 PM Candlelit Crystal Bowl Yin Yoga Friday May 30 6:30-8pm 6:30 - 8 PM Mcs Drama Production "Treasure Island" Friday 6:30 PM +1 more see less	31 Maddies Fund Pet Adoption Days Marathon May 31 - June 1 (multiday) A State Wide Free Pet Adoption Event (multiday) Maddie's Fund Pet Adoption Days Coming Soon! (multiday) Statewide Maddie's Pet Adoption Days (multiday) Estate Sale - Part One (multiday) Group Barn/ Tag Sale All Day Annual Plant Sale All Day Annual Plant Sale All Day 6th Annual Bike & Trike Sale Tomorrow! All Day Moretown Festival with Energy Fair, Bike Sale and More All Day Garage Sale 1113 Jerusalem Road - Take Two All Day Tractor Pulls at Rec Field May 31 All Day Valley Bike & Trike Sale All Day Group Barn/Tag Sale May 31 All Day Last Chance Moving Sale All Day Town of Bristol Household Hazardous Waste Day 8 AM - 12 PM Maddie's Fund Pet Adoption Days Marathon, May 31 - June 1, 10am-5pm 10 AM (multiday) Maddies Fund Pet Adoption Days Marathon May 31 - June 1 10am - 5pm 10 AM (multiday) New Haven May Festival Sat. May 31 12 - 4 PM Artists, Crafters & Food Vendors Wanted for New Haven May Fest (5/31) 12 - 4 PM +16 more see less