Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2016

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27 Easter Services at Friends Methodist Church 6:30 AM Easter Pancake Breakfast March 27 7 - 10 AM Waitsfield Winter Farmers Market Easter Sunday 11 AM - 3 PM Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the Green in Bristol 12 PM	28 Purim Carnival Monday at Havurah House 4 - 5:15 PM	29 8-Week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course Begins March 29 9 - 11:30 AM Democratic Post-Primary Presidential Town Caucus 7 - 8 PM	30 Wednesday Computer Nights at the Lincoln Library 6:30 - 7:30 PM Solar Farm Q&A with Peter Cassels-Brown 6:30 - 8 PM Democratic Post-Presidential Caucus 7 - 8 PM	31 Little Shop of Horrors at Mt. Abe! 12 AM (multiday) Public Forum: Act 46 School Consolidation 12 AM Coffee Conversation All Day Sugarbush Lost and Found Sale All Day Careers in the Craft Beer Industry: UVM Panel March 31 6 PM Concerned About Climate Change? 6 PM Hope to See You 6:30 PM You're Invited to Meet Your Candidate 6:30 PM Green Mountain Club's Outdoor Adventure Series: High Hopes in Tanzania 7 - 8:30 PM Little Shop of Horrors Mt. Abraham Spring Musical 7 PM (multiday) Democratic Town Caucus March 31 7 PM Experience Hiking in Tanzania March 31 7 PM +8 more see less	1 First Friday with For the Love of Dogs / VT Dog Rescue All Day Mud Season Music at Lincoln Peak Vineyard 12 AM First Annual Mad River Valley Maple Festival at Hartshorn Farm 11 AM - 4 PM Yoga with Veronica This Friday! 5 - 6 PM Mt. Abe Music Dept. Spaghetti Dinner - Cafe Crescendo! 5 - 7 PM Dinner and the Theater 5 - 7 PM American Flatbread Benefit Bake, Waitsfield 5 - 10 PM Iyengar Yoga Workshop 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	2 Maple Syrup Open House All Day Vermonte Carlo Night Featuring the Grift 12 AM Concert with Harpeth Rising! 12 AM Monkton Girl Scouts Run Parents' Night Out April 2 12 AM Story Telling Event - Change of Date All Day Library Open House All Day Free Monthly Movie Night Saturday, April 2 All Day Pet First Aid & CPR Class Benefitting CVHS 8 AM - 5 PM Cancer Support Meeting 8:30 AM - 4 PM Maple Open House April 2 9 AM - 5 PM Free College Planning Help for Students & Parents April 2 9:30 AM - 2 PM Library Open House Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM Sugar Maker's Open House This Weekend 10 AM - 4 PM Blueberry Lake Workday April 2 10 AM Classes at Genealogy Library on DNA Tests 10:30 AM - 12 PM Book and Media Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Middlebury Democratic Caucus 12 PM Parent's Night Out April 2 at MCS 5 - 8 PM "Old Bones" Concert and Supper 5:30 - 8:30 PM Fun Night Out for Kids at Champlain Valley Expo - April 2 5:30 - 10:30 PM Middlebury Wind Ensemble Concert (Free) Holly Hall 7 - 8:30 PM Middlebury Wind Ensemble Concert 7 PM Ripton Coffee House 7:30 - 10:30 PM +19 more see less
3 Bristol Village Cohousing Tour Followed by Member Meeting 12 AM Passover Desserts Cooking Class at Havurah 12 AM Environmental Rabbi Keynote at Jewish Summit in Stowe 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Bristol Village Cohousing Tour Followed by Member Meeting 11 AM - 4 PM Bristol Village Cohousing Tour Followed by Member Meeting 11 AM Werner Tree Farm Maple Open House 12 - 4 PM Creative Bloc Paint & Sip 2 PM Freedom and Unity Movie Showing 3 - 5:30 PM +4 more see less	4 Fundraiser Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM Support Bernie in Ticonderoga, N.Y. on Monday 6:30 - 8 PM	5 Mt. Abe School Board Mtg. & Addison Northeast Executive Committee Mtg. 12 AM Taekwon Do Day Classes for Toddlers, Preschool and Home Schoolers All Day Community Night at Hinesburg Public House April 5 All Day Interview with Aaron Locker, Owner of Kingsbury Farm 5 - 6 PM Little League Registration Night! 5 - 7 PM Phoenix Rising Therapeutic Yoga Class - Awareness 5:30 - 6:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting April 5 7 - 8 PM Choosing Delegates to VT GOP State Convention 7 - 8 PM Bristol 4th of July Fireworks Benefit 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	6 Moving to Music Wednesday 7 - 8:30 PM	7 Senior Meal 12 AM Republican Voters Caucus April 7 All Day Coffee Conversation 10 AM The Make Mentions at Shelburne Vineyard April 7 6 - 8:30 PM	8 Ripton Elementary Pizza Bake 5 - 6:30 PM Gun Owners of Vermont 6 - 8 PM Spectrum Sleep Out 2016 April 8 7 PM (multiday) VCGN Benefit Concert: Aaron Flinn & Rebecca Padula 7 PM Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble Spring Concert 7 PM Dance Performance - Tzveta Kassabova and Friends 8 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	9 2016 Baby & Child Expo April 9 All Day Daddy Long Legs Saturday @ Burnham Hall, Lincoln 12 AM Join Bristol Cub Scouts All Day Knitting/Fiber Arts at Starksboro Library 12 AM Burnham Hall Music Series Saturday 12 AM 10th Annual LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Pruning & Grafting Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Come to This Exciting Class! 10 AM - 2 PM April Collage Workshop 10 AM - 2 PM Really Fun Book Making Class! 10 AM - 2 PM Middlebury Gubernatorial Candidates Panel April 9! 10:30 AM - 12 PM Addison County Gubernatorial Forum 10:30 AM - 12 PM A Great Celebration 4 - 6:30 PM A Great Celebration 4 - 6:30 PM Join Us Saturday for Celebration of 3 Community Members! 4 - 6:30 PM A Great Celebration 4 - 6:30 PM A Great Celebration 4 - 6:30 PM 5-Town Friends of the Arts Annual Celebration 4 - 6:30 PM Honoring Mt. Abe's Musical Contributors Extraordinaire 4 - 6:30 PM Free Sensory Friendly Movie 6 - 8 PM United in Harmony a Cappella Competition 7 - 9 PM Addison Central Teens Spring Thaw 7 - 10 PM +18 more see less
10 Pirate Scavenger Hunt April 10 10 AM - 1 PM Bristol Book Reading, Discussion & Signing 12 - 2 PM Local Author Book Signing Event 12 - 2 PM Bingo Extravaganza Fundraiser 1 PM Free Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Wellness Alliance Meet & Greet for Wellness Biz Owners, Sunday 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	11	12 Garden Club Lecture April 12 1 - 2 PM Garden Club Lecture Tuesday 1 - 2 PM Phoenix Rising Therapeutic Yoga Class - Acceptance/Choice 5:30 - 6:30 PM Milk Money Invest Local Series 5:30 - 7 PM Register Now! Learn How to Invest in Local Vermont Businesses 5:30 - 7 PM Addison County Walk-Bike Council - Interest Meeting April 12 6 PM +2 more see less	13 Kindergarten Registration for Beeman Elementary All Day His Neighbor Phil - Movie Premiere and Fundraiser for Alz Assocation 10 AM - 6 PM VT Clean Water Act Workshop 3:30 - 5:30 PM Phone Banking for Bernie in Bristol 5 - 7 PM Phone Banking for Bernie! 5 - 7 PM Help Bernie's Campaign 5 - 7 PM Sanders Opportunity 5 - 7 PM Movie Premiere - His Neighbor Phil 6 PM An Herbal Approach to Seeking Balance Amid Stress 7 - 8 PM New Haven Historical Society 7 PM +6 more see less	14 Join the Hub to Help Plan Skate Competition! All Day Coffee Conversation All Day Senior Lunch at Libanus Lodge 12 - 1 PM Marcia Wells, Edgar-Nominated Author, Book Party 5 - 6:30 PM Phoenix Rising Therapeutic Yoga Class - Truth/Truth in Action 5:30 - 6:30 PM Last Chance to See “She Sings to the Stars” in Middlebury 5:30 - 9 PM Jay Parini on “The Writer and the Movies” Talk in Middlebury 7 - 8:30 PM Last Chance to See “She Sings to the Stars” in Middlebury 7 - 8:30 PM Jay Parini on “The Writer and the Movies” Talk in Middlebury 7 PM (multiday) Last Chance to See “She Sings to the Stars” 7 PM Reel Paddling Film Festival 7:30 - 10 PM +7 more see less	15 Addison County Right to Life Dinner 12 AM Free Concert to Boost Bernie to the Convention and Beyond All Day Spay/Neuter Clinic All Day After Hours w/friends at Stonecutter Spirits Cocktail Bar This Friday! 6 AM - 9 PM Lincoln Community School Kindergarten Registration April 15 8 AM - 3 PM Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic for Cats 8 AM - 4:30 PM Music at Quin-Town Senior Center 11:30 AM Kundalini Yoga (All Levels) April 15 5 - 6:15 PM Benefit Bake Friday at Flatbread for Camel's Hump Expansion 5 - 9:30 PM After Hours w/Friends at Stonecutter Cocktail Bar! 6 - 9 PM Board Game Night at Ilsley Public Library 6:30 - 9 PM Boost Bernie to the Convention - Reminder! 7 PM Free Concert to Boost Bernie to the Convention and Beyond 7 PM Free Concert to Boost Bernie to the Convention and Beyond 7 PM Boost Bernie to the Convention! 7 PM Boost Bernie Concert 7 PM Live Local Music 7:30 - 10 PM +13 more see less	16 VFW Annual Flea Market, Craft Fair, and Bake Sale 9 AM - 2 PM 47th Annual Vt Home & Garden Show 9 AM (multiday) Phoenix Rising Therapeutic Yoga Class - Flow 9:30 - 10:30 AM VFW Spring Fling Flea Market and Craft Sale 9:30 AM - 2 PM Genealogy Classes 10:30 AM - 12 PM Emerge VT Event Celebrating Rep Betty Nuovo & Women in Elected Office 6:30 - 8:30 PM Party for Bernie! 7 PM +3 more see less
17 New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast April 17 7 - 10:30 AM New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast Sunday 7 - 10:30 AM Learn Reiki - Level 1 Beginner Class 9 AM - 5 PM Antiques Appraisal Day Sponsored by Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 2 PM Antiques Appraisal Day Sponsored by Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 2 PM Bingo! Great Family Fun 1:30 - 4:30 PM +2 more see less	18 Path Boardwalk Work Party #2 All Day Emerging Infectious Diseases 5:30 - 7:30 PM Come Play Ultimate Frisbee in MRV! 6 - 8 PM Bristol Republican Town Committee Caucus April 18 7 PM	19 Common Ground Center April Adventure Camp (multiday) April Adventure Camp! All Day Vermont Gas Distribution Construction Meeting All Day Sign Up Today for April Adventure Camp! 8:30 AM (multiday) Spring Cleanse: Free Community Class with Erica 9 - 10 AM Presentation on the Enigma Cipher Machine 3:15 - 4:30 PM Republican Town Caucus 7 - 8 PM Undercover Quilters April Meeting 7 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +5 more see less	20 "His Neighbor Phil" 3 - 5 PM Valley Pop-Up Shop 420 Surprise! 5 - 10 PM Complimentary Vinyasa Flow Yoga at EWCM 6 - 7 PM Complimentary Yoga Wednesday, April 20 6 - 7 PM The Spring Street Poets 7 PM +1 more see less	21 Chamber After Hours Business Mixer All Day Addison County Republican Fundraising Dinner All Day Reverse Bar Takeover at Stonecutter with Misery Loves Company 5 - 8 AM Chainsaw Training Workshop Openings 8 AM - 5 PM Coffee Conversation 10 AM Reverse Bar Takeover at Stonecutter with Misery Loves Company 5 - 8 PM Stonecutter Spirits Cocktails w/Mike! 5 - 8 PM Hindquarter BBQ in Bristol 5 - 8 PM Former Gov. Jim Douglas Speaking in Middlebury April 21 6 - 8 PM Governor Jim Douglas 6 - 9 PM Addison County Republican Fundraiser 6 - 9 PM Fundraising Event 6 - 9 PM Tickets to Hear Jim Douglas Thursday 6 PM +9 more see less	22 Moth Style Storytelling All Day Free Baby/Maternity Clothes Event! 10 AM - 1 PM Pottery Seconds Sale! 2:30 PM (multiday) Be Radiant Event 4 - 8 PM Yoga, Chakras and Reiki Workshop 6 - 8 PM The Audacity of Migration by Bryan Pfieffer (The Bird Man!) 7 - 9 PM Sister to Sister Chemistry Event 7 - 9 PM Sister-To-Sister Event for Middle School Girls April 22 7 - 9 PM Live Music with Curtis Mayflower 7 - 11 PM Moth Storytelling Evening at Holley Hall 7:30 PM +6 more see less	23 Wine Release + BBQ April 23 All Day Fiber Arts at Starksboro Library All Day Community Seder All Day Ladies Union Spring Sale All Day Yard Sale All Day Wine Release + BBQ April 23 All Day New Haven Congregational Church Spring Sale April 23 9 AM - 1 PM Grand Opening of the Bixby Used Book Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Spring into Art Saturday! 10 AM - 4 PM Spring into Art - Bristol - Townwide 10 AM - 4 PM Spring into Art! 10 AM - 4 PM Made in Vermont Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Spring Cleaning at Art on Main 11 AM - 4 PM Seconds Sale at Art on Main 11 AM - 5 PM Wine Release Party and Barbecue! 12 - 5 PM Selectboard Informational Meeting 1 PM Community Seder April 23 5:30 - 9 PM Fantastic Concert This Saturday! 7:30 - 9 PM Mad Funny at Valley Players 8 - 9:30 PM Mad Funny: Stand Up Comedy Show 8 - 9:30 PM +16 more see less
24 Moving to Music All Day Public Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Mad River Rider Volunteer Trail Work Day 10 AM Yard Sale 11 AM - 5 PM Women's Chorus Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Emerson String Quartet Violinist Eugene Drucker and Trio! 3 PM Celebration of Freedom and Spring: Community Passover Seder Sunday 3:30 - 6 PM 13th Annual Beltane Celebration! 3:30 PM +4 more see less	25 Liberate Your Inner Poet! All Day Blood Drive - Looking for Volunteers 12 - 5 PM Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM	26 Benefit Night at Cubbers Restaurant All Day Bristol Historical Society All Day Free Community Class: Spring Cleanse, Sauna and Hydrotherapy 9 - 10 AM Free 15-Minute Naturopathic Consults 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM The Basics of State Government and How to Talk with Your Legislatures 2 - 3:30 PM VT Clean Water Act (Act 64) Workshop 4 - 6 PM Taize with Jerome Monachino of Eight 02 Jazz & St. Michael's College 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	27 Act 46 Accelerated Merger Roundtable Discussion 7:30 AM Poetry Writing at Warren Library Wednesday 3 - 5 PM CCV Information Session 5 - 6 PM Cancer Support Meeting 6 - 8 PM Cancer Support Meeting 6 - 8 PM Public Forum: Act 46 Consolidation 6:30 - 9:30 PM Dry Stone Walls Presentation 7:30 PM +3 more see less	28 FES School Board Meeting Agenda All Day Youth Rally for Planet April 28 9 AM - 1 PM Over 20 Authors, Fun Family Activities, Afternoon Workshops and More 9 AM - 7:30 PM Starksboro Food Shelf Meeting 11 AM Bingo Party April 28 4 - 6 PM Bingo Party 4 - 6 PM Cocktails for a Cause 4:30 - 7 PM Women's Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Community Meeting - Valley Schools Big Picture April 28 6:30 - 8:30 PM Bristol Rec Club Annual Meeting 6:30 PM A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum! 8 PM (multiday) MCP Presents: Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 8 PM (multiday) Middlebury Community Players 8 PM (multiday) "Funny Thing" Musical in Middlebury Opening Thursday! 8 PM +10 more see less	29 Garage Sale Friday/Saturday (multiday) Garage Sale - Forest Dr (multiday) Spring into Yoga This Friday 5 - 6 PM Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Our Lake, Our Lives 6 - 8 PM Free Public Awareness Event 6 - 8 PM Book Launch Party! 6 - 9:30 PM Local Artist Mother's Day Sale! 6:30 PM (multiday) Music at Bristol Bakery April 29! 7:30 - 10 PM Music at Bristol Bakery April 29! 7:30 - 10 PM +7 more see less	30 MCS Garden Workday All Day Garage Sale All Day Paint and Sip at Verde Mountain Bristol All Day Bristol Police Department Holding Drug Take Back All Day Vermont Mozart Festival Chamber Players 7 - 9 AM Electric Vehicle and Bike Swap 9 AM - 12 PM Fruit Trees and Shrubs Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Suport Bristol Edible School Yard 9 AM - 12 PM Bike & Outdoor Gear Swap & Sale Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Go Vermont Vanpooling Demo Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM BES Clean Up Day and Fruit Tree Sale on Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Bike & Outdoor Gear Swap and Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Electric Car & Bike Demo Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale/ Garage Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Moving Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Moving Sale This Saturday & Sunday 9 AM - 2 PM Rummage Sale and Food Drive 9 AM - 3 PM Annual CVU Spring Craft Fair Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with the Vermont Book Shop 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM WRVP Presents Playwriting Workshop in 3 Sessions 10 AM - 4 PM Pierce Hall Antiques Appraisal Show 11 AM - 2 PM Saturday: Relay for Life! with Middlebury College 12 - 8 PM You Are Cordailly Invited to...A Royal Event 1 PM Paint and Sip at Verde Mountain in Bristol 3 - 5 PM Springtime Tea for My Doll & Me 3 PM Havurah "Fun(D)Raiser" Silent Auction 7 - 9 PM Dance Party to Introduce Gubernatorial Candidate Sue Minter 7 - 10 PM Falquet, Gemme & Murphy in Concert at Walkover 8 - 10 PM Final Cabin Fever Concert April 30 8 PM Cabin Fever Music Seies at the Walkover 8 PM Falquet, Gemme & Murphy in Concert 8 PM Falquet, Gemme & Murphy in Concert at Walkover 8 PM Great Music at Wog Saturday Night 8 PM +30 more see less