Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2019

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29 Audubon Vermont Hosting “Time to Fly” Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Worship by Working at Cornwall Congregational This Sun 9:30 - 11 AM Blessing of the Animals Sunday Morning 10 - 11 AM Historical Society in Stockbridge Lecture/Discussion 2 - 3:30 PM Cub Scout Pack 525 Ravens Ridge Hike 2 - 4 PM +1 more see less	30 Healthier Lifestyle to Prevent T2 6 - 7 PM States Prison Hollow Intersection Study Presentation 7 - 8 PM	1 New Creative Program For Teens Ages 13-16 Yrs 4 - 5 PM VT's Nuclear Waste/Environmental Injustice! 5:30 - 8:30 PM Lincoln Community Conversation 6 - 8 PM Community Forum - HUUSD PreK - 12 Planning 7 PM	2 Svaroopa Yoga Class, First Class Free! 6 - 7:30 PM Community Conversations About Education 6 - 8 PM Local Solid Waste Plan Review 6:30 - 7 PM Public Information Meeting - Emerald Ash Borer 6:30 - 8 PM This Week at Ilsley Public Library 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	3 Public Talk by Ofelia Zepeda Oct. 3 4:30 - 5:30 PM The Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 9 PM Knit 'N Stitch 6 - 7 PM Gerry O'Conner and Kevin McElroy 6 - 9 PM Acclaimed Musician Laura Love to Perform in Waitsfield 7:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	4 Share Hopes for Abenaki: Conversation, Poetry, Music 12 - 1:30 PM Glean Apples with HOPE 2 - 5 PM Women's Retreat at Knoll Farm in October 2 PM (multiday) St. Ambrose Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Love Stinks: a Night of 80s Rock Ballads at Stonecutter 5 - 8 PM Staged Reading of "Hetty", a New Play 7 - 8:30 PM Reading at Holley Hall in Bristol 7 PM Reel Film Fridays Presents “The Sixth Sense” 7:30 - 10 PM The Grift and Elton John at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 11 PM +6 more see less	5 Yard Sale (multiday) Garage Sale - 1931 Wheeler Road All Day Stark Mountain Foundation Hill Climb Run 8:30 AM - 12 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Champlain College Open Houses 9 AM - 3:30 PM Family-Friendly Harry Potter Festival in Middlebury 9 AM - 5 PM Mount Pleasant Garage Sales 9 AM (multiday) Yard Sale E Warren Road 9 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend Oct. 5 & 6 10 AM - 5 PM Open Studio Weekend 10 AM - 5 PM Fall Open Studio, Deborah Holmes Watercolors 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Tour Oct. 5 - 6 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Ilsley Friends Book and Media Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Support Our Vets Vendor Fair to Benefit Dodge House 11 AM - 4 PM The Get Down at Otter Creek Brewing Co. 11 AM - 6 PM The Get Down at Otter Creek Brewing Co 11 AM - 6 PM Live Blues Music Yates Family Orchard Saturday 12:30 - 3:30 PM Owls and Their Calls - Stark Mountain Foundation 1 - 2 PM Photography Exhibition and Reception 1:30 - 3:30 PM Tom Estey Retirement Party 3 - 5 PM Panera Fundraiser for Sharon Academy Booster Club 4 - 8 PM Annual Ham Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Kolonien at Ripton Coffee House Oct. 5 7 - 10:30 PM Kolonien at Ripton Coffee House Oct. 5 7:30 - 10 PM Kolonien at Ripton Coffee House Oct. 5 7:30 - 10 PM Carol Reed & Friends at Sister Wicked 8 - 11 PM +23 more see less
6 Save the Date: 9th Annual Chase Away 5k! 9 - 10:30 AM Tag Sale 9 AM - 12 PM World Communion Sunday 9:30 AM Richmond Art Crawl This Sunday 10 AM - 3 PM Wag It Forward... A Festival for You and Your Pet! 10 AM - 4 PM Wag It Forward... A Festival for You and Your Pet! 10 AM - 4 PM Crop Walk Coming Up! 12 PM 2019 Crop Walk 12 PM Crop Hunger Walk Oct. 6 12:30 - 2:30 PM Music - Shape Note Singing 1 - 3 PM Magic: The Gathering at Warren Library 2 - 4:30 PM Afternoon Cruise on Lake Champlain 3 - 4 PM Rabbi Reichert Annual Bible Talk, Oct. 6 3 - 4:30 PM Beyond Hoarding - Film Screening & Panel Discussion 3 - 5 PM Beyond Hoarding 3 - 5 PM Bill Powers Presents "The Fisk Family" 6:30 - 7:30 PM +12 more see less	7 MiddMUG Meeting October 7 - 8:30 PM	8 An Evening with Bill McKibben in Rochester 7 - 8:30 PM	9 Recruitment & Retention Seminar 8 - 9:30 AM Recruitment & Retention Seminar 8 - 9:30 AM Meet Bina48 at the Ilsley Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Artificial Intelligence Talk at Ilsley Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Knitting Know How Night 5:30 - 7 PM Compost Talk 7 - 8 PM New Haven Historical Society 7 - 8 PM Date Change: Solid Waste Plan Review 7:15 - 7:45 PM +4 more see less	10 Introduction to Oil Painting with Linda Schneider All Day Sr Lunch at Libanus Lodge 12 - 1 PM CVABE at Joslin Library 1:30 - 4:30 PM Paella Fundraiser for H.O.P.E. 4 PM The Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 9 PM Dreams and Soul Travel: Healing and Inner Peace 6 - 7 PM Poetry Out Loud - Lawrence Memorial Library 6:30 - 8 PM Poetry Out Loud 6:30 - 8 PM Poetry Reading 6:30 - 8 PM Spiritualism Talk at Sheldon Museum 7 - 8 PM Library Talk: Voyages of a Viking Woman 7 - 8 PM Repeopling Vermont 7 - 8 PM Celebrate Electric Vehicles! 7 - 9 PM Spiritualism Talk at Sheldon Museum 7 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul 7:15 - 8 PM +11 more see less	11 Pet Photo Booth & Photo Sale 3 - 6 PM Gun Owners of Vermont Meeting 6 PM Middlebury College Activities Board: Free Friday Film 7 - 9 PM Reel Film Fridays Presents “Below” 7:30 - 10 PM Garage Sale Middlebury 9 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	12 Quilt Show (multiday) All for Free Giveaway! All Day Chicken Pie Supper 5:30 - 7:30 AM Music in Lincoln 7:30 - 10 AM Warren Vol. Fire Dept. Annual Pancake Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Multi Family Yard Sale This Saturday 8 AM - 12 PM G. Stone Multi-Family Yard Sale! 8 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmer's Market Harvest Festival! 9 AM - 12:30 PM Apple Pie Contest at Middlebury Farmers Market! 9 AM - 12:30 PM Flea Market 9 AM - 3 PM SVU Craft Fair This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Open House at Charter House 10 AM - 12 PM Charter House Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Charter House Open House 10 AM - 12 PM The Great Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Neighbor to Neighbor Apple Day 10 AM - 2 PM Fire Safety Day 10 AM - 2 PM Fire Safety Day 10 AM - 2 PM Neighbor to Neighbor Apple Day 10 AM - 2 PM Hancock Historical Society October Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Brandon Farmers Market Harvest Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Milk and Honey Quilt Show 10 AM (multiday) Vintage Fall Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Improve Your Emotional Wellbeing 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM New Haven Vol. Fire Dept. & First Response Open House 12 - 3 PM 'Pilgrims of Woodstock' at the Joslin 1 - 3 PM Storytelling in the Marrowbone Woods 1 - 4 PM Free Movement Class Saturday 4 - 5 PM White River Valley Players 40th Anniversary Gala 6 - 10 PM Great and Unmatched Wisdom Party 6 PM 6th Annual Brandon Has Talent Show 7 - 9 PM Burnham Music Series - Last Train to Zinkhov 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burnham Music Series 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burnham Music Series Sat. Oct. 12 Last Train to Zinkov 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burnham Hall Concert Series 7:30 - 10 PM Burnham Music Series 7:30 PM Come Support Our Local Hockey Rink 9 PM (multiday) +33 more see less
13 Mad Dash 10k/5k All Day "Service Sunday" 8:15 - 10:30 AM Amateur (Ham) Radio Demo! 9 AM - 1 PM Mad Dash 10k/5k – Oct. 13 10 AM Marrowbone 1 - 5 PM Forest Bathing in the Fall 3 - 4:30 PM Social Group to Meet Sunday Oct. 13 3:15 PM Mike Block Trio at PM Sunday's 4 PM Acorn's Annual Meeting - RSVP Required 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	14 Energy Healing Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM Parenting & Resilience: Save the Date! 6 - 7:30 PM	15 Technology Help at Ilsley Public Library 11 AM - 1 PM Dementia Class at Mayo Healthcare 4 - 5:30 PM Let's Talk About Our Schools! 6 - 8 PM Come Meet Elizabeth Shackelford - Former U.S. Diplomat 6:30 - 8 PM John Elder Talk 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	16 Gallery Talk About Abolitionist John Brown 1 - 2 PM Gallery Talk About Abolitionist John Brown 1 PM Bobcat Cafe Supports Art on Main 5 - 9 PM Support Art on Main at the Bobcat Cafe 5 - 9 PM Backyard Composting 6 - 7 PM Author Kristin Kimball at the Vermont Book Shop 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	17 Knitting 101 Workshop and Support Group All Day Adult Education at Joslin Library 1:30 - 4:30 PM New York Times Columnist Ross Douthat in Middlebury 4:30 - 6 PM The Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 9 PM Lewis Creek Association Film Screening and Discussion 5:30 - 8 PM School/Community Conversation 6 - 8 PM Middlebury Community Classic Film Club 6 - 9 PM Farm Workers and Food Insecurity 6:30 - 8 PM "Spirited Vermont" Talk by Joe Citro at Sheldon Museum 7 - 8 PM Pop-Up Music Series 7 - 8 PM Up Popped the Music in Bristol 7 - 8 PM "Spirited Vermont," Talk by Joe Citro at Sheldon Museum 7 PM Up Popped the Music in Bristol 7 PM Pop Up Music Event Thursday 7 PM "Spirited Vermont," Talk by Joe Citro at Sheldon Museum, 7 PM Gallery Talk by Novelist and VPR Commentator Joe Citro 7 PM +12 more see less	18 Benefit Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM Rusty Dewees at Holley Hall for Tiny Town Hall Tour 7:30 - 9 PM Rusty Dewees at Holley Hall for Tiny Town Hall Tour 7:30 - 9 PM Rusty Dewees at Holley Hall for Tiny Town Hall Tour 7:30 - 9:30 PM Friday Night Film Showing “Crimson Peak” 7:30 PM Middlebury Song Fest 8 PM (multiday) Save the Date - Middlebury Song Fest is Coming Up! 8 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	19 Singing Events for All at Holley Hall Oct. 19 All Day Yard Sale Oct. 19 All Day Middlebury Natural Hair Pop Up 7 AM (multiday) Middlebury Natural Hair Pop-Up 7 AM (multiday) Community Breakfast to Benefit Harwood Scholarships 8 - 11 AM Middlebury Fire Department Open House 9 - 11 AM Making Memory Quilts - Oct. 19 9 AM - 4:30 PM Plant Sale This Weekend 9 AM (multiday) Yoga Restorative Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Rochester PTO Thrift Store Open This Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Volunteer at Rotary Meals for Kids 12 - 2 PM Brandon Buttons Up for Winter (Energy Efficiency) 1 - 2:30 PM Singing Workshop for World Singing Day 1 - 3:30 PM Singing Workshop in Bristol 1 - 3:30 PM Singing Events for All at Holley Hall 1 - 5:30 PM Art from Nature ABCs at Joslin 1 PM Halloween Bash 3 - 6 PM Addison County Community Sing 4 - 5:30 PM Addison County Community Sing 4 - 5:30 PM Annual Chicken Pie Supper 5 - 7 PM Huntington Harvest Supper Oct. 19 5:30 - 8:30 PM Cluck-Cluck, Din-Din! Saturday 5:30 PM Champlain Philharmonic Saturday at THT! 7:30 - 9:30 PM +19 more see less
20 Blessing of the Animals & Environment - Oct. 20 10 - 11 AM Concert in Burlington 3 PM Author Doug Wilhelm at CVUUS 4 - 5:30 PM Community Conversation: Mass Incarceration & Racism 7 - 8:30 PM	21 Eating Well in the Valley Raffle All Day Indivisible Mad River Valley Monthly Meeting All Day Monkton Museum & Historical Society October Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Oct. 21 7 - 10 PM	22 Peru Travelogue 12:30 - 1 PM Help Collect Addison County's Bounty of Apples 1:30 - 3:30 PM Loosely Bound Book Group 5:30 - 6:45 PM No Small Matter Film Screening and Discussion 5:30 - 7:30 PM MAUSD Monthly Meeting at Monkton Central School 6 - 8 PM Singing with Valley Voices 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	23 Rochester Elementary Book Fair 8 AM - 4 PM Creative Workforce Solutions Networking Event 10 AM - 12 PM Homeward Bound "The Art of Racing in the Rain" 1 - 7 PM GMP EV Test Drive 3:30 - 6 PM Healthier Living with Diabetes Starts Oct. 23 4:30 - 7 PM Tobacco Cessation Workshop Starts Oct. 23 5 - 6 PM Energy Efficient Affordable Housing 7 PM Film "Reversing Roe" at Lincoln Library 7 PM +4 more see less	24 Donate Your Old Tires - Help a Neighbor Stay Safe All Day Free Tech Support 4 - 6 PM The Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 9 PM Birds and Beers 6 - 9 PM Vermont Field Naturalists 6:30 - 7:30 PM Bemer Event Hotel Vermont Thurs. Night 6:30 - 8:30 PM Rochester Dems Meeting This Thursday 7 - 8 PM Wendell Berry: Another Turn of the Crank Discussion 7 - 8 PM Lost Boy to Refugee to American Citizen at The Library 7 - 8:30 PM Green Mountain Valley School Presents Grease! 7:30 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	25 Large Rummage Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Drop-In Cribbage at Ilsley Public Library 12 - 3 PM HOPE Open House 1 - 3 PM Free Afterglow Tasting at Almost Home 2 - 5 PM Poetry Contest Launch Party! 5 - 7 PM Folklife Center Opening Reception! 5 - 7 PM Into to the Potters Wheel 5:30 PM Comedy Show to Benefit Waterbury Senior Center 7 PM Friday Night Film Showing “The Fog” 7:30 - 9:30 PM +5 more see less	26 Discover the Bristol Trail Network! (multiday) Yard Sale Oct. 26 All Day Household Hazardous Waste Collection 8 - 11 AM Household Hazardous Waste Event in Rochester 8 AM - 12 PM Scrap Metal Drive Fundraiser - Barre Auditorium 8 AM - 4:30 PM Women's Survival Doe Camp Weekend 8:30 AM (multiday) Fill the Firehouse Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Five-Town Fire Department Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM 5 Town Fire Dept. Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM 5 Town Fire Dept. Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Final Outdoor Market for Middlebury Farmers Market! 9 AM - 12:30 PM National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM National Prescription Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Intuitive Painting Workshop at Open Sky Studio, Bristol 11 AM - 5 PM Page One Literacy Project Annual Halloween Event 12 - 2 PM Sister 2 Sister Pumpkin Decorating at the Knoll 2 - 4 PM HRC Halloween Party 2 - 4 PM Maiden Vermont Fall Show 4 - 6 PM Maiden Vermont Concert 4 - 6 PM Maiden Vermont Fall Concert with Jon Gailmor 4 PM Maiden Vermont Concert 4 PM Starksboro Annual Ham Dinner on Oct. 26 5 - 6 PM Annual Ham Dinner 5 - 6 PM Ice Skating in Bristol at the Hockey Rink 5 - 7 PM Ice Skating in Bristol at the Hockey Rink 5 - 7 PM Bristol Rec Rink Clean Up Party 5 PM Bid & Boogie with the Grift! 7 PM (multiday) Bid & Boogie with the Grift! 7 PM (multiday) +24 more see less
27 Eddy Farm Halloween Costume Barn 11 AM - 1 PM Eddy Farm Costume Barn 11 AM - 1 PM Game Day 12 - 6 PM Spooktacular 2019 1 - 2:30 PM Trunk or Treat and Kids Dance Party in Vergennes 1 - 3 PM Trick or Trot 5k and Kids' Fun Run 1 - 3:30 PM Halloween Harvest Dinner with NOFA-VT 2 - 7 PM Concert by Renowned Pianist Michael Arnowitt 3 - 5 PM Author of Vermont Wild! Book Series Megan Price 4 PM +5 more see less	28 Poetry Club at the Library 6:30 PM	29 OV Music Spaghetti Supper 5:30 PM	30 Free Landlord Event 8:15 - 11:30 AM Spooky Night at the Sheldon Museum 6 - 9 PM Spooky Night at the Sheldon Museum 6 - 9 PM Spooky Night at the Sheldon Museum 6 - 9 PM Gardening for Storm-Water Management 7 - 8 PM What's the Road Ahead for Electric Cars? Oct. 30 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	31 TenFest/FantasyFest Coming Halloween Weekend 7:30 - 9:30 AM Halloween in Warren Village 5 - 7 PM Trick or Treating in Warren Village 5 - 7 PM Halloween in Warren Village 5 - 7 PM Russell Library Happenings 5 - 7 PM Halloween Happenings 5 - 8 PM The Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 9 PM Halloween Trunk or Treat Event at Camp Meade, Middlesex 5:30 - 7 PM Monkton Trunk or Treat 5:30 - 7 PM Pierce Hall Community Halloween Party on Halloween 5:30 - 7:30 PM TenFest/FantasyFest Opens This Thursday Evening 7:30 - 9:30 PM Wheelz O' Steel - The Musical Game Show 8 - 11 PM +8 more see less	1 Magic Awaits - Calling All Harry Potter Fans! (multiday) Community Costume Party! Friday, Nov. 1 4 - 8 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM St. Ambrose Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Freak Folk Bier: Bottle Release Party! 5 - 9 PM Memorable Dishes: Food-Inspired Storytelling at Bundle 5:30 - 7 PM Memorable Dishes: Food-Inspired Storytelling at Bundle 5:30 - 7 PM All Saints Day Service 6 - 7 PM Friday Night Film Showing “The Money Pit” 7:30 - 9:30 PM Salvation Farms Aid 8 - 11 PM +6 more see less	2 Caring for People, Plants and Our Planet 8 AM - 4 PM Caring for People, Plants and Our Planet 8 AM - 4 PM Conservation Congress 8:30 AM - 1 PM Caring for Our Home Grounds: a Conservation Congress 8:30 AM - 1 PM Care for Our Home Grounds - Commons Conservation Congress 8:30 AM - 1 PM Caring for Our Home Grounds, Conservation Congress 8:30 AM - 1 PM Bookmaking Workshop at Bundle 10 AM - 1 PM TEDx Middlebury 2019: Gaining the Edge 10 AM - 1 PM Estate Sale Round 2. Center Fayston Road 10 AM - 2 PM Baby Brunch at Starksboro Library 11 AM - 12:30 PM Ilsley Books and Media Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Sculpture School Game Carnival 12 - 2 PM Trick or Trot 5k and Kids' Fun Run - Saturday Nov. 2 1 - 3 PM Trick or Trot 5k and Kids' Fun Run Postponed 1 - 3 PM Trick or Trot 5k Postponed Due to Weather 1 - 3 PM Migrant Justice Action/Rally at Middlebury Hannaford 1:30 - 2 PM Migrant Justice Action/Rally at Middlebury Hannaford 1:30 - 2 PM Migrant Justice Action/Rally at Middlebury Hannaford 1:30 - 2 PM Want to Test Drive a Tesla? 3:30 - 5:30 PM Mountainfilm on Tour - Tickets on Sale Now 5 - 10 PM Mountainfilm on Tour Tickets on Sale Now 5 - 10 PM Mountainfilm on Tour at the Big Pic - Saturday! 5 - 10 PM Starksboro's Harvest Dinner Saturday 5:30 PM Mountainfilm on Tour Tickets on Sale Now 6 - 10 PM 6th Annual Brandon Has Talent Show 7 - 9 PM MCMC's Youth Opera Workshop Presents: the Magic Flute! 7:30 - 9 PM Ripton Coffee House Nov 2 Moors & McCumber 7:30 - 10 PM Ripton Coffee House, Nov 2: Moors & McCumber 7:30 - 10 PM Ripton Coffee House - Moors & McCumber 7:30 - 10 PM +25 more see less