Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2022

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27 Fantastic Online Auction to Benefit Trip Dance Co 12 PM (multiday) Worship Service 9 - 9:50 AM Gardening Friends Gathering 4 - 5 PM	28 Game Days 12 - 2 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - March 28 6:30 - 10 PM	29 Throw & Sow 11 AM (multiday) Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Virtual Lunch & Learn: Farmworker Housing Program 12 - 1 PM Senior Center Congregate Lunch Every Tuesday 12 - 1 PM Your Children Don't Want It! What Do You Do with It? 2 - 3 PM Drop in Bridge @ Ilsley Public Library 3 - 5 PM Ukraine Vigil 6:30 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	30 Game Days 12 - 2 PM Live Music Weekly at the Mad River Barn - Wednesday 4:30 - 8:30 PM Black Bears in Vermont 5 - 6:30 PM March Book Discussion - Online 6 - 7 PM	31 The Spring Musical at Mt. Abe is Back!! 7 AM (multiday) Mindful Movement - Trauma Informed Yoga 10 - 11 AM You're Invited: Thursday Morning "Walk & Talk" 10 - 11:30 AM Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Poetry Workshop is Back at the Library! 1 - 3 PM LCS Harlem Renaissance Festival 1:30 - 2:30 PM Come See the Mt. Abe Spring Musical! 7 PM (multiday) Amphibian Road Crossing Thursday! 7:30 - 9 PM Trail to Gold: a Conversation with Five Women Olympians 7:50 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	1 WMRW Interview Tomorrow All Day Run to Bristol for Maple Magic! 9 AM (multiday) Open Art Studio for Kids Aged 3-13 3 - 5 PM Mexican Take-Out 5 - 6:30 PM Cellist David Finckel and Pianist Wu Han, Free Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM Cellist David Finckel and Pianist Wu Han, Free Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	2 Household Hazardous Waste Collection for MRRMA Towns 8 AM - 1 PM Bristol Republican Meeting 9 - 10 AM Cars and Coffee 9 AM (multiday) Invasives Workday at the Hort Farm! 10 AM - 12 PM Alice Eckels Art Reception - Ilsley Public Library 11 AM - 2:30 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Used Book Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Used Book Sale - Ilsley Public Library 11 AM - 2:30 PM Join Us This Weekend to Raise for Ukraine 12 PM (multiday) 2022 Pond Skim to Benefit the Middlebury Ski Club 1 - 4 PM Hirschfield Presents: Everything Everywhere All At Once 3 - 5:30 PM TRIP Dance Company Fundraiser Performance 3 - 10 PM Weekly Vigil to Support Ukraine at the Waitsfield UCC 4 - 5 PM Music in Lincoln April 2! 7 - 9 PM Music in Lincoln April 2! 7:30 - 9:30 PM April 2nd Ripton Coffee House Music in Lincoln 7:30 - 9:45 PM Subject: Music in Lincoln April 2! 7:30 - 10 PM Music in Lincoln April 2 7:30 PM Mad River Story Slam. Last Time Was Great! 7:30 PM +14 more see less
3 Breakfast 8 - 10 AM April 3 - Field Games: Old Classics and New Favorites 12 - 2 PM Brother to Brother Field Games for Middle Schoolers 12 - 2 PM April 3: Pizza and Movie Party 4 - 6:30 PM Valley Stage Productions 4 PM +1 more see less	4 Game Days 12 - 2 PM ARPA Funding Advisory Committee Agenda April 4 7 - 8 PM	5 Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Senior Center Congregate Lunch Every Tuesday 12 - 1 PM Reserve Your Seat for the Year Book Project 2 - 3 PM Pollinator Pathway Meeting Monkton 6:30 - 7:15 PM River Watch Training 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda, April 5 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	6 Outdoor Storytime at Village Green 11 - 11:45 AM Monkton Grab 'N Go Meals for Seniors Starts April 6 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Game Days 12 - 2 PM Free Screening: Like, Social Media's Impact on Youth 7 - 8:30 PM	7 Harwood Musical - Freaky Friday (multiday) Pop-Up Online Silent Auction Benefit 7 AM (multiday) Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Habitat Improvements for Vermont's Black Bears 12 - 1 PM Senior Meal 12 PM Poetry Workshop is Back at the Library! 1 - 3 PM Reiki Restorative Yoga, Community Yoga & Sound Healing 6 - 7:30 PM Screening & Filmmaker Q&A: the Price of Safety 7:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	8 Food Drive April 8-9 10 AM (multiday) 5 Town Food Drive 2 PM (multiday) 5 Town Partnership Food Drive 2 PM (multiday)	9 Shake Your Eggs with the Rochester Library! All Day Mad River Valley Easter Egg Hunt - New Location 10 - 11 AM Meeting for Volunteers, Brandon Free Public Library 10 AM - 12 PM Free Family Friendly Fun - Eggstravaganza 10 AM - 2 PM Spring Fling 2020 at Sugarbush 10 AM - 7 PM Easter Egg Hunt 10 AM Easter Celebration for the Family 1 - 2:30 PM Weekly Vigil to Support Ukraine at the Waitsfield UCC 4 - 5 PM St. Peter's Bingo, St. Peter's Parish Hall, Vergennes 5 PM Troop 543 & Post 19 Spaghetti Dinner Tickets! 5 PM Bingo in Vergennes 5 PM +7 more see less
10 Mushroom Log Inoculation Party All Day Russell Library Programs for Kids 10 - 11:30 AM Addison County BIPOC+ Culture Potluck Brunch 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Community Seed Swap This Weekend! 1 - 3 PM 2nd Annual Community Seed Swap 1 - 3 PM +1 more see less	11 Free Intro to Tennis for Middle/High School Students! All Day Weekly Breakfast at "The Little Cafe" 8 - 10 AM Game Days 12 - 2 PM Starksboro Public Library April Board Meeting 5:15 - 7 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - April 11, 7:00pm 7 - 10 PM Brandon Selectboard Agenda Items 7 PM +2 more see less	12 Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Senior Center Congregate Lunch Every Tuesday 12 - 1 PM Happiness Symposium 2 - 3 PM Middlebury Chapter of the Burlington Writers Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM VLT Webinar - Vernal Pools: Hotspots of Forest Life 7 - 8 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda April 12 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	13 Thomas Jefferson: Women, Politics, Slavery All Day Starksboro Food Shelf Open 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM Event at Ilsley Public Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Outdoor Storytime at Village Green 11 - 11:45 AM Bears and Birds Webinar - Audubon Vermont 12 - 1 PM VT Green Building Celebration on April 13 12 - 1:30 PM Game Days 12 - 2 PM Your State Senators 6 - 7 PM Inviting All to a Talk on Thomas Jefferson 7 - 8 PM Bristol Climate Change Forum 7 PM Yoga Philosophy - Ilsley Public Library 7:30 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	14 Native Seed Projects for Pollinator Plants All Day Advance Care Planning Workshop at ACHHH 9 AM - 4 PM Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Poetry Workshop is Back at the Library! 1 - 3 PM Ranger Ray Day at the Bobcat This Thursday 4 - 8 PM Health Costs Are Rising: Discussion with the GMCB 4 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Agenda April 14 6 - 9 PM Middlebury Community Classic Film Club 6:30 - 7:30 PM Discussion of LGBTQ+ Youth Experience in Vermont 6:30 - 8 PM Free Event: This Porous Fabric: Selected Poems Reading 6:30 - 8:30 PM VT Reads: We Contain Multitudes 7 - 8 PM Webinar: Native Seed Project for Pollinator Plants 7 - 8 PM Webinar: Native Seed Project for Pollinator Plants 7 - 8:30 PM Pollinator Series: the Ecotype Project 7 - 8:30 PM Valley Energy & Climate Action Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Event - Seeing and Disrupting Racism 7 - 9 PM Seeing & Disrupting Racism Workshop 7 - 9 PM Special Program April 14 7 PM Faculty Dance Concert Thursday - Mahaney Arts Center 7:30 - 8:40 PM +15 more see less	15 Good Friday 12 AM (multiday)	16 Household Hazardous Waste Day April 16 8 AM - 12 PM Easter Weekend Sidewalk Sale at Three Mtn Cafe 8 AM (multiday) Middlebury Lions Club Food from the Heart 9 AM - 3 PM Indoor Spring Sale 9 AM Teen Self-Defense with Kellie Thomas at Ilsley 1:30 - 5 PM Weekly Vigil to Support Ukraine at the Waitsfield UCC 4 - 5 PM Rusty Dewees at Brandon Town Hall 7 - 10 PM Mad Birder Woodcock Walk April 16 7:30 PM +4 more see less
17 Rochester Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast 7 - 10 AM Celebrate Easter with the Warren United Church! 7 AM - 12 PM Brandon Inn Vermont Country Breakfast Easter Morning 8:30 - 10 AM Easter Sunday 10 - 11:10 AM Easter Dinner 12 - 4 PM +1 more see less	18 Spring Break Magic Camp April 18 – 22 9 AM (multiday) Artists (& Crafters) for Ukraine Relief 10 AM - 3 PM Game Days 12 - 2 PM American Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM	19 Spring Forum for Pollinator Pathways of Addison County 7 AM - 8:30 PM Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Senior Center Congregate Lunch Every Tuesday 12 - 1 PM Regenerate VT 5 - 6 PM Grief Support Group 5:30 - 7 PM Tome Talk - Ilsley Public Library 6 - 7 PM Ilsley Public Library 7 - 8 PM Sound of Soul: HU Chant 7 - 8 PM Everything About Electric Vehicles Webinar April 19 7 - 8 PM Pollinator Pathway Spring Forum Webinar 7 - 8:30 PM Pollinator Pathway Spring Forum Webinar 7 - 8:30 PM Pollinator Pathway Spring Forum Webinar 7 - 8:30 PM Pollinator Pathway Spring Forum Zoom 7 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	20 Spots Open - ReTribe's Earth Day Teen Retreat (multiday) Outdoor Storytime at Village Green 11 - 11:45 AM Game Days 12 - 2 PM A Novel Re: Sea Turtles and Love in the Face of Bigotry 4:30 - 6 PM Conservation Commission Community Read & Discussion 6:30 - 7:30 PM Community Read, Discussion with Neighboring Library 6:30 PM Energy Committee Meeting Agenda April 20 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	21 Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Poetry Workshop is Back at the Library! 1 - 3 PM April 18-24: Reproductive Justice Now Symposium 4:30 - 6 PM An Evening of Poetry 6 - 8 PM Winter Music Series - Pete Sutherland & Oliver Scanlon 7:30 - 9 PM 5 Town Friends of the Arts Winter Music Series 7:30 PM +2 more see less	22 Art on Main Earth Day Exhibit Opening 5 - 7 AM Friends of Brandon Free Public Library Book Sale 10 AM - 6 PM Green Cleaning - An Earth Day Program 11 AM - 12 PM David Zuckerman Brandon Visit April 22 12 - 1 PM Open Art Studio April 22 3 - 5 PM Peeps Diorama Maker Night at Warren Public Library 4 - 6 PM Earth Day Exhibit Opening at Bristol's Art on Main 5 - 7 PM Earth Appreciation Exhibit Opening 5 - 7 PM Surf & Turf Dinner 5 - 7 PM Takács Quartet and Julien Labro, Bandoneón at the Mac 7:30 - 9:15 PM Takács Quartet and Julien Labro, Bandoneón 7:30 - 9:15 PM +7 more see less	23 Simple Spring Basket All Day Coin Drop and Bottle Drive 8 AM - 12 PM Remote Constituent Meeting with Middlebury Reps 9 - 10 AM Volunteers Needed for Town Hall Landscaping Session 9 - 11 AM Scrap Metal Drive: South Barre Vermont 9 AM - 3 PM Re: Med47 Foundation Indoor Yard Sale Donation Drop-Off 9 AM (multiday) Lilac Cleanup Workday at UVM Hort Farm 10 AM - 12 PM 6 North Seminary Saturday Tag Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Brandon Free Public Library Book Sale 10 AM - 6 PM Alice Eckles Drawing Workshop at Golden Rule Mead Cafe 11 AM - 1 PM Draw Freely Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Spring Party at the Brandon Library 11 AM - 3 PM Weekly Vigil to Support Ukraine at the Waitsfield UCC 4 - 5 PM Messy Church 4 - 6 PM Ecumenical Easter Event 4 - 6:30 PM An Easter Messy Church 4 - 6:30 PM Djansa African Drumming and Dance Event in Montpelier 4:30 - 8:30 PM United for Ukraine: Free Event at the MAC This Saturday 7:30 - 9:15 PM Live Music at the Reks April 23 9 - 11:59 PM +15 more see less
24 Bookmaking and Collage Workshop 10 AM - 3 PM MRVARI Anti-Racism Discussion April 24 6:30 - 8 PM	25 Weekly Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Game Days 12 - 2 PM Spring Cleanse - Whole Foods - Guided 6 - 7:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda April 25 7 - 10 PM	26 OVUUUSD Revote Election 10 AM - 7 PM Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Senior Center Congregate Lunch Every Tuesday 12 - 1 PM Health and Wellness Fair Informational Meeting 4 - 5:30 PM Italian Night at Emily's 5 - 8 PM Selectboard Special Meeting April 26 6 - 8 PM Middlebury Chapter of the Burlington Writers Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda April 26 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	27 Outdoor Storytime at Village Green 11 - 11:45 AM Game Days 12 - 2 PM Festival Gallery Open Saturday, April 30 1 PM (multiday) Come Meet Ukranian Exchange Student Diana Herasim 5:30 PM Significant Reptiles and Amphibians of Monkton 6 - 7:30 PM Community Forum on Drugs & Alcohol - April 27 6 - 7:30 PM Join a New Weekly Community Choir! 7 - 8 PM Free Online Class, Yoga Nidra April 27 8 - 9 PM +4 more see less	28 Launch of Online Devatā Yoga Studio 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Poetry Workshop is Back at the Library! 1 - 3 PM You're Invited: ACCT's Annual Meeting 4 - 5:30 PM You're Invited! ACCT's Annual Meeting 4 PM Beginner Yoga on Thursday Evenings 5:30 - 6:45 PM Annual Bristol Recreation Club Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Spring Events and Activities at Sparrow Art Supply 6 PM (multiday) Bristol Bike/Ped Advisory Committee Agenda April 28 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	29 Dental Health Clinic April 29 10 AM - 1 PM Friends of Brandon Free Public Library Book Sale 10 AM - 6 PM The Middlebury Skatepark Project 5 - 6:30 PM All Ages Poetry Slam! 6:30 - 8 PM	30 Youth Opera Company of Vermont This Weekend All Day More Than a Yard Sale - April 30 9 AM - 2 PM Neighborhood Yard Sale - E. Prospect St., Brandon 9 AM - 3 PM April 30: Sister-To-Sister Summit 9 AM - 3 PM Barn Sale! 9 AM - 4 PM Family Nature Walk 10 - 11 AM Knotweed Volunteer Planning and Orientation 10 - 11 AM Cary Garden & Pollinator Garden Workday at UVM Hort Far 10 AM - 12 PM Prom Pop-Up Swap 10 AM - 2 PM Spring Cleaning Includes Safe Disposal of Unused Meds! 10 AM - 2 PM Independent Bookstore Day 10 AM - 5 PM Friends of Brandon Free Public Library Book Sale 10 AM - 6 PM Drive Through Collection for Brandon Food Shelf 11 AM - 2 PM Repair Cafe' Coming April 30! 12 - 12 PM Spirit Traffic Book Reading and Party 1:30 - 5 PM Weekly Vigil to Support Ukraine at the Waitsfield UCC 4 - 5 PM 'Doughboys' to Open Brandon Town Hall Season April 30 7:30 - 9:30 PM Intrigue, Comedy, & Opera! Oh, My! 7:30 PM (multiday) +14 more see less