Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

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1 Water and Sewer Payments Due 12 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) Vermont Open Studio Weekend - Yinglei Zhang 10 AM (multiday) Henry Sheldon Museum Annual Armchair Auction! 12 AM (multiday) Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Yard Sale - Halladay Rd - Oct. 1 9 AM - 1 PM Invitation for Storytellers: Deadline at Noon 11 AM - 12 PM Self-Care Sunday (Restorative Yoga) 11:30 AM - 1 PM Crop Walk Oct. 1! 12:30 PM Friends, Food and Fun at the Jerusalem Schoolhouse 2 - 4 PM +6 more see less	2 Monday Farmers Market 12 - 12 PM Fall Aikido Classes Start 5 - 7 PM	3 Friend Zone & Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Healthy Joints Yoga at BFit 4:30 - 5:30 PM Reflections on Living with Dementia 4:30 - 6 PM Pizza & Power: Green & Just Electricity for VT 5 - 7 PM Empower Vermont - Clean and Just Electricity 5 - 7 PM Is Vermont's Energy Truly Green? – Plus Pizza 5 - 7:30 PM Empower VT: Clean and Just Electricity 5:30 - 7 PM Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Oct. 3 7 PM +5 more see less	4 Town Clerk's Office Limited Hours on Oct. 4 8 AM - 1 PM "Women Disciples of Jesus" New Class at Lincoln Church 10:30 AM Calling All Aspiring Actors to Join LMLs Theater Troupe 11:45 AM - 3 PM Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM Quality of Life Evaluation for Pets 12 - 1 PM Quality of Life Evaluation for Pets 12 - 1 PM "Skate Dreams" Fundraiser for the Middlebury Skatepark 3 - 8:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair - Oct. 4! 4:30 - 6 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair - Oct. 4! 4:30 - 6 PM Bible Study 5 - 6 PM Tillerman Music This Week 6 - 8 PM Development Review Board - Regular Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Garcia/Grateful Dead Live Music! 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	5 Lincoln Fall Rummage Sale Oct. 5-7 (multiday) Another Session of Chill! 3:30 AM - 5:30 PM Postponed: Pub Sing at the Rochester Cafe! 6:30 - 8:30 AM Ladies-Aid Industria Fall Rummage Sale 8 AM (multiday) Foraging Tours Fungi Tour with Daniel Hamilton 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Ladies Aid-Industria Fall Rummage Sale 1 PM (multiday) Trail Workday in Moosalamoo NRA 4 - 6 PM Trail Workday in Moosalamoo NRA 4 - 6 PM But What Does It All Mean? 5:15 - 6:45 PM +5 more see less	6 Free Factory Tours at Maple Landmark - This Friday! 9 AM - 2 PM Free Factory Tours at Maple Landmark - This Friday! 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale - Swanage Ct 9 AM (multiday) Foraging Tours: Mushrooms and Fungi! 1:30 - 3:30 PM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Ongoing Library Programs 3:30 PM In Praise of Trees Opening Reception of Photography 4 - 7 PM Art on Main Reception and Artist Talk 5 - 7 PM Just the Players Present The Dining Room 7 - 9:30 PM Big Weekend at the Brandon Town Hall 7:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less	7 Save the Date! (multiday) Maiden Vermont Performance (multiday) It Was Love at First Bite! … and Fun at First Laugh! 8:30 AM Cancelled - Yard Sale - Green Mountain Place - Oct. 7 9 AM - 12 PM Yard/Porch Sale - S Pleasant St - Oct. 7 9 AM - 1 PM Self-Massage Workshop 9:30 - 11 AM Middlebury Quadball Classic 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Art on the Trail is Back Oct. 7! 10 AM - 12 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Fall Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Quilt Show 10 AM - 5 PM Outdoor Gear Swap at Cool Motion Outdoor Sports 10 AM - 5 PM Estate Sale at The Compass Music and Arts Center 10 AM - 5 PM "Quilting in the Land of Milk & Honey" Quilt Show 10 AM - 5 PM "Read the Green" Golf Scramble to Benefit BFPL! 10 AM Art Show 11 AM - 3 PM Sib2Sib Event 12 - 12 PM Chili Tasting - Little Bottles Spice Co. at VT's Own 12 - 3 PM Digital Music Production Workshop 2 - 4 PM Quilts of Valor Presentation 2 PM Park House Masquerade Dance 6 PM Oct. 7 Caitlin Canty Concert is Sold Out 7 - 10 PM Maiden Vermont Sings Again!! 7 PM (multiday) Maiden Vermont Returns to the Town Hall Theater Stage 7 PM Dreamers' Circus at Middlebury College This Saturday 7:30 - 9:15 PM Caitlin Canty Oct. 7 at Burnham Presents in Lincoln 7:30 - 10 PM +22 more see less
8 Blessing of the Animals Service 10 - 11 AM "Quilting in the Land of Milk & Honey" Quilt Show 12 - 3 PM Shape Note Singing - Oct. 8 1 - 3 PM Harvest Fest! 1 - 4 PM Don't Miss the Last Music on the Trails Event! 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trails in Bristol Sunday 1 - 4 PM Final "Music on the Trails" Performance Coming Up! 1:04 - 4 PM Apple Themed Play and Learn Time Sunday 3 - 5 PM Apple Themed Play and Learn Time Sunday 3 - 5 PM Mushroom Walk in Salisbury Sunday 3 - 5:30 PM Dance 3 - 6 PM CuriosiTEA - Discussion Topic: What Makes a Good Life? 4 - 5:30 PM Maiden Vermont Sings Again!! 7 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	9 Town Offices Closed on Oct. 9 8 AM - 5 PM Red Cross Blood Drive at the Pierce Hall 9:30 AM - 2 PM 180 Foote St Yard Sale Oct. 7 10 AM - 2 PM Monday Farmers Market 12 - 12 PM Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 PM +1 more see less	10 Friend Zone & Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Children's Author Event at the Library! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Weybridge Chicken Pie Supper Oct. 10! 5:30 - 7 PM LML Author Spotlight: Jackie Tuxill 7 - 8:30 PM Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM Otter Valley Aquarium Society 7 - 9 PM Tropical Fish Lecture by Lee Newman of Vancouver, Canada 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	11 Be Informed! Learn from a VT Physician About Your Medicare Options 9 - 10 AM "Women Disciples of Jesus" New Class at Lincoln Church 10:30 AM "Ask a Master Gardener" 3 - 5 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Tinker and Smithy Board Game Night 5 - 9 PM Jewish Unity Vigil 5:15 - 6:45 PM Brandon Businesses - Button Up, Green Up, Save Up 5:30 - 7 PM Teen Advisory Group at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM Tillerman Music This Week 6 - 8 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Conservation 101 7 - 8 PM +7 more see less	12 Another Session of Chill! 3:30 AM - 5:30 PM Tai Chi Chuan / Fundamentals Class 9 - 10 AM VeggieVanGo at Gifford 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Middlebury Science Cafe Presents Weird Science 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda Oct. 12 6 - 7:30 PM Electrification & Energy-Saving for VT Residents 6:30 - 7:45 PM +2 more see less	13 Community Farm Days (multiday) Alyssum's Open House 11 AM - 3 PM Samirah Evans & Her Handsome Devils at THT 7:30 - 9 PM	14 Women's Game of Logging Level 1 8 AM - 4 PM Managing Invasive Plants on Her Land: a Wow Event 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury and the Marble Border of Western New England 9 AM - 12:30 PM Mulit-Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Yard/Porch Sale - Pleasant St. 9 AM - 1 PM Garage/Moving Sales - Oct. 14-15 9 AM (multiday) Saturday Story Time & Crafts at the Library! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Home Sale - Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Come Celebrate Our Anniversary 10 AM - 5:30 PM Author Storytime 11 AM - 12 PM Bristol Cub Scouts 1 - 5 PM Soulstice Band - Live at Happy Valley Oct. 14 2 - 5 PM Learn to Play Pokemon 2 - 6 PM Pueblo Flute-Maker-and-Player Coming to Chandler 3:30 - 9:30 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 6 - 8 PM Halloween Dance Party! 7 - 10 PM Champlain Philharmonic at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9 PM Don't Miss the CPO's Special Concert at THT! 7:30 - 9 PM Champlain Philharmonic's Opens Up Our 20th Season! 7:30 - 9 PM +15 more see less
15 World Singing Day in Bristol All Day Breakfast This Sunday 7:30 - 10 AM Masons Breakfast This Sunday 7:30 - 10 AM (Yoga) Beyond the Asanas Workshop 9 - 11 AM No Overnight Parking! 10 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Car Show and Fall Festival 10 AM - 3 PM Neighborhood Potluck Feast 11:45 AM - 2 PM Willowell Harvest Festival Oct. 15 12 - 5 PM Harvest Festival on the Willowell Land! 12 - 5 PM Willowell Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM World Singing Day Concert in Bristol 12:05 - 4:30 PM Re: World Singing Day Start Time Correction 1 - 4:30 PM World Singing Day 1 - 4:30 PM The Book Club at the Bookstore 3 - 4 PM A Celebration of Granville History 7 - 8 PM +11 more see less	16 Bristol SB Oct. 9 Meeting Rescheduled to Oct. 16 All Day Bristol Selectboard Agenda Oct. 16 6:30 - 10 PM Success Stories from the Pollinator Pathway 7 - 8:30 PM Success Stories from the Pollinator Pathway 7 - 8:30 PM Basin Street Improvement Project Public Concerns Mtg 7 - 10 PM +1 more see less	17 Friend Zone & Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Telephone and Computer Scams That Target the Elderly 4:30 - 6 PM Compline and Prayers for Peace Tonight 7 - 8 PM 100+ Women Who Care Addison County Member Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM Award-Winning Photojournalist at Ilsley Oct. 17 7 - 9 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Oct. 17 7 PM +3 more see less	18 Free Chinese Calligraphy Class and Demonstration 12 AM - 1 PM Ladies Auxiliary Fundraisers Coming Up All Day Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM Death Cafe 2 - 3:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Lincoln School District Double Celebration - All Invited 5 - 6:30 PM Chicory Cooking Class 5:30 - 7:30 PM Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	19 The Spirits Are Coming! (multiday) The Spirits Are Coming! (multiday) Another Session of Chill! 3:30 AM - 5:30 PM Tai Chi Class 9 AM "Ask a Master Gardener" 3 - 5 PM Middlebury Town Progressive Caucus 5 - 5:45 PM D.I.Y. Home Creators Panel 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Historical Society Monthly Meeting 7 PM Mount Abe. High Cider & Donuts Concert 7 - 8 PM Mt. Abraham Union High School Concert 7 - 9 PM Mt. Abe Music Department Cider & Donuts Concert! 7 PM +7 more see less	20 Re: Take Out Dinner at American Legion All Day PTO Giant Pumpkin Contest Weigh in 5 - 6 PM Rochester PTO Giant Pumpkin Weigh In 5 - 6 PM Join Us Friday for Movie Night at the Library! 7 - 9 PM Reel Fridays at LML Oct. 20! 7 - 9 PM Pianist Mahani Teave from Easter Island 7:30 - 9:15 PM +2 more see less	21 Bristol Republican Party Meeting 9 - 11 AM Bristol Republican Party Meeting 9 - 11 AM Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Fill the Firehouse Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Food Shelf Food Gathering 9 AM - 12 PM Pet Photo 9 AM - 2 PM Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 1 PM Lincoln Library Welcomes Bam-Bam, a Therapy Dog 10:15 - 11:15 AM Brandon Area Food Drive - St Thomas Church 11 AM - 2 PM Charter House Shelter Open House Middlebury Saturday 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Charter House Middlebury Shelter Open House Saturday 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Natural Lip Balm and Salve Making Workshop 12 - 2 PM Lip Balm (Medicine Sticks) and Salve Workshop 12 - 2 PM Learn Watercolors with Special Guest Misty Kilgore! 12 - 4 PM Book Launch Party on Oct. 21 12:30 - 2:30 PM Sib2Sib Fall Fun Event for Middleschoolers 1 - 3 PM Ski Movie at the Middlebury Snow Bowl 6 PM Connor Garvey at Ripton Coffee House Oct. 21! 7:30 - 10 PM +14 more see less
22 WOW-VT Woods Walk: Forestry with Bats in Mind 10 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale Donations for Alex's Lemonade Stand 10 AM - 3 PM	23 Lincoln General Store Memories and Listening Party 1 PM Lincoln School District School Board Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	24 Crafternoon at The Library! 12 - 2 PM Friend Zone & Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Green Mtn Club Presentation: Living with Bears 7 - 8:15 PM Grief Support Group 7 - 8:30 PM	25 Road Closure: Tucker Brook Road/Shampeny Hill - Hancock All Day Make a Halloween Pop-Up Card Wednesday Afternoon 3 - 4:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Bold Action on a Burning Planet 5 - 6:30 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Bristol Energy Committee 7:15 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	26 Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting Canceled All Day ACHHH Fourth Annual Drive-Through Flu Clinic 7 AM - 5 PM Tai Chi Class 9 AM Au Revoir, Coco! 1 - 2 PM Open House for Retiring Police Chief Tom Hanley 4 - 6 PM Open House for Retiring Chief of Police Tom Hanley 4 - 6 PM Free Mexican Food + "Dolores" Documentary Oct. 26 5:30 - 8:45 PM Alfred Hitchcock and the Art of Suspense 6 - 7 PM Ilsley Public Library 6 PM Thursday: Documentary Screening of the Film "13th" 7 PM +6 more see less	27 White River Valley Players Event (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets Are on Sale Now! 4:15 PM (multiday) Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM Annual Teen Halloween Party at Ilsley 6 - 8 PM Dreams and Nightmares 7 - 9 PM "Chiller Theater" at the Brandon Town Hall 7 - 9:30 PM Halloween Dance Party Fundraiser 7 - 10 PM Halloween Rock Show! 7 - 10 PM +5 more see less	28 Garage/Moving Sale - Deer Run Rd (multiday) Michele Fay Band Canceled All Day Halloween Parade All Day Vermont EMS First Responder Class 8 AM MUMS Color Fun Run 9 - 11 AM Middlebury Stroke Awareness Walk 9 - 11 AM League of Vermont Writers Virtual Event 9 - 11:30 AM Bristol Energy Commitee Event - Oct. 28 - Reminder 10 AM - 12 PM Bristol Energy Committee Hosts Home Heat Transfer Event 10 AM - 12 PM Scooter Competition 10 AM - 1 PM Spooky Saturday Sale at the Bookstore 10 AM - 5 PM Calling Your Clan 11 AM - 12 PM Food/Cash Drive-Reschedule Due to Pending Forecast 11 AM - 2 PM Barn Sale - Oct. 28 11 AM - 5 PM Live Music at Happy Valley: The Rustics 2 - 5 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Stories from the Heart 6:30 - 8 PM House Concert with Va-et-Vient 7 - 9 PM House Concert with Va-et-Vient 7 - 9 PM +15 more see less
29 Affordable Housing Conversation Oct. 29 All Day Breakfast at Dorchester Lodge, Vergennes 7:30 - 10 AM Spooktacular! 1 - 3 PM Eddy Farm Halloween Costume Barn 1 - 4 PM Affordable Housing for Addison County 2 - 4 PM Community Conversation Housing 2 - 5 PM CMOS Presents the Boo-Cycle Ride + Ski Lease Update 3 - 5 PM Harvest Party Oct. 29 4 - 6 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	30 Learning Lunches 12 PM (multiday) Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Oct. 30 7 - 10 PM	31 Tax Learning Lunches 12 AM - 1 PM Trick or Treat at the Library! 11 AM - 6 PM Crafternoon at The Library! 12 - 2 PM Trick or Treat Tuesday 5 - 7 PM Pierce Hall Community Halloween Party 5:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	1 Tax Learning Lunches 12 - 1 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Otter Valley Music Spaghetti Supper 5:30 - 8 PM Pop Art Paint Night 6 - 7:30 PM Rombauer Vineyards at Starry Night Cafe 6 - 9 PM +1 more see less	2 Tai Chi Class 9 AM HU Chant - Sound of Soul 6 - 7 PM 10th Annual Vermont Backcountry Forum 6 - 9 PM	3 Poetry of the Ordinary Opening Reception 4 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Fall Friday Cafe: Trivia Challenge and Board Games! 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM Tribute - Karen Duguay of the Better Midd Partnership! 5:30 - 7 PM +3 more see less	4 Conservation Commission Gathering in Bristol Nov. 4 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Middlebury Studio School Pottery Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Pottery Sale at Midd Studio School! 9 AM - 1 PM Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury, Saturday Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury - Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Free Stuff This Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM Explore Lake Champlain at Orwell Town Hall! 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair at the Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Vermont Artisan Fair - the Residence at Otter Creek! 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair at the Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Craft Fair 10 AM - 2 PM 10th Annual Artisan Fair at Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Nov 4: Sib2Sib Summit 10 AM - 3 PM Race Around Birds 10 AM Misc. Free Items, in Garage, Rain or Shine, 2 Hrs. Only 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Fiber Arts Circle at the Bixby! 12 - 2 PM How to Trust the People with Reproductive Rights 1 - 2 PM Celebration 2 PM Colors of Fall Themed Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM Colors of Fall Themed Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM 9th Annual "Brandon Has Talent Show" 7 - 9:30 PM Mountainfilm on Tour 7 - 10 PM Skate Deck Art Auction 7 PM (multiday) Burnham Hall Nov. 4 with Harmony Trio-The Ladles 7:30 - 10 PM +21 more see less