Calendar - Front Porch Forum

August 2024

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28 Otter Creek Music Festival Weekends 2 + 3 (multiday) Pick Your Own Garlic! 9 AM (multiday) The Great Bushnell Road Yard Sale - This Weekend! 9 AM (multiday) Junior Warden Weekend All Day Pop Up Cars & Coffee 9 AM - 12:01 PM Arts and Crafts Event at the Collection on Sunday 10 AM - 12 PM Braintree Bluegrass Brunch - Music, Food, Bikes & More 10 AM - 4 PM Auditions for The Mousetrap 4 - 6 PM Feast and Flowers! 5 - 7 PM Evensong 6:30 - 7:30 PM +6 more see less	29 Summer Outdoor Yoga Series at Hillside Botanicals 5:30 - 6:30 PM Adult Beginner Ballet 6 - 7 PM Meditation Monday at the Brookfield Old Town Hall 6:55 - 8:05 PM	30 2024 Vermont Literacy Conference (multiday) Meet and Greet the Goats 4 - 7 PM BYO Book Chat 5 - 6 PM The Twangtown Paramours at Lawson's 5 - 7 PM Concerts in the Park: 4Play 5:30 - 7:30 PM Democratic Committee Meeting Warning/Agenda 6:30 - 7:30 PM Brookfield OLH: Kathy Elkind - Vermont Author 6:30 - 8:30 PM Republican Nominating Caucus (Justices of the Peace) 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	31 Musical Munchkins with Miss Andrea - Kids Movement Class 10 - 11 AM Mad River Seniors Cooking Workshop 👩🍳 1 - 3 PM Wine Down Wednesdays! 4 - 7 PM Summer Training & Daycare Wednesdays at MRV Dog Park 4 - 7 PM Wednesday Evenings ~ Music on the Mad River Green! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Figure Drawing with Live Model 5:30 - 8 PM Bingo 5:30 PM Men's Circle 6 - 7 PM Yestermorrow Pop-Up Summer Speaker 6:30 - 7:30 PM Hiking and Managing Vermont's Long Trail Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	1 Little Sprouts Today! 3:30 - 4 PM Little Sprouts Storytime! 3:30 - 4 PM Learn to Crochet with Helen at the Library! 4:15 - 5:15 PM Community Soup Dinner 5 - 7 PM Pizza by the Pond with Marc Shapiro & Billy Corbett 5 - 8 PM Drop in Pickleball Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 PM 12 Week Holistic Health Practitioner Program 6:30 - 7:30 PM Hancock Green Summer Concerts 6:30 - 8 PM MRV Libraries August Pub Trivia 7 - 8 PM Open Mic at Brookfield Old Town Hall 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	2 Kids & Coffee! 9 - 10 AM Von Trapp Open Garden Days 10 AM (multiday) Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Stories in the Park! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Touch-A-Truck! 4 - 5:30 PM Warren Democratic Meeting 4:30 - 5:30 PM Opening Reception Art Show Featuring Two Area Artists 5 - 7 PM Pizza by the Pond with Brisson Boss and Pelletier 5 - 8 PM First Friday! Merchants Row, Downtown Randolph 5:30 - 7:30 PM Family Fun Friday 6 PM Barnarts Youth Present: High School Musical, Aug. 2-4! 7 - 9 PM Phantom Theater: Blow Me Down, a Pirate Play in 3 Acts 8 - 10 PM +8 more see less	3 Trash and Recycling Drop Off All Day Pancake Breakfast at the Pond Village Church 7 - 11 AM Vintage Clothing Rummage Sale - Salisbury - Saturday 8 AM - 3 PM Preschool Playdate Saturday at Old Town Hall 9 - 11 AM Potter's Angels Rescue at Randolph Farmer's Market! 9 AM - 12 PM Randolph Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Peace Rally 10 AM Music! Busy Morning Duo 11 AM - 12 PM Summer Events at Taste Place! 11 AM - 1 PM Fairy Flower Bookmark Event at Inklings! 1 - 2 PM Fiction and Poetry by Tracy Winn and Kerrin Mccadden 4 - 5 PM Yestermorrow Makes + Shakers Gala 5:30 - 9 PM The Radiance with Ari and the Birds 7:30 - 10 PM Phantom Theater: Blow Me Down, a Pirate Play in 3 Acts 8 - 10 PM +10 more see less
4 Cars & Coffee - New Location 9 - 11 AM Free Nature Journaling Workshop This Sunday! 10 AM - 1 PM 100th Anniversary Celebration of Old Home Sunday 1:30 - 5 PM Rochester Dems & Friends Summer BBQ 2 - 5 PM Old Fashioned Baked Bean Supper 3 - 5 PM +1 more see less	5 Pickup Ultimate Frisbee - Mad River Disc 6 - 8 PM Meditation Monday at the Brookfield Old Town Hall 6:55 - 8:05 PM	6 East Valley Community Group Potluck & Monthly Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Poet Doug Currier at Kimball Library 6 - 7 PM Aug 6 Braintree Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 PM Pittsfield Town Hall Tuesday Acoustic Music Jam 7 - 9 PM	7 Efficiency Vermont Flood Resilience Webinar 12 - 1 PM Wine Down Wednesdays! 4 - 7 PM Summer Training & Daycare Wednesdays at MRV Dog Park 4 - 7 PM Ai Chi Yoga Water Class 4:30 - 5:30 PM Lacrosse Pick-Up Sessions, Wednesdays at MRP 5 - 6:30 PM Summer Sound Bath Meditation Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Wednesday Evenings ~ Music on the Mad River Green! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Figure Drawing with Live Model 5:30 - 8 PM Bingo 5:30 PM Men's Circle 6 - 7 PM Bingo in the East Valley 6 - 8:30 PM Learn About the History of Keewaydin 7 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	8 Waitsfield Democratic Party Caucus 12 - 1 PM Warren Town Garage Task Force Meeting 1:30 PM Raw Bar at Lawson's Thursday 4 - 7 PM Drop in Pickleball Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 PM Check Out the VRC Table at Thursdays Concert! 6:30 - 8 PM Hancock Green Summer Concert 6:30 - 8 PM 32nd Annual Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival 7 PM The Joys of Foraging Mushrooms with Author Melany Kahn 7 - 8:30 PM Joslyn Castle and Joslin Memorial Library Zoom Program 7 - 8:30 PM Tenfest is Coming: Mark Your Calendars 7:30 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	9 Kids & Coffee! 9 - 10 AM Weekly Craft Group 1 - 3 PM The Busy Morning Duo! 3 - 4 PM Window Dressers at Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Stories in the Park! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Pizza by the Pond + Live Music - Dana & Susan Robinson 5 - 8 PM 32nd Annual Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival 7 PM Hiroya Tsukamoto Concert 7 PM +5 more see less	10 Potter's Angels Rescue at Randolph Farmer's Market! 9 AM - 12 PM Randolph Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Introduction to Zen at the Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1:30 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale in Bethel 9 AM (multiday) Multi-Family Garage Sale - Dunham Rd - Aug. 10-11 9 AM (multiday) Last Mile 2024 9 AM (multiday) Ripton Progressive Party Caucus: JP Nominations 10 - 11 AM Stockbridge Meeting House Craft Fair & Flea Market 10 AM - 3 PM Childcare Center Estate "Sale" - Aug. 10 10 AM Summer Events at Taste Place! 11 AM - 1 PM Cate Farm Tomato Trot and Social 4 - 5 PM Wild Night Out with the Library! 6:30 - 8 PM 32nd Annual Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival 7 PM Phantom Theater Show Tonight and Tomorrow, Sunday! 8 - 9 PM +10 more see less
11 Open House Aug. 11 11 AM - 1 PM Vermont Philharmonic Pops Concert at Harwood 4 - 5:30 PM	12 Back to School Bash Returns to Waterbury 4 - 7 PM Summer Outdoor Yoga Series at Hillside Botanicals 5:30 - 6:30 PM Pickup Ultimate Frisbee - Mad River Disc 6 - 8 PM Meditation Monday at the Brookfield Old Town Hall 6:55 - 8:05 PM	13 Town of Warren Clerk's Office Closed Aug. 13 8:30 AM - 4 PM Meeting of Ripton Democrats 7 - 7:30 PM	14 Wine Down Wednesdays! 4 - 7 PM Lacrosse Pick-Up Sessions, Wednesdays at MRP 5 - 6:30 PM Summer Sound Bath Meditation Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Wednesday Evenings ~ Music on the Mad River Green! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Figure Drawing with Live Model 5:30 - 8 PM Bingo 5:30 PM Men's Circle 6 - 7 PM Bingo in the East Valley 6 - 8:30 PM Life and Times of Colonel Thomas Sawyer- Revolutionary 7 - 8:30 PM Monthly Ripton Area Song Swap and Jam 7 - 9 PM There is No Ripton Song Swap and Jam This Month 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	15 Unity in the Community with the Afro-Semitic Experience 5 - 5:45 PM Drop in Pickleball Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 PM Central VT Runners Berlin Pond 5 Miler 5:30 PM Berlin Pond 5 Mile Race 5:30 PM Salisbury Democratic Caucus 7 - 7:30 PM Wild Bees of Vermont 7 - 9 PM Last Weekend for TenFest at Valley Players Theater 7:30 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	16 New Facility Solid Waste District Residential Drop-Off 7 AM - 2 PM Kids & Coffee! 9 - 10 AM Yard Sale - Mound St - Aug. 16-17 9 AM (multiday) Open Garden Days at the Von Trapp Greenhouse 10 AM (multiday) Weekly Craft Group 1 - 3 PM Bette Ann Lubby Pop-Up Open Studio 2 - 4 PM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Stories in the Park! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Last Mile - 5K Run and Walk 4:30 PM Wild Couch with Connor Lin Frost and Cady Ternity 7:30 - 10 PM Jazz: Anderson Brothers Play Cole Porter 8 - 9:30 PM Shows at Phantom This Weekend! 8 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	17 Randolph Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Miscellaneous Items Yard Sale - White Pine Dr. - Aug. 17 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale - White Pine Dr - Aug. 17 9 AM - 2 PM Flea Market, Bake Sale, Hot Dog Lunch with Fixings Sat 9 AM - 3 PM Dogs Love Stories! 10 - 11 AM Author Angela Burke Kunkel to Visit Inklings! 10 - 11 AM Cheer on the Last Mile Riders! 10 AM - 1 PM Kids Clothing Swap 10 AM - 2 PM Summer Events at Taste Place! 11 AM - 1 PM Warren United Church's Annual BBQ 5 - 7 PM Chetfest with Drama Dolls, Cobalt Tolbert, and Modest 5 PM Recharge and Renew: Mini Retreat W Malaika Dos Remedios 5:30 - 8 PM Benefit for Gaza 6 - 8 PM "Underdog" Film and Q&A with Filmmaker Tommy Hyde 7 - 9 PM The Susan Ursprung Band 7 - 10 PM Phanton Theater Presents "Happy Day" by Samuel Beckett 8 - 9:30 PM +12 more see less
18 Clothing and Yard Sale - Carroll Road - Aug. 18 9 AM - 4 PM Pop Up Thrift/Yard Sale - Aug. 18 9 AM - 4 PM Firefolk Arts ~ Art Market 12 - 4 PM Ice Cream, Music and History in Brookfield Aug. 18 2 - 4 PM Henry David Thoreau's Prose and Poetry in Performance 3 - 4 PM Open Pollinator Garden at "Megan's Meadow" 3 - 5 PM Annual Candlelight Service at Bethel Lympus Church 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	19 Pickup Ultimate Frisbee - Mad River Disc 6 - 8 PM On Farm Dinner at Drift Farmstead 6 PM Hands-On Science for Kids! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Curious About Electricity? 6:30 PM Meditation Monday at the Brookfield Old Town Hall 6:55 - 8:05 PM Randolph Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM Phanton Theater Presents "Happy Day" by Samuel Beckett 8 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	20 Randolph Budget Committee Agenda 5:30 - 6:30 PM Free Improv Workshop & Meal with Strike Anywhere (NYC) 5:30 - 8:30 PM	21 Wine Down Wednesdays! 4 - 7 PM Lacrosse Pick-Up Sessions, Wednesdays at MRP 5 - 6:30 PM Summer Sound Bath Meditation Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Brookfield Public Safety Meeting 8 21 2024 Agenda 5:30 - 7:15 PM Wednesday Evenings ~ Music on the Mad River Green! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Figure Drawing with Live Model 5:30 - 8 PM Bingo 5:30 PM Men's Circle 6 - 7 PM Families Games Night at BOTH 6 - 8 PM Bingo in the East Valley 6 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	22 Pizza by the Pond + Live Music Dana & Susan Robinson 5 - 8 PM Drop in Pickleball Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 PM Free Improv Workshop & Meal with Strike Anywhere (NYC) 5:30 - 8:30 PM Robert Clark, Magician and Juggler, at BOTH! 6 - 8 PM Randolph Planning Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM Phantom Theater: Cry It Out (Play) 8 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	23 Yard Sale - School St - Aug. 23-24 9 AM - 2 PM Moving Sale 9 AM (multiday) Estate Sale! 10 AM - 5 PM Weekly Craft Group 1 - 3 PM Bette Ann Libby Pop Up Open Studio 2 - 4 PM Free Mini-Mural Workshop at the Corner School 3 PM (multiday) Women's Meditation Retreat 3 PM (multiday) Stories in the Park! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Water in the Wood at the Sable Project 5:30 - 7:30 PM Class: Turkey Wing Whisk Brooms 5:30 - 8:30 PM Around the World in 660 Days 7 - 8:30 PM Phantom Theater: Cry It Out (Play) 8 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less	24 Yard Sale - School St - Aug. 23-24 8 AM - 2 PM Bareroot Perennial Plant Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Outdoor Yoga Class on Prickly Mountain 9 - 10:45 AM Milk & Honey Quilters "Stash Sale" 9 AM - 12 PM Art with Nature Workshop, Aug 24 9 AM - 12 PM Randolph Farmers Market 9 AM - 1 PM Stash Buster Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Choir School Camp 9 AM - 4 PM Class: Stained Glass Hanging Planters 9 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale - Rte 12A, Northfield - Aug. 24-25 9 AM (multiday) Special Storytime with Ashley Wolff 10 - 11:45 AM Yard Sale (One Day Only) - River St - Aug. 24 10 AM - 3 PM Yard/Garage/Moving Sale - Cushing Dr - Aug. 24 10 AM - 3 PM Estate Sale! 10 AM - 5 PM Massive Moving Sale - Highland Ave - Aug. 24-25 10 AM (multiday) Yoga on the Featherbed Meadow 11 AM - 12:30 PM Summer Events at Taste Place! 11 AM - 1 PM All Brains Belong Community Health Education Fair 11 AM - 3 PM Porter Medical Center Workers' Rally 1 - 3 PM Free Wine Tasting 1 - 5 PM Barnard Street Dance - Free, Family-Friendly Fun! 2 - 9 PM Water in the Wood at the Sable Project 5:30 - 7:30 PM Free Improv Workshop & Meal with Strike Anywhere (NYC) 5:30 - 8:30 PM Suburban Samurai with Better Things and Adulting 7:30 - 10 PM Phantom Theater: Cry It Out (Play) 8 - 9:30 PM +21 more see less
25 Bareroot Perennial Plant Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale - Lower Pines Rd - Aug. 25 10 AM - 3 PM Estate Sale! 10 AM - 5 PM Braintree Bluegrass Brunch 11 AM - 12 PM Family Outdoor Climbing Day with Motio Rec 11 AM - 2 PM Mad River Valley Summer Carnival! 11 AM - 2 PM East Bethel Community Church Evensong Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	26 Warren Recreation Committee Meeting 1 PM Yoga on the Farm at Hillside Botanicals Aug. 26 5:30 - 6 PM Summer Outdoor Yoga Series at Hillside Botanicals 5:30 - 6:30 PM Pickup Ultimate Frisbee - Mad River Disc 6 - 8 PM Meditation Monday at the Brookfield Old Town Hall 6:55 - 8:05 PM +1 more see less	27 Road Closure 6 AM (multiday)	28 Wine Down Wednesdays! 4 - 7 PM Lacrosse Pick-Up Sessions, Wednesdays at MRP 5 - 6:30 PM Summer Sound Bath Meditation Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Figure Drawing with Live Model 5:30 - 8 PM Bingo 5:30 PM Men's Circle 6 - 7 PM Randolph Ukulele Players Are Back! 6 - 7:30 PM Bingo in the East Valley 6 - 8:30 PM Board Games at Joslin Memorial Library 6 - 9 PM +5 more see less	29 Gong Bath on Thursday Evening - Free 5 - 6:30 PM Hot Dogs, Corn Hole and Blessing of the Backpacks! 5 - 6:30 PM Drop in Pickleball Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 PM Margaret Osha at Brookfield Old Town Hall 7 - 8:30 PM	30 Yard Sale - Salisbury - Aug. 31 8 AM (multiday) Weekly Craft Group 1 - 3 PM Bette Ann Libby Pop Up Open Studio 2 - 4 PM Stories in the Park! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Songwriter Circle at The Underground 7:30 - 9:30 PM Von Trapp Open Garden Days 10 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	31 Multi-Family Yardsale - Lovers Ln - Aug. 31-Sept. 1 (multiday) Multi Family Yard/Garage Sale - Fern Lake Rd - Aug. 31 8 AM (multiday) Huge Garage Sale - Horner Rd, Brookfield - Aug. 31-Sept. 2 9 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale - S Pleasant St - Aug. 31 - Sept. 1 9 AM (multiday) Yard/Estate Sale and Book Sale 9 AM (multiday) Heavenly Pie Sale at Shaw's Aug. 31 9 AM Dino Bones BBQ Will Be at the MRV Craft Fair! 10 AM - 5 PM This Weekend: 53rd Annual Mad River Valley Craft Fair! 10 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 10 AM (multiday) This Weekend ~ Craft Fair in Waitsfield 10 AM (multiday) Moving Sale - Old Jerusalem Rd - Aug. 31-Sept. 2 11 AM (multiday) 3 Day Flash Sale, Save 30%! 12 PM (multiday) Free Wine Tasting 1 - 5 PM Family-Friendly Nature Hikes at Mad River Glen 2 - 4:30 PM Reed Foehl Band at Chetfest Presents 5 - 9 PM Final Point Counterpoint Faculty Concert for 2024 7:30 - 9 PM +12 more see less