Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2016

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27 Therapeutic Touch 8:30 AM (multiday) Waitsfield Winter Farmers Market Easter Sunday 11 AM - 3 PM	28 Pirates & Fools Tour - Gilbert & Sullivan to Plainfield and Beyond 7 PM (multiday)	29 8-Week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course Begins March 29 9 - 11:30 AM Essential Heart of Kasungship: a 5-Part Class 6:30 PM (multiday) Explore Our Future in Space with Allen M. Steel & James Cambias 7 - 8:30 PM Community Workshops: Free and Open to Community 7:30 - 8:30 PM	30 GCG Meet Up at Alley Cat - Wednesday, March 30 All Day Granite City Grocery Meetup (Everyone Welcome) 5:30 - 7 PM Milk & Cookies Night 6 - 7 PM Milk & Cookies Night 6 - 7 PM	31 Sugarbush Lost and Found Sale All Day Public Forum: Act 46 School Consolidation 12 AM Act 46 School Consolidation Public Forum #1 6:30 - 9:30 PM	1 First Friday with For the Love of Dogs / VT Dog Rescue All Day Project Independence Lucky Raffle Fundraiser April 1 All Day April 1 Art Show Opening at the Front Gallery All Day Vermont Bicycle Shop Grand Opening! 9:30 AM (multiday) First Annual Mad River Valley Maple Festival at Hartshorn Farm 11 AM - 4 PM Yoga with Veronica This Friday! 5 - 6 PM American Flatbread Benefit Bake, Waitsfield 5 - 10 PM +3 more see less	2 Vermonte Carlo Night Featuring the Grift 12 AM Free Monthly Movie Night Saturday, April 2 All Day Refeathering the Empty Nest, Expressive Writing Arts Workshop 12 AM Help a Helping Church & Come to Great Auction April 2 All Day Expanding Cancer Care: Exploring Choices in Complementary Integrative Medicine 8 AM - 4 PM Pet First Aid & CPR Class Benefitting CVHS 8 AM - 5 PM Crayon and Papermaking Workshops! 8:15 AM (multiday) Republican Caucus 8:30 - 10 AM Cancer Support Meeting 8:30 AM - 4 PM Free Tree Pruning Workshop 10 AM - 1 PM Toy Hacking at Waterbury Public Library 10 AM - 1 PM Capital City Indoor Farmers' Market April 2 10 AM - 2 PM Blueberry Lake Workday April 2 10 AM Tree Pruning Workshop with Dave Wilcox April 2 All Day River Rock School Auction - Only Few Days Left to Bid Online! 1 - 5:30 PM Learn How to Use the Sun! Solar Fair 2 - 4:30 PM Fun Night Out for Kids at Champlain Valley Expo - April 2 5:30 - 10:30 PM Contradance April 2 8 - 11 PM +14 more see less
3 Free Presentation on Black Holes at MES 12 AM Environmental Rabbi Keynote at Jewish Summit in Stowe 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Vermont Commons School Open House Sunday 1 - 3 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around! 3 - 4:30 PM Phone Bank for Bernie at Bagitos 3 - 6 PM Archery Classes in April! 6 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	4 It's a Party and You Are Invited! 12 AM Vermont Design Week April 4-8 9 AM (multiday) 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Welcome Reception: Hairspray 7 - 8:30 PM	5 Hunger Mountain Coop Workshops April 5-10 12 AM (multiday) Library Meeting April 5 12 AM Interview with Aaron Locker, Owner of Kingsbury Farm 5 - 6 PM Recycling 101 with Cassandra Hemenway of CVSWMD 5 - 6:30 PM Little League Registration Night! 5 - 7 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee 6 - 8 PM Central Vermont College Fair 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	6 OLLI Film on Climate Change 12 AM Essential Oils Basics with Annie Limoge April 6 6 - 7 PM Public Forum on Homelessness This Wednesday 6 PM Public Forum on Homelessness This Wednesday 6 PM Waterbury Stowe Fish and Game Club Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	7 The Wedding Singer at Spaulding High School 7:30 PM (multiday) Correction: Peter Pan Jr. Flies at 7:30pm - Montpelier High School! 7:30 PM Peter Pan Jr. is Flying in to Montpelier High School Auditorium! 11:30 PM	8 Rummage Sale April 8 and 9 10 AM - 5 PM Caps and Magical Hats at Story Hour This Week 10:30 - 11:30 AM Lego Robotics Themed Parents Night Out 5:30 - 9 PM Gun Owners of Vermont 6 - 8 PM Spectrum Sleep Out 2016 April 8 7 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	9 Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Spring Concert April 9 All Day Shrub Pruning Workshop 12 AM Kids Trade and Play 12 AM 2016 Baby & Child Expo April 9 All Day 4th Annual Vermonters Ball 12 AM 2016 Baby & Child Expo April 9 All Day 2016 Baby & Child Expo! 9 AM - 1 PM 10th Annual LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 3 PM LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 3 PM 10th Leap Energy Fair 9 AM - 3 PM LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 3 PM LEAP Energy Fair Saturday, April 9 9 AM - 3 PM Growing a Grown-Up: Free Parenting Workshop with Vicki Hoefle 10 AM - 12 PM High Mowing Organic Seeds' 8th Annual Spring Social April 9 1 - 3 PM Earthwalk Weaving Natural Fiber Rope Workshop 1 - 4 PM Earthwalk Weaving Natural Fiber Rope Workshop 1 - 4 PM Shrub Pruning Workshop April 9 1 PM Church Dinner 5:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Spring Concert, Don't Forget! 7 - 9 PM The Bright Wings Chorus at the Old Meeting House 7:30 - 9:30 PM Sam Bush at the Barre Opera House! 8 - 10 PM Contra Dance Plus Cajun Dancing: Saturday at the Grange 8 - 11:30 PM +18 more see less
10 Pirate Scavenger Hunt April 10 10 AM - 1 PM Bottle Drive! 12 - 3 PM Global Superstar Evelyn Glennie in Concert April 10 4 - 6:30 PM Global Superstar Evelyn Glennie in Concert April 10 4 PM Daily Practices with Essential Oils April 10 4:30 - 5:30 PM Wellness Alliance Meet & Greet for Wellness Biz Owners, Sunday 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	11 Free Community Spanish Monday, April 11 10:30 - 11:30 AM Community Conversation on Inequality 6 - 8 PM Community Conversations on Equality 6 PM (multiday) The Capital Orchestra's Spring Concert - Monday 7:30 - 8:30 PM	12 WDSD School Board Meeting - April 12 6 - 9 PM Watch 10 Parks That Changed America, April 12, Roxy Cinema, Burlington 6:30 - 10 PM Night of Fantastic Worlds: Brian Staveley & Elizabeth Bonesteel 7 - 8:30 PM	13 Storytime at the Ainsworth Public Library 10 - 11 AM Nourishing Lunch Series 12 - 1 PM OLLI Film Series: "Films of Louis Malle" 12:30 - 2:30 PM VT Clean Water Act Workshop 3:30 - 5:30 PM VT Clean Water Act Workshop 3:30 - 5:30 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM Reminder: Basics of Bike Tuning W/Caleb Magoon Tomorrow 6:30 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	14 Williamstown Health/Wellness Fair- All Welcome! 10 AM - 2 PM Dads and Kids Playgroup 5:30 - 6 PM Pacem School Online Auction and Art Night 6 PM Re-Wilding Our Bodies - Somatic Movement to Re-Organize Our Patterns 6:30 - 8 PM Register Now for Movement Class: Re-Wilding Our Bodies 6:30 - 8:30 PM "Anything Goes" Poetry Slam with Geof Hewitt 6:30 - 9 PM Seeking LGBT Storytellers 7 - 9 PM Reel Paddling Film Festival 7:30 - 10 PM White Water Films to Benefit NFCT 7:30 PM +5 more see less	15 Sweet Melissa's Music This Weekend (multiday) "Going on a Bear Hunt" at Story Hour This Week 10:30 AM Library Book Sale This Weekend 12 - 5 PM Kundalini Yoga (All Levels) April 15 5 - 6:15 PM Benefit Bake Friday at Flatbread for Camel's Hump Expansion 5 - 9:30 PM Spring Jam with Bow Thayer at Chandler! 8 - 11 PM +2 more see less	16 Family Game Day at the WPL All Day Apple Tree Pruning Workshop 8:30 AM - 12 PM Free Acupuncture and Reiki Clinic 9 AM - 12 PM Made in Vermont Marketplace 2016 Coming Up 9 AM (multiday) Last Indoor Farmers' Market at High School April 16 10 AM - 2 PM Last Indoor Capital City Farmers' Market 10 AM - 2 PM GMYS Presents 15th Anniversary Celebration Concert! 3:30 - 5:30 PM Local Chi Running Clinic 4:45 - 8:45 PM Party for Bernie! 7 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +6 more see less
17 Yard Sale All Day Moving Sale All Day	18 Path Boardwalk Work Party #2 All Day Public Discussion on Legalizing Marijuana All Day Public Forum on Bill Legalizing Marijuana All Day Come Play Ultimate Frisbee in MRV! 6 - 8 PM	19 Spring Cleanse: Free Community Class with Erica 9 - 10 AM Relax and Color at WPL for Teens and Adults 6 - 8 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee 6 - 8 PM	20 Storytime All Day Olli Film Series: "Film of Louis Malle" 12:30 - 2:30 PM AAUW Start Smart Salary Negotiation for College Students 4 - 6 PM Valley Pop-Up Shop 420 Surprise! 5 - 10 PM Complimentary Yoga Wednesday, April 20 6 - 7 PM Complimentary Vinyasa Flow Yoga at EWCM 6 - 7 PM Open House at Montpelier Shambhala Center 6 - 7:30 PM Republican Town Caucus 7 PM Vermont in the 1970s Update 7 PM +5 more see less	21 Third Thursday: World War II Bomber Crashes on Camel's Hump 12 - 1 PM Barre City County Meeting and Republican Caucus 6:30 PM Leading Through Complexity - Free Lecture at Norwich University 7 PM Sara Grace with Andrew Suits 8 - 10 PM Sara and Andy at Sweet Melissa's Thursday Night 8 - 10 PM Katie Trautz Plays at Artsriot with Mo Kenney and Hannah Fair! 8:30 PM Katie Trautz Performs at Artsriot, with Mo Kenney and Hannah Fair! 8:30 PM +3 more see less	22 Earth Day at Hunger Mountain Coop All Day Earth Day Tree Planting at North Branch Park! 9 AM - 3:30 PM Earth Day at Hunger Mountain Coop 10 AM - 4 PM Poem in Your Pocket Day and Friday Story Hour April 22 10:30 - 11:30 AM Pottery Seconds Sale! 2:30 PM (multiday) Yoga, Chakras and Reiki Workshop 6 - 8 PM Ear Acupuncture Clinic 6:30 - 8 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir at Old Meeting House April 22 7 - 8:30 PM The Audacity of Migration by Bryan Pfieffer (The Bird Man!) 7 - 9 PM Live Music with Curtis Mayflower 7 - 11 PM +6 more see less	23 Moving Sale All Day Community Seder All Day Indoor Yard Sale - First Presbyterian Church 9 AM - 2 PM First Presbyterian Church Indoor Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM First Presbyterian Church of Barre's Annual Indoor Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Reiki I and Dreams: Exploring Light and Shadow: April 23 - 24 9 AM (multiday) Legislative Update Saturday, April 23 10 AM - 12 PM Legislative Update Saturday, April 23 10 AM - 12 PM Made in Vermont Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Spring Trunk Sale and Seed Swap April 23 12 - 4 PM Spring Trunk Sale 12 - 4 PM Roller Derby! 5 - 7:30 PM Community Seder April 23 5:30 - 9 PM Fantastic Concert This Saturday! 7:30 - 9 PM Final Capital City Concert of Season This Weekend 7:30 PM Mad Funny at Valley Players 8 - 9:30 PM Mad Funny: Stand Up Comedy Show 8 - 9:30 PM +13 more see less
24 Mad River Rider Volunteer Trail Work Day 10 AM Yard Sale 11 AM - 5 PM Spaghetti Dinner by Donation at TVSC! 1 - 3 PM Fourth Sunday Film Series at Aldrich Library 3 - 5 PM	25 Community Spanish Class Meets April 25 10:30 - 11:30 AM Free Screenings at Savoy During the MFA in Film Spring Residency 7:30 PM (multiday)	26 Landlord Energy Workshop 8:30 - 10 AM Free Community Class: Spring Cleanse, Sauna and Hydrotherapy 9 - 10 AM Free 15-Minute Naturopathic Consults 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM VT Clean Water Act (Act 64) Workshop 4 - 6 PM Central Vermont Food Systems Council Event April 26 5 - 7:30 PM Moving from Scarcity to Abundance Event Tuesday, April 26 5 - 7:30 PM Central Vermont Interfaith Action (CVIA) Event 5:30 - 7 PM End Homelessness in Washington County 5:30 - 7 PM Ending Homelessness in Washington County April 26 5:30 - 7 PM Campaign to End Homelessness in Washington County by 2020 5:30 - 7 PM Dessert Club Networking Mixer 6:30 PM Taize with Jerome Monachino of Eight 02 Jazz & St. Michael's College 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	27 Osher Film All Day Fun with Felting at the Waterbury Public Library All Day Act 46 Accelerated Merger Roundtable Discussion 7:30 AM Poetry Writing at Warren Library Wednesday 3 - 5 PM Planting Riverside Park: Community Design Meeting 5:45 - 6:45 PM Cancer Support Meeting 6 - 8 PM Cancer Support Meeting 6 - 8 PM How to Market Your Small Business to Stress Less & Earn Higher Profits 6 - 8 PM Duxbury Land Trust Annual Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Public Forum: Act 46 Consolidation 6:30 - 9:30 PM Act 46 Consolidation Public Forum #2 6:30 - 9:30 PM City Manager and City Council Meeting 6:30 PM Vermont in the 1970s Update: Burlington 11 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	28 FES School Board Meeting Agenda All Day Youth Rally for Planet April 28 9 AM - 1 PM Nonprofit Storytellers of Vermont 12 - 5 PM Walk for Animals Kick-Off Party 5:30 - 7 PM Kick-Off Party for Walk for Animals 5:30 PM Barre Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee 5:30 PM Community Meeting - Valley Schools Big Picture April 28 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	29 Servsafe Food Safety Certification 8:30 AM - 5 PM Baby Animals at Storytime This Friday! 10:30 - 11:30 AM Free Reading Friday at VCFA: Matthew Dickman and Rigoberto Gonzalez 5 - 6 PM Spring into Yoga This Friday 5 - 6 PM Berlin Farmers Potluck 5:30 PM Poetry Month Anything Goes! at Aldrich Library 6:30 PM Art Opening at Hive Gallery Friday, April 29 7 - 9 PM Vermont Mozart Festival Chamber Players Return! 7 - 9:30 PM Shrek, the Musical Jr 7 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	30 Celebrate May 1 6 AM - 10 PM Waterbury Stowe Fish and Game Club Work Bee 8 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale April 30 8 AM - 3 PM Special 2-Hour Guided Group Meditation April 30 8:30 - 10:30 AM Moving Sale This Saturday & Sunday 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale/ Garage Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale Saturday - Berlin Street 9 AM - 3 PM Vernal Pool Ecology Program at Coop 10 AM - 12 PM Orchard Valley Waldorf School Open House 10 AM - 12:30 PM E-Textiles: Another Youth Maker Program at WPL 10 AM - 1 PM Freeride Montpelier Spring Bike Sale Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 30 10 AM - 2 PM Springtime Tea for My Doll & Me 3 PM GMPA Recital Saturday at Harwood Union H.S. 4 - 5:30 PM MadDog Chapter Trout Unlimited Annual Banquet and Fundraiser 5 - 9 PM Primo Maggio Dinner at the Old Labor Hall April 30 6 PM Spaulding High School Powder Puff Football 6:30 - 8:30 PM Dance Party to Introduce Gubernatorial Candidate Sue Minter 7 - 10 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +15 more see less