Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2017

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26 Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert (multiday) Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert 7 PM (multiday) Antique Market 8 AM - 1 PM Snowga Workshop at Valley Glow Yoga Sun. 9 AM - 1 PM Waitsfield Winter Farmers Market Sun. Mar. 26 11 AM - 3 PM Barbershop Quartet Concert at Moretown Methodist Church 4 - 5 PM Women's Barbershop Quartet Concert 4 PM Free Lazer Tag with Granite City Grocery 6 - 8 PM Free Laser Tag 6 PM Montpelier Chamber Orchestra with Adam Tender 7:30 PM +6 more see less	27 Friends of the Winooski River's Annual Dinner 5:30 - 8:30 AM Story Hour On This Monday! 10:30 AM Friends of Winooski Annual Dinner 5:30 - 8:30 PM Friends of Winooski River Annual Dinner at Stone Corral 5:30 PM	28 Join Easterseals Vermont at Panera in Berlin 4 - 8 PM Rescheduled Interview with John Egan Tues. 5 - 6 PM John Egan Interview Postponed! 5 - 6 PM Silenced Voices: Film & Discussion with Migrant Justice 6:30 - 8 PM	29 Come Out for Clean Water Day 8:30 AM - 1 PM Edward Jones Perspectives Event March 29 5:30 - 7 PM Muslim Girls Making Change Performance in Waitsfield 6:30 - 8 PM Muslim Girls Making Change 6:30 PM Muslim Girls Making Change at Valley Players This Wed! 6:30 PM +1 more see less	30 Sugarbush Guest Services Lost and Found Sale (multiday) Family Mental Health Training All Day Youth Mental Health First Aid 8:30 AM - 4 PM Lenten Lunch Noon March 30 12 - 1 PM Fundraiser for Easterseals 4 - 8 PM Pacem School Open House 4:30 - 6 PM Cookbook Potluck 6 PM MOPS/Mops Next English Tea Party 6:30 - 8 PM Family Mental Health Training 6:45 - 8:30 PM Organizing Meeting for Montpelier's March for Science 7 - 8 PM Spaulding High School Drama, the Drowsy Chaperone 7:30 PM (multiday) Open Mic at Localfolk Smokehouse - Thurs! 8 - 11:30 PM +8 more see less	31 Porch Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Lularoe at Moretown School Friday 3 - 5 PM Mayo Healthcare's Taste of Maple 5:30 - 8 PM Taste of Maple! 5:30 - 8 PM Mayo Healthcare's Taste of Maple Fri. 5:30 - 8:30 PM Friday Dinner at the Common Man Warren 5:30 - 10 PM Tax Map Review Notice 6 PM (multiday) Seussical Jr 7 PM +4 more see less	1 Seussical the Musical, Jr at WMHS (multiday) Maker Morning at River Rock School 10 AM - 12 PM Puppet Show at Kellogg Hubbard 10:30 AM Pajama Party at the Collection April 1 11 AM - 1 PM Prenatal Yoga and Massage Series 12 - 1 PM Tea Class at North Branch Cafe Sat. 1 - 2 PM Astrology Meet Up - Sneak Peak of April 2 PM Open House at CCG HALL on Rte 12 4 - 8 PM Open House at CCG Hall on Rte 12 4 - 8 PM Spring Fling w/Taryn Noelle + Dan Boomhower 5:30 - 7:30 PM Lularoe Pop-Up at Cork Wine Bar! 6 - 8 PM LuLaroe Pop-Up at Cork Wine Bar Reminder! 6 - 8 PM Three Homes, Three Meals, Three Concerts 6 - 9 PM MCO Concert Crawl April 1 6 - 9 PM 2017 Montpelier Concert Crawl 6 - 9 PM Barre Opera House Fundraising Gala 6 - 11 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +13 more see less
2 Pancake Breakfast, Turtle Island Children's Center 8 - 10 AM Pizza & Youth Group Brainstorming (Grades 7-12) 11:30 AM - 1 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Spring Concert 2 PM "Before the Court of Heaven" Author to Speak Sunday 4 - 6 PM "Before the Court of Heaven" Author to Speak Sunday 4 - 6 PM Indivisible Mad River Valley Meeting 4:30 - 6 PM Look Who's Pairing Up at Gracie's! 5 PM Cabin Fever Follies - Final Show 7:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less	3 Invitation to SLO Draft 1 Exemplar Gallery Walk 3 - 4:30 PM	4 Alice in Wonderland! 4 PM (multiday) Alice in Wonderland- the Musical! 4 PM Workshop Tues. at Valley.Works! 5 - 7 PM Harwood Union Junior Parent Night 6 - 7:30 PM Welcome to Vermont: Documentary and Discussion 6:30 - 8 PM Montpelier Kirtan 7:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	5 Come Join a Comic Evening of Readers' Theater! All Day Meals on Wheels Bridge/Lunch Fundraiser 12 - 4 PM Nutty Steph's Magic Chocolate and Solar 4 - 6 PM Movie Night with LT Governor and Sierra Club 5:30 - 8 PM Author Talk and Book Signing with M. Dickey Drysdale 6 - 7 PM Smell, Relax & Learn to Use Essential Oils 6 - 7:30 PM Shambhala Art Calls to Artists, Outer and Inner 6 - 7:30 PM Backyard Composting Workshop Apr 5 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	6 Lenten Lunch April 6 Green Mt Alliance Church 12 - 1 PM Sullivan Museum Program on British Poetry During WWI 12 - 1:30 PM Onion River Exchange 1:30 - 3 PM National Honor Society Dinner and Auction 5:30 - 7 PM MOPS/Momsnext 6:30 - 8 PM Central Vermont Diabetes Support Group 7 - 8 PM Extempo Story Telling at Bridgeside Books 8 - 10:30 PM +3 more see less	7 Senior Center Sale April 7-8 (multiday) Parent's Night Out 6 - 10 PM Shakespeare at Norwich University! 8 - 10 PM	8 Birding Trip to Moose Bog 7 AM - 3:30 PM Birding at Moose Bog Sat.! 7 AM - 3:30 PM Pancake Breakfast Benefits VT Vets 8 - 11 AM Carpool to Waterbury Energy Fair Sat.? 9 AM - 3 PM Leap Energy Fair Sat. 9 AM - 3 PM Leap Energy Fair 9 AM - 3 PM LEAP Energy Fair in Waterbury 9 AM - 3 PM 2017 Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championships 9 AM - 3 PM Mad River Valley Easter Egg Hunt – Sat. 10 - 11 AM Bag Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Souvlaki Dinner and Greek Pastry Sale 10 AM - 7 PM Trunk Show at Salaam Boutique 11 AM - 4 PM Reading & Book Signing with Peter Gould 2 - 4 PM Jazz + Karaoke=Jazzyaoke at Bridgeside Books 7 - 10:30 PM Vermonte Carlo Night! 7 - 11 PM Contra + Challenging Contra! Sat. at the Grange 8 - 11 PM +12 more see less
9 Estate Final Clearance Quality, Antique Contents, More (multiday) Final Indoor Antique Market of the Season 8 AM - 1 PM "Coffee and Camp" - Kids4peace for 12 & 13 Year Olds 9 - 10 AM Dance Connect: Sunday 10 - 11:30 AM Sugarbush Pond Skimming Moved to Sun. 12 - 2:30 PM Fierce Flow: 2 Hr Yoga Practice April 9 1 - 3 PM Reiki and Dreams Workshop for Women 1 - 5 PM Passover Prep and Play at the Coop! 2 - 4 PM Shape Note Sing - Sun. 2 - 5 PM Cooking with Kids 3 - 4:30 PM Monteverdi Music School - Music for April Afternoon 3 - 5:30 PM +7 more see less	10 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Capital Orchestra Invites You to Join Us! 7:30 PM	11 Meet Up with LWV 3 - 5 PM MRV Community Passover Seder April 11 5:30 - 8 PM Poetry Reading: Three Southern Vermont Poets 7 - 8:30 PM Gun Sense VT Movie Screening 7 - 9:30 PM	12 OLLI: Western at the Savoy Theater All Day Walk-Through Wednesday at Orchard Valley 8:30 - 10:30 AM Contact Improv Beginner's Series + Classes & Events 6 - 7 PM Cancer Support Group Potluck Dinner 6 - 8 PM The Worried Child, Recognizing Anxiety in Kids & Teens 6 - 8 PM Beginner Argentine Tango 6:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	13 Mental Health Support Group All Day Wild & Scenic Film Festival 5:30 AM - 9 PM Overdose Awareness Day 11 AM - 1 PM Concerts at Noon 12 - 12 PM Blood Drive Announced 12 - 5 PM Blood Drive at Moretown Elementary School 12 - 5 PM Family Caregiver Training 2 - 4 PM Mental Health Support Group 4 PM Get Ready! April Open Mic 6:30 - 10 PM Open Mic Thurs.! 6:30 - 10 PM Moretown Open Mic Night Coming Soon! 7 - 10 PM Reel Paddling Film Festival at OGE 7:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less	14 Yoga Retreat for All Levels (multiday) Community Yoga Class 5:30 - 6:30 PM Come Join Us for Free Dinner and a Movie 5:30 - 9:30 PM Good Friday Service 6:30 PM	15 Easter Bonnet Workshop All Day 5k Fun Run/Walk Barre 9 - 10 AM 5k Fun Run & Walk 9 AM - 12 PM Reiki Level One Certification Training 9 AM - 3 PM Montpelier Recreation Department Spring Egg Hunt 10 - 11:30 AM 8 Weekend Herbal Apprenticeship 10 AM - 4 PM Easter Rising! Songs of Resistance & Social Change 10 AM - 5 PM Easter Rising! Songs of Resistance & Social Change 10 AM - 5 PM Listening Circle on Passage and Sanctuary 3 - 5 PM Listening Circle: Stories of Passage and Sanctuary 3 - 5 PM Potluck, Playback Theater & Dance 6 - 9 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +8 more see less
16 Easter Service Resurrection Baptist Church 10 AM - 12 PM	17 Program on Weimar Germany and Rise of the Third Reich 12 - 1:30 PM	18 Forest Pest First Detector Training 9 AM - 2:30 PM "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Party 2:30 - 5:30 PM Reiki Share 6 - 7:30 PM Duxbury Land Trust Annual Meeting & Presentation 6:30 - 8 PM	19 "Being Mortal" Film Screenings: April 19-20 (multiday) Spring Sausage Making and Smoking Class 9 AM (multiday) Mommy & Me Buti Yoga (& Face Painting) at Barn Gym 10 - 11 AM "Being Mortal" Film Screening 5:30 - 8 PM CBD Talk at AroMed Aromatherapy 6 - 7:30 PM Family Movie Night - "Pete's Dragon" 6 - 8 PM Williamstown Readers Group Discussion 7 - 8 PM Presentation on Trip to Israel and Palestine, April 19 7 PM +4 more see less	20 Concerts at Noon at Christ Church, Montpelier 12 - 1 PM Montpelier Death Cafe April Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Presentation and Discussion, What is Justice? 6:30 - 8 PM Restorative Justice Forum in Montpelier - April 20 6:30 PM	21 Earth Day Family Story Time 10 - 11 AM Friends of Library Book Sale Friday & Saturday 12 PM (multiday) Friends of the Library Book Sale Fri. & Sat. 12 PM (multiday) Alexis Kyriak Exhibits Art at Athenaeum 7 - 8 PM Night at City Center 7 - 9 PM Words and Songs for Justice 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	22 Save the Date for Breakfast and Auction 8 AM - 12 PM Annual Spring Auction Plus a Breakfast, Montpelier 8 AM - 12 PM April 22 Multi-House Tag Sale w/ Lots of Free Stuff 9 AM - 1 PM Indoor Yard Sale at First Presbyterian Church in Barre 9 AM - 1 PM Huge Indoor Sale at First Pres. Church Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM First Presbyterian Church - Indoor Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Grafting Class at Perfect Circle Farm 10 AM - 2 PM The Co-Op's Earth Day Celebration & Swap Meet! 10 AM - 4 PM March for Science is April 22 12 - 1:30 PM March for Science 12 - 1:30 PM Jeremy Ayers Pottery Spring Preview 12 - 5 PM Dinner and Dance! 5 - 9 PM Capital City Concerts Poem Music 7:30 - 9:30 PM Capital City Concerts Presents Poem Music April 22 7:30 - 9:30 PM Capital City Concerts - "Poem Music" 7:30 PM Capital City Concerts Presents "Poem Music" 7:30 PM +12 more see less
23 Free Public Screenings During MFA in Film Residency (multiday) Waitsfield Winter Farmers Market April 23 All Day Millstone Trails Work Day - Sun. - Town Forest 8 AM Win Family Trip to Great Escape for Entire 2017 Season 9 AM - 11 PM Garage Sale Sun. 9 AM Topworking- a Second Grafting Class 10 AM - 2 PM Spring Cleanup Day at the Old Labor Hall 12 - 3 PM Mindfulness Yoga Workshop for Beginners 1 - 3 PM Yoga Philosophy Workshop 2 - 4 PM Celebrating Earth Day: Community Yoga and Meditation Sunday 4 - 6 PM Holocaust Remembrance Commemoration and Exhibit 4 - 6:30 PM Holocaust Remembrance Commemoration & Exhibit 4 - 6:30 PM Burlington Choral Society in Barre 4 PM +9 more see less	24 Montpelier City Hall Plaza Memorial Committee 4 - 5 PM Why Am I Sick; and How Can I Be Well? 7 - 8 PM	25 Astronomy Presentation at Joslin Library 6:30 - 8 PM Joshua Jelly-Schapiro with Kerrin Mccadden 7 - 8:30 PM	26 Berlin School Budget Vote 6 - 7 PM MadShedLove Photo Contest Party 6 - 7:30 PM Kick the Sugar Habit Talk 6 - 7:30 PM Climate March Art Build/Poster Making April 26 6 - 8 PM Paint and Sip to Support Autism Awareness! 6 - 8:30 PM Amy Goodman at Vermont College of Fine Arts Tonight 7 PM Board Game Alphabet Challenge Continues 7 PM +3 more see less	27 Baroque Chamber Music Concert 12 - 1 PM School District Merger Public Informational Hearing 3 - 4 PM Brown Girl Dreaming Book Discussion 6:30 PM Brown Girl Dreaming Book Discussion 6:30 PM Free Event at Norwich University 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	28 Garage Sale (multiday) Free Quickbooks Training April 28 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Donkey Basketball - Get Your Tickets Now! 5:30 - 8 PM Make-A-Wish Sip & Shop at Simply Delicious 6 - 8 PM Baroque Music Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Montpelier Rotary Mud Season Raffle 7 - 10 PM Montpelier Rotary Mud Season Raffle 7 - 10 PM Bernie in Barre 7 PM +4 more see less	29 Bike to the Climate March! All Day Swing into Spring! Benefit Swing Dance & Concert 6:45 AM - 9:30 PM Bottle Drive to Benefit Odyssey of the Mind Students 8 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale 8 AM - 3 PM VSAC Event - Planning for College 8:45 AM - 12:30 PM Household Hazardous Waste Collection Sat. 9 AM - 1 PM Farm Day at Orchard Valley Waldorf School 9:30 AM - 12 PM A Room for Lily - Phase 1, Deconstruction 9:30 AM - 5 PM Independent Bookstore Day at Bridgeside Books 9:30 AM - 6 PM Come & Play Day at River Rock School 10 AM - 12 PM Prescription Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Used Bike Sale at Freeride Montpelier 10 AM - 2 PM Prescription Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM The Catamount at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 10:30 - 11 AM Tom Ryan Author Reading: Will's Red Coat 11 AM - 12 PM Independent Bookstore Day 12 - 3 PM Vermont People's Climate March and Rally 1 - 4 PM Run Mountain Workshops and Concert! 1 - 9 PM Pre Mother's Day Open House 2 - 4 PM Green Mountain Roller Derby vs. Twin State Derby 5 - 8 PM Swing Dance and Big Band Concert Benefit 6:30 - 9:30 PM Swing into Spring! GMYS Benefit Swing Dance & Concert 6:30 - 9:30 PM Swing into Spring! Benefit Swing Dance & Concert 6:45 - 9:30 PM Swing into Spring - Put on Your Dancing Shoes! 6:45 - 9:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Spring Concerts 7 PM (multiday) Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert Dates 7 PM MTA Kick-Off Party! (Public Welcome) 7:30 - 11 PM Judevine at Lost Nation Theater 7:30 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +25 more see less
30 Calling All Dogs and Their Runners 10 AM Mutt Strutt: Calling Dogs and Their Runners 10 AM Mutt Strutt: Calling Dogs and Their Runners 10 AM Vhat Hosts Open Barn Day in Middlesex - April 30 1 - 4 PM Spring Tonics and Bitters: the Gifts of Spring 4 - 5:30 PM Spring Tonics and Bitters: the Gifts of Spring 4 - 5:30 PM Benefit Concert with Dave Keller for Good Samaritan 4 - 6 PM Spaghetti Dinner; Plant Sale, Flea Market; Pamper Mom 4 - 7 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Sunday at Bethany 7 PM +5 more see less	1 Job Trainings for Adults 8 AM - 1 PM Women's Clothing (And Books!) Exchange & Potluck 5 - 8 PM Arctic Warming Talk with Michael Cerulli Billingsley 6 - 7:30 PM School District Merger Informational Hearing in NF 6:30 - 8:30 PM	2 Vote Yes on School District Merger 7 AM - 7 PM Williamstown Northfield School District Merger Vote 7 AM - 7 PM Harwood Union Incoming 9th Grade Parent Night 6 - 7:45 PM Public Meeting to Consider Village Designation 6:30 - 8 PM Games on for Tuesday 6:30 PM Laurie Forest's The Black Witch Launch Party 7 - 9 PM Philip Baruth Book Launch & Reading: Senator Leahy 7 - 9 PM Kirtan (Yogic Singing) at Embodied Yoga 7:30 PM +4 more see less	3 Strengths-Based Happiness Workshop 5:30 - 7:30 PM May Open House at Montpelier Shambhala 6 - 8 PM Information Night at River Rock School 7 - 8:30 PM Barre Town Open Meeting 7:30 PM	4 Vermont Arbor Day Conference 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Free Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream 2 - 4 PM 'Spring for Sophie' Reading & Meet the Author! 3 - 3:30 PM Indivisible Mad River Valley Social 5 - 6 PM MOPS/Mops Next-Moms' Group 6:30 - 8 PM Check Out RTCC Open House May 4! 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	5 Estate Sale 8 AM (multiday) Children's Book Week Family Story Time 10 - 11 AM Young Tradition Weekend in Burlington! 2:15 PM (multiday) Art Reception - Laura Jane Walker 4 - 7 PM Happy Birthday, the Front! Celebrate Friday 4 - 8 PM Artwalk: Coleen Kearon Book Launch & Reading 5 - 7 PM Ham and Bean Supper 5:30 - 7 PM Forum on High Level Nuclear Waste 5:30 - 7:30 PM Forum on Environmental Justice and Nuclear Waste 5:30 - 9:30 PM Concert for Canines Friday at Harwood Union! 7 - 9 PM Harwood Union Hosts Concert for Canines 7 - 9 PM CBMS Musical: the Most Epic Birthday Party Ever 7 PM (multiday) Princess and the Goblin at Union Elementary School 7:30 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	6 Green Up Day All Day Green Up Day All Day Green Up Montpelier All Day Bird Walk at Barre City Cow Pasture 7 - 8:30 AM Montpelier Kiwanis Club Annual Breakfast 7 - 11:30 AM In-House Sale Tomorrow! 8 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale Saturday 8:30 - 11 AM Green Up Day in the Cow Pasture! Join Us! 9 - 11 AM Mega Moving Sale! 9 AM - 1 PM Capital City Farmers Market Opening Day 9 AM - 1 PM Bike Swap at Onion River Sports Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM Major Moving Sale! 9 AM - 2 PM Giant Industrial Garage Sale This Weekend! 9 AM (multiday) Spring Hill's Annual Family Concert May 6! 10 - 11 AM Estate Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Sat. Estate Sale at Brookfield Town Hall 10 AM - 5 PM Estate Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Spring Hill's Annual Family Concert May 6! 10 AM Pies! Pies! Pies! 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pie Brunch! 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Car Wash for Our Library 11 AM - 1 PM Free Comic Book Day 11 AM - 5 PM Free Comic Book Day 11 AM - 5 PM Tea Class at North Branch Cafe Saturday 1 - 2 PM Bowlers/Teams Wanted for 11th Annual PHWC Bowl-A-Thon 1 - 3 PM Dodgeball Tournament May 6! 1 - 5 PM Montpelier Pedestrian Scramble 2 - 4 PM CBMS Musical The Most Epic Birthday Party Ever 7 PM Mad River Chorale "Springs into Song!" 7:30 - 9 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +26 more see less