Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2019

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31 Green Mountain Film Fest 5 PM (multiday) Now Through Sunday, Member Appreciation Celebration 8 AM (multiday) Beginner Beekeeping Class 10 AM - 3 PM Parenting Through a Jewish Lens 10:30 AM - 12 PM Millstone Trails Calcutta Raffle - This Sunday! 12 - 4 PM Dungeons & Dragons 3 - 6 PM Dungeons & Dragons This Sunday 3 - 6 PM Wonderful Concert at Plainfield Opera House! 4 - 6 PM Scrag Mountain Music at the Plainfield Opera House! 4 - 6 PM +5 more see less	1 Famous Psychologist Michael Thompson Event April 1 6 - 8 PM You Wont Want to Miss This 6 - 8 PM	2 New Class at Purna! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Milk & Cookies Night at the Library 6 - 7 PM Youth Meeting for Legislative Action 6 - 7:30 PM Town Hall with Lt. Governor Zuckerman April 2 6 - 8 PM John Kenney Reading: "Love Poems for Married People" 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	3 HUMS/CBMS Career Fair Needs You! 8 AM - 12 PM Conference for Families of Children with Special Needs 8 AM - 4 PM Invasive Plants 6:30 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM "Frank and Friendly Chat About My Wife's Transition" 7 - 8:30 PM First Wednesdays: Emily Dickinson: Poet of New England 7 - 8:30 PM See Independent Documentary About FPF April 3 7 PM +3 more see less	4 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Huge Thrift Sale at Methodist Church in Montpelier 10 AM (multiday) Lenten Lunch at Noon at St Leo's Hall 12 - 1 PM Montpelier Spring Noontime Concerts 12 PM Is a Recession on the Horizon? 5 - 6 PM Hearing - Amending VT Constitution Prohibiting Slavery 5 - 7 PM Wild & Scenic Film Festival 5:30 - 10 PM Trans, Non-Binary, & Curious Therapy Group (13-23) 5:30 PM (multiday) Yestermorrow Speaker Series: Talking with Trees 7 - 8 PM Yestermorrow Speaker Series: Talking with Trees 7 - 8 PM Greg Rekus, Magic User, Putsch House Show 7 - 10 PM Tango Alternativo 7 - 10 PM SHS Drama Clubs Puts on Into the Woods 7 PM (multiday) SHS Drama Club Presents Into the Woods 7 PM (multiday) VT Pbs Airing of “Wretches & Jabberers” Documentary 7 PM Into the Woods at Spaulding High School 7 PM +12 more see less	5 Lost and Found Sale at Sugarbush All Day Montpelier Senior Activity Center Rummage Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Friday Night Reading Series at VCFA's Cafe Anna 5:30 - 7:30 PM Calcutta/Silent Auction for Barre Town Dog Park 6 - 10 PM 2nd Annual Dog Park Calcutta/Silent Auction Fundraiser 6 PM Support the Dog Park 6 PM 8th Annual Poetry and Music Concert 7:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	6 MRVAS MCI Exercise 9 - 11 AM EMS Training Exercise Waitsfield 9 - 11 AM Waterbury LEAP Energy Fair (13th Annual) 9 AM - 3 PM LEAP Energy Fair - April 6 9 AM - 3 PM LEAP Energy Fair April 6 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Blueberry Workday 9 AM Cancelled - Blueberry Work Day 9 AM Free Intro to Studio Cycle Class 10 - 11 AM Dabble Days at the Children's Room! 10 - 11:30 AM Montpelier Senior Activity Center Rummage Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale / Fun & Games 10 AM (multiday) Open House! 11 AM - 2 PM Annual Mad River Valley Maple Festival at Hartshorn Farm 11 AM - 4 PM Amphibian Rescue Program Training 1 - 2 PM Softening to Our Roots 3:30 - 6:30 PM Capital SC "Girls' Night" 6 - 7:30 PM Glowga: Blacklight Yoga 6:30 - 8 PM Vermonte Carlo Night 7 - 11 PM +14 more see less
7 Gentle Spring Cleanse 1 - 3 PM Magic: the Gathering at Warren Library 2 - 4:30 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Spring Concert 2 - 5 PM Blacksmithing for Beginners - April 7 2 - 5 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Spring Concert 2 - 5 PM Dancing Lessons 3 - 5 PM Learn How to Dance Foxtrot 3 - 5 PM Vermont Virtuosi Presents the Tao of Light 4 - 5:30 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle April 7 6 - 8 PM As You Wish: Trivia and a Movie at the Savoy 6 - 9:30 PM As You Wish: Movie Date with Beaux and Prudie 6:30 - 9:30 PM Film Showing: "American Socialist: Eugene V Debs" 7 - 8:30 PM MFA in Graphic Design Spring Residency Public Events 7:30 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	8 WCUUSD Organizational Meeting Apr. 8 6 PM	9 Estate Planning Workshop at the Senior Center 6 - 7:30 PM An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Using Instagram 6:30 - 7:30 PM Garret Keizer Book Launch: "The World Pushes Back" 7 - 8 PM	10 Practice Session on Interrupting Hate at UU Church All Day Next School Board Meeting April 10 All Day Woodridge Career Fair April 10 2 - 7 PM Introduction to Poetry Slams for Kids with Geof Hewitt 3 PM Volunteer Information Sessions 5 - 6 PM Interrupting Hate & Unintended Bias - Practice Session 6 - 8 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM City Council Meeting Agenda - April 10 6:30 - 9 PM Tell a Good Story with Bill Torrey 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	11 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Spring Concert at Christ Church Apr. 11 12 - 12:45 PM On the Fly, Exhibition on the Art of Fly Fishing 5 - 7 PM Trans, Non-Binary, & Curious Therapy Group (13-23) 5:30 - 7 PM Barre Supervisory Union Board Meeting 5:30 PM Merchant St Neighborhood Watch 6 - 8 PM Barre Uusd Initial Board Meeting 6 PM Free Golf Fitness Clinic in Waterbury 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	12 Solaris Vocal Ensemble This Weekend! 7:30 - 9 AM Montpelier Death Cafe Friday April Meeting 12:15 - 1:45 PM Sip n' Paint 6 - 8 PM Final Open Mic of Season 3 6:30 - 9 PM	13 Indoor Moving Sale 8 AM (multiday) Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Introduction to Spinning 10 - 10:45 AM Mad River Valley Easter Egg Hunt 10 - 11 AM Keeping Bees with Sheri Englert 10 AM - 12 PM Beekeeping with Sheri Englert 10 AM - 12 PM Keeping Bees with Sheri Englert 10 AM - 12 PM Keeping Bees Discussion 10 AM - 12 PM Celebrate Earth Day with GMP! 11 AM - 1 PM Bake Sale in Downtown Montpelier 11 AM - 2 PM Vintage and Sustainable Clothing Pop-Up Saturday! 11 AM - 3 PM Green Mountain Knitting Guild Public Yarn Swap 12 - 1:50 PM Owls of Vermont at the Joslin Library 12 PM Yestermorrow Public Tour - This Saturday! 2 - 2:30 PM Youth Plus Poetry Slam with Geof Hewitt 4 PM Spaghetti Supper - Make Your Reservations Now! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra 7 - 9 PM Don't Miss This Great Concert! 7 - 10 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 PM Capital City Concerts Presents Veritable Violin 7:30 - 9 PM Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Upcoming Capital City Concerts - Veritable Violin 7:30 - 9 PM Capital City Concerts Final Concert of This Season! 7:30 PM +19 more see less
14 Vermont Adaptive Fundraiser at Toast & Eggs 6 AM - 1 PM Final Indoor Antiques Market of the Season 8 AM - 1 PM French Conversation Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Tango for Lady Leaders in Stowe 12 - 1 PM Seed Starting 101 1:30 - 2:30 PM Seed Starting 101 1:30 PM No Strings Marionettes Puppet Show! 2 - 3 PM The Drawdown with Suncommon: Local Solutions Global Change 3 - 5 PM The Drawdown w/ Suncommon: Local Solutions Global Change 3 - 5 PM Bread & Puppet Presents "Diagonal Man" April 14 5 - 8 PM Bread & Puppet 5 PM Andrew Yang's 2020 Run for Democratic Nominee 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	15 Games, Games, Games! Camp at River Rock, Next Week 8:30 AM (multiday) Montpelier Dance Open House and Potluck 6:30 - 9 PM Montpelier Dance Open House and Potluck 6:30 - 9 PM	16 Free Chronic Disease Management Workshop Apr. 16 9:30 AM - 12 PM “Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection” 7 - 8 PM	17 Homeschooling Workshop Mosaic Art for Kids! 11 AM - 2 PM Memorable Times Cafe April 17 at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM CVSWMD Free Compost Workshops April 17 & Beyond 5:45 - 7:15 PM Ryan Leaf, Former NFL Quarterback Speaks Locally 7 - 8:30 PM	18 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Barre Genealogy Group 10 - 11:30 AM Spring Concert at Christ Church 12 PM Montpelier Death Cafe Thursday April Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Food Justice Film & Discussion Tonight! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Sacred Sound, Beginner's Yoga, Nidra & Community Day 6 - 7:30 PM Moroccan Night 6 - 10 PM Free Writing Workshops in Montpelier 6 PM Neighborhood Watch Meeting 6 PM Ellementa Women's Gathering - Cannabis Microdosing 6:30 - 8:30 PM Book Discussion - The Armies of the Night 6:30 PM Yestermorrow Speaker Series: Composting Toilets! 7 - 8 PM Yestermorrow Speaker Series: Composting Toilets! 7 - 8 PM Kick Off Cabaret Benefit Concert at LNT 7:30 PM +10 more see less	19 Peeps® Diorama Maker Afternoon at Warren Public Library 2 - 4 PM Benefit Bake at American Flatbread 5 - 9:30 PM The Quebe Sisters - BOH Presents 7:30 - 9:30 PM	20 Community Breakfast to Benefit Harwood Scholarships 8 - 11 AM Habitat for Humanity Work Day 9 AM - 3 PM "Office Hours" with Rep. Carl Demrow, April 20 10 AM - 12 PM Spring Bike Sale! 10 AM - 1 PM Spring Bike Sale! 10 AM - 1 PM Celebrate Raw Milk Cheese Day at the Taste Place 12 - 3 PM Safety Meeting Party at Stowe Cider 12 - 7 PM Design Your Garden 12 PM Learn to Fly: Arm Balance Workshop Saturday 1 - 3 PM Contra Dance with Mary Wesley & Russet Trio April 20th! 8 PM +6 more see less
21 Easter Sunrise Service Blush Hill CC 7 - 7:30 AM Easter Sunday Services 7 - 11:30 AM Easter 9 AM - 11:30 PM	22 Swim Lessons All Day Capital City Orchestra's Spring Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM	23 DLT Annual Meeting & Wildlife Presentation 6:30 - 8 PM March: Book One Discussion 7 - 8 PM In Defense of Butterflies: Poets for Migrant Justice 7 - 8 PM Paul Gillies - The Law of the Hills 7 PM	24 Genealogy and Slavery Discussion – Monthly Meet-Up 4:30 - 6 PM Business Model Canvas: Reduce Business Planning Fear 5:30 - 7:30 PM Create Your Own Watercolor Sketchbook 6 - 8 PM City Council Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM	25 GMT Participates in National Get on Board Day All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Rural Vermont Presents: Small Farm Advocacy Day 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Noon Concert at Christ Church - Vermont Horn Club 12 PM Notice of Meeting: MRPS Partners in Education 5:15 - 6:45 PM Dinner and Discussion Hosted by the Co-Op 5:30 - 8 PM LNT's Turn of the Screw: April 25-May 12 7:30 PM Paddling Film Fest 7:30 PM +4 more see less	26 Book Event at the Co-Op 5 - 7 PM CCV Night of the Arts and Silent Art Auction 5:30 - 7:30 PM VCFA Reading Series With David Shields and Trinie Dalton 5:30 - 7:30 PM Bingo at Warren School 6 - 7 PM Once & Future Space Prom 8 - 10 PM Kathleen Kanz Comedy Hour 8:30 - 10 PM +2 more see less	27 Reminder: Take Back Day is Saturday All Day Garage Sale - Free Stuff All Day Garage Sale 7 AM - 2 PM Community Book & Clothing Swap at Hunger Mountain Co-op 8 AM - 2 PM CVR's 45th Annual Paul Mailman 10 Miler and 5K 8:45 AM Coffee with the Mayor...And Planning Director 9 - 11 AM ReSOURCE's First Annual Earth Day Walk 9 AM - 12 PM Local Tree and Shrub Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Blueberry Patch Work Day 9 AM - 12 PM Indoor Yard & Bake Sale (Rainy Day Outing) 9 AM - 1 PM Composting Workshop 10 - 11 AM Kindergarten Options at River Rock School 10 AM - 12 PM Drug Take Back Day is April 27 10 AM - 2 PM Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM National Prescription Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Indoor Yard Sale at First Presbyterian Church of Barre 10 AM - 2 PM Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Multi Family Yard Sale April 27-28 - Robinhood Circle 10 AM (multiday) Three Family, Garage & Moving Sale! 4/27, 4/28 10am-4pm 10 AM (multiday) Family Concert 10 AM Love Sparks: April WeMoon Circle 12 - 1 PM Program at Joslin Memorial Library May 27 1 - 3 PM Biking Through the Americas 1 PM Timebanker Orientation (Onion River Exchange) 1:30 - 3:30 PM Local Yarn Shop Day! 2 - 4:30 PM Celebration Local Yarn Shop Day 2 - 4:30 PM Blacksmithing for Beginners - April 27 2 - 5 PM Young Adventurer's Guide Book Launch & Party 3:30 - 5 PM MadDog Chapter Trout Unlimited Annual Banquet 4 - 8:30 PM Maddog Chapter Trout Unlimited Banquet and Auction! 5 PM Corn Hole 5:30 - 9 PM Aldrich Public Library Spring Fling 6 - 9 PM Zeichner Trio Concert in Sharon! 7 - 9 PM Album Release Party 7 - 11 PM Vermont Philharmonic Performs Dvorak & a World Premier 7:30 PM Katie Trautz CD Release Show in Burlington! 9 - 10:30 PM +32 more see less
28 Pirate Day on the Green 10 AM - 12 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale Ongoing - New Items 10 AM - 2 PM CVR's Mutt Strutt: Calling Dogs and Their Runners 10 AM Finding Peace in Our Homes 10:30 AM - 12 PM Breath Workshop 3 - 5 PM Dungeons & Dragons Sunday at Town Hall 3 - 6 PM MMS 25th Anniversary Concert and Benefit 3 PM The Will Patton Ensemble at Plainfield Opera House 4 - 6 PM The Will Patton Ensemble 4 PM The Will Patton Ensemble at the Plainfield Opera House! 4 PM +6 more see less	29 Tag Sale Donation Drive 2:30 PM (multiday)	30 Woodlands Owner Workshop April 30 All Day Harwood Union Blood Drive 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM Jennifer Mcmahon Book Launch: "The Invited" 7 - 8 PM	1 Free Yard Sale May 1 8 AM Walk-Through Wednesday at Orchard Valley School 8:30 - 9:30 AM Walk-Through Wednesday at Orchard Valley 8:30 - 9:30 AM If You've Experienced Postpartum Depression 12 - 1:30 PM Primo Maggio Dinner May 1 at the Labor Hall 5 - 8:30 PM Financial Fitness Class - Saving for the Future 6 - 7:30 PM Sustainable Montpelier Coalition This May Day -Mayday! 6 - 7:30 PM Demystifying Acupuncture Program 6:30 - 8 PM Holocaust Remembrance Program in Stowe May 1 6:30 - 8 PM Holocaust Remembrance Program - May 1 in Stowe 6:30 - 8 PM Medical Cannabis 101 Class in Marshfield and Montpelier 7 - 8 PM Courage and Compassion at the Southern Border 7 - 9 PM Discussion: Courage & Compassion at the Southern Border 7 PM Other Minds - A Play 7:30 PM (multiday) +10 more see less	2 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Vermont Arbor Day Conference 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Parent Evening at Orchard Valley - Open to All 6:30 - 8 PM Conversation and Workshops Focused on the Temperaments 6:30 - 8 PM Film Showing "The Organizer" 7 - 9 PM Plan B: ¡Bailar! Tango in Montpelier at Studio Zenith 7 - 10 PM See Independent Documentary About FPF May 2 7 PM +3 more see less	3 Yard Sale (multiday) The Best Way to Grow Your Business 8 - 10 AM Heart of Vermont BNI Visitor's Day 8 - 10 AM Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Drop Off Your Kids and Go Out on the Town! 5:30 - 9:30 PM VCFA Q&A with Literary Agents from Folio Lit Management 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	4 Green Up Day May 4 All Day Montpelier Kiwanis Club All You Can Eat Breakfast 7 - 11 AM WSFGC Volunteer Work Morning 8 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day at the Cow Pasture 8 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Green Up Day in Warren 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM Bring Your Bikes in Now for This Weekend's Bike Swap! 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day 9 AM - 1 PM Bake Sale for River Rock School 9 AM - 3 PM Green Up Day 9 AM - 5 PM Confluence Park Design Input Needed! 9:30 AM - 1 PM Scouts Bottle Drive at Canadian Club 10 AM - 4 PM Cub Scout Pack 777 Bottle Drive 10 AM - 4 PM Free Comic Book Day 11 AM - 6 PM Dog Communication at the Joslin Library 12 PM Dog Communication with Deb Helfrich 12 PM Detox & Renewal for Body, Heart and Spirit 1 - 5:30 PM Workshop: Detox & Renewal for Body, Heart and Spirit 1 - 5:30 PM 3rd Annual Montpelier Pedestrian Scramble 1:45 - 4 PM PipeDreams Flute Quartet Presents Flutes on Vacation 5 - 6 PM Music at North Branch Nature Center May 4 6 - 8 PM Wine, Dine and Hear Great Music May 4 6 - 8 PM CVCOA's 3rd Annual "Age Out Loud" Fundraiser! 6 PM Concert & Singalong May 4 7 - 9 PM For the Love of Pete 7 PM Somewhere Between Nostalgia & Blindness (Dance Perf) 7 PM CVCOA's 3rd Annual "Age Out Loud" Fundraiser May 4! 7:30 - 9 PM CVCOA's 3rd Annual "Age Out Loud" Fundraiser! 7:30 - 9 PM Age Out Loud 7:30 - 9:30 PM Cvcoa's 3rd Annual "Age Out Loud" Fundraiser! 7:30 - 10 PM Age Out Loud 2019 7:30 PM Age Out Loud 2019 7:30 PM +28 more see less