Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2018

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30 Harvest Market 2018 (multiday) St. Albans Recreation Wine Tour 9 AM - 5 PM Paint and Sip 3 - 5 PM Paint and Snack 3 - 5 PM Restorative Yoga & Reiki Class at the Barn School 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	1 VTCAC State of the Lake Report Public Sessions 7 - 8:30 PM Planning and Zoning Meeting 7 - 9 PM	2 City of St. Albans Wellness Fair 4 - 6 PM Open House at New Day (Swanton Health Center) 4 - 6 PM City Parks Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting 6:30 - 9:30 PM Annual Meeting Fire District #4 7:30 PM +1 more see less	3 Children's Storytime at Grand Isle Free Library 10 AM Special Selectboard Meeting 6 - 6:45 PM St. Albans Recreation Commission Meeting 6 PM	4 Giant Pumpkin Contest Finale & Weigh-In 3:30 - 7 PM Bellcate School's Harvest Festival & Market 4 - 7 PM Artist in Residence Featured Artist for October 4:30 - 7 PM Swanton Peer-Led Anxiety Group 6 - 7 PM Cold Hollow to Canada's Annual Gathering 6 - 9 PM Fiber Night at Grand Isle Free Library 6:30 - 8 PM Lake Weed Clean-Up Around Grand Isle (The Gut) 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	5 Yard Sale 206 South Main Street (multiday) Yard Sale 206 South Main Street (multiday) Buck Hollers at Bayside Pavilion 6:30 - 9 AM Rummage Sale 8 AM - 6 PM South Hero School Board Special Meeting 9:30 AM South Hero School Board Special Meeting 9:30 AM Rummage Sale 3 - 7 PM Fairfax Rummage Sale This Weekend 3 - 7 PM Workforce Development & Good Paying Jobs? 4 PM The Accidental Farmer Hosts One Final Burger Night 5 - 8 PM Rally & Dinner with Bernie! 6 - 8 PM +7 more see less	6 Craft Sale/Homemade Pies/Breads/Muffins All Day South Hero Masonic Lodge Breakfast 7:30 - 10:30 AM Moving Sale 8 AM - 5 PM Biscayne Heights Neighborhood Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale Oct 6-Sun Oct 7 - Rain or Shine! 9 AM - 4 PM Bulb and Plant Sale 10 AM - 2 PM It's the CIFM Harvest Fest! 10 AM - 3 PM Farmers Market Harvest Fest 10 AM - 3 PM Harvest Festival in the Islands at St. Rose 10 AM - 3 PM History of So. Hero Apple Orchards at Museum Saturday 10 AM - 3 PM Fall Fest at St. Rose of Lima Church - Rt 2, South Hero 10 AM - 3 PM Canal Schooner Lois McClure Returns! 10 AM - 4 PM Lori L. MacLaughlin Book Signing at Barnes & Noble 12 - 2 PM Upcoming Signing with Local Author Lori Maclaughlin 12 - 2 PM Take Steps in Their Shoes Oct. 6 12 - 4 PM Take Steps in Their Shoes Event 12 - 4 PM Sheldon Community Pig Roast 12 - 4 PM History and Tea Saturday 2 - 4 PM 3rd Annual Barn Dance 2 - 5 PM Dessert Competition! 2 - 5 PM N.H.V.F.D. Wom. Aux. Pie Request 4 - 7 PM GPBC Annual Turkey Supper at GEMS 4 - 7 PM North Hero Fire Dept Roast Beef Dinner Saturday 4:30 - 7 PM North Hero Fire Dept Roast Beef Dinner Saturday 4:30 - 7 PM Bocce 10 PM +21 more see less
7 Pumpkin Carving Oct. 7 All Day Columbus Day Weekend Breakfast 7:30 - 11 AM Friends of Northern Lake Champlain Run for the Lake 7:30 - 11:30 AM Run for the Lake - Fundraiser 7:30 AM - 1 PM Run with the Heroes 5k for Special Olympics Vermont 9 - 11 AM Columbus Weekend Brunch at the Paddle! 9 AM - 2 PM MMU Travel/Lead Club Fun Run 11 AM - 12 PM Pumpkin Carving Contest at Pier Bar 1 PM Pumpkin Carving Contest at Pier Bar 1 PM 60 Years 1:30 - 4 PM Twangtown Paramours at Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM +7 more see less	8 Scholastic Book Fair (multiday) Scholastic Book Fair (multiday) Breakfast with the Principal of MMU - Jericho 7:30 - 8:45 AM Senior Luncheon 11:30 AM Senior Luncheon 11:30 AM St. Albans City Council Meeting: Oct. 8 6:30 PM +2 more see less	9 St Albans Parkinson's Support Group Meeting 10 - 11:30 AM Blood Drive at Saint Francis Xavier School 12 - 5 PM Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Blood Drive at Saint Francis Xavier School 12 - 5 PM Nature Ramble at Allen Point 5:30 - 7 PM New Writers Group Forming 6:30 PM St. Albans City Design Advisory Board Meeting: Oct. 9 6:30 PM +3 more see less	10 Monthly AARP Coffee Talk 9 - 10 AM Children's Storytime at Grand Isle Free Library 10 AM Care About Farmers and the Environment? 3 - 4 PM Toastmasters of Greater Burlington Open Home 7 - 9 PM	11 Coundown to 4-H! 5:30 - 7:30 PM You're Instrumental, Celebrate with Us! 6 - 8 PM Grand Isle Free Library Fiber Night 6:30 - 8 PM	12 Pork Roast Dinner All Day Free Community Supper 5:30 - 7 PM 2nd Annual BFA Fairfax Farm to School Harvest Dinner 6 PM Lake Weed Clean-Up Around Grand Isle 7 - 9 PM	13 Garage Sale (multiday) Yard Sale 205 Us Rt 2 Grand Isle Oct 13 & 14 (multiday) Big Sit at Missisquoi NWR 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM Fall Nature & Foliage Photography Workshop 7 AM - 12 PM Free Gym Memberships Available Saturday Duke's! 8 AM - 1 PM CVU Fall Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Craft Fair Oct. 13! 9 AM - 4 PM Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Open Studio and Moving Sale 9 AM (multiday) Free Photography Workshop: Missisquoi NWR Saturday! 10 AM - 1 PM Free Photo Workshop at Missisquoi NWR! 10 AM - 1 PM Milton Fire Department Open House 11 AM - 2 PM Malletts Bay Fire Dept Open House 11 AM - 2 PM Infinite Pasta-Bilities at Folsom 4 - 7 PM +11 more see less
14 Alburgh Legion Post Auxiliary All You Can Eat Break 8 - 11 AM Pizza Class at Brotbakery 10 AM - 2:30 PM Pet Food Warehouse's Wag It Forward Event 10 AM - 4 PM Lt. Gov. Zuckerman Party With Sen. Bernie Sanders 1 PM Sunday Concert: Social Band is Coming to the Area 3 - 4 PM Concert 3 PM +2 more see less	15 RiseVT FGI Scavenger Hunt (multiday) Ask the Auditor on Monday! 4 PM Sector Mash - Where Art & Tech Meet 5 - 9 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM +1 more see less	16 Phone Bank 5 - 8 PM Meet the Candidates 6 - 8 PM Come Meet and Greet Legislative Candidates 6 - 8 PM Meet the Candidates 6 - 8 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting Tuesday 6 PM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting Oct. 16 6:30 - 10 PM Fairfield Recreaction Committee 6:30 PM Special Selectboard Meeting Oct. 16 7 PM Vermont Vaudeville, Dibden Center for the Arts 8 PM +5 more see less	17 Mater Christi School Open House 8:30 - 11 AM Health of Lake Champlain 12 - 1:30 PM Open Heart Counseling Open House and Artist's Reception 3:30 - 6 PM St. Albans City Candidate Forum 6 - 7 PM CHS Fall Choral Concert: Oct. 17 7 PM +1 more see less	18 Vermont International Film Festival Starts Thursday! (multiday) Harvest Dinner 11 AM - 1 PM Peer-Led Anxiety Support Group 6 - 7 PM South Hero School Board Meeting 6 PM Grand Isle Farm Bureau 6 PM Fairfax Community Library Board of Trustees Meeting 6:30 PM Lake Weed Clean-Up Around Grand Isle Meeting (Tonight) 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	19 Quilt Show at Champlain Valley Expo (multiday) Champlain Valley Quilt Guild 34th Quilt Show at Expo 9 AM (multiday) Dancing for Parkinson's 10 - 11 AM Healthy Roots - Apple Gleaning 1 - 3:30 PM Healthy Roots - Apple Gleaning 1 - 4 PM +1 more see less	20 Bird Walk - Missisquoi NWR 8 - 10 AM Bird Walk - Missisquoi NWR 8 - 10 AM Basketball 3v3 Tournament 8 AM Meet the Candidates at Free Pancake Breakfast 9 - 11 AM Puzzle Swap 9 AM - 12 PM Ywca Vermont Trick or Trot 5K 10K 9 AM - 1 PM West Shore Road Garage Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Electrical, Household, and Yard Items 9 AM - 1 PM Trick or Trot 5k 10k YWCA VT Camp Hochelaga 9 AM - 1 PM ILM Barn Quilt Workshop October 20 9 AM - 4 PM Alpaca Homestead Moving Sale 9 AM (multiday) Moving Sale North Underhill 9 AM (multiday) Make Your Own Macramé Plant Hanger with Christel Nase! 10 AM - 1 PM Weekend Events at Ethan Allen Homestead Museum 10 AM (multiday) Boy Scout Open House 12 - 4 PM Westford's East vs. West Flag Football Game 1 - 11:59 PM Alburgh Legion Post #60 Auxiliary Spaghetti Dinner 4 - 6:30 PM Kickin' It for Cancer Soccer Tournament Finale! 4 - 9 PM 2018 Champlain Islands Halloween Party 5 - 7 PM Green Mountain Roller Derby 5 - 8:30 PM Family Friendly Comedy Night 7 - 9 PM +17 more see less
21 Fifth Annual Islands Crop Walk 1 PM Reiki Level 1 Class (Healing) 3 - 9 PM The Westford Music Series Sunday 4 PM	22 Development Review Board Agenda Oct. 22 All Day Want to See More Childcare? 1 PM	23 WBON Fall Conference - Early Bird Rates Until 9/28! 12:30 - 6 PM Teen Room Mural at BNML 3:15 - 5 PM Friends of the Grand Isle Library 6:30 PM	24 Children's Music Time at Grand Isle Free Library 10 AM 25th Season of the Vermont Stage Company 12 - 1:30 PM	25 Fiber Night at Grand Isle Free Library 6:30 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda Oct. 25 7 - 9:10 PM	26 Financial Wellness Day: Free Fun for the Whole Family 2:30 AM - 5 PM 4-Family Yard Sale Highbridge Road 9 AM - 4 PM New Independent Film about FPF to Premiere at VTIFF 12 - 1 PM Trunk or Treat 6 - 8 PM Westford Pumpkin Glow & Haunted Forest 6 - 8:30 PM South Hero Historical Society Oct. Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Legally Blonde, the Musical at CVU 7:30 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	27 Westford Rec. Pumpkin Run 9 - 11 AM Vermont Reiki Association 7th Annual Conference 9 AM - 5 PM Discover Waldorf Preschool & Kindergarten at Morning Magic 10 - 11:30 AM Discover Waldorf Pre & Kindergarten at Morning Magic 10 - 11:30 AM Spooky Saturday & Downtown Trick or Treating Saturday! 10 AM - 3 PM Come Play with Us! 2 - 4 PM Fairfield's Trunk or Treat 3 - 5 PM First Bounce Basketball for Boys Grades 1-4 3 - 5 PM Colchester Halloween Fest! 3 - 8 PM St. Ann Church Farm Harvest Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM 4th Annual Isle La Motte Haunted Library 6 - 10 PM +7 more see less
28 Educational Workshops for Ages 8-12 (multiday) Horses for Hope Halloween Celebration 10 AM - 2 PM Horses for Hope "Halloween Party" 10 AM - 2 PM Green Mountain Stables: Open House 11 AM - 3 PM Hudak Farm Compost Tour 11:30 AM Fallfest & High School Open House 1 - 3 PM Fallfest & High School Open House 1 - 3 PM Very Merry Theatre Halloween Event 4:30 PM +4 more see less	29 Halloween Party 3 - 4 PM Young Tradition Vermont Concert (From Ireland) 6 - 8:30 PM Filmmakers, Heed the Call of Horror! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Public Information Meeting: Route 7 Reconfiguration 7 PM	30 You Can Make a Difference in the Life of a Local Child 12 - 1 PM Cub Scout Pack 528 Meeting 6 - 7 PM Holiday Men's Chorus - Come Sing with Us 7 - 8:30 PM	31 Children's Halloween Event at Grand Isle Free Library 10 AM Private Airstrip 10:30 AM First CIDER Luncheon at Islands in the Sun 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Trunk or Treat at Folsom School 4:30 - 6 PM Trunk or Treat 5:30 - 7 PM +1 more see less	1 Artist in Residence November Featured Artist Reception 5:30 - 7 PM Swanton Peer-Led Anxiety Group 6 - 7 PM Franklin County Senate Debate 6 - 8 PM Fiber Night at Grand Isle Free Library 6:30 - 8 PM	2 Purrrses for Paws Seeks Purse Donations! All Day Bring a Gift Bingo 5 PM Singing Community at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 5:30 PM (multiday) Meet the Candidates House Party with RADVT 6 - 8:30 PM	3 Capital City Concerts Nov. 3 & 4 1:30 AM (multiday) 1st Saturday Open to Public Breakfast at Masonic Lodge 7:30 - 10:30 AM Cochran's Ski & Ride Sale Nov. 3 & 4 8 AM (multiday) Annual Craft Show Williston Central School 9 AM - 4 PM Attention Parents, Daycares and Preschools - Huge Sale! 9 AM (multiday) French Story-Time/Playgroup at Georgia Library 9:30 - 10:30 AM Pie Making at BNML 10 AM - 12 PM Smuggs Job Fair 10 AM - 1 PM Smuggs Job Fair 10 AM - 1 PM Missing the Farmers' Market? 10 AM - 2 PM First Winter Farmers' Market 10 AM - 2 PM Champlain Islands Farmers Market - Winter Events! 10 AM - 2 PM Shanley Triggs Art Open House 10 AM - 3 PM 2nd Annual Josh Pallotta Fund Crafter/Vendor Event 10 AM - 3 PM Grand Isle 'Get Out the Vote" Rally 10 AM Grand Isle 'Get Out the Vote" Rally 10 AM Paint & Sip to Benefit Non Profit Dog Rescue 5 - 6:30 PM Concert - Meeting House on the Green 7 - 9 PM +14 more see less