Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2023

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26 Pancake Breakfast, Swanton VT 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Rabies Clinic to Be Held in South Hero 12 - 2 PM EMS First Responder Training for High School Students 12:15 - 2:45 PM	27 Bowling All Day Fiber Arts Meet-Up 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM Free Vaccine Clinic 4 - 6 PM Special Audit Meeting 6 PM Milton Special Selectboard Meeting, Mar 27 6 PM Westford DRB Agenda 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	28 Diabetes Alert Day: Take Action! All Day Diabetes Alert Day: Take Action! All Day “Creating a Mini-Meadow" 1 - 2 PM After-School Filmmaking at BNML 3:15 - 5:15 PM Healthcare Open House 118 N Main St 4 - 8 PM St. Albans City Police Advisory Board Meeting 5 PM Winter Tree Identification at CVU 5:30 - 7:30 PM Paint and Sip at the Painted Lady Cafe 6 - 8 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting 6 PM Weekly Zumba Fitness at Grand Isle School! 6:15 - 7:15 PM EWSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 9:30 PM Conservation Commission Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - March 28 6:30 PM +9 more see less	29 Storytime with Sarah at BNML! 10 - 11:30 AM Game Night: Throw, Throw Burrito 4 - 5 PM Free Online Quit Smoking Program 4 - 5 PM Craft Cocktails - Winter Wednesdays 6 - 7 PM Folsom's 7th Annual Science Fair 6 - 7 PM Improvisational Theatre Workshop 7 - 8:15 PM The Talk, Vermont, March 29 7 PM The Talk, Vermont, March 29 7 PM +4 more see less	30 Our Changing Libraries 11:55 AM - 1 PM Our Changing Libraries 12 - 1 PM Free 8 Week High Blood Pressure Workshop 1 - 2:30 PM Free Hypertension Management Series 1 - 2:30 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Aquatic Invasives 7 - 8 PM Aquatic Invasives 7 - 8 PM Free Presentation: Vermont's Aquatic Invasive Plants 7 - 8 PM Free Presentation: Vermont's Aquatic Invasive Plants 7 - 8 PM Aquatic Invasives 7 - 8 PM Aquatic Invasives Informational Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM Interfaith Study and Devotional Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	31 Youth Crot Poetry Contest - Entries Due Friday! All Day MMU Theatre Musical - Chicago 7:30 AM (multiday) Children's Storytime at Georgia Public Library 10 - 11 AM Methodist Church Thrift Shop 10 AM - 2 PM Lego Club 3:30 - 4:30 PM Free 4-Week Spring Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Cardio Dance + Tone Fitness Class by Kristen B. 6:15 - 7 PM +3 more see less	1 Left the Best Pampering for Last and Other News All Day MMU Theatre Musical - Chicago 7:30 AM (multiday) Fairfield's Heart and Home Community Art Project 9 AM - 1 PM Huge U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Huge U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Huge U32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Just What Are You Waiting For? 10 AM Vermont Genealogy Library Class 10:30 AM - 12 PM Shelburne Farms Job Fair 11 AM - 2 PM GMAA Sap Run Race April 1 11 AM Zumbathon Donation Event 1 - 2:30 PM Puppy Yoga 3 - 4 PM Lasagna Fundraising Dinner 5 - 5:30 PM Drive-Thru Lasagna Dinner Fundraiser, April 1 5 - 6 PM The Fool's Ball (Adult Prom) - Westford Common Hall 7:30 - 10:30 PM Fun and Dancing and Music, Oh My! 7:30 - 10:30 PM +13 more see less
2 MMU Theatre Musical - Chicago 7:30 AM (multiday) Reiki Level 1 Certification 11 AM - 12 PM EMS First Responder Training for High School Students 12:15 - 2:45 PM Easter Egg Hunt Rescheduled 1 - 1:30 PM Free Open House at Elley-Long Music Center 2:30 - 5 PM Free Open House at Elley-Long Music Center 2:30 PM +2 more see less	3 Bowling All Day Fiber Arts Meet-Up 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM St. Albans City Parks & Rec Commission Meeting 5:30 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM Heaven's Gate and Hell's Flames Show (Vibrant Church) 7 - 9 PM Fairfield Planning Comm. & Zoning Board of Adj Meeting 7 PM +2 more see less	4 Lights, Camera, Action! at BNML 3 - 5:15 PM Lights, Camera, Action! at BNML 3:15 - 5:15 PM April Meditation 5 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting 6 - 9 PM Weekly Zumba Fitness at Grand Isle School! 6:15 - 7:15 PM EWSD Public Informational Hearing 6:30 - 7:30 PM Obtaining Italian Citizenship Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM Heaven's Gate and Hell's Flames Show (Vibrant Church) 7 - 9 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	5 Storytime with Sarah at BNML 10 - 11:30 AM Wii Gaming Sessions at Burnham Library 12:30 - 3 PM Milton on the Move: Support & Recruit Taskforce Meeting 6 - 7 PM Reiki Share 6 - 8 PM Agenda for April 5 Selectboard Meeting 6 PM Colchester Speak Out Contest - High School Students 6:30 - 8:30 PM Improvisational Theatre Workshop 7 - 8:15 PM +3 more see less	6 Artist in Residence Featured Artist Reception 4:30 - 6:30 AM Free Webinar: Learn About Total Ankle Replacement 12:30 - 1 PM April 6 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 7 PM Paint 'N Sip 6 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Colchester High School Theatre 7 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	7 First Fridays at BNML: Franklin County Homeschoolers 10 - 11 AM Children's Storytime at Georgia Public Library 10 - 11 AM Sandy Bottom Farm Stand Now Open! 12 PM Lego Club 3:30 - 4:30 PM This Friday – Lunafest Film Festival in Burlington 6 - 9 PM This Friday – Lunafest Film Festival in Burlington 6 - 9 PM Good Friday Tenebrae Service 6:30 - 7 PM +3 more see less	8 17th Annual Half Marathon Unplugged Road Race 8:55 - 10 AM Easter in the Park in Swanton! 9 - 10 AM Plant, Seed, & Cutting Swap April 8 9 - 11 AM Open Play Day at Turn to Joy and TTJ at the Annex 9:30 AM - 2 PM Westford Recreation Easter Egg Hunt! 10 - 10:10 AM Easter Egg Hunt at Bayside Park 10 - 11 AM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Milton Egg Hunt 10 AM Concert Cancelled 7 - 8 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Spring Concert 7 PM +6 more see less
9 Sunrise Service 6:30 - 7 AM Sunrise Easter Service 6:30 - 7 AM Easter Sunday Service 9:30 - 10:30 AM Easter Egg Hunt 10 - 11 AM Easter Sunday Service 10 - 11 AM Traditional Easter Service 10 AM Easter Services 10:30 AM Easter Worship Service 11 AM - 12 PM EMS First Responder Training for High School Students 12:15 - 2:45 PM +5 more see less	10 Bowling All Day Westford Senior Luncheon 11:30 AM Folsom Silent Auction 12 PM (multiday) Regular City Council Meeting 6:30 PM EWSD Annual Meeting 7 - 8 PM Old Coins 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	11 New Exercise Class Locally for Senior Folks + 11 AM - 12 PM Two Grammy Winners Perform in Shelburne 2 - 4 PM Lights, Camera, Action! at BNML 3 - 5 PM 8-Week Introduction to iRest Yoga Nidra 6 - 8 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Paint and Sip at the Painted Lady Cafe 6 - 8 PM Weekly Zumba Fitness at Grand Isle School! 6:15 - 7:15 PM Public Local-Led Conservation Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Hybrid Photography Club at BNML 6:30 - 8 PM St. Albans City Belonging Equity & Inclusion Committee 6:30 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - April 11 6:30 PM +7 more see less	12 Handmade Fresh Pasta with Gloria Ruvalcaba - Winter Wednesday 5 AM - 7 PM Chair Yoga for Seniors - Fairfax Community Center 9 - 10 AM Outdoor Scavenger Hunt 9 AM - 6 PM Storytime with Sarah at BNML 10 - 11:30 AM Franklin Co. NRCD - Five Volunteer Tree Plantings 10 AM - 4 PM Volunteers Needed for Tree Planting - St. Albans - April 12 10 AM - 4 PM Cider Congregate Sit-Down Lunches Resuming in April 12 PM Navigating the Medicare Maze 6 - 7:30 PM Community Presentation (Herrick Project) 6:30 - 8:30 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Improvisational Theatre Workshop 7 - 8:15 PM +7 more see less	13 Lyric Theatre Company's ‘Shrek the Musical' April 13-16 (multiday) Kid's Clothing Drive 10 AM (multiday) Middle School Craft at Burnham Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Lynda Bouchard - Local Author Discussion & Signing 4 - 5 PM Buying and Selling Your Home - Ask the Professionals 6 - 7 PM Community Poetry Reading 6 - 8 PM Community Poetry Reading 6 - 8 PM Virtual Paint Class - Easter Egg Wreath 6 - 8 PM Development Review Board: Notice of Public Hearing 6 - 9 PM Shorebird Photography: Migration Through Vermont 6:30 - 7:30 PM Shorebird Photography: Migration Through Vermont 6:30 - 7:30 PM Grand Isle Rec Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Crisis Cops: Ernie and Joe 6:30 - 8 PM Phenology of Terrestrial Invasives 7 - 8 PM Phenology of Terrestrial Invasives 7 - 8 PM Phenology (Seasonal Cycles) of Terrestrial Invasives 7 - 8 PM North Hero Development Review Board Hearing 7 - 9 PM +13 more see less	14 Pop Up Tulip Sale 2 - 6 PM Eagles Club Benefit Dinner 5 - 11 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts 7:30 PM	15 Fairfax Household Hazardous Waste Day 8 AM - 12 PM April Isle La Motte Community Organization Meeting 8:30 AM Free Food 9 - 11 AM Raising Poultry for Food & Fun 9 - 11 AM Our Community, Our Students, Our Future 9 AM - 2:30 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Saturplay at BNML! 10 - 11:30 AM South Hero Seed Swap 10 AM - 12 PM Scrumptious Lake Puppet Show 11 AM - 12 PM Friends of the Highgate Library & Community Center Meeting 12 - 1 PM Milk with Dignity Organizing Tour Stop 4 - 6 PM Bunco Fundraiser for Cambridge Area Rotary 6 - 10 PM Open-Mic Night 7 - 9 PM Social Band - Spring Concerts April 15, 16, 22, 23 7:30 - 9 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts 7:30 PM (multiday) Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts 7:30 PM +12 more see less
16 Bootlegger Bikes - the Great Gravelo Spring Gravel Ride 9 AM - 4 PM EMS First Responder Training for High School Students 12:15 - 2:45 PM New Volunteer Orientation 3:30 - 4:30 PM The Buck Hollers Band in Concert in Westford 4 - 5 PM Buck Hollers Band at the Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM The Buck Hollers Band in Concert in Westford 4 - 5 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts 7:30 PM (multiday) Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts 7:30 PM +4 more see less	17 Legislative Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Baking Booksters: Circus Animal Blondies 3:30 - 4:30 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Mtg. April 17 5:30 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting April 17 6 - 9 PM Westford Planning Commission - April 17 Agenda 6:30 PM Hearing on Proposed Development Regulation Updates 6:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	18 Catamount Industrial Park - Hydrant Flow Testing (multiday) Ranked Choice Voting in Vermont 3:30 - 5 PM NVU-Lyndon Presents Author and Adventurer Ken Ilgunas 5 - 6:30 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting 6 - 9 PM Weekly Zumba Fitness at Grand Isle School! 6:15 - 7:15 PM High School "Coffeehouse" at Burnham Library 6:30 - 7:30 PM Franklin County Beekeepers Special Night 6:30 - 8 PM South Hero Conservation Commission Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM EWSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	19 Breaking Barriers: Finding Possibilities and Purpose 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Chair Yoga for Seniors - Fairfax Community Center 9 - 10 AM Storytime with Sarah at BNML 10 - 11:30 AM Friends of the Grand Isle Library 1 PM Art Journaling - Drop in Event (Free) 5:30 - 7 PM The Most Costly Journey - Winter Wednesdays 6 - 7 PM Choose Happy - Applying Positive Psychology to Every Day 6 - 7:30 PM GICWD April Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Improvisational Theatre Workshop 7 - 8:15 PM +5 more see less	20 Watch Green Mountain Robotics at Worlds (multiday) Monthly Pop-Up Yoga 10:30 - 11:30 AM In Stitches Knit & Crochet Group 1 - 3 PM Vermont Green Building Celebration 5 - 8 PM What is Biomimicry? 6 - 7 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 7:15 PM South Hero School Board 6 PM Fairfax Community Library Joint Board Meeting Agenda 6:30 PM St. Albans City Democrats Monthly Meeting 7 PM +5 more see less	21 Virtual Paint Class - Armful of Flowers 7 - 9 PM Spring Fling Celtic Music Concert 7 PM	22 Celebrate Spring at ReTribe Earth Day Teen Retreat (multiday) Earth Day Tree Planting - Missisquoi NWR 9 AM - 3 PM Earth Day Tree Planting - Missisquoi NWR 9 AM - 3 PM Green Up Day at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge 9 AM - 3 PM Earth Day Tree Planting! 9 AM - 3 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Vermont Genealogy Library Class 9:30 AM - 12 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Legislator Hour Saturday April 22 10 - 11 AM Resin Flower Art with Carley Tillinghast 10 AM - 12 PM Sampler ID Day Saturday, April 22 10 AM - 4 PM Earth Day Volunteer Tree Planting, Concert, Potluck 10 AM - 6 PM Second Shelburne Farms Job Fair 11 AM - 2 PM Sampler ID Day 12 - 4 PM Community Share 12 - 4 PM Community Share 12 - 4 PM Spring Greek Take-Out Food Event 12 - 5 PM Trio Concert at the Worthen 3 PM Live Music: Singer/Songwriter Night 6 - 8 PM +15 more see less
23 Deadline Alert! Sign-Up for the K-6 Lacrosse Clinic All Day K-6 Lacrosse Clinic Sign Up Deadline 5 AM - 11 PM Mill River Stream Clean Up! 9 AM - 1 PM Sunday Brunch at Kraemer & Kin 10 AM - 3 PM EMS First Responder Training for High School Students 12:15 - 2:45 PM Down to Earth Community Garden Seeking New Members 2 - 4 PM +2 more see less	24 St. Albans City Design Advisory Board Meeting 6:30 PM	25 April School Vacation Camp for Kids! 9 AM (multiday) Minecraft Party! 12 PM St. Albans City Police Advisory Board Meeting 5 PM Paint and Sip at the Painted Lady Cafe 6 - 8 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting: Tuesday, 4/25 6 PM Weekly Zumba Fitness at Grand Isle School! 6:15 - 7:15 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - April 25 6:30 PM +4 more see less	26 Chair Yoga for Seniors - Fairfax Community Center 9 - 10 AM April School Vacation Camp for Kids! 9 AM (multiday) Storytime with Sarah at BNML 10 - 11:30 AM Drive in Movie at Milton Public Library 3 - 4:30 PM Economic Development Commission Regular Meeting April 26 4 - 5 PM +1 more see less	27 April School Vacation Camp for Kids! 9 AM (multiday) Sheldon Food Shelf & Age Well Presents Community Dinner 12 - 1:30 PM Art Show Reception at BNML 6 - 7 PM Development Review Board Agenda 6 - 9 PM Interfaith Discussion Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM Interfaith Study and Devotional Group 7:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	28 Barn Sale 8 AM (multiday) Estate Sale 8:30 AM - 1 PM Huge Yard Sale & Book Sale April 28 & 29 8:30 AM (multiday) Vermont Maple Festival - Contest 12 - 6 PM Conservation Commission Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	29 April 29 Masons Benefit Breakfast Until 12 AM Pancake Breakfast 7 AM (multiday) Big Rig Day 8 AM - 12 PM Spring Wildflower Walk with Chuck Hulse 9 - 11 AM Day in the Dirt 9 AM - 12 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Family Nature Walk with Mr. K 10:30 AM - 12 PM NAMIWalks Vermont - Walkathon for Mental Health 12 - 3 PM Fitness Studio Open House! 12 - 4 PM Piano Concert 7:30 - 8:45 PM Claire Black Piano Recital 7:30 - 8:45 PM +7 more see less
30 43rd Annual Sap Run 8:30 - 11 AM Sunday Brunch at Kraemer & Kin 10 AM - 3 PM EMS First Responder Training for High School Students 12:15 - 2:45 PM Rain Date Announcement: Open House Rescheduled to April 30 2 - 4 PM Free Community Play Along at Elley-Long Music Center 4 - 5:15 PM Virtual Paint Class - Bunny Flower Crown 4 - 6 PM +2 more see less	1 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 9 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM Special Selectboard Meeting 7 PM	2 Milton Water Bills Due by Tuesday, May 2 All Day Weekly Zumba Fitness at Grand Isle School! 6:15 - 7:15 PM What Places Do You Love in South Hero? 6:30 - 8:30 PM In-Person Community Values Mapping Event 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM Religion and the Supreme Court 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	3 Chair Yoga for Seniors - Fairfax Community Center 9 - 10 AM Storytime with Sarah at BNML! 10 - 11:30 AM Free Online Workshop for High Blood Pressure! 11 AM - 12:30 PM Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Spring Ephemeral Plant Walk 5 - 6:30 PM Infertility Awareness Open House - Please Join Us! 5 - 7 PM Open House at NRM 5 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care Franklin County Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care - Franklin County Quarterly Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care May 3rd Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM South Hero Planning Commission Meeting - May 3 6 PM +7 more see less	4 Holy Angels Ladies of St. Anne Rummage Sale 7 AM (multiday) Reading & Discussion Series 6 - 7 PM Networking for Early Childhood Educators in Milton 6 - 8 PM Paint 'N Sip 6 - 8 PM The Kobzar's Prayer for Ukraine with Jurij Fedynskyj 7 - 9 PM The Kobzar's Prayer for Ukraine with Jurij Fedynskyj 7 - 10 PM +2 more see less	5 Garage Sale (multiday) St. Paul's Rummage Sale This Weekend! (May 5 & 6) 8 AM (multiday) First Fridays at BNML: Franklin County Homeschoolers 10 - 11 AM Rummage Sale 1 PM (multiday) Theatre at the Vineyard 6 PM Colchester Community Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	6 Join Your Ilm Neighbors on Green Up Day May 6! All Day Volunteer for Green Up Day May 6 All Day Green Up Day Vermont - Coming Soon! All Day Green Up Day - May 6th (Save the Date) 6 AM - 6 PM Green Up Day in Swanton 8 - 10 AM Green Up Day South Hero 8 AM - 12 PM Milton Green Up Day 8 AM - 1 PM Touch-A-Truck 9 - 11 AM This Saturday at the Food Shelf 9 - 11 AM Clean Up Day at the Sheldon Historical Museum 9 AM - 1 PM CPR/First Aid Certification 9 AM - 1 PM Grand Isle Green Up Day 2023 9 AM - 1 PM 3 Family Garage Sale Saturday 9 AM - 2 PM Seneca Lodge #40 First Ever Spring Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM Because Craft Fair 9:30 AM - 12 PM beCause Craft Show 9:30 AM - 4 PM beCAUSE Craft Show 9:30 AM - 4 PM Explore Music Together with Your Young Child! 10 - 11 AM Paint & Hydrate (*Alcohol Free) 10 AM - 12 PM Milton Historical Museum Open Saturdays, May 6 - Oct. 28 10 AM - 2 PM Tween Sharpie Art Program with Rosemarie 10:30 AM - 12 PM Green Up Highgate for Ice Cream 11 AM - 1 PM Inclusion Festival 11 AM - 6 PM Legislative Community Discussion 12:30 - 2 PM Sheldon Food Shelf Monthly Community Dinner 4 - 6 PM Theatre at the Vineyard - Reserve a Seat Today 6 PM South Burlington Community Chorus Spring Concert 7:30 - 8:15 PM Karaoke Night with Jenny Red! 8 PM (multiday) +24 more see less