Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2023

SUNDAY SUN	MONDAY MON	TUESDAY TUE	WEDNESDAY WED	THURSDAY THU	FRIDAY FRI	SATURDAY SAT
30 The Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival 10 AM (multiday) Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival 2 PM (multiday) Cambridge Community Forest Trail Maintenance Work Day 10 AM - 12 PM Bennington Cares Meeting 11:30 AM Very Happy Cows 12 - 3 PM Refugee Resettlement 2 - 4 PM Refugee Resettlement 2 PM +3 more see less	1 Shaftsbury - Water Board & Select Board Meetings 5:45 - 8 PM	2 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Shaftsbury Solar Project - Informational Open House 5 - 7 PM	3 New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Change of Time for Eagle Bridge Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM Story Hour at the Dorset Library 10 AM - 11 PM Public Meeting: Bennington County Solid Waste Alliance 4 - 5 PM Poetry at Bennington College - Jennifer Chang 7 - 8 PM Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Citizen Science and Invasive Species 7 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	4 Pollinator Pathways 1 - 2 PM	5 Chefs at the Shire with Cactus Blossom Cantina 5 AM (multiday) Sandgate Tag Sale at S.E. Corners Road 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 10 AM - 6 PM (Re)birth Weekend May 5-7 12 PM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Cinco De Mayo - Beer Tasting, Chips/Dips, and Music! 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	6 Chefs at the Shire with Cactus Blossom Cantina 5 AM (multiday) Sunderland Green Up Day - This Saturday! 8 AM - 12 PM Celebrate Green Up Day This Saturday with SYP! 8:30 - 11 AM Volunteers Needed: Pawlet Tombstone Clean-Up 9 AM - 12 PM Arlington Green Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Rail Trail Opening and Bike Rodeo 10 AM - 12 PM Mile Around Wood Garlic Mustard Eradication Event 10 AM - 12 PM Tag Sale for Rug Hookers and Fiber Artists 10 AM - 2 PM Spring Spectacular Family Fun Day 10 AM - 4 PM Pollinator Pathway Presentation 2 - 3 PM Pork Suppers Return at the Pawlet Community Church 4:30 - 6:30 PM +7 more see less
7 Seeking Volunteers: Owlkill Commons Clean Up 9 AM - 12 PM 43rd Steve Zemianek Bennington Road Race 9 AM Hartford Fish & Game Chicken BBQ 11 AM	8 Select Board Meeting 4:30 - 8 PM Argyle Free Library Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM ARPA Discussion, Select Board Meeting 7 - 8 PM	9 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Bennington County Retired Teachers Association 12 PM Bennington College - Cassatt String Quartet 8 - 9:30 PM	10 Trout on Tap - Hosted by Trout Unlimited SWVT All Day New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Change of Time for Eagle Bridge Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM Story Hour at the Dorset Library 10 AM - 11 PM Trees – Morphology Wonderland 1 - 2 PM Adult Technology Class at the Library 5 PM Poetry at Bennington College - Roger Reeves 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	11 Exploring Vermont's Cities, Towns and Places 5:30 - 6:30 PM Rupert Library - Crafting Circle 6 - 8 PM Documentary Screening: The Quiet Epidemic 6 - 8 PM Bennington County Beekeepers Club 7 PM	12 Estate/Garage Sale This Fri/Sat - Old Bennington 10 AM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Year One \| Seed Lab : Zine and Public Action Fairs 4:30 - 6:30 PM	13 Spring in Salem All Day Yard Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Plant Sale to Benefit Greenwich Free Library 9 - 11 AM Argyle's Prospect Hill Cemetery Clean Up Day May 13 9 AM - 12 PM Spring Plant Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Pawlet Volunteer Fire Dept. Recruitment Open House 9 AM - 1 PM Train Your Bike, Tour the Town! 9 AM - 4 PM Spring Natural History and Botany Walk 9:30 AM - 11:30 PM Big Truck Day 10 AM - 1 PM Pawlet Library - Second Seed Saturday 11 AM - 12 PM Sip & Shop - Outer Limits Brewing & Vermont Flannel 12:30 - 5:30 PM Garden Soil Health Day 1 - 4 PM Bill Botzow Artist in Residence at Sage Street Mill 1 - 4 PM +9 more see less
14 Hartford Vol. Fire Co. Pancake Breakfast 8 - 11 AM	15 Select Board Meeting 5 - 7 PM	16 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Middle Grade Author Ann Braden Visits MAUMS This Week! 6 - 7 PM	17 New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Change of Time for Eagle Bridge Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM Story Hour at the Dorset Library 10 AM - 11 PM VCIL Women's Group 11 AM - 1 PM Garlic Mustard Pulling at Y Woods 5 PM +2 more see less	18 Kids Club 3:30 - 4:30 PM Invasive Species in Your Backyard or Not? 6 - 7 PM Flower Arranging Workshop 6 - 8 PM CPARB Meeting 6 PM (multiday) ITG Presents: Micah Schnabel at Argyle Brewing Company 8 - 11 PM +1 more see less	19 Book Sale 9 AM (multiday) Multi Family Estate & Garage Sales Old Bennington 10 AM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Gear Sale Today! 4 - 6 PM Teacup Auction in Wells 5 PM +1 more see less	20 Village School of NB Community-Wide Celebration 1:30 AM - 5 PM Raptor Fest at Hick's Orchard 8 AM - 2 PM Cambridge Museum Yearly Plant Sale 8 AM - 5 PM Rupert Library - Spring Plant Sale 9 AM - 1 PM 40+ Years Clean Out Tag Sale! 9 AM Identify, Harvest and Taste Edible Invasive Plants! 9:30 AM - 11 PM Saturday's Walloomsac Walk Will Visit Norton House 10 - 11 AM The Garden Club of Manchester Plant Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Town Hall 11 AM - 12 PM Constituent Meetings 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Argyle Fire Dept Spring Chicken BBQ; Sat May 20 12:30 - 1:30 PM Constituent Meetings 1 - 2 PM Youth Splash Day at Lake Paran! 1 - 4 PM Fundraising Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Bennington County Choral Society Concert 7 - 9 PM +11 more see less
21 Farmers Market at Owlkill Commons Begins Sunday 10 AM - 1 PM Arlington Historical Society Meeting 2 - 4 PM	22 Select Board Meeting 4:30 - 8 PM Public Notice 5:30 PM	23 Early Morning Birding Walk at White Oak Farm 7 - 9 AM Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM 2023 Spring Afterschool Arts & Wellness Club! 3 - 5 PM	24 Adult Tech Classes at the Library All Day New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Change of Time for Eagle Bridge Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM Story Hour at the Dorset Library 10 AM - 11 PM Life Drawing Evening 5 PM +2 more see less	25 Soft Mud of France by Local Author Greg Vail 5:30 - 6:30 PM Rupert Library - Crafting Circle 6 - 8 PM Second Shot at The Pollinator Pathways Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM	26 Moving Sale 9 AM (multiday) Spring Vermont Open Studio Weekend May 27- 28 10 AM (multiday) Garage Sale - 585 Wilcox Road, West Arlington 11 AM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Outdoor + Estate Sale - 726 Old Depot Road, Shaftsbury, VT 4 - 8 PM Me N' U Indian Dinner & Community Theatre Chat 5 - 7 PM Pawlet Library Volunteer Network Potluck 6 PM Kiss Me Kate at The Dorset Playhouse 7:30 PM Frissons: Acoustic Solo Recital at BYTE Lounge 8 - 9:30 PM +5 more see less	27 Tag Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Large Tag Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Indoor Tag Sale - 6779 Vermont Route 7A 8:30 AM - 3 PM 8th Annual Plant Sale & Special Kid's Pottery Painting! 9 AM - 1 PM Arlington Garden Clubs Annual Plant Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Friends of the Library Plant and Bake Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Green Mountain Club Hike over Bald Mountain 9 AM - 4 PM A Showcase of Local Support Systems for Aging in Place 10 - 11:30 AM Spring Vermont Open Studio Weekend May 27- 28 10 AM (multiday) Whiskey River at Little Theater on the Farm 12 - 12 PM Bennington Community Café - Looking for Volunteers 1:30 - 3 PM Free Summer Shows 5 PM Kiss Me Kate at The Dorset Playhouse 7:30 PM +9 more see less
28 Farmers Market at Owlkill Commons Begins Sunday 10 AM - 1 PM Outdoor + Estate Sale - 726 Old Depot Road, Shaftsbury, VT 12 - 4 PM Play Every Town Community Concert for a Cooler Climate 2 - 4 PM Maxine Linehan is Special Guest at Free SVAC Concert 2 - 4 PM	29 Memorial Day Chicken Bar-B-Q 1 - 5 PM Hartford Memorial Day Parade 6 - 8 PM	30 Select Board Meeting 8 - 8:30 AM Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Outdoor Yoga at the Robert Frost Stone House 5 - 6 PM Special Select Board Meeting 6:30 PM	31 New Moms' Group 9 - 10 AM Change of Time for Eagle Bridge Thrift Store 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Tag Sales 10 AM - 2 PM Video Announcement Day! 10 AM - 5 PM Story Hour at the Dorset Library 10 AM - 11 PM Little Theater on the Farm Presents the Bluebillies 12 - 12 PM Shaftsbury - Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM The Bluebillies at Little Theater on the Farm 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	1 Smugglers' Notch Distillery - Top 4 in the Us (multiday) Students Host Community Dialogue Night on Youth Vaping 5:30 - 6:30 PM Make a Macrame Plant Hanger at The Dorset Library 6 - 8 PM	2 Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Gallery Opening! 5 - 5 PM Pilots BBQ 5 - 9 PM Cambridge Valley Balloon Festival 5 PM (multiday) Boston Red Sox... In Bennington?! 5 PM +1 more see less	3 Coffee Talk w/ Financial Advisor Michael Van Eyck 9 - 10 AM Argyle Road Cleanup 9 - 10:30 AM Balloon Fest Yard Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Buffalo Sunrise Spring Artisan Market 10 AM (multiday) Pork Suppers Return at the Pawlet Community Church 4:30 - 6:30 PM Liz Winge and Alan Dunham with Off the Main Road 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less