Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2021

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26 Outside Mullingar Opens This Week 7:30 PM (multiday) Zig Zag Issue 11 Release Party 2 - 4 PM	27 Job Fair at Middlebury College 4 - 6 PM Progressive Town Caucus, Middlebury 4:30 PM Intro to 3D Design - New Makery Class 6 PM (multiday) Intro to 3D Design Class 6 PM (multiday) Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Mon., Sept. 27 7 - 10 PM +1 more see less	28 Re: Sept. 28 Taco Tuesday at Burnham! (Two Weeks from Tonight) All Day Nice Dummy Partner - but What Do I Do Now? 3 - 5 PM Mt. Abraham Home Cross Country Meet Tuesday 3 - 6 PM Brandon Democratic Party Reorganizational Meeting 5 PM Afghanistan Refugees 6:30 - 8 PM Afghanistan Refugees 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	29 Brandon Progressive Caucus 7 - 8 PM Democratic Town Caucus Wednesday 7 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Wednesday 7:30 - 8 PM	30 Bridge 3:30 AM - 12 PM	1 Silly Stories & Hilarious Jokes Friday in the Park All Day Cribbage 1 - 3 PM First Fridays at Brandon Farmers Market 2 - 6 PM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Vermont Redistricting Panel Event 3:30 - 4:30 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Take-Out Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Take-Out Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM Knights in Italy Take-Out Spaghetti Dinner - Friday 4 - 5:30 PM Art Exhibit Opening Kicks Off a Month of Events 5 - 7 PM New Perennials Presents Perennial Harvest Days 2021 5 PM (multiday) New Perennials Presents Perennial Harvest Days 2021 5 PM (multiday) Ilsley After-Hours: Teen Lounge 6 - 8 PM +8 more see less	2 Vision Camp Oct. 2 All Day Big Yard Sale! 1.5 Miles from Center of Bristol 8 AM - 3 PM Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro, Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro, Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Vintage Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro - Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Morgan Horse Farm Centennial Statue Celebration 10 AM - 2 PM Statue Centennial Celebration at UVM Morgan Horse Farm 10 AM - 2 PM Caleb Kenna Photography Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend - Mike Mayone Art Studio 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend at Deborah Holmes Art 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) VT Open Studio Weekend: Alice Eckles 10 AM (multiday) 100th Anniversary Celebration of Justin Morgan Statue 10 AM Used Book Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Reproductive Rights March 2 PM Bingo at St. Peter's 5 - 8 PM The Doughboys Dance Band at the Brandon Town Hall 7 - 9:30 PM Ripton Coffee House at Holley Hall Oct 2 w/ Scott Cook 7:30 - 9:45 PM Ripton Coffee House at Holley Hall Live & Live Streamed 7:30 - 10 PM Ripton Coffee House at Holley Hall Live & Live Streamed 7:30 - 10 PM +17 more see less
3 Blessing of the Animals at UCoL All Day Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Fiesta. Fiesta. Viva El Sabor 12 - 6 PM Harvest Festival at the Vermont Farmers Food Center 12 - 6:30 PM Harvest Fest! 1 - 4 PM Fiesta. Fiesta 1 - 6 PM +2 more see less	4	5 Nice Dummy Partner - but What Do I Do Now? 3 - 5 PM Licensed Nurse Assistant Program (LNA) Starts Oct. 5 4:30 - 8 PM MAUSD Community Connections Family Night 5 - 6:30 PM Tonight! Big Turnout Needed to Oppose Logging! 6:30 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Oct. 5 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	6 Button Up Webinar on Wednesday 12 - 1 PM Celebrate Willard's Woods Land Donation 4:30 - 6:30 PM "Living with Death" Talk by Sheldon Museum 7 - 8 PM 1st Wednesdays at Ilsley Public Library 7 - 8 PM	7 Bristol Hub Cab Meeting 6 - 7 PM Rochester Area Climate Initiative Community Forum 6 - 8:30 PM Rochester Area Climate Initiative Community Forum 6 - 8:30 PM	8 Fall Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Cocoon, Live Storytelling Event Inspired by the Moth 8 - 8:45 PM	9 Neighborhood Yard Sales (multiday) Community-Wide Yard Sale, Mead Ln/Butternut Ridge Dr (multiday) Richard Tom Foundation, Richard's Ride 7 AM - 3 PM First Weybridge Hill Cemetery Work Day 8 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Recommending Bread Loaf View Farm 9 AM (multiday) Columbus Weekend Art Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Fall Craft Fair in Brandon, VT 10 AM - 3 PM 1st Annual Bristol Horse Day! 10 AM - 3 PM Brandon Farmers Market Harvest Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Quilting in the Land of Milk and Honey Quilt Show 10 AM (multiday) Quilt Show in Middlebury 10 AM (multiday) Art in the Park 10 AM (multiday) Haunted Forest Work Day #2 10 AM Genealogy Class on Zoom 1:30 PM Oct 9: Sister-To-Sister Fall Event 2 - 4 PM Celebration of Life Service for Randy Rice 2 PM Chicken and Biscuit Dinner 4 - 5 PM Save the Date! 2nd Annual Chicken and Biscuit Dinner at the Masons' Lodge in Bristol Oct. 19 4 - 5:15 PM Suffragist Play 7:30 - 8 PM Doric String Quartet and Pianist Jonathan Biss 7:30 - 9:15 PM Burnham Music Series Presents Abby Sherman Oct. 9 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burnham Music Series Presents Abby Sherman Oct. 9 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burnham Hall Concert Series 7:30 PM +21 more see less
10 Free and for Sale Extravaganza - Sunday 9 AM - 12 PM Havurah 40ish Anniversary Tag Sale Oct. 10 at 9am 9 AM - 1 PM Ripton Ridge Run 12:30 PM Middlebury Shape-Note Singing 1 - 3 PM Green Mtn Swing Outdoor Concert Sunday - Free to All! 1 - 4 PM A Fun, New Play: the Suffragist Reenactment Society 2 - 3 PM UWAC's .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM UWAC's .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM UWAC's .5k Race for the Rest of Us 3 - 6 PM Circle Gathering • Open Sky Studio, Bristol 3:30 - 5 PM +6 more see less	11 Re: Lincoln Gap Closing Friday Morning All Day Take & Make 8 - 9 AM Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Challenge Race 11 AM - 2 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Monday Oct. 11 7 - 10 PM	12 Environmental Justice Panel Discussion 1:30 - 3 PM Nice Dummy Partner - but What Do I Do Now? 3 - 5 PM Workshop for Backpacking Overnight at Silver Lake 6 - 8:30 PM MAUSD Board October Facilities Meeting (Oct. 12) 6 - 10 PM MUASD Board Meeting, Consultant Update 6 PM +1 more see less	13 Heat Pumps & Weatherization 12 - 1 PM Perennial Perspectives in the Health and Wellbeing 4:30 - 6:30 PM Yoga Philosophy with Prem Prakash 7:30 - 8:30 PM	14 Stories in the Park Moved to Thursdays! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Perennial Harvest Days Panel on Food Systems 4:30 - 6:30 PM Amy Godine Talk "Dreaming of Timbuctoo" at THT 6 - 7 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Agenda Oct. 14 6 - 8 PM Vermont Town Schools Project Listening Party 7 - 8 PM Vermont Town Schools Listening Party! 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Democrats Monthly Meeting 7 PM +3 more see less	15 Barn Opera - La Traviata (multiday) Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Art on Main Art Show Opening 5 - 7 PM A Few Open Spots in Singing Weekend 5 PM (multiday) Brandon Town Players Staged Radio Plays 7 PM (multiday) Barn Opera Grand Opening 7:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	16 Harvest Party at Sunrise Orchards! Oct. 16-17 (multiday) Perennial Harvest Day at Bread and Butter Farm 9 AM - 3 PM CVU Craft Fair - Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Craft Fair This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Federated Church Pie Sale 9 AM Get Pollinated Event!: Attract Backyard Pollinators 10 - 11:30 AM Dino Dig 10 AM - 1 PM Fall Festival at Vermont Food Collaborative 10 AM - 6 PM Electric Vehicle Parade in Bristol 11 AM - 1 PM Outdoor Concert in Our Backyard - Hungrytown 3 - 4 PM +7 more see less
17 Rutland County Humane Society Tails for Tails 9 AM - 12 PM Waitsfield Elementary Ski and Skate Sale Oct. 17 9 AM - 4 PM Mushroom Field Trip 9 AM 2021 Scooter Competition 10 AM - 3 PM Scooter Competition This Sunday! 10 AM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM Perennial Harvest Day at Willowell 12 - 5 PM Havurah Kintsugi Workshop - Oct. 17 3 - 5:30 PM +4 more see less	18 American Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM 5/6 LCS Boys and Girls Soccer - Semi-Finals! 5 PM	19 Nice Dummy Partner - but What Do I Do Now? 3 - 5 PM AAUW Speaker Series 7 - 8 PM Tom Hanley to Speak at Ilsley Tuesday Oct. 19 at 7pm 7 - 9 PM	20 Weatherization and Making Your Home Healthy & Safe All Day Energy Committee Meeting Agenda, Wed 7:00p 7 - 8 PM Lincoln Sports Annual Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	21 MAUSD Area Mini Metro Basketball Tryouts 6:30 AM (multiday) Vermont Adult Learning Open House 3 - 6 PM Reminder: Vermont Adult Learning's Open House 3 - 6 PM Vermont Adult Learning Open House 3 PM ACCOC October Networking Mixer at Vermont Cider Co 5:30 - 7 PM Special MAUSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM MAUSD Board Special Meeting Thursday 6 - 8 PM MCCFC Our Town 6:30 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	22 Perennial Harvest Days Final All Sphere Panel 10 AM - 12 PM Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Final Perennial Harvest Day Gathering Oct. 22 2:30 - 5 PM Surf & Turf Dinner 5 - 7 PM "The Scarab's Curse" Mystery for Shelburne Museum 7 PM Triple Play -- Opening This Friday! 7:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	23 Backpacking Overnight at Silver Lake 8 AM (multiday) Backpacking Overnight at Silver Lake 8 AM (multiday) 5-Town Fire Department Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM Yard Sale, Chipman Hts this Saturday 9 AM - 2 PM Bristol Republican Meeting 9 AM 5 Town Fire Department Food Drive 9 AM Share the Warmth: A Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 12 PM Teen Advisory Group at Ilsley 2 - 3 PM Triple Play - Late Matinee on Saturday 4 - 5:30 PM Mystery Dinner & Fall Celebration 6 - 8 PM +7 more see less
24 Free: End of Yard Sale Leftovers 8 AM - 12 PM Sunday in the Park 8:30 - 10:15 AM Bristol Trail Network Work Day Sunday 1 PM	25 The Condor and the Eagle with Bill Mckibben 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Oct. 25 7 - 10 PM	26 Second Annual ACHHH Drive-Thru Flu Vaccine Clinic 7:30 - 10:30 AM Addison County Button Up Webinar 5:30 - 7 PM Weatherization Presentation, Questions and Answers 5:30 - 7 PM Two Webinars on Weatherization: Today and Wednesday 5:30 - 7 PM Special Meetings on Enforcement and ARPA Funds 6 - 8:30 PM Special Selectboard Meeting - Public Safety 6 PM Special Selectboard Meeting - ARPA Funds - Agenda 7:30 PM +3 more see less	27 Naomi Replansky Poetry Reading 4:30 - 6 PM	28 "Joseph Battell: a Life and a Legacy" by David Bain 12 - 1 PM Scary Stories in the Park Thursday 3:30 - 4:30 PM Learn About Vermont Day School Prek-8 5:30 - 6:30 PM Thinking About Schools? Learn About VT Day School PreK-8 5:30 - 6:30 PM	29 Wanted: Actors! Spirits at Rokeby (multiday) Food Fun Friday at Turning Point Center of Addison County All Day Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Med47 Foundation Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Annual Haunted Forest! Oct. 29-31 4 PM (multiday) Sip and Paint 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	30 Open House at the A. Johnson Co., LLC 8 AM - 12 PM Open House/Job Fair at the A. Johnson Co on Saturday! 8 AM - 12 PM Garage Sale and Giveaway: 121 Cottage Lane 9 - 11 AM Garage Sale - Rain or Shine! 9 - 11 AM Tag Sale to Benefit "Send a Kid to Camp" 9 AM - 1 PM Huge Garage Sale, Carlstrom Rd 9 AM - 3 PM Not So Spooky Fun Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM Oct. 30: Brother-To-Brother Halloween Bash 1 - 4 PM Matthew Raidbard - Author Talk at IPL 3 - 4 PM Beers & Broadsides at the Ruth Stone House! 4 - 6 PM Salisbury Trunk or Treat and Dinner 5 - 8 PM Halloween Party Oct. 30 6 PM (multiday) +8 more see less
31 Free Lacrosse Halloween Clinic, Grades 3rd Through 8th 9:30 AM - 12 PM Free Youth Lacrosse Clinic 9:30 AM - 12 PM Free Halloween Lacrosse Clinic 9:30 AM Despite Our Unsuccessful Negotiations with the Weather - 2 - 5 PM Spooktacular Drive/Walk-Thru Trick-Or-Treating 4 - 7 PM Halloween Carnival at St. Ambrose 4 - 7 PM Trick or Treat Event 5 - 8 PM Weybridge Fire Dept. Trunk or Treat 6 - 8 PM Trunk or Treat at the Weybridge Fire Dept. on Oct. 31 6 - 8 PM Trunk & Treat at Weybridge Fire Department 6 - 8 PM +6 more see less	1 Undercover Quilters and Crafters 7 - 9 AM Life in a Jar - Zoom - Access CVU Hinesburg 6:30 - 8:30 PM Rochester Area Climate Initiative Community Forum 6:30 - 9 PM	2 Drop in Bridge at Ilsley Public Library 3:30 - 5:25 PM Public Hearing on Rural Economic Development 5 PM Chant and Contemplate 7 - 8 PM	3 Memorable Times Online International Edition Nov. 3 10:30 AM 1st Wednesdays 7 - 8 PM Schoolhouse Down Live at South Mountain Tavern 7 - 9 PM	4 Healthcare Wait Times Public Session/Share Your Story! All Day Can You Fly? 3:30 - 4:30 PM Public Meeting - Vergennes Truck Traffic 6:30 - 8 PM	5 UVM Extension Community Horticulture Conference Nov. 5-6 (multiday) Contemporary and Vintage Christmas Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Knights in Italy Take-Out Spaghetti Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM Knights in Italy Take-Out Spaghetti Dinner 4 - 5:30 PM +1 more see less	6 Huge Indoor Yard Sale Nov. 6-7 Leicester (multiday) Saturday Pottery Sale / Middlebury Studio School 9 AM - 1 PM Pre-Holiday Pottery Sale at Middlebury Studio School 9 AM - 1 PM 2nd Annual Snow Bowl Gobble Hobble 9 AM - 2 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Huge Rummage Sale, Church St Vergennes 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Craft & Bake Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Middlebury American Legion Auxiliary Craft Show 10 AM - 3 PM Ilsley Library Book Sale Saturday 11 AM - 2:30 PM Used Book Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Nov. 6 Ripton Coffee House in Lincoln with Kalos 7 - 10 PM Nov. 6 Ripton Coffee House in Lincoln with Kalos 7 PM "Dissipated Eight" at Brandon Town Hall 7:30 - 8:45 PM Matthew Whitaker Quartet, Jazz 7:30 - 9:30 PM Nov. 6 Ripton Coffee House in Lincoln with Kalos 7:30 - 9:45 PM +16 more see less