Calendar - Front Porch Forum

August 2023

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30 Vermont Moth Blitz Week 2023 (July 22-30) 12 AM (multiday) Otter Creek Music Festival 7:30 PM (multiday) Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs and Events 10 AM (multiday) Brandon Carnival! 5 PM (multiday) Reenactor Vintage Costume Gear Destash Sale 10 AM (multiday) Breakfast at Dorchester Masonic Lodge 7:30 - 10 AM Yard Sale Sunday Afternoon 12 - 4 PM Paco álvarez, Piano 3 - 4:30 PM Viva El Sabor Third Annual Summer Fiesta! 3 - 8 PM Viva El Sabor Third Annual Summer Fiesta! 3 - 8 PM Viva El Sabor Fiesta at Marbleworks 3 - 8 PM Pizza at the Pond 5 - 8 PM +8 more see less	31 Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM	1 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" Aug. 1 4 - 6 PM Community Health's Teddy Bear Clinic Returns August 1 4 - 7 PM Community Health's Teddy Bear Clinic Returns Aug. 1 4 - 7 PM IPL/VBS First Tuesdays 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Aug. 1 7 PM +4 more see less	2 Whiting Farmers' Market All Day Pop-In for Creative Origami at the Lincoln Library 3 - 5 PM Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM Development Review Board - Public Notice 6 - 9 PM Otter Creek Music Festival 7:30 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	3 It's Watermelon Season! 10:30 - 11:30 AM Yardsale at 74 North St 10:30 AM - 2 PM Middlebury Summer Market Aug. 3 3:30 - 7:30 PM Interlude Open House: Mental Health Crisis Alternative 4 - 7 PM Interlude Open House: Mental Health Crisis Alternative 4 - 7 PM Interlude Open House: Mental Health Crisis Alternative 4 - 7 PM Pizza, Blueberries and Live Music with Unruly Allies 5 - 8 PM Hancock Green Summer Concert 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	4 Tai Chi for Fall Prevention, Level 1 10 - 11 AM Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs and Events 10 AM (multiday) Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Pizza, Blueberries and Live Music with Jaded Ravins 5 - 8 PM Teen Stove-Free Cooking at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM Theater 1, 2, 3 is Back! August 4, 5, 6 7 PM (multiday) Insect Blacklighting Nights in Ripton 8:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less	5 Multi Family Garage Sale - Mt. Pleasant Dr. - Aug. 5 All Day Busy Bee Honey at Town Wide Yard Sale in The Town Hall 8 AM - 2 PM 5 Vendors Inside the Air Conditioned Town Hall 8 AM - 2 PM Multi Family Yard Sale - Forestdale Rd - Aug. 5 8 AM - 3 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale - 1931 Wheeler Road 8 AM - 5 PM Big Moving Sale - North St - Aug. 5 8 AM Vermont Breakfast on the Farm 8:30 AM - 1 PM Rokeby Clean-Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Rokeby Clean-Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale = East St. - August 5 9 AM - 1 PM Fundraising Tag & Bake Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Estate and Yard Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - S Munger St - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Big Yard Sale - S Munger St, Middlebury - Aug. 5 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - South St. Ext. - August 5 9 AM - 3:30 PM Downsizing Lawn Sale This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Sign Up Now - Yard Sale Day: Aug 5 9 AM - 4 PM Lawn Sale - Mechanic St. - August 5-6 9 AM (multiday) Raise a Child in Haiti Walk-A-Thon 9:30 - 11:30 AM 6th Annual “Raise a Child in Haiti” Walk-A-Thon! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 1 PM Morgan Horse Farm Vermont Day 10 AM - 2 PM Vermont Day at the Morgan Horse Farm! Free Event! 10 AM - 2 PM Morgan Horse Farm Vermont Day - Free! 10 AM - 2 PM Calling All Bakers! 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Popup Gallery & Goods at Next Chapter Farm 10 AM - 5 PM Yard Sale at 74 North St 12 - 3 PM Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden - Swift House Inn 5 - 7 PM +27 more see less
6 Book Sale for Ripton Family All Day Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Open House Middlebury East Condo 10 AM - 12 PM Brandon Garden Tour 10 AM - 4 PM Brandon Garden Tour to Benefit Library 10 AM - 4 PM Book Sale for Ripton Family 10 AM Middlebury Mini Ramp Grand Opening! 2 - 4 PM Rochester Democrats Summer BBQ! 2 - 6 PM +4 more see less	7 ROC Bike Camp, 2nd-6th Graders 9 AM (multiday) Vermont Senior Games Association Golf Championship 10 AM - 4 PM Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM Jacob Rice Performs in Ripton 7 - 8 PM	8 Addison County Fair and Field Days - Home & Garden 10 AM (multiday) Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Fund-Raising Tag 12 - 3 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM +2 more see less	9 Mosquito Info at Field Days 9 AM - 8 PM LML's August Artistic Exploratory: Music Creation 1 - 3 PM Pop-In People! Learn About Performing Magic 3 - 5 PM Dharma Talk with Sr. Gail Worcelo 5:30 - 6:30 PM Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM Invitation to Ilsley Library Design Ideas Presentation 6 - 8:30 PM The Story of 1957 Army Airplane Crash 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	10 Branbury State Park Programs - Special Event! (multiday) VeggieVanGo at Gifford 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Middlebury Summer Market 3:30 - 7:30 PM Aug. 10 Webinar - Flood Resilience w/ Efficiency VT 5 - 6 PM Coming Up at Ilsley Public Library 6 - 7 PM Jacob Rice in Concert at the Bristol Federated Church 7 PM +2 more see less	11 American Dreaming- a New Play Festival (multiday) Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Wine & Pizza Event at the Rochester Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM Teen Book Discussion Group at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM +1 more see less	12 Last Mile Ride, Run and Walk (multiday) Yard Sale and More This Weekend! All Day Yard Sale - S. Munger St. - August 12 8 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale - Broadview Est 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Rokeby Clean Up Day 9 AM - 12 PM Estate/Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Yard & Estate Sale - S Munger St, Middlebury - Aug. 12 9 AM - 1 PM Family Yard Sale - York Hill Rd - Aug. 12-13 9 AM (multiday) Family Yard Sale - York Hill Rd - Aug. 12-13 9 AM (multiday) Local Art Sale to Support the Trail Around Middlebury 10 AM - 5 PM Live at Kennedy Park! Music Series (Sponsored by Dba) 11 AM - 1 PM Voices for Peace 11 AM - 3 PM Celebrating Vaneasa 5 - 9 PM American Dreaming - A New Play Festival Show Relocation 7 PM +10 more see less
13 Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs - Update All Day Yard Sale - Lindale Cir - Aug.13 9 AM - 2 PM Attention: Show "Ham" What You Got Car Show is Aug. 13 9 AM - 3 PM Ice Cream Social 12 - 3 PM Music on the Trail, Caleb Elder and Friends! 1 - 4 PM Pie & Ice Cream Social at Rokeby Museum 1 - 4 PM Pie and Ice Cream Social at Rokeby Museum 1 - 4 PM Bristol Trail Network Outdoor Concert 1 - 4 PM Pie & Ice Cream Social at Rokeby Museum 1 - 4 PM Bristol Music on the Trail, Caleb Elder & Friends! 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trail 1 - 4 PM Foodaroo at Marble Works Aug. 13 4 - 8 PM +8 more see less	14 Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM Auditions for Ghostly Play 6 - 9:30 PM Auditions for Second Sight 6:30 - 9 PM MCP Hold Auditions for Second Sight 6:30 - 9:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda 7 - 10 PM Bristol Pine Street Waterline Project Overview 7:30 - 8:15 PM +2 more see less	15 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM Storytime at Rokeby Museum Presents: Food! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Auditions for Ghostly Play 6 - 9:30 PM MCP Hold Auditions for Second Sight 6:30 - 9:30 PM HU Chant: the Sound of Soul 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	16 Whiting Farmers' Market All Day Pop-In Activity This Week: Making Slime! 3 - 5 PM Chicken BBQ - Aug. 16 - Band Concert 5 PM Chicken BBQ - Aug. 16 - Bristol 5 PM Must Free Speech Endure Hate Speech? 6 - 7 PM Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM Deb Brisson &The Hayburners Play Music at the Riverbend 6 - 8 PM Auditions for Second Sight 6:30 - 9 PM Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Selected Reptiles and Amphibians of Addison County Aug. 16 7 - 8:30 PM Lecture of Reptiles and Amphibians 7 PM Talk: Selected Reptiles & Amphibians of Addison County 7 PM Selected Reptiles and Amphibians of Addison County 7 PM +9 more see less	17 “Wally's Cafe” at the Vergennes Opera House (multiday) Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs and Events (multiday) Bristol Astrology Group August Meet-Up 5 - 6:45 PM The Michele Fay Band at Pizza by the Pond 6 - 8 PM Howard Coffin Presentation 7 - 8 PM In 1 Week: Nonsense Concert with Ted Wesley Aug.17 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	18 Wally's Café is a Laugh Riot! (multiday) Free Carillon Concert Friday by George Matthew Jr 3 AM - 5 PM 7-Family Yard Sale - Seymour St 9 AM (multiday) 7 Family Yard Sale (Friday is Weather Dependent) 9 AM (multiday) Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Momos (Dumplings) by Ananda Tamang Friday at Minifactory 4 - 7 PM Pizza by the Pond with Zoe Fitzgerald Carter 5 - 8 PM Live Music at Doc's Tavern 6 - 9 PM Upcoming Silent Movie Changed to Friday Night 7 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	19 2023 Long Trail Day with the Bread Loaf Loafers! All Day Garage Sale - 999 Dog Team Rd - Aug. 19 8 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Stone Lane - Aug. 19 8 AM - 4 PM Learn to Frame a Tiny Home 8:30 AM (multiday) Design/Build Weekend Workshop 8:30 AM Bridport Blooms, a Gardening for Pollinators Group 9 AM - 12 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale: 91 Seymour St. Sat/Sun 9 AM (multiday) Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Moving Sale - Valley View Dr - Aug 19-20 9 AM (multiday) Sunrise Orchards Farm Stand & PYO Opening Day! 9 AM Mark Your Calendars! Pop Up Boutique and Gallery! 10 AM (multiday) Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden - Mount Independence 11 AM - 1 PM For the Luv of Dogs Car Show! 12 - 5 PM Starksboro Pollinator Garden Tour 3 PM Pocock ROCKS! Aug. 19 3 - 8 PM +11 more see less
20 Bridport Town Wide Yard Sale Aug. 20 8 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale - 79 Lemon Fair Rd, Cornwall - Aug. 20 9 AM - 3 PM Multi-Family Lawn Sale Lots of Goodies! Aug. 20 9 AM Big Sale! Aug. 20 10 AM - 4 PM Slide Out of Summer! 12 - 5 PM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM VCM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM Healthy Bodies Family Fun Event 3 - 6 PM +6 more see less	21 Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM Brandon Progressive Caucus 7 - 8 PM	22 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Food Shelf 12 - 3 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM Opportunity to Learn About Quilt Appraisal 6:30 - 8:30 PM Milk & Honey Quilters Guild Quilt Appraisal Talk 6:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	23 Whiting Farmers' Market All Day End of Summer Program: Pop-In for Old Fashioned Fun! 3 - 5 PM Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM Summer Music at Tillerman 6 - 9 PM ARPA Advisory Committee Meeting Wednesday, August 23 6:30 - 8:30 PM Development Review Board - Special Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	24 Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs + Update (multiday) Calling All Families 10 AM - 12 PM HOPE Food Truck in Shoreham 2 - 3 PM	25 Rummage Sale at St. Peter's in Vergennes 9 AM - 7 PM Mark Your Calendars! Pop Up Boutique and Gallery! 10 AM (multiday) Foraging Tours 10:30 - 10:30 AM Rochester Farmers Market 3 - 6 PM Surf & Turf Dinner 5 - 7 PM Night Moths and Insects Program 8 - 9:30 PM Re: No Strings Attached: An Evening of Burlesque and More 8 - 11 PM +3 more see less	26 Hancock Fire Department Auction All Day Yard Sale - Lemon Fair Rd - August 26 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters' Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale -Lemon Fair Rd. - August 26 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters' Giant Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Quilter's Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters' Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Quilters' Stash Buster & Craft Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Inside Moving Sale - Valley View Dr 9 AM (multiday) Learn about the VNH 10 - 11 AM Audition Notice - the Actor's Nightmare 10 AM - 2 PM Vergennes Day 2023 10 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Drew Ln. - August 26-27 10 AM (multiday) Mark Your Calendars! Pop Up Boutique and Gallery! 10 AM (multiday) Family Concert - Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival 10:30 AM - 12 PM Live at Kennedy Park! Music Series (Sponsored by Dba) 11 AM - 1 PM Celebrating 20 Years of Village2Village Project 1 - 5 PM Onion River Jazz Dance Band 7:30 - 9:30 PM Onion River Jazz Dance Band 7:30 - 9:30 PM Social Band Sings at the Old Round Church in Richmond 7:30 PM +16 more see less
27 Come Meet the New Pastor of Lincoln! 9:45 - 10 AM White River Land Collaborative Screening and Event 12 - 1:30 PM White River Land Collaborative Event and Screening 12 - 1:30 PM "The Farm Boy" Showing at Pierce Hall in Rochester 2 - 5 PM Bristol Roller Disco 2 - Disco Barbie - Tonight! 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	28 Town of Brandon Select Board Meeting 7 AM Proposed Controlled Neighborhood Brush Fire 12 - 12 PM Aikido Classes at Brandon Town Hall 5 - 7 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda 7 - 10 PM	29 Reasons to Be Cheerful 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Powerful Tools for Caregivers 2:30 - 4:30 PM	30 Whiting Farmers' Market All Day Dharma Talk 5:30 - 6:30 PM Music at the Riverbend, Brandon Summer Concert Series 6 - 8 PM Tillerman Music This Week 6 - 9 PM	31 Branbury State Park Naturalist Programs - Final Weekend (multiday) Yard Sale - We've Added More! Case St - Aug. 31-Sept. 2 9 AM (multiday) Pizza by the Pond + Live Music at Blueberry Hill 5 - 8 PM Chuck Miller's Last Jam - Thursday at THT 7 - 9 PM	1 Correction: Middlebury Town Offices Closed Labor Day (multiday) Mega Family Yard Sale - VT Rt 125 8 AM (multiday) The Printmaker and the Potter Reception at Art on Main 5 - 7 PM Pizza by the Pond + Live Music at Blueberry Hill 5 - 8 PM Bread + Puppet Comes to Snow Bowl 9/1! 5:45 - 7 PM Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitching Club 6 PM Sound of Freedom Movie 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	2 Church Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Huge Yard Sale - More Added 8 AM - 4 PM Mega Family Yard Sale - VT Rt 125 8 AM (multiday) Fund-Raising Tag Sale for Brandon Methodist Church 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - Rte 7 - Sept. 2 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale - Sept. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Huge Yard Sale - Sept. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Sale 9 AM (multiday) Book Bash & Ice Cream Social 10 AM - 2 PM Mad River Valley Craft Fair in Waitsfield This Weekend 10 AM - 5 PM Mad River Valley Craft Fair 10 AM (multiday) Mad River Craft Fair 10 AM (multiday) Join GMP Events, Learn How to Save Using EVs, More! 11 AM - 2 PM Libertystock Festival & Benefit - Cabot, VT 11 AM - 9 PM Libertystock Festival & Benefit Sept. 2 11 AM - 9 PM Learn to Knit! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Learn to Knit at Hermit Thrush Fiber Co in Bristol! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Calming Play and Learn Time Sept. 2 3 - 5 PM Burnham Presents, a New Music Series in Lincoln 7:30 - 10 PM Burnham Presents Grand Opening 7:30 - 10 PM Sept 2 Music at Burnham Hall with Bon Débarras! 7:30 - 10 PM +20 more see less