Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2024

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31 Easter Sunday Worship Service for All! 10 - 11 AM Easter Sunday at Community Alliance Church 10:30 AM - 12 PM Meditation 3 - 4 PM	1 Re-Opening of Business Dunshee Property Maintenance All Day Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM Charlotte Recreation Commission Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Eclipse Book Club: American Eclipse by David Baron 6 - 7 PM Live Concert with Elisabeth Pixley-Fink and Chris Dorman 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	2 Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Monthly Meeting of the Trails Committee 6:30 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul, April 2 - Zoom 7 - 8 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul April 2 7 - 8 PM Author Talk/Book Launch with Shelburne's Poet Laureate 7 - 8 PM Hinesburg Development Review Board Agenda - April 2 7 - 9 PM CVQG Monthly Meeting Joan Shortsleeve Guest Speaker 7 - 9 PM Quilt Guild Speaker Tuesday 7 PM +4 more see less	3 Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Friends & Family Takeout Dinner! 4 - 6 PM Edge Swim Team Swim-A-Thon for UVM Children's Hospital 4 PM (multiday) Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM Eclipse Breathwork 6 - 7 PM CCS Math Night 6 - 7:30 PM April 3 Selectboard Agenda 6 PM Poems in Performance: a Cure for Poemphobia 6:30 - 7:30 PM Book Discussion of "Saving Us" 7 - 8:30 PM Charlotte Energy Committee 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less	4 Vote on SBSD FY25 Budget April 4! 7 AM - 7 PM Essex Art League 9 - 11 AM Baby Time 9:30 - 10:30 AM Hinesburg Conservation Commission Special Meeting 5:30 - 8 PM School Budget Info Session at SCS April 4 - Voting Open 6 PM Have Questions About the New CVSD Proposed Budget? 6:30 - 7 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:45 PM VCDP Planning Grant Application - Public Hearing 7 PM +4 more see less	5 Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 8:15 AM Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Senior Meetup 10 - 11:30 AM VYO Ensemble Concert at Vergennes Opera House 12 - 12 PM Open Barn Day at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary 3 - 6 PM Open Barn Day at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary 3 - 6 PM Open Barn Day at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary 3 - 6 PM Illuminate Vermont 5 - 9 PM Trivia Night and Silent Auction Fundraiser 6:30 PM Help Send the Green Mountain Girls to Italy! 7 - 10 PM Shelburne Players: "Kodachrome" 7 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	6 Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concert (multiday) Shelburne Community School's 3 on 3 Basket Tournament All Day Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day SCS PTO 3v3 Spring Basketball Tourney 🏀 8 AM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Stillwater Meditation 9 - 10 AM Hinesburg Fire Fighter's Association Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM 🏀 Team Entry is Live! SCS PTO 3v3 Spring Tourney 🏀 9 AM - 3 PM Solar Panel Yard Sale at AllEarth in Williston 9 AM - 3 PM Shelburne 3 on 3 Tournament 9 AM Hort Farm Presentations 10 AM - 12 PM Two Garden Programs at UVM Hort Farm Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Let's LEGO! 10 AM - 1:30 PM Jan Cannon Pottery Open Studio Moving Sale 10 AM (multiday) PajamaGram's Warehouse Sale! 10 AM (multiday) Solar Eclipse Prep Session at Carpenter-Carse Library 1 - 2:30 PM Health Care is a Human Right Community Meeting 1 - 4 PM Vermont Day Middle School Open House - April 6 3 - 4:30 PM Vermont Day School Middle School Curriculum Spotlight 3 PM CSB (Chittenden So. Burlington) Hockey Calcutta Event 5 - 9 PM Illuminate Vermont 5 - 9 PM Fashion Show Fundraiser: A Chemo Gown Extravaganza 5 - 10 PM +18 more see less
7 Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Huge U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Leslie Fry's Pre-Eclipse Open Studio 10 AM - 4 PM PajamaGram's Warehouse Sale! 10 AM (multiday) All Souls Interfaith Gathering 11 AM - 12 PM Greek Take-Out for Eclipse 12 - 6 PM Sugaring Season Celebration! 12 PM (multiday) Community Seed Swap Sunday April 7 1 - 3 PM Meditation 3 - 4 PM +5 more see less	8 Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Solar Eclipse Event 9 AM - 6 PM Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM Common Roots Family Fun Land and Sky Adventure 12 - 4 PM Greek Take-Out for Eclipse 12 - 6 PM Vermont Teddy Bear Eclipse Event! 1 - 4 PM Shelburne's All-Town Total Solar Eclipse Viewing Party 2 - 5 PM Charlotte Library Board of Trustees 6 - 7 PM +4 more see less	9 Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Age Well Grab 'N' Go Meal - April 9 - Shelburne All Day Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Navigating VA Benefits at the Charlotte Senior Center! 10 AM - 2 PM Navigating VA Benefits at the Charlotte Senior Center! 10 AM - 2 PM Navigating VA Benefits at the Charlotte Senior Center 10 AM (multiday) Shelburne Age Well - April 9 - Grab and Go 11 AM - 12 PM Age Well Grab and Go Meal Sheburne 11 AM - 12 PM Lake Champlain Memory Cafe 11 AM - 12 PM Vermont Dance Alliance Virtual Auction 11 AM (multiday) CVSD Revised Budget Q&A April 9 6 - 7 PM CVSD Indicators Committee Mtg 6 PM Travel, Travel, Travel 6:30 - 7 PM Writer's Studio at The Charlotte Library 6:30 - 8 PM Vernal Pool Reptiles and Amphibians 7 - 8:30 PM Hinesburg Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM +12 more see less	10 Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Beaverland Book Discussion 7 AM AARP Safe Driver Course - New Date April 10 9 AM - 2 PM Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Charlotte Food Shelf 4 - 6 PM Friends & Family Takeout Dinner! 4 - 6 PM Announcing: Lectio Divina 5:30 - 6:15 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM Cooking Book Club 5:30 - 7 PM Online Design Workshop, East & West Villages Project 6 - 8 PM Champlain Valley Lions Invite 6:30 - 8 PM Workshop: Youth Addiction & Substance Abuse Prevention 7 - 8 PM Jessica Lahey at Waldorf High School 7 - 8:30 PM Book Discussion of "Saving Us" 7 - 8:30 PM Addiction Innoculation: Raising Healthy Kids 7 - 8:40 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 PM SNRCC Meeting on Environmental Protection in Bylaws 7 PM +14 more see less	11 The Addams Family Musical (multiday) Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Baby Time 9:30 - 10:30 AM Dog Communication! 6 - 7 PM Shelburne Planning Commission Meeting April 11 7 - 8:30 PM Town Forest Committee Meeting 7 PM Lyric Theatre Presents the Wizard of Oz 7:30 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	12 CVU Theater Presents the Spring One Acts! All Day Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day CVU Theater Presents the Spring One Acts! All Day EEE Program on Friday, April 12 2 PM Fried Chicken Dinner This Week at Maple Wind Farm 4 - 6 PM Open House at Rock Point School 4 - 6 PM Open House at Rock Point School 4 - 6 PM Climate & Energy Committee Meeting on Friday 4:30 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Opening Day Party at Red Wagon Plants 6 - 8 PM SCS Cabaret Night - Livestream - Support SCS Music! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Wit and Wine One Year Anniversary Show! This Friday! 7 - 9:30 PM Music: Trouble and Together 7 PM (multiday) CVU Theater Presents the Spring One Acts! 7:30 PM (multiday) +10 more see less	13 Vermont Youth Dancers Presents Cinderella! (multiday) CVU Theater Presents the Spring One Acts! All Day Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Stillwater Meditation 9 - 10 AM Charlotte Food Shelf 9 - 11 AM Spring Kids Clothing and Book Swap 9 - 11 AM Introduction to Zen at the VZC in Shelburne, April 13 9 AM - 1:30 PM Saturday Babytime at the Library 10 - 11 AM Soil 101 10 AM - 12 PM Earth Month - Tree Planting with Volunteers 10 AM - 1 PM Let's LEGO! 10 AM - 1:30 PM Repair Cafe is Coming! April 13 10 AM - 2 PM The Repair Cafe is Coming April 13! 10 AM - 2 PM Jan Cannon Pottery Open Studio Moving Sale 10 AM (multiday) Shelburne Death Cafe 2 - 4 PM Social Band Spring Concert Series 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 - 8:30 PM +14 more see less
14 You're Invited to the Little Black Flannel Initiative (multiday) CVU Theater Presents the Spring One Acts! All Day Red Cedar School's Flea Market and Bake Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Open House April 14 1 - 3 PM One Room Schools in Ferrisburgh 2 - 3 PM Meditation 3 - 4 PM Sunday PM Music Series 4 - 6 PM +3 more see less	15 Junior League Little Black Flannel Week (multiday) Mystery Book Group: "Blackout" 10 - 11 AM Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM Garden at Quinlan's Covered Bridge April 15 3 - 5 PM Econ. Dev. Committee Meeting - April 15 5:30 - 6:30 PM City Council Meeting 6:15 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 7:30 PM Special Selectboard Meeting 7 - 7:30 PM Tackling Invasives Together: CISMAs in Vermont 7 - 8 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	16 School District Budget Revote - April 16 7 - 7 AM Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Shelburne April 16 Age Well Luncheon 11:30 AM - 1 PM Luncheon - Shelburne 11:30 AM Huntington Senior Meal 12 - 2 PM Age Well Sit Down Meal - April 16 - Shelburne 12 PM Make + Take: Spring Greens & Herbs Planter 5 - 6:30 PM Public Philosophy Week 6 - 7 PM CVSD School Board Regular Meeting 6 PM Free Presentation About the College Search Process 7 - 8 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul April 16 7 - 8 PM How to Begin Your College Search 7 - 8 PM How to Begin Your College Search - Free Presentation 7 - 8 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul, April 16 7 - 8 PM Development Review Board Meeting Agenda 7:30 - 9 PM +11 more see less	17 Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Discovering Vernal Pools with the Family 10 AM - 1 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Gardens on Lewis Creek Rd 3 - 5 PM Friends & Family Takeout Dinner! 4 - 6 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM Women's Golf League at Cedar Knoll 6 PM Date Change! Charlotte Democratic Caucus 6:30 - 7:30 PM Hinesburg Democratic Caucus 6:30 PM Final A+D Film of Season XI: The Colour of Ink 6:30 PM Better Together Book Club: "Lessons in Chemistry" 7 - 8:30 PM Development Review Board - April 17 7 - 9 PM Trails Committee Agenda 7 PM +9 more see less	18 Baby Time 9:30 - 10:30 AM Charlotte Park & Wild Refuge Meeting 5 - 6 PM Make + Take: Spring Greens & Herbs Planter 5 - 6:30 PM Wild & Scenic Film Festival This Thursday 5:30 PM SB Democrats State Convention Delegates Caucus 5:30 - 6:30 PM SB Democrats State Convention Delegates Caucus 5:30 - 7 PM Republican Town Caucus 6 - 6:30 PM An Uplifting Conversation About Education in Vermont 6 PM Kids' Club Night at Community Alliance Church 6:30 - 8 PM Creating an ADU: Is It Right for You? 7 - 8 PM Creating an ADU: is It Right for You? 7 - 8 PM Shelburne Republican Caucus 7 - 8:29 PM Shelburne Town Democratic Committee Caucus 7 - 8:30 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:45 PM St. George Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +11 more see less	19 Charlotte Walks Starts This Friday! 8:30 AM EEE Lecture Series 2 PM Spring Art Opening at Pierson Library 7 - 9 PM Art Opening Tonight at the Pierson Library 7 - 9 PM Meet the Artist 7 - 9 PM Jazz Night at the Parkside Cafe 7 - 9 PM Dumb Luck Pub April 2024 Events 7 - 10 PM +3 more see less	20 Tool & Hardware Garage Sale (multiday) Cosmic Play: an Adventure Game Theater Teen Retreat (multiday) Cosmic Play: an Adventure Game Theater Teen Retreat (multiday) Italy April 2024 (multiday) Gardening 101 Extravaganza 8 AM - 4:30 PM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Stillwater Meditation 9 - 10 AM Let's LEGO! 10 AM - 1:30 PM Enameled Earrings Class 10 AM - 4 PM Jan Cannon Pottery Final Open Studio Sale 10 AM (multiday) Community Meal 5 PM Burlington Choral Society's Spring Performance! 7 - 9 PM Dumb Luck Pub April 2024 Events 7 - 10 PM Indian Classical Music Concert 7 PM Live Choral Music: Verdi's Requiem 7:30 - 9:30 PM +11 more see less
21 Sunday Phone-In Free (Pro Bono) Legal Clinic April 21 12 - 1 PM Sunday Phone-In Free (Pro Bono) Legal Clinic 12 - 1 PM Meditation 3 - 4 PM	22 Correction - Constituent Meeting at Pierson Library 8 - 9:30 AM Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM Earth Day Family Concert at the Library 1 PM St. George Cemetery Commission April 22 6 PM Charlotte Regular Selectboard Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Stories of Charlotte's Own Earth Activists 7 - 8:30 PM Community Forum and Discussion About Earth Activism 7:10 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	23 Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Pollinator Garden on Guinea Rd 2 - 4 PM Town Auditor Meeting 3 PM Embodiment Course 5 - 7:30 PM Shelburne Shipyard: Steamboats, Subchasers & Shipwrecks 6:30 - 7:30 PM Invasive Jumping Worms: “What We Know, What We Can Do” 7 - 8:30 PM Charlotte Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	24 Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Friends & Family Takeout Dinner! 4 - 6 PM Lectio Divina/Divine Listening 5:30 - 6:15 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM NCVRW Community Listening Forum April 24 5:30 - 7 PM St. George PC Meeting - April 24 6 PM Hinesburg Affordable Housing Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 PM +5 more see less	25 Baby Time 9:30 - 10:30 AM Tonight at the Library: Battle of Cedar Creek Talk 6 PM Shelburne Planning Commission Meeting April 25 7 - 8:30 PM Chamber Music Preview at All Souls in Shelburne 7 - 9 PM	26 Shift Happens: Adult Healing Retreat (multiday) The CVQGVT Quilt Show April 26-28 9 AM - 5 PM Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) EEE Lecture Series 2 PM 2-Hour Website Building Workshop for High Schoolers 3 - 5 PM 2-Hour Website Building Workshop for High Schoolers 3 - 5 PM Contra Dance in Shelburne 6:45 - 10 PM Dumb Luck Pub April 2024 Events 7 - 10 PM +6 more see less	27 Green Up Vermont – Hinesburg Saturday, May 4 (multiday) Secrets of Mount Philo: Guided Hike All Day Stillwater Meditation 9 - 10 AM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM The CVQGVT Quilt Show April 26-28 9 AM - 5 PM Pediatric CPR/AED/First Aid Certification Class 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Earth Month Celebration 10 AM - 1 PM Join the Earth Month Celebration April 27! 10 AM - 1 PM Let's LEGO! 10 AM - 1:30 PM Reminder 10 AM - 2 PM Drug Take Back 10 AM - 2 PM VT Genealogy Library Open House & Book Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Genealogy Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Final Blowout Pottery Open Studio Sale 10 AM (multiday) Family Estate Sale in Shelburne 10 AM (multiday) Tai Chi Day 10 AM Join the Final Earth Month Celebration April 27 10 AM Vermont Gear Maker's Festival 11 AM - 4 PM Dumb Luck Pub April 2024 Events 7 - 10 PM Greenbush at Venetian Soda Lounge Saturday Night! 8 - 10 PM +16 more see less
28 The CVQGVT Quilt Show April 26-28 9 AM - 5 PM Passion 4 Paws Dog Adoption Event Sunday April 28th! 10 AM - 1 PM Plant Swap April 28 10 AM Meditation 3 - 4 PM	29 Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Singing Group for People with Memory Loss 10:30 - 11:30 AM St. George Selectboard Meeting - April 29 2024 @ 4:00pm 4 PM Shelburne Equity and Diversity Committee Meeting April 29 6 - 7 PM Join VGS for a Community Geothermal Discussion 6 - 8 PM Legislative Forum April 29 6 PM +3 more see less	30 In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Embodiment Course 5 - 7:30 PM Town Common Committee Meeting 5:30 PM CVSD Special Meeting 6 - 6:30 PM St. George Republicans Presidential Caucus 6 - 7 PM CVSD Finance Committee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Homelessness is a Housing Problem - Book Discussion 7 - 8 PM Library Book Discussion on Homelessness April 30 7 - 8 PM Crosswalk Alternatives Meeting 7 PM +7 more see less	1 In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) Short Story Selections 1 - 2 PM In Stitches: After School Embroidery 2:15 - 3:30 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Ashtanga Vinyasa Fusion at Sweet Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	2 CVU's Inaugural Celebration of Culture All Day Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Field Trip to East Monitor Barn 1:30 - 2:30 PM Wine Tasting at the Bushel Market 4 - 7 PM Substance Use & Our Community 6:30 - 8 PM How the Webb Estate Became a Public Resource 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:45 PM +4 more see less	3 Big Yard Sale - Spear St - May 3-4! (multiday) In-Person Learning at the VT Organics Recycling Summit (multiday) Celebrate Healthy Soil and Resilient Communities (multiday) Educators - Kelly Gallagher Conference 8 AM - 3 PM CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 8:15 AM Huge Estate Sale - 327 Charlotte Rd 10 AM (multiday) Consider Canada College Fair 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	4 Green Up Day May 4 7 AM - 3 PM Green Up Vermont – Hinesburg May 4 8 AM - 4 PM Green Up Day! 8:30 - 11:30 AM Gentle Meditation at Charlotte Library (Free) 9 - 10 AM Pop-Up Dahlia Tuber and Fresh Cut Spring Flower Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day at Town Common 9 AM - 12 PM How Do Trees Get Online? 9 AM - 12 PM Electronics Collection on Green Up Day, May 4! 9 AM - 4 PM Green Up Day 2024! 9 AM - 4 PM Tree Care from Saplings to Ancient Treasures 9 AM Ultimate Frisbee Skills Clinic for Grades 5-8 10 AM - 12 PM Let's LEGO 10 AM - 1:30 PM Free Real Dialogue Workshop! 10 AM - 10 PM Everything Must Go Sale 10 AM +10 more see less