Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2025

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26 Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Ripton Gardeners Meet Up and Seed Swap 1 PM Public Bingo 1:30 - 4 PM Guys & Dolls - Middlebury College J-Term Musical at THT 2 PM Bridport Paint & Sip 2 PM +1 more see less	27 New Monday Morning Yoga Series 8:30 - 9:30 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Beginner Aikido Classes Mondays at Brandon Town Hall 4:15 - 6:45 PM SVUUSD Building & Grounds Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Policy Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Free Aikido Classes for Beginners in Middlebury! 7 - 8 PM Sir Mark Malloch-Brown on the World Bank and IMF at 80 7 - 8:30 PM Spirit of Men Group Meetup 7 - 9 PM Lecture on Future of IMF & World Bank Jan. 27 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	28 Re: Experiential Education for 7-9th Grade 5 - 7 PM Public Hearing for Necessity Resolution 5:30 - 5:40 PM City Council Meeting 5:40 - 7:30 PM Sit & Knit at the Lilac Inn 6 - 8 PM Quilting Lecture: "The Magic of Disappearing Blocks” 6 PM College Speech Competition Championship 7:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	29 The Gospel of John: a Spiritual Pilgrimage 9:30 - 11 AM Open Art Night 12 - 7 PM Natural Burial Documentary Film + Q&A 5 - 6:30 PM Bridge Elementary Open House Jan. 29 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bridge Elementary Open House for Prospective Families 5:30 - 6:30 PM MiddPride Volunteer Meeting Info + Introduction Session 6 - 7:30 PM Candlemas/St. Brigid's New Moon Circle 6:30 - 8 PM Ayurveda & Yoga Restorative Workshop 7 - 8:15 PM Guys & Dolls - Middlebury College J-Term Musical at THT 7:30 PM +5 more see less	30 Winter Youth Chorus with MCMC 5:15 - 6:45 PM Community Focus Group: Equity in Our Schools 5:30 - 7:30 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Orwell Schools Info Night 7 - 8:30 PM Public Meeting FY26 Budget Presentation by Selectboard 7 - 8:30 PM Guys & Dolls - Middlebury College J-Term Musical at Tht 7:30 PM +2 more see less	31 Coffee Hour at OFL 9 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Opening Reception for Monochrome Exhibition 4 - 7 PM Town of Panton Special Selectboard Meeting 5:30 PM	1 Children's and Maternity Boutique - Zoey's Place Open! 9 AM - 12 PM Zoey's Place Open Feb. 1 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM Haiku Workshop at Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1 PM National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day is Almost Here! 9 AM - 1 PM Saturday Playgroup Tomorrow! 9:30 - 11 AM Music with Anna 10 - 11 AM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Closet Pop Up Saturday Opening 10 AM - 4 PM Absolute Beginners' Yoga 11 AM - 12 PM Glory of Christ Hymn Sing 12:30 - 2:30 PM Winter Tracking with MALT and VT Fish & Wildlife! 3 - 4 PM Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions Info Session 5 - 7 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Open House! 5 - 8 PM Saturday 1st: Hot Contra Dancing at the Grange Hall 8 - 11 PM +12 more see less
2 Breakfast Buffet Feb. 2 8 - 10 AM Wilderness First Responder 8 AM (multiday) Basket Raffle! 11 AM - 3 PM Lunar New Year Celebration at Town Hall Theater 11:45 AM - 5:15 PM Friends of Brandon Library Annual Meeting 2 - 4 PM Vermont Schoolhouse Project Presentation 2 - 4 PM Celebrate Goshen - 233 Years 2 - 4 PM VT Schoolhouse Project Addison Town Historical Society 2 - 5 PM Choral Evensong at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 4 - 5 PM Meeting & Speaker: "Making the Green Mountain State" 6 PM "Making the Green Mountain State" 6:30 PM Meeting & Speaker: "Making the Green Mountain State" 6:30 - 8:15 PM Making the Green Mountain State 6:30 - 8:15 PM Meeting & Speaker: "Making the Green Mountain State" 6:30 - 8:15 PM +10 more see less	3 New Monday Morning Yoga Series 8:30 - 9:30 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Beginner Aikido Classes Mondays at Brandon Town Hall 4:15 - 6:45 PM Learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 5:30 - 6:30 PM Brandon Independence Day Celebration Committee 6 - 7 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM Let's Start Thinking Summer! 6 PM Free Aikido Classes for Beginners in Middlebury! 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	4 Warm Yoga Flow 6 - 7:15 PM Sit & Knit at the Lilac Inn 6 - 8 PM	5 Kickboxing Series All Day Kickboxing Series! (multiday) The Gospel of John: a Spiritual Pilgrimage 9:30 - 11 AM Open Art Night 12 - 7 PM Learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 5:30 - 6:30 PM FHUHS Girls Basketball Pink Game & Cancer Fundraiser 5:30 - 8 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM Energy Navigators Event! 7:30 - 9 PM Energy Navigators Community Discussion 7:30 - 9 PM "What About Wednesdays?" - Bookmatch - Feb. 5 7:30 PM +6 more see less	6 Winter Youth Chorus with MCMC 5:15 - 6:45 PM Friends of Bridport School 6 PM Special Recycling Webinar Feb. 6 6 - 7 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM Heart Strings: MCMC Faculty Benefit Concert 6:30 - 7:45 PM Heart Strings: MCMC Faculty Benefit Concert 6:30 - 7:45 PM Exploring Climate Change in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM Exploring Climate Change in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM Exploring Climate Change in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	7 Coffee Hour at OFL 9 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Jackson Gallery Opening - Paintings by H. Keith Wagner 5 - 7 PM Tonight! Free Wine, Free Treats, Lots of Art! 5 - 7 PM FHUHS Boys Basketball Pink Game & Cancer Fundraiser 5:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	8 Learn to Ice Fish, New Date! 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM Absolute Beginners' Yoga 11 AM - 12 PM Fiber Arts Circle at The Bixby Library 12 - 2 PM Valentine's Day Dinner Dance 6 - 10 PM Cornwall Dance Saturday 7pm at the Town Hall 7 - 9:30 PM The Great American Lyricists Town Hall Theater Cabaret 7:30 - 9 PM LC Jazz "Winter Thaw" at the Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM The Dalrymple Brothers of Vergennes 11 PM +5 more see less
9 Sunday Masonic Breakfast in Middlebury 7:30 - 10 AM	10 Addison County Legislative Breakfast 7 - 8:45 AM New Monday Morning Yoga Series 8:30 - 9:30 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Beginner Aikido Classes Mondays at Brandon Town Hall 4:15 - 6:45 PM Panton Board of Civil Authority Meeting 5 PM SVUUSD Finance Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 5:30 - 6:30 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM Virtual Parent-Ed Event with ScreenSense 6 PM SVUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga Mondays & Reiki Healing with Jamie 6:45 - 8 PM Free Aikido Classes for Beginners in Middlebury! 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	11 Close to Nature Landscape Design 1 AM Beginners Yoga Tuesdays with Catherine + Private Yoga 8:30 AM (multiday) The Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Close to Nature Landscape Design 1 PM Postponed to Feb. 17 - Garden Club Talk: "Close to Nature Landscape Design" 1 - 2:15 PM Garden Club Talk: Close to Nature Landscape Design 1 - 2:30 PM Vergennes City Council Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM SVUUSD Negotiations Committee Meeting 6 - 6:30 PM Bixby Book Club: The Bear and the Nightingale 6 - 7 PM Warm Yoga Flow with Melanie - 90° 6 - 7:15 PM SVUUSD Teacher Negotiations Committee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM +7 more see less	12 The Gospel of John: a Spiritual Pilgrimage 9:30 - 11 AM Open Art Night 12 - 7 PM Mad Freedom Advocates Community Gathering at Interlude 4 - 5:30 PM Learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 5:30 - 6:30 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM Bridport Book Club 7 - 8 PM Ayurveda & Yoga Restorative Workshop 7 - 8:15 PM Acoustic Jam Open Mic 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	13 Gentle Flow Yoga Thursdays with Catherine 9 - 10:15 AM Shoreham High Alum Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 PM Galentine's Day Celebration for Atria Collective 5 - 8 PM The Makery at PAHCC 5 - 8 PM Galentine's Day Celebration for Atria Collective 5 - 8 PM Winter Youth Chorus with MCMC 5:15 - 6:45 PM Mary Hogan Literacy Night 5:45 - 7:15 PM Nonfiction Book Club 6 - 7 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum 6:30 - 8:30 PM No Man's Land Film Festival 6:30 - 9:30 PM Mosquitos: The Good and The Bad 7 - 8 PM Mosquitos: the Good and the Bad 7 - 8:30 PM Mosquitos: the Good and the Bad 7 - 8:30 PM August Wilson's "Two Trains Running" 7:30 - 10:15 PM +12 more see less	14 Coffee Hour at OFL 9 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Rutland Winterfest 12 - 12 PM Invitation to Change: Family Support Group at TPCAC 12 - 1 PM Yoga Flow with Melanie 1 - 2:15 PM Valentine's Day Dinner and Raffle in Shoreham 5 - 7 PM Prix Fixe Valentine's Day Dinner at the Lilac Inn 6 - 10 PM Big Love with Dwight + Nicole Concert 8 - 9:30 PM Big Love with Dwight + Nicole at Town Hall Theater 8 PM +5 more see less	15 3rd Quarter Taxes Due All Day Canceled: Valentine's Dance at the Vergennes Legion All Day Let's Grow Together at the NOFA-VT Winter Conference! 8 AM (multiday) TaeKwonDo Kicks Leveling Up Ceremony 8:30 AM - 7 PM TaeKwon Do Kicks Leveling Up Ceremony 8:30 AM - 7 PM TaeKwondo Kicks Leveling Up Ceremony 8:30 AM - 7 PM Middlebury Farmers Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM Saturday Playgroup Feb. 15! 9:30 - 11 AM Medicare Plan Information Meeting 10 AM - 12 PM Prom Swap at Mt Abe 10 AM - 2 PM Absolute Beginners' Yoga 11 AM - 12 PM Join Us for Our 2025 Ice Show: "All You Need is Love!" 1:30 - 4 PM Valentine's Chocolate Tasting 2 - 3 PM Bluegrass with a Twist (Mel & Friends) 3 - 6 PM Second Valentine's Chocolate Tasting Added 4 - 5 PM Public Bingo at St. Peters Parish Hall 5 - 8 PM Concert February 15 at 7pm and February 16 at 3 pm 7 PM Saturday Evening: Montpelier Contra Dance 8 - 11 PM +14 more see less
16 Champlain Valley Fiddlers Club All Day Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community Weekly Dharma Talk 8:45 - 11 AM Christian Service of Healing 10 - 11 AM Health Care Letter for Concerned Professionals 10 AM (multiday) Yoga and Swap 1 - 2:30 PM Play Bingo and Raise Funds for MUMS 8th Grade Trip! 1 - 3 PM Play Bingo and Raise Funds for Mums 8th Grade Trip! 1 - 3 PM Join Us for Our 2025 Ice Show: "All You Need is Love!" 1:30 - 4 PM Paint and Sip 2 - 4 PM The Natural History of Brandon 3 - 4:30 PM New Vinyasa Flow Yoga Classes Sundays with Sarah 4 - 5 PM +7 more see less	17 Close to Nature Landscape Design Postponed 12 AM New Monday Morning Yoga Series 8:30 - 9:30 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Garden Club Talk: Close to Nature Landscape Design 1 - 2:15 PM Garden Club Talk Postponed to Feb. 17 1 - 2:30 PM National Day of Protest 1 - 3 PM Landscape Planning 1 PM Garden Club Talk on Monday 1 PM Beginner Aikido Classes Mondays at Brandon Town Hall 4:15 - 6:45 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM +6 more see less	18 The Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Mary Hogan Literacy Night Feb. 18 5:45 - 7:15 PM Introduction to Windows 11 6 - 7:30 PM "Demystifying AI", an AAUW Sponsored Talk 7 - 8:30 PM	19 The Wizard of Oz Musical All Day The Gospel of John: a Spiritual Pilgrimage 9:30 - 11 AM Open Art Night 12 - 7 PM Simple Cheese Making Workshop 1 - 3 PM Homeshare Vermont Presentation in Shoreham 2 - 3 PM Friends of Bridport School February Meeting 6 - 7 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM Protecting Public Lands in the Trump Era 6:30 - 8 PM Protecting Public Lands in the Trump Era 6:30 - 8 PM +5 more see less	20 Classic Film Club 1 - 3:30 PM Interlude Community Drop-In 3 - 6 PM Location Update: Trans Healthcare + Politics Panel 4:30 - 6 PM Learn Beginner Realistic Portraiture Painting 5 - 7 PM The Makery at PAHCC 5 - 8 PM Kids Night Out 5 - 8:30 PM Winter Youth Chorus with MCMC 5:15 - 6:45 PM Death Cafe of Addison County 5:15 - 6:45 PM Cabin Fever Lecture: It's Easter and It's Chilly! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM MCP's "Morning's at Seven" Opening at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:30 PM MCP's “Morning's at Seven” at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 10 PM +8 more see less	21 Coffee Hour at OFL 9 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Invitation to Change: Family Support Group at TPCAC 12 - 1 PM Yoga Flow with Melanie 1 - 2:15 PM Quilters' Retreat 4 PM (multiday) Friday Night Community Supper 5 - 6 PM Weybridge Vol. Fire Dept. Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Lord of the Rings Potluck & Watch Party 5:30 - 9:30 PM Family Game Night After FD Spaghetti Dinner at WES 6 - 7:30 PM MCP's "Morning's at Seven" Opening at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:30 PM MCP's “Morning's at Seven” at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 10 PM +7 more see less	22 Meeting with Middlebury Legislators 9 - 10 AM Middlebury Farmers Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM February Crafters Market and Small Business Saturday 9 AM - 12:30 PM Coffee with Constituents 9:30 - 10:30 AM Apple Tree Release and Pruning 10 AM - 12 PM Free Winter Seed Sowing Workshop 10:30 AM - 12 PM Free Winter Seed Sowing Workshop 10:30 AM - 12 PM Free Winter Seed Sowing Workshop 10:30 AM - 12 PM Absolute Beginners' Yoga 11 AM - 12 PM Otter Valley School Leaders Meet the Public in Whiting 11 AM - 12:15 PM The Love Trek = Snowshoe/Ski to Feast Along the Trail 11 AM - 4 PM Fiber Arts Circle at The Bixby Library 12 - 2 PM Art Gathering at Lincoln Peak Vineyard 12 - 3 PM Shoreham Voter Information Panel 1 - 3 PM Patrick & Brady at Red Clover 4 - 6 PM Community Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Family Game Night 5 - 8:30 PM Winter Riverbend - Extra Stout in the Brandon Inn 6 - 8 PM Tix Available: The Black Experience 2025, Sat. at Flynn 7 - 9 PM Dance Dance Party Party Feb. 22 7:30 - 8:30 PM United for Ukraine 2025 7:30 - 9:15 PM MCP's "Morning's at Seven" Opening at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:30 PM MCP's “Morning's at Seven” at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 10 PM +19 more see less
23 Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Public Bingo at Vergennes Legion 1 - 4 PM MCP's “Morning's at Seven” at Town Hall Theater 2 - 4:30 PM Natural History of Brandon 3 - 4:20 PM Meet Cecil and Jeff 3 - 5 PM Taizé: Service of Singing, Silence, Prayers, &Candles 4 - 5 PM Orchard Wassail This Sunday! 4 - 7 PM MCP's "Morning's at Seven" Opening at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	24 Addison County Legislative Breakfast 7 - 8:45 AM New Monday Morning Yoga Series 8:30 - 9:30 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Beginner Aikido Classes Mondays at Brandon Town Hall 4:15 - 6:45 PM SVUUSD Negotiations Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM SVUUSD Annual Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Spirit of Men Group Meetup 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	25 The Friend Zone 12 - 3 PM Vergennes City Council Meeting, Feb. 25 5:30 - 6:30 PM Slate Valley Community Connection with Casey O'Meara 5:30 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Ad-Hoc Grading Committee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM	26 The Gospel of John: a Spiritual Pilgrimage 9:30 - 11 AM Vergennes Area Blood Drive - Feb. 26 9:30 AM - 2 PM Curator for a Day at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 3 PM Curator for a Day at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 3 PM Open Art Night 12 - 7 PM Benefit Bake for MESA at American Flatbread Middlebury 5 - 9 PM Community Conversation: Vermont's Civic Health Index 5:30 - 7:30 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM Rescheduled - Bridport Events Committee Meeting 6 PM MCMC's Music Production Community Meet-Up 6:30 - 7:30 PM OVUU Annual Meeting Reminder 6:30 PM +7 more see less	27 Waltham Town Meeting Info 12 PM (multiday) Learn Beginner Realistic Portraiture Painting 5 - 7 PM The Makery at PAHCC 5 - 8 PM Vermont Energy Education Program Educational Workshop 5 PM Winter Youth Chorus with MCMC 5:15 - 6:45 PM Energy Navigators: Connecting to a Clean Energy Future 5:30 - 6:30 PM Energy Navigators: Connecting to a Clean Energy Future 5:30 - 6:30 PM Energy Navigators: Connecting to a Clean Energy Future 5:30 - 6:30 PM Join François Clemmons for a Spirituals Masterclass 5:30 - 7 PM Latte Art Throwdown for Middlebury Skatepark Project! 5:30 - 8 PM Career Center CMA & Phlebotomy Combined Course 6 - 9 PM +7 more see less	28 Economic Blackout Feb. 28 12 AM (multiday) U.S. Economic Blackout 12 AM Coffee Hour at OFL 9 AM Bone Builders 10 - 11 AM Invitation to Change: Family Support Group at TPCAC 12 - 1 PM Friday Night Community Supper 5 - 6 PM Vermont Mandolin Trio at Town Hall Theater 7 PM +3 more see less	1 It's Time to Show Up! 9 - 10 AM Zoey's Place is Open March 1 9 AM - 12 PM Children's and Maternity Boutique - Zoey's Place Open! 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM Saturday Playgroup Tomorrow! 9:30 - 11 AM Music with Anna 10 - 11 AM Free American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR/AED 10 AM - 1:05 PM LEGO Contest Showcase 10 AM - 2 PM Closet Pop Up Opening 10 AM - 4 PM Absolute Beginners' Yoga 11 AM - 12 PM Energy Navigator Network Office Hours at Platt Library 11 AM - 12 PM The Pig Race 11 AM - 3 PM Bounce House Karaoke! 2 - 4 PM Salisbury Town Hall Meeting March 1 2 PM Declaration of Inclusion Potluck 5 - 7:30 PM Saturday Evening Bingo at St Peter's Parish Hall 5 PM Argentine Tango 7 - 10 PM LC Jazz "Winter Thaw" at the Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM Saturday Evening: Montpelier Contra Dance is Back! 8 - 11 PM +15 more see less