Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2015

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26 Score for the Cure All Day Paddle into Blossoming for Counting of the Omer 10 AM - 3 PM Israeli Elections, American Jewry, and the Road Ahead 3:30 - 5 PM	27 Transform Your Thinking, Body & Life with Dr. Ellen Albertson, PHD All Day Blasting at Exit 10 Begins April 27 12:30 - 3:30 PM Preview of April 27 City Council Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM	28 Free Workshop on the Brain Science of Play All Day Full Circle at St. Paul's Cathedral April 28 12 PM	29 Earthquake Response! "Vermont for Nepal" Events 11 AM - 5 PM 20-30 Somethings Book Group 6 PM Operation Clean Sweep 2015 10 PM (multiday) Clean Sweep - North Ave East Side Only 10 PM (multiday)	30 "The Mountaintop" All Day Me2 Orchestra Spring Concert All Day April Add-On Competition at Petra Cliffs 6:30 - 8:30 PM Free Discussion on the Legacy of MLK and Race/Racism in Our Community 9 - 10 PM Operation Clean Sweep 2015 10 PM (multiday) Clean Sweep - North Ave West Side 10 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	1 Trunk Show at Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace All Day Silent Auction at St. Paul's Cathedral All Day Silent Auction to Benefit VIA and Jump All Day Trunk Show at Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace May 1-2 All Day Trunk Show - Local Artisans May 1-2 All Day Feel Good Event to Help Poorest in Community All Day Trunk Show This Weekend All Day St. Paul's Cathedral Silent Auction 6:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	2 Trunk Show (multiday) Green Up Vermont's Energy Future All Day Green Up Day at Leddy Park All Day Yard Sale All Day Yard Sale May 2 All Day Support for Nepal - Dumpling Sale All Day Clean Up Volunteer Opportunities May 2 All Day Alpine Shop's Saturday Swap All Day Green Up Fossil Fuels All Day Green Up Day May 2 All Day Essence of the Flower Moon Meditation All Day Green Up Day - May 2 All Day Celbrate Spring! Early Childhood Mayfest All Day Green Up with Branch Out Burlington All Day Free Tire Drop Off May 2 All Day Green-Up Day Tire Drop Off & Fundraiser for Champlain Elementary! All Day Free Tire Drop-Off May 2 All Day Spring Cleaning! All Day Green Up Day at Leddy Park All Day Green-Up Day Tire Drop Off & Fundraiser for Champlain Elementary! All Day Green-Up Day Fundraiser All Day Art Opening May 2 All Day Opening Reception at Flynndog May 2 All Day Green Up Day May 2 All Day 4th Annual Free Tire Drop-Off Event 8 AM - 1 PM Lake Champlain Waldorf School Mayfest May 2 10 AM - 2 PM Green Up Vermont Gas Pipe Yard for Green Up Day! 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Book Discussion 11 AM - 12 PM Two Girls in the Weeds Plant Sale 11 AM - 1 PM Open Mic Poetry and Prose 2 - 3 PM Meet Cuban Farmer Isis Salcines! 7 - 9 PM +27 more see less
3 Operation Clean Sweep 2015 12 AM (multiday) Walk with Cots All Day Vermont Choral Union May 3 All Day RJ Noonan Rice Run (10k or 5k) All Day Cots Walk All Day COTS Walk May 3 All Day RJ Noonan Rice Run 9 AM Vermont Youth Orchestra Concert 3 - 4 PM Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk 3 - 5 PM +5 more see less	4 Preview of City Council Meeting May 4 6 - 6:30 PM Operation Clean Sweep 2015 10 PM (multiday) Clean Sweep - Old North End 10 PM (multiday)	5 Women Business Owners Network Spring Conference All Day Community Presentation on Mall Redevelopment 12:30 - 8 PM Operation Clean Sweep 2015 10 PM (multiday) Clean Sweep - Hill Section 10 PM (multiday) Street Cleaning Dates! 10 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	6 Community Identity Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Operation Clean Sweep 2015 10 PM (multiday)	7 Edmunds Middle School Presents Mary Poppins All Day BPD Community Engagement Barbecue All Day Pamper Mom Day! All Day Ward 6 NPA All Day Pamper Mom Day! All Day Champlain Community Services Benefit Auction 6 PM Clean Sweep - the Southend- 10pm 5-7 to 7am 5-8 10 PM (multiday) Operation Clean Sweep 2015 10 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	8 Exciting Times at Young Tradition Weekend May 8-9 (multiday) Spielpalast Cabaret is Back in Town! All Day MFA Thesis Show 2015 - Ethan Allen Club All Day Moving Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Bird Walk with LCC May 8 8 AM Hand Bells Heard 'Round the World 7 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	9 Last Spring Genealogy Classes May 9 and 16 All Day Moving Sale! Furniture, Art Supplies, Vintage Items, Tools, Etc! All Day Fabulous Yard Sale! All Day Make That Two Yard Sales on Peru St. This Sat.! Three or Four, Anyone? All Day "Most Dangerous Women" Comes to Burlington All Day Bottle Drive and Eagle Project Donations All Day Perennial Give-Away All Day Annual Sustainability Academy Tag Sale! All Day Most Dangerous Women All Day Yard Sale All Day Benefit Fun Run & Jiggety Jog! 8 - 11 AM Free Community Ed Program for Late Stage Dementia Caregivers 9 AM - 12 PM Garage Sale! Saturday May 9 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale! Address 4 - 4 PM Honor Your Motherby Seeing Most Dangerous Women! 7 PM (multiday) +11 more see less
10 The Sale Before the Moving Sale All Day Mother's Day at Audubon All Day Special Workshop This Mother's Day! All Day Mother's Day Walk All Day Mothers Day Walk All Day Save Open Space - Burlington Upcoming Events! All Day Mother's Day Walk for Open Space 2 PM Take a Walk for Open Space on Mother's Day 2 PM +4 more see less	11	12 Vermont Commons School Screens “Northern Borders” All Day Vermont Commons School Screens “Northern Borders” All Day Make Some Noise! 5:30 - 7 PM Ready, Set, Sow - Gardening Program 5:45 - 7:30 PM Community and Economic Development Office Staffing Plans 6 PM Ffl Book Discussion Group: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	13 South End Pop-Up Performance Project! All Day Presentation on Green Roofs All Day Call to Artists - South End Pop-Up Performance All Day Wards 1 & 8 NPA Meeting May 13 All Day Champlain School PTO Benefit at Great Harvest All Day Great Harvest Fundraiser All Day Ward 1 & Ward 8 NPA Meetings All Day Green Roof Presentation All Day Novice Whitewater Clinic All Day Great Harvest Fundraiser for Champlain Elementary Stage 7 AM - 6 PM Robinson Parkway Meeting on Parking Strategies 6:30 - 8:30 PM South End Pop Up Performance Project May 13 7 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	14 Wine and Watercolor at the ONE Arts Center All Day Champlain College's Annual Special Collections All Day GOP Committee Meeting May 14 All Day What's Going on at the Archibald Neighborhood Garden? All Day Benefit Concert for Earthquake Victims in Nepal All Day Ward 2/3 NPA Meeting and Community Dinner 6:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	15 Lawn Sale Friday May 15-16 (multiday) Bird Walk with LCC May 15 All Day Live Jazz at The Spot 6:30 - 8:30 PM	16 BHS Theater: Scapino! All Day Bloomtime Festival May 16 All Day Annual New North End Plant Sale All Day Queen City Memory Cafe May 16 All Day 6th Annual New North End Plant Sale All Day Large Yard Sale on Decatur Street All Day Decatur Street Yard Sale All Day Moving Sale All Day Community Plant Sale All Day Cottonwood Stables Open Barn Opens May 16 All Day Bella Voce Concerts! All Day Moving Sale 8 - 11 AM Decatur Street Yard Sale May 16 9 AM - 2 PM Big Truck Day! 10 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Bella Voce Women's Chorus Concerts 8 PM +12 more see less
17 Yard Sale! 39 Green Street All Day Five Sisters Plant Swap All Day Perennial Plant Swap in a Week All Day Squash, Anyone? All Day Neighborhood Perennial Plant Swap May 17 All Day Ethan Allen Homestead Presentation All Day Ethan Allen Homestead Presentation All Day +3 more see less	18 Roy Kelley Guest Conductor: Former Students Invited to Sing All Day SB Rotary Club Fundraiser All Day SB Energy Prize Workshop for May! 6 - 7:30 PM SB Energy Prize In-It-To-Win-It-Workshop! 6 - 7:30 PM Preview of May 18 City Council Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	19 Burlington College Property's Future - Public Events Planned All Day NAMI Vermont Annual Conference All Day Burlington College Land Meeting All Day	20 Bpd Coffee with the Chief & Preventing Retail Theft Tips All Day People's Housing Summit All Day 13th Annual Dismas House Plant Sale 9 AM (multiday) Open Community Forum on Fletcher Library 5 - 7 PM Public Hearings: Chittenden County RPC Work Plan & TIP 6:15 - 7:15 PM Housing Summit May 20 6:30 PM Housing Summit May 20 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	21 Turn Your Lawn into Garden All Day Drink & Draw Burlesque May 21 6 - 8 PM William Shakespeare's the Tempest 7 PM (multiday) Ward 5 NPA Meeting This Thursday 7 PM	22 Mayor/Councilor Public Coffee at Barrio! May 22 All Day Benefit Concert May 22 All Day National Professional Photographer Presentation on Afghanistan All Day Bird Walk with LCC May 22 All Day Multiple Yard Sales All Day SBHS Blood Drive 9 AM - 2:30 PM Memorial Day Ceremony May 22 10:30 - 11 AM Help Switchback Raise Money for Cancer Research! 6 - 9 PM Old Songs for a New Home: Dominique Donge & Robert Ryan in Concert 7:30 PM +5 more see less	23 Final Moving Sale May 23-24 (multiday) Pre-Marathon Pasta Dinner to Benefit Ronald Mcdonald House Charities All Day Lawn Sale All Day Lawn Sale All Day Big Garage Sale Saturday - Lots of Children's Items 9 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Bocce Club Rookie Day and Orientation 11 AM - 12 PM Civil War Tour and Chapel Open House 11 AM - 3 PM Parents' Night Out Saturday 5 - 9 PM +6 more see less
24 Huge Garage Sale Sun/Mon All Day Huge Garage Sale May 24, 25 8:30 AM (multiday)	25 No Recycling Pickup on Memorial Day 12:30 AM - 11:30 PM Huge Garage Sale May 25 9 AM - 3 PM	26 UVM Medical Center Neighborhood Task Force May 26 All Day	27 99.3FM WBTV-LP's 2nd Community Info Session All Day Hunt Middle School Plant Sale May 27 5 - 8:30 PM Chamberlin Neighborhood Project Community Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Mayor Speaking at NPA Meeting May 27 6:45 PM NPA Meeting May 27 6:45 PM WBTV-LP Community Listening Session May 27 7 - 8:30 PM Mayor Presents Budget and Housing Action Plan 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	28 Free Bike Movie & Pizza May 28 5:30 - 7 PM Free Bike Movie & Pizza May 28 5:30 - 7 PM Free Bike Movie & Pizza May 28 5:30 - 7 PM	29 Final Bird Walk with LCC May 29 All Day Very Merry Teens Present Chicago All Day CKS Spring Challenge May 29 All Day Long Line Painting 8 PM (multiday)	30 Splashy Spring Flowers Workshop All Day Circus Smirkus Camp Work Party and Wish List All Day Pema Chödrön Program May 30 and 31 All Day Yard Sale - 75 Howard - May 30 All Day Spectacular Garage Sale - 235 Pleasant Ave All Day Charity Night at Saint Johns Club All Day Garage Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale This Weekend! 8 AM (multiday) Yard Sale - 54 Morse Place 9 AM - 3 PM Live Jazz at the Spot 6:30 - 8:30 PM Join Our Jam! 7 - 10 PM +7 more see less
31 Lund Ride for Children - Riders and Volunteers Wanted All Day Garage Sale - Cherry Ln May 31 All Day Yard Sale All Day Memorial Day Lawn Sale (Benefit) 8 AM - 4 PM Wild Food Immersion Workshop May 31 10 AM - 4 PM +1 more see less	1 City Council Meeting: Uber and Taxis All Day June 1 City Council Meeting - Preview 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Folk Music Concert at Burlington Cohousing All Day Neighbor-Legislator Meeting - Burlington Districts 6-6 and 6-4 All Day Infinite Summer Discussion Forum 6:30 - 8 PM Neighbor-Legislator Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	3 Book Presentation for People Impacted by Dementia/Alzheimer's All Day Burlington Movie Premiere All Day Neighbor-Legislator Meeting All Day People's Summit on Pine St. Development 5:30 - 7:30 PM HPV Movie Premiere 5:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	4 Dealer.com + ReSOURCE 3rd Annual W-Waste Day All Day Dealer.Com/ReSource 3rd Annual E-Waste Day All Day E-Waste Day at Dealer.com All Day Community Identity - The Big Reveal! June 4 6 - 7 PM Community Conversation About Oakledge Park and Parking 6 - 7:30 PM Free Screening of "Climate Refugees" June 4 6 - 8 PM Free Screening of "Climate Refugees" June 4 7 - 9 PM Ward 6 NPA Meeting 7 PM +4 more see less	5 Fabulous Fused Glass Open Studio All Day Free Class: Ten Mistakes Beginning Backpackers Make & How to Avoid Them All Day	6 Garage Sale 27 Tracy Dr (multiday) Late Start Yard Sale - 59 Forest St (multiday) Onion River Race and Ramble All Day Girls on the Run 5K June 6 All Day Garage Sale June 6 All Day Winooski River Race and Ramble All Day The Onion River Race and Ramble All Day Moving Sale - Nice Stuff! All Day Community-Wide Garage Sale All Day Big Purge Yard Sale: Saturday All Day Kitchen/Housewares Sale June 6 All Day Garage Sale - Oakland Terrace All Day Paddling Event on the Winooki River All Day Girls on the Run 5k Event - Volunteers Needed! 7:30 AM - 12 PM Girls on the Run Needs Volunteers for 5k Event June 6 8 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale Fundraiser 8 AM - 3 PM Edible Forest Garden Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Northshore Garage Sales 9 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Preservation Burlington's 2015 Homes Tour 12 - 4 PM Preservation Burlington's 2015 Homes Tour 12 - 4 PM +17 more see less