Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2021

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26 PiE Fundraiser with Cabot Cheese to Support HCS 12 PM (multiday) All Souls Annual Membership & Friends Retreat 6 PM (multiday) CVU Redhawks Girls Basketball Golf Tournament 12 AM Garage Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Vermont Kidney Association Annual Walk 9 AM CVU Redhawks Girls' Basketball Annual Golf Tournament 9 AM Vermont Kidney Association Walk 9 AM Youth Aviation Event - Sept. 26 10 AM - 3 PM Richmond Art Crawl 10 AM - 3 PM Richmond Art Crawl 10 AM - 3 PM Down Syndrome Buddy Walk 12 - 3 PM 4-H Info Session at Sunset Hill Farm 1 - 3 PM Electric Vehicle Show and Tell 1 - 3 PM Ethan Allen Homestead: Sunday Event 2 PM Ethan Allen Homestead 2 PM Music at the Old Round Church - Blues, Folk and Soul 4 - 7 PM +12 more see less	27 Selectboard Meeting 5:15 - 9:20 PM Progressive Party Town Caucus Organizing Meeting 7 - 8 PM Progressive Party Town Committee Organizational Meeting 7 - 8 PM	28 Progressive Town Caucus Sept. 28 at Huntington Library All Day Library Evening Book Discussion 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Conservation Commission September Meeting 7 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting on Tuesday 7 PM	29 Outdoor Crafternoon at Carpenter-Carse Library 2:15 - 3:30 PM Fall Wreath Class 5 - 7 PM Invitation: Redistricting Discussion 6 PM Practical Earth Honoring 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Energy 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	30 Weekly Walking Group for Parents and Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Traelogue: Croatia 1:30 - 2:30 PM Travelogue: Croatia 1:30 - 2:30 PM Charlotte Senior Center Blood Drive - Sept. 30 2 - 7 PM New Date for MMU Lasagna (Takeout) Dinner! Sept. 30 3 - 6:30 PM Nordic Nite Out - Canceled 4 - 4 PM Town of Richmond Democratic Caucus 7 - 8 PM Scott Cook Concert 7 PM +4 more see less	1 "Expanding Voices: Perspectives on Birding" Art Show All Day Yard Sale 8 AM - 2 PM 3 Family Garage Sale, Friday & Saturday 8 AM (multiday) 3 Family Garage Sale Oct. 1 & 2 8 AM (multiday) End of Season Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) End of Season Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Large Multi-Family Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Traditional Abenaki Leather Brain Tanning Workshop 11 AM (multiday) Art Exhibit Opening & Perennial Harvest Days Kickoff 5 - 7 PM Art Exhibit Opening & Perennial Harvest Days 5 - 7 PM Friday Night Frights Story Time 6:30 - 7:45 PM An Evening with Clem Snide - A Backyard Concert 7 PM +8 more see less	2 Food Drive for Charlotte Food Shelf 9 AM - 12 PM Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro, Oct. 2-3 9 AM (multiday) Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro 9 AM (multiday) Cider Pressing at Horsford's 10 AM - 2 PM Ginny Joyner - Vermont Fall Open Studio This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) Vermont Open Studio Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Open House at Shelburne Craft School 11 AM - 2 PM +3 more see less
3 Tones of Passion 5 - 6 PM	4 Selectboard Meeting All Day Water and Sewer Commission Meeting All Day Adaptive Kayaking 10 AM Selectboard Special Meeting Oct. 4 6:30 - 8 PM	5 Williston Selectboard Meeting - Oct. 5 6:30 PM Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 8 PM CVQG Meeting - Quilter, Beth Helfter, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM CVQG Meeting - Quilter, Beth Helfter, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM Development Review Board 7 - 9 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Meeting 7 PM Williston Planning Commission Meeting Oct. 5 7 PM +3 more see less	6 Rotary Club Meeting and 2021 Rotary Halloween Parade 7:30 - 8:30 AM Selectboard Retreat Oct. 6 9 AM Button Up Webinar on Wednesday 12 - 1 PM MMCTV Board Meeting Oct. 6 6 - 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	7 Supporting Resilience in Uncertain Times 12 - 1 PM Vinyasa Yoga Thursdays 12 - 1 PM Nordic Nite Out - Farm Supper and Market (And Sunset!) 4 - 7 PM Last Nordic Nite Out, Supper & Farm Stand Collaborative 4 - 7 PM Coding Club at Pierson Library Thursday Oct. 7 4 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Regular Mtg 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	8 Large Multi-Family Garage Sale (multiday) Beaver Rescue Date Changed to Oct. 8 1 - 2 PM Fried Chicken Dinner This Friday- Last One of 2021! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Fried Chicken Dinner This Friday - Last One for 2021! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Crowdsourced Cinema VT: Jurassic Park Screening, Essex 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	9 Estate/Garage Sale This Weekend (multiday) Richard's Ride is Oct 9. - Registration is Open! All Day Richard's Ride Next Week 8 AM - 4 PM Community Wide Food Drop-Off 9 - 11 AM Food Drive for the Hinesburg Food Shelf 9 AM - 12 PM Shelburne Farmer's Market, Last Saturday of the Season 9 AM - 12:05 PM Shelburne Farmer's Market, Last Saturday of the Season 9 AM - 12:05 PM Huge Multi-Family Yard Sale & Book Sale Saturday 9 AM - 6 PM Yard Sale Saturday - 64 East Main St Richmond 9 AM Pollinator Garden Workday 10 AM - 12 PM Jan Cannon Pottery Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Try Hockey for Free! 11 AM - 12 PM Painting on Pumpkins at the Farm 11 AM - 3 PM Healthy Living Hometown Harvest~ 11 AM - 3 PM Walk to Shop Demonstration at Healthy Living, Sat 11 AM - 3 PM French-Canadian Genealogy: Getting Started 12 - 1:30 PM NAMI VT Walk Oct. 9 - United Day of Hope 12 - 4 PM Vermont Dance Alliance Hosts Virtual Dance Festival 2:30 PM (multiday) Yard Sale 9 PM (multiday) +15 more see less
10 5k Run/Walk Honoring a Vermont Coaching Legend 11 AM - 12 PM 5K Run/Walk Honoring a Vermont Coaching Legend 11 AM - 12 PM Green Mountain Swing Band at Isham Fall Festival! 1 - 4 PM Free Green Mountain Swing Outdoor Concert Sunday 1 - 4 PM Outdoor Yoga and Potluck 2 - 6 PM +1 more see less	11 Charlotte Library Board Meeting All Day Selectboard Meeting Oct. 11 5:55 - 9:15 PM Animal Coexistence Subcommittee 6:30 - 8:30 PM MMUUSD Board Meeting Oct. 11 6:30 PM	12 Special Water & Sewer Commission Meeting Oct. 12 6 PM Living Through the 5 Elements 6:30 - 8 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting - Oct. 12 6:30 PM Emergency Preparedness: Let's Be "Ready Together" 7 - 8 PM Emergency Preparedness: How to Be "Ready Together" 7 - 8:30 PM Hinesburg Conservation Commission Meeting Oct. 12 7 - 9 PM Special Selectboard Meeting Oct. 12 7 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Monthly Meeting, Oct. 12 7 PM +4 more see less	13 Free! Second Wednesday Comedy Jam at Nectar's, Oct. 13 6 - 8 AM Rotary Club Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 AM Library Morning Book Discussion 10:30 - 11:30 AM Green, Local, Healthy: Choosing Renovation Materials 12 - 1:30 PM Green, Local, Healthy: Choosing Renovation Materials 12 - 1:30 PM [Live Demo] the Less Waste Kitchen 12 - 7:45 PM After School Citizen Science: Zooniverse 4 - 5 PM A Conversation with Ashley C. Ford 4 - 5:15 PM Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley 7 - 8:30 PM Ad Hoc Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Committee Mtg 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 PM +7 more see less	14 Planning Commission Meeting Thursday, Oct. 14 All Day Second Meeting of Pierson Library Hack Club 4 - 5 PM Housing & Homeownership Discussion Oct. 14 5:30 - 6:30 PM Town Forest Committee Meeting 7 PM Huntington Conservation Comm. Meeting Oct. 14 7 PM +1 more see less	15 UVM Lane Series Announces Fall Concerts 7:30 - 9 PM	16 Ooky Spooky 5k to Benefit COTS 8 - 10 AM Children's Room Tag Sale 8 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale 8:30 AM - 2 PM Out of the Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention 8:30 AM Fall Kids Clothing and Book Swap 9 - 10:30 AM Volunteers Needed to Garden & Weed at SCS - Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM Multi-Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Kitten Adoption Event Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM Kittens for Adoption 9 AM - 1 PM CVU Craft Fair - Oct. 16 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Craft Fair - Oct. 16 9 AM Monthly Planet Pickup at Urban Reserve & Skate Park 10 - 11 AM Woodland Ecology Walk and Talk 10 AM - 12 PM Repair Cafe 10 AM - 2 PM Shelburne Pond Studios Open Studio Oct. 16 10 AM - 4 PM Saturday: Online Vermont Genealogy Conference 10 AM - 4 PM Harvest BBQ 11 AM - 2 PM Peace of Mind Pilates (POMP) Open House Saturday! 1 - 3 PM Open House Peace of Mind Pilates 1 - 3 PM Borderlands at Shelburne Farms - King Arthur 1 - 4 PM The Tale of King Arthur at Shelburne Farms! 1 - 4 PM Takeout Chicken Pie Supper 4:15 - 7:30 PM +19 more see less
17 Final Garden Work Day Sunday at Marty & Terry's House 9 AM - 12 PM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington 2 - 3 PM Quilts, Bees & Community Speaker 3 - 4 PM RGH Annual Meeting 3 PM Benefit Concert for Vermont Wildlife Coalition 3 PM Sunday PM Music Series 4 - 6 PM Ordinary Elephant: "P.M. Sundays" - Oct 17 4 PM Ordinary Elephant Concert 4 PM Ordinary Elephant Concert in Richmond Oct. 17 4 PM Tones of Balance and Stability at All Souls 5 - 6 PM +8 more see less	18 Selectboard Meeting All Day Water and Sewer Commission Meeting All Day Selectboard Special Meeting 6 - 8:15 PM	19 Outdoor Storytime at the Library 9:30 - 10:30 AM Good Beginnings for the Youngest Among Us 3 - 4 PM Disability Studies Certificate Information Session 3:30 - 4:15 PM Charlotte Recreation Commission - Special Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Is There a Shortcut to Doing a Business Plan? Yes! 5:30 - 7 PM Refugee Resettlement Town Hall Oct. 19 5:30 PM Spiritualism & the Robinsons of Rokeby 7 - 8 PM HU Chant: the Sound of Soul, Tuesday (Zoom) 7 - 8 PM Hinesburg DRB Agenda Oct. 19 7 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting - Tuesday, Oct. 19 7 PM +6 more see less	20 Rotary Meeting Wednesday Oct .20 7:30 - 8:30 AM Free 60+ Age Well Grab N Go Meal - Huntington Church 11 AM - 12 PM Wed. Event at Charlotte Senior Center 1 PM Edward Heyman's Soup's on Night is Wednesday! 4 - 5 PM Vermont Women's Fund Event! 5 - 6:30 PM Free Tong Ren Community Healing 5:30 - 6:30 PM Hitchcock & Suspense - Free Zoom Talk (VT Humanities) 6:45 - 8:15 PM Huntington Energy Committee October Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:30 PM Community Center Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Ad Hoc Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Oct. 20 Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM Trails Committee Meeting - Oct. 20 at 7pm 7 PM +8 more see less	21 Student Nonviolent Coord Committee 1 - 11 PM 3 Years with SNCC and How That Changed My Life 1:30 PM Huntington Board of Auditors Meeting 6 PM VTASLA Doug Crowell Lecture 7 - 8:30 PM VTASLA Doug Crowell Lecture 7 - 8:30 PM Reflecting on Conversations with Kids About Racism 7 - 9 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Regular Meeting 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	22 Garage/Shop Sale (multiday) The Scarab's Curse Mystery for Shelburne Museum 7 - 9 PM "The Scarab's Curse" Mystery for Shelburne Museum 7 PM	23 Race Around Birds 2021 (Virtual, Self-Timed Days) 7 AM - 5 PM Borromeo String Quartet; Upcoming VT Concerts 7:30 AM (multiday) Estate Sale at 35 South Hill Drive in Essex Junction 8 AM - 4 PM Volunteers Needed for Saturday Morning Gardening at SCS 9 AM - 12 PM Friends of the Pierson Book Sale 9 AM (multiday) Weatherization Event at Essex Lowe's Oct. 23-24 10 AM (multiday) International Pasta Dinner Takeout at First Baptist 4 - 7 PM Marathon Takeout Pasta Dinner 4 - 7 PM Art Party at Duker's/Inn at Charlotte 4 - 11 PM +5 more see less
24 MMU Football Vendor/Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Climate Justice as a Spiritual Practice at MMUUF 9:30 - 10:45 AM All Sport Gear Swap! 10 AM - 2 PM All Sports Gear Sale at CVU 10 AM - 2 PM All-Sports Gear Swap/Sale 10 AM - 2 PM All Sports Gear Sale at CVU 10 AM - 2 PM Half-Day Regenerative Eco-Retreat Oct. 24 10 AM - 3 PM Catamount Halloween Event 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Free Tai Chi and Qigong Classes This Sunday at UVM 12 - 2 PM Creation Care at All Souls Interfaith 5 - 6 PM +6 more see less	25 Smart Salting for Parking Lots and Sidewalks 8 AM - 1 PM Selectboard Meeting 5:45 - 9 PM Free Pelvic Health Workshop 6 PM	26 Library Evening Book Discussion 7 - 8 PM Of Wheelmen, the New Woman and Good Roads 7 - 8 PM Bicycling in Vermont: 1880-1920 7 - 8 PM Conservation Commission Meeting with Zoom Information 7 - 9 PM	27 Rotary Meeting Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 AM Outdoor Craft and Learn: Bats! 12:15 - 3:30 PM Shelburne Social Services Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM CVSD Virtual Community Budget Forum 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 PM +1 more see less	28 Compassion Fatigue for the Whole Community 1 - 2:30 PM Travelogue: Sailing and Hiking in Patagonia 1:30 - 2:30 PM Travelogue: Sailing and Hiking in Patagonia 1:30 - 2:30 PM Live Music Thursdays at Stone's Throw Pizza 6:30 - 8:30 PM Climate Art Show and RCAC Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Our Community Cares Camp Annual Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM VT 116 and VT 2A Intersection Public Meeting: Oct. 28 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Oct. 28 7 PM +4 more see less	29 Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree 3 - 6 PM Spirits of Rokeby Special Event Including Matinees Sat. 5 PM (multiday) Bike Blast for Climate Justice Oct. 29 5:45 PM Friday at All Souls: Sacred Circle w/ Dawna Hammers 6 - 7:30 PM	30 October Bird Monitoring Walk 8 - 9 AM Solstice Tomten: One-Day Woodcarving Workshop 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Halloween Happenings 10 AM - 2 PM Block Party! 11 AM - 3 PM
31 Huntington Lower Village Halloween! All Day Sunday Garage Sale, 203 Shelburne Falls Road 8 AM - 6 PM Halloween on the Green Needs Treat Station Volunteers! 12 - 4 PM Halloween Parade 2 - 3 PM 2021 Shelburne Rotary Halloween Parade 2 - 4 PM Trunk or Treat Event 2:30 - 4:30 PM Trunk or Treat Event Oct. 31 2:30 - 4:30 PM Trunk or Treat 4 - 5 PM Texas Hill-O-Ween 2.0 4 - 6 PM Pumpkin Display on Town Green 5 - 8 PM Halloween Pumpkin Display 6 - 9 PM +7 more see less	1 “The Gift of Art” Show 10 AM - 4 PM Selectboard Special Meeting Monday 6 - 7 PM Equity & Diversity Committee Meeting - New Zoom Link! 6 - 7 PM	2 Open House at Christ the King School 8:45 - 10:30 AM Essentrics Class (AKA Classical Stretch) 10:30 AM Public Meeting: Village Sidewalk Scoping Study 6 - 7:30 PM CVSD School Board Committee Meetings 6 PM Charlotte Trails Committee Meeting: New Day and Time 6:30 PM HU Chant: the Sound of Soul Nov. 2 (On Zoom) 7 - 8 PM CCQG Meeting - Quilter, Roz Daniels, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM CVQG Meeting - Quilter, Roz Daniels, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM Book Talk: "On Being a Vermonter" by David Holmes 7 - 8 PM Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting - Nov. 2 7 PM +7 more see less	3 Wed. Event at 1 P.M. at Charlotte Senior Center 1 PM Advanced Care Planning Presentation 1:30 PM Introduction to Advance Care Planning 1:30 PM "The Addiction Inoculation" with Jessica Lahey 7 - 8 PM Ad Hoc Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting Nov. 3 7 - 9 PM Nov. 3 Richmond Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM Nov. 3 Selectboard Agenda 7 PM +4 more see less	4 Oshima Brothers Concert Nov. 4 7 AM Thursday Yoga 12 - 1 PM First Thursday at Shelburne Vineyard 5 - 7 PM Investing in Vermont's Future - Community Conversations 5:30 - 6:30 PM Justin LaPoint Live at Stone's Throw Pizza 6:30 - 8:30 PM A Bigger, Better Hinesburg Town Forest - Info Session 7 - 8 PM Hinesburg Town Forest Updates & Community Information 7 - 8 PM A Bigger, Better Hinesburg Town Forest - Info Session 7 - 8 PM Oshima Brothers Concert - Nov. 4 7 PM +5 more see less	5 UVM Extension Community Horticulture Annual Conference (multiday) UVM Ext Conference: Gardening for Resilience Nov. 5-6 (multiday) Master Gardener Conference - Registration Begins Sept. 1 (multiday) Cardio & Core Class at Shelburne Athletic Club 7:30 - 8:30 AM Outdoor Story Time Nov. 5 10 AM American Red Cross Blood Drive in Shelburne 12 - 5 PM Tapas Intensive Workshop at Sangha 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	6 Richmond Ultra Trail Festival at Catamount Outdoor Center (multiday) Community Running Festival: RUTFest Nov. 6-7! 6 AM (multiday) Marine Corps Birthday Ball 6 AM Cochran's Ski Sale Happening Today 8 AM - 4 PM Food Drive 9 AM - 2 PM Williston Craft Show Nov. 6 9 AM - 4 PM Race Around Birds 2021 9:30 AM - 2 PM "Race Around Birds" - Trail Run at Birds of VT Museum 10 AM - 3 PM Trotting of the Turkeys Saturday 11 AM - 12 PM Birch and Berry Open House - Postponed to Nov. 6 12 - 2 PM Border Crossing Records 1:30 PM Vermont Day School Open House Nov. 6 (PreK to 8) 3 - 4:30 PM Vermont Day School Open House - Oct. 6 - Prek - 8th 3 - 4:30 PM Vermont Day School Open House 3 PM +10 more see less