Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2017

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1 Goshen Antique & Collectibles Yard Sale Sept. 30 & Oct. 1 (multiday) Estate Sale 10 AM (multiday) New Light Worship Service All Day Special Speaker 10:15 AM Havurah Holiday Mini Sessions for Young Kids 2 - 3 PM "I Rise" Event at Town Hall Theater 2 - 3:30 PM Pampered Chef Super Sale 2 - 5 PM Daisy Girl Scouts 2 PM Chicken & Biscuits Ready at 5 O'Clock Sunday 5 - 6 PM +5 more see less	2	3 Age-Group Swimming in Middlebury! 6 - 7 PM	4 Toastmasters - Champ Masters Open House Oct. 4 8:30 - 9:30 AM Toastmasters - Champ Masters Open House Oct 4 8:30 - 9:30 AM Monkton Cub Scouts Registration Night 6:30 - 7:30 PM The Full Vermonty Comes to Middlebury Wednesday 7 - 8 PM	5 Early Childhood Showcase Tours and Community Forum 11 AM - 1 PM Last Vergennes Farmer's Market for the Summer Season 4 - 6:30 PM Cub Scouts Table at BES Open House 6 - 7:30 PM Hunter Access Seminar for VT Landowners 6:30 - 9 PM	6 Mt Abraham Renovation - Info at Lincoln School Oct. 6 All Day Lincoln Ladies Aid Rummage Sale 8 AM - 6 PM Oriental Carpet Bazaar 10 AM (multiday) Oriental Carpet Bazaar 10 AM (multiday) Oriental Carpet Bazaar 10 AM (multiday) Brother to Brother Event Friday 4:30 - 6 PM Words. Words. Words 6 - 8 PM Showing "Split" at the Bixby Library 6 - 8 PM Movie Night 6:30 PM Sister to Sister's Apple Fest 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	7 Mt. Abraham Fall Musical Duck Race 8 - 9 AM Hunter Pace 8:30 - 10:30 AM Take a Story Walk! 9 AM - 12 PM Large Scale Glean with Hope 9 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Festival for Families 9 AM - 6 PM Dead Creek Wildlife Day 9:30 AM - 4 PM Milk and Honey Quilters' Guild Quilt Show 10 AM - 5 PM Milk and Honey Quilt Show Oct. 7 and 8 10 AM - 5 PM Middlebury Classic Quidditch Tournament Oct. 7 10 AM - 6 PM Quilt Show 10 AM (multiday) Milk and Quilters' Guild Quilt Show 10 AM (multiday) Ilsley Book Bash 11 AM - 2:30 PM Champlain Orchards 19th Annual Harvest Fest 11 AM - 4 PM Champlain Orchards 19th Annual Harvest Fest 11 AM - 4 PM Pottery Sale 12 - 5 PM Ciderfest at Happy Valley Orchard 12 - 6 PM Madaila on the Mountain for United Way 1 - 5 PM Music, Food, Foliage Rides! 1 - 5 PM Madaila on the Mountain Kicks Off United Way 50th Anniv 1 - 5 PM Poetry & Potluck: Ruth Stone House! 4 - 8 PM Chicken Pie Dinner Oct. 7 5 - 7 PM Cocktails Curing Cancer 5 - 9:30 PM Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day, Saturday 6 - 8 PM Ripton Community Coffeehouse - the Joe K. Walsh Band! 7 - 10 PM Joe K. Walsh Band Oct. 7 in Ripton 7:30 - 10 PM +22 more see less
8 Estate Auction Oct. 8 All Day Wag It Forward, a Festival for Pets & People! 10 AM - 5 PM Steps Towards Reproductive Justice 5K 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Ripton Ridge Run 11 AM Ripton Ridge Run 11 AM Bear-A-Palooza at the Henry Sheldon Museum 2 - 4 PM Bear-A-Palooza at the Henry Sheldon Museum 2 - 4 PM Sheldon Museum Bear-A-Palooza 2 - 4 PM Have Your Tintype Made at Rokeby Museum 3 - 4:30 PM New Light Worship Service Sunday 4 - 5 PM Horrific Events in Las Vegas 4 PM Free Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM +8 more see less	9 Buffalo Dreamers Bristol Dream Circle 6 - 8 PM	10 Wines of Spain: Lecture and Tasting with David Herren 4 - 5:30 PM	11 Sharing the History of Postcards All Day Chance to Win $1,000 Gift Card If You Donate Blood! 1 - 6 PM Red Cross Blood Drive! 1 - 6 PM Finding Common Ground for Economic Opportunity 4:30 - 6 PM Discover "Peppers Are Perennials!" at the Bixby 5:30 - 7 PM Recycling Questions and Answers and Volunteering 6:30 PM Vermont Author at VT Book Shop 7 - 8 PM 'No Impact Man' Film Screening, Library, 10/11, 7 Pm 7 PM +4 more see less	12 Opera Company of Middlebury (multiday) Sr Lunch at Libanus Lodge 11 AM - 1 PM One World Library How Immigrants Make Their Mark on VT 7 - 8:30 PM Energy Task Force Meeting Oct. 12 7 - 8:30 PM	13 Rummage Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Upcoming Blood Drive 11 AM - 4 PM Middlebury College Fall Faculty Forum 1 - 6 PM Reception Friday for Bringing the Outside In 5 - 7 PM Casual Friday Live! Marquis Theatre in Middlebury 8 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	14 Yard Sale - Monkton Rd All Day 2 Day Indoor Garage Sale This Weekend! 7 AM - 2 PM 2 Day Indoor Garage Sale This Weekend! 7 AM - 2 PM Free Fall Foliage Hike, Middlebury Area Land Trust 9 - 10:30 AM Free Fall Foliage Hike, Middlebury Area Land Trust 9 - 10:30 AM Free Fall Foliage Hike, Middlebury Area Land Trust 9 - 10:30 AM Rummage Sale with a Difference 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Huge Lawn Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Huge Yard Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Barn Sale 9 AM (multiday) Charter House Coalition: Open House! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Charter House Warming Shelter Open House 9:30 - 11:30 AM NHCL Library Book Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Community Art Event - Small City Prints Big 10 AM - 4 PM Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend at Robert Compton Pottery 10 AM (multiday) Vermont Open Studio Weekend Oct. 14 & 15! 10 AM (multiday) 2nd Saturday Children's Movie: "Song of the Sea" 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Come Celebrate the Bristol Trail Network! 11 AM - 1:30 PM Eastview's 5 Year Anniversary Festival 11 AM - 4 PM InSite Open House (2013 Solar Decathlon House) 3 - 4 PM Ladies Night Out Fundraiser - VFW Middlebury 3 - 7 PM Reformation and Revival 4 - 7:30 PM Magic Show and Documentary Film 4:30 - 8:30 PM Burnham Music Series 7 PM +22 more see less
15 Community Conversation on Climate Justice All Day 5K Run with the Heroes to Benefit Special Olympics All Day Climate Justice Community Conversation All Day All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Pancake Breakfast at Bread Loaf View Farm 9 AM - 12 PM Relay for Life 5K Color Run! 10 AM - 12:30 PM Bristol Village Cohousing Grand Opening 2 - 5 PM Bristol Village Cohousing Grand Opening 2 - 5 PM Huntington River Vineyard - Final Fall Dinner 3 - 7 PM Community Conversation at Middlebury UUC 4 - 5:30 PM Come XC Ski with Us! Family Registration Sunday! 4 - 6 PM Harvest Sing-A-Long and Celebration 6:30 - 8 PM +8 more see less	16 Addison County Democratic Committee Meeting All Day Middlebury Lions Club Meeting 5:30 - 8 PM Indivisible Middlebury Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM "The Old Country Fiddler" in Monkton 7 - 8 PM County Democratic Party Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Addison County Democratic Committee Meeting 7 PM +2 more see less	17 Selectboard Meeting Agenda All Day Craft Night Tuesday at the Library! 5 - 6:15 PM ACTR - Important Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM	18 Dine at Bobcat Cafe to Benefit Art on Main All Day Toastmaster's Meeting - Champ Masters Wednesday 5:30 - 7 PM Fused Glass Art Show at Charlotte Library 6 - 8 PM Abenaki Artists Panel Tonight at the Bixby 7 - 9 PM	19 Monthly Bristol Historical Society Presentation 7 - 8 PM Rescued Book Event and Homeward Bound Benefit 7 - 8:30 PM	20 Pop-Up Halloween Cards! 9 AM - 1 PM Singing in Monkton Friday 5:30 - 7:30 PM Metromaniacs at the Town Hall Theater 7:30 PM (multiday) Friday Concert 7:30 PM	21 Porch Sale - Mountain Street All Day Pancake Breakfast 7:30 - 10:30 AM Indoor Garage Sale Oct. 21-22 8 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale Ossie Rd. 8 AM - 4 PM Weekend Indoor Garage Sale Oct. 21-22 8 AM (multiday) Big Garage Sale at 3 Upper Plains Road, Salisbury 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Moving Sale Saturday 9 AM - 2 PM St. Peter's Annual Craft Fair, Bake Sale, and Raffle 9 AM - 3 PM The Great Autumn Purge Yard Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Forest Management Techniques for Wildife - VT F&W 9:30 - 11:30 AM Waldorf Kindergarten Morning Magic 10 - 11:30 AM Muddy's Buddies 5k Walk/Run 10 - 11:30 AM A Recipe for Mindfulness Eating 10 AM - 1 PM Fall Ham Harvest Supper 5 - 6:30 PM +10 more see less
22 Garage Sale - West Salisbury Rd All Day Bridge School Open House! 10 AM - 12 PM Bridge School Admissions Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Waldorf Fallfest for 5th-12th Grade Students & Families 1 - 3 PM Annual Bible Talk in Ripton 3 - 4:30 PM Rare and Unusual Plants at Rokeby Museum 3 - 4:30 PM +2 more see less	23	24 Zumba with Mary Ann All Day Want to Know More About Bullying/Harassment in Schools? 6 - 8 PM October Table Read at the Bixby: "Kith & Kin" 6 - 9 PM	25 ANESU Early Education Developmental Screening 1 - 3:30 PM Mt Abe Tour and Bond Vote Info Meeting 5:30 - 8:30 PM Family & Medical Leave Insurance: Film & Discussion 7 - 8:30 PM Family & Medical Leave Insurance: Film Preview and Discussion Series 7 - 8:30 PM Newton Thompson Wooden Toy History 7 PM Salisbury Public Library Book Club Choice for Oct. 7 PM +2 more see less	26 Bixby's After-School Program Highlights the Owl 3:30 - 4:30 PM Scholastic Book Fair Shoreham ES 6 - 8 PM Vermont Author Nancy Kilgore at VT Book Shop Oct. 26 6:30 - 8 PM Bat Party! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Great Middlebury Climate Economy Initiative Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Glengarry Glen Ross Opens Oct. 26 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	27 Free Childrens Halloween Party, Parade & Hocus Pocus 4:30 - 6 PM Pizza Bake at Ripton Elementary School - Friday! 5 - 6:30 PM Pizza Bake at Ripton Elementary School Friday! 5 - 6:30 PM Small City Prints Big Silent Auction 5 - 8 PM Haymaker Buns at Stonecutter Spirits Friday! 5 - 9 PM Community-Wide Barn Dance! 6 - 8 PM 2017 Annual Barn Dance! 6 - 8 PM Helen Porter's Medieval Castle and Pumpkin Event 6 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	28 Lasagna Dinner to Benefit the Fire Dept. Until 6 PM Monkton Woodbank: Donation Firewood Work Day All Day Estate Planning Basics for Everyone All Day Yard Sale at 28 Garfield St All Day 2 Day Indoor Garage Sale - Pidgeon Rd 8 AM - 2 PM Indoor Garage Sale - Pidgeon Rd 8 AM - 2 PM Vermont Alliance of Retired Americans Hold Conference 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Five Town Fire Department Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM The 10th Annual Fill the Firehouse Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Food Drive This Weekend 9 AM - 12 PM Fire Department Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Five-Town Fire Department Food Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Food Drive for Have-A-Heart Food Shelf 9 AM - 12 PM Day of the Morgan Horse 9 AM - 4 PM Donation Firewood Volunteer Work Day 9:30 AM - 1 PM Russell Library Story Hour 10 - 11 AM Free Program: Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain 10 AM - 12:30 PM National Open Barn Day for Morgan Horses 10 AM - 4 PM Tent Sale at Finders Keepers - Vergennes! 10 AM - 7 PM Saturday Night Take-Out: Cooking Class for Kids 10-14 3 - 5:30 PM Barn Dance Saturday 4 - 8 PM Fairy Godmothers and Wizards Greet Trick or Treaters 5 - 6 PM New Haven Halloween Festivities Saturday! 5:30 - 8:30 PM Trunk or Treat Lasagna Dinner in Salisbury! 6 PM Halloween Costume Dance! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Magpie in Concert Saturday at Vermont Tree Goods 7 PM Gang of Thieves Masquerade Ball - Vergennes Opera House 7:30 - 11 PM +23 more see less
29 Pancake Breakfast at Bread Loaf View Farm 9 AM - 12 PM Halloween Event - Middlebury's Page One Literacy Program 12 - 2 PM Spooktacular Halloween Event! 1 - 3 PM Women & Teen Girl Self-Defense Workshop 1 - 5 PM Taizé Prayer Service 4 - 5 PM “Who is a Jew?” Talk in Middlebury, by Shalom Goldman 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	30 Economic Opportunity in Climate Action 6 - 8 PM Holiday Bazaar Crafting at Monkton Central School 6:30 - 7:30 PM	31 Free Seminar: "Cyber Security for Business" 8 - 10 AM Halloween Party at the Library! 4:30 - 6 PM Trunk or Treat 5:30 - 6:30 PM	1 Toastmaster's Meeting - Champ Masters, Wednesday 8:30 - 9:30 AM Invite to Meet at Travel Showcase Middlebury Inn Nov. 1 12 - 7 PM Book Release 3:30 - 7:30 PM Free Travel Show Nov. 1 Middlebury Inn 4 - 7 PM Travel Show Nov. 1 at the Middlebury Inn 4 - 7 PM Free Travel Showcase at Middlebury 4 - 7 PM NANOWRIMO Kick Off Party 4:30 - 6 PM Hot Shower at Ripton Fire Department 5 - 8 PM Jay Dubberly's Book Release Nov. 1 at Vermont Book Shop 6 - 7:30 PM Book Release 6 - 7:30 PM Lo Cor De La Plana at St. Stephen's Church! 6:30 - 8 PM Middlebury Area Land Trust and Tam, Annual Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Middlebury Area Land Trust and the TAM, Annual Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	2 Local Food Growers, Producers & Buyers Gather Nov. 2 8 AM - 2 PM Nov. 2 Local Food Growers, Producers & Buyers Gathering 8:30 AM - 2 PM Local Food Growers, Producers & Buyers Gathering Nov. 2 8:30 AM - 2 PM VT Community Development Conference 9 AM - 3 PM Workshop on How to Motivate Children and Youth 1 - 4 PM +1 more see less	3 Movie Night All Day Vermont Adoption Consortium Conference 8 AM - 4:30 PM Rummage Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Cochran's Ski Sale This Weekend! 6 PM (multiday) Bixby Showing "Manchester by the Sea" 6:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	4 Diversified Occupations Yard Sale Nov. 4 All Day Household Hazardous Waste Event in Salisbury 8 AM - 1 PM Annual D.O Yard Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar, Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury 9 AM - 3 PM 93rd Annual Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Small & Medium Dog Play Group - Free 10 - 11 AM Barn Sale - Glen Dale Farm, Cornwall 10 AM - 4 PM Vigil for the Earth 10:30 - 11 AM Used Book and Media Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Raven Medicine/Raven Magic Workshop 1 - 5 PM Middlebury Co-Op's Empty Bowl Dinner 6 - 8:30 PM Ripton Community Coffeehouse - Nov. 4 7 - 10 PM Michael Chorney and Hollar General in Ripton 7:30 - 10 PM +11 more see less