Calendar - Front Porch Forum

November 2023

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29 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Affordable Housing Conversation Oct. 29 All Day Breakfast at Dorchester Lodge, Vergennes 7:30 - 10 AM Spooktacular! 1 - 3 PM Eddy Farm Halloween Costume Barn 1 - 4 PM Affordable Housing for Addison County 2 - 4 PM Community Conversation Housing 2 - 5 PM Annual Rabbi Victor E. Reichert Bible Talk in Ripton 3 - 4 PM CMOS Presents the Boo-Cycle Ride + Ski Lease Update 3 - 5 PM Weybridge Fire Department Trunk or Treat 3 - 5 PM Monkton Trunk or Treat Oct. 29 4 - 5:30 PM Community Conversation: Affordable Housing Addison Co. 4 - 6 PM Community Conversation: Affordable Housing Addison Co. 4 - 6 PM Halloween on the Green Celebration in New Haven 4 - 6 PM Harvest Party Oct. 29 4 - 6 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) +19 more see less	30 Learning Lunches 12 PM (multiday) Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Oct. 30 7 - 10 PM	31 Tax Learning Lunches 12 AM - 1 PM Calvin Pier Tavern & Robert Frost Recreation Area 10:30 AM - 12 PM Trick or Treat Tuesday 5 - 7 PM Annual Halloween Party at the Library 5:30 PM	1 Tax Learning Lunches 12 - 1 PM ACHHH Grief and Loss Support Group 3 - 4:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Pop Art Paint Night 6 - 7:30 PM Rombauer Vineyards at Starry Night Cafe 6 - 9 PM Rombauer Vineyards at Starry Night Cafe 6 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	2 Playtime Party at the Platt - for Babies and Toddlers 9 - 10 AM Tai Chi Class 9 AM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM HU Chant - Sound of Soul 6 - 7 PM Vergennes Emerald Ash Tree Borer Information Night 7 - 8 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM Twist O' Wool Guild Meeting 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	3 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Poetry of the Ordinary Opening Reception 4 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM Come Celebrate and Congratulate Karen Duguay! 5:30 - 7 PM Tribute - Karen Duguay of the Better Midd Partnership! 5:30 - 7 PM +4 more see less	4 Burnham Presents Music Nov. 4th in Lincoln 7:30 AM Conservation Commission Gathering in Bristol Nov. 4 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pottery Sale at Middlebury Studio School 9 AM - 1 PM Middlebury Studio School Pottery Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Pottery Sale at Midd Studio School! 9 AM - 1 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury - Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar at Midd. Congregational Church 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Artisan Fair - Free Refreshments 10 AM - 12 PM MCS Playground Work Party on Saturday Nov. 4 10 AM - 1 PM Free Stuff This Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM Explore Lake Champlain at Orwell Town Hall! 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair Nov. 4 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair at the Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Vermont Artisan Fair - the Residence at Otter Creek! 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair the Residence at Otter Creek, Middlebury 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM 10th Annual Artisan Fair at Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair at the Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Nov 4: Sib2Sib Summit 10 AM - 3 PM Race Around Birds 10 AM Misc. Free Items, in Garage, Rain or Shine, 2 Hrs. Only 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Fiber Arts Circle at the Bixby! 12 - 2 PM Fiber Arts Circle at the Bixby 12 - 2 PM How to Trust the People with Reproductive Rights 1 - 2 PM Colors of Fall Themed Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM Colors of Fall Themed Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM VCM Play and Learn at Ripton Elementary School 3 - 5 PM Vermont Day School (Prek - 8th Grade) Open House 3 PM Skate Deck Art Auction 7 PM (multiday) Burnham Hall Nov. 4 with Harmony Trio-The Ladles 7:30 - 10 PM Gina Coleman & the Misty Blues at Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM +30 more see less
5 Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Middlebury Maple Run 9 AM - 1 PM Zoom Performance & Conversation w/ Fiddler Lena Jonsson 11 AM - 12 PM Suncommon at Hogback Mountain Brewery 2 - 4 PM Dance to Joe & Jackie 3 - 6 PM Mary Hogan School Skating - This Sunday! 4 - 5:30 PM +2 more see less	6 West African Dance Class with Live Drumming 5:15 - 6:15 PM Lincoln School District School Board Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	7 Does Your Loved One Have Memory Loss? 4:30 - 6 PM Elderly Services Community Education Series 4:30 - 6 PM First Tuesdays Local Author Talk 6 - 7 PM Nov. 7 Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM Proposed Amendment to the Unified Development Bylaws 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Nov. 7 7 PM +2 more see less	8 Thinking of Getting a Heat Pump? 101 Webinar Nov. 8 12 - 1 PM Snapshot Series 1 - 2 PM ACHHH Grief and Loss Support Group 3 - 4:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Rock Point School Virtual Student Panel 4:30 - 5:30 PM An Evening to Support Art on Main at the Bobcat Cafe 4:30 - 8 PM American Flatbread Pizza Benefit Bake for Mary Hogan 5 - 9 PM Winter is Coming. Button Up, Save Up, Green Up 5:30 PM Weatherization Meeting 5:30 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Bristol Astrology Group November Meet-Up 6:15 - 7:45 PM Soup to Nuts Food Talk at Platt Library - Nov. 8 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	9 LCS Veterans Day Assembly 8:10 - 8:40 AM Playtime Party at the Platt - for Babies and Toddlers 9 - 10 AM Tai Chi Class 9 AM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Cooperatively Healing Our Watershed Homes 6 - 8 PM Cooperatively Healing Our Watershed Homes 6 - 8 PM Cooperatively Healing Our Watershed Homes 6 - 8 PM Cooperatively Healing Our Watershed Homes 6 - 8 PM Adult Craft Program at Library 6 PM Otter Creek Audubon Society Annual Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Otter Creek Audubon Society Annual Meeting 7 - 9 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM Christal Brown's Inspirit Dance: "What We Ask of Flesh" 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less	10 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Charlotee Senior Center Honors Vietnam Veterans 11 AM - 12 PM Charlotte Senior Center Honors Viet Nam Veterans 11 AM Middlebury Skatepark Fundraiser - Notte Nov. 10 4 - 9 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM The Great Teen Book Swap & Movie Night at Ilsley 6 - 8 PM Friday Night Community Swim 7 - 9 PM MCMT's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 7 PM (multiday) Christal Brown's Inspirit Dance: "What We Ask of Flesh" 7:30 - 9 PM +5 more see less	11 Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 AM Building Materials Sale 8 AM - 1 PM TEDxMiddlebury Conference 2023: Truth & Dare 9 AM - 12 PM Mountain View 4H Annual Craft and Vendor Sale 9 AM - 2 PM 2nd Annual Puzzle Swap 9:35 - 11 AM Mount Abe Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Mount Abe Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Mount Abe's Annual Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Veterans Day Ceremony 11 - 11:30 AM How to Trust the People with Reproductive Rights 1 - 2 PM Ferrisburgh Historical Society 1 - 2 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher & Get Tickets 1 - 2 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher & Get Tickets 1 - 2:30 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher This Saturday 1 - 2:30 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher & Get Tickets 1 - 2:30 PM This Saturday Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher 1 - 2:30 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Toph This Saturday 1 - 2:30 PM This Saturday Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher 1 - 2:30 PM Veteran's Day Recognition of Veterans by Troop 543! 2:30 - 3:30 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 5 PM Salisbury Community Potluck 5:30 - 8 PM MCMT's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 7 PM (multiday) Social Band: "It is My Heart That Makes My Songs" 7:30 - 9 PM +19 more see less
12 Calling Potters For "Empty Bowl” Flood Relief All Day Breakfast at Libanus Lodge 7 - 10 AM Masonic Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Public Breakfast Buffet 7:30 - 10 AM Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Trees and Tracks on the Pitch Pine Trail in Salisbury 9 - 11:59 AM Trees and Tracks on the Pitch Pine Trail 9 AM - 12 PM Tree ID Walk on the Salisbury Pitch Pine Trail 9 AM - 12 PM Monkton Woodbank Firewood Splitting Bee 12 - 2 PM Support Local: Farmers Haven Market 12 - 4 PM Middlebury Shape Note Singing Nov. 12 1 - 3 PM Hurd Grassland Volunteer Event! 1 - 3 PM USA Lax Pick Up ‘N Play 1 - 3 PM National Lacrosse Pick Up & Play Day! 1 - 3 PM Postponed to Nov. 19 - National Lacrosse Pick Up & Play Day! 1 - 3 PM UVM Wind Ensemble Concert - Free Concert! 3 - 4 PM +12 more see less	13 Meet Lincoln School District Superintendent Candidates 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Learning Lunches - Tax Topics 12 - 1 PM West African Dance Class with Live Drumming 5:15 - 6:15 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Nov. 13 7 - 10 PM	14 Learning Lunches - Tax Topics 12 - 1 PM Upcoming Workshop - Plastics Recycling: Demystified 5:30 - 6:30 PM Event on Literacy in ACSD Nov. 14 5:30 - 7 PM Nov. 14 - Event on Literacy in ACSD 5:30 - 7 PM Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage Program 7 - 8:30 PM Death Cafe 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda 7 PM +3 more see less	15 Turkey Bingo & Raffle All Day Med47 Online Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Learning Lunches - Tax Topics 12 - 1 PM Online Holiday Market & Silent Auction Fundraiser 12 PM (multiday) Open Studio Art Featuring Weaving with Paper 3 - 4:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Ripton Village Soup Night 5 - 7 PM Game Night at the Library Schedule Update 6:15 - 9 PM November Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Reproductive Health Programs Talk 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	16 MAUHS Presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (multiday) Med47 Online Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Playtime Party at the Platt - for Babies and Toddlers 9 - 10 AM Tai Chi Class 9 AM Crafternoons (Cancelled) 2 - 3:30 PM Event on White Supremacy and Global Accelerationism 4:30 - 5:30 PM Dine Out to Give Back at Starry Night Cafe 4:30 - 9 PM Science Café Presents Organic Farming with Henry Webb 5:30 - 6:30 PM Gentle Yoga 6 - 7 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher & Get Tickets 7 PM (multiday) MAUHS Fall Musical Presents Cinderella 7 PM MAUHS Fall Musical Presents "Cinderella" 7 PM +10 more see less	17 Craft Vermont Fine Craft and Art Show (multiday) Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Annual Open Glass Studio 10 AM (multiday) Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Ilsley Public Library 3 PM Have-A-Heart Food Distribution Nov. 17 5 - 6 PM You're Invited: New Art Exhibit Opening Party! 5 - 7 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM It's a Hardbacked Life: Teen Book Discussion Group 6 - 7 PM Join Us Friday for Movie Night at the Library! 7 - 9 PM Reel Fridays at LML is November 17! 7 - 9 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher & Get Tickets 7 PM (multiday) MAUHS Fall Musical Presents "Cinderella" 7 PM MAUHS Fall Musical Presents Cinderella 7 PM +10 more see less	18 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Calling All Youth Makers! 10 AM - 2 PM Brandon Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Winter Makers Market Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM How to Trust the People with Reproductive Rights 1 - 2 PM Meet with State Representative Joe Andriano 2 - 3 PM Meet Cinderella and Prince Topher & Get Tickets 7 PM (multiday) MAUHS Fall Musical Presents Cinderella 7 PM MAUHS Fall Musical Presents "Cinderella" 7 PM +7 more see less
19 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Open Studio, Woodturning Sale 10 AM - 4 PM 20% Off Thank You Sale 10 AM - 5 PM The Art of Gratitude 10 AM Support Local: Farmers Haven Market 12 - 4 PM Rescheduled: Lacrosse Pickup & Play Day 1 - 3 PM Rescheduled! USA Lacrosse Clinic at Mt Abe 1 - 3 PM Ayurveda Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating 3 - 4:30 PM +4 more see less	20 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) West African Dance Class with Live Drumming 5:15 - 6:15 PM The Hills of Home: Mountains and Identity in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM	21 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Artists, Artisans,Writers, Poets! Chaawp Salon! 6 - 8 PM Proposed Amendment to the Unified Development Bylaws 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Nov. 21 7 PM	22 Middlebury Town Offices Closed Nov. 22-24 for Holiday 8 AM (multiday) Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Learn & Play Wingspan at the Bixby Library 3 - 7 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM	23 Tai Chi Class 9 AM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Dine Out to Give Back at Starry Night Cafe 4:30 - 9 PM Gentle Yoga 6 - 7 PM	24 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM	25 Inaugural Holly Jolly Market in Bristol! 12 AM - 4 PM Post-Thanksgiving Day Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Community Invitation: Four Pillars Farm's Holiday Market 9 - 11:26 AM Holiday Shoppe and Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Shoppe & Craft Fair/Food Pantry 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Shoppe & Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM CVU Handcrafters Fair, Nov. 25 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Handcrafters Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market on the Farm 9 AM (multiday) Small Business Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Small Business Saturday at Elli Parr Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Holly Jolly Market 12 - 4 PM Holly Jolly at Holley Hall 12 - 4 PM Holly Jolly at Holley Hall 12 - 4 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM +11 more see less
26 Breakfast at Dorchester Lodge, Vergennes 7:30 - 10 AM Support Local: Farmers Haven Market 12 - 4 PM Public Bingo 12:30 PM	27 Where Are We on Climate Change? 5:30 AM - 6:30 PM Come Learn SoulCollage at Russell Memorial Library! 5 - 7 PM This Monday at Russell Memorial Library: Soul Collage! 5 - 7 PM West African Dance Class with Live Drumming 5:15 - 6:15 PM Climate Change Legislation in Vermont 5:30 - 6:30 PM Where Are We on Climate Legislation? 5:30 - 6:30 PM Where Are We on Climate Change? 5:30 - 6:30 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Lincoln School District School Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Nov. 27 7 - 10 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	28 Fort Cassin Road 7 AM - 5 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Budget Meeting Nov. 28 5:30 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda 7 PM	29 Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM MAUSD School Board Community Budget Meeting 6 - 7 PM MAUSD School Board Community Budget Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM MCCFC Hitchcock Series 6 - 8 PM ACO/REACH and Private Equity in Medicare in Vermont 7 - 8 PM Educational Meeting - ACO-REACH & Private Equity in VT 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	30 Tai Chi Class 9 AM Land Gifts: the Legacy and Logistics 12 - 1 PM Land Gifts: the Legacy and Logistics 12 - 1 PM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Dine Out to Give Back at Starry Night Cafe 4:30 - 9 PM Gentle Yoga 6 - 7 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 6:30 - 9 PM Bristol Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 7 PM +4 more see less	1 Baked Beads Tent Sale Saturday! 10 AM (multiday) Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM St. Ambrose "North Pole" Christmas Bazaar 1 - 4 PM St. Ambrose "North Pole" Christmas Bazaar 1 PM (multiday) Free Tours During Chocolate Walk 5 - 8 PM Art Sale 5 - 8 PM The Chocolate Walk 5 - 8 PM Studio Sale During Chocolate Walk! 5 - 8 PM Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM Memory Tree Lighting on The Town Green 5:30 - 6:15 PM Brandee Younger Jazz Trio 7:30 - 9:15 PM +7 more see less	2 Breakfast with Santa 8 AM - 12 PM Creche in Vergennes Park Installation 8:30 - 11 AM Fostering Resilience in Our Gardens Conference Dec. 2 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Seeking Crafters and Vendors 9 AM - 12 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM Blowout Book Sale at the Bixby! 9 AM - 1 PM St Paul's Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Santa and Annual Bazaar and Luncheon! 9 AM - 3 PM Norse Flair at Bristol Federated Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Open Studio 9 AM - 4 PM Craft & Vendor Fair - Dec 2 - Vergennes 9am-4pm 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio on Saturday, Dec. 2 9 AM - 4 PM Open Studio (Crafts) Saturday, Dec. 2 in Salisbury 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Shop Sale at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 1 PM Rokeby Museum Holiday Shop Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Shop Sale at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 1 PM Bridport Winter Clothing Swap 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Stroll to the Bixby Library for Winter Fun 10 AM - 3 PM Open House at Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Open House at Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Open House at Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open House 10 AM (multiday) Final Carpet Bazaar 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Open House 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Art Market and Open Studio in Orwell 10 AM (multiday) St. Ambrose "North Pole" Christmas Bazaar 1 - 4 PM Cookies and a Craft with Mr. Claus - at the Platt Dec. 2 2 - 4 PM Installation of Lincoln's New Pastor - Pastor Co'Relous! 2 - 5 PM FCS/Vermont Children's Museum Activities - 0-8 Yr Old 3 - 5 PM Gratitude and Giving Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM Play and Learn Time - Gratitude and Giving 3 - 5 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Celebrates 20 Years 7 - 8:30 PM The Vermont Mandolin Trio 7:30 - 10 PM +29 more see less