Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2024

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28 New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast Sunday 7 - 10:30 AM Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Community Craft Time at the Library! 10 AM - 12 PM Pastor Bob Bushman is Ministering at Bridport Church 10:30 AM - 12 PM Children and Families Rally for Palestine 11 AM - 12:30 PM Family-Friendly Rally for Palestine Jan. 28 in Bristol! 11 AM - 12:30 PM Snowshoe Tour with Warren Fosters 2 - 3 PM +3 more see less	29 Kids Chess & Hot Cocoa at the Library 3 - 4:30 PM Deadline to Submit Town Meeting Election Petitions 5 - 5 PM Monday Night West African Dance Classes 5:15 - 6:15 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Jan. 29 6 - 10 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Free Korean Drumming Workshop Jan. 29 7 - 9 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	30 Bernie Sanders Staff Visit at Lawrence Memorial Library 4 - 6 PM	31 Second Showing of Dale's Critter Pics 5 - 6 PM	1 Hannaford Career Center Open House 4:30 - 6:30 AM Beginner Swing Dance Lessons 6:30 - 8:30 AM Hannaford Career Center Open House 4:30 - 6 PM Hannaford Career Center Open House 4:30 - 6:30 PM Hannaford Career Center Open House 4:30 - 6:30 PM Hannaford Career Center Open House 4:30 - 6:30 PM Hannaford Career Center Open House 4:30 - 6:30 PM Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center Open House 4:30 - 6:30 PM Gentle Yoga 6 - 7 PM Guided Breathwork Journey Thursday, Feb. 1 6 PM +6 more see less	2 Hill Country Holiday (multiday) Upcoming Workshops: Stitching, Piecing, Remembering 10 AM - 3 PM Tacos for Burnham Hall Friday of Hill Country 5:30 PM One-Night Dungeons and Dragons Campaign at Ilsley 5:30 - 7:30 PM Dinner and a Movie 6 PM Contra Dance at Burnham Hall - Feb. 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	3 Hill Country Holiday Variety Show! 7 - 9 AM Coffee with Constituents 9 AM Guest Speaker U.S. Senate Candidate Gerald Malloy 10 AM - 12 PM Prom Wear and Clothing Swap! 10 AM - 2 PM Clothing and Prom Swap at Mt. Abe! 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Ilsley Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Prom Swap at Mt Abe 10 AM - 2 PM Addison County GOP 10 AM Evergreen Preschool Enrollment and Open House 10:30 AM Open Enrollment: Evergreen Preschool 10:30 AM Basketball Free Throw Competition 1 - 3 PM Free Community Chili Dinner 4 - 5 PM Best Meatballs in Lincoln?! 5 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Grange King Pede Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less
4 Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Hike in Salisbury for Trees, Tracks & Wildlife Sign 9 - 11 AM Hike on the Pitch Pine Trail, Feb. 4 9 AM Pastor Bob Bushman is Ministering at Bridport Church 10:30 AM - 12 PM Jack Jump Race! 1 - 2 PM Basketball Free Throw Competition 1 - 3 PM +2 more see less	5 Monday Night Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM Monday Night West African Dance Classes 5:15 - 6:15 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM	6 First Tuesdays Local Author Talk 6 - 7 PM Green Mtn Club Annual Meeting: Climate & the Long Trail 6:30 - 8:15 PM Green Mtn Club Annual Meeting: Climate & the Long Trail 6:30 - 8:15 PM Green Mtn Club Annual Meeting: Climate & the Long Trail 6:30 - 8:15 PM Selectboard Regular Meeting 6:30 PM Ferrisburgh Feb. 6 Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM Green Mountain Club Breadloaf Section Annual Meeting 6:30 PM +3 more see less	7 Kids & Caregivers Yoga in Vergennes 11 AM - 12 PM First Wednesday Line Dancing at Bristol Legion Post 19 12 - 12 PM Shoreham High School Attendees Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 PM Early Release Day Movie at Ilsley 1 - 3 PM Tonight: Bridge School Open House 5:30 - 6:30 PM Hearts & Leaves Paint Night 6 - 7:30 PM First Wednesday Line Dancing at Bristol Legion Post 19! 6 - 9 PM Agenda for Development Review Board - Regular Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	8 Forest Management in Her Woods 12 - 1 PM Forest Management in Her Woods 12 - 1 PM Rock Point School Virtual Open House 4:30 - 5:30 PM Silent Reading Party at the Bixby Library 5 - 6 PM Gentle Yoga 6 - 7 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda 6 - 7:30 PM Beginner Swing Classes, Part 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	9 Annual WVFD Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Take-Out Spaghetti Dinner - Friday! 5 - 7 PM Postponed! Bingo Night at MCS 6 - 7 PM Anti-Valentine's Day Party at Ilsley 6 - 8:30 PM Line Dancing This Friday 6 - 9 PM Better in Boots Line Dancing 6:30 - 8 PM +5 more see less	10 Girl Scout Cookies 8 AM - 12 PM Saturday Morning Family Legos at the Library! 9:30 - 11 AM Fiber Arts Circle 12 - 2 PM TR4R Health & Wellness on WVMT Feb. 10 12:30 - 1:30 PM MAHA Girls Try Hockey Free 1 - 3 PM Paint and Sip at the Legion 2 - 4 PM BES PTO is Throwing a Party! 2 - 4 PM “God is Love!” – The Upcoming Messy Church Theme 4 - 6 PM Free Teen Science Cafe, Saturday, Feb. 10 5 - 7 PM Friends of Robinson Elementary Public Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 8 PM Mardi Gras Dance 6:30 - 10:30 PM Marsh Lights Folkgrass Harmonies at Burnham Feb. 10 7:30 - 10 PM +8 more see less
11 Public Breakfast Buffet 7:30 - 10 AM Masonic Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Acorn's First Working Bee is 2/11/24 - Rsvp Required 10 AM - 3 PM Raise the Flag! A Perfect Way to Celebrate Love! 10:15 - 11:45 AM Pastor Bob Bushman is Ministering at Bridport Church 10:30 AM - 12 PM "Brunch & Beads Event" at Elli Parr Boutique 11 AM - 3 PM Celebrate Lunar New Year Free at THT 12:30 - 6 PM +4 more see less	12 2 New Jewelers Join Art on Main! 11 AM (multiday) Monday Night West African Dance Classes 5:15 - 6:15 PM Wine Tasting at the Lincoln General Store 6 - 7:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Feb. 12, 6:00pm 6 - 10 PM Drop-In Korean Drumming Classes 6:30 - 7:30 PM Lincoln School District Budget Informational Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM New Haven Town Plan Public Forum Feb. 12 7 - 9 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	13 Valentine's Wine & Chocolate Tasting! 2 - 4 PM Open House 3 - 5 PM Attend an Agency of Agriculture Listening Session! 5 - 7 PM Bixby Book Club: "Under the Whispering Door" 6 - 7 PM Terrarium Workshop with Kevin Taylor at Everything Nice 6 - 8 PM Public Information Meeting: Proposed FY25 Town Budget 6:30 - 7:30 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda 7 PM +3 more see less	14 Reflections on Redistricting 7 - 8 AM Kids & Caregivers Yoga in Vergennes 11 AM - 12 PM Alzheimer's Documentary Screening at Senior Center 1 - 2:30 PM Afternoon Crafting for Valentines Day 3 - 5 PM Hub Outing to the Fleming 3 - 6:30 PM Swifty Alternative Valentine's Day Party at the Bixby 5 - 6:30 PM MCCFC Hitchcock Series 6 - 8 PM Ash Wednesday Service 7 - 8 PM Talk with Vermont House Representative Mari Cordes 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	15 Bright Day Memory Café 9 - 10 AM The Teen Makery Returns Feb. 15 3:15 - 5 PM Middlebury Science Cafe at Royal Oak! 5 - 6:30 PM Pond Brook Jr High School Open House 5:30 - 7 PM Pond Brook Jr High School Open House 5:30 - 7 PM Pond Brook Jr High School Open House 5:30 - 7 PM Beginner Swing Classes, Part 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM Beginner Swing Dance 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM Monkton Local Hazardous Waste Plan 7 PM CANCELLED: Musical Library Tour: Tournesol in Monkton! 7:30 - 8:30 PM CANCELLED: Winter into Spring Musical Library Tour 7:30 - 9 PM 5 TFotA Musical Library Tour 7:30 - 9 PM Tournesol Concert - 5town Friends of the Arts 7:30 PM +9 more see less	16 Mosses & Lichens: A Winter Wonderland 12 - 1 PM Lenten Fish Dinner - Eat in or Take Out 5 - 6:30 PM Reel Fridays at the Library is Tonight! 7 - 9 PM Ghost Quartet 7:30 - 9 PM	17 Bottle Drive for Varsity Baseball 8 AM - 5 PM Bristol Republican Party Meeting 9 - 11 AM Saturday Playgroup 9:30 - 11 AM Winter Wetland Walk w/ Zepata Courage 10 AM - 12 PM Saturday: Learn to Make Kimchi with Serena Kim! 11 AM - 12 PM Restorative Justice Presentation 2 - 3 PM New York Crimean Tatar Ensemble 3 - 4 PM Coming Up at Ilsley Public Library 3 PM ❤️ Putting Love into Action Benefit ❤️ 5 - 8 PM Ferrisburgh Grange King Pede Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM Ghost Quartet 7:30 - 9 PM Dana Robinson Trio at the Ripton Community Coffeehouse 7:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less
18 New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast Sunday Feb. 18 7 - 10:30 AM New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast Sunday Feb. 18 7 - 10:30 AM Pancake Breakfast Sunday Feb. 18 7 - 10:30 AM Wildlife Tracking Sunday 9 AM	19 Monday Night West African Dance Classes 5:15 - 6:15 PM Where Are We on Public Education? 5:30 - 7 PM Where Are We on Public Education? 5:30 - 7 PM Addison Democratic Meeting & Panel on Education Funding 5:30 - 7 PM Drop-In Korean Drumming Classes 6:30 - 7:30 PM MM&HS Celebrating Black History Month with Gary Russell 7 - 8:30 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	20 Feb. 20 "Embracing Solitude for Well Being" 7 AM - 8:30 PM Elderly Services Virtual Information Session 10:30 - 11:30 AM Elderly Services Virtual Information Session 10:30 - 11:30 AM Gardening with Ornamental Grasses 1 - 1 PM Gardening with Ornamental Grasses 1 PM Gardening with Ornamental Grasses 1 PM Gardening with Ornamental Grasses 1 PM Memory Care Support Group Feb. 20 2 - 3 PM Medical Aid in Dying: Education & Conversation 5 - 6:30 PM Future Wild: New England's Public Forests 6 - 7 PM New England's Public Forests in a Global Context 6 - 7 PM Chipman Inn Artists, Artisans, Writers and Poets Salon 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting & Public Info Session 6:30 - 8:30 PM Ferrisburgh Feb. 20 Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM College Professor Speaks Feb. 20 on "Embracing Solitude" 7 - 8:45 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda 7 PM +12 more see less	21 Bright Day Memory Café 10 - 11:30 AM Kids & Caregivers Yoga in Vergennes 11 AM - 12 PM The Final Gift - Planning Your Funeral 1 - 2 PM The Final Gift - Planning Your Funeral Feb. 21 1 - 2 PM SoulSpace Workshop: Yoga and SoulCollage 1 PM (multiday) Becoming an Explorer of Social Change - Jerome Moore 7 - 8 PM Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM NHCC February Meeting 7 PM +4 more see less	22 Bright Day Memory Cafe 10 AM Climate Future Film Festival 4 - 6:30 PM "The Tiny Hidden World on Plant Leaves" 4:30 - 5:30 PM Beginner Swing Dance 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM Bristol Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 7 - 8 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	23 8th Annual Indoor Yard Sale (multiday) 8th Annual Med47 Indoor Yard Sale 2 AM - 7 PM 8th Annual Indoor Yard Sale 2 - 7 PM	24 8th Annual Med47 Indoor Yard Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Constituent Meeting with Middlebury Representatives 9 - 10 AM Med47 Foundation Indoor Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Knitting 101 at the Bixby 11 AM - 12 PM Fiber Arts Circle 12 - 2 PM Pool Tournament 12:30 PM Voter Information Panel 1 - 2:30 PM VCM Glow-Light Dance Party 2 - 4 PM Middlebury College Winter Carnival Ice Show 2024 7 - 9 PM Pool Tournament 11 PM +6 more see less
25 Interested in the U.S. Constitution? 10 AM - 12 PM Middlebury College Winter Carnival Ice Show 2024 2 - 4 PM Open House / Meet Your Neighbors 2 - 4 PM East Middlebury - Meet Your Neighbors 2 - 4 PM "Don't Worry, Be Happy" 3 - 5 PM +1 more see less	26 Legislative Breakfast at the Bristol American Legion 7 AM Death Café of Addison County 9:30 - 11 AM Monday Night Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Feb. 26 5:45 - 10 PM Skatepark Renovation Community Meeting 6 - 8 PM Drop-In Korean Drumming Classes 6:30 - 7:30 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Cribbage Anyone? 7 - 8:30 PM ANWSD Annual Mtg. & Vote: FY25 Budget & Directors 7 PM +6 more see less	27 Underwater Archaeology of the Revolution History Talk 5:30 - 6:30 PM Meet Candidates for Bristol Select Board 7 - 8:30 PM	28 Tomorrow is Crokinole Game Night at the Library! All Day Voter Registration Drive at Mt. Abe High School 8 AM - 3 PM Kids & Caregivers Yoga in Vergennes 11 AM - 12 PM Age Well Luncheon at the Senior Center 12 - 1 PM Age Well Luncheon 12 - 1 PM February Kids Chess & Hot Cocoa at the Library 3 - 4:30 PM Crokinole Game Night at Library 6:15 - 9 PM Music in the Tillerman Parlor 6:30 PM +4 more see less	29 Gothic Architecture in Action: Rebuilding Notre Dame 4:30 - 6 PM An Evening for Porter Hospital 5 - 6:30 PM Free Community Healing Sound and Music 6:30 - 7:30 PM Beginner Swing Dance 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM Beginner Swing Classes, Part 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM Meet the Candidates 7 - 8 PM Join Us Thursday Night for Discussion! 7 - 8:30 PM Food Insecurity in Addison County 7 - 8:30 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike 7 PM "Your Sexts Are Sh*t: Older Better Letters" 7:30 - 9:15 PM Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike 7:30 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	1 Taxes Due Friday, March 1 All Day Taxes Due Friday, March 1 All Day Taxes Due Friday, March 1st All Day Gentle Yoga Online - Join a Non-Judgmental Class 12 - 8:45 AM Qigong + Meditation Classes Starting March 1 9:15 - 10:30 AM 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Presentation at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Presentation at Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Lenten Fish Dinner - Eat in or Take Out 5 - 6:30 PM Open Mic 7 - 9 PM Open Mic Tonight 7 - 9 PM Open Mic at Holley Hall 7 - 9 PM "Your Sexts Are Sh*t: Older Better Letters" 7:30 - 9:15 PM Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 7:30 - 10 PM +9 more see less	2 National Day of Action with VT Poor People's Campaign! All Day Friends of Ilsley Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Atlantic Crossing Free Concert 1 - 2:30 PM Salisbury Town Meeting 1:30 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 5 - 8 PM Women's Adventure Film Tour 2024 6 - 9:30 PM King Pede Card Party at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall 6:30 - 8:30 PM Burnham Presents Concert with Larry & Joe! 7:30 - 10 PM Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike 7:30 - 10 PM +5 more see less