Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2022

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25 27th Annual ATLATL Championship Weekend at Chimney Point (multiday) Lawn Sale 9 AM (multiday) Sunrise Orchards Farmstand and PYO This Weekend! 9 AM (multiday) A Positive Response to the Assault on Women's Rights All Day Yard Sale Day 2! Everything Half Off! 8 AM - 12 PM Snake Mountain Car Show Sept. 25 at the Addison Field Days 9 AM - 3 PM 225 Years of Grace - New Haven Congregational Church 10 AM - 12 PM Bridport Historic Society Annual Meeting w/ H. Coffin 1 - 3 PM Public Bingo - Vergennes Legion 2 - 4:30 PM Benefit Organ Concert 4 - 5 PM Fall Equinox Workshop 4:30 - 6 PM Pick Up Soccer Sundays 6:30pm 6:30 - 7:30 PM +8 more see less	26 Hear Candidates Joe Benning, Lloyd Dike, Bob Burton 8 - 9 PM GOP Candidate Presentations for 2022 Campaign Season 8 - 9 PM	27 Red Cross Blood Drive - Vergennes - Tuesday, Sept. 27 12 - 4:30 PM Visualizing Reproductive Justice: Art Exhibit 12:30 - 2:30 PM Middlebury Skatepark Project - September Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM	28 Sing and Stretch for Families 9:30 - 10:15 AM New Yoga Series Weds. in Sept at Vergennes Movement 5 - 6:15 PM Cooking Grass-Fed Beef 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cooking Grass-Fed Beef 5:30 - 7:30 PM Adventure Dinner at Windfall Orchards 5:30 - 8 PM Climate Forests on the Chopping Block 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	29 3 More Vergennes Farmers Markets Left This Season! 3 - 6:30 PM Midd Summer Market 3 - 7 PM Mahaney Arts Center 30th Anniversary: Burlington Taiko 3:45 - 6 PM Actor Auditions: Spirits of Rokeby 5:15 - 6:30 PM	30 Huge Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) Sheldon Museum Online Auction 9 AM Sunset Picnic and Live Music in Otter Creek Gorge 5:30 - 7 PM	1 St. Peter's Cemetery Workday 8 AM - 12 PM Trail Clean Up Day 8 AM - 12 PM Garage Sale - New Haven 8 AM - 3 PM Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden 9 AM - 12 PM MALT Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden 9 AM - 12 PM Conservation Visit to Vermont's National Park Oct. 1 9:30 AM - 12:01 PM Pumpkin Patch is Open! 10 AM - 1 PM Little White Barn Sale and Gallery of Reclaimed Art 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Open Studio Weekend is Here 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend - Mike Mayone Art Studio 10 AM (multiday) Caleb Kenna Photography - Open Studio and Print Sale 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Honoring the Journey in New Haven 11 AM - 3 PM Fire Truck Pull for OutrightVT 12 - 12:50 PM Zig Zag Lit Mag Issue.13 Release Party (Rescheduled) 1 - 3 PM Bristol Village Cohousing Asso. Open House Oct. 1 1 - 5 PM VT Dog Rescue Calcutta $3500 Grand Prize 2 - 5 PM Thank You to Our Community! 4 - 7 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 5 - 8 PM Weybridge Fire Department Pig Roast Fund Raiser 5 - 8 PM Patti Casey and Colin Mccaffrey Concert in Salisbury 7 - 9 PM Patti Casey and Colin Mccaffrey Concert in Salisbury 7 - 9 PM Who Done It Murder Mystery 7 - 10 PM Oct. 1 in Lincoln - Ripton Coffee House Music 7:30 - 10 PM Montpelier Contra Dance 7:45 - 11 PM +22 more see less
2 Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Crop Walk - Save the Date 12 - 2 PM Support the Annual Addison County Crop Hunger Walk 12 - 2 PM Addison County Crop Hunger Walk, Oct. 2 12 - 2 PM CROP Walk 12 - 2 PM 12th Annual Champlain Valley Buddy Walk 12 - 3 PM CROP Walk 1 - 3 PM +3 more see less	3 "Nights of Grief & Mystery” in Vergennes! All Day Monday Mindful Movement - 5 Wk Yoga Series 8 - 9 AM The Overstory Book Discussion 5 - 6:15 PM Ilsley Public Library - First Wednesdays 7 - 8 PM Nights of Grief and Mystery at Vergennes Opera House 7 - 9:30 PM "Nights of Grief and Mystery" Oct. 3! 7 - 11 PM +2 more see less	4 Reminder of Free Produce Tuesdays at the Library 12 - 6 PM Intergenerational Tai Chi (Qigong Fundamentals) - Bixby 3:30 - 5 PM Girl Scout Information Night 6 - 7:30 PM Dog Obedience Class 6:30 - 7:30 PM	5 Looking for Yoga or Gentle Movement? 8 - 9:15 AM Sing and Stretch for Families 9:30 - 10:15 AM Weatherization 101 - Oct. 5 - Register Now! 12 - 1 PM Remote Community Conversation with Middlebury Reps 5 - 6 PM	6 Medicare Made Clear - Bixby Library 11 AM - 1 PM 3 More Vergennes Farmers Markets Left This Season! 3 - 6:30 PM Midd Summer Market 3 - 7 PM To Love an Island-Poet / Organizer Ana Portnoy Brimme 4:30 - 6 PM Drumming Class 6 - 7 PM +1 more see less	7 Admissions, at Town Hall Theater (multiday) Estate Sale! (multiday) Bop by the Barn & Auction to Benefit Sheldon Museum 5 - 7:30 PM Bop by the Barn & Auction! 5 - 7:30 PM Bop by the Barn & Auction! 5 - 7:30 PM Vergennes Opera House Season Opener This Friday 6:30 PM Brass & Reeds Concert: an Night of Acoustic Excellence 7:30 PM Cocoon, a Live Storytelling Event Inspired by the Moth 8 - 9:45 PM +4 more see less	8 Green Mountain Hound Hunter Trial All Day Yard Sale (multiday) Borderlands 2022! All Day Household Sale! 1588 Lake Dunmore Rd, Salisbury 9 AM - 12 PM Porch Book Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Artist Frames & Canvases Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Middlebury College Horse Show at Eddy Farm 9:30 AM - 3 PM Fall Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Maple 100 Open House & Ice Cream Social 10 AM (multiday) 2nd Annual Cornhole Tournament 11:30 AM - 3 PM Burlington Women's March 2 - 3:30 PM Takeout Roast Turkey Supper 5 - 6 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM +10 more see less
9 Isham Family Farm Fall Festival Sunday! All Day Blessing of the Animals 10 - 11 AM Blessing of the Animals 10 - 11 AM Ripton Ridge Run 11 AM - 2 PM Looking for Something Fun to Do This Weekend? 11 AM - 4 PM Shape-Note Singing - This Sunday Afternoon 1 - 3 PM +2 more see less	10 Panton Town Hall Closed on Monday, Oct. 10 All Day Monday Mindful Movement - 5 Wk Yoga Series 8 - 9 AM Nordic Pole Walking 11 AM - 12:15 PM	11 Mushroom Walk with Meg Madden - Salisbury 12 - 2:30 PM Intergenerational Tai Chi (Qigong Fundamentals) - Bixby 3:30 - 5 PM Bixby October Book Club - the Circular Staircase 6 - 7 PM Free Webinar - Putting Our Gardens to Bed for Pollinators 7 - 8:30 PM Webinar: Pollinator Friendly Gardening for Fall 7 - 8:30 PM Pollinator-Friendly Gardening for Fall 7 - 8:30 PM Pollinator-Friendly Gardening for Fall 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	12 HOPE Food Truck in Shoreham 4 - 6 PM Exploring the Effects of Washing Machines on Textiles 5:30 - 7:30 PM Exploring the Effects of Washing Machines on Textiles 5:30 - 7:30 PM iNaturalist Training - VIRTUAL 7 - 8 PM	13 Springerle Cookie Retreat (multiday) "Admissions" Middlebury Acting Company 7:30 - 9:15 PM	14 Beethoven Festival: Starts This Friday! (multiday) Beethoven Trio Weekend Oct. 14-16 (multiday) Boys & Girls Club is Closed Friday, Oct. 14 8 AM - 6 PM Meet Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Candidate for Sec of State 5 - 6:30 PM SAL Fish Fry 5 - 7 PM Ilsley Teen Graphic Novel Book Group: Long Way Down 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	15 Borderlands 2022! All Day 2022 Conservation Summit 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Fungi Bioblitz 9 AM - 12 PM Indian Vegetarian Cooking Class - Festive Meal 9 AM - 2 PM Craft Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM New Haven Community Pollinator Garden Free Class 10 - 11 AM Historic Addison Town Hall Open House Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Bixby Lego Club 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Meet Ashley Wolff at the Brandon Free Public Library 11 AM Free Ashley Wolff Author Visit 11 AM Lewis Creek Association Annual Gathering 3 - 5:30 PM Montpelier Contra Dance Saturday! 7:45 - 11 PM Teen Comics Workshop with Marek Bennett 8 - 9 PM +9 more see less
16 Learn How to Lose Weight... For the Very Last Time! 4 - 4:45 AM Middlebury Car Show & Fall Festival 9 AM - 3 PM Tool and Lumber Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Attention Car / Festival Enthusiasts! 10 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Car Show + Fall Festival 10 AM - 3 PM Perennial Harvest Festival 12 - 5 PM VYOA Presents "Drama!" at Spruce Peak 2 PM +3 more see less	17 Monday Mindful Movement - 5 Wk Yoga Series 8 - 9 AM Nordic Pole Walking 11 AM - 12:15 PM	18 Could We Do Better? All Day Community Conversations with Middlebury Reps 10:30 AM - 12 PM Intergenerational Tai Chi (Qigong Fundamentals) - Bixby 3:30 - 5 PM Grief Group Offering 5 - 6:30 PM Merger Q & A Meetings 6 PM (multiday) “Vermont's Child Care Campaign”: AAUW Talk at Ilsley 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	19 Environmental Justice - More Than Just a Law 5:30 AM - 6:30 PM Button Up VT – Heat Pumps & 0% APR Financing Events 12 - 1 PM Environmental Justice - More Than Just a Law 5:30 - 7 PM Environmental Justice - More Than Just a Law 5:30 - 7:30 PM Environmental Justice Panel Discussion 5:30 - 7:30 PM Upcoming Recycling and Compost Workshops from ACSWMD 6 - 7 PM Creative Bookmaking 6 - 9 PM +3 more see less	20 3 Day Anitque Estate Sale 8 AM (multiday) Storytime at the Bixby Library 10:30 - 11 AM Congressional Candidate Liam Madden - Meet and Greet! 4 PM How Collins Aerospace Came to Vergennes (Bixby) 6 - 7 PM Friends of the New Haven Library Meeting - Join Us! 6 PM Save the Date for "Stories from the Heart" 6:30 - 7:30 PM Bridport Historic Society - Dynamite Stories 6:30 - 8:30 PM Cornwall Community Coffeehouse 7 - 7 PM Artists in the Archives: Community, History & Collage 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	21 Parent/Teen Night: a Murder Mystery Evening 5:30 - 7:30 PM Meet and Greet Governor Scott 6 - 7 PM Barn Dance at Weybridge Elementary 6 - 8 PM Family Movie Night at the Bixby Library 6:30 - 8 PM	22 Landscape & Community: from Archive to Hyperfolio 12 AM - 1 PM A Pickers Paradise! Yard Sale (multiday) Borderlands 2022! All Day Yard Sale - 70 Years in the Making! 8 AM (multiday) Green Mountain Folklore Society 9 AM - 2 PM Share the Warmth: a Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 1 PM 5 Town Partnership Share the Warmth: Winter Outerwear 10 AM - 1 PM Share the Warmth: A Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 1 PM Craft Supply Sale - Reminder 10 AM - 2 PM Craft Supply Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale 10 AM (multiday) Yard Sale 10 AM (multiday) Craft Supply Sale 11 AM - 2 PM In-Gallery Presentation by Collage Artist Todd Bartel 12 - 1 PM Local Author Ruth Farmer - Bixby Library 12:30 - 1 PM "Snapshots of the Wind" at Ilsley Public Library 1 - 2 PM ACBIPOC+ Family Movie at the Middlebury Marquis 2:30 - 5:30 PM Rutland Area NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner 6 - 9 PM +14 more see less
23 Lawn Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Teen Challenge Vermont Women's Home 10:30 - 11:45 AM Cornwall Fire Department Open House 12 - 3 PM Support Article 22 Rally 1 - 2:30 PM Support Article 22 Rally - Oct. 23 1 - 2:30 PM Sibling-To-Sibling 1 - 4 PM Champlain Philharmonic Performing at Town Hall Theater 4 - 6 PM +3 more see less	24 Scholastic Book Fair at Bridport School (multiday) Monday Mindful Movement - 5 Wk Yoga Series 8 - 9 AM Nordic Pole Walking 11 AM - 12:15 PM ACSD Community - Mark Your Calendars! 6:30 PM ACSD Community - Mark Your Calendars! 6:30 PM +1 more see less	25 Red Cross Blood Drive - Oct. 25 10 AM - 2:30 PM Intergenerational Tai Chi (Qigong Fundamentals) - Bixby 3:30 - 5 PM Middlebury Skatepark Project - October Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Goddess Circle for Oct 6:30 - 8:30 PM Middlebury Quilters Host Guest Speaker, Public Invited 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	26 Community Conversation with Middlebury Representatives 12 - 1:30 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair 4:30 - 6 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair! 4:30 - 6 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair! 4:30 - 6 PM Crop to Cup: Spilling the Beans on Specialty Coffee 5:30 - 7:30 PM Crop to Cup: Spilling the Beans on Specialty Coffee 5:30 - 7:30 PM Coppice Book Launch and Hedgerow Tour 5:30 - 8:30 PM Got Bats? National Bat Week Workshop 6 - 7 PM Upcoming Bat Presentation in Middlebury 6 - 7 PM Conversation & Coffee with State Reps Lanpher & Birong 6 - 7 PM Cartooning Workshop with Kevin Kite 6 - 7:30 PM Constituent Conversation 6 PM iNaturalist Wrap Up - Virtual 7 - 8 PM Green Mtn Club Outdoor Adventure Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM Green Mountain Club Outdoor Adventure Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM Green Mtn Club Outdoor Adventure Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM Green Mountain Club Outdoor Adventure Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM Green Mountain Club Outdoor Adventure Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM +14 more see less	27 Halloween Costume Storytime at the Bixby Library 10:30 - 11 AM Medicare Made Clear - Bixby Library 11 AM - 1 PM Caleb Kenna - Art from Above Vermont Presentation 7 - 8 PM Bees Besieged: a History of Beekeeping Talk 7 - 8:30 PM	28 Spirits of Rokeby Oct. 28 & 29 (multiday) 50% Off Flash Sale at Monroe St Books! 9 AM (multiday) Med 47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Ripton Elementary School Pizza Bake! 5 - 6:30 PM Self-Guided Cemetery Tour & Spooky Night at the Museum 5 - 7:30 PM Spirits of Rokeby Tickets on Sale! 5 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	29 Stories from the Heart All Day Family Monster Dash and Costume Parade 9 - 11 AM Porch and Driveway Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale - Saturday, Oct. 29 9 AM Plein Air Painting Class at Vergennes Burying Ground 10 AM - 2 PM Vergennes Police Department/DEA Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM Halloween Storytime at the Bixby 11 - 11:30 AM Button Up Event 12 - 3 PM Button Up 12 - 3 PM Estate Sale 2 Days Only! (Our Loss, Your Gain!) 12 PM (multiday) Cancelled - Charter House Coalition Fall Open House 1 - 3 PM Cornwall Trunk or Treat 1 - 3:30 PM Spooktacular and Ghostly Gathering 3:30 - 7 PM Choral Chameleon "Sound Bath" Concert: Audio Stream 4 - 5:45 PM Med 47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Great Events to Support the Salisbury Fire Department 4:30 - 7 PM Trunk or Treat and Lasagna Dinner This Saturday 5 - 7 PM Teen Happenings at Ilsley 6 - 8:30 PM Stories from the Heart 6:30 - 7:30 PM Stories from the Heart - Save the Date 6:30 - 7:30 PM Stories from the Heart 6:30 - 8 PM Scarefest Vergennes - Halloween! 7 PM Patti Casey and Colin McCaffrey Concert Oct. 29 7 PM Almost-Halloween Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +20 more see less
30 Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast ! 7:30 - 10 AM Yard Sale Oct. 30 10 AM - 3 PM Lazy Breeze/Farmer's/Crafts/Flea Market 10 AM - 3 PM Halloween Costume Barn at the Eddy Farm 1 - 3 PM Annual Trunk or Treat in Vergennes 2 - 3 PM New Haven Trunk-Or-Treat at the Congregational Church 3 - 5 PM Halloween on the Green Celebration in New Haven 3 - 5 PM Med 47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	31 Happy Halloween from the Boys and Girls Club 4 - 6 PM Med 47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Halloween Party 5 - 6:30 PM	1 Panton Property Tax Due Nov. 1 8 AM - 5 PM Intergenerational Tai Chi (Qigong Fundamentals) - Bixby 3:30 - 5 PM Informational Meeting About the Merger 6 - 8 PM ANWSD Informational Meeting - Nov 1 6 PM HU Chant: the Sound of Soul 7 - 8 PM Obtaining Italian Citizenship Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	2 Are You the Face of the Middlebury Skatepark Project? 3 - 5 PM Backgammon 4 PM Could We Do Better? 4:30 - 5:30 PM MALT Annual Celebration 6 - 8 PM	3 Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Acting Fundamentals for Tweens 4 - 5:30 PM Community Discussion of the Most Costly Journey 6 - 7:15 PM Public Meeting - Vergennes Truck Traffic 6 - 8:30 PM Intro to Improv Comedy for Grown Ups 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	4 Age Well Thanksgiving Dinner 10:45 AM - 1:15 PM Addison Town Hall 7 PM	5 The Grift - Porterpalooza - Live Jukebox 7 AM - 10 PM Moving Sale (Sat. Nov 5) 9 AM - 12 PM Pottery/Art/Bake Sale Midd. Studio School-Nov.5 9 AM - 1 PM Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 5 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 5 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury 9 AM - 3 PM Middlebury Congregational Church 2022 Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Bazaar, Nov. 5, Middlebury 9 AM - 3 PM FMN Pre-Season Social This Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Frost Mountain Nordic Pre-Season Social 10 AM - 12 PM Friends of Ilsley Used Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Penny Fair at St. Peter's 10 AM - 10 PM Vermont Children's Museum Dance-a-Thon 3 - 5 PM Vermont Children's Museum Dance-a-Thon 3 - 5 PM Vermont Children's Museum Dance-a-Thon 3 - 5 PM Children's Dance-a-Thon 3 - 5 PM Vermont Children's Museum Dance-a-Thon 3 - 5 PM The Grift - PorterPalooza - Live Jukebox 7 - 10 PM The GriftPorterpaloozaLive Jukebox*Town Hall Theater 7 - 10 PM Little City Gala 8 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance, Join Us on Saturday! 8 - 11 PM +17 more see less