Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2023

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26 Bonnie Melnick: a Retrospective Art Show 6 PM (multiday) Bonnie Melnick: a Retrospective Art Show 10 AM (multiday) Zig Zag Issue.14 Release Party 2 AM - 4 PM New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast 7 - 9:30 AM New Haven Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 7 - 10:30 AM New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast 7 - 10:30 AM Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast! 7:30 - 10 AM Join Community Circle of Vermont for a Sound Bath 1 - 3 PM Sound Healing 1 - 3 PM Join Community Circle of Vermont for a Sound Bath 1 - 3 PM Healing Sound Bath 1 - 3 PM The San Jose Monteverde Clean Water Project 1 - 3 PM Sound Bath 1 - 3 PM The San Jose Monteverde Clean Water Project 1 - 3 PM Zig Zag Issue.14 Release Party 2 - 4 PM Zig Zag Issue 14 Release Party 2 - 4 PM Zig Zag Issue.14 Release Party 2 - 4 PM Zig Zag Issue.14 Release Party Zig Zag Lit Mag I 2 - 4 PM Public Bingo at Vergennes Legion 2 - 4:30 PM Intro to Improvisation for Teen/Youth 3 - 4:30 PM Teen/Tween Improv Comedy Show This Sunday! 4 - 4:40 PM +17 more see less	27 Legislative Breakfast 7 - 8:45 AM Legislative Breakfast in Shoreham 7 - 9 AM Monday Mindful Movement at Vergennes Movement 8 AM - 9 PM Join the 30-Day Low Carbon Diet for Your Home & Save! 12 - 1 PM	28 Stories and Play Time at Salisbury Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM We're Alz in This Together 10:30 - 11:30 AM Stuffy Sleepover 2 - 6 PM Fly Tying Tuesdays at the Swift House 7 - 9 PM	29 Slow Birding with the Bird Diva 6 - 7 AM Parsi & Indian Subcontinental Cuisine 5:30 - 7:30 PM Parsi & Indian Subcontinental Cuisine 5:30 - 7:30 PM	30 Do You Love Gershwin? Ella Fitzgerald? All Day New Yoga Class 10 - 11 AM Chess Club 3:30 - 5 PM Midday Bus to Burlington Coming Soon 6 - 6:30 PM Swing Dance, Lindy Hop 8 Count & Tandem Charleston 6:30 - 8:30 PM Do You Like Gershwin? Ella Fitzgerald? 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	31 New Yoga Class at the Rec Center! 9:30 - 10:30 AM New Yoga Classes at Havurah House! 4:30 - 6 PM St. Ambrose Annual Lenten Fish Fry 5 - 7 PM Last Friday Fish Fry is This Week!! 5 - 7 PM Fish Fry 5:10 - 8 PM Ilsley Teen Karaoke Night 6 - 7:30 PM Calling All Bingo Lovers! 6 - 9 PM Mount Independence 4H Ham Bingo 6 PM Ripton Trivia Night, March 31 7 - 9 PM VSO's "A Night at the Movies" 7:30 - 8:45 PM +6 more see less	1 Addison County Celebrates the Week of the Young Child (multiday) Annual Friends of Weybridge Tag Sale April 1 8 AM - 2 PM Friends of Weybridge Elementary School Annual Tag Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Huge U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Coffee with Constituents 9 AM Saturday Morning Playgroup Begins Jan. 28! 9:30 - 11 AM Friends of Ilsley Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Food from the Heart - Food Drive - April 1 10 AM - 4 PM Genealogy Classes 10:30 AM Sib2sib Scavenger Hunt 12 - 2 PM Bingo This Saturday at St. Peter's in Vergennes 5 - 8 PM Robinson & Rohe in Lincoln 7 - 10 PM Reunited for Ukraine 7:30 - 8:45 PM No Fooling! Montpelier Contra Dance This Saturday! 8 - 11 PM +10 more see less
2 Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM A Concert with Music from and for Ukraine Sunday! 1 - 2:15 PM 5-Town Friends of the Arts Annual Gathering 1 - 3 PM Bookmaking Class at Sparrow Art Supply in Middlebury 1 - 4 PM Vermont Science Pub Meeting at Taproom 4 PM Prayer Vigil of Love & Light for Rebecca Ball 7:30 PM +2 more see less	3 New Yoga Class with Vanessa Dunleavy 10:30 - 11:30 AM	4 River Watch Volunteer Training 7 - 8 PM Riverwatch Training for Upcoming Season 7 - 8 PM Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling - Author Talk 7 - 8 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM Fly Tying Tuesdays at the Swift House 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	5 Join Us for a Conversation About Anxiety & Depression 5 - 7 PM Join Us for a Conversation About Anxiety & Depression 5 - 7 PM Porter Medical Center Presents 5 - 7 PM Porter Medical Center Presents 5 - 7 PM Join Us for a Conversation About Anxiety & Depression 5 - 7 PM Porter Hospital Presents 5 - 7 PM Stop the Bleed: Bleeding Control Course 5:30 - 7:30 PM An Evening with Meg Madden at NHCL 6:30 PM In Goldleana's Hands: Black Women and Labor Choices 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	6 Holy Week at Vergennes Congregational Church UCC (multiday) "Braiding Sweetgrass" Book Discussion 10:30 - 11:45 AM Moons on the Full Moon 12 - 12 PM “Megan Weaver: Moon” Art Opening w/ Live Music 5 - 7 PM Yellow House Community Movie Premiere! 5:30 - 7 PM Yellow House Community Movie Premiere! 5:30 - 7 PM Yellow House Community Movie Premiere 5:30 - 7 PM Ethiopian & Eritrean Cuisine 5:30 - 7:30 PM Ethiopian & Eritrean Cuisine 5:30 - 7:30 PM Swing Dance, Lindy Hop 8 Count & Tandem Charleston 6:30 - 8:30 PM The History and Future of Northeastern Grasslands 7 - 8 PM L.C. Jazz with Vergennes MS and HS Jazz Ensembles 7:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	7 New Yoga Class at the Rec Center! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Week of the Young Child Storytime at The Bixby 10:30 - 11:30 AM Guatemalan Food at Minifactory Every Other Friday 4 - 6 PM 3D: On and Off the Wall 5 - 7 PM	8 Winter/Spring Art Classes 12 AM - 3 PM Saturday Morning Playgroup Begins Jan. 28! 9:30 - 11 AM Easter Eggstravaganza!! 9:30 - 11:30 AM New Haven Spring Fest 10 AM - 12 PM Spring Fest in New Haven 10 AM - 12 PM Little White Barn Will Be Open This Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM Mountain View 4H Egg Hunt 11 AM - 12 PM New Haven Congregational Church Food Closet 11 AM - 1 PM Takeout Turkey Supper 5 - 6 PM Cornwall in the Movies 6 - 8 PM Film at Town Hall Theater 6 - 8 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert: 8 April 7 - 9 PM Cornwall Contradance April 8 7 - 9:30 PM +9 more see less
9 Easter Sunday Service All Day Celebrate Easter with Weybridge Church! 6 - 10 AM Easter Breakfast at Weybridge Congregational Church 7 - 8:30 AM Easter Breakfast at Weybridge Congregational Church 7 - 8:30 AM Easter Breakfast at Weybridge Congregational Church 7 - 8:30 AM Easter Sunday Worship in Shoreham 10 - 11 AM Eddy Farm Easter Egg Hunt 11 AM - 1 PM Middlebury Shape Note Singing This Sunday 1 - 3 PM +4 more see less	10 New Yoga Class with Vanessa Dunleavy 10:30 - 11:30 AM	11 This Year Get the Upper Hand: Pests and Diseases 1 - 1 PM Two Grammy Winners Perform in Shelburne 2 PM Lacrosse Learn to Play / Equipment Swap 5 - 6:30 PM Middlebury Chapter of Burlington Writers Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM Fly Tying Tuesdays at the Swift House 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	12 How Nomads Live in Mongolia Today - Sas Carey 10:30 - 11:30 AM How Nomads Live in Mongolia Today 10:30 AM - 12 PM The Courage to Care Rally April 12 1 - 3 PM Benefit Bake at American Flatbread 5 - 9 PM Benefit Bake at American Flatbread Middlebury Hearth 5 - 9 PM Spring Ephemeral Exploration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Spring Ephemeral Exploration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Preparing Youth for Online Safety 5:30 - 7:30 PM Snake Mtn. Cruisers Meeting April 12 6:30 - 7:30 PM Recycling 101 6:30 - 7:30 PM +6 more see less	13 Discussion - United Nations CSW-67 12 - 1 PM United Nations Conference on Women's Rights Talk 12 - 1 PM Ilsley Public Library 5 - 6:30 PM Middlebury Science Café Presents Sever Weather! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Swing Dance, Lindy Hop 8 Count & Tandem Charleston 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	14 New Yoga Class at the Rec Center! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Student Bake Sale to Benefit Local Children's Hospital 9:30 - 11:30 AM Dumplings, Thalis, Every Other Friday at Minifactory 4 - 6 PM Enjoy Ananda Tamant's Dumplings and Thalis 4 - 6 PM Fish Fry - Sons of the American Legion 5 - 7 PM Learn to Line Dance at the VFW! 7 - 10 PM Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (UK) 7:30 - 9 PM All's Fair in Love & Business Play in Ripton 7:30 - 10:30 PM +4 more see less	15 Presentation on School Gardening 2 - 3 AM Tag Sale! 9 AM (multiday) Champlain Valley Chapter of Amnesty International 9 AM Saturday Playground Back on April 15! 9:30 - 11 AM Saturday Morning Playgroup Begins Jan. 28! 9:30 - 11 AM Reminder! Repair Café 10 AM - 2 PM Get Your Stuff Repaired for Free 10 AM - 2 PM Food From the Heart Food Drive in Bristol 10 AM - 4 PM Children's Author Event with Angela Burke Kunkel 10 AM Big Latch On 10:30 - 11:30 AM Bixby Lego Club 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Veterans Assistance Opportunity 11 AM - 2 PM Advanced Directives Workshop 2 - 4 PM April 15 New Directions Spring Arts Festival at 2 & 6pm 2 - 4:15 PM Middlebury Skate Park Project Meet Up 3 - 5 PM Middlebury Skatepark Project Meetup at East Middlebury 3 - 5 PM Messy Church 4 - 6 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Capital City Concerts Final Concert 7 - 9 PM Yom Hashoah / Holocaust Remembrance Concert 7 - 9 PM VSO Trio Special Concert at Havurah 7 PM The Stragglers - Live at The Vergennes Opera House 7:30 - 10 PM All's Fair in Love & Business Play in Ripton 7:30 - 10:30 PM Montpelier Contra Dance on Saturday! 8 - 11 PM +20 more see less
16 Addison Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 7 - 11 AM Champlain Valley Fiddlers Club 11 AM - 4:30 PM Youth Opera of Vermont 2 - 3 PM ACHHH Advance Care Planning Seminar Hosted by NBM 5:30 - 6:30 PM	17 Spring Energizing Yoga 8:30 - 9:30 AM New Yoga Class with Vanessa Dunleavy 10:30 - 11:30 AM	18 Peet Farm Greenhouses Opening for the Season All Day Great Trees and Forests of Northeast: Speaker Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM	19 Community Seed Swap and Garden Party 4 - 7 PM Screening of Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age 4:30 - 7 PM Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age 4:30 PM Dharma Talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 5:30 - 6:30 PM Zero Waste Strategies 5:30 - 7:30 PM Zero Waste Strategies 5:30 - 7:30 PM The Art and Craft of Writing Panel 6 - 8 PM Managing Invasive Plants 7 - 8 PM Managing Invasive Plants 7 - 8:30 PM Managing Invasive Plants 7 - 8:30 PM Managing Invasive Plants 7 - 8:30 PM Managing Invasive Plants 7 - 8:30 PM New Haven Conservation Commission Meeting 7 PM +9 more see less	20 Elderly Services Virtual Information Session 10:30 - 11:30 AM Rokeby Museum Virtual Volunteer Mixer 6 - 7 PM Vernal Pools: Wicked Big Puddles or Critical Habitat 6 - 7 PM Rokeby Museum Virtual Volunteer Mixer 6 - 7 PM Middle & High School Open House April 20 6 - 7:30 PM Seeds of Change 6 - 9 PM Meet the ACSD Superintendent Finalists Community Zoom 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	21 Special Olympics Addison Bottle/Can Drive Fundraiser 8 AM - 5 PM Bottle Drive 8 AM - 5 PM New Yoga Class at the Rec Center! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Take It Off the Top-Flash Sale 9:30 AM (multiday) Migrant Justice Tour Stop in Middlebury! 3 - 5 PM Enjoy Ananda Tamant's Dumplings and Thalis 4 - 6 PM Guatemalan Food at Minifactory Every Other Friday 4 - 6 PM Fandom Trivia Night at Ilsley 6 - 7:30 PM Cellist Sophie Shao and Friends at the MAC 7:30 - 9:15 PM +5 more see less	22 Winter/Spring Art Classes 12 AM - 3 PM Reminder: Pollinator Gardening Program Saturday All Day River Watch Field Training 1 - 3:30 AM Garage Sale! 8 AM - 12 PM Special Olympics Addison Bottle/Can Drive Fundraiser 8 AM - 5 PM Maple Leaf Quilters 30th Show "2023 Festival of Quilts" 9 AM (multiday) Saturday Morning Playgroup Begins Jan. 28! 9:30 - 11 AM Earth Day Craft Event 🌎 10 AM - 12 PM Monroe St. Books is Having a Half Price Sale! 10 AM (multiday) Shallow Rock Farm Greenhouse Open for the Season 10 AM Growing a Pollinator Garden and Restoring Habitat 11 AM - 12 PM Riverwatch Field Training April 22 1 - 3 PM Yoga Mama Meetup 3 - 5 PM An Evening with Sarah King 7 PM An Evening with Sarah King 7 PM +11 more see less
23 Special Olympics Addison Bottle/Can Drive Fundraiser 8 AM - 5 PM Maple Leaf Quilters 30th Show "2023 Festival of Quilts" 9 AM (multiday) Vermont Sierra Club Event April 23! 11 AM - 2 PM Public Bingo at Vergennes Legion 2 - 4:30 PM	24 Spring Energizing Yoga 8:30 - 9:30 AM New Yoga Class with Vanessa Dunleavy 10:30 - 11:30 AM Vergennes Partnership – Meet & Greet; Get to Know Us! 5 - 7 PM	25 Red Cross Blood Drive - Vergennes 10 AM - 2:30 PM Robert Wyatt on Walt Disney 10:30 - 11:45 AM Environmental Justice in Bolivia - Virtual Event 4:30 - 6 PM Protecting Half of Earth for All Life 5:30 - 6:30 PM	26 Edible & Medicinal Mushrooms 5:30 - 7:30 PM Edible & Medicinal Mushrooms 5:30 - 7:30 PM A Female Scientist's Journey Through Academia 7 - 8 PM	27 Ask a Master Gardener 4 - 6 PM Middlebury Community Classic Film Club Film Screening 6 - 8 PM Wild About Wild Habitat with Sue Morse 7 - 8:30 PM Wild About Wild Habitat with Sue Morse 7 - 8:30 PM	28 New Yoga Class at the Rec Center! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Dumplings, Thalis, Every Other Friday at Minifactory 4 - 6 PM Enjoy Ananda Tamant's Dumplings and Thalis 4 - 6 PM Surf & Turf Dinner 5 - 7 PM April L'ordre Du Bon Temps Tapas Menu for April 28 & 30 6:30 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	29 Remote Meeting with Middlebury Reps 9 - 10 AM Multi Family Yard Sale April 29 9 AM - 2 PM Big Barn Tack Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Coffee with Constituents 9 AM Vernal Pool Event at Otter Creek Gorge 10 AM - 12 PM Little White Barn Will Be Open This Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM Community Driven Media Making Workshop April 29 10 AM - 4 PM NAMI Walk 2023 12 - 3 PM Estate Sale 1 PM (multiday) Legislative Coffee Hour with Rep. Joe Andriano 2 - 3 PM Meeting with State Rep Joe Andriano 2 - 4 PM Montpelier Contra Dance Plus on Saturday! 2 - 11 PM George Lakey Talk on Non-Violent Activism 4:30 - 5:30 PM Cars & Creemies Cruise in April 29 at 6PM 6 - 8 PM Learn to Line Dance at The Eagles Club April 29! 8 - 11 PM Learn to Line Dance at Eagles Club - April 29! 8 - 11 PM +12 more see less
30 Salisbury Pancake Breakfast 7 - 11 AM Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Goshen Community Pizza + Potluck 1 - 4 PM Estate Sale 1 PM (multiday)	1 Spring Energizing Yoga 8:30 - 9:30 AM New Yoga Class with Vanessa Dunleavy 10:30 - 11:30 AM Estate Sale 1 PM (multiday)	2 Bill McKibben: Organizing America's Most Powerful Cohort 10:30 - 11:45 AM Estate Sale 1 PM (multiday) Leslie C. Smith - Local Author Talk 7 - 7 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul 7 - 8 PM Community Forum on the Barnes Brook Watershed 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	3 LedgEnd Farm Tree Planting Days - Middlebury 9 AM - 1 PM Quest for the Spirit: Intro to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM Estate Sale 1 PM (multiday) Addison County Bike Club's Spring Kickoff Social 5 - 8:30 PM First Wednesdays 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	4 Salisbury Town Office Closed All Day Knives Out! 11 AM - 2 PM Estate Sale 1 PM (multiday) The Kobzar's Prayer for Ukraine with Jurij Fedynskyj 7 PM Middlebury Acting Company's Small Mouth Sounds 7:30 PM +1 more see less	5 Salisbury Community School Bingo Night! 6 - 7:30 AM New Yoga Class at the Rec Center! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Estate Sale 1 PM (multiday) 5 Town Food Drive 2 PM (multiday) Guatemalan Food at Minifactory Every Other Friday 4 - 6 PM Enjoy Ananda Tamant's Dumplings and Thalis 4 - 6 PM Sing Along Concert with Annie Patterson & Peter Blood 7 - 9 PM Sing Along Concert with Annie Patterson & Peter Blood 7 - 9 PM Singalong Concert - Save the Date 7 - 9:30 PM Sing Along Concert with Annie Patterson & Peter Blood 7 PM Sing Along Concert with Annie Patterson & Peter Blood 7 PM German Play at the College 7:30 - 9 PM Middlebury Acting Company's Small Mouth Sounds 7:30 PM +9 more see less	6 Swamp Rd Parking Lot Cleanup Green Up Day May 6 12 - 12 AM Arbor Day Celebration - 2023! All Day Green Up Day - Vergennes 8 AM - 12 PM It's Time to Learn About the Emerald Ash Borer! 8 AM - 12 PM Yard Sale - Smalley Rd 8 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day in Salisbury 8 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Friends of the Library Bag Book Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Bike Swap May 6 9 AM - 12 PM Children's Clothing & Toys 9 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day is Almost Here! 9 AM - 3 PM Multi Family Spring Barn Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Leicester Green Up Day is May 6 9 AM - 5 PM Green Up Day Refreshments at Weybridge Church 9 AM Free Comic Book Day at Ilsley 9:30 AM - 12 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Sibling-To-Sibling Summit 10 AM - 3 PM Elli Parr Boutique Grand Opening in Middlebury! 10 AM - 6 PM Bixby Library Young Writers Club 10:30 - 11 AM "The Railroad in Song" with Jon Waterman at the Bixby 1 - 2:30 PM Samson Memorial Building Open House 1 - 3 PM Samson Memorial Building Open House 1 - 3 PM Open House 1 - 3 PM Estate Sale 1 PM (multiday) Free Piano Concert in Cornwall on Saturday Afternoon 3 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 5 - 6 PM Fund Raiser Party for Porter Hospital This Saturday 5 - 7:30 PM Cars & Creemees Cruise Saturday 6 - 8 PM A Concert of American Negro Spirituals 7 - 9 PM German Play at the College 7:30 - 9 PM Middlebury Acting Company's Small Mouth Sounds 7:30 PM Montpelier Contra Dance This Saturday! 8 - 11 PM +28 more see less