Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

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1 Henry Sheldon Museum Annual Armchair Auction! 12 AM (multiday) Moosalamoo National Recreation Area Guided Hikes (multiday) Multi-Family Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Vermont Open Studio Weekend - Yinglei Zhang 10 AM (multiday) Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Yard Sale - Halladay Rd - Oct. 1 9 AM - 1 PM Invitation for Storytellers: Deadline at Noon 11 AM - 12 PM Crop Walk Oct. 1! 12:30 PM Open House and Community Conversation 1 - 4 PM +5 more see less	2 Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day	3 Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Panton Town Hall Delayed Opening Tuesday 10 AM My Reflections on Living with Dementia 4:30 - 6 PM Reflections on Living with Dementia 4:30 - 6 PM Making VT Energy Truly Green - Plus Pizza! 5 - 6:30 PM Pizza & Power: Green & Just Electricity for VT 5 - 7 PM Pizza & Power: Green & Just Electricity for VT 5 - 7 PM +3 more see less	4 Moosalamoo National Recreation Area Guided Hikes (multiday) Town Clerk's Office Limited Hours on Oct. 4 8 AM - 1 PM Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM Quality of Life Evaluation for Pets 12 - 1 PM Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM Pvt Silas Stone, Revolutionary War Soldier 2 - 3 PM ACHHH Grief and Loss Support Group 3 - 4:30 PM "Skate Dreams" Fundraiser for the Middlebury Skatepark 3 - 8:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair - Oct. 4! 4:30 - 6 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair - Oct. 4! 4:30 - 6 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair - Oct. 4! 4:30 - 6 PM Yellow House Community Job Fair - Oct. 4! 4:30 - 6 PM Open House St. Andrews Pipe and Drum Band 7 - 8 PM Historical Talk on the Old Bristol Railroad 7 - 8:30 PM Garcia/Grateful Dead Live Music! 7 - 9 PM +12 more see less	5 Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Trail Workday in Moosalamoo NRA 4 - 6 PM Fall Gardening Event at the Bixby Library 5:30 - 7 PM	6 Free Factory Tours at Maple Landmark - This Friday! 9 AM - 2 PM Free Factory Tours at Maple Landmark - This Friday! 9 AM - 2 PM Garage Sale - Swanage Ct 9 AM (multiday) "Birds of a Feather" Remote Worker Lunch This Friday 12 - 1 PM In Praise of Trees Opening Reception of Photography 4 - 7 PM +1 more see less	7 Long Trail Day All Day Save the Date! (multiday) Vergennes Burying Ground Cleaning Day V 8 AM - 12 PM Hunter Pace 8:30 - 11:30 AM Hunter Pace 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Cancelled - Yard Sale - Green Mountain Place - Oct. 7 9 AM - 12 PM Yard/Porch Sale - S Pleasant St - Oct. 7 9 AM - 1 PM Moving Sale - Hopkins Rd 9 AM (multiday) Saturday Playgroup, Tomorrow Oct. 7! 9:30 - 11 AM Dead Creek Wildlife Day - Saturday 9:30 AM - 4 PM Middlebury Quadball Classic 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Fall Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM "Quilting in the Land of Milk & Honey" Quilt Show 10 AM - 5 PM Quilting in the Land of Milk and Honey Quilt Show 10 AM (multiday) Into to Crochet Youth Workshop - Oct. 7 & 14 10:30 AM - 12 PM Bixby Library Young Writers Club 10:30 AM Watercolor Artists' Reception at the Bixby Library 11 AM - 1 PM Sib2Sib Event 12 - 12 PM Chili Tasting - Little Bottles Spice Co. at VT's Own 12 - 3 PM Digital Music Production Workshop 2 - 4 PM Quilts of Valor Presentation 2 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Yard Sale 6 PM (multiday) Saloon Night 7 - 10 PM Montpelier Contra Dance, Plus Waltzing Saturday! 7 - 11 PM Maiden Vermont Concert at Town Hall Theater 7 PM (multiday) Maiden Vermont Returns to the Town Hall Theater Stage 7 PM Dreamers' Circus at Middlebury College This Saturday 7:30 - 9:15 PM +25 more see less
8 Knights of Columbus Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Ripton Ridge Run Registration 11 AM - 12 PM "Quilting in the Land of Milk & Honey" Quilt Show 12 - 3 PM Shape Note Singing - Oct. 8 1 - 3 PM Music on the Trails 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trails in Bristol Sunday 1 - 4 PM Apple Themed Play and Learn Time Sunday 3 - 5 PM Apple Themed Play and Learn Time Sunday 3 - 5 PM Apple Themed Play and Learn Time Sunday 3 - 5 PM Apple Themed Play and Learn Time Sunday 3 - 5 PM Mushroom Walk in Salisbury Sunday 3 - 5:30 PM Mushroom Walk on the Pitch Pine Trail 3 - 5:30 PM Mushroom Walk on the Pitch Pine Trail in Salisbury 3 - 5:30 PM Dance 3 - 6 PM Song Circle and Improvisational Music Making 7 - 9 PM +11 more see less	9 Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day Town Offices Closed on Oct. 9 8 AM - 5 PM 180 Foote St Yard Sale Oct. 7 10 AM - 2 PM Improvisation Class for Adults 6:40 - 8:10 PM	10 Weybridge Church Chicken Pie Supper All Day Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Chicken Pie Supper at Weybridge Church: Oct. 10! 5 - 7 PM Weybridge Chicken Pie Supper Oct. 10! 5:30 - 7 PM Chicken Pie Supper at Weybridge Church: Oct. 10! 5:30 - 8 PM Bixby Author Visit: Donnarae Menard 6 - 7 PM Public Hearing in Salisbury 6:30 - 7 PM Tropical Fish Lecture by Lee Newman of Vancouver, Canada 7 - 9 PM Song/Swap Jam 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	11 Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM ACHHH Grief and Loss Support Group 3 - 4:30 PM New Haven Pollinator Garden 3 - 5 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Cornwall School Benefit Bake at Flatbread 5 - 9 PM Tinker and Smithy Board Game Night 5 - 9 PM Jewish Unity Vigil 5:15 - 6:45 PM Teen Advisory Group at Ilsley 6 - 7 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Conservation 101 with VLT 7 - 8 PM New Haven Historical Society Meeting 7 - 8 PM +7 more see less	12 Medicare Fraud Presentation 2 - 3 PM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Middlebury Science Cafe Presents Weird Science 5:30 - 6:30 PM Electrification & Energy-Saving for VT Residents 6:30 - 7:45 PM Thursday Night Electrification and Clean Energy Meeting 6:30 PM Learn About Reducing Your Carbon Footprint at Home 6:30 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	13 Community Farm Days (multiday) Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Golden Russet Farm - Open Friday, Oct. 13 2 - 5 PM Samirah Evans & Her Handsome Devils at THT 7:30 - 9 PM	14 Brush Drop-Off in Vergennes 8 AM - 12 PM Cemetery Workday and Clean-Up 8 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale - Watch Point Rd - Oct. 14 8 AM - 1 PM Middlebury and the Marble Border of Western New England 9 AM - 12:30 PM Yard/Porch Sale - Pleasant St. 9 AM - 1 PM Mulit-Family Yard Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Handcrafters Fair at CVU in Hinesburg 9 AM - 4 PM Moving Sale Oct. 14 9 AM - 4 PM Home Sale - Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Story Time with Ashley Wolff at Russell Mem Library 11 AM - 12 PM Soulstice Band - Live at Happy Valley Oct. 14 2 - 5 PM Learn to Play Pokemon 2 - 6 PM A Reason to Read 3:30 - 5:30 PM Takeout Turkey Supper 5 - 6 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 6 - 8 PM Cornwall Contra Dance Oct. 14! 7 - 9:30 PM Oktoberfest 7 - 10 PM Don't Miss the CPO's Special Concert at THT! 7:30 - 9 PM Champlain Philharmonic at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9 PM Champlain Philharmonic's Opens Up Our 20th Season! 7:30 - 9 PM Colby Crehan & Marsh Lights 7:30 PM +17 more see less
15 Addison Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 7 - 11 AM Masons Breakfast This Sunday 7:30 - 10 AM Middlebury Car Show and Fall Festival 10 AM - 3 PM No Overnight Parking! 10 AM - 3 PM Willowell's Harvest Festival This Sunday 12 - 5 PM Harvest Festival on the Willowell Land! 12 - 5 PM Group Workday at Spirit in Nature 1 - 4 PM World Singing Day Coming to Bristol! 1 - 4:30 PM World Singing Day 1 - 4:30 PM Vermont Commons School Open House This Sunday 1 PM Community Circle at the VT Yogabarn 2 PM Ferrisburgh Historical Society 2 PM My Dentist's Son 3 - 4:30 PM Story Telling Event 3 - 4:30 PM Celebrating Wetlands: LCA's Annual Party 3 - 5 PM +11 more see less	16 Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day Improvisation Class for Adults 6:40 - 8:10 PM Sucess Stories from the Pollinator Pathway 7 - 8:30 PM Success Stories from the Pollinator Pathway 7 - 8:30 PM Success Stories from the Pollinator Pathway 7 - 8:30 PM Success Stories from the Pollinator Pathway 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	17 Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Telephone and Computer Scams That Target the Elderly 4:30 - 6 PM Game Night at the Bixby 5 - 7 PM Compline and Prayers for Peace Tonight 7 - 8 PM 100+ Women Who Care Addison County Member Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Award-Winning Photojournalist at Ilsley Oct. 17 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	18 Free Chinese Calligraphy Class and Demonstration 12 AM - 1 PM Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM UVM Oddball Plant Sale 12 PM (multiday) Death Cafe 2 - 3:30 PM Cancellation of Bernie Noble's Train Depot Slide Show 2 PM (multiday) ACHHH Grief and Loss Support Group 3 - 4:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM New Haven Congregational Church Free Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Chicory Cooking Class 5:30 - 7:30 PM Chicory Cooking Class 5:30 - 7:30 PM Weatherization Workshop 7 - 8 PM Button Up Workshop in Weybridge 7 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	19 "Second Sight" at Town Hall Theater (multiday) Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM New Haven Pollinator Garden 3 - 5 PM Middlebury Town Progressive Caucus 5 - 5:45 PM Merino Sheep Mania - Bridport Historic Society 6:30 - 8:30 PM Mt. Abraham Cider and Donuts Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM Second Sight 7 - 10 PM +4 more see less	20 Ripton Elementary School Pizza Bake Fundraiser Oct. 20 All Day Coffee & Conversation 8 - 9 AM Martial Arts Workshop 10 AM (multiday) Girls on the Run Information 10 AM Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Bixby Library Family Movie Night 6:30 PM Second Sight 7 - 10 PM Pianist Mahani Teave from Easter Island 7:30 - 9:15 PM +4 more see less	21 Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets Are on Sale Now! (multiday) Craft Supply Sale & Soup to Go 9 AM - 12 PM Introduction to Zen at the Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1:30 PM St. Peter's Craft Fair, Bake Sale, Luncheon & Raffle 9 AM - 3:30 PM Postponed - Ribbon Cutting for New Trail in Vergennes 10 - 10:30 AM Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 1 PM 5 Town Partnership Share the Warmth: Winter Outerwear 10 AM - 1 PM Charter House Middlebury Shelter Open House Saturday 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Remembering Mrs. Marilyn Woods 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Annual Open House at Charter House Coalition 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Charter House Shelter Open House Middlebury Saturday 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Open House - Charter House Middlebury 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Book Launch Party on Oct. 21 12:30 - 2:30 PM Sib2Sib Fall Fun Event for Middleschoolers 1 - 3 PM Ski Movie at the Middlebury Snow Bowl 6 PM Second Sight 7 - 10 PM Connor Garvey at Ripton Community Coffee House 7 - 10 PM Connor Garvey at the Ripton Community Coffee House 7:30 - 9:30 PM Contra Dance Again Oct. 21! 8 - 11 PM +15 more see less
22 CANCELLED - Cornwall Vol. Fire Department Open House! 10 AM - 2 PM Public Bingo at Vergennes Legion Post #14 2 - 4:30 PM Song and Music Circle 7 - 9 PM Second Sight 7 - 10 PM	23 Planning for the Future of Your Forestland 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Improvisation Class for Adults 6:40 - 8:10 PM	24 Tuesday Playgroup at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Red Cross Blood Drive Oct. 24 10 AM - 2:30 PM Vermicomposting: Worms Ate My Food Scraps! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Evening Exchange with the Superintendent 6:30 - 7:30 PM Green Mtn Club Presentation: Living with Bears 7 - 8:15 PM Green Mtn Club Presentation: Living with Bears 7 - 8:15 PM Green Mtn. Club Presentation: Living with Bears 7 - 8:30 PM Addison County Progressive Party Caucus 8 - 9 PM +5 more see less	25 Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM ACHHH Grief and Loss Support Group 3 - 4:30 PM Introducing Weekly Rhythm Kids Classes for Ages 4-8! 3:30 - 4:15 PM Bold Action on Climate Change 5 - 6:30 PM Dharma Talk 5:30 - 6:30 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Stories from the Heart Oct. 25 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	26 4th Annual ACHHH Drive-Through Community Flu Clinic All Day ACHHH Fourth Annual Drive-Through Flu Clinic 7 AM - 5 PM Fourth Annual ACHHH Drive-Through Flu Clinic 7 AM - 5 PM Playtime Party at the Platt - for Babies and Toddlers 9 - 10 AM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Food Distribution Event in Shoreham 3 - 4 PM Book Donations for the Bixby 3:15 - 6 PM Open House for Retiring Chief of Police Tom Hanley 4 - 6 PM Open House for Retiring Police Chief Tom Hanley 4 - 6 PM Free Mexican Food + "Dolores" Documentary Oct. 26 5:30 - 8:45 PM Alfred Hitchcock and the Art of Suspense 6 - 7 PM Ilsley Public Library 6 PM Glow & Flow: Yoga Class Inspired by 80s Music 6:30 - 7:30 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	27 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets Are on Sale Now! 4:15 PM (multiday) Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM Annual Teen Halloween Party at Ilsley 6 - 8 PM Halloween Dance Party at Vergennes Opera House 7 - 10 PM +2 more see less	28 Long Boat Races in Vegennes 8 AM - 12 PM Vermont EMS First Responder Class 8 AM Yard Sale Oct. 28 8:30 AM - 3 PM MUMS Color Fun Run 9 - 11 AM Middlebury Stroke Awareness Walk 9 - 11 AM Book Sale at the Bixby 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Event: Keeping Your Home Warm This Winter & Save Money 10 AM - 12 PM Monster Mash Strength Competition Oct. 28 11 AM - 2 PM 2023 Cornwall Trunk or Treat 1 - 3 PM Live Music at Happy Valley: The Rustics 2 - 5 PM Ripton Community Trunk or Treat 4 - 6 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Lasagna Dinner and Trunk or Treat 5 PM Short Story Writing Contest 6 - 8 PM Whirling Dervish Performance and Poetry 6:30 - 7:30 PM Stories from the Heart 6:30 - 8 PM House Concert with Va-et-Vient 7 - 9 PM House Concert with Va-et-Vient 7 - 9 PM +15 more see less
29 Affordable Housing Conversation Oct. 29 All Day Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast! 7:30 - 10 AM Spooktacular! 1 - 3 PM Eddy Farm Halloween Costume Barn 1 - 4 PM Trunk or Treat on Sunday 2 - 3 PM Community Conversation Housing 2 - 5 PM Annual Rabbi Victor E. Reichert Bible Talk in Ripton 3 - 4 PM Weybridge Fire Department Trunk or Treat 3 - 5 PM Community Conversation: Affordable Housing Addison Co. 4 - 6 PM Affordable Housing for Addison County 4 - 6 PM Halloween on the Green Celebration in New Haven 4 - 6 PM Community Conversation: Affordable Housing Addison Co. 4 - 6 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	30 Learning Lunches 12 PM (multiday) Improvisation Class for Adults 6:40 - 8:10 PM	31 Tax Learning Lunches 12 AM - 1 PM Tuesday Playgroup at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Calvin Pier Tavern & Robert Frost Recreation Area 10:30 AM - 12 PM Trunk or Treat at Victory Baptist Church 5:30 - 7:30 PM Annual Halloween Party at the Library 5:30 PM +1 more see less	1 Town of Addison Property Taxes Due 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM 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 Zumba at the Cornwall Town Hall 5:30 - 6:30 PM Pop Art Paint Night 6 - 7:30 PM Rombauer Vineyards at Starry Night Cafe 6 - 9 PM +4 more see less	2 Playtime Party at the Platt - for Babies and Toddlers 9 - 10 AM Crafternoons 2 - 3:30 PM Gourds + Glam Adventure Dinner Pop-Up 5 - 9 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 +2 more see less	3 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Lost Lantern Whiskey Tasting Room Opening Friday! 12 PM (multiday) 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 Youth Magic the Gathering at Tinker and Smithy 5 - 8 PM Gourds + Glam Adventure Dinner Pop-Up 5 - 9 PM Come Celebrate and Congratulate Karen Duguay! 5:30 - 7 PM Tribute - Karen Duguay of the Better Midd Partnership! 5:30 - 7 PM +5 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 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 in Middlebury - Nov. 4 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 Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Artisan Fair - Free Refreshments 10 AM - 12 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 Artisan Fair at the Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM 10th Annual Artisan Fair at Residence at Otter Creek 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Fair Nov. 4 10 AM - 2 PM Explore Lake Champlain at Orwell Town Hall! 10 AM - 2 PM Nov 4: Sib2Sib Summit 10 AM - 3 PM 62nd Annual Penny Fair at St. Peter's 10 AM - 10 PM 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 VCM Play and Learn at Ripton Elementary School 3 - 5 PM Colors of Fall Themed Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM Gourds + Glam Adventure Dinner Pop-Up 5 - 9 PM Little City Gala 7 - 11 PM Skate Deck Art Auction 7 PM (multiday) Burnham Presents the Ladles in Lincoln Nov. 4 7:30 - 10 PM Gina Coleman & the Misty Blues at Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM Contra Dance into November - This Saturday! 8 - 11 PM +29 more see less