Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2014

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30 Womens Adult Hockey 8:30 PM (multiday) Women's Hockey Starting Soon 8:30 PM (multiday) Loving Cat Needs Home 6 PM (multiday) 2014 Green Mountain Film Festival 10 AM (multiday) Twin Valley Senior Center Take Out Dinner All Day Winter Gardeners Series March 30 1 - 3 PM March Take-Out Dinner for Twin Valley Senior Center 4 - 6 PM Twin Valley Senior Center Last Sunday of the month Take Out Dinner 4 - 6 PM +4 more see less	31 Pre-Kindergarten Screening at Rumney School Mar. 31 All Day Storytime at the Brown Public Library March 31 All Day After School Knitting Club at the Moretown Memorial Library 3 - 4:30 PM After School Knitting Club at the Moretown Memorial Library 3:15 - 4:30 PM	1 Free Creative Writing Workshops! All Day Dog Registrations Due April 1 All Day Windsor Chair Building Classes - Traditional Woodworking Tuturials 9 AM Fabulous Flowers! 10:30 AM (multiday) Happiness Café, Tue, Apr 1, 12:45-2:15 12:45 - 2:15 PM NEW Women's Class - Fit & Feisty; Fitness & Everyday Self-Protection 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	2 Capital City Band First Rehearsal All Day Powerful Tools for Caregivers April 2- May 7 All Day David Budbill Reading April 2 All Day Capital City Band First Rehearsal All Day Senior Day at the Aldrich Library 1:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI presents: What is Critical Psychiatry? 1:30 - 3 PM Aldrich Senior Day: A Celebration of Local Poets 1:30 PM Workshp at VCIH: Natural Remedies for Stress 6 - 8 PM Humphrey Bogart Classic Film at Jaquith Library - Wed. April 2 7 - 9 PM This Wednesday's Town Braintap Talk 7 PM +6 more see less	3 Shrek the Musical Coming to Northfield Middle/High School (multiday) Farm to School Community Pruning Workshop All Day Thursday Storytime at Brown Public Library All Day Middlesex Country Store to Open 6:30 Tomorrow, April 3 All Day Job Fair Apr. 3 10 AM "You Come Too" Spring with Robert Frost 5:30 PM Norwich University Battle of the Voices! 7 - 9 PM Revised (Current calendar has no times, and old requests attached ) 7 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	4 The Mouse That Roared Playing in Cabot! (multiday) Evening of Enchanting Music All Day Montpelier Art Walk on Friday, April 4th 4 - 8 PM August Burns Portraits at Montpelier Artwalk, Friday, April 4th 4-8pm 4 - 8 PM Game Night Friday at the Library 5 - 7 PM Game Night Friday at the Library 5 - 7 PM Central Vermont High School Initiative: SPRING INTO SPRING GALA!!! 5:30 - 9:30 PM MHS Masque's Variety Show 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	5 4th Annual Bethany Church Spring Auction All Day Rights & Responsibilities: Topic for Students at Vermont History Day All Day Charlie Nardozzi Talk on Organic Lawn Care All Day Anais Mitchell at Haybarn Theatre April 5 All Day New community running group 9 - 10 AM River Rock Open House April 5 10 AM - 12 PM Kindergartern Open House at River Rock School 10 AM - 12 PM Kindergarten Open House (for children 5 by December 31) 10 AM - 12 PM Kindergarten Open House at River Rock School (for children 5 by 12/31) 10 AM - 12 PM River Rock School Kindergarten Open House for children 5 by Dec 31st 10 AM - 12 PM Kindergarten Open House (for children 5 by December 31) 10 AM - 12 PM Designing the Medicinal Landscape: the Map, the Terrain, the Plants 10 AM - 4 PM Vermont Yarn Shop at Plainview Farm open this Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Herp Program at the Coop 1 - 2 PM GRADEN TALK (Yes; Really!) 5:30 - 6:30 PM Getting Started in Gardening: Basics and Permaculture 5:30 PM Art Exhibit at Nutty Steph's, "Project Stencil," Dj Barry Art 7 PM (multiday) Get Tickets Now: Haybarn Theatre Fundraiser featuring Anaïs Mitchell 7:30 PM Upcoming Spring Concert of Brahms and Mozart April 5 7:30 PM Ryan Taylor Band at Moog's and Sweet Melissa's 8 PM +16 more see less
6 Talk and Photos of Trip to Laos All Day Art Opening Reception April 6 at Festival Gallery All Day Northfield Winter Farmer's Market All Day Benefit Cabin Fever Jam All Day No Strings Marionettes' Jack & the Beanstalk at Barre Opera House 1 PM Introduction to Homeschooling 1:30 - 3 PM Introduction to Homeschooling 2 - 3:30 PM talk and photos of trip to Laos 3 - 5 PM +4 more see less	7 Tree & shrub sale promotes edible gardens All Day Vermont Downtown Action Team 9 AM (multiday) After School Knitting Club at the Moretown Memorial Library 3 - 4:30 PM Community Gardening workshop 4 - 7 PM Classic Book Club at the Cutler Memorial Library 6 - 7:30 PM Classic Book Group at the Cutler Library 6 - 8 PM Monthly Energy Committee meeting on Monday at 7pm, OSC 7 - 8:30 PM Berlin Selectboard meeting agenda (at Elementary School) 7 - 10 PM US 302 Bicycle and Pedestrian Local Concerns Meeting 7 PM Public Meeting: US 302 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan 7 PM +6 more see less	8 The COVE Savvy Seniors 1 - 2 PM Early Birds Book Night at Twinfield Preschool 6 - 7:30 PM	9 Public Hearing on H.883 (School Consolidation Bill) All Day Kellogg-Hubbard Library Brings Story Time to Calais Elementary School All Day 3 Trees April 9, Oud, Didgeridoo, Percussion, Ney All Day Climate Justice and Maple Sugaring Rally April 9 All Day "The Opiate Effect" Film and Discussion All Day Early Release Day Camp April 9 All Day Osher Presentation on VT Elections All Day Music Together at Jaquith Library - Apr. 9 10:30 - 11:30 AM Kellogg-Hubbard Library Brings Story Time to Calais Elementary School 10:30 AM OLLI presents: VT Elections-Past & Present 1:30 - 3 PM Pacem School Open House April 9 5 - 6:30 PM H.883 School District Consolidation - Public Hearing April 9, 5-7 Pm 5 - 7 PM Public Hearing on Education Governance Bill -- H.883 5 - 7 PM +9 more see less	10 Storytime at Brown Public Library April 10 All Day Junk Yard Discussed at DRB Meeting April 10 All Day Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity Meeting April 10 All Day FREE Women's Self-Defense Workshops 6:30 - 8:30 PM Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity Meeting April 10 6:30 - 8:30 PM Grade School Talent Show & Pie Donations 6:30 PM Run with Us Thursday at 6:30 P.M. 6:30 PM +3 more see less	11 Family Swap This Weekend (multiday) Workshop Your Poetry with Sydney Lea! All Day Dr. Doolittle All Day Food as Medicine April 11 All Day Doctor Dolittle Jr. at Rumney! All Day Workshop Your Poetry with Sydney Lea! All Day Mama Says Fundraiser at Village Pizza April 11 All Day Workshop Your Poetry with Sydney Lea! All Day Stabat Mater Performed April 11 All Day Full Circle Festival: The Art and Heart of Aging! 8:30 AM (multiday) Easter for Kids at Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Berlin 5:30 - 8 PM 8th Annual 100 Square Raffle Ch.O.I.C.E. Academy 6 - 9 PM CENTRAL VERMONT HIGH SCHOOL INITIATIVE Focus on our Youth workshop 7 - 9 PM Rumney Memorial Theater Presents: Dr. Dolittle Jr.! April 11 and 12 7 - 9 PM A Concert You Don't Want to Miss! 7:30 PM +11 more see less	12 AAU Basketball (multiday) Montpelier Farmers' Market This Weekend All Day Support Food Pantry April 12! All Day Join the Fun April 12! All Day Barre Early Education Family Event All Day April is Financial Literacy Month in Vermont All Day Good Beginnings Baby & Child Expo 2014! All Day Good Beginnings Baby & Child Expo 2014! All Day Two Shoes Off Perform at Adamant Community Club All Day Spring Cleaning Family Swap All Day Fundraising Music Event at Bagito's April 12 All Day Love Lilacs? Want to Learn More? All Day Free Workshop! Lilacs and Lilac Pruning April 12 All Day Love Lilacs? Want to Learn More? All Day Barre Early Childhood Family Event All Day Love Lilacs? Want to Learn More? All Day Chicken Pie Take Out 9 AM - 1 PM MAD RIVER VALLEY BABYSITTING CLASS SATURDAY APRIL 12 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Spring Flea Market 9 AM (multiday) Lilac workshop in Montpelier 9 AM Love Lilacs? Want to Learn More? 9 AM It's here! The EM Annual Easter Egg Hunt is coming weekend 10 - 10:30 AM Capital City Farmers Market This Saturday April 12 10 AM - 2 PM Baby Expo April 12 10 AM - 2 PM Baby and Child Expo Spring Play Day 10 AM - 2 PM REVISED Baby and Child Expo Sat. April 12th 10am - 2pm 10 AM - 2 PM Annual Easter Egg Hunt 10 AM St. Mary's Church Monthly Luncheon and Living Supply Closet 11 AM - 1 PM Granite City Grocery Eat & Greet @ the Aldrich Library 3 - 4 PM Granite City Grocery --Information on Joining and Progress of Coop 3 - 4 PM Eat & Greet at the Aldrich April 12 3 - 4 PM Firebox Dinner & Auction Fundraiser 5 - 8 PM Now Free: Firebox Dinner & Auction Fundraiser 5 PM Bug Dinner, Saturday April 12 6 - 9 PM great concert Sat. 7 - 9:30 PM April 12 - Live Storytelling at Mainstreet Landing! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Los Angeles Guitar Quartet at Chandler 7:30 - 9:30 PM +33 more see less
13 Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda All Day Visit the Easter Bunny April 13 All Day Hedding UMC Holy Week Services 10 AM (multiday) Medicinal Plant Walk Tomorrow (Sunday) 1-2:30 at Goddard College 1 - 2:30 PM Medicinal Plant Walk this Sunday at Goddard College from 1-2:30 1 - 2:30 PM Medicinal Plant Walk this Sunday at Goddard College from 1-2:30 1 - 2:30 PM David Budbill and Michael Arnowitt performance Sunday 3 - 4:10 PM Garden Planning Workshop and Food Swap 3 - 5 PM David Budbill and Michael Arnowitt Performance Sunday 3 PM VT Food Swap April 13! 3 PM +6 more see less	14 Knitting Group at Aldrich Public Library All Day School Board Meeting All Day BCEMS Board Meeting April 14 All Day Neighborhood Watch Meeting All Day Food for Thought Potluck and Book Club All Day Katherine Paterson at Next Chapter Bookstore 6:30 - 8:30 PM Meet the Author Event 6:30 - 8:30 PM 4/14 Plainfield Select Board Agenda 7 - 9 PM Fiction Reading at Goddard: Justin Torres 7:30 PM +5 more see less	15 School budget vote set for April 15, 2014 7 AM - 7 PM Graphic Design Lectures & Events, Open to the Public 10 AM (multiday) Community Seder 6 - 9 PM Tai Chi classes for beginners 7:30 - 9 PM Beginning Tai Chi Class Starting April 15 7:30 - 9 PM "re: Mix't" with Visiting Artist Kate Rigg - Free Event 7:30 PM +2 more see less	16 Granite City Grocery Hosts Informational Events April 16 & 17 (multiday) Energetic Discussion on Public Banking April 16 All Day League of Women Voters Hosts Discussion About a VT State Bank All Day Managing Woodlands for Wildlife Training May 16-18 All Day Kindergarten Registration & Screening All Day Visit Studio Place Arts with OLLI 12:30 AM - 3 PM Town of Orange Planning Commission Meeting Time Change 4 PM Weight Loss Challenge 5:30 - 7 PM EMES 4th/5th Grade Ancestry Project Open House 6 - 7 PM River Rock School Open House - Wed. April 16 @ 7pm 7 - 8:30 PM Public Banking Panel Discussion 7 - 9 PM Expert Panel to Discus Public Banking at State House 7 - 9 PM BFA Faculty Poetry Reading: A PoemCity Event 7 PM +9 more see less	17 Thursday Night Freebies and Food! All Day Soup & Sandwich Thursday at Barre UU Church All Day Fostering Intrinsic Motivation and Resilience in Kids April 17 All Day Hedding Umc Holy Week Services All Day Talent Show Thursday! All Day Join Us for Lunch - Third Thursday: Porches All Day Green Living Fun Night All Day Green Living Fun Living - April 17 All Day Third Thursday Soup & Sandwich at Barre Universalist 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM Third Thursday: Porches of North America REVISED 12 - 1 PM Third Thursday at the Vermont History Museum: Porches of North America 12 PM Green Living Fun Living Night at NMHS April 17th 5 - 8 PM Green Living Fun Night at Northfield Middle High School 5 - 8 PM Talent Show and Bake Off Info 6:30 - 9 PM Meet the Crew of the Starship Enterprise? 6:30 PM Maundy Thursday Service at Waterbury Wesley United Methodist 7 - 8:30 PM Moretown Community Chorus 7 - 9 PM +13 more see less	18 7 Last Words of Christ All Day Joint Good Friday Service All Day Create a Biodiverse Garden for Ecological Resilience All Day Biodiversity in the Garden - April 18 All Day Final Zumba Fundraiser for Res Farm to School 6 - 7:30 PM Biodiversity in the Garden. Friday Apr 18. North Branch Nature Center 6:30 - 8 PM Create a Biodiverse Garden 6:30 PM Stroke yer Joke! Comedy open mic 8 - 10:30 PM +4 more see less	19 Cerv Clothing Shelf Open April 19 All Day Baby Bunnies at Moretown Memorial Library April 19 All Day Easter Egg Hunt April 19 All Day Egg Hunt All Day Planting Hope Cultural Exchange Service Trip All Day Tree Pruning Workshop - Rescheduled for April 19 All Day 27th Annual Egg Hunt All Day Vermont Independent Writers Meeting All Day Annual Easter Egg Hunt 8 - 9 AM Dollar/Coin Drop 9 AM - 1 PM DATE CHANGE Wilcox Tree Pruning Workshop NOW April 19: 10-12:30 a.m 10 AM - 12:30 PM North Branch Cafe Anniversary Party Saturday 4/19 10 AM - 10 PM Northfield Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt - April 19 10 AM Easter Egg Hunt - Moretown Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary 10 AM Northfield Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt - April 19 10 AM Northfield Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt - April 19 10 AM Date Change: Pruning Workshop April 19 10 AM Think Bobolinks ! 4 PM +14 more see less
20 Before Day Break - Easter Sunrise Service All Day Celebrate Easter All Day Easter Sunrise Service All Day Graniteville Presbyterian Church Easter Service and Breakfast 7 - 9:30 AM 10-Day Spring Detox 5 - 6:30 PM Community Singalong, April 20th, 6-8, East Montpelier 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	21 Food Safety Training Class & Exam April 21 All Day Weatherize Your Home Workshop! All Day ServSafe Food Safety Training Class & Exam All Day Water/Wastewater Meeting April 21 All Day Onion River Exchange Pot Luck Dinner 5:30 PM Free Weatherization Workshop Offered Via Orexchange 6:30 - 7:30 PM Berlin Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 10 PM +3 more see less	22 Don Mitchell, VT Author Book Reading and Earth Day Raffle 12:30 PM Csi & Tecnology Symposium at Norwich University April 22-23 5 PM (multiday) Involving Families in LGBT Youth Suicide Prevention 6 - 8:30 PM	23 Discussion: U32 & Montpelier School Districts All Day How the Law Made Vermont All Day Berlin School Garden Shed Work Day All Day Volunteers Needed at Berlin Elementary April 23 8 AM How the Law Made Vermont Withpaul Gillies 1:30 - 3 PM Don't you like to see young people learning? 4:30 - 6 PM Montpelier and U-32 School Districts Community Meeting Legislators 6 - 8 PM "Making a Life in Music: from the Grange Hall to Carnegie Hall" 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	24 Gong Meditation Offered All Day Group Run April 24 All Day Greenhouse Extravaganza on Relocalizing Vermont All Day Spring Into Clean Workshop, Thursday, April 24th 6:00-7:30pm 6 - 7:30 PM Moretown Community Chorus 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	25 Aldrich Library Book Sale April 25-26 (multiday) 9th Annual Northfield Art Show April 25-27 (multiday) 9th Annual Nortfield Art Show April 25-27 (multiday) "Girl Model" Screening April 25 All Day Poetry Rocks at the Aldrich! All Day Art Show April 25-27 All Day 9th Annual Northfield Art Show April 25-27 All Day Meeting of Plainfield Flood Advisory Committee 9 AM Aldrich Public Library Book Sale 12 - 5 PM 9th Annual Northfield Art Show, April 25-27, 2014 12 PM (multiday) Blinking Light Gallery Artist's Reception for Barbara Leber Friday 5 - 7 PM Poetry Slam Friday at the Library 6 - 8 PM Poetry Slam Friday at the Library 6 - 8 PM Prisoner Support Benefit Dinner 4/25 6 - 9 PM Bueno Comedy Showcase! 8 - 10:30 PM +11 more see less	26 Barre Town Dept of Public Works Building Open House April 26 All Day Dark Moon Scry Journaling All Day Beyond the Snapshot - iPhone Photography Workshop All Day Zen Buddhism Workshop April 26 All Day Dark Moon Scry Journaling in Montpelier April 26 All Day 5th Annual “Mad Pie Hoedown” April 26 All Day Great Photos with an Iphone or Ipad All Day Live Piano and Sing Along April 26 All Day Mad Pie Hoedown April 26 All Day Wcax Made in Vermont Weekend All Day Capital City Concerts All Day Seeking Items for Spring Sale April 26 All Day Prescription Take Back Day April 26 All Day Mad Pie Hoedown April 26 All Day Tree & Shrub Sale Pickup, Plus Available Plants All Day Piano Music & Sing Along All Day What Fun! Rafs Sufficient Food for All Walkathon Sat 8 AM Winooski Conservation District Annual Tree Sale! 9 AM - 12 PM WNRCD's Annual Tree and Trout Sales! 9 AM - 12 PM Winooski Conservation District Tree and Trout Sales! 9 AM - 12 PM Dept. of Public Works Tour Sat. April 26 9 AM - 1 PM Got Drugs? Saturday, April 26, 10am-2pm 10 AM - 2 PM Discover Goddard Day 10 AM - 3 PM Spring Fundraiser - Treasure Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Work Party, with pizza! Help out the Marshfield Rec. Field. 10 AM - 4 PM Cardio Tennis Fundraiser for the United Way 1 - 2:30 PM Vermont Spring Ring Handbell Concert 4 - 5 PM MadDog Trout Unlimited Annual Fund Raiser and Banquet 5 PM Mad Pie Hoedown, April 26 7:30 PM Lost Nation Theater - "Our Town" 8 PM (multiday) +26 more see less
27 Armchair Traveler Series All Day Advance Medical Directives and End of Life Issues Presentation All Day Armchair Traveler Series All Day April Take-Out Dinner All Day Kid's Clay Studio Starting This Sunday April 27! 10 - 11:30 AM Paul Selig Workshop in Knowing & Worth 10 AM - 5 PM Spring Detox - New Start Date 5 - 6:30 PM +3 more see less	28 Adult Programs at Kellogg-Hubbard Library All Day Bcems Garden Club Starting All Day City-Wide Barre Community Gardens Pre-Season Gathering All Day Take Control of Your Car Life April 28 6 - 8 PM 4/28 Plainfield Select Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	29 Transforming Peer Aggression in Girls - Training Opportunity All Day Transforming Peer Aggression in Girls Workshop in Montpelier All Day Adult African Djembe Class - Tuesdays Beginning April 29 5:30 - 6:30 PM Adult Djembe Class to Begin in Plainfield on April 29 5:30 PM Principles of Garden Design 7 PM +1 more see less	30 Documentary on Hill Farming in Mad River Valley April 30 All Day Drumming African Djembe Class April 30 All Day Powering Our Lives: Our Energy Future Discussion All Day Osher Presentation All Day Olli Presents: the Vermont Movie Parts Ii & Iv 1:30 - 3:30 PM Film at Msac: the Vermont Movie: Part 2– Under the Surface 1:30 PM Powering a Bright Future discussion: Kimball Library 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	1 Godspell Performance All Day May Day Celebration at Labor Hall All Day Nutritional Q & a All Day Rumney Facilities Work Group Meeting May 1 All Day Thursday May Day Celebration Brown Public Library 10 - 11 AM Date for Primo Maggio - May 1 1:30 PM Storytime for Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers at the Cutler Library 2 - 3 PM Food, Film and Pete Seeger Tribute at the Old Labor Hall 5:30 - 9 PM Primo Maggio Nearly Here! 5:30 PM May Day Celebration at the Old Labor Hall in Barre 5:30 PM Primo Maggio! 5:30 PM Celebrate Primo Maggio (May Day) 5:30 PM Colin Mccaffrey, Pete Sutherland, & Brendan Taaffe at Bagitos 6 - 8 PM Nutritional Q and a at the Northfield Teen Center/Boys & Girls Club 6:30 - 7:30 PM Moretown Community Chorus 7 - 9 PM "What Makes Us Laugh" Event May 1st @ 7pm 7 PM +12 more see less	2 Marshfield Tball League All Day LGBTQ Community Center Annual Celebration: The Big Reveal All Day Free Seminar - All Dogs Are Individuals All Day LGBTQ Community Center Annual Celebration: The Big Reveal All Day Lunafest Film Festival May 2 All Day Lunafest: Support Vt Works for Women & Breast Cancer Fund All Day "All Dogs Are Individuals" May 2 All Day Lunafest: Films By, for and About Women All Day Buddhist Author Talk, Book Signing May 2 All Day Buddhist Author Talk and Book Signing May 2 All Day Buddhist Author Talk and Book Signing May 2 All Day Informal Town Meeting 6:30 - 8 AM Baroque Concert - Fundraiser for Good Samaritan Haven 7 - 9 PM Music at the North Branch Cafe 7 PM (multiday) Cameo Baroque Concert 7 PM Contra Dance at Beaver Brook Farm May 2 7 PM Sky Blue Boys at the Whammy Bar 7:30 PM +13 more see less	3 Green Up Day May 3 All Day Green Up Day! All Day Mud Dash 5k/1 Mile Race All Day Beach Ball Dance Party! All Day Green Up Day May 3 All Day Green Up on the Cross Vermont Trail May 3 All Day Green-Up Day, Brookfield May 3 All Day Green Up Day May 3 All Day Free Leftover Paint Recycling Event All Day Green Up Day Info All Day Spaghetti Dinner All Day Green Up Day and Bulk Trash Day All Day Mud Dash 5k and 1 Mile Race at Rumney May 3 All Day It's Earth Day Today – Get Your Green on and Green Up! All Day Green Up Day May 3 All Day Montpelier Kiwanis Breakfast All Day Montpelier Kiwanis Breakfast 7 - 11:30 AM Montpelier Kiwanis Club Annual Breakfast 7 - 11:30 AM Town of Orange Free Bulk Trash Day! 8 AM - 12 PM Cookbooks Only Yard Sale 8 AM - 1 PM Clean Up/Green Up/Shape Up-May 3rd Rumney 9 AM - 2 PM Green Up Day - Pick It Up! 9 AM - 3 PM Spghetti Dinner: Sat. May 3rd First Congregational Church of Berlin 5 - 6:30 PM Open Call for Performance This Saturday May 3rd 5 - 8 PM Spaghetti Dinner May 3 5 PM Historic Footage to Be Aired 5:30 - 6:30 PM Relay for Life 90's Dance 7 - 11 PM The Vermonter's Ball is Here! 8 - 11 PM +24 more see less