Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2014

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28 Scandinavian Music and Dance Weekend in Montpelier! 7:30 PM (multiday) The Sacred Hunt: Deer Hunting Classes (multiday) Moving Sale (multiday) Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Moving Sale Sat. and Sun. 10 AM (multiday) Mysteries of Monarchs by North Branch Nature Center All Day Central VT Humane Society Yard Sale All Day Support Twin Valley Senior Center Meals on Wheels Program All Day Central VT Humane Society Yard Sale All Day Canadian Club Super Bingo All Day Mysteries of Monarchs with North Branch Nature Center All Day Time to Clean the Attic and Basement to Benefit Central VT Humane! 8 AM - 2 PM Mysteries of Monarchs by North Branch Nature Center 2 - 5 PM West Brookfield Community Picnic 4:30 PM +10 more see less	29 Red Cross Mobile Blood Drive 10 AM - 3 PM Workshop at VCIH: Kitchen Cupboard Medicine 6 - 8 PM	30 Moretown Town Office Meeting Date Sept. 30 All Day Moretown Town Office Update and Meeting Announcement 6 - 7:30 PM Apples of Uncommon Character with Rowan Jacobsen 7 - 8 PM Sept. 30 - Community Form on the Red Store 7 - 9 PM	1 U-32 School Board Monthly Update and Public Forum All Day Senior Day Program at the Aldrich Public Library All Day First Wednesdays - 1814: America Forged by Fire All Day U-32 School Board Forum All Day Senior Day Program at Aldrich Public Library All Day Wednesday Kids Playgroup 10 - 11 AM Apple Science for Homeschoolers at Liberty Orchard 1 - 2 PM OLLI Presents Award-Winning Novelist Kathryn Davis Oct 1 1:30 - 3 PM The Founding Father of Vermont You Never Heard of 4:30 - 6 PM The Last Moretown Freshies Farmers' Market of the Season, 4:30 - 6:30 PM U-32 Community Forum 6 - 7 PM Check Out a Great School! 7 - 8 PM River Rock School Open House! 7 - 8:30 PM Cancelled: Kick 'Em Jenny at Charlie O's 8 - 11 PM Kick ‘Em Jenny Plays at Charlie O's in Montpelier! 8 - 11 PM Kick ‘Em Jenny Plays at Charlie O's in Montpelier, Vt! 8 - 11 PM +12 more see less	2 Rummage Sale at St. Augustine Church (multiday) EMES Ribbon Cutting and Open House All Day Abandoned Building Ordinance Meeting for Plainfield All Day Rising Tide Potluck & Music at the Peep All Day Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM St. Augustine Rummage Sale - Looking for Items 4 - 7 PM Ribbon Cutting and Open House Change of Date Reminder 5 - 7:30 PM Author, Paolo Battaglia Oct. 2 6:30 - 7:30 PM Author, Paolo Battaglia Oct. 2 6:30 - 7:30 PM Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Rising Tide Vermont Community Potluck 6:30 - 9 PM Town Hall Forum on Health Care 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less	3 Huge Garage Sale! (multiday) U-32 Boys' Basketball - Bottle Drive 6 PM (multiday)	4 Open Studio Weekend Oct. 4 & 5 (multiday) Remedios Spa Fundraiser at VCIH All Day Chicken Pie at the Old Meeting House All Day Garage/Yard Sale - Randolph Village Oct. 4 All Day Chicken Pie at the Old Meeting House All Day Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day! All Day Beaver Protection for the Saplings at the Martin Bridge 9 - 11:30 AM Barre Farmers' Market @ the Granite Museum 9 AM - 1 PM Hazardous Waste Drop Off Comes to Northfield October 4 9 AM - 2 PM 31st Annual Fall Foliage Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Hike and Trail Work at Braintree Mountain Forest Oct. 4 10 AM - 1 PM Open Studio Participant in Your Neighborhood 10 AM - 5 PM Open Studios 10 AM (multiday) Artists Wanted for Fall Open Studio Weekend - 10 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend Oct. 4 & 5 10 AM (multiday) Open Moretown Glass Studio This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) Support Herbal Remedies for Migrant Farm Workers This Saturday! 11 AM - 5 PM Herbalists Without Borders Remedios VT Project Fundraiser 11 AM - 5 PM Treat Yourself at Remedios Spa Day Fundraiser 11 AM - 5 PM Governor Douglas Book Signing at Bear Pond Books 12 - 1:30 PM Randolph Uke Players at Three Bean Oct. 4 2 - 3 PM Under One Sun Art & Music Festival Oct. 4 2 - 8 PM Harvesting the Plenty of Our Lives: a Two Part Exploration, for Women 2 PM (multiday) Blessing of the Animals 4 - 5 PM Berlin Congregational Church Chicken Pie Supper Oct 4 5 - 8 PM Barre Premiere to Honor Rep. Tom Koch 7 - 10 PM Free Movie Night 7 PM +23 more see less
5 Big Yarn Sale This Sunday! All Day Seeking: Vendors for Marshfield Harvest Festival 11 AM - 3 PM Leafpeepers Half Marathon & 5k Race, Waterbury Oct. 5 11 AM Barre/Montpelier Crop Hunger Walk 12:30 - 3 PM "Shakti Flow" Yoga Workshop Sunday 1 - 3 PM Beverly Keck - Funeral Service and Crop Walking in Her Honor 1 - 4:30 PM Funeral Service and Crop Walking in Honor of Beverly M. Keck 1 - 4:30 PM Beverly M. Keck - Funeral Service and Crop Walking in Her Honor 1 - 4:30 PM Invasives in the Landscape Oct. 5 1 PM Invasives in the Landscape Oct. 5 1 PM Last Minute Special for Sunday's Cooking Class at Fiddleheads Cuisine 2 - 4:30 PM 125th Anniversary Celebration First Presbyterian Church of Barre, VT 10 PM +8 more see less	6 Mid-Day Mindfulness 12 - 12:45 PM Knit 2gether Craft Group 4 - 6 PM Are You Ready for Some Football? 6 PM October 6 Selectboard Agenda 7 - 10 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting Oct. 6 7 PM +1 more see less	7 Food as Medicine! Free Lunch and Learn Tue. All Day The Happiness Walk Oct. 7 Kickoff All Day Piano Concert 12 - 1 PM Vermont Workers' Center and Allies to Host People's Candidate Forums 6:30 - 8:30 PM Candidate Forums Sponsored by VT Workers Center, 350 VT, Grn Mtn Self 6:30 - 8:30 PM Montpelier People's Forum on Human Rights and the Economy 6:30 PM Archer Mayor and Bill Schubart at Bear Pond Books 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	8 Recommendation for Alterations (multiday) 33rd Annual Joint Service Club Dinner All Day Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcomb Oct. 8 All Day Don't Know Hamlet from a Handsaw? No Problem All Day DRB Hearing on Red Store All Day City Council Meeting Wed. All Day Secretary of Education Talk Oct. 8 1:30 - 2:30 PM Lyme Disease Workshop at VCIH 6 - 8 PM Open House with Senator Anthony Pollina 6 - 8 PM 32nd Annual Joint Service Club Awards Oct. 8 6 - 8:30 PM West Side Story Jazz Suite at City Hall Wed. Night 7:30 PM +7 more see less	9 Candidate, Ed Read Speaks Oct. 9 All Day Film Screening - The House I Live In All Day Film Screening - The House I Live In All Day Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Parent Student Conferences / Honor Society Induction 4 - 6:30 PM Red Carpet Bingo Fundraiser! 5 - 7 PM Good Beginnings of Central VT Annual Meeting 5 - 8 PM Good Beginnings of Central VT Annual Meeting 5 - 8 PM +4 more see less	10 Two Family Yard Sale Oct. 10 & 11 (multiday) Yard Sale (multiday) Friday Morning Chat 6:30 - 7:30 AM Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Estate Sale Oct. 10 & 11 10 AM (multiday) Teen Movie Night @ Aldrich Public Library 5 - 7:30 PM Italian Traditional Village Dance Oct. 10 7 - 10 PM Event 7 - 11 PM +4 more see less	11 Hide Tanning Class Offered (multiday) Yard/Moving Sale All Day Square Dance Oct. 11! All Day Girls Go Digital at SPA All Day Moving Sale All Day Parade & Fun Day to Benefit East Orange Church - Oct 11 All Day Onion River 8k Trail Race at North Branch Nature Center! 8:30 AM - 2 PM Craft Show Jury Session 9 - 11 AM Out of the Darkness Community Walk for Suicide Prevention 9 AM - 12:30 PM Ye Olde Village Basement! 9 AM - 12:30 PM Barre Farmers' Market @ the Granite Museum 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale Oct. 11 9 AM - 1 PM Planting Hope's Community Yard Sale Oct. 11-12! 9 AM (multiday) Montpelier Memory Cafe - Saturday, Oct. 11 - Simple Yoga Moves 10 - 11:30 AM Montpelier Memory Cafe Sat. 10 - 11:30 AM Montpelier Home Tour 10 AM - 5 PM Potluck for Postmistress of Roxbury 12 - 3 PM Costume Swap 1 - 3 PM Having Trouble Identifying Those Old Family Photos? 2 - 3 PM Benefit Chicken BBQ Oct 11 at Water Tower Farm 2 - 5 PM Upcoming Enchanted Forest Community Event & Call for Volunteers! 4 - 8 PM Valley's Best Chicken Pie Supper 5:30 PM Rockwood Ferry House Concert 7 - 9:30 PM Kick ‘Em Jenny Plays ‘Dare to Be Square' Dance! 7 - 10 PM Kick ‘em Jenny Plays "Dare to Be Square" Dance 7:30 - 10 PM +21 more see less
12 Shape Note Sing in Plainfield! All Day Canadian Club Bazaar 10 AM - 3 PM Pumpkin Festival at Cedar Circle Farm Oct. 12 10 AM - 3 PM Mad Dash 5k & 10k Oct. 12 10 AM Harvest Market and Apple Pie Contest 12 - 3 PM Floating Bridge Coop Market and Apple Pie Contest Oct 12 12 - 3 PM Montpelier Schools Walk Sun. 2 PM Authors at the Aldrich: Douglas J. Gladstone and Lou Del Bianco 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	13 Knit 2gether Craft Group 4 - 6 PM Plainfield Select Board Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Tango Class for Beginners and All Levels 7:30 - 8:30 PM Brookfield Town Energy Committee - Talk with Bob Walker, Thetford TEC 7:30 PM	14 League of Women Voters Candidate Forums All Day Northfield School Rec Field/Playground Improvement Meeting All Day Free Gross National Happiness Event at Library Oct. 14 1 - 3 PM Walk and Talk with Author of I Left My Sole in Vermont 4 - 6:30 PM VCFA Lectures & Exhibits - Free and Open to the Public! 6 - 7 PM Join the Randolph Ukulele Players Tuesday Night 6:30 - 8 PM Moretown Planning Commission Public Hearing Oct. 14 6:30 - 8:30 PM Wash. Co. Senate Candidate Forum 7 - 8:30 PM League of Women Voters Washington County State Senate Candidate Forum 7 - 8:30 PM Solarize Upper Valley Event Oct. 14 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	15 Seasons of Leadership All Day Seasons of Leadership All Day Osher Presentation All Day Williamstown Elementary's School Picture Day 8 AM - 2:30 PM Food Pantry Drive 9 AM - 6 PM Wednesday Kids Playgroup, 10am - 11am 10 AM - 11 PM Animal CSI at OLLI Oct. 15 1:30 - 3 PM Olli Lecture on World's First Wildlife Forensic Lab 1:30 PM Solar Home Heating and Cooling 5:30 - 6:30 PM Chakra Meditation Class 5:30 - 6:30 PM Harvest Feast: a Community Potluck at the Plainfield Opera House! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Barre Technical Center - Open House 6 - 7:30 PM All in the Family Film Series at Jaquith Library Oct. 15 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	16 Returning to the Community All Day Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Returning to the Community Simulation Event Oct. 16 4:30 - 8:30 PM VCFA Lectures & Exhibits - Free and Open to the Public! 6 - 7 PM Montpelier's Moonlight Madness 6 - 9 PM David Rovics Concert 6 - 9:30 PM International Folk Dancing Class 6:45 - 8 PM Kathleen Kanz Comedy Hour @ Capitol Grounds 7 - 8:30 PM Brigadoon! Oct. 16-18 7 PM (multiday) Brigadoon! Thur.-Sat. 7 PM (multiday) Brigadoon! Oct. 16-18 7 PM (multiday) +7 more see less	17 Garage Sale (multiday) Brigadoon Performance (multiday) House Concert All Day Central Vermont Catholic School Annual Benefit Night All Day Central Vermont Catholic School Benefit Night All Day Halloween Party at American Legion All Day Save 2nd Base All Day Pink Out Football Game All Day Cvcoa Chats 9 AM - 12 PM Used Book Sale 12 PM (multiday) Montpelier Fall Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Montpelier Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Foamball (Dodgeball) Tournament (6-12 Grade Students) 6 - 8:30 PM New Film Screening at T.W. Wood Art Gallery: "The Birdcatcher in Hell" 6:30 - 8 PM Bueno Comedy Showcase! Boston Come Up 8 - 9:30 PM Bueno Comedy Showcase! Boston Come Up 8 - 9:30 PM Madman3 at Positive Pie 10:30 PM (multiday) +13 more see less	18 Math and Potatoes at Twinfield All Day Hedding United Methodist Church Chicken Pie Supper All Day Fundraiser for Tyler Warren All Day Capital City Concerts Presents "From Paris with Love"! All Day Soup & Sandwich at Barre UU Church All Day Fundraiser for Tyler Warren All Day Arts Jam All Day Green Mountain Graveyards: Special Exhibit Opening 1 - 4 AM Michael Zemanek 5k Race/Walk 9 AM - 12 PM Flea/Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Estate Sale! 9 AM - 4 PM Volunteers Needed to Move Metro Way Community Garden 9 AM - 5 PM Clothing Drop N Swap! 9 AM (multiday) Ye Olde Village Basement! 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Sunrise to Sunset - Aromatherapy for Everyday Use 10 AM - 4 PM Action Prep and Art Party! 11 AM - 7 PM Old Brick Church - Chicken Pie Dinner 5:30 PM Chicken Pie Dinner at Old Brick Church Oct. 18 5:30 PM Staged Reading of "Intake" ("Mere Presence") 7:30 PM +15 more see less
19 Retirement Party for Outgoing Children's Librarian Adrianne Scucces 2 - 4 PM Film at Chandler on Sunday! 5:30 - 8 PM Community Singalong 6 - 8 PM	20 Story Time @ Aldrich Main Branch 10:30 - 11:30 AM Knit 2gether Craft Group 4 - 6 PM Water/Wastewater Meeting Notice 6 - 8 PM Montpelier Daisy Girl Scout Troop Starting Up 6:30 - 8 PM Polly Young-Eisendrath at Bear Pond Books 7 - 8 PM Selectboard Agenda Oct. 20 7 - 9 PM Life is Theater Meeting for High School Students Interested in Theater, Music 7 - 9 PM Sofa/Bed Has Been Taken 7:30 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	21 Story Time @ Aldrich Main Branch 10:30 - 11:30 AM Lunch and Learn at North Branch Cafe 12 - 1 PM Thinking About Sharing a Living Space? 5:30 - 6 PM Autumn Authors at the Aldrich: Katherine Paterson 6:30 - 7:30 PM Ben Hewitt at Bear Pond Books 7 - 8 PM Local Environment Presentation Series: Vt Wetlands - Oct. 21 7 - 8:30 PM "The Race to Watch"? – Lieutenant Governor Forum Oct. 21 7 - 8:30 PM Lt Governor Forum Oct. 21 at the Old Labor Hall 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	22 ServSafe Food Safety Certification Class & Exam Oct. 22 8:30 AM - 5 PM Lunch & Learn at Sullivan Museum 12 PM Osher Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Lecture - Life in the Cosmos 1:30 PM Call to Artists & Fine Crafters - New Store Opening in Randolph 6 - 7:30 PM Community Workshop at VCIH: Herbal Adjuncts in Alcohol Over-Use 6 - 8 PM Barre City and Town Candidates Forum 6:30 - 8 PM Candidate Forum 6:30 PM Speaker on Substance Use Coming to Crossett Brook Middle School 6:30 PM +5 more see less	23 VTRANS Village Bridge Public Forum All Day "The Roots of My Raising" a Photographic Journey by George Woodard All Day Last Seven Days to Register to Vote! 9 AM (multiday) Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Celebrate Archives Month with VSARA! 4 - 8 PM Make a Difference Night Dinner at NMHS 5 - 7 PM "Insurrection, Corruption & Murder in Early Vermont" Book Talk 6 - 8 PM Autumn Authors at the Aldrich: Katherine Paterson 6:30 - 8 PM East Montpelier Village US 2/VT 14 Bridge/Intersection Reconstruction 6:30 - 8:30 PM Public Info Meeting: E. Montpelier US 2/VT 14 Bridge Reconstruction 6:30 - 8:30 PM School Bond Informational Meeting Oct. 23 6:30 PM +7 more see less	24 Maplehill School and Community Farm Harvest Supper Oct. 24 All Day Maplehill School and Community Farm Harvest Supper - Oct. 24 All Day Scrabble Night in Northfield! All Day Annual Fall Rummage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Open House - Massage Therapists of Randolph 4 - 8 PM Poetry Slam 6 - 7:30 PM Disney Cabaret at U32 for All Ages Oct. 24 6:30 - 8:30 PM The Vermont Movie: Film Series at the Twin Valley Senior Center 6:30 - 9 PM Bueno Comedy Showcase! 14th State Podcast 8 - 9:30 PM Bueno Comedy Showcase! 14th State Podcast 8 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	25 Montpelier Ski and Skate Sale Oct. 25 All Day Rich's Hollow Summer Concert Series - Oct. 25 All Day Final Rich's Hollow Concert Series Oct. 25 All Day 25th Anniversary of "Karen Kitzmiller Memorial Coat Drive"! All Day Fall Foliage Family Hike All Day Music Scholarships Fundraising Concert 9 AM - 7 PM Music All Day in Montpelier! 9 AM - 7 PM Youth Music Scholarships Fundraiser 9 AM - 7 PM Center Farm Lamb and Wool Sale This Weekend! 9 AM (multiday) Conference on Senior Issues in Time of Political Turmoil 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Montpelier Alive's Pumpkin Carving Party & Pie Sale 11 AM - 2 PM Earthwalk Fall Community Day 11 AM - 3 PM Onion River Exchange (ORE) Quilt Raffle 1 PM A Mystic Heart Circle Oct. 25 4 - 4:20 PM Captivating Music, Amazing Musicians 4 PM White River Partnership Annual Meeting & Silent Auction 5 - 7:30 PM Canadian Club Halloween Dinner Dance 6 PM (multiday) Freelancers at Sweet Melissa's Oct. 25 9 PM (multiday) +14 more see less
26 Chandler Auction All Day Herbal Remedies for Winter Health - Oct 26 All Day Remedies for Winter Health - Great Kitchen Medicine for Immunity 10 AM - 6 PM State Senator Pollina at the Farm Oct. 26 11 AM - 1 PM Ukulele Party Tomorrow Afternoon in Randolph! 1 - 4:30 PM Free Family Movie 1:30 - 3:30 PM Free Family Movie at Norwich University 1:30 PM Chandler Auction Oct 26 5 - 8 PM Northfield Senior Center Dinner 5 PM +5 more see less	27 Time's Up, Rise Up! Rally and Sit-In for Climate Justice Oct. 27 All Day Kellogg-Hubbard Story Time on the Road! All Day Rally and Sit-In for Climate Justice! All Day Kellogg-Hubbard Story Time on the Road! 10:30 AM Mass Action to Stop Vermont Fracked Gas Pipeline 3 - 5 PM Rally: Say No to Addison Cty. Fracked Gas Pipeline 3 - 5 PM Rally and Sit-In for Climate Justice! 3 - 6:30 PM Pipeline Protest 3 PM Time's Up, Rise Up! Rally and Sit-In for Climate Justice - October 27 3 PM Knit 2gether Craft Group 4 - 6 PM "Meet the Candidate" Open House for Scott Williams, State's Attorney 4 - 6 PM Vermont Economic Resiliency Initiative 6 - 8 PM Plainfield Select Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	28 Input Needed on Natural Resource Issues - Meeting Oct. 28 All Day Want to Save Big Money on Heating Your House? 5:30 - 6:30 PM Input Sought by Efficiency Vermont 6 - 7:30 PM Local Working Group for WNRCD 6 - 8 PM Winooski Conservation District (WNRCD) Local Working Group Mtg 6 - 8 PM How to Save with Solar & Cold Climate Heat Pumps 6:30 PM Garret Keizer at Bear Pond Books 7 - 8 PM World War II Bomber Crash on Camel's Hump - Oct. 28 Program 7 - 8:30 PM World War II Bomber Crash on Camel's Hump - Oct. 28 Program 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	29 Osher (Olli) Presentation All Day OLLI Lecture on Vermont FSA Photographs, 1936-1942 1:30 - 3 PM Olli Presents Nancy Graff on Vermont Farm Life During the Depression 1:30 - 3 PM CCV Montpelier's 1st Annual Empty Bowls Fundraising Event 5 - 7 PM CCV Harvest for Hunger Oct 29th 5 - 7 PM CCV Montpelier's 1st Annual Empty Bowls Fundraising Event 5 - 7 PM Workshop at VCIH: Herbal Relief for Chronic Body Pain 6 - 8 PM Danziger Live at Old Labor Hall Oct. 29 6:30 PM Danziger Live at Old Labor Hall Wednesday, Oct. 29 6:30 PM Film and Talk on Political Cartoonists Around the World 6:30 PM Danziger Live at the Old Labor Hall 6:30 PM Concerts Not to Be Missed 7 PM +8 more see less	30 Trick or Treat in the Halls - Norwich University 6 - 8 PM	31 Looking for Pied-A-Terre with Balcony Until 3 PM Halloween Events in Downtown Barre 4 - 5 PM MES PTN Community Halloween Party 5 - 6 PM NHS Haunted House 7 - 9 PM Grottoblaster: Halloween Show 7:30 - 10 PM +1 more see less	1 Vermont Parks Forever- Live Storytelling Event Nov. 1 All Day Extra Mile Day All Day Halloween Event All Day Work Hike with Green Mountain Club 8 AM Weatherization Open House Nov. 1 9 AM - 12 PM Weatherizing Open House 9 AM - 12 PM Free "Button Up" Presentation at RUHS 9 AM Spaulding High School Auction 9:30 AM - 2 PM Rumney Halloween Party! 2 - 4 PM Grottoblaster: Kids' Show 2:30 - 4:30 PM Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration 5 PM Free Movie Night! 7 - 9 PM Bliss Hill at the North Branch Cafe 7:30 - 9:30 PM The Poe Spooktacular by Lost Nation Theater 8 PM The Poe Spooktacular at Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier 8 PM +11 more see less