Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2016

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31 VCFA Visual Art Student Exhibitions Jan. 27 10 AM (multiday) Plainfield Historical Society Presents Trains Jan. 31 All Day Plainfield Co-Op Supports Mentoring Sunday All Day Ice on Fire Jan. 31 2 - 5 PM Historical Presentation About Railroads in Central Vermont 2 - 5 PM Ice on Fire Winter Festival Jan. 31 2 - 5 PM Annual "Welcome, Neighbor!" Potluck Sunday 6 - 8 PM Mayfly on the Point's Local Music Spotlight! 6:30 PM Mayfly on the Point's Local Music Spotlight! 6:30 PM Mayfly on the Point's Local Music Spotlight! 6:30 PM Mayfly on the Point's Local Music Spotlight! 6:30 PM +7 more see less	1 Monthly Marshfield and Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting Feb. 1 All Day Mindful Eating / Nourishing Lunch Series Feb. 1 1 - 2 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM	2 League of Women Voters Happy Hour Feb. 2 All Day League of Women Voters Happy Hour All Day Randolph Dream Group All Day League of Women Voters Happy Hour Feb. 2 All Day Union High School District #2 Annual School District Meeting Vote 7 AM - 7 PM Brigid/ Imbolc Ritual Tuesday 5:30 - Barre's First Church Unitarian 5:30 - 6:30 PM League of Women Voters Happy Hour 5:30 - 7 PM League of Women Voters Happy Hour Feb. 2 5:30 - 7 PM North Branch Art Event 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	3 Montpelier Shambhala Center - Making Friends W/ Yourself All Day Learn to Brew Kombucha! All Day Community Herb Class at VCIH: Wild Carrot Seed - Natural Contraception Feb. 3 6 - 8 PM Community Class at VCIH: Wild Carrot Seed for Natural Contraception 6 - 8 PM 4-Week Singing Intensive Workshop Starts Feb. 3! 6:30 PM +1 more see less	4 'All's Well That Ends Well' Opens in Plainfield All Day Dried Flower Heart Wreath Class Feb. 4 All Day Can We Hear You Now? All Day Free Conversational Spanish Class for Beginners Feb. 4 All Day Special Interim Meeting - Plainfield Flood Advisory Committee All Day After School Option 3 - 5 PM Twinfield Event at Positive Pie Feb. 4 5:30 - 7:30 PM Free Ice Fishing Seminar; Tip-Ups & Tales Feb. 4 6 - 8 PM "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" Feb. 4 6:30 - 8 PM Barre Rock City Choir Rehearsals Beginning 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	5 Cartoon Art for Art Walk! All Day Fat Two Step Dinner and Dance W/Green Mountain Playboys Feb. 5 All Day Are You Aware How Act 166 Could Benefit Your Child? All Day Green Mtn. Playboys - Fat Two-Step Cajun Pop-Up Dinner & Dance! Feb. 5 All Day Are You Aware How Act 166 Could Benefit Your Child? All Day Fat Two-Step Cajun Dance! Feb. 5 All Day The Art of Cartooning All Day Cajun Dinner & Dance Feb. 5 All Day CVMC Job Fair Feb. 5 10 AM - 4 PM Job Fair at Central Vermont Medical Center 10 AM - 4 PM Books and DVDs for Sale 10:30 AM (multiday) Farm Supper & Scrag Mountain Music Concert Feb. 5 5:30 - 9 PM Green Mtn. Playboys - Fat Two-Step Cajun Pop-Up Dinner & Dance! Feb. 5 6 - 10 PM +9 more see less	6 Murder Mystery Dinner Theater! All Day Ford-Winter Follies Show to Support the Bridge Feb. 6 All Day Art Workshops for Adults & High School Students Feb 6 All Day Chinese New Year Dinner All Day Come to Mid Winter Follies to Support the Bridge All Day Mid-Winter Follies Show to Support Bridge Feb. 6 All Day Chinese New Year Dinner Feb. 6 All Day Tango to Visit the Brown Public Library All Day Hard Cider Gatherin' Feb. 6 All Day Fun Day Creating Art! Feb. 6 All Day Mid Winter Follies to Benefit Bridge Feb. 6 - Buy Tickets Now All Day ford-Winter Follies Show to Support the Bridge Feb. 6 All Day Sock Hop All Day Dabble Day 10 AM - 12:30 PM Pre-Valentine's Day Yarn Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Feb. 6 12 - 5 PM Studio Place Arts Hosts Youth Class on Saturdays 1 - 3 PM Knitting Class: Valentine's Day Dishcloth 1 - 4 PM Come to the Mid Winter Follies to Support the Bridge 7:30 - 9:30 PM Hockey Game Fundraiser: Cops and Coaches Feb. 6 7:30 PM Contradance Feb. 6 8 - 11 PM +17 more see less
7 Nature Walk with Rose Paul of the Nature Conservancy All Day Arm Chair Traveler - Come to Italy! All Day Arm Chair Traveler at the Four Corners Schoolhouse All Day Self Defense Sundays at the Plainfield Co-Op! 10 - 11 AM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM Cabot Community Theater Improv Workshop Performance 2 - 3 PM Superbowl 50 at Woods Lodge Tavern Feb. 07 6 PM Central Vermont Climate Action 6:30 - 8 PM Trail Running Winter Race Frozen Onion Race 10 PM +5 more see less	8 Preparing for Postpartum and the Newborn All Day "Reading Freud" at Kellogg Hubbard Library All Day Plainfield Selectboard Agenda for Monday Meeting All Day Planning Commission Public Hearing on Zoning Draft All Day Create Art Event (Paint and Sip) North Branch Cafe! Feb. 8 5:30 - 8 PM Free Workshop: Preparing for Postpartum and the Newborn 6 - 8 PM Free Workshop: Preparing for Postpartum and the Newborn 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	9 Integrative Experiential Dreamwork Group Feb. 9 All Day Earthwalk Program Information Session All Day Earthwalk Information Session Feb. 9 All Day EarthWalk Program Information Session All Day Duxbury Historical Society Meeting Feb. 9 All Day Earthwalk Program Information Session 4 - 5 PM Dream Exploration Feb. 9 5:45 - 7:45 PM Integrative Experiential Dreamwork 5:45 - 8:45 PM Public Hearing on Proposed New Randolph Land Use Regulations 6 - 9 PM OSSU District Consolidation Info Session Tuesday Night 7 PM +6 more see less	10 Cancer Support Group Feb. 10 All Day Free Film: The Opiate Effect Feb. 10 All Day OLLI Presentaton "Do Plants Think?" Feb. 10 All Day Support for People Touched by Cancer Feb. 10 All Day Small Business Workshop! All Day Ash Wednesday Blues Worship All Day OLLI Presentation All Day Barre Farmers Market All Day Pop in for Pop-Ups with Ellen Bresler at the Jaquith All Day Pop in for Pop-Ups with Ellen Bresler All Day Small Business Workshop - Free Lunch Provided Feb. 10 All Day The Opiate Effect Film and Presentation Feb. 10 All Day Public Presentation of the Opiate Effect with Skip Gates Feb. 10 All Day Vermont Writes Day! All Day The Opiate Effect and Skip Gates at U-32 Feb. 10 All Day Ash Wednesday Blues Worship at Old Meeting House Feb. 10 All Day Next OLLI Program Feb. 10 1:30 - 3 PM Cancer Support Group Potluck 6 PM Seeking New BTMES Principal: Invitation to Parent / Community Forum Feb. 10 6:30 - 7:30 PM Free Solar Energy Seminar Feb. 10 6:30 - 7:30 PM Friends of Plainfield Opera House Special Meeting Feb. 10 6:30 PM Websterville Fire District #3 Annual Meeting Feb. 10 7 - 9 PM Ash Wednesday Service 7 PM +19 more see less	11 Montpelier Pickleball Clinic Feb. 11 All Day Relocalizing Vermont: NOFA Winter Conference Preview Feb. 11 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: NOFA Winter Conference Preview Feb. 11 9 - 10:30 AM Free LGBTQ "Tune Up" Workshops 9:30 - 11:30 AM Methodist Church Free Community Meal 6 PM Father & Daughter Valentine Dance Feb. 11 6:30 - 8:30 PM Father & Daughter Valentine Dance Feb.11 6:30 - 8:30 PM Father & Daughter Valentine Dance Feb. 11 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	12 Free Movie: "I'll Have What She's Having" Feb. 12 All Day Join GMFF at Name That Movie! Feb. 12 All Day "I'll Have What She's Having!" Feb. 12 All Day “I Love East Montpelier Day!” Feb. 12 All Day Celebrate Valentine's Day All Weekend at NECI on Main! 5:30 PM (multiday) Naturalist Journey's Slide Show & Lecture Series Feb. 12 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	13 "Musical of Musicals: The Musical!" All Day Valentine's Day Dinner / Dance All Day UPP Hosts Silent & Live Auction Feb. 13 All Day Kids Trade and Play All Day MHS Jazz Band at Memory Cafe on Feb. 13 All Day Empty Bowl Event at Mud Studio in Middlesex Feb. 13 All Day Middlesex MUD Clay Studio Fundraiser for VT Foodbank All Day Car Raffle and Homemade Spaghetti and Meatball Supper All Day Not Your Mom's Musical Theater: Musical of Musicals: the Musical! All Day MHS Jazz Band at Memory Cafe Feb. 13 All Day Open House - Barre Town Fire Dept., South Barre Station Feb. 13 All Day Only a Few Spaces Left! Tracking the Wild Workshop Feb. 13 All Day Montpelier Memory Cafe Saturday, Feb. 13 All Day Middlesex MUD Foodbank Fundraiser Feb. 13 All Day Benefit for Vermont Foodbank at Mud Studio All Day Monthly Kids Clothing Exchange All Day Tickets Available for "Give It Upp" Auction Fundraiser All Day Pauls Trash Bag Drop & Recycling 8 AM - 12 PM Monthly Kids Clothing Exchange 9:30 - 11:30 AM Mother & Son Valentine Bowling Feb. 13 12 - 1:30 PM Mother & Son Valentine Bowling Feb. 13 12 - 1:30 PM Mother & Son Valentine Bowling Feb. 13 12 - 1:30 PM Only a Few Spaces Left! Tracking the Wild Workshop Feb. 1 1 - 4 PM Enjoy Bowl of Soup and Flowers for VT Foodbank at MUD Feb. 13 4:30 - 7 PM Valentines Day Weekend Fireworks 6 - 6:30 PM Not Your Mom's Musical Theater: Musical of Musicals: the Musical! 7:30 PM Not Your Mom's Musical Theater: Musical of Musicals: the Musical! 7:30 PM Not Your Mom's Musical Theater: Musical of Musicals: the Musical! 7:30 PM Vermont's Funniest Comedian at Barre Opera House! 8 - 10 PM +25 more see less
14 Triple Bill Music Duos at Resource Barre's Flying Stage Feb. 14 All Day Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra Concert Feb. 14 All Day Triple Bill Valentine's Day Duos at Flying Stage All Day Northfield Farmers Market Date Change: Feb. 14 All Day Triple Bill Music Duos @ Resource Barre's Flying Stage All Day Self Defense Sundays at the Plainfield Co-Op! 10 - 11 AM Vermont Philharmonic Family Concert Feb. 14 2 - 4 PM Central VT SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) Meeting Feb. 14 2:30 - 5:30 PM Feb. 14 - Celebrate the Tibetan New Year at Pema Osel 3:30 PM Celebrate Valentine's Day @ the Joslyn House! 5 - 8 PM Valentine's Day Dinner! 6 - 9 PM +7 more see less	15 Poetry Sharing at Adamant Co-Op Feb. 15 All Day Learn About the Current VT Legislative Session All Day Feb. 15 Legislative Breakfast at VTC All Day	16 PACEM School Open House Feb. 16 All Day PACEM School Open House Feb. 16 All Day Open House at Pacem School Feb. 16 All Day Selectboard Meeting - Stranahan Memorial Town Forest Feb. 16 All Day LNA Courses at Central Vermont Career Center 1 - 6 PM Pizza and Spanish with Se Habla Español Vermont! 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	17 Special City Council Meetings Feb. 17-18 - Jiffy Mart Appeal (multiday) OLLI Program: SAM VT: Smart Approaches to Marijuana Feb. 17 All Day Who's There Film Series at the Jaquith All Day OLLI Presentation Feb. 17 All Day Bysa Wrestling Sign-Ups All Day OLLI (Osher) Program Feb. 17 1:30 - 3 PM Community Conversations on Inequality 6 PM +3 more see less	18 Carbon Tax Forum - Effects on Working Families Feb. 18 All Day Soup & Sandwich Feb. 18 All Day One Night Only "Open to All" Contact Improv Intro Class All Day Natural Marshfield and the Jaquith Present: Citizen Science All Day Pre-Town Meeting Feb. 18 All Day Spice on Snow Fest Feb. 18-21 All Day Open House: Lake Champlain Waldorf High School Feb. 18 8:30 - 10 AM Third Thursday: Sharing 70s Project Results 12 - 1 PM Free Tax Preparation Begins Feb. 18 5 - 7 PM Spice on Snow Winter Music Festival! Feb. 18 5 PM (multiday) Spice on Snow Winter Music Festival! Feb. 18 5 PM (multiday) Spice on Snow Winter Music Festival! Feb. 18 5 PM (multiday) Carbon Pollution Tax Forum Feb. 18 6 - 8 PM +9 more see less	19 Sara Grace and Andy Suits at Whammy Bar! Feb. 19 All Day Annual Randolph Market Meeting All Day No Eminent Domain for Corporate Gain - Please Join Us Friday! Feb 19 8:30 AM Bill McKibben Testimony at State House Friday Feb. 19 1 - 4:30 PM Delectable Food, Delightful Company, and Deserved Recognition 6 - 8:30 PM Music at Bagitos Cafe This Weekend Feb. 19-21 6 PM (multiday) Boredom Busters Jr. Jazzercise Feb. 19 6:30 - 7:30 PM Comic Relief - Benefit for COTS Feb. 19 8 - 10 PM Last Performance: Michelle J Rodriguez Feb. 19 10 - 11:30 PM +5 more see less	20 Teen Wild Winter Camping Experience (multiday) Capital City Indoor Farmers Market Feb. 20 All Day Talk on Botanical Trip to WA State and Vancouver Island Feb. 20 All Day Illustrated Talk: Botanical Trip to WA State with Don Avery Feb. 20 All Day Spiritual Storytelling at Old Meeting House Feb. 20 All Day Capital City Farmers' Market Feb. 20 All Day Feb. 20 Talk: Paleoindians and the Champlain Sea All Day Spiritual Storytelling at Old Meeting House Feb. 20 All Day Spiritual Storytelling at Old Meeting House Feb. 20 All Day Contradance Feb. 20 All Day Town of Barre Citizen Budget Tour Feb. 20 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM Local Chi Running Clinic Feb. 20 8:45 AM - 1:45 PM Questions about Veterans Benefits? 10 AM - 2 PM Cartooning Class at Studio Place Arts 10 AM - 3:30 PM Teen Wild Winter Camping Experience 10 AM (multiday) Cleaning Person or Service Wanted 12 PM This Weekend's Events at American Legion 1 - 11 PM Hair-A-Thon to Benefit Spaulding Project Graduation Feb. 20 1:30 - 5 PM Quarterfinal Round for Division 2 Championship Feb. 20 2:30 PM Berlin Residents—Come and Enjoy Dancing at the Grange Hall on Saturday 8 - 11 PM +16 more see less
21 Spoon Carving Workshop Feb. 21 - 2 Spaces Left All Day Berlin Mall Wedding Expo Sunday 12 - 3 PM Barre Figure Skating Club Year End Show: Road Trip Feb. 21 6 - 7:30 PM Community Singalong Feb. 21 6 - 8 PM	22 Water / Wastewater Meeting Announcement and Agenda Feb. 22 All Day Town Meeting Informational Meeting Date All Day Join Friends and Neighbors for Climate Discussion 7 - 8 PM	23 Randolph Dream Group Meets Tuesday 6 - 8 PM Se Habla Español Vermont at Bagitos 6 PM The State of Marriage: Film Screening and Discussion 6:30 - 9 PM School Budget Meeting Feb. 23 6:30 - 9 PM	24 Song Circle Feb. 24 All Day Early Childhood Literacy Event All Day OLLI Lecture: Nick Neddo "Making Art from Nature" Feb. 24 All Day Zero Energy for Your Home: Fantasy or Reality? Feb. 24 All Day Wednesday Night Dinner and Music! All Day Workshop on Zero Energy for Your Home Feb. 24 All Day Benefits of Plainfield's Designated Village Center Feb. 24 1 - 2 PM This Week's OLLI Program Feb. 24 1:30 - 3 PM Wed. at the Library-Zero Energy for Your Home: Fantasy or Reality? 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	25 Blood Drive - Critical Need! Feb. 25 All Day Introduction to Bee Keeping Feb. 25 All Day Town Meeting Forum Meeting All Day Talk: An Introduction to Bee Keeping Feb. 25 All Day Classic Films of 1950s with Rick Winston Feb. 25 All Day The Great Chicken Debate All Day Introduction to Bee Keeping Feb. 25 All Day Introduction to Bee Keeping Feb. 25 All Day Relocalizing Vermont: Restrict Chickens in Barre? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Restrict Chickens in Barre? 9 - 10:30 AM Workshop and Concert with Pei Trad Band Ten Strings and a Goat Skin! Feb. 25 5 PM (multiday) Workshop and Concert with Pei Trad Band Ten Strings and a Goat Skin! Feb. 25 5 PM (multiday) Workshop and Concert with Pei Trad Band Ten Strings and a Goat Skin! Feb. 25 5 PM (multiday) Workshop and Concert with Pei Trad Band Ten Strings and a Goat Skin! Feb. 25 5 PM (multiday) Water Scarcity Lecture at Norwich University Feb. 25 7 - 8 PM +11 more see less	26 Naturalist Journey's Lecture Series Feb. 26 All Day Exploring Trails of United Kingdom Feb. 26 All Day Meet Selectboard Candidate Camden Walters 3:30 - 5 PM Nature Program Hosted by North Branch Nature Center 7 - 8:30 PM	27 Annual Chicken B-B-Q Ride-In All Day School and Town Forum Feb. 27! All Day Cribbage Tournament All Day Class on Tea Ceremonies Feb. 27 All Day $50 Lenny's Gift Certificate Door Prize at Open House All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Open House Feb. 27 All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Open House Feb. 27 All Day Downsizing Meeting Feb. 27 All Day Meet Selectboard Candidate Camden Walters 9:30 - 11 AM Town Forest Logging Workshop Feb. 27 10 AM - 12:30 PM "Downsizing" Meeting on Saturday Morning 10:30 AM - 12 PM Central Vt Seed Swap 11 AM - 2 PM Free Showing of the Movie "Woodlawn"! 1 - 3 PM Trow Hill Playground Design Day 1 - 3 PM Pinecone Wreath Workshop with Joann Darling 1 - 4 PM Family Constellation: Restoring the Order of Love with Jan Sandman 1 - 5 PM Part 2 of Vermont Movie at Roxbury Free Library 2 - 4 PM +13 more see less
28 Randolph Community Solar Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM	29 This Changes Everything - Free Screening and Discussion Feb. 29 All Day This Changes Everything: Free Public Viewing at Goddard Feb. 29 All Day	1 EMES ECO Pie Auction Mar. 1 All Day Town Meeting & Presidential Primary All Day Town Meeting Day Tuesday, March 1 All Day March 1 Town Meeting Potluck Lunch 9 AM - 1:30 PM Girl Scout Cookies for Sale 4 - 5:30 PM +1 more see less	2 Dr. Robert Hamill, M.D., on Brain Research All Day OLLI Presentation All Day Meditation Open House March 2 All Day Singer/Songwriter Rick Redington Returns to Three Bean Cafe All Day Next OLLI Program March 2 1:30 - 3 PM Stretch and Sip - Yoga and Wine 6 - 7 PM How to Ask for What You Want by Cecile Green March 2 6:30 - 7:30 PM Building and Restoring Stone Walls 6:30 PM Readers Group Book In 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	3 Community Waste Management Project Discussion All Day Summit School Classes Start Next Week! All Day Summit School Spring Classes Registration Open! All Day Summit School Spring Classes Registration Open! All Day Relocalizing VT March 4: Can Progressive 3rd Parties Gain Power? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT March 4: Can Progressive 3rd Parties Gain Power? 9 - 10:30 AM Cooling the Earth, One Bucket at a Time 11:30 AM - 2 PM Down Home Thursday's with Boffa 3 - 5 PM Summit School Classes Start Next Week! 6:30 PM +5 more see less	4 Friday Night Grill at the American Legion All Day Celebrate Vermont's 225th Birthday! All Day Sip Coffee and Make a Difference! 5 - 6:30 PM Happy Birthday Vermont! 5 - 8 PM Happy Birthday Vermont! March 4 5 - 8 PM Enlightening Conference: How Boys Become Men Mar.4 7 PM (multiday) U-32 Play "Baggage" 7 PM Free! Doo-Wop Dance Party! 7:30 - 10:30 PM EagleMania at Chandler Performing Arts! 7:30 PM EagleMania at Chandler Performing Arts! 7:30 PM EagleMania at Chandler Performing Arts! 7:30 PM EagleMania at Chandler Performing Arts! 7:30 PM +8 more see less	5 The Whiffenpoofs of Yale March 5 & 6 (multiday) Residential Energy Conservation Discussion All Day Central Vermont Humane Society Open House and Kitten Shower All Day Hot Comedy on a Cold Night Mar. 5 All Day Spring Fling Music Fest All Day Poetry Workshop March 5 All Day Library Winter Banquet Tickets Now on Sale All Day Library Winter Banquet Tickets Now on Sale All Day Free Movie Night: Captive March 5 All Day Navigating Life's Seasons: Women in Transition All Day Capital City Concerts Presents the Whiffenpoofs All Day Spring Music Fest with Radio Flyer & Rehab Roadhouse March 5 All Day PRE-K Parent Forum March 5 All Day Open House and Kitten Shower All Day Sip 'n Paint at Brown Public Library Mar. 5 All Day Mardi Gras Event to Benefit Vermont Foodbank All Day Monthly Teaching Series: Wisdom from the Elders 1 - 5 PM Overwhelmed? Be Uplifted and Unshakable: Workshop with Hannah Dubé Mar. 5 3 - 5:30 PM Capital City Concerts March 5 & 6 3 PM (multiday) Best Ways to Conserve Energy at Your House 5:30 - 6:30 PM Residential Energy Conservation 5:30 - 7 PM Stage 32 Presents 'Baggage' 7 - 7 PM Mayfly and Heidi Wilson Perform at Plainfield Town Hall! Mar. 5 7 - 8:30 PM Mayfly and Heidi Wilson Concert at Plainfield Town Hall! Mar. 5 7 - 8:30 PM Mayfly and Heidi Wilson Perform at Plainfield Town Hall! Mar. 5 7 - 8:30 PM Mayfly and Heidi Wilson Concert at Plainfield Town Hall! Mar. 5 7 - 8:30 PM March Music Series at Plainfield Opera House 7 - 8:30 PM Great Music at the Opera House Saturday Night 7 - 8:30 PM Comedy Fundraiser for People's Health and Wellness March 5 7 PM Madaila/The Limes (Concert/Pizza/Ciderflight Deal) 7:30 - 10:30 PM Kamikaze Comedy Invades Central VT! 8 - 9:30 PM Hot Comedy on Cold Night Mar. 5 8 - 10 PM Improvisational Comedy 8 PM +29 more see less