Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2023

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29 Lake Iroquois Ice-Out Challenge 12 AM (multiday) Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Sunday Morning Worship at Richmond Congregational 10 AM +1 more see less	30 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) BCA Dementia-Friendly Art Class 10 AM - 12 PM Irish Dance Classes in Montpelier Begin Jan. 9 5 - 8 PM Andrews Community Forest Committee Regular Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Re: Jericho Residents to Vote on Food Resiliency March 7 6 - 7:30 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Jan. 30 6:30 - 9:30 PM Jericho Town Republican Committee Meeting 7 - 8 PM Correction: Next Jericho Town Republican Meeting 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	31 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Jaunt to Taylor Lodge 10 AM - 1:30 PM Looking for Blood Donors (Enter to Win Trip!) 10 AM - 3 PM South Burlington Library Poetry Group 11 AM - 12 PM Tree Talk Tuesdays: Hemlock and Red Maple 12 - 12:30 PM Little Caesars Pick Up Information 2 - 6 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Mystery Book Club 7 - 8 PM Come & Sing with South Burlington Community Chorus 7 - 9 PM Amateur Musicians Orchestra Free Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	1 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Williston Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 AM Mid-Week Wellness Workshops 9 - 10 AM Knitting Circle 10 AM City Council Special Meeting 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Selectboard Agenda Feb. 1 6 PM Williston Community Food Shelf Annual Meeting 6:30 - 7 PM Planning Commission 7 - 9 PM South Burlington School Board Meeting 7 - 10 PM +5 more see less	2 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) We're ALZ in This Together: Destigmatizing Dementia 8 AM - 1 PM Essex Art League February Meeting 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Invites You 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Meeting Feb. 2 9 - 11 AM Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM Rotary Speaker: Ashley Couture, SLP 11:45 AM - 1 PM Noontime Community Solar Virtual Info Session 12 - 12 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 12 - 1 PM Travelogue to Iceland 1:30 - 2:45 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6 - 7:30 PM Divorce and Uncoupling Therapeutic Support Group 6 - 8 PM Town Center and Library Committee Meeting 6:30 PM +9 more see less	3 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Alzheimer's Association New England Family Conference 9:30 AM (multiday) The Londons 11 AM 2023 Virtual Alzheimer's Advocacy Lunch 12 - 1 PM Lego Club [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Fried Chicken Dinner Take Out 4 - 5 PM Irish Dance Classes in Montpelier Begin Jan. 9 5 - 8 PM +3 more see less	4 Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser - Feb. 4 All Day Hand Only CPR Certification 9 AM - 12 PM Hands Only CPR 9 AM - 12 PM "Office Hours" w/Representative Nugent 10 - 11:30 AM Gardens of England on Zoom 10 AM - 12 PM Sissinghurst Castle in Kent and Gravetye Manor 10 AM - 12 PM Gardens of England 10 AM - 12 PM Gardens of England 10 AM - 12 PM 2023 Penguin Plunge 10 AM - 2 PM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM National Girls and Women in Sports Day - UVM 12 - 2 PM Going Out of Business Garage Sale: The Restock Shop 12 PM (multiday) PreK-8th-Open House at Vermont Day School 3 PM French Canadian Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM French Canadian Take Out Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 - 9 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM +14 more see less
5 Fl!P Your K!Tchen® Sessions - Virtual Cooking Classes 10 AM - 12 PM Sunday Morning Worship at Richmond Congregational 10 AM Yoga & a Pint at Goodwater Brewery 11 AM - 12 PM Legislative Update & the First Constituent Coffee 1 PM Sunday Concert Series: Rik Palieri 2 - 3:45 PM Gua Sha Massage Workshop at the Library 2 PM Community Concerts at First Presents Paul Asbell 3 - 5 PM +3 more see less	6 BCA Dementia-Friendly Art Class 10 AM - 12 PM After School Art Classes for Adults 3:45 - 5 PM Educational Travel Meeting for High School Students 5 - 6:30 PM Birch & Berry Inn to Host an Educational Travel Mtg 5 - 7:30 PM Irish Dance Classes in Montpelier Begin Jan. 9 5 - 8 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 6 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 PM +4 more see less	7 AARP Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Preparation Service 9 AM - 1 PM South Burlington Progressive Town Caucus 5:30 - 6:40 PM Richmond Gateway Corridor SC Meeting 6 - 7 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild (CVQG) Online Lecture 6:30 - 8:30 PM Quilt News 6:30 - 9 PM EWSD Board/Budget Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM HU Chant: The Sound of Soul 7 - 8 PM Invitation to Asylum Seekers Support Meeting Feb. 7 7 - 8 PM Invite to Asylum Seekers Support Meeting 7 - 8 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Zoom Lecture on Feb. 7 7 - 8:30 PM Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Quilt Speaker 7 - 9 PM Hinesburg Development Review Board Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting Feb. 7 7 - 10 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +12 more see less	8 Rotary District 7850 High School Speech Contest 7:30 - 8:30 AM Chapter Meeting of Embroiderer's Guild of America 9:30 AM - 1 PM Movie Afternoon for Youth [Ages 8+] 1 - 3 PM Winter Finches and Irruptions 2 - 3 PM New Lions Club Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Williston Energy Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Public Hearing on FY24 Budget & City Council Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Hinesburg Planning Commission Meeting 7 PM DRB Meeting Feb. 8 7 PM +7 more see less	9 Advertising and News Deadline for the Hinesburg Record 12 AM - 12 PM Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM Join Us for Rotary Speaker: Tim Ashe 12 - 1 PM Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley 1:30 - 2:30 PM Animation Club [Ages 8+] 3 - 5 PM Northlands Job Corps Info Session at Essex CHIPS 5:30 - 6:30 PM Catamount Community Forest Committee Mtg 5:30 - 7 PM Wild West Relay for Life of Chittenden Co. Kick Off 6 - 7 PM Fly Tying Demonstration with Jamie Eisenberg 6 - 7:30 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6 - 7:30 PM Divorce and Uncoupling Therapeutic Support Group 6 - 8 PM City Plan 2024 - Northwest Neighborhoods Conversation 7 - 8:30 PM Sustainable Williston Social 7 PM Town Forest Committee Meeting 7 PM Housing Committee Meeting 7:30 - 9 PM +11 more see less	10 AARP Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Preparation Service 9 AM - 1 PM The Londons 11 AM NAMIWalks Vermont Kickoff Luncheon 12 - 2 PM NAMIWalks Vermont Kickoff Luncheon 12 - 2 PM NAMIWalks Vermont Kickoff Luncheon - Feb. 10 12 - 2 PM February Essex Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Irish Dance Classes in Montpelier Begin Jan. 9 5 - 8 PM Cochran's and Maple Wind Farm Community Dinner 5:30 - 8 PM Blue Spruce Grange Legislative Night 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	11 Book Sale Saturday! 9 AM - 12 PM Community Conversation with State Rep. Jana Brown 10 - 11 AM Blood Drive in Memory of Addi Carroll 10 AM - 4 PM VYOA Presents a Rug Concert! 11 AM - 12 PM Valentine Photo Op (Free) on The Jericho Green 11 AM - 12 PM Paulina's Sweets Cookie Decorating Class 11 AM - 4 PM VYOA Presents a Rug Concert Feb. 11! 11 AM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 350VT's March & Rally for Climate & Energy Justice 1 - 3 PM March & Rally for Climate & Energy Justice 1 - 3 PM 350VT's March & Rally for Climate & Energy Justice 1 - 3 PM 350VT's Festive March & Rally for Climate Justice 1 - 3 PM SBRP Valentines Dance 6 - 8 PM +9 more see less
12 Sunday Service at Mt. Mansfield U U Fellowship 9:30 AM Jerihill Bargain Bin 10 AM - 3 PM Sunday Morning Worship at Richmond Congregational 10 AM "Love Your Library" Open House at RFL 1 - 4 PM Empowering the Joyful Maiden Workshop Feb. 12 3 - 5:30 PM Free Introduction to the Enneagram 3:30 - 5 PM +2 more see less	13 BCA Dementia-Friendly Art Class 10 AM - 12 PM Baby Time [Birth to PreK] 10:30 AM Irish Dance Classes in Montpelier Begin Jan. 9 5 - 8 PM Economic Development Meet 5:30 - 6:30 PM Heavenly Cents Food Pantry Feb. 13, 5:30-7:30 5:30 PM Parking Advisory Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM Essex Junction Democrats Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM MMUUSD Board Meeting Feb. 13 6:30 - 8:30 PM Community Conversation: Recreation and Culture 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	14 SBHS Valentine's Day Blood Drive 8:30 AM - 2 PM AARP Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Preparation Service 9 AM - 1 PM South Burlington Library Poetry Group 11 AM - 12 PM Hope for Neuropathy Sufferers 11 AM - 12 PM Valentines Stem [Ages 8+] 3 - 4 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Hinesburg Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM DRML Book Lovers: the Mountains Sing 7 PM Williston Development Review Board Meeting 7 PM Richmond Conservation Commission 7:30 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	15 Williston Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 AM Nestlings Explore Winter: to Sleep or Not to Sleep 10:30 AM - 12 PM Love Puzzle Swap at South Burlington Public Library 2:30 - 5 PM Minecraft Social [Ages 8+] 3:30 - 5 PM Mah Jongg 6:30 - 8:30 PM Make Black History Month Year-Long Learning! 7 - 8 PM Planning Commission (Agenda Updated) 7 - 9 PM The Voices of Hispanic Vermonters 7 PM +4 more see less	16 The Annual Global Roots Film Festival (multiday) The Annual Global Roots Film Festival Feb. 16-19 All Day Travelogue: Southeast Asia 1:30 - 2:45 AM Forum for Candidates to City Council and School Board 5 - 9 AM Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM Lunchtime Rotary Speaker: Bill Skiff 11:45 AM - 1 PM Elderberry Syrup & Purple Cloud Workshop 12 - 2 PM Frost Beer Works 8th Anniversary Taproom Celebration 12 PM (multiday) Free Webinar: Local Business Website Marketing 4 - 5 PM Senate Update: Housing & Homelessness 5 PM SCORE Webinar: Business Tax Planning Tips 5:30 - 7 PM SCORE Webinar: Business Tax Planning Tips 5:30 - 7 PM SCORE Webinar: Business Tax Planning Tips 5:30 PM Constituent Meeting with Reps. Graning and Squirrell 6 - 7 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6 - 7:30 PM Knife and Tool Sharpening at Access CVU 6 - 7:30 PM Divorce and Uncoupling Therapeutic Support Group 6 - 8 PM Legislative Update 6 PM Essex Junction DRB Hearing Feb. 16 6:30 - 9:30 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Town Center and Library Committee 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM CityPlan 2024 - Join the Conversation! 7 - 8:30 PM The Board of Trustees 7 PM +20 more see less	17 The Great Backyard Bird Count (multiday) Join the Count: Good for You, Good for Birds (multiday) The Annual Global Roots Film Festival Feb. 16-19 All Day AARP Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Preparation Service 9 AM - 1 PM The Londons 11 AM Lego Club [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Irish Dance Classes in Montpelier Begin Jan. 9 5 - 8 PM +3 more see less	18 The Annual Global Roots Film Festival Feb. 16-19 All Day Let's Paint a Mariner's Compass 8:30 AM - 4 PM Essex Jericho Underhill Food Shelf 9 - 10:30 AM WCS Bottle Drive ~ NYC Fundraiser 9 AM - 12 PM Meet with Your District 12 Representative 10 - 11 AM Monthly Market and Chicken Cutting Workshop! 10 AM - 2 PM Expanded on Farm Market at Maple Wind Farm 10 AM - 2 PM Birds of VT Museum Open for Great Backyard Bird Count 10 AM - 3 PM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Community Luncheon 12 - 2 PM Free Online Live Cooking Demo 1 - 2:30 PM Depolarizing Within Library Workshop 1 - 4:30 PM What's Non-Citizen Voting? 2 - 3:20 PM What's Non-Citizen Voting? 2 - 3:30 PM Cook & Dine: Beef Rendang with Nasi Lemak 3:45 - 8:15 PM Williston Girl Scout Troop Cookie Booth 4 - 7 PM Meet and Greet for Selectboard Candidate Lisa Miller 4 PM Cook & Dine: Beef Rendang with Nasi Lemak 4:45 - 8:15 PM Dr. King and the Beloved Community, a Presentation 5 - 7:30 PM Essex Has Talent Show 6 - 8 PM Movie Night for Adults 7 PM MIT Concert Band 7:30 - 9 PM +18 more see less
19 The Annual Global Roots Film Festival Feb. 16-19 All Day Slow Birding with Bridget Butler 10 AM - 12:30 PM Sunday Morning Worship at Richmond Congregational 10 AM Maple Tree Tapping Demonstration This Sunday at Noon! 12 - 1 PM The Sap is Running! Maple Tapping Jericho Center Green 12 - 1 PM People Helping People Global's Valentine Brunch! 12 - 2 PM People Helping People Global's Valentine Brunch! 12 - 2 PM Free (Sunday Afternoon) Phone-In Legal Clinic 12 - 3 PM Girl Scout Cookie Booth at the Mall! 1:30 - 4:30 PM Ethan Allen Homestead February Talk 2 - 3 PM +6 more see less	20 BCA Dementia-Friendly Art Class 10 AM - 12 PM Baby Time [Birth to PreK] 10:30 AM Irish Dance Classes in Montpelier Begin Jan. 9 5 - 8 PM A Food Hub in Jericho... What If? Part 2 6 - 7:30 PM Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM Jericho Energy Task Force Meeting 7 PM +2 more see less	21 Burlington Technical Center Informational Sessions (multiday) AARP Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Preparation Service 9 AM - 1 PM Marbled Paper Craft [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Burlington Technical Center Informational Sessions 5 PM (multiday) Special Transportation Committee Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 5:30 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Minding Your Mind (Class) 6 - 7:30 PM EWSD Board Budget Meeting 6:15 - 9 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Feb. 21 6:30 PM Wildflowers in Winter 7 - 8 PM Winter Wildflower Webinar Feb. 21 7 - 8 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul, Feb 21 @7:00pm (On Zoom) 7 - 8 PM Meeting About Jericho Corners to Riverside - Walk / Bike 7 - 9 PM Hinesburg Development Review Board Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 PM Williston Planning Commission Meeting 7 PM +13 more see less	22 Ethan Allen Firing Range Public Tour 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Ash Wednesday at Richmond Congregational 9:15 AM - 6:30 PM Climate Action Book Discussion - More Copies at Library 4 - 6 PM The EWSD Wants to Hear from You! 6 - 8 PM Public Hearing on FY24 Budget & City Council Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Arts for Asylum Seekers - Informational Meeting 7 - 8 PM How to Begin Your College Search - Free Presentation 7 - 8 PM JETF Presents Kiss the Ground at DRML 7 - 8:30 PM Hinesburg Affordable Housing Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM Jericho Energy Task Force 7 - 9 PM American Rescue Plan Act Committee 7 PM Richmond Selectboard Candidates Forum 7 PM Arts for Asylum Seekers - Calling All Creatives 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 PM +10 more see less	23 Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM Rotary Speaker: Wood4Good's Eric Axelrod 12 - 1 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Film Club Screening at CCL 5:30 - 8 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6 - 7:30 PM Town of Essex Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM The Fabulous Woodpeckers of Vermont with Zac Cota 6:30 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	24 AARP Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Preparation Service 9 AM - 1 PM Rummage Sale This Weekend! 9 AM (multiday) Coffee Chat with Essex Selectboard, Town Meeting Topics 10 AM - 12 PM Still a Few Spots Open for Rain Barrel Workshop 10 AM - 3 PM Still a Few Spots Open for Rain Barrel Workshop 10 AM - 3 PM The Londons 11 AM EEE Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM Game Night: Now in the Afternoon! 3 - 5 PM Community Center Offers Clothes Swap 4 PM (multiday) Learn Pilates Reformer Feb. 24 4 PM St Thomas Church in Underhill Baked Fish Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Irish Dance Classes in Montpelier Begin Jan. 9 5 - 8 PM +8 more see less	25 February Bird Monitoring Walk 8 - 9 AM Ham Radio Convention Ham-Con 2023 8 AM - 1 PM Clothing Swap at The CCJ Feb. 25 10 AM - 1 PM Postponed Storytime at Dorothy Alling Memorial Library 10:30 - 11 AM Organizing Family Records with Microsoft Onenote 10:30 AM - 12 PM Read to Wyatt 10:30 AM - 12 PM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Adult Craft: Bookmark Making 2:15 - 3:30 PM Great Concert at St. Mike's 7:30 - 9 PM Band Available for Booking 9 PM +6 more see less
26 Sunday Service at MMUUF 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship at Richmond Congregational 10 AM Virtual Cooking Class; Tiramisu - an Italian Favorite 4 - 6 PM Virtual Cooking Class: Tiramisu - an Italian Favorite 4 - 6 PM Virtual Cooking Class; Tiramisu - an Italian Favorite 4 - 6 PM +1 more see less	27 Legislative Forum Until 6 PM MMCTV - Richmond Free Library Workshop Feb. 27-28 (multiday) Community Conversation 7 AM BCA Dementia-Friendly Art Class 10 AM - 12 PM Andrews Community Forest Committee Regular Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Constituent Conversation with Reps. Brady and Arsenault 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	28 AARP Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Preparation Service 9 AM - 1 PM South Burlington Library Poetry Group 11 AM - 12 PM Free: Brain Club Every Tuesday! 6 - 7 PM Family Forest Carbon Program 7 - 8 PM Trivia Night in Hinesburg! 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Healing Dialogues for Couples All Day Mar. 1 Selectboard Agenda All Day Mid-Week Wellness Workshops 9 - 10 AM Paint & Create Kids Camp Vacation Days 9 AM - 12 PM Smelt Fishing Clinic 5 PM Community Conversation on Environment and Agriculture 7 - 8:30 PM Community Conversation on Environment and Agriculture 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	2 Monthly Essex Art League Meeting Invite All Day Essex Art League Invites You 9 - 11 AM Agewell Grab & Go Senior Meals 11 AM - 12 PM “Surviving Divorce” Support Group 6 - 7:30 PM Town Center and Library Committee Meeting 6:30 PM Info Meeting Arts for Asylum Call for Artists 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Info Meeting for Arts for Asylum Call for Artists 7 - 8 PM Heaven's Gates & Hell's Flames 7 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	3 AARP Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Preparation Service 9 AM - 1 PM Join Us at the Vermont Flower Show 10 AM (multiday) Take Out Fried Chicken Dinner is Back! (Monthly) 4 - 5 PM CVU Girls Basketball Championship Game Friday 7 - 9 PM Flower Show After Dark Gala to Benefit GMHFH and VNLA 7 - 10 PM Flower Show After Dark Gala to Benefit GMHFH and VNLA 7 - 10 PM Flower Show After Dark Gala to Benefit GMHFH and VNLA 7 - 10 PM +3 more see less	4 Introduction to Zen at the Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1:30 PM Introduction to Zen Workshop 9 AM - 1:30 PM Public Informational Hearing 9 AM Meet with Your District 12 Representative 10 - 11 AM Blood Drive Sponsored by Rotary 10 AM - 3 PM An Opportunity and a Promotion 10 AM - 3 PM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Play Every Town Concert Coming to Jericho 7 PM Free Piano Concert, Jericho by Play Every Town 7 PM Free Piano Concert by Play Every Town 7 PM +6 more see less