Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2023

SUNDAY SUN	MONDAY MON	TUESDAY TUE	WEDNESDAY WED	THURSDAY THU	FRIDAY FRI	SATURDAY SAT
30 Way of Council Training 5:30 PM (multiday) Bennington Cares Meeting 11:30 AM Whitingham Library - Family Bingo 2 - 4 PM Refugee Resettlement 2 PM	1 DFL Monday Afternoon Movie: Two Weeks Notice 3 - 5 PM Shaftsbury - Water Board & Select Board Meetings 5:45 - 8 PM	2 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Marlboro Senior Lunch and Garden Talk May 2 12 - 1:30 PM Shaftsbury Solar Project - Informational Open House 5 - 7 PM	3 Public Meeting: Bennington County Solid Waste Alliance 4 - 5 PM Poetry at Bennington College - Jennifer Chang 7 - 8 PM Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	4	5 Chefs at the Shire with Cactus Blossom Cantina 5 AM (multiday) (Re)birth Weekend May 5-7 12 PM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM	6 Chefs at the Shire with Cactus Blossom Cantina 5 AM (multiday) Celebrate Green Up Day This Saturday with SYP! 8:30 - 11 AM St. Michael's Episcopal Hosts Terrific Tag Sale 8:30 AM - 2 PM Fundraiser for Groundworks and Windham Co Heat Fund 8:30 AM - 2 PM Brookline Green Up Day Information 9 AM - 2 PM Morris Dancing 9:15 AM - 2 PM Mile Around Wood Garlic Mustard Eradication Event 10 AM - 12 PM Rail Trail Opening and Bike Rodeo 10 AM - 12 PM May 6th is Green Up Day! 10 AM - 12 PM Welcome Spring Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Halifax Community Meeting Pt 2: Projects & Champions! 12:30 - 2:30 PM Pollinator Pathway Presentation 2 - 3 PM Don Your Derby Best and Support SVTRC 4:30 - 7:30 PM +9 more see less
7 43rd Steve Zemianek Bennington Road Race 9 AM	8 DFL Monday Afternoon Movie: All About Steve 3 - 5 PM Select Board Meeting 4:30 - 8 PM	9 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Gentle Yoga at Halifax Community Hall 10 - 11 AM Bennington County Retired Teachers Association 12 PM Live Webinar: Understanding Separation Anxiety 12:30 - 1 PM Planning Commission - Marlboro - May Agenda 5 - 7 PM Bennington College - Cassatt String Quartet 8 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	10 Grace Cottage Public Forum May 10 5 - 6 PM Poetry at Bennington College - Roger Reeves 7 - 8 PM	11 Tai Chi Level 3 Classes 11 AM - 12 PM Newfane Senior Lunch 12 - 1 PM Newfane Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM Bennington County Beekeepers Club 7 PM	12 Estate/Garage Sale This Fri/Sat - Old Bennington 10 AM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Year One \| Seed Lab : Zine and Public Action Fairs 4:30 - 6:30 PM The Chinese Groove 5 - 6 PM Friday Night Movie at the Williamsville Hall 7:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	13 Operation Mayday 9 AM - 1 PM Spring Plant Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Train Your Bike, Tour the Town! 9 AM - 4 PM Vernal Pool Exploration 10 AM - 12 PM Vernal Pool Exploration Hogback Mountain, Marlboro 10 AM - 12 PM Artist Reception - Saxtons River Art Guild - Saturday 1 - 3 PM Bill Botzow Artist in Residence at Sage Street Mill 1 - 4 PM Special SB Meeting on Recycling at MCC 2 - 4 PM Special Select Board Meeting on Town Recycling May 13 2 - 4 PM +5 more see less
14 Mother's Day Brunch at St. Mary's in Wilmington 11:30 AM - 1 PM	15 An Evening with Leland & Gray Journey Away Students 6:30 AM Monday Afternoon Movie: Lifeboat 3 - 5 PM Select Board Meeting 5 - 7 PM	16 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Middle Grade Author Ann Braden Visits MAUMS This Week! 6 - 7 PM	17 VCIL Women's Group 11 AM - 1 PM Garlic Mustard Pulling at Y Woods 5 PM A Showing of "Our American Family" 5:30 - 7 PM Open Sanctuary at Newfane Church 5:30 - 7 PM Film Viewing and Post Discussion at Moore Free Library 5:30 - 7 PM Film Screening - Our American Family 5:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	18 CPARB Meeting 6 PM (multiday)	19 Jacksonville Community Church Rummage and Tag Sale 9 AM (multiday) Multi Family Estate & Garage Sales Old Bennington 10 AM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Gear Sale Today! 4 - 6 PM	20 Village School of NB Community-Wide Celebration 1:30 AM - 5 PM 40+ Years Clean Out Tag Sale! 9 AM Identify, Harvest and Taste Edible Invasive Plants! 9:30 AM - 11 PM Saturday's Walloomsac Walk Will Visit Norton House 10 - 11 AM Marlboro Studio School 12 - 4 PM Youth Splash Day at Lake Paran! 1 - 4 PM Bennington County Choral Society Concert 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less
21 Spring Migration Walk: Annual Tribute to Bob Engle 7:30 - 9:30 AM Spring Migration Walk - Annual Tribute to Bob Engel 7:30 - 9:30 AM Tag Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Local Authors: Archer Mayor and Castle Freeman Jr 3 - 4:30 PM	22 Select Board Meeting 4:30 - 8 PM	23 Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM 2023 Spring Afterschool Arts & Wellness Club! 3 - 5 PM	24 Life Drawing Evening 5 PM	25 Free Planned Giving Webinar Hosted by Grace Cottage 4 - 5 PM Newfane Planning Commission Meeting 6 - 7 PM Second Shot at The Pollinator Pathways Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM	26 Yard Sale Memorial Day Weekend + Monday - 1169 Grafton Road (multiday) Spring Vermont Open Studio Weekend May 27- 28 10 AM (multiday) Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Outdoor + Estate Sale - 726 Old Depot Road, Shaftsbury, VT 4 - 8 PM Townshend Farmers Market Opening! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Me N' U Indian Dinner & Community Theatre Chat 5 - 7 PM Frissons: Acoustic Solo Recital at BYTE Lounge 8 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	27 Large Tag Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Brookline Plant Sale 9 - 11 AM 3rd Annual Edie Fenton Plant and Seed Swap in Halifax 9 AM - 1 PM Halifax Vermont Historical Society Open House 9 AM - 2 PM Green Mountain Club Hike over Bald Mountain 9 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale - Fayetteville Corner 9 AM (multiday) Kindle Farm School Annual Plant Sale 10 AM (multiday) Spring Vermont Open Studio Weekend May 27- 28 10 AM (multiday) Readsboro Glassworks Open Studio, May 27 & 28 10 AM (multiday) Yard Sale - 599 Vermont Route 30 12 - 4 PM Bennington Community Café - Looking for Volunteers 1:30 - 3 PM Andy Hauty's Celebration of Life 2 PM Free Summer Shows 5 PM +9 more see less
28 Readsboro Glassworks Open Studio, May 27 & 28 10 AM (multiday) Outdoor + Estate Sale - 726 Old Depot Road, Shaftsbury, VT 12 - 4 PM	29 Pick Your Own Peonies at Tanglebloom 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	30 Select Board Meeting 8 - 8:30 AM Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Walks 8 - 10 AM Gentle Yoga Sessions - Free in West Halifax 10 - 11 AM Dover Free Library Tuesday Afternoon Movie: The Champ 3 - 5 PM Outdoor Yoga at the Robert Frost Stone House 5 - 6 PM Painting Party 6 - 7:30 PM Special Select Board Meeting 6:30 PM Green Mountain Stories-Mary Wilkins Freeman 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	31 Shaftsbury - Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM	1 Willow Artist Workshops at a Steep Discount 12 PM (multiday) Students Host Community Dialogue Night on Youth Vaping 5:30 - 6:30 PM Reserve Forestland - New Category of UVA 6 - 7:30 PM	2 Another Evening of One Act Plays (multiday) Peony Picking at Tanglebloom 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Building Community: Teen Equine Assisted Learning Group 3:30 - 5 PM Boston Red Sox... In Bennington?! 5 PM Rock River Players Offer Another Evening of One-Acts 7:30 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	3 Lions Club Tag Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Coffee Talk w/ Financial Advisor Michael Van Eyck 9 - 10 AM West Halifax Cemetery Restoration Work Party 9 AM - 1 PM Whitingham Library Plant & Seed Swap! 9 AM - 2 PM Cultivating Health and Vitality Through Qigong 10 - 11 AM South Newfane Cemetery Assn. Annual Meeting 10 - 11 AM Storytime at the Moore Free Library 10 - 11 AM Welcoming Pollinators at Whitingham Library 10 - 11:30 AM Meet the Marlboro Conservation Commission! 10 AM - 12 PM Wilmington Energy Fair June 3 12 - 3 PM Reception at Crowell Art Gallery - "Impact Color" 1 - 3 PM +7 more see less