Calendar - Front Porch Forum

August 2023

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30 Marlboro Summer Sale - Volunteer Coordinators Needed 9 AM (multiday) Marlboro Alliance Summer Sale (multiday) Goat Hangout 10 - 10:45 AM Fluid Art "Acrylic Paint Pouring" Class 1 - 3 PM Free Music at the Clark Art Institute on Sunday 3 - 5:30 PM Her Name Means Memory at Living Room Theatre is Open! 7 - 8:15 PM 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 7 - 8:30 PM Fireworks at Lake Paran 9 - 9:15 PM +4 more see less	31	1 Mothers Circle 9 - 10 AM Yoga Opportunities Hosted by Yoga with Prema, LLC 10 - 11 AM Marlboro Cares Senior Lunch 12 - 1:30 PM Campfire Tales at Lake Paran 7 - 9 PM	2 Her Name Means Memory at Living Room Theatre - 4 Shows 7 AM (multiday) VIA Aquarium: Reptiles and Friends 12 - 1 PM 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Nat'l Ice Cream Sandwich Day at The McCullough Library! 3 - 5 PM Marlboro Bike Ride (Correction) 4:30 - 6:30 PM Townshend Library Pajama Storyhour 6 - 7 PM Energy Committee Meeting - Aug. 2 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	3 Coffee Talk w/ Financial Advisor Michael Van Eyck 9 - 11 AM Free Meal Kits for Kids & Teens 3 - 6 PM Summer Food for Kids Free 3 - 6 PM The Power of Dignity - a Community Discussion 5:30 - 7 PM Power of Dignity - A Community Conversation 5:30 - 7 PM Pippin (2013 Broadway Revival) 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	4 A Yard Sale Where Everything is Free! 10 AM (multiday) Jerry "Bat Man" Schneider 1 - 2:30 PM Townshend Farmers Market and Wood Fired Pizza 4:30 - 6:30 PM Jimmy Woodward Remembrance Vinyl Party 7 - 9 PM Pippin (2013 Broadway Revival) 7:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	5 Many Items Free, Saturday Only All Day Higley Hill School 9 - 11 AM Book Donations Welcome 9 AM - 12 PM Grace Cottage's 73rd Annual Hospital Fair Day! 9 AM - 3 PM Garden Yoga - Olallie Daylily Gardens 9 AM Cultivating Health and Vitality Through Qigong 10 - 11 AM Sneak Peek - 58 Grafton Rocks! 10 AM - 4 PM Finding Balance Day Long Retreat at Village Yoga 10 AM - 4:30 PM Arrrrr! Rockin' Ron Rescheduled, at Lion's Park! 11 AM - 12 PM Halifax Fire Company Clambake 12 - 3 PM Blueberry Block Party 5 - 8 PM David Wax Museum (Duo) Return to Newfane 6 - 9 PM Pippin (2013 Broadway Revival) 7:30 - 9:30 PM +9 more see less
6 Baptism All Day Goat Hangout 10 - 10:45 AM Bennington Project Independence Mini-Golf Fun! 1 - 5 PM Her Name Means Memory at Living Room Theatre is Open! 7 - 8:15 PM 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 7 - 8:30 PM LRT "Her Name Means Memory" Sunday Time Change 7 PM +2 more see less	7 Computer Help 3 - 4 PM Shaftsbury - Water and Select Board Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Newfane Selectboard 6 - 8 PM	8 Live Webinar: Understanding Separation Anxiety 12:30 - 1 PM Marlboro Planning Commission Meeting Tonight 5 - 7 PM Townshend Library Game Night 6 PM	9 Putney Mountian Road Closure - Brookline Side 7 AM (multiday) 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Bennington Free Library All Together Now Party 2 - 4 PM	10 Coffee Talk w/ Financial Advisor Michael Van Eyck 9 - 11 AM Kids' Hiphop Workshop at Lake Paran 11 AM - 12 PM Newfane Senior Lunch Aug. 10 12 - 1 PM Summer Food for Kids Free 3 - 6 PM Free Meal Kits for Kids & Teens 3 - 6 PM Aug. 10 Webinar - Flood Resilience w/ Efficiency VT 5 - 6 PM Newfane Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM +3 more see less	11 Jimmy Woodward Remembrance Vinyl Parties 12 - 12 PM See the 1888 Shaftsbury Signature Quilt 12 - 4 PM Joyce Maynard at a Literary Cocktail Hour 5 - 6 PM Jimmy Woodward Remembrance Party/VT Flood Relief Benefit 7 - 9 PM Jason Anderson Concert at S Newfance Schoolhouse 8 PM +1 more see less	12 Battle Day 5k Road Race & Kid's Fun Run 7:30 - 9:30 AM Garden Yoga - Olallie Daylily Gardens 9 AM Cultivating Health and Vitality Through Qigong 10 - 11 AM Open Studio 10 AM - 5 PM 5th Annual Downtown Bennington Food Truck Festival 11 AM - 7 PM Moodus Fife and Drum Concert 12 - 2:30 PM Stream Exh. Aug 12 - 13 12 PM (multiday) Encyclopedia Botanica Workshop 1 - 4 PM Harvest Music Fest 3 - 8 PM Artist Reception at The MFL for Leonard Ragouzeos 4 - 6 PM Italian Night Lasagna Dinner at Newfane Church 6 - 7:30 PM Benefit Concert for Loaves & Fishes Saturday/Guilford 6:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less
13 Halifax Whitneyville Cemetery 9 AM - 12 PM Goat Hangout 10 - 10:45 AM Vermont Summer Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Appreciation Celebration 12 - 3 PM Free Music Outdoors in Williamstown Aug. 13 5 - 6:30 PM 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	14 💚 Shaftsbury Residents - We Need Your Input! All Day Putney Mountain Road Closure - Brookline Side 7 AM - 5 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	15 Summer Reading Challenge Wrap Party 12 - 1 PM Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Aug. 15 4 - 5 PM	16 1888 Shaftsbury Signature Quilt Exhibit 12 - 4 PM 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Open Sanctuary at Newfane Church 5:30 - 7 PM	17 Shaftsbury Historical Society Event Rescheduled All Day Coffee Talk w/ Financial Advisor Michael Van Eyck 9 - 11 AM ”Why Does My Dog Do That?!,” an Online Event 12:30 PM Free Meal Kits for Kids & Teens 3 - 6 PM Summer Food for Kids Free 3 - 6 PM 1st Annual Garage Gallery Open Studio 4 - 8 PM Community Policing Advisory Review Board 6 - 8 PM Marlboro School Board Aug. Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	18 Raptors: Inspiring Conservation, MFL 1 - 2 PM 1st Annual Garage Gallery Open Studio 4 - 8 PM Jimmy Woodward Remembrance Vinyl Party/Flood Relief 7 - 9 PM	19 Remote Area Medical (RAM) is Coming to Bennington! 6 AM (multiday) Historical Hike in Marlboro - Goodspeed Cellar Hole 8:30 - 11:30 AM Garden Yoga - Olallie Daylily Gardens 9 AM Walloomsac Walk in Bennington This Saturday 10 - 11 AM Book Reading / Signing at Second Chance Animal Center 11 AM - 12 PM Re-Sale Pop Up Shop! 11 AM (multiday) Halifriends Music Festival 12 PM (multiday) Progressive Ladies of the Gilded Age 2 - 3:30 PM Sonic Circus Music Festival 2 - 11:55 PM Auto Bio Comics Workshop - Bennington Free Library 2:30 - 3:30 PM 1st Annual Garage Gallery Open Studio 4 - 8 PM Village Stroll 5 - 7 PM +8 more see less
20 Goat Hangout 10 - 10:45 AM Headstone Cleaning and Meaning Workshop 1 - 2:30 PM Bossa Nova Brazillian Music, Sunday! Outdoor Concert 4 - 6 PM Free Outdoor Show at the Clark! 5 - 6:30 PM 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	21 💚 Shaftsbury Residents - We Need Your Input! All Day Climate Change Discussion with Bennington Democrats! 6 - 7 PM	22 A Free Performance from Writers for Recovery 7 - 8:30 PM	23 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Grace Cottage New Clinic Presentation in Newfane 5 - 6 PM	24 Breakfast on Thurs. / Movie on Fri. at the Hall 8 AM (multiday) Coffee Talk w/ Financial Advisor Michael Van Eyck 9 - 11 AM	25 Fuddy Mears (multiday) Annual Pot-Luck and Jail Tales 5:30 PM	26 Green Mountain Club Trails/Shelters Maintenance 8 AM - 4 PM Tag-Less Sale Aug. 26 9 AM - 1 PM Garden Yoga - Olallie Daylily Gardens 9 AM Help Us Clean Up Our Rescue After the Floods! 10 AM - 4 PM Sat. Aug 26: Queer Arts Festival! Plainfield 10 AM - 5 PM What Makes an “Old” Forest? Sat Aug. 26 at Molly Stark 10:30 AM What Makes an “Old” Forest? Aug. 26 at Molly Stark 10:30 AM Icecream Social at Lake Paran 12 - 1 PM Bees Besieged: a Vermont Humanities Council Talk 6 - 7 PM +5 more see less
27 Goat Hangout 10 - 10:45 AM Town Hill Park Work Bee 11 AM - 1 PM Atelier: an Exhibit of Contemporary Classical Realism 1 - 6 PM 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 7 - 8:30 PM	28 💚 Shaftsbury Residents - We Need Your Input! All Day Halifax Cemetery Work Day at Whitneyville Aug. 28 9 AM - 12:30 PM Plein Air Paint and Sip at Prospect Coffee House 5:30 - 7:30 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM	29 Coggins Classic Golf Tournament to Benefit BCCAC 10 AM - 5 PM	30 'The Power of Presence' Practice Group 1 - 2 PM Fireside Playreading Series 7 - 10 PM	31 Coffee Talk w/ Financial Advisor Michael Van Eyck 9 - 11 AM From Logs to Lumber - Cersosimo Mill Tour This Thurs 5:30 - 6:30 PM From Logs to Lumber - Cersosimo Mill Tour This Thurs 5:30 - 6:30 PM Memorial Event - All Are Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 PM Live Music at Pangaea Restaurant 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Holiday Pop-Up Shop, Whitingham 9 AM - 5 PM Bard Owl in West Townshend Friday 5 - 7:30 PM Brattleboro Conscious Dance After Gallery Walk Tonight 9 - 11:30 PM	2 Holiday Pop-Up Shop, Whitingham 9 AM - 5 PM Join GMP Events, Learn How to Save Using EVs, More! 11 AM - 2 PM