Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2024

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28 Morning Pick-Up Basketball 6 AM (multiday) Brattleboro Conscious Dance 12 - 2 PM Paint Pouring Class 1 - 3 PM Managing Invasive Plants, Hands-On Event - Arlington 2 - 3 PM Whitingham Library - Family Bingo! 2 PM Choral Society to Perform Works by Gabriel Fauré 3 - 5 PM Palestine Film Series at Latchis 4 - 6 PM +3 more see less	29 Join Us at the 2024 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit! (multiday) 2024 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit – Join Us! (multiday) Whitingham Library - Free Yoga Class 6 - 7 PM	30 Social Capital Gathering 10:30 - 11 AM Select Board Meeting 4 - 4:15 PM Workshop at the MFL: Managing Soil Health in the Garden 5 - 6:30 PM	1 Re: Join the Adventure with RPGs 12 - 12 PM Southshire Community School Open House - May 1! 6 - 7:30 PM Bennington Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Whitingham Library - Story Hour 11 AM - 12 PM	3 Educators Kelly Gallagher Conference in Vermont 8 AM - 3 PM Holiday Pop-Up Shop 9 AM - 5 PM Join in the Fun at Brookline Meeting House! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Come Fix, Tinker, and Explore! 2 - 5 PM Wood Fired Pizza at the West Townshend Country Store 5 - 7 PM Weekly Me N' U Meals Are Back 6 - 8 PM Bread and the Evolution of Consciousness 7 PM (multiday) Soggy Po' Boys Concert 7 PM Rock Voices Spring Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM +5 more see less	4 In Paradisum, a Concert of Music by Gabriel Faure (multiday) Faure Requiem (multiday) Green Up Day - Newfane 7 AM - 8 PM Green-Up Event, May 4 8 AM - 1:30 PM Fantastic, Terrific Tag Sale May 4 8:30 AM - 2 PM Jacksonville/Whitingham Green Up Day 9 AM - 1 PM Holiday Pop-Up Shop 9 AM - 5 PM Bennington Bike Path Green Up - Need Volunteers 9 AM Green Up Day at Lake Paran! 10 AM - 2 PM Welcome Spring Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Green Up Day 10 AM What is Away with Alex Lacy at Pettee Memorial Library 2 PM +8 more see less
5 Holiday Pop-Up Shop 9 AM - 5 PM Garlic Mustard Pull in Mile-Around Woods 10 AM - 1 PM Seasonal Market at the Barn 12 - 5 PM Cribbage at The Moore Free Library 3 - 5 PM Wax Carving & Lost Wax Metal Casting for Jewelry 4 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	6 Tech Help with Mel at Pettee Memorial Library 3 - 4 PM Shaftsbury - Select Board Meeting 6 PM	7 Marlboro Cares Senior Lunch/Speaker May 7 Noon 12 - 1:30 PM "Walk for Water" Halifax Elementary School Walkathon 11 PM (multiday)	8 So You Think You Want to Be Self-Employed? 10 - 11 AM Teddy Bear Teas! 10 AM (multiday) Whitingham Library - Book Group 5 PM Silent Book Club at The Nutmeg 6 PM Open Mic Night at the Williamsville Hall: May 8 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	9 Newfane Senior Lunch May 9 12 - 1 PM Chess at Pettee Memorial Library 12 PM Writers' Group at Pettee Memorial Library 4 PM Auditions for Steel Magnolias: May 9 & 11 5 - 7 PM Rev. Dr. Donnie Anderson to Speak at MFL 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	10 Join in the Fun at Brookline Meeting House! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Lego Club at Pettee Memorial Library 3 - 5 PM Wood Fired Pizza at the West Townshend Country Store 5 - 7 PM Weekly Me N' U Meals Are Back 6 - 8 PM Galapagos Dinner and Presentation by HS Students 6 - 8 PM Free Movie Night: Wild Nights with Emily 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	11 Free Family Yoga at Moore Library 5:15 AM Shearing Day is Here! 9 AM - 12 PM Plant Sale at Southshire Community School 9 AM - 1 PM Reiki & Energy Healers Sharing Group 10 AM - 12 PM Puzzle Exchange at the McCullough Library 10 AM - 2 PM Auditions for Steel Magnolias: May 9 & 11 5 - 7 PM Windham County Humane Society 2024 Wags to Riches 6 - 9 PM Wags to Riches Auction to Benefit WCHS 6 - 9 PM Newfane Anew Presents Singer Songwriter Night 6:30 - 9 PM +5 more see less
12 Spring Bird Migration Walk Hogback Mountain Marlboro 7:30 - 9:30 AM Spring Bird Migration Walk at Hogback Mountain 7:30 - 11 AM Brattleboro Conscious Dance 12 - 2 PM Seasonal Market at the Barn 12 - 4 PM Sound Healing/Gong Bath 4 - 5 PM Sound Healing/Gong Bath - May 12 4 PM +2 more see less	13 Storytime and Yoga at Pettee Memorial Library 10:30 AM Economic Development Committee Meeting 3 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	14 Bennington County Retired Teachers Association 12 PM Planning Commission Meeting 5 - 7 PM	15 Consider Joining a Bennington Town Board or Commission All Day Re: Join the Adventure with RPGs 12 - 12 PM Bennington Free Library Click Clack Duck Party 3:30 - 5 PM MAU 10th Grade Basket Bingo Fundraiser 5:30 - 9 PM Free Webinar: Running Highly Successful Tag Sales 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	16 Community Recovery Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Marlboro School Board May Meeting Agenda 6:30 PM Community Policing Advisory Review Board 7 - 8 PM	17 Studio Apartment Estate Sale (multiday) Join in the Fun at Brookline Meeting House! 9:30 - 10:30 AM The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt - Literary Cocktail Hour 12 - 6 PM Wood Fired Pizza at the West Townshend Country Store 5 - 7 PM Weekly Me N' U Meals Are Back 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	18 Plant Sale at Center Congregational Church May 18 8:30 AM - 12 PM Spring Historical Society Walk 9 - 11 AM Not-Always Annual Plant Sale in Bennington 9 AM - 2 PM Exciting Cemetery Clean Up Day 9 AM - 3 PM Help the Soldiers and Ancestors Who Helped Us! 9 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Ceramic Artist Demo with Aysha Peltz & Michael McCarthy 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Troubleshooting Composting 10 - 11 AM Roots & Blooms Festival at the Barn 10 AM - 5 PM Genealogical Society of Vermont Spring Meeting 10:30 AM - 3 PM Legislators at the Library 10:30 AM Spring Decorative Eggs with Monique Johnson 2 - 4 PM Octoped Quartet Returns to Latchis Pub 7:30 - 10 PM +10 more see less
19 "Yum!" Art Opening at Valley Cares 10 - 11 AM Seasonal Market at the Barn 12 - 4 PM Bennington Historical Society Presentation Daisy Turner 2 - 3 PM 1st Annual Gala - "Let Us Entertain You" 4 - 9 PM	20 Shaftsbury Open House Meet the New Town Administrator 4:30 - 6 PM Shaftsbury Open House with Paula Iken 4:30 PM Select Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Shaftsbury - Select & Water Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM	21 Post Card Writing to Elect Democrats Nationwide 4 - 5:30 PM	22 Starting a Vegetable Garden with Karen Horton 12:30 PM The Table of Contents Library Fundraiser Dinner 6 - 9 PM Open Mic Night at the Williamsville Hall: May 22 6 PM	23 Breakfast at Williamsville Hall May 23 8 - 10:30 AM Free Information and Training Event at VEMSA 6 - 7:30 PM Newfane Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM Harm Reduction & Overdose Education for Substance Use 6 PM	24 Treasures for Sale - Harrington Rd - May 24-25 8 AM (multiday) Holiday Pop-Up Shop, Whitingham 9 AM (multiday) Join in the Fun at Brookline Meeting House! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Monument and Gift Shop Will Open on May 24 10 AM - 5 PM Townshend Farmer's Market 4:30 - 6:30 PM Wood Fired Pizza at the West Townshend Country Store 5 - 7 PM Bard Owl Plays at West Townshend Market Opening 5 - 7:30 PM Weekly Me N' U Meals Are Back 6 - 8 PM Friday Night Movie at the Williamsville Hall: May 24 7:30 - 9 PM +5 more see less	25 Brookline's First Town-Wide Yard Sale! (multiday) Plant Sale 9 - 11 AM Tag Sale - Elm St. - May 25 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sales - Kenolie Village - May 25 9 AM - 1 PM Tag Sale - Downsizing “Our Stuff” 9 AM (multiday) Holiday Pop-Up Shop, Whitingham 9 AM (multiday) 4th Annual Plant Swap at West Halifax May 25 9 AM Risograph Printing: Make Your Own Stationery! 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Where is Away? Trash, Recycling, and Compost in VT 10 - 11 AM 🥯 BBCO at BCM's "Makers Market" Saturday!🌟 10 AM - 2 PM UVM & USDA Garden Soil Lead-Testing, Rutland June 1 10 AM - 2 PM Museum Market 10 AM - 4 PM Open Studio Weekend and Topo Model Exhibit 10 AM - 4 PM Museum Market 10 AM - 4 PM Open Studio 10 AM - 5 PM Kindle Farm Annual Plant Sale 10 AM (multiday) Vermont Open Studio Weekend at Readsboro Glassworks 10 AM (multiday) Vermont Crafts Council Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Open Studios Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Family Yoga at Moore Free Library 10:15 - 11 AM Playdate with Sandra Magsamen at Park-Mccullough House 11 AM - 12 PM Pop Up Boutique Sale! 11 AM (multiday) Compost: Home vs WSWMD 1 - 2 PM Splash Day at Lake Paran 1 - 4 PM Windham Philharmonic Concert 7 - 9 PM +21 more see less
26 Holiday Pop-Up Shop, Whitingham 9 AM (multiday) Open Studio Weekend and Topo Model Exhibit 10 AM - 4 PM Park McCullough House Community Day & Lawn Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Open Studio 10 AM - 5 PM Brattleboro Conscious Dance 12 - 2 PM Seasonal Market at the Barn 12 - 4 PM Free Swing Concert with the Stardusters 2 - 3 PM Celebratory Gathering to Honor Andrea Mcauslan 4 - 6 PM +4 more see less	27 Shaftsbury Memorial Day Parade 8:15 AM Holiday Pop-Up Shop, Whitingham 9 AM (multiday)	28 Post Card Writing to Elect Democrats Nationwide 4 - 5:30 PM Quaker Pacifist to Speak in Bennington, Potluck & Talk 6 - 8:30 PM	29 Re: Join the Adventure with RPGs 12 - 12 PM Friends of the Moore Free Library Meeting 12 PM	30 Safe to Go! Free Car Seat Fitting Event 2 - 5 PM The Back Porch Gang: A Free Playreading 7 - 9 PM	31 Join in the Fun at Brookline Meeting House! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Townshend Farmer's Market 4:30 - 6:30 PM Wood Fired Pizza at the West Townshend Country Store 5 - 7 PM Pasta Palooza-A Pasta Dinner Fundraiser for Southshire 5 - 7 PM "Roadmap to Belonging"— Performance by MES JH 6 - 7 PM Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced 7 PM (multiday) Rock River Players Present: Another Evening of One Acts 7:30 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	1 We Want Your Books! 9 - 11 AM Indoor Multi-Family Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Community Tag Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Whitingham Library Plant Swap & Book Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Wildflower Yoga 9:30 - 10:30 AM Family-Friendly Hike in Wilmington 9:30 - 11 AM Understanding Timber Stand Improvement - June 1 in Vernon 10 - 11:55 AM Understanding Timber Stand Improvement - June 1 in Vernon 10 AM - 12 PM +4 more see less