Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2015

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1 Super Bowl Sunday Food Drive! - Feb. 1 10 AM Winooski City Council Candidate Listening Session 11 AM - 1 PM Learn to Curl Clinic (Green Mountain Curling Club) 12:15 - 2:30 PM	2 City Council Meeting Feb. 2 All Day Winooski City Council Meeting Feb 2 All Day Town Meeting March 2 All Day Taste of Art All Day Free Guided Tour of UVM's Pringle Herbarium Feb 2 All Day Read to a Cat at Dorothy Alling Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Preschool Math Night 6 - 7 PM Count Me In! Exploring Math with Your Preschooler 6 - 7 PM Parking Ban in Effect for 2-2-15 10 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	3 Rice memorial High School Prospective Parent Luncheon All Day Rice Memorial High School Prospective Parent Luncheon All Day Rice Memorial High School Prospective Parent Luncheon All Day No Recycling Pickup 2-3-15 8 AM (multiday) Essex Town Little League Baseball & Softball Registration 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	4 Dementia Support Group Meeting All Day Supporting Peace of Mind at Home All Day Gap Year Fair at Sbhs All Day Winooski Board of Civil Auth. Meeting Feb. 4 All Day Williston Blood Drive 11:30 AM - 5 PM +1 more see less	5 PlanBTV South End - Community Meeting Feb. 5 All Day Triumphs and Pitfalls of Parenting and Technology All Day Learn About Dog Communication All Day Voting in Local Elections, What About It? All Day Free Community Soup & Bread Supper Feb. 5 All Day Free First Thursday Concert Series 6 - 8 PM “The Triumphs and Pitfalls of Parenting and Technology” 6 - 8 PM Screening of "Miss Representation" Feb. 5 7 - 9:30 PM Sustainable Williston Goals, Mission, and Plan: Feb. 5 7:15 - 8:45 PM +5 more see less	6 Blood Drive at 1550 Williston Road All Day Kripalu Inspirational Speaker, Dr. Maria Sirois Feb. 6 & 7 All Day Family Game Night at Good Shepherd Church All Day Rummage Sale at Grace United Methodist Church 9 AM - 5 PM Bake Sale Feb. 6 10 AM - 4:30 PM Free Injury Screens 2 - 4 PM +2 more see less	7 Local Talent in Concert Feb. 7 All Day "Me & My Special Someone" Dance All Day Williston Central School Bottle Drive This Saturday! All Day Hinesburg Nursery School Waffle Breakfast and Silent Auction All Day Beginning Genealogy - Feb. 7 All Day Saxon Hill School Winter Open House This Saturday Feb. 7 All Day Saxon Hill School Winter Open House All Day 5th Annual Dance Showcase Feb 7 All Day 5th Annual Dance Showcase Feb 7 All Day Burlington Chamber Orchestra Concert All Day Bottle & Can Drive for the WHS Varsity Basketball Team All Day Chili Cook-Off All Day Talk with Your District 7-1 Legislative Representative 8:30 AM - 9:30 PM Chili Cook-Off, Colchester Winter Carnival Feb. 7 10:30 AM - 12 PM Beginning Genealogy 10:30 AM - 12 PM Critically Important Community Blood Drive at Umall! 10:30 AM - 4 PM Movie Double Feature and Snappy Portraits at Shelburne Museum 11 AM - 5 PM Dinner & Music/Praise-A-Palooza at First Congregational Church of EJ 5 - 7:30 PM Young Tradition Showcase Concert Saturday 6 - 9:30 PM "Me and My Special Someone Dance" Feb. 7 6:30 - 8:30 PM +16 more see less
8 Vermont Commons School Open House Feb 8 All Day Admissions Open House at Vermont Commons School All Day Vermont Commons School Open House Feb 8 1 - 3 PM Admissions Open House at Vermont Commons School 1 - 3 PM	9 Parking Ban in Effect 2-9-15 12 PM (multiday)	10 Coffee with the Chief of Police Series All Day 57 Acres of Open Land on Trustees Agenda Tuesday 6:30PM All Day Public Safety Commission Meeting Tuesday Feb. 10 All Day Lands Summer Field Course and Fall Field Semester - Info Sessions! 5:30 - 6 PM Village Trustees Meeting Feb. 10 6:30 PM Essex Conservation Committee Feb. 10: Conservation Fund/Land Trust 7 PM +2 more see less	11 Ward 1, Ward 8 NPA Meeting Feb. 11 All Day "Starting and Managing Your Own Bee Hive" All Day Selectboard Meet and Greet Event Feb. 11 All Day PlanBTV South End Update 11 AM (multiday) Pajama Story Time at Dorothy Alling Library 6:30 - 7 PM Public Meeting: Pearl Street Corridor Study 6:30 - 8:30 PM School Board Meeting Feb. 11 6:30 - 9:30 PM Wards 1 & 8 Neighborhood Planning Assembly Meeting Feb. 11 6:30 PM +4 more see less	12 ONE Community Dinner and NPA Meeting All Day Do You Love Purses? All Day City Seeks Input on the Future of the Underwood Property All Day Purrrses for Paws Fundraiser Feb. 12 All Day Sweet Dreams Documentary and Ice Cream Social! 3:45 - 5:30 PM Humane Society of Chittenden County Hosts Purrrses for Paws 6 - 8:30 PM Wine & Watercolor Series at ONE Arts Starts This Thurs.! 6:30 - 9 PM Wine & Watercolor Series at ONE Arts Starts This Thurs! 6:30 - 9 PM Inorabrass Concert 7 - 9 PM Overcome Any Hurt, Habit or Hang-Up in Your Life 7 PM Tergar Meditation Group Feb. 12 7:15 - 8:45 PM +7 more see less	13 Singing Valentines: Much More Than a Song (multiday) Colchester High School Music & Meal Soiree Feb. 13 All Day Night at Cochran's Feb. 13 All Day Singing Valentines Fundraiser Shared with COTS All Day Potluck & Game Night All Day Brick Church Music Series Feb. 13 All Day Potluck and Game Night All Day Marko the Magician and Hypnotist 6:30 - 8:30 AM Singing Valentines! 8:30 AM (multiday) Big Bag Sale 10 AM (multiday) Free Injury Screens 2 - 4 PM Artist Reception at CHCB Feb. 13 4:30 - 5:30 PM Tot Shabbat 5:30 - 6:30 PM Dinner Party at the Farm Feb. 13 6 - 10:30 PM Music Series Concert Feb 13: Bruce Sklar Trio 7 - 9:30 PM +11 more see less	14 DNA Tests: Maternal & Paternal Lines Class Feb. 14 All Day Pick Up Hockey at Landry All Day Wine & Chocolate Weekend at Huntington River Vineyard All Day Concert on Valentines Day at Elly-Long Music Center All Day Class on DNA Tests: Maternal & Paternal Lines All Day Pick Up Hockey at Landry All Day Crochet and Knitting Group All Day Geek the Library Feb. 14 All Day Valentine Dance at Winooski VFW All Day Bella Voce Rest Stop Fundraiser 8 AM - 3 PM Friends of Burnham Library Winter Book Sale Feb. 14 9 AM - 3 PM Crochet and Knitting Club 10 AM - 12 PM DNA Tests: Maternal & Paternal Lines 10:30 AM - 12 PM Open House - Demonstrations & Hands-On Activities with Wool and Silk 1 - 4 PM Parents' Night Out on Valentine's Day 5 - 9 PM Chat with Your District 7-1 Legislature Saturday 8:30 - 9:30 PM +12 more see less
15 PM Sundays Concert Series Feb. 15 All Day Branch Out Burlington!'s Annual Winter Seminar Feb. 15! All Day War on ALS - Fundraising Cycle-A-Thon at Peak Performance All Day Third Sunday Lecture at Ethan Allen Homestead Museum All Day Meet the Candidates Hour Feb. 15 All Day The Cost of War, the Cost of Discipleship All Day Sunday Local Candidate Open House All Day Valentine's Day Jazz Brunch and Silent Auction 12 - 2 PM Woodwind Concert & Other Library Events 2 - 3:30 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Talk Feb. 15 2 PM Community Trees Talk Feb. 15 - Free 4 PM +7 more see less	16 SBHS Dialogue Night Monday, Feb. 16 All Day Toddler Music and Story Time at ONE Arts Center! 10 AM - 12 PM Essex Republicans Meeting 7 - 8 PM Presentation for Medicare-Eligible Residents 7 - 9 PM	17 Candidate Forum All Day Ecstatic Dance All Day Candidate Forum All Day Selectboard Meet and Greet All Day Winooski City Council Meeting Feb 17 All Day Liquor Control Comm Meeting Feb. 17 All Day Senior Tech Classes Start This Tuesday All Day Texting and Driving Awareness Event at EHS 7 - 8 PM Ecstatic Dance 7:15 - 8:45 PM +5 more see less	18 10 Day-Buddy Up for Health and Fitness Challenge All Day City Council Candidate Debate All Day Winooski Community Dinner All Day Free Home Buying Seminar All Day Community Dinner Feb. 18 All Day Dinner and 2 Budget Presentations All Day MBS to Hold First Concerts of the School Year Feb. 18 and 19 All Day Vermont Commons School, 6th Grade Visit Day! 9 AM - 1:30 PM Girls on the Run and Girls on Track Registration! 3 PM Community Learning Series: Rethinking Psychosis the Soteria Approach 5:30 - 7 PM Save the Date - Community Dinner Feb. 18 6 - 7:30 PM Reading Group for "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate" 6 - 8 PM 21st Century Learning Skills for Your Children 6:30 PM Lovingkindness Course at the Vermont Zen Center 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less	19 WRUV FM Pledge Drive 12 AM (multiday) Relief for Upper Back, Shoulders and Neck with Feldenkrais All Day New Local Blood Drives Need Donor Support! All Day Spherion Staffing Job Fair! All Day Eight 02 Jazz Group Fundraiser for Russia All Day Selectboard Agenda Feb. 19 All Day Upcoming Job Fair All Day Job Fair at Spherion Staffing Solutions 9 AM - 6 PM “To Bee or Not to Bee,” a Talk by Bill Mares 12 PM Social Security Benefits Workshop 4 - 5 PM Social Security Benefits Workshop 4 - 5 PM College Planning Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Quest Shakespearean Theater Presents the Winter's Tale Feb. 19 - 21 7 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	20 Winooski Mayoral Candidacy Update - Bill Norful All Day Benefit Concert This Friday at Richmond Free Library 7 PM	21 Purple Hearts Reunited Calcutta at 14th Star Brewery Feb 21 All Day Great Moving Sale Feb. 21 All Day Vermont Choral Union Fundraiser All Day Genealogy Resources and Tools All Day Introductory Workshop at Vermont Zen Center All Day Vermont Choral Union & Queen City Brewery "Mid-Winter Musical Feast' All Day Wanted Caregiver (PCA) All Day Moving Sale Feb. 21 All Day Zen Buddhism Workshop at Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1:15 PM Resources and Tools at Vtgenlib.org 10:30 AM - 12 PM Celebrate Burlington's 150th at FFL 11 AM - 2 PM Benefit Concert This Saturday at Ascension Lutheran Church 2 PM Burlington's 150th Birthday Celebration 3 - 5 PM Get Your Tickets Now for Sweet Sips Feb. 21! 7 - 9 PM Essex Has Talent Next Saturday! 7 - 9 PM +11 more see less
22	23 Dog Park Community Meeting All Day Evening Update for Feb. 23 All Day Know the 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's Feb. 23 Program 2 - 3:30 PM Know the 10 Warning Signs: Early Detection Matters 2 - 3:30 PM Dog Park Community Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Tai Chi Course 7 - 8 PM SB Legislators Community Forum Feb. 23 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	24 Heavenly Cents Thrift Shop $1 Bag Sale! All Day Need a Haircut, Highlights, or Brow Wax? It's Hip to Snip! All Day WHS Boys Basketball Playoff Game All Day Drop-In Maker Activity: Squishy Circuits 11 AM - 2 PM Ecstatic Dance 7:15 - 8:45 PM +1 more see less	25 Last Meeting of Firearms Safety Committee All Day Red Cross Blood Drive All Day Selectboard Candidate Joy Limoge Meet & Greet All Day Winooski City Council Candidate Forum 6 - 8 PM Book Group for 20-30 Something 6 PM +1 more see less	26 HSCC's Best Friends University Presents Pawsitivities of Pitties All Day Public Informational Meeting Feb. 26 7 - 8 PM UVM and Ward 1/8 NPA Central Campus Development Task Force Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	27 Brick Church Music Series Benefit All Day Winooski Singer Songwriters at Radio Bean All Day Meet the School Commissioners/Candidates All Day Brick Church Music Series Benefit All Day Coffee with School Board Candidates/Commissioners at Nunyuns All Day +1 more see less	28 Girl Scout Cookie Sale, Saturday Feb. 28 All Day Genealogy: Finding Relatives with DNA Feb. 28 All Day Talk to Your District 7-1 House Representative 8:30 - 10 AM Essex Winter Carnival This Saturday! 10 AM - 3 PM Finding Cousins with Autosomal DNA (Part 1) 10:30 AM - 12 PM Meet New People on the Dance Floor! 8 - 11:59 PM Meet New People on the Dance Floor at Salsa Dance Social 8 - 11:59 PM +3 more see less