Calendar - Front Porch Forum

February 2019

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27 Healing the Grieving Heart with Yoga & Essential Oils 9:30 - 11 AM Stacks: Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser 10 AM - 1 PM Gift of Life Bone Marrow Donor Drive 11 AM - 12 PM Project Graduation Fundraiser "Pebble Art" 1 - 3 PM Community Coffee with Essex & Westford Reps 2 - 3 PM Forum on Vermont's Inclusive Equal Rights Amendment 2 - 4 PM +2 more see less	28 South Burlington Legislators' Meeting All Day House Party for Jack Hanson 3:30 - 6 PM Meet Your Legislators Event 6 - 8 PM Winooski City Council Meeting Jan. 28 6 - 8 PM House Party - Meet Jack Hanson, City Council Candidate 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	29 Women's Empowerment Self-Defense Class Level 1, 2 & 3 6 AM - 8:30 PM Vermont Farm Show 9 AM - 5:30 PM Winooski Wicked-Cold Comedy Night - Jan. 29 6 - 7:30 PM Women's Empowerment Self Defense Class 6 - 8:30 PM Film Screening - "Noyana: Singing at the End-Of-Life" 7 PM +1 more see less	30 Open House at Saint Francis Xavier School 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Saint Francis Xavier School is Hosting an Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Open House at Saint Francis Xavier School 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Saint Francis Xavier School Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Vermont Farm Show and Consumer Night 8:30 AM - 7 PM Opportunities for Community Dialogue on City Projects 6 - 8 PM Junior League Sip & See 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	31 Panera Community Night for Boston Children's Hospital 4 - 8 PM Rescheduled: Ready to Manage My Small Business Growth? 5:30 - 7 PM Seminar: My Business is Growing: Am I to Manage It Effectively? 5:30 - 7 PM Rescheduled: Ready to Manage My Small Business Growth? 5:30 - 7 PM A+D Film Series: California Typewriter (Rescheduled) 6 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	1 International Lunch at Winooski Senior Center 12 - 1 PM Immigration Debates in the Contemporary World 1:55 PM Lecture - Immigration Debates in the Contemporary World 2 - 3 PM 10th Annual Super Bowl Sunday Food Drive 4 PM (multiday) Winooski Art Walk 6 - 9 PM 36th Annual Colchester Winter Carnival 6 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	2 Meet with Your District 7-1 Rep. at Panera 9 - 10 AM Annual Chili Challenge at Colchester Winter Carnival 10 AM - 2 PM Federal Employees May Pickup Free Food 12 - 1:30 PM Humble Rain Farm at 3 Main St. Feb. 2 12 - 2 PM Play - Pray - Eat at Way Cool Family Worship 3:30 PM Play - Pray - Eat at Way Cool Family Worship 3:30 PM Free Teen Science Cafe! 5 - 7 PM +3 more see less
3 Free Organ Recital 3 AM - 4 PM UVM Babysitter Mingler Feb. 3 10:30 AM - 12 PM UVM Babysitter Mingler 10:30 AM - 12 PM Jewish Camp/Summer Program Fair 11 AM - 12:30 PM Jewish Summer Program/Camp Fair 11 AM - 1 PM Learn to Curl 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Find Peace and Liveliness in Your Body: Movement Class 12 - 1 PM Self-Care Wellness Fair 12 - 4 PM Free and Safe: the Underground Railroad in Vermont 12 - 5 PM In Honor of Black History Month 12 - 5 PM Free Organ Recital 3 - 4:30 PM Free Organ Recital - Feb. 3 at First Baptist Church 3 - 5 PM +8 more see less	4 CSD School Board Round Table Discussion on LCATV All Day Mindfulness Comes to After-School Programming in Essex 3:15 - 4:45 PM Democratic City Council Candidates at the Soda Plant! 5:30 - 7:30 PM "A Conversation on the State of Our Democracy" 6 - 8 PM planBTV Discussion Feb. 4 6 - 8 PM Winooski City Council Meeting 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	5 American Flatbread Benefit Bake for Very Merry Theatre 5 - 11:30 PM Community Dog Parks Forum 6 - 7:30 PM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting Feb. 5 6:30 - 9 PM	6 Literary Trivia at the Monkey House: Postponed! All Day We Care Support Group 5 - 6:30 PM VFW Texas Hold-Em 6 - 8 PM Literary Trivia to Support the Winooski Library 7 - 9 PM	7 House Party - Meet Jack Hanson, City Council Candidate 6 - 8 PM Humane Society of Chittenden County's Purrrses for Paws 6 - 8 PM Bark & Wine with Your Valentine 6 - 8 PM Paint N Sip Fundraiser for Sara Holbrook 6 - 8 PM VFW Bingo 6 - 8 PM Paint & Sip 6 - 8:30 PM Sara Holbrook Community Center Paint & Sip Fundraiser 6 - 9 PM Postpartum Food and Herbs Class: Blood Building 6:30 - 6:30 PM +4 more see less	8 Rice "High School for a Day" for 8th Graders 8 AM - 2:30 PM Rummage Sale at Grace Church This Weekend 9 AM - 4 PM Death Talks 6 - 8 PM Support Salvation Farms - Williston Concert Next Week 7 PM	9 Meet with Your District 7-1 Rep. at Panera 9 - 10 AM Coffee with Your Legislators! 9:30 - 10:30 AM French Story Time at Dorothy Alling Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Center for Technology Open House - February 9th 11 AM - 2 PM Open House at the Center for Technology, Essex 11 AM - 2 PM Open House at Center for Technology 11 AM - 2 PM The Center for Technology Open House 11 AM - 2 PM Adaptive Pickleball Program 1 - 2:30 PM Hearts4Haiti Art Fundraiser 2 - 4 PM From Ike to Trump at Fletcher Free Library, Burlington 2:30 - 3:30 PM Soup Supper 5 - 6:30 PM Soup Supper at Essex United Methodist 5 - 7 PM Parent & Child DIY Craft Night 6 - 8 PM Trivia Night 6:30 - 9 PM Solaris Benefit Concert for Howard Center 7:30 PM +11 more see less
10 Moving into Torah: Exploring Torah Through Movement 10 - 11:30 AM Power of a Forest - In You 12 - 1 PM Valentine's Paper-Making Workshop 1 - 4 PM Williston Historical Society Presents 2 - 3:30 PM Rokeby Museum: Black History Month History Detectives 2 - 5 PM Dance for Congo... Dance for Courage & Joy! 4 - 5:30 PM Dance for Congo... Dance for Courage & Joy! 4 PM +3 more see less	11 Share Your Love on Valentine's Day 8 AM (multiday) Winooski's FY20 Budget and Ballot Presentation 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Substance Abuse Prevention Book Discussion 6 - 7:30 PM Save Our City! - City Hall, Feb. 11 7 - 8:30 PM Save Our City! Show Up at City Hall 7 - 8:30 PM Save Our City! 7 - 8:30 PM Save Burlington from Mayor Weinberger and Developers 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	12 EWSD Budget Work Session Feb. 12, Open Board Seats 6:30 - 9 PM Input Needed on Village Budget 6:30 PM	13 Monthly AARP Coffeetalk 9 - 10 AM AARP Coffee Talk 9 - 10 AM Board of Civil Authority Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Score Live Event: Are My Marketing Strategies Scalable? 5:30 - 7 PM Score Live Event: Are My Marketing Strategies Scalable? 5:30 - 7 PM Service Above Self Dinner-Honoring Essex 1st Responders 5:30 - 8 PM Flowers, Food, and Sips at McKee's Pub & Grill 6 - 8 PM School Board Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	14 Singing Valentines by the Barre-Tones! 8 AM - 8 PM LGBTQ Inclusive Sex Ed. Day Long Educators Workshop 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Monthly AARP Coffee Talk Rescheduled to Thursday 9 - 10 AM AARP Coffee Talk Rescheduled 9 - 10 AM Singing Valentines 9 AM - 9 PM Change in AARP Talk 9 AM Basketball Games to Benefit the Cancer Center at UVMMC 5 - 9 PM ONE Community Dinner and NPA Meeting 5:30 - 8:30 PM Community Dinner and Wards 2 & 3 NPA 5:30 - 8:30 PM Kid Free Time with Your Honey on Valentine's Day 5:30 - 9 PM Ward 2/3 Candidate Debate - NPA Thursday Dinner 5:30 PM Community Sewing Night 6-8pm 6 - 8 PM East Allen St. Scoping Study Local Concerns Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Planning Commission and E. Allen Scoping Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	15 Annual Book Sale: Friends of Richmond Free Library 5:30 - 8:30 PM	16 Wildlife Tracking Walk All Day Bella Voce Women's Chorus Baking Sale Fundraiser 8 AM - 3 PM Meet with Your District 7-1 Rep. at Panera 9 - 10 AM Burlington Technical Center Open House 9 AM - 12 PM Burlington Technical Center Open House 2019 9 AM - 12 PM Burlington Technical Center Open House 9 AM - 12 PM Burlington Technical Center Open House 2019 9 AM - 12 PM Burlington Technical Center Open House 2019 9 AM - 12 PM On Farm Market Feb. 16 1 - 4 PM Ham Dinner 5:30 PM Very Merry Theatre Presents High School Musical! 7 PM (multiday) Local Student Solos with VPO 7:30 PM Celebration of Love & Friendship 8 - 11 PM +9 more see less
17 Knights of Columbus Sunday Breakfast 8 - 11 AM The Forest is Breathing 12 - 1 PM PHPG Valentines Day Brunch 12 - 2 PM Valentine's Day Brunch and Silent Auction 12 - 2 PM Free and Safe: the Underground Railroad in Vermont 12 - 5 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM Vermont Commons School Open House! 1 PM Vermont Commons School Open House 1 PM Talk Sunday at Ethan Allen Homestead Museum 2 - 3 PM Harvey Amani Whitfield at the Ethan Allen Homestead 2 - 3 PM "African American Slave Biographies from the Canadian Maritimes" with Harvey Amani Whitfield 2 PM Meet Jack Hanson, East District City Council Candidate 4:30 - 6 PM House Party for Perri Freeman for City Councilor 6 - 7 PM +9 more see less	18 Winooski Housing Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM School Board Community Engagement Meeting 6 - 8 PM	19 Diaper Drive at Dorothy Alling Memorial Library All Day Vertical Farming - An Emerging Farming Model 9 - 11:30 AM City Council / Community Development Trust Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Finnish Youth Development Expert Visits Vermont Feb. 19 6 - 8:30 PM Education in Finland 6 - 8:30 PM Champlain Valley School District School Board Meeting 6 - 9 PM Master Plan Public Hearing 6:05 - 7 PM EWSD Board Meeting Feb. 19, Open Board Seats 6:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	20 You're Invited: Norwich Day at Vermont State House 10 AM - 8:30 PM VT Attorney General to Address Essex Rotary 12 - 1:30 PM Secure Women's Reproductive and Health Rights This Week 1 PM (multiday) We Care Support Group 5 - 6:30 PM February Community Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM Meet Your Next City Councilor, Candidate Forum Feb. 20 6 - 7:30 PM A+D Film Series: the Black Museum 6 - 8 PM Death Talks Ft. Taking Steps Vermont: Advanced Planning 6 - 8 PM The Jungle Book 6 PM (multiday) See Independent Documentary About FPF Feb. 20 6 PM VFW Texas Hold-Em 6:30 - 8 PM Public Works Commission Meeting Feb. 20 6:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	21 Development Review Board Meeting on Feb. 21 6:30 - 8:30 PM See Independent Documentary About FPF Feb. 21 7 PM Nightshade Kitchen at North End Studios VII 8 - 11 PM	22 Artificial Intelligence Task Force 12 - 4 PM Lecture - the Treaty of Versailles: Did It Bring Peace? 2 PM Food, Fellowship & Music 5 - 7 PM Opening Reception for Spring Exhibitions at Bca 5 - 8 PM Music with Progressives Featuring Lt Gov Dave Zuckerman 7 - 10 PM +1 more see less	23 Meet with Your District 7-1 Rep. at The Starving Artist 9 - 10 AM Renters Rights Forum This Weekend in Burlington 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Meet Perri Freeman for City Council at Hinds Lofts 11 AM - 12 PM City Council Candidate Meet and Greet - 83 Barlow 2 - 4 PM Dinner, Dancing, $1200 Jackpot! 5 - 9 PM Dinner! Dancing! $1200 Jackpot! Malia Calcutta 5 PM Calcutta Feb 23 by Malia Dragonboat Paddling & Racing 5 PM House Party for Perri Freeman for City Councilor 6 - 7 PM The 9th Annual Dance Showcase 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less
24 House Party for Perri Freeman for City Council 11 AM - 12 PM Winooski Band at Healthy Living (Cafe) 11 AM - 1 PM Reception for Art Show by Judy Brook 1 - 3 PM Meet & Greet Mike Myers Council Candidate 2 - 4 PM Explore Redstone Quarry! Guided Natural History Walk 2 - 4 PM Rokeby Museum - Underground Railroad in Vermont 2 - 5 PM The Racial Justice Alliance: "What Equity Looks Like" 3 - 5 PM Meet and Greet for Jack Hanson Feb. 24 4:30 - 6 PM House Party for Jack Hanson 4:30 - 6 PM +5 more see less	25 Appropriations Committees to Hold Hearings 6 - 7 PM Legislative Forum 6:30 PM See Independent Documentary About FPF Feb. 25 6:30 PM	26 Special City Council Meeting 4 - 6 PM Corey Mack for City Council - Meet and Greet 6 - 8 PM Biweekly Cuddle Nights 7 - 10 PM	27 Madeline Kunin Speaks 5:30 - 7 PM	28 Black History Month Event 11 AM - 3 PM How To: Burlington Farmer's Market & Food Cart 5 - 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting on Feb. 28 6:30 - 8:30 PM Sustainable Williston Monthly Meeting 7:15 - 8:45 PM	1 Step into Spring - Vermont Flower Show (multiday) Book and Bake Sale at Grace United Methodist Church 9 AM - 12 PM Kidding Around Yoga - Donation Based Class 2 - 3 PM Lecture - Prison Reform 2 PM Wishbone Pop-Up Market 6 - 9 PM +1 more see less	2 Indigenous Seed School 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Meet with Your District 7-1 Rep at the Panera 9 - 10 AM Come Meet Kristine Lott Tomorrow 10 AM - 12 PM 9th Annual Seed Swap: Burlington 11 AM - 2 PM Seed Swap at the Library This Saturday! 11 AM - 2 PM Think Spring: VCGN's 9th Annual Seed Swap! 11 AM - 2 PM Stonecutter Spirits Maple Cask Whiskey Launch 12 - 8 PM Transform Adenomyosis, Endometriosis, & Heavy Periods 1 - 2:30 PM West End Blend at Stowe Cider 3 - 6 PM Dance in Montpelier: Gaslight Tinkers and Nils Fredland 7:30 PM +6 more see less