Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2024

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31 Easter Services 9 - 11 AM Easter Egg Hunt 10 - 10:45 AM Easter Sunday Worship Service for All! 10 - 11 AM Dress Like Your Bike Fundraiser Event 4 - 7 PM	1 Moon Shadows at Arthound Gallery All Day Dementia Art Class - April 2024 10 AM - 12 PM Dental Hygiene Cleaning Only $35 or Free! 1 PM (multiday) Fair Housing Month Kickoff April 1 5:30 - 8 PM City Informational Hearing and Annual Meeting 2024 6 - 7 PM Arrowhead Senior Citizen Center 6 - 8:30 PM Winooski City Council and Liquor Control Board Meeting 6 - 9 PM Homeownership Classes 6 PM (multiday) Essex Selectboard Meeting - April 1 6:30 PM Live Concert with Elisabeth Pixley-Fink and Chris Dorman 7 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	2 Awkward Talks! 6 AM - 7:30 PM Laid Off & Looking Job Search Webinar - Free 11 AM - 12 PM One Mutual Aid Spring Meet 'N' Greet on April 2nd 5:30 - 7 PM Making Time for Poetry 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Board Public Information Hearing April 2 6:30 - 9 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting Agenda - April 2 6:30 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul, April 2 - Zoom 7 - 8 PM Quilters' Meeting Joan Shortsleeve Guest Speaker 7 - 9 PM CVQG Monthly Meeting Joan Shortsleeve Guest Speaker 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	3 Pokémon Club at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Friends & Family Takeout Dinner! 4 - 6 PM Burlington Walk Bike Council Meeting April 3 5:30 - 7 PM Eclipse Preparation Breathwork 6 - 7 PM Williston Housing Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM City Council Special Meeting April 3 6:30 PM Jason Ricci & the Bad Kind Concert 7:30 - 10 PM +3 more see less	4 Vote on SBSD FY25 Budget April 4! 7 AM - 7 PM Rotary Speaker: Carter Smith 7:15 - 8:30 AM The Essex Art League Invites You 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Events 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Meeting 9 - 11 AM "1800 and Froze to Death: the Cold Year of 1816" 2 - 3 PM Blackout & Book Spine Poetry (Grades 6-12) 3 - 4 PM Cardboard Kids at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Winooski Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Winooski Library Committee - Remote Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +6 more see less	5 Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 8:15 AM Trivia Night & Silent Auction Fundraiser 12 - 12 PM EEE Spring 2024 Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM Illuminate Vermont 5 - 9 PM Long Pose Figure Drawing Social 6 - 9 PM Green Mountain Girls Trivia Night & Silent Auction 6:30 - 10 PM VYO Ensemble Concert at Vergennes Opera House 7 - 9 PM VYO Ensemble Concert at Vergennes Opera House 7 - 9 PM VYO Ensemble Concert at Vergennes Opera House 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	6 Shelburne Community School 3v3 Basketball Tournament All Day Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concerts - April 6 & 7 (multiday) Neurodiversity Unveiled All Day Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Shelburne Community School's 3 on 3 Basket Tournament All Day Essex Town Little League Baseball Clinic 8 - 9 AM Indoor Garage Sale at Williston Central School 8 AM - 2 PM This Saturday at the Colchester Food Shelf 9 - 11 AM Made in Vermont Marketplace April 6 & 7 9 AM (multiday) Awaken Your Inner Healer: Reiki and Intuition Workshop 9:30 AM Session Sips with Your Legislators at the Library 10 - 11 AM Two Garden Programs at UVM Hort Farm Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Healthcare is a Human Right Community Meeting 1 PM Poetry Month Local Poet Celebration 1 - 2:30 PM Prisoner Letter Writing Workshop at the PJC 1 - 3 PM Healthcare is a Human Right Community Meeting 1 - 4 PM Illuminate Vermont 5 - 9 PM CSB (Chittenden So. Burlington) Hockey Calcutta Event 5 - 9 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble "Radiant Light" Spring Concert 7:30 - 9 PM +15 more see less
7 Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Huge U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM U-32 Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Winter Farmers Market This Sunday! 10 AM - 2 PM Open Studio on Sunday 10 AM - 4 PM Pre-Eclipse Open Studio 10 AM - 4 PM Animist Forest Circles \| Spring Series 10:30 AM - 1 PM Kaynor's Sap Run 10k Run 11 AM - 12:30 PM All Souls Interfaith Gathering 11 AM Greek Take-Out for Eclipse 12 - 6 PM Seed Starters Club! 4 - 5 PM +7 more see less	8 Williston Eclipse Trail Closure: Monday, April 8 All Day Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Common Roots Family Fun Land and Sky Adventure 12 - 4 PM Greek Take-Out for Eclipse 12 - 6 PM Dental Hygiene Cleaning Only $35 or Free! 1 PM (multiday) "Toast to Totality" Solar Eclipse Event 2 - 4:30 PM Local Resources Advisory Board Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Purple Flower Cow - Paint & Sip 6 - 8 PM Arrowhead Senior Citizen Center 6 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	9 Age Well Grab 'N' Go Meal - April 9 - Shelburne All Day Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Lake Iroquois-Patrick Brook Watershed Action Plan Mtg 10 AM - 12 PM Free Tax Preparation at the C.O.R.E. Adult Center 10 AM - 2 PM Winooski Finance Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM CVSD Indicators Committee Mtg 6 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting April 9 6 PM Williston Development Review Board - April 9 Agenda 7 PM +4 more see less	10 Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Pokémon Club at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Friends & Family Takeout Dinner! 4 - 6 PM Community Workshop: Mobility + Transportation Options 6 - 8 PM WSD Regular School Board Meeting - April 10 6 - 8:30 PM Ward 1 NPA Meeting April 10 6 - 9 PM TAC Presents "A Talk About Trees for Posterity" 6:30 - 7:30 PM Champlain Valley Lions Invite 6:30 - 8 PM Williston Energy Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM City Council Meeting April 10 6:30 - 8:30 PM Let's Make a Dog Bandana! 7 - 8 PM Free Event - ParentIN x Prevention Expert Jess Lahey 7 - 8 PM Ward 1 NPA April 10; Friends Meeting House 7 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting Agenda - April 10 7 PM +10 more see less	11 Lyric Theatre Co - "The Wizard of Oz" at the Flynn (multiday) Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Give Someone a Second Chance at Life! 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM Colchester-Milton Rotary Blood Drive 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM Cardboard Kids at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM UVM Medical Center - Land Use MOU - Neighbor Q&A 5:30 - 7 PM Wards 2 & 3 Neighborhood Meeting (NPA) Thursday Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Board Emergency Meeting - April 11 6:30 - 9 PM Wizard of Oz - Lyric's 50th Year 7 PM (multiday) Lyric Theatre Presents the Wizard of Oz 7:30 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	12 ADL Theatre Presents: Once on This Island Jr (multiday) CVU High School Presents 3 One Act Plays (multiday) Lyric Theatre Co - "The Wizard of Oz" at the Flynn (multiday) Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day EEE Spring 2024 Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM Open House at Rock Point School April 12 4 - 6 PM Open House at Rock Point School 4 - 6 PM April Essex Community Dinner 5:30 - 6:30 PM Youth Opera Company Presents A Country Store Opera 6 - 7:20 PM Youth Opera Company Upcoming Performances This Weekend 6 - 7:30 PM Make the Magic: Camp Kesem at UVM 6 - 9:30 PM Come See the WCS Addams Family Musical 6:30 - 9 PM The Adventures of Robin Hood Presented by CHS Theater 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	13 Vermont Youth Dancers Presents Cinderella! (multiday) Friends of Fletcher Free Library: April Book Sale (multiday) Lyric Theatre Co - "The Wizard of Oz" at the Flynn (multiday) Join Us for "Kodachrome" with the Shelburne Players! All Day Neurodiversity Unveiled All Day Essex Town Little League Baseball Clinic 8 - 9 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction 8:30 - 11 AM Annual Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction to Benefit SA 8:30 - 11:30 AM SA's Annual Pancake Breakfast Silent Auction Saturday! 8:30 - 11:30 AM Questions on Efficiency Upgrades? Energy Fair! 9 AM - 2 PM Largest Energy Fair in VT: April 13 in Duxbury 9 AM - 2 PM 2024 LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Essex Rotary Food Drive , April 13, 2024 9 AM - 2 PM 2024 Half Marathon Unplugged 9 AM - 10 PM Birding for Kids at the Winooski Library 10 - 11 AM L4 Collective - Spring Soil and Garden Assessment 10 - 11 AM Draping Lecture and Demo at Little Bird Sewing Studio 10 - 11:30 AM Two Free Presentations on Wildlife! Saturday, April 13 10 AM - 12 PM Book Sale at Fletcher Free Library April 13-14 10 AM (multiday) Teen 4-H Science Cafe 5 - 7 PM Calcutta Night 5 PM Social Band Spring Concert Series 7 - 8:30 PM The Adventures of Robin Hood Presented by CHS Theater 7 - 9 PM Swing Dance 8 PM +20 more see less
14 Lyric Theatre Co - "The Wizard of Oz" at the Flynn (multiday) You're Invited to the Little Black Flannel Initiative (multiday) 2024 LEAP Energy Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Animist Forest Circles \| Spring Series 10:30 AM - 1 PM Malas & Mandalas X Jennifer Kahn Mala Making Workshop 11 AM - 4 PM Jen Kahn Mala Making Workshop 11 AM - 4 PM The Adventures of Robin Hood Presented by CHS Theater 2 - 4 PM Community Concerts at First Presents Vermont Virtuosi 3 - 5 PM Community Event: Pop-Up Dinner - Jordanian Food for Funds 5 - 8 PM Jordanian Food for Funds 5 - 8 PM +6 more see less	15 Musical Storytime with Liz at the Burnham Library 10:30 - 11 AM Dental Hygiene Cleaning Only $35 or Free! 1 PM (multiday) Spring Flower - Paint & Sip 6 - 8 PM Spring Flower - Paint & Sip 6 - 8 PM Arrowhead Senior Citizen Center 6 - 8:30 PM City Council, Liquor/Cannabis Control Meeting 6 - 9 PM City Council Meeting 6:15 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting - April 15 6:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 7:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 7:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM The Island Line Revisited By James “Jim” Jones 7 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	16 The Williston Habitat Restore Revamp Needs Volunteers! 10 AM (multiday) Age Well Sit Down Meal - April 16 - Shelburne 12 PM Rock Point Trash Pick Up w/ Champlain/Sierra Club 1 - 3:30 PM Junior League Black Flannel Initiative 5 - 7 PM Sewing Machine Set-Up Class at Little Bird Studio 6 - 8 PM CVSD School Board Regular Meeting 6 PM High Time for a Phenomenology of Cannabis & Chronos 6:30 - 7:30 PM Sound Healing / Relax & Rejuvenate 6:30 - 7:45 PM Hu Chant: the Sound of Soul, April 16 7 - 8 PM Free Presentation About the College Search Process 7 - 8 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 PM +7 more see less	17 Reversing Neuropathy is a Step Away 11 AM - 12 PM Pokémon Club at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Friends & Family Takeout Dinner! 4 - 6 PM Women's Golf League at Cedar Knoll 6 - 7:30 PM Essex Town Democratic Committee Caucus 6 PM Notice Republican Town Caucus 6:30 - 7:30 PM Williston Democratic Caucus 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	18 City Council Special Meeting April 18 1 - 2 PM Cardboard Kids at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM SB Democrats State Convention Delegates Caucus 5:30 - 6:30 PM SB Democrats State Convention Delegates Caucus 5:30 - 7 PM Inclusion and Belonging Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM Creating an ADU: Is It Right for You? 7 - 8 PM Creating an ADU: is It Right for You? 7 - 8 PM Tackling Challenging Child Behaviors 7 - 8:30 PM AO Glass Italian Night and Youth Opera Singers April 18 7 - 9 PM U Players' Musical: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 7:30 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	19 Yard Sale - Multi Family - April 19 & 20 8 AM (multiday) Multi Family Yard Sale - Tanglewood Dr - April 19-20 8 AM (multiday) Vermont Patriots Volunteer Day 12 - 2 PM EEE Spring 2024 Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM EEE Lecture Series 2 PM Spaghetti Dinner & Kid Fun Carnival Fundraiser 5:15 - 8:15 PM U Players' Musical: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 7:30 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	20 Sen. Bernie Sanders' Second Annual Chess Day All Day Celebration of Life and Birthday Party 12 AM - 4 PM Cosmic Play: an Adventure Game Theater Teen Retreat (multiday) Cosmic Play: an Adventure Game Theater Teen Retreat (multiday) Cosmic Play: an Adventure Game Theater Teen Retreat (multiday) Neurodiversity Unveiled All Day Essex Town Little League Baseball Clinic 8 - 9 AM Garage Sale 8 AM (multiday) Local Amnesty International Group on Saturday 9 - 10 AM Make a Difference & Support Human Rights 9 - 10 AM Essex Jericho Underhill Ecumenical Food Shelf 9 - 10:30 AM Make a Difference and Support Human Rights 9 AM Colchester Democrats Town Caucus 10 - 11 AM Lilac Workday 10 AM - 12 PM BCA Family Art Saturday Goes Outside for Earth Day! 11 AM - 2 PM Free Repair Cafe This Saturday! 11 AM - 3 PM Repair Cafe This Saturday! 11 AM - 3 PM Bernie Sanders' Second Annual Youth Chess Day 11 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale 11 AM (multiday) Notice of Democratic Caucus 11 AM Earth Day Screening of “Kiss the Ground” 1 - 3 PM Free Screening - Kiss the Ground 1 - 3 PM PJC Rad History Series: Folk Songs 1 - 3 PM Taco for a Cause: Last Round 5:30 - 10 PM U Players' Musical: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 7:30 - 9:30 PM Burlington Choral Society Sings Verdi's Requiem 7:30 - 9:30 PM Live Choral Music: Verdi's Requiem 7:30 - 9:30 PM Live Choral Music: Verdi's Requiem 7:30 - 9:30 PM +24 more see less
21 Animist Forest Circles \| Spring Series 10:30 AM - 1 PM Community Wide Yard Sale - South - April 21 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Sunday Phone-In Free (Pro Bono) Legal Clinic 12 - 1 PM Sunday Phone-In Free (Pro Bono) Legal Clinic 12 - 1 PM Masonry in Early Vermont 2 - 3 PM Masonry in Early Vermont 2 - 3 PM Masonry in Early Vermont 2 - 3 PM Masonry in Early Vermont 2 - 3 PM WHS Hosts VHC Talk on Bicycling in Vermont 2 - 3:30 PM Seed Starters Club! 4 - 5 PM +6 more see less	22 Librarian for an Hour at Burnham Library 11 AM - 12 PM Ninja Science Spring Break Camp 12 PM (multiday) Dental Hygiene Cleaning Only $35 or Free! 1 PM (multiday) Arrowhead Senior Citizen Center 6 - 8:30 PM	23 Escape Rooms for Kids & Teens at The Burnham Library 11 AM - 4 PM Date & Location Change - Winooski Dems Town Caucus 6 - 7 PM Winooski Housing Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM EWSD Board Meeting April 23 6:30 - 8 PM Essex Junction GOP Convention Delegates Meeting 6:30 PM +1 more see less	24 Alternatives to "Perfect" Lawns 3 - 4 PM Pokémon Club at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Friends & Family Takeout Dinner! 4 - 6 PM National Crime Victim Services Week Listening Forum 5:30 - 7 PM Universal Health Care Caucus - Today at 5:30 PM 5:30 - 7 PM NCVRW Community Listening Forum April 24 5:30 - 7 PM Williston Energy Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM City Council Meeting April 24 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	25 Free Coaching Support for "Crushing Food Cravings" 2 - 3 PM Cardboard Kids at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Winooski Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM	26 Shift Happens: Adult Healing Retreat (multiday) Quilt Show All Day Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) CVQG Biennial Quilt Show at Holy Family Parish Center 9 AM (multiday) 2-Hour Website Building Workshop for High Schoolers 12 - 12 PM Learn: Data Privacy Primer 12 - 1 PM EEE Spring 2024 Lecture Series 2 - 3 PM Learn to Crochet! Kids Class 2 - 4 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - April 23 6:30 PM +6 more see less	27 Community Coffee Events with the EWSD Board (multiday) Neurodiversity Unveiled All Day Looking for Holistic & Wellness Practitioners All Day Tag Sale - Isham Cir - April 27 8 AM - 12 PM Garage Sale! 8 AM - 1 PM 6th Equine Industry Summit 8:30 AM - 4 PM Yard Sale - Lafountain St - April 27 9 AM - 1 PM Garage Sale - 12 Bashaw Drive 9 AM - 5 PM Kids Fest 10 AM - 1 PM DEA National Drug Take Back Day 10 AM - 2 PM New Date/Venue: Career Empowerment Day Spring 2024 10 AM - 2 PM VT Genealogy Library Open House & Book Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Vermont Genealogy Library Open House (Rescheduled) 10 AM - 4 PM Family Estate Sale in Shelburne 10 AM (multiday) Legislative Update 12 - 1:30 PM Fascia & Joints 12 - 2 PM Fascia & Joint Mobility Workshop Series Begins April 27 12 - 2 PM Yard Sale - Archibald St - April 27 1 - 5 PM +14 more see less
28 Shift Happens: Adult Healing Retreat (multiday) Multi Family Garage Sale 9 AM - 12 PM EWSD Budget Update & Conversations 10 - 11:30 AM Animist Forest Circles \| Spring Series 10:30 AM - 1 PM Sunday: Read Companionably with Silent Book Club 1 - 3 PM April 28 - Family Contra Dance 1:30 - 3 PM +2 more see less	29 NLG Legal Observer Training April 29 at 4pm 4 - 5 PM Fair Housing in Williston 6 - 8 PM Arrowhead Senior Citizen Center 6 - 8:30 PM Public Meeting - Remedial Action at Superfund Site 6 PM Legislative Forum April 29 6 PM Republican Delegate Vote 6:30 - 8 PM From Homebrew to the House of Fermentology 6:30 - 8 PM 2 Kite Runner Tickets to the Flynn 7:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	30 CVSD Special Meeting 6 - 6:30 PM CVSD Finance Committee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM EWSD Board Public Informational Hearing - April 30 6:30 - 9 PM Homelessness is a Housing Problem - Book Discussion 7 - 8 PM Library Book Discussion on Homelessness April 30 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	1 WSD Board Scholarship Committee Meeting 8:30 - 9 AM Coffee Chat: Story Quilt Project 10 AM - 12 PM USPS Virtual Job Fair 11 AM - 1 PM This Week at the Colchester Food Shelf 12 - 6 PM Pokémon Club at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM LWVVT, Sec. of State Co-Host Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM LWVVT, Sec. of State Co-Host Virtual Forum on RCV 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	2 The Essex Art League Invites You 9 - 11 AM What's Happening at BTV Airport? 12 - 1 PM Cardboard Kids at the Winooski Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Exploring the Catholic Faith 6 - 7:30 PM Substance Use & Our Community 6:30 - 8 PM Winooski Library Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	3 Big Yard Sale - Spear St - May 3-4! (multiday) VCL's Spring Conference with Kelly Gallagher 8 AM - 3 PM CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 8:15 AM Large Estate Sale - Hinesburg 10 AM (multiday) Don't Miss the Rock Point School Student Art Show May 3 5 - 7 PM Waking Windows Winooski 2024 Art & Music Festival 5 PM (multiday) Don't Miss the Rock Point School Art Show May 3 5 PM Green Up Day at Greenmount Cemetery and Schmanska Park 5:30 - 7 PM Long Trail End-To-Ender's Panel 6 - 7 PM Save the Date for Steps to End Domestic Violence! 6 - 9 PM Kaleidoscope - Steps to End Domestic Violence Social 6 - 9 PM +7 more see less	4 Green Up Day at Fort Ethan Allen 8 AM - 12 PM Green Up Day in Winooski 8:30 AM - 2 PM NAMI Vermont In Our Own Voice Training 9 AM Green-Up Day @ Amtrak Station & Multi-Use Path - May 4 9 - 10:30 AM Green Up with the Essex Junction Tree Committee 9 - 11:30 AM Town Fair & Green Up Day - May 4 9 AM - 1 PM Green Up Day's Guinness World Record 9:30 AM - 12 PM Because Craft Show 9:30 AM - 4 PM Be Cause Craft Show 9:30 AM - 4 PM Vegetable Gardening in Containers 10 - 11 AM Sidewalk Sale - 10 Peru St - May 4 11 AM - 4 PM Williston Town Band Concert Saturday! 12 - 1 PM CCV Community Chorus Concerts 7:30 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less