All poetry lovers and those interested in poetry are invited to “Poetry at the Grange!”  Our Thursday, August 13 program will be held back at the Grange, 2858 Spear St. in East Charlotte, from 6:30-8 PM. Local husband and wife poets, Angela Patten and Daniel Lusk will be our featured speakers.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Angela Patten’s publications include five poetry collections, most recently “Feeding the Wild Rabbit “(Kelsay 2024), and a memoir, “High Tea at a Low Table: Stories from an Irish Childhood” (Wind Ridge 2013). She maintains citizenship in Ireland and the U.S. and lives in Burlington, Vermont.

Daniel Lusk is author of eight poetry collections and other books, among them “Lake Studies: Meditations on Lake Champlain” and “KIN, poems from the edge of wilderness in Vermont”. Well-known for his teaching, his work also is published widely in literary journals. His essay, “Bomb” (New Letters), was awarded a 2016 Pushcart Prize.

After Angela and Daniel present some of their work, audience members will be invited to share their own poetry or favorite poetry by others.  Those who memorize their poems will be awarded prizes.

Poetry at the Grange! is held every second Thursday from 6:30 to 8 pm at the Grange, (hours will shift to afternoons for winter), and is held in collaboration with the Charlotte Public Library. This is just one of many events run by the Charlotte Grange, based at 2858 Spear St. 

Reminders: Kindly stay home if you feel sick or are contagious, and please mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a contagious respiratory condition.  Overflow parking can be found at the white Catholic Church just south of the Grange Hall.  Please do not park at the private residence to the NORTH.

Questions: abigailkilley@me.com.  

As America marks 250 years, the American Conversation Project is bringing people together across the country to share stories, listen deeply, and strengthen the bonds that hold us together. This summer, libraries across the country will host recorded small-group conversations where neighbors share what's on their minds: what they love about where they live, what feels broken, what they hope for, and how they want to take action.

Whether you've lived in Charlotte for 60 years or 6 weeks.  What needs attention?  Come and meet neighbors to create community connection.  You can RSVP here or call the Library to let us know you're interested in attending. Dinner and light refreshments served! 

Co-presented by the Charlotte Grange and the Charlotte Library.

The Charlotte Grange invites friends and neighbors to enjoy evenings of music and merriment on the Charlotte town green this summer. Bring a picnic and enjoy local music in good company. The music starts at 5:30 PM and ends at 7:00 PM. Co-hosted by the Charlotte Library.

This week the musical guest is Remember Baker, a five-piece string band playing bluegrass and old-time music, sponsored by Cookie Love(with cookies for everyone!)

Thank you to this season’s Grange on the Green sponsors: Shearer Audi/VW/Acura & Point Bay Marina

Rain location: Charlotte Senior Center

Check our website for day of updates regarding changes due to weather. Should the weather be bad the event will move to the Charlotte Senior Center.

The Grange’s Program Committee is busy dreaming and planning this year’s events and invites you to join in on the fun. Everyone is welcome to help us plan events on an ongoing basis or to volunteer the day of an event! Our goal is to build community in all sorts of interesting ways. We meet monthly on the 4th Friday of the month, 8:30-10 AM at the Grange Hall.

To learn more contact: GrangeProgramsVT@gmail.com

The Charlotte Grange invites friends and neighbors to enjoy evenings of music and merriment on the Charlotte town green this summer. Bring a picnic and enjoy local music in good company. The music starts at 5:30 PM and ends at 7:00 PM. Co-hosted by the Charlotte Library.

This week the musical guest is In the Pocket, a six piece jazz band playing blues and jazz standards, sponsored by Otter Creek Awnings

Thank you to this season’s Grange on the Green sponsors: Shearer Audi/VW/Acura & Point Bay Marina

Rain location: Charlotte Senior Center

Check our website for day of updates regarding changes due to weather. Should the weather be bad the event will move to the Charlotte Senior Center.

We hope you will be able to join us for this month's walk – on Friday, July 17th, we’ll walk together on Charlotte’s Village Loop Trail. 

This lovely well-kept trail in West Charlotte will take us through woods and meadows, from the Old Lantern parking area out to the new town garage and back.  We’ll end with an optional walk up Barber Hill for some lovely views.  

We will meet at the trailhead parking area at the Old Lantern Inn and Barn at 3260 Greenbush Road.  When you pull into the driveway, the trailhead parking is immediately to your left along the tree line by the road. 

About Charlotte Walks:

Once a month, usually on the third Friday of the month, we meet at 8:30am at a different Charlotte trailhead for a morning walk. It's a great way to get more familiar with Charlotte's public trails, and to meet up and chat with other Charlotters. Walks usually last about an hour to an hour and a half, and are generally led at a comfortable adult walking pace, but we definitely stop to look at the flowers and listen to the birds.

The Charlotte Grange invites friends and neighbors to enjoy evenings of music and merriment on the Charlotte town green this summer. Bring a picnic and enjoy local music in good company. The music starts at 5:30 PM and ends at 7:00 PM. Co-hosted by the Charlotte Library.

This week the musical guest is Va et Vient, featuring Quebecois, French, and Cajun tunes, sponsored by InTrack Investment Managers

We will be collecting food for the Charlotte Food Shelf at this concert. Please consider bringing non-perishable food items to donate. Thank you!

Thank you to this season’s Grange on the Green sponsors: Shearer Audi/VW/Acura & Point Bay Marina

Rain location: Charlotte Senior Center

Check our website for day of updates regarding changes due to weather. Should the weather be bad the event will move to the Charlotte Senior Center.

TODAY’S July 9th Grange on the Green concert will be held at our RAIN LOCATION: The Charlotte Senior Center, due to a forecast of lightning. Poetry will remain inside at the Quinlan Schoolhouse.

The Charlotte Grange invites friends and neighbors to enjoy evenings of music and merriment on the Charlotte town green this summer. Bring a picnic and enjoy local music in good company. The music starts at 5:30 PM and ends at 7:00 PM. Co-hosted by the Charlotte Library.

This week enjoy the beautiful freewheeling sounds of singer songwriter Reid Parsons, sponsored byLake Champlain Chocolates

To kick off Grange on the Green there will be a special poetry reading by a local poet (in line with the monthly Poetry at the Grange) held in the Quinlan School House starting at 4:30.

Thank you to this season’s Grange on the Green sponsors: Shearer Audi/VW/Acura & Point Bay Marina

Rain location: Charlotte Senior Center

Please note venue and time change - just for July.

All poetry lovers and those interested in poetry are invited to “Poetry at the Grange!”.  Our Thursday,  July 9 program will be held in conjunction with Grange on the Green as we did last year.  Local poet, Abigail Carroll will be our featured speaker and will present her work in the historic Quinlan School House adjacent to the Green and the Library starting at 4:30 pm. 

Abigail Carroll is author of three poetry collections: Cup My Days like Water,Habitation of Wonder, and A Gathering of Larks: Letters to Saint Francis from a Modern-Day Pilgrim. Her poems have been anthologized in How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope as well as in Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide. Her work of nonfiction, Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal, was a finalist for the Zócolo Public Square Prize. She lives and writes in Vermont, where she enjoys swimming holes and a well brewed cup of tea. Find her at www.abigail-carroll.com.

Our program will end by 5:30 so you can also enjoy Reid Parsons’ concert on the Green.

Poetry at the Grange! is held every second Thursday. From May through October (with the exception of July) it is held from 6:30 to 8 pm at the Grange, located at 2858 Spear St. in Charlotte, in collaboration with the Charlotte Public Library. 

Kindly stay home if you feel sick or are contagious, and please mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a contagious respiratory condition.

Questions: abigailkilley@me.com.  

TODAY’S (July 9th) Grange on the Green concert will be held at our RAIN LOCATION: The Charlotte Senior Center, due to a forecast of lightning. Poetry will remain inside at the Quinlan Schoolhouse as originally planned.

The Grange’s Program Committee is busy dreaming and planning this year’s events and invites you to join in on the fun. Everyone is welcome to help us plan events on an ongoing basis or to volunteer the day of an event! Our goal is to build community in all sorts of interesting ways. We meet monthly on the 4th Friday of the month, 8:30-10 AM at the Grange Hall.

To learn more contact: GrangeProgramsVT@gmail.com

Music Open Mic returns to the Charlotte Grange!

If you sing, play an instrument, or both - it's time to tune up and start practicing! The music starts Thursday June 25th from 6:30-8pm when the Charlotte Grange will once again host an ongoing series of open mics dedicated to widening the circle of music in  Charlotte through connection, communication, community, creativity and celebration of the wonder of music.  Grab that guitar (or any other instrument you love), loosen up those vocal chords, and prepare your favorite song – and share it in a relaxed, friendly setting

Nick Carter, a singer songwriter and former music teacher, and Dave Vallett, of the popular local band, The Buck Hollers Band, will host this new program. The theme of this open mic will be Summer (music/poetry is not required to be on theme). Nick and Dave are both veteran and well-loved performers of Charlotte’s own summer music series, Grange On The Green.  Similar to the format for Poetry at the Grange, Nick and Dave will hold the stage for the first portion of the evening and will then open the floor for participation. Performers of all ability levels will be given equal time in the neighborhood of 7-8 minutes each, depending on that night's attendance, to share something they've been diligently practicing and preparing.

Should our parking lot fill up, please park at the white Church just SOUTH of the Grange, by the fence.  Please do not park at the private brick building that looks like a church adjacent to the Grange.   Kindly stay home if you are feeling sick and mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a respiratory ailment.

Questions: abigailkilley@me.com.  

We hope you can join us for our monthly "Charlotte Walks" meet-up! This month’s walk will be at Pease Mountain. Meet at the trail parking area in the Charlotte Central School bus parking lot. Follow this link for more information - Pease Mountain Loop, Vermont - 556 Reviews, Map | AllTrails

About Charlotte Walks:

Once a month, usually on the third Friday of the month, we meet at 8:30am at a different Charlotte trailhead for a morning walk. It's a great way to get more familiar with Charlotte's public trails, and to meet up and chat with other Charlotters. Walks usually last about an hour to an hour and a half, and are generally led at a comfortable adult walking pace, but we definitely stop to look at the flowers and listen to the birds.

Thursday Night Live at the Grange welcomes local librarian, original talent and unrepentant weirdo - Jasper Oliver to the stage for a hyphenate show. Part performance art, part spoken-word poetry jam, part avant PowerPoint experience. Some tall tales and fables, some laughs and a whole lotta heart. Plus, just enough interpretive dance, costume changes, participation prizes and other interactive elements to keep it interesting. 

WARNING! This show is for the adult enthusiasts and may contain controversial, provocative, and potentially offensive material.

Should our parking lot fill up, please park at the white Church just SOUTH of the Grange, by the fence.  Please do not park at the private brick building that looks like a church adjacent to the Grange.   Kindly stay home if you are feeling sick and mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a respiratory ailment.

Questions: abigailkilley@me.com.  

The Grange will be hosting a Hybrid Town Meeting Open Forum next TUESDAY (please note that the incorrect date was posted to Front Porch Forum yesterday. This event will be on Tuesday June 16th).

Come listen and share your goals for a hybrid town meeting with Selectboard members JD Herlihy and Troy Krahl.

At this year’s Town Meeting, there was considerable interest in the town residents for Charlotte to find a means to have a Hybrid Town Meeting combining the traditional in-person meeting with an Australian Ballot vote. Charlotte has had a Hybrid model previously, but the provisions used to implement them has expired. The intent of this gathering is for Selectboard members JD and Troy to hear from residents in a venue and process that allows for an open civil discussion on the topic. They would like to gain insight into what residents are looking to get out of a Hybrid Town Meeting, some ideas on how this may be accomplished, and then thinking through the pitfalls and benefits of the different avenues.

This will be a hybrid event. Come in person or use the link below:

Zoom link for access for online access: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84015365021?pwd=jB0lFPaIdaiXXgK5ub7hW87FLsbdM1.1

Our front entrance is under construction, limiting parking. Should our parking lot fill up, please follow the orange cones and park at the white Church just SOUTH of the Grange, by the back fence. Please do not park at the private brick building that looks like a church adjacent to the Grange.

Poetry lovers are again warmly welcomed to Poetry at the Grange, held every second Thursday from 6:30 - 8:00 pm (summer hours), at the Grange, 2858 Spear St. in East Charlotte.

Elaine Pentaleri will be our featured poet.

Elaine, editor of the poetry journal, Mud Season Review, and organizer of the annual Green Mountain Book Festival in Burlington. She will read from her new book “Dreamscape with Absinth,” sure to be an imaginative triumph.  As usual, after Elaine’s recitations, audience members will be invited to share their original, or favorite poems. All are welcome to enjoy with or without poetry to share.

Poetry at the Grange is held in collaboration with the Charlotte Public Library. The spring, summer, and fall Poetry Programs run from 6:30-8pm. This is just one of many events run by the Charlotte Grange, based at 2858 Spear St.  For more information about the Charlotte Grange and to view a full calendar of interesting events, please visit our website:  https://www.charlottegrange.org/

Should our parking lot fill up, please park at the white Church just SOUTH of the Grange, by the fence.  Please do not park at the private brick building that looks like a church adjacent to the Grange.   Kindly stay home if you are feeling sick and mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a respiratory ailment.

Questions: abigailkilley@me.com.  

Please join us at Grandview Cemetery on May 25, Memorial Day morning, at 9:00am. A short ceremony will include remarks from Charlotte Veteran Jordan Paquette and a rendition of "Taps" by CCS student musician Ben Vincent. After the ceremony, interested folks will help place flags on the graves of those who served and/or died in military service. This annual tradition has been held by the Charlotte Grange for many years and is an opportunity for the community to come together and show our respect and appreciation. All are welcome to join us for the ceremony, to place flags, or both! We hope to see you there.

Also, again this year, the Grange will be collecting your worn-out flags to be properly retired through the American Legion.  If you have a flag you’d like to properly dispose of, please feel free to drop it off at the Charlotte Grange Hall (2858 Spear St) between May 15th and June 7th in the covered bin on the front porch.

For more information, visit https://www.charlottegrange.org/memorial-day

The Grange’s Program Committee is busy dreaming and planning this year’s events and invites you to join in on the fun. Everyone is welcome to help us plan events on an ongoing basis or to volunteer the day of an event! Our goal is to build community in all sorts of interesting ways. We meet monthly on the 4th Friday of the month, 8:30-10 AM at the Grange Hall.

To learn more contact: GrangeProgramsVT@gmail.com

Grange members gather on the third Tuesday every other month to discuss business matters. Doors open at 6:15 PM, meeting starts at 6:30.

To learn more or get involved email Grange President Tai Dinnan at charlottegrangevt@gmail.com.

We hope you can join us at Plouffe Lane for our monthly "Charlotte Walks" meet-up!

On the Plouffe Lane trail network we'll experience a variety of terrain (some hilly, some level) and scenery including fields, woods, and an overlook of the LaPlatte River.  

DIRECTIONS: To get there, take Carpenter Road to Plouffe Lane. Please drive slowly and with deference down the private Plouffe Lane. At the end of the lane, you'll keep to the RIGHT where there's a fork in the road - that will take you down to the parking area.

About Charlotte Walks:

Once a month, usually on the third Friday of the month, we meet at 8:30am at a different Charlotte trailhead for a morning walk. It's a great way to get more familiar with Charlotte's public trails, and to meet up and chat with other Charlotters. Walks usually last about an hour to an hour and a half, and are generally led at a comfortable adult walking pace, but we definitely stop to look at the flowers and listen to the birds.

Poets and poetry lovers are warmly invited to our monthly Poetry at the Grange series.  Bring a few of your favorite poems or your own poetry to read or recite, or just come to listen.

May’s gathering features all of you - it will be a Poetry Open Mic!

Should our parking lot fill up, please park at the Catholic Church just south of the Grange, by the fence.  Kindly stay home if you are feeling sick and mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a contagious respiratory ailment.

Poetry at the Grange is held every second Thursday at the Grange in collaboration with the Charlotte Public Library. The spring, summer, and fall Poetry Programs run from 6:30-8pm. This is just one of many events run by the Charlotte Grange, located at 2858 Spear St.  For more information about the Charlotte Grange and to view a full calendar of interesting events, we hope you will check out our website:  https://www.charlottegrange.org/

Our annual Spring Clean Up Day brings together friends of the Charlotte Grange and leaves us with a tidy building and yard ready to host this year’s line-up of events. Volunteers can choose to complete indoor or outdoor tasks.

Charlotte Flea is embracing Charlotte’s flea history, community, & finding new homes for previously loved items. Antiques, vintage items, jewelry, textiles, hobby times, ceramics, sporting goods, & more.

Learn more by emailing charlottevtflea@gmail.com. Profit from booth fees will be donated to the Charlotte Grange.

We hope you can join us for our first "Charlotte Walks" of 2026, at the Williams Woods Natural Area on Friday, April 24. 

About Charlotte Walks:

Once a month, usually on the third Friday of the month, we meet at 8:30 at a different Charlotte trailhead for a morning walk. It's a great way to get more familiar with Charlotte's public trails, and to meet up and chat with other Charlotters. Walks usually last about an hour to an hour and a half, and are generally led at a comfortable adult walking pace, but we definitely stop to look at the flowers and listen to the birds.

For this month's walk:

We'll meet on 4/24 (we're Walking on the Fourth Friday just for April), at 8:30 at the parking lot of the Williams Woods Natural Area on Greenbush Road in Charlotte, about a mile south of the Thompson Point Road intersection. The trail is a one mile loop through the "best remaining mature valley clayplain forest in the Champlain Valley." It also is home to many spring natural wonders - vernal pools with amphibian eggs, ephemeral wild flowers, and beaver activity.  Trail conditions are unpredictable this time of year, so we recommend that you wear boots or shoes that you don’t mind getting muddy!

Interested in the history of Charlotte Grange Hall and in historic preservation?  Join us at the Grange on April 21st from 6:30 – 8:00 pm to hear about the history of this historic building.

We will have a presentation by Dan Cole, President of the Charlotte Historical Society and Aileen Williams, M.S. in Historic Preservation about current work to have the Hall listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  New insights into the history of this historic building have come about because of Aileen’s year-long project to nominate the building for listing on the Register.  Dan has been incredibly helpful with the project and knows the wonderful twists and turns that saw the building operate as a debating society, one-room school and Grange meeting place.  We will have a chance to ask questions and refreshments will be served.

Should our parking lot fill up, please park at the Catholic Church just south of the Grange, by the fence.  Follow the orange cones. Kindly stay home if you are feeling sick and mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a contagious respiratory ailment.

This event is part of an every-other-month 2026 Lecture Series at the Charlotte Grange Hall. Interested community members are invited to join Charlotte Grange Members in learning about a variety of Grange-related topics on the third Tuesday evening of February, April, June, August, and October. Lectures will be followed by an opportunity for questions and conversation. Refreshments will be served.

Volunteers offer free repair of household and personal items while you wait, in exchange for a non-perishable food or monetary donation to Charlotte Food Shelf.

More detailed event information and registration link available here: https://www.sustainablecharlottevt.org/events/repair-cafe-in-april

Organized by Sustainable Charlotte (sustainablecharlottevt.org), supported by Charlotte Grange (charlottegrange.org) and Charlotte Library (charlottepubliclibrary.org).

Poets and poetry lovers are warmly invited to our monthly Poetry at the Grange series. 

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: Charlotte Senior Center

On Thursday April 9th, there will be a special poetry performance: "Two Troubadours in Mud Time"

Cyrus Cook, a life-long poet and English teacher, joins Nick Carter, a musician since his youth, to bring to the Charlotte Grange their shared passion for poetry and song. These two troubadours and former teachers, both based in CT,  — Cy at Choate Rosemary Hall and Nick at The Stanwich School—  have been friends since they met at Hebron Academy in Maine in 1969.  These days they still enjoy sharing their love of poetry and music with students and friends. Join us in the afternoon or evening for this special edition of Poetry at the Grange!

This special program will not include time for the audience to offer their poetry - but there will be plenty of time during our May Open Mic.

Poetry at the Grange is held every second Thursday at the Grange in collaboration with the Charlotte Public Library. The winter poetry  program runs from 1-2:30pm and the spring/summer/fall program runs from 6:30-8pm. April poetry gatherings are being held at the Charlotte Library and Charlotte Senior Center due to the temporary closure of our second floor.

Poets and poetry lovers are warmly invited to our monthly Poetry at the Grange series. 

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: Charlotte Library

Thursday April 9th, there will be a special poetry performance: "Two Troubadours in Mud Time"

Cyrus Cook, a life-long poet and English teacher, joins Nick Carter, a musician since his youth, to bring to the Charlotte Grange their shared passion for poetry and song. These two troubadours and former teachers, both based in CT,  — Cy at Choate Rosemary Hall and Nick at The Stanwich School—  have been friends since they met at Hebron Academy in Maine in 1969.  These days they still enjoy sharing their love of poetry and music with students and friends. Join us in the afternoon or evening for this special edition of Poetry at the Grange!

This special program will not include time for the audience to offer their poetry - but there will be plenty of time during our May Open Mic.

Poetry at the Grange is held every second Thursday at the Charlotte Grange Hall in collaboration with the Charlotte Public Library. The winter poetry  program runs from 1-2:30pm and the spring/summer/fall program runs from 6:30-8pm. April’s events will be held at the Library and Senior Center due to the temporary closure of our second floor.