Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2024

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1 Adult Pickleball 9 AM Holiday Card Workshop Dec. 1 10 AM - 12 PM Holiday Card Making Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Bottle Drop - Hardwick AL Auxiliary Juniors & Youth SAL 11 AM - 2 PM Learn-To-Curl Clinic (Green Mountain Curling Club) 12 - 2:30 PM Wreath Making Workshop 1 - 3 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Vermont Women & the Civil War 2 - 3:30 PM Winter Concert at United Church 2 - 3:30 PM Tree Lighting at Willey's Store 5 - 6 PM +7 more see less	2 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM Blood Drive in Westfield 12:30 - 5 PM Craftsbury Fire District #2 \| Regular Meeting Dec 2 5:30 - 7 PM Lamoille North Community Budget Discussion 6 - 8 PM	3 Story Hour and Playgroup at the Walden Library 10 - 11:30 AM Holiday Food Drive for Sheffield Food Pantry 10:30 AM (multiday) Teen Taste Test at Jeudevine Memorial Library 3 - 4 PM Greensboro Planning Commission Meeting Agenda Dec. 3 4 - 7 PM Irasburg Select Board Special Meeting Dec. 3 4:30 PM Christmas Cookie Exchange 5 - 7 PM Diana Mara Henry Book Launch 5:30 - 7 PM Hyde Park Town Planning Commission Meeting Dec. 3 6 PM Square Dance Classes 7 - 8:30 PM Albany Selectboard Meeting Dec. 3 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	4 VT Humanities Zoom Program on Vermont History 2 - 3 PM Walden Town Plan 6 PM Leach Library Dec. Trustee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Music with the Millers 7 PM	5 Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Lego Time at Jeudevine Memorial Library 3 - 4 PM Unveil the Pelvis 5:30 - 7 PM Town of Hyde Park DRB Hearing - Dec. 5 6 PM Visiting Writer Reading - Brendan Shay Basham 8 - 9 PM +2 more see less	6 Public Hearing: Jay-Lyn Saturday Winter Service 11 - 11:30 AM Hardwick Farmers Mkt at Maker's Market 4 - 7 PM Front Seat Winter Market Starts This Friday! 4 - 7 PM Hardwick Farmers' Market 4 - 7 PM Hardwick Farmers Market at Front Seat Dec. 6 4 - 7 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Contra Dance at Sterling College 6:30 - 8:30 PM Inherit the Wind 7 - 9 PM Northsong Christmas Concert Dec 6 and Dec 8 7:30 PM +5 more see less	7 Free Community Breakfast Offered Dec. 7 8 - 9:30 AM The Holly Jolly Brawly Invitational 8 AM - 3 PM Johnson Elementary School Christmas Craft Fair 8 AM - 3 PM Community Breakfast and Craft Fair 8:30 AM - 3 PM Church Bazaar - Christmas Eve Service and More 9 AM - 1 PM Sterling View Christmas Craft Show 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Gifts Sale! 9 AM - 3 PM 46th Annual Hyde Park Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM 46th Annual Craft Fair Hosted by Second Congo Church 9 AM - 3 PM Winter in Walden 10 AM Friends for Lanpher Library Holiday Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Make 'Simple Gifts' with the Old Stone House Museum 10 AM - 2 PM Gingerbread, Santa Claus, Books, and Fun! 10 AM - 2:30 PM Glassblowing Open Studio 10 AM - 4 PM Photo Art Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Prospective Student Open House at Sterling College 10:30 AM - 2 PM WinterMarket at the Highland Center for the Arts 11 AM - 3 PM Highland Center for The Arts Wintermarket 11 AM - 3 PM The Shire Choir Sings at Winter Market in Greensboro! 11 AM - 3 PM Ladies Luncheon 12 PM Real Talk About Coyotes and the Wolf 1 - 2 PM Protect Our Wildlife Update 1 - 2 PM VTSU Johnson Women's Basketball vs VTSU Lyndon 1 - 2:30 PM Explorers and Crafters: Minecraft Club for Kids 1 - 3 PM Deck the Halls at Goodrich Memorial Library 2 - 4 PM Christmas Concert Dec. 7 2 - 4 PM Holiday Garland Making at Mud and Lace 2:45 - 6 PM VTSU Johnson Men's Basketball vs. VTSU Lyndon 3 - 4:30 PM A Christmas Carol in Derby Line by Borderline Players 3 - 5 PM Johnson Holiday Jubilee Parade Road Closure 3:45 - 4:15 PM Johnson's Holiday Jubilee 3:45 - 6 PM Drum and Paint at the Jubilee! 4 - 6 PM Rejuvenation Wellness Center at Johnson Jubilee 4 - 6 PM Holiday Pet Remembrance Service 4 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert Dec. 7 7 - 9 PM North Country Chorus Christmas Concert 7:30 PM (multiday) +32 more see less
8 Adult Pickleball 9 AM Home Clean Out 10 AM - 2 PM Photo Art Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Family Open Gym 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Hard-Pressed Community Printshop Blockprinting Workshop 12 - 3 PM Hard-Pressed Print Shop - Block Printing Workshop 12 - 3 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Hyde Park Lighting of the Wreaths 4 - 5 PM +5 more see less	9 Lakeview & Woodbury Concert Postponed All Day 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM Come Gather to Talk About Life at Death Cafe 1 - 3 PM Hyde Park Special Selectboard Meeting - Dec 9 @ 530pm 5:30 PM Caroling in the Village 5:45 - 7 PM What is Restorative Justice? Come Find Out Dec. 9! 6:30 - 8 PM Johnson Recreation Economy Opportunities Task Force 6:30 - 8 PM Hyde Park Special Selectboard Meeting NHP Dec 9 @ 7pm 7 PM +4 more see less	10 Night Tree Story Time 10 - 11 AM Pathways Vermont Presentation on Ending Homelessness 4:30 - 5:30 PM Pathways Vermont Presents Crossing Paths 4:30 - 5:30 PM Pathways Vermont Presentation on Ending Homelessness 4:30 - 5:30 PM Greensboro Housing Sub-Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM HPC's East Hardwick Zoning District Listening Session 6:30 - 8 PM Square Dance Classes 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	11 Library Writing Group for Kids 3 - 4 PM Death Cafe 6 - 7 PM Blue Christmas 6 - 7 PM Movie Night 6 - 8 PM Winter Concerts, Art Show, Theater at Hazen 6 PM (multiday) Greensboro Selectboard Meeting Dec. 11 6:30 PM Vermont Crime Fiction Author Zoom Talk Next Wednesday 7 - 8 PM Visiting Artist Talk - Colette Fu 8 - 9 PM +4 more see less	12 Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Holiday Celebrations 1 PM (multiday) Recycling Roundtable 4 - 5 PM Book Launch 6 - 8 PM Game Night at Front Seat Coffee 6 - 9 PM +1 more see less	13 Sled Dog Storytime 10 - 11 AM GPC Work Session 10 AM - 12 PM VTSU Johnson Women's Basketball vs ME Augusta 6 - 7:30 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM VSO Brass and Counterpoint in Newport 7 - 9 PM Come See "Inherit the Wind" in Hyde Park 7 PM (multiday) VTSU Johnson Men's Basketball vs. Me Augusta 8 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	14 Energy-Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market! 12 AM - 2 PM Spirit Doll Workshop All Day Montgomery PTCO 10th Annual Holiday Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Vendor Sale, Jay Peak Post #28 North Troy 9 AM - 3 PM Gingerbread Houses Dec. 14 10 - 11:30 AM Copley Craft Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Energy-Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market! 10 AM - 2 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour Dec. 14 10 AM - 3 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour 10 AM - 3 PM 40th Annual Open Studio Sale and Demonstrations 10 AM - 4 PM First Annual Northwoods Pottery Tour Dec. 14-15 10 AM (multiday) Northwoods Pottery Sale and Tour 10 AM (multiday) Emma Podolin Redware Annual Studio Sale Dec. 14-15 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Sale Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Pottery Sale at Borealis Studios! 10 AM (multiday) Austrian Bakery at Craftsbury Winter Market 11 AM - 12 PM Holiday Centerpiece Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Energy-Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market! 11 AM - 2 PM Energy Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market 11 AM - 2 PM Craft Market + Soup and Baked Goods - 12/14 11 AM - 2 PM Energy-Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market! 11 AM - 2 PM Craftsbury Holiday Farmers' Market 11 AM - 2 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour 11 AM (multiday) “Santa at the Shelter” Dec. 14 12 - 2 PM Bread CSA - Holiday Gift Pack 12 PM (multiday) Explorers and Crafters: Minecraft Club for Kids 1 - 3 PM Goodrich Memorial Library Holiday Open House 2 - 4 PM Light Parade 5:30 - 7 PM +24 more see less
15 Breakfast with Santa at Morrisville Fire Department 8 AM - 12 PM Adult Pickleball 9 AM Northwoods Pottery Tour Dec. 14 10 AM - 3 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour 10 AM - 3 PM Sleigh Ride 11 AM - 3 PM Hitchcock Memorial Museum & Library Holiday Open House 11:30 AM - 1 PM Stowe Farmers' Market Holiday Market 12 - 4 PM Children's Christmas Workshop Dec. 15 1 - 3 PM Cookies & Fire Truck Rides with Santa 1 - 3 PM Christmas Workshop 1 - 3 PM Cole Kerr Originals Christmas Open House 1 - 4 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Orchestra 2 - 4 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Winter Concert 2 - 4 PM Cookie Exchange Party at the Walden Community Library 2 - 4 PM +12 more see less	16 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM Monday Mending at the Genny Albany 4 - 7 PM Monday Mending at the Genny Albany 4 - 7 PM Winter Concert, Art Show, and Lantern Walk 6 - 7 PM Author Visit with George Woodard 6 - 7:30 PM New Date - Winter Concert, Art Show, and Lantern Walk 6 PM +2 more see less	17 Holiday Storytimes at the Craftsbury Public Library 10 - 11 AM Dementia/Alzheimer's Care Partners Support Group 3:30 - 5 PM Hyde Park Selectboard Meeting - Dec. 17 5:30 PM Square Dance Classes 7 - 8:30 PM Albany Selectboard Meeting - Dec 17 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	18 Slow Flowers Roundtables at The Flower Basket 12 - 7 PM Teen Button Making 3 - 4 PM Movie Night 6 - 8 PM Sheffield Planning Commission Public Meeting 6 - 8 PM Rescheduled-Westfield Caroling on the Common 6 PM Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Committee Meeting Agenda 6 PM Advent Taizé Service at E. Craftsbury Presbyterian 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	19 Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Goodrich Memorial Library December Book Club 1 - 2 PM School Age Story Time 3 - 4 PM Town of Hyde Park Drb Hearing - Dec. 19 at 6:00pm 6 PM Craftsbury Fire District #2 – Special Meeting Dec. 19 6:45 - 7 PM Bread and Puppet Theater's "The Christmas Story" 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	20 Half Price Sale (multiday) Felted Soap Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM Free Vaccine Clinic at the Library 1 - 3 PM Hardwick Farmers Market Dec. 20 3 - 6 PM Front Seat Winter Market Starts This Friday! 4 - 7 PM Goldenrose Gardens Solstice Sale at Front Seat Coffee! 4 - 7 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Bread and Puppet Theater Present: the Christmas Story 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	21 Candle Centerpiece Workshop Dec. 21 10 - 10:30 AM Hard-Pressed Solstice Market 11 AM - 3 PM Hard-Pressed Community Print Shop Solstice Market 11 AM - 3 PM Explorers and Crafters: Minecraft Club for Kids 1 - 3 PM 🏡 Open House and Community Food Drive 🍎 1 - 3 PM Special Winter Solstice Sound Bath 3 - 5 PM Winter Solstice Yoga Nidra for the HAFP 4:30 - 6 PM Carols & Cocoa 4:30 PM +4 more see less
22 Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM Family Open Gym 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM Village Singing 4 - 5 PM Candle Light Service 6 - 7 PM Porter Brook Trio / Birdhouse Band Holiday Show Dec. 22 7 - 8:30 PM Re: Annual Christmas Concert 7 PM +2 more see less	23 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM Stannard Holiday Musical Community Gathering, Dec. 23 6 - 8 PM	24 Holiday Storytimes at the Craftsbury Public Library 10 - 11 AM Candlelight Christmas Eve Dec. 24 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Service 4:30 PM Christmas Eve Service 5 - 6 PM Celebrate Christmas Eve at St. Matthew's! 5 - 6:30 PM Christmas Eve at E. Craftsbury Presbyterian Church 6 - 7 PM Christmas at United Church 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve, Candlelight Service 7:30 PM +4 more see less	25 Albany Transfer Station - Closed Dec. 25 & Jan. 1 4 - 7 PM Movie Night 6 - 8 PM	26 Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Hanukkah Party and Concert: Joanie Leeds at Zenbarn 2 - 4 PM Pizza & Game Night at Simpson Library 4 - 6 PM	27 Johnson Community Blood Drive 12 - 4:30 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM	28 Join Your Legislators for a Community Conversation! 8 - 10:30 AM Explorers and Crafters: Minecraft Club for Kids 1 - 3 PM Poetry & Pie 4 - 5 PM
29 Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM	30 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM CRAFTea Last Mondays of the Month October-April 5:30 - 7 PM	31	1 A Long Winter's Walk 7:30 - 9 PM	2 Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Read to a Dog at Jeudevine Memorial Library 1 - 2 PM	3 This Friday at the Library for Kids 1 - 4 PM Flu and Covid Vaccination Clinic 1:30 - 3:30 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM	4 Monthly Community Breakfast Jan. 4 8 - 9:30 AM Hazen Union NHS Bottle Drive 8 - 11 AM Bottle Pop Up Drive for Justice for Dogs 9 - 11 AM Justice for Dogs "Pop Up" Bottle/Can Drive Jan. 4 9 - 11 AM Puppy Love 12 - 4 PM +1 more see less