Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2015

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29 26th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) 26th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) 26th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) Climate March All Day Short Film & Discussion: Responding to Hate Crimes 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	30 Senior Center Open House All Day Montpelier Senior Activity Center Open House, Nov. 30 All Day Senior Center Open House All Day Music, Food, All Free of Charge All Day	1 World AIDS Day Event All Day Kellogg-Hubbard Library Story Time Coming to East Calais! All Day VTrans Seeking Input on Bike Routes on State Roads 6 - 8 PM Local Business Forum 6:30 - 7:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Dec. 1 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	2 It's a Wonderful Life - Radio Style, Onstage at LNT Dec. 2 & 3 (multiday) The Ceremony Cards Event Dec. 2 All Day OLLI (Osher Presentation) All Day Introduction and Workshop - Ceremony Cards, Dec. 2 All Day Open House at the Montpelier Shambhala Center All Day Jaquith's Classic Film Night Dec. 2 All Day Middlesex Energy Team Meeting at Town Hall! All Day River Rock School Open House 7 - 8:30 PM It's a Wonderful Life - a Live Radio Play - Dec 2 & 3 7 - 9 PM Selectboard Special Meetings Dec. 2, 7 7 PM +6 more see less	3 Public Hearing Dec. 3 All Day Education: How to Spark the Love of Learning All Day Carbon Pollution Tax Debate All Day CVSWMD Planning Meeting Re: Possible Land Purchase in E. Montp. Dec. 3 All Day Relocalizing Vermont: Climate & Energy in Paris & Vermont All Day Montpelier School Board Conversations 5 - 6 PM Interested in Having Your Voice Heard About the School Budget? 5 - 6 PM Come Out Tonight for Illumination Night at VCFA! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Public Hearing: December 3, 2015 @ 5:30 Pm at Barre City Hall 5:30 PM Sparking the Love of Learning 6:30 - 7:30 PM Carbon Pollution Tax Debate 6:30 - 9 PM Pacem School Community Event 6:30 PM Carbon Pollution Tax Debate 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	4 Spaghetti Dinner & Amazing Raffle at CES All Day CES Spaghetti Dinner & Raffle Dec. 4 All Day Barre Holiday Farmers Market All Day Montpelier Art Walk All Day Spaghetti Dinner & Amazing Raffle All Day Barre Farmers and Crafters Holiday Market All Day African and Reggae Music at La Puerta Negra All Day Barre Holiday Market 3 - 7 PM Montpelier Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Free Wine Tasting / Art Walk This Friday at North Branch Cafe! 4 - 8 PM Handel's Messiah Change in Venue 7:30 PM +7 more see less	5 Moving Sale (multiday) Annual "Not Your Mother's Church Bazaar" Dec 5 & 6 (multiday) Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Concert (multiday) Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Concert (multiday) Tony Trischka, "Glory Shone Around," Coming to the Haybarn! All Day Wreath Making! All Day Twinfield Craft and Artisan Fair All Day Twinfield Craft/Vendor Fair All Day Jewelry Show in Plainfield! All Day Montpelier's Indoor Farmers Market Starts Dec. 5 All Day Owl Totem Medicine Dec. 5 All Day 51st Annual Christmas Bazaar All Day Montpelier Unitarian Church Holiday Fair All Day Tony Trischka, "Glory Shone Around"! All Day Night Queen: Owl Totem Medicine All Day Annual "Not Your Mother's Church Bazaar" All Day Jewelry Show Plainfield All Day Twinfield Craft and Artisan Fair All Day Lantern Parade! All Day Jewelry Show in Plainfield! All Day Night Queen: Owl Totem Medicine with Linda River Valente All Day Holiday Shopping Event All Day Maple Corner Craft Fair! All Day Home Jewelry Show Extravaganza! 9 AM - 2 PM Old-Fashioned New England Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM 8th Maple Corner Community Center Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM VT Community Energy Conference Dec. 5 9 AM - 4:30 PM Home Share Now: Waived Fee and a Month of Events! 9:30 AM - 12 PM Twinfield and Plainfield Opera House 9:30 AM - 2 PM Winter Farmers' Market at Montpelier City Hall Dec. 5 10 AM - 2 PM International Boutique Benefits People Near and Far 10 AM - 8 PM The Science Behind Why Our Children Are So Sick 10 AM The Science Behind Why Our Children Are So Sick 10 AM Soup Festival and Silent Auction 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon Dec. 5 12 - 2 PM Photos with Santa Saturday! 12 - 3 PM First Film Appreciation Seminar 2 PM Singing and Eating - Free and Open to the Public 5:30 - 7:30 PM Singing and Potluck- Free & Open to the Public 5:30 - 7:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert in Barre 7 - 8:30 PM Pianist Simone Dinnerstein 7:30 PM Pianist Simone Dinnerstein 7:30 PM Pianist Simone Dinnerstein 7:30 PM +39 more see less
6 Pancake Breakfast at Morse Farm Dec. 6 All Day 51st Annual Christmas Bazaar All Day Family Dance in Plainfield All Day Plainfield Holiday Market and Trunk Sale All Day Pancake Breakfast - Support Elders All Day Breakfast Buffet at Montpelier Elks All Day Rachmaninoff Concert All Day Pancake Breakfast for Central Vermont Council on Aging All Day Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at Morse Farm Dec. 6 All Day After the Crafts Fair in Plainfield Dec. 6 All Day Adamant Co-Op Annual Meeting & Village Potluck All Day Pancake Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Plainfield Holiday Market and Trunk Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Plainfield Holiday Farmers Market and Trunk Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Make the Old Fashioned Holiday Fair a New Holiday Tradition 9 AM - 2 PM Wreath Making! 1 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing & Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Save This Date: Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Fall Concert 4 PM Don't Miss the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert Dec. 6 4 PM +15 more see less	7 Options Tax Public Hearing 6:15 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda 6:15 - 9 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Marshfield & Plainfield Energy Committee Dec. 7 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	8 E. Montpelier School Budget Forum All Day Art Build 5:30 - 7:30 PM Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Dec. 8 6:30 - 8:30 PM Symphony for the City of the Dead - Book Reading, Talk & Music 7 - 8:30 PM Poetry Book Launch Party 7 - 8:30 PM Holiday Band Concert 7 PM +2 more see less	9 OLLI (Osher) Presentation All Day Community Remembrance Spiral Dec. 9 4:30 - 6:30 PM Young Adult Book Discussion at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 6:30 - 8 PM	10 Solar Information Events (multiday) Conservation Commission Meeting Dec. 10 All Day Upcoming Events at the SunCommon Pop-Up Shop and Art Gallery! All Day Hour of Code! All Day Hour of Code! All Day BNI Presents Mike Lannen from Eternity Web 8 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: a Carbon Pollution Tax for Vermont? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Carbon Pollution Tax for Vermont? 9 - 10:30 AM Hour of Code Open House 9:45 - 11 AM Ten Thousand Villages Holiday Shopping Event 3 - 7 PM Public Menorah Lighting 4:30 - 5:30 PM Free Evening of Folk Dance Instruction 7 - 9 PM Christmas Carol the Musical 7 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	11 Vigil Against Hate and in Support of Our Moslem Neighbors 12 AM - 1 PM Upland Bakers (multiday) Toys for Tots Accepting Toy Donations at Center of the Berlin Mall (multiday) Traditional Italian Dance Returns to the Old Labor Hall! All Day The JSC World Music Ensemble and Concert Band in Concert All Day Penguin Storytime All Day MC Film Series Reminder All Day Italian Dancing at Old Labor Hall in Barre All Day Acoustic Duo at Old Meeting House Dec. 11! All Day Awesome Acoustic Duo Coming to Old Meeting House! All Day Bianchi Street Studio Holiday Pottery Sale All Day Enjoy a Concert at the Old Meeting House All Day Montpelier Schools 8 - 9 AM Toys for Tots 4 PM (multiday) Montpelier Elks Dinner Specials 5:30 - 8:30 PM Holiday Music in Cabot Friday 7 - 8 PM +12 more see less	12 Huge Ski Sale (multiday) Toy Swap! All Day Free Movie Night All Day American Flatbread Truck Load Sale at Moretown School -This Weekend All Day Michael Arnowitt Piano at Bagitos All Day 22nd Annual Solidarity Craft Fair and Silent Auction All Day Montpelier Memory Cafe Meets Dec. 12 All Day Destination Imagination Creativity Fair for Kids All Day Breakfast with Santa All Day Holiday Concert All Day Earthwalk Craft Party and Online Auction All Day Upland Bakers at the Jaquith Dec. 12 All Day Adamant Cookbook Signing Dec. 12 All Day Touch of Vermont Holiday Gift Market Dec. 12 All Day Breakfast with Santa All Day Silent Auction All Day Barretones A Capella Barbershop Group Xmas Concernt Dec. 12 All Day Destination Imagination Creativity Fair for Kids All Day Create Signs for Jobs, Justice and Climate Rally in Boston Dec. 12 All Day Miracle on Granite Street All Day Moretown Artisans Sale Dec. 12-13 All Day Crafternoon at Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery All Day Free Santa Photo Booth at the Moretown Artisans Sale All Day 6th Grade Bottle Drive 9 AM - 1 PM Touch of Vermont Holiday Gift Market on Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM 22nd Annual Solidarity Craft Fair & Silent Auction Dec.12 9 AM - 4 PM 22nd Annual Solidarity Craft Fair and Silent Auction 9 AM - 4 PM Huge Ski Sale 9 AM (multiday) Bianchi Street Studio Holiday Pottery Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Call to Performers - Moretown Artisans Sale 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Book Sale at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library 10 AM Annual Earthwalk Craft Party Saturday! 1 - 4 PM Screenplay as Memoir: VCFA Faculty Talk/Reading 2 - 3 PM Christmas Band Concert to Benefit Waterbury Food Shelf 2:30 - 3:30 PM Holiday a Cappella Show Saturday 2:30 - 4:30 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Concert Featuring Willem Lange! 3:30 - 5:30 PM Norwich University Winter Band Concert 4 - 5 PM Christmas Benefit Concert 6:45 - 8:30 PM Glenn Miller Orchestra at Chandler Music Hall 7:30 PM Glenn Miller Orchestra at Chandler Music Hall 7:30 PM Glenn Miller Orchestra at Chandler Music Hall 7:30 PM +37 more see less
13 Sugarbush Discounted Passes & Lessons Still Available 12 - 5 PM Central VT SUR (Showing Up for Racial Justice) Upcoming Meeting 2 - 5 PM	14 SHS Union District #41 Policy Committee Meeting All Day Playground Design Open House Dec. 14 All Day Come Hear About Design Ideas for Union's Playground! 5:30 - 7 PM Winter Walkabout: Solstice Dreaming Kellogg Hubbard Library 5:45 - 7:45 PM Winter Walkabout: Solstice Dreaming at Kellogg Hubbard Library 5:45 - 7:45 PM Plainfield Selectboard Agenda/ Traffic Hearing Monday 7 PM +2 more see less	15 Public Hearing All Day Women of Maple Corner and Greater Calais Yankee Gift Exchange! All Day Kids Art Workshop at Rumney 3:35 - 5 PM Follow-Up on Mccullough Hill Rd 5 PM Twinfield Union School Board Dec. 15 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	16 "The Other Side of Cannabis" Documentary Screening Dec. 16 All Day Community Forum on Marijuana: the Other Side of Cannabis All Day "The Other Side of Cannabis" Documentary Screening All Day "The Other Side of Cannabis" 6 - 8 PM	17 Relocalizing Vermont: Trash Talk - Zero-Sort Recycling? All Day Morse Farm Ski Touring Giving Away Day Passes at SunCommon Pop-Up All Day CES Board Meeting Agenda All Day Montpelier School Conversation All Day Bedtime Stories, Songs, Hot Chocolate, More with Mrs. Claus! All Day Soup & Sandwich Dec. 17 All Day Relocalizing Vermont: Trash Talk - Zero-Sort Recycling? All Day Free Ski Passes, Rum and Creamery Samples All Day Crossroads BNI Presents: Laura Manfred of Inspire Massage 8 - 9:30 AM Mayfly at Feast and Field Market! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Mayfly at Feast and Field Market! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Mayfly at Feast and Field Market and at Radio Bean! 5:30 PM Mayfly at Feast and Field Market and at Radio Bean! 5:30 PM Mayfly at Feast and Field Market and at Radio Bean! 5:30 PM Ruelle Boutique's Holiday Soiree 6 - 8 PM No Tickets to Star Wars? Come See a Yiddish Movie Instead! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Mrs. Claus at Moretown Memorial Library Dec. 17 6:30 PM Middlesex Christmas Celebration! 7 - 9 PM Christmas Party Middlesex United Methodist Church 7 - 9:30 PM +15 more see less	18 Middleground Family Day All Day Holiday Mixer in Downtown Barre! All Day Holiday Mixer! All Day Skating with Frosty the Snowman This Sunday 2 - 4 PM Family Day at Middleground Exit 9 Middlesex Friday 3 - 6 PM Shopping Local Has Some Perks This Holiday Season 3 - 6 PM Annual Holiday Party at Fresh Tracks Farm 5:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	19 Stories for a Winter's Eve All Day Onion River Chorus Dec. 19-20 All Day Contradance All Day Patti Casey in Concert at Old Meeting House All Day Holiday Party at Central Vermont Humane Society All Day Santa at the Library! All Day Holiday Party at Central Vermont Humane Society All Day Origami Ornaments for All Ages 1 - 3 PM Light in the Night: an Evening of Stories and Songs for the Winter 8 PM Mayfly at Radio Bean in Burlington! 8:30 - 9:30 PM Mayfly at Radio Bean in Burlington! 8:30 - 9:30 PM Mayfly at Radio Bean in Burlington! 8:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less
20 Annual Carol Singalong Dec. 20 All Day Children's Christmas Party at American Legion All Day Skating with Frosty the Snowman! All Day Skating with Frosty the Snowman! All Day Old West XMas Eve Children's Choir All Day Skating with Frosty the Snowman! All Day Candlelight Service All Day Francis Brooks to Speak at Barre Universalist 10 - 11 AM Customer Appreciation Day at Stowe Street Emporium 11 AM - 5 PM Found Lost Dog in Lower Cabot - Yours? 12 PM Children's Christmas Party 1 - 4 PM Children's Christmas Party 1 - 4 PM Skating with Frosty the Snowman Sunday 2 - 4 PM +9 more see less	21 Emes Budget Deliberations and Forum 6 - 7 PM	22 Kabbalah and Psychology (multiday) Water/Wastewater Meeting Announcment and Agenda All Day Salsa Dance Classes at La Puerta Negra Tuesday 6:30 - 10:30 PM	23	24 Merry Christmas - Service All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Candlelight Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Candlelight Christmas Eve Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve: One Week from Tonight! 7 PM Christmas Eve: One Week from Tonight! 7 PM Christmas Services at Church of the Crucified One 10 - 11:30 PM +5 more see less	25	26 Come Dance to African Music All Day
27	28 Salsa Dance Classes at La Puerta Negra 6:30 - 10:30 PM Agenda Plainfield Selectboard Meeting Monday 7 - 9 PM Selectboard Agenda 7 PM	29	30 Networking Coffee Hour All Day Singing Circle for Health, Healing, and Hope 6 PM	31 Mens New Milwaukee Motorcycle Boots for Sale 12 AM - 11:30 PM Relocalizing Vermont: Gene Logsdon on Dying; Scott Baker on $ All Day Relocalizing Vermont: Gene Logsdon on Dying; Scott Baker on $ All Day Fireworks, Music and Magic Happening New Year's Eve All Day Hardwick Gazette's Mike Bielawski on Bellyfeelradio WGDR 2015 Recap 7 - 8 AM New Year's Eve 5k Road Race 2 PM See Marko the Magician on New Year's Eve! 4 - 11 PM Montpelier Alive New Years Eve Festivities 4 - 11 PM Family Friendly New Year's Eve Dinner 5:30 - 8:30 PM Family New Year's Celebration 5:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less	1 Skate for the Cure Friday Night! 7 - 9 PM	2 The Odd Wednesdays at Sweet Melissa's in Montpelier All Day Bottle and Can Drive Saturday All Day Bottle and Can Drive to Support Youth Soccer 9 - 11 AM Roller Derby Here?! 5 - 6:30 PM Downtrodden by Prancer & Dancer? Fear You Won't Get a New Year's Kiss? 9 PM +1 more see less