Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2018

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25 Craft/Vendor Fair at Barre Elks 10 AM - 4 PM Huge Yard Sale, Nov. 25 10 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Yoga-Drum Fusion Workshop Nov. 25 11 AM - 1 PM Calais Christmas Eve Children's Choir Practice 3 - 4 PM Dungeons & Dragons Sunday 3 - 6 PM +2 more see less	26 W/WW Commission Meeting Agenda 5:15 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda for Nov. 26 7 PM	27 Giving Tuesday - Keep It Local All Day Montpelier Shambhala: Mudra Space Awareness 6:30 - 8 PM	28 Next OLLI Talk 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM Emerald Ash Borer Workshop 4 - 6 PM Class: Herbal Support for Balancing Blood Sugar 6 - 8 PM Montpelier-Made Independent Film Screening Wednesday 6 - 9 PM City Council Meeting Agenda Nov. 28 6:30 - 9 PM Marshfield Village Nov. 28 Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	29 The Gift of the Magi - Musical Retelling by Conté 5:30 AM Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 AM - 9:30 PM Relocalizing VT: Energy Groups Spark Leadership - Nov. 29 9 - 10:30 AM Thursday Noon Concerts at Christ Church 12 - 1 PM Middlesex Communication & Outreach Meeting 6 PM How to Help Your Child Deal with Stress 6:30 - 8 PM Book Reading and Discussion - Alternative Education 7 - 8 PM "Unschooling in Paradise" Book Reading, Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM "Unschooling in Paradise" Reading & Discussion Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM "Unschooling" Book Discussion Nov. 29 7 PM The Gift of the Magi- A Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 PM +7 more see less	30 Handel's Messiah This Weekend! (multiday) Stephan Wolfert's Cry Havoc! Performance 7:30 AM (multiday) Early Art Walk for Kats and Kids! Holiday Gifts $20 4 - 8 PM Reiki I in Nature in Hyde Park for Women 4 PM (multiday) Benefit: Protecting Sacred Native Sites from Pipeline 5 - 7:30 PM Middlebury College Women's Soccer Final 4 Watch Party! 5 - 7:30 PM Sip and Shop - Canadian Club , Barre Town 5 - 9 PM Buti Glow Event: Friday at the Barn Gym! 6 - 7 PM CBD Yoga at Om 6 - 7:30 PM Calais PTNO 5th Annual Pasta Dinner and Raffle 6 - 7:30 PM Iceberg String Quartet - Free Casual Concert on Friday 7 - 8:30 PM Monteverdi House Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Handel's Messiah 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less	1 VECAN Conference Dec. 1 8 AM - 4 PM Coffee with the Mayor 9 - 11 AM Twinfield Annual Craft Fair 9 AM - 1 PM Vendor/Craft Fair & Multi-Family Indoor Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Craft Sale & Indoor Yard Sale - Adoption Fundraiser 9 AM - 3 PM Mobilizing Leadership to Make Bold Climate Progress 9 AM - 4:30 PM Free Intro to Studio Cycling Class 10 - 11 AM Salt Dough Ornaments with Children Ages 2-7 10 - 11:30 AM Capital City Farmers Market Indoor Season! 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market - City Center, 89 Main St 10 AM - 2 PM Bake Sale 10 AM - 4 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 8 PM Invitation to International Boutique 10 AM - 8 PM Pop-Up Portrait Studio Weekend! 10:30 AM (multiday) 2 Weeks Left - Sugarbush Ski/Ride Sign Ups by Dec. 1 12 - 12 PM Free Music Saturday 2 PM Holiday Brass - Music by Green Mountain Horn Club 2 PM Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class and Dinner 3 - 8 PM Grange Presents: Local Investing & Potluck Dinner! 5:30 - 7 PM Tree Lighting and Santa Arrival 6 - 8 PM Middlebury College National Championship Watch-Party! 7 - 9:30 PM Performance by Anima 7 PM The Gift of the Magi - a Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 - 9:30 PM Yestrogen Opens for FEMCOM 7:30 - 10 PM FEMCOM ~ Yestrogen Opens 7:30 - 10 PM Live Music, Live Dancing at Grange Saturday 7:30 - 11 PM +23 more see less
2 Calais Wreath Making 1 - 4:30 PM Zeichner Trio Plays at Jericho Library Concert Series! 2 - 3 PM Martin Pincus Memorial Gathering 2 - 4 PM Martin Pincus Memorial Gathering 2 - 4 PM The Gift of the Mag i- a Musical Retelling by Conté 2 - 4 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle Dec. 2 6 - 8 PM MRV Anti-Racist Initiative & Migrant Justice Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	3 Ever Considered Volunteering for AARP Tax-Aide? 1 - 3:30 PM AARP Tax-Aide Volunteer Information Presentation 1 - 3:30 PM Public Menorah Lighting 5 - 6:30 PM Board of Abatement Agenda Dec. 3 6 PM December Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Agenda Dec. 3 7 PM +2 more see less	4 Confluence Park Meeting #3 Dec. 4 All Day Free Dinner & Migrant Justice Tuesday 5 - 9 PM Button Up Your Home for Energy 6 - 8 PM Button Up Plainfield Energy Saving Launch Party 6 - 8 PM Central Vermont Transgender Social 7 - 8 PM Pickup "Street" Soccer 8 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	5 OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI 12:30 - 3 PM Plainfield Water/Wastewater Agenda, Special 2019/20 Budget Meeting 1 - 2:30 PM Illumination Night at VCFA 5:30 - 6:30 PM Slash Your Energy Bills! 5:30 - 8 PM Laser Night at Local64 6 - 8 PM Slash Your Energy Bills - a Button Up Barre Workshop 6 - 8 PM Barre Town School Board Meeting 6 PM First Wednesdays: the Legacy of Rachel Carson 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	6 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Earthwalk Open House for Prospective Families 9 AM - 12 PM Trinity Community Thrift Store 9th Annual Winter Sale 10 AM (multiday) School Board Meeting 4 PM CCV Global Social Problems Free Film Series 6 - 8 PM Spaulding High School Board Meeting 6 PM Special Joint SB Meeting w/ E. Montpelier SB Dec. 6 7 PM The Gift of the Magi - Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 - 9:30 PM The Gift of the Magi - a Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 - 9:30 PM The Gift of the Magi - Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	7 Huge Thrift Sale at Methodist Church in Montpelier (multiday) Barre Lions Club Christmas Tree Sale Dec. 7-9 12 - 6 PM Art Walk at 41 State St. 3rd Floor Art and Gifts! 4 - 8 PM Montpelier Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Happenings at T.W. Wood Gallery 4 - 8 PM Vermont College of Fine Art's Friday Night Screening 5:30 - 7:30 PM "The Return of Crazy Chase" - Let's Try It Again! 7 - 8:30 PM "The Return of Crazy Chase" - Let's Try It Again! 7 - 8:30 PM Launch Party - Mad River Valley Backcountry Coalition 7 - 10 PM You Gotta Go See Once on This Island! 7 PM (multiday) Lamoille County Players Has a Special Holiday Treat! 7 PM (multiday) +7 more see less	8 Fundraiser All Day Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Upcoming Concerts 7 AM (multiday) Breakfast with Santa 8 - 9:30 AM Holiday Ugly Sweater 5k 8 AM - 1 PM Yoga Class 9 - 10:30 AM Holiday Tree & Wreath Sale Fundraiser 9 - 11 AM Merry Market 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Bazaar at Church of the Good Shepard 9 AM - 4 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Fantastic Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM Annual Not Your Mother's Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 4 PM Christmas Bazaar and Silent Auction 9 AM - 4 PM Gifts for All... Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Christmas Bazaar at Church of the Good Shepard 9 AM - 4 PM Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Canine CPR, First Aid Workshop This Saturday 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Annual Holiday Craft Fair/ Artisans Sought 9:30 AM - 3 PM Moretown Artisans Sale 10 AM (multiday) Elks Hoop Shoot 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Barre Elks Hoop Shoot 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon Set for Saturday 12 PM Holiday Concert 2 - 3:30 PM Dramatized Reading of a Child's Christmas in Wales 2 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concerts This Weekend 7 - 8:30 PM WMHS Theater Presents 6 Short Plays 7 - 9 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concerts 7 - 9 PM Fiddle Concert Dec. 8 7 - 9 PM Fun Concert 7 - 9:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Concert 7 PM (multiday) Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Concert - Dec. 8 7 PM Concert to Benefit Wildlife in Vermont 7:30 - 10 PM +32 more see less
9 2nd Annual Spin-A-Thon, Raise $ for the Kids! 10 AM - 2:30 PM Sitting with Change: a Retreat for Women 12:30 - 4 PM Stress, Resilience, Herbs & Yoga 2 - 4 PM Mad River Chorale Concerts Dec. 8 & 9 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing & Jump Around - Bring Your Parents on Sunday! 3 - 4:30 PM Brookfield Community Singers Holiday Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Concert - Dec. 9 4 PM Christmas Carol Sing 6:30 PM Christmas Carol Sing 9:30 PM +5 more see less	10 PTNO Meeting at Calais Elementary 6 - 7 PM Social Meditation 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Agenda 7 PM Capital City Orchestra's Holiday Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM	11 Program at Gardens Tonight 6:30 - 8 PM Williamstown Fire Equipment Presentation 6:30 - 8 PM Waterbury Band Holiday Concert 7 - 8 PM Calling All Dance Artists! 7:15 - 8:15 PM	12 OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Film 12:30 - 3 PM Interrupting Hate & Addressing Unintended Bias 6 - 8 PM	13 Food and Fund Drive at Hunger Mountain Co-op 8 AM - 8 PM Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Age in Place; Invest Locally 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thur. 9 am: Age in Place; Invest Locally 9 - 10:30 AM Pop Up Holiday Sale at the Front Gallery 9 AM (multiday) Free Workshop Social Media Marketing 12 - 1 PM Concert at Christ Church 12 PM Middlesex Communication Team Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Community Neighborhood Watch 6 PM Mrs. Claus is Coming to Town! 6 PM School Board Meeting Thursday 6 PM Service of Nine Lessons and Carols 7 PM +8 more see less	14 Craft Fair & Indoor Yard Sale (multiday) Christmas Bird Count All Day Montpelier Moving Sale 10 AM (multiday) Montpelier Death Cafe Friday Dec. Meeting 12:15 - 1:45 PM Fish Fry Friday at Mad River Glen 4 - 8 PM Reiki I in Nature in Hyde Park Vermont for Women 4 PM (multiday) WCA Craft Fair/Indoor Yard Sale 5 - 8 PM Ugly Holiday Sweater Party Friday, Langdon St. Tavern 5 - 9 PM Relay for Life Ugly Sweater Party 5 - 9 PM Websterville Christian Academy Fair/Indoor Yard Sale 5 PM (multiday) Mother Up! Gathering 5:30 - 7:30 PM Mother Up! December Gathering 5:30 - 7:30 PM Tribute to Joni Mitchell 6 - 8 PM Girls Pickup Street Soccer at Montpelier High School 6:15 - 7:30 PM Sound Healing for Stress & Pain Reduction 6:30 - 8 PM Open Mic 7 - 9 PM Maple Corner Film Series Friday Night 7 - 9 PM Hockey Night in Barre 7 - 9:30 PM The Incarnation of the Logos: A Christmas Story 7:30 - 9:30 PM Play - Incarnation of the Logos 7:30 PM +16 more see less	15 Estate Sale Dean's Mountain Dec. 15 All Day Moving Sale! 9 - 11 AM Touch of Vermont Holiday Market 9 AM - 4 PM Touch of Vermont Gift Market Saturday Dec 15 9 AM - 4 PM Touch of Vermont Holiday Market Dec. 15 9 AM - 4 PM Lakon Herbals One Day Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Pottery and Gift Sale 9 AM - 6 PM Holiday with the Animals at CVHS 10 AM - 2 PM Holly-Gams 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday with the Animals at Central VT Humane Society 10 AM - 2 PM Big Art Studio Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Barre Above Teaching Certification Class 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM Mo's Backyard BBQ Winter Fun! 11 AM - 3 PM The Phoenix - Vermont CrossFit at GMCF 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Holiday Concert - Waterbury Community Band 3 - 4 PM Softening to Our Roots 3:30 - 6:30 PM Church Service of Remembrance and Hope 5:30 PM Music for a King - a Celebration of Christmas 6:45 - 9 PM Paul Asbell's “Burmese Panther” CD Release Performance 7:30 - 9:30 PM Contra Dance Saturday: Dugan Murphy & Cloud Ten 7:30 - 11 PM Kava Express at P Pie Plainfield 8 - 10 PM +17 more see less
16 Elks Buffet Brunch 9 - 11 AM Two-Hour Spin & Strength Event at Barn Gym! 10 AM - 12 PM Stress and Resilience at Riverhouse Yoga! 2 - 4 PM Annual Carol Singalong Dec. 16 6 - 8 PM Blue Christmas 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	17 W/WW Commission Meeting / Agenda 5:15 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda Dec. 17 7 PM	18 Granite City Grocery Finance Meeting All Day Caroling in Plainfield Village 5:30 - 6:30 PM Plainfield Community Supper 6 - 7:30 PM Call for Co-op Finance Volunteers 6:30 - 7:30 PM	19 OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Change in OLLI Film 12:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Cafe Dec. 19 at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Café-Vermont History Center, Barre 1:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Café Dec. 19 1:30 - 3:30 PM U-32 School Budget Forum Dec. 19 at 6:00pm 6 PM U-32 Budget Forum Dec. 19 6 PM City Council Meeting Agenda and Addendum 6:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less	20 Noon Concert at Christ Church 12 PM Montpelier Death Cafe Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Carmen & Sam: Comedy Holiday Shownanza! 8 - 9 PM	21 Health and Wellness Professionals 8 - 9:30 AM Umlaut Christmas Party at Positive Pie 9 - 11 AM 1st Annual Ugly Sweater Party! 4 - 9 PM Winter Solstice Celebration - Yoga, Community, Food! 5:30 - 8 PM Kirtan Friday 6 - 8 PM Blues/Fusion Dance - Solstice Edition! 7 - 11 PM +2 more see less	22 Free Clothing at Trinity United Methodist Church All Day Stories for a Winter's Eve - Patti Casey and Friends All Day Santa at Aldrich Public Library 3 - 4 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve, Dec. 22 3 - 7 PM Candlelight Yoga 4 - 5:30 PM Green Mountain Nutcracker at Barre Opera House 7 - 9 PM 12th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 22-23 7 PM (multiday) 12th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 22-23 7 PM (multiday) The 12th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec. 22-23 7 PM (multiday) Onion River Chorus Presents Baroque Masterworks 7:30 PM (multiday) Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend 7:30 PM Onion River Chorus Presents Baroque Masterworks 7:30 PM Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend! 7:30 PM +9 more see less
23 The 12th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec. 22-23 All Day No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant at Uu Church Dec. 23 All Day Candlelight Service Dec. 23 All Day Arizona Borderlands Update 12:15 - 1:15 PM Holiday Singalong 4 - 6 PM Holiday Singalong 4 - 6 PM Holiday Singalong 4 - 6 PM Holiday Sing-Along at The Grange 4 - 6 PM Pipedreams Flute Quartet Presents Holiday Flutes 6 - 7 PM +5 more see less	24 3rd Annual Christmas Eve Caroling at Bandstand 2 - 4 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5 PM	25 Community Christmas Dinner 12 - 2 PM A Movie and Asian Food for Christmas 2 - 5 PM	26 Hunger Mountain CBC All Day Blood Drive Dec. 26 All Day Humanitarian Aid is Never a Crime / No Mas Muertes! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Important Talk by Elsa Egstrom of No More Deaths 5:30 - 6:30 PM	27 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM	28 1st Annual Paine Mountain Alumni Basketball Game 5:30 - 9 PM Art Class 6 - 7:30 PM Kathleen Kanz Comedy Hour at Espresso Bueno 8:30 - 10 PM	29 Give and Take Day 10 AM - 12 PM The Nutcracker: Children's Party at Aldrich Library 12:30 - 3:30 PM Dungeons & Dragons at Town Hall 3 - 6 PM Middlesex Camp Meade Winter S'morestice Celebration 4:30 - 8 PM Camp Meade Winter S'morestice Celebration 4:30 - 8 PM Last Contra Dance for 2018: Nils Fredland and Polaris! 7:30 - 11 PM Contra Dance Saturday 8 - 11 PM +3 more see less
30	31 New Year's Eve 5k Run 2 - 3 PM "Singin' in the Rain" in Adamant on New Year's Eve 7 - 9:30 PM New Years Eve Family Event! 8 PM (multiday) New Years Eve Family Glow Party 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve at City Hall 8 PM (multiday) NYE Glow Party and Dance 8:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	1	2 Mad Men and Mad Women: Gender in Mid-Century America 7 - 8:30 PM	3 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM French Block Open House and Community Celebration 5 - 7 PM Articles of Agreement Meeting 5 - 8 PM Barre City Neighborhood Watch Meeting 6 PM	4 New Year's Resolution Potluck 6:30 - 8:30 PM Coming Home at Montpelier City Hall 6:30 PM	5 Christmas Tree Pickup Fundraiser All Day Scout Christmas Tree Pick Up Fundraiser 9 AM - 4 PM Open Gym Basketball 11 AM - 2 PM Standing Up for Racial Justice 12 - 3 PM People's Lobby (Review) + Food (Potluck) 5:30 - 7 PM People's Lobby (Review) + Food (Potluck) 5:30 - 7 PM Grange Contra Dance - New Year, More Dancing! 7:30 - 11 PM Contra Dance Jan. 5 8 - 11 PM Grange Contra Dance 8 PM +5 more see less