Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2021

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28 Christmas Trees at Murray Hill Farm 9 AM (multiday) Screening 'Soulmates' at the Grange Hall Cultural Center 7 PM (multiday) Cancelled - Annie Sumi at P.M. Sundays 4 PM MRVARI Anti Racism Discussion Sun. Nov. 28 at 6:30pm 6:30 - 8 PM	29 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Public Forum on Scrag Mountain Trail Plans 6:30 - 8 PM	30 Givingtuesday at the Mill Market & Deli to Support JLCV 8 AM - 7 PM Giving Tuesday at The Mill Market & Deli to Support JLCV 8 AM - 7 PM #GivingTuesday at Mill Market & Deli to Support JLCV 8 AM - 7 PM Community Lunch 12 - 1 PM Special Select Board Meeting 5 - 5:15 PM #Givingtuesday at Sushi Yoshi to Benefit GMAS 5 - 8 PM Mountain Bike Strength Clinic with Summit P.T. 6 - 7:30 PM Bible Study 6:30 - 8 PM Library Evening Book Discussion 7 - 8 PM Special Meeting Warning 7 PM Williston Planning Commission: Nov. 30 7 PM +7 more see less	1 December Art Sale and Fundraiser 12 AM (multiday) MRV Virtual Chanukah Party 5:30 - 6:15 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Dec. 1 Selectboard Agenda 6 PM Official Warning for Public Hearing 7 PM +1 more see less	2 Dec. 2, Annual Stowe Senior Dinner All Day American Legion Post #59 - Thursday Dinner All Day Free Virtual Legal Clinic for Vermonters Age 60+ 9 - 11:30 AM Free Intro to Studio Cycle Class 12:15 - 12:45 PM Sip & Ship at the Mad River Taste Place! 5 - 7 PM VTSSM Red Bench Speaker Series – Thursday Night! 7 - 8:30 PM A Brief History of the Snowboard Dec. 2 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Agenda Dec. 2 7 PM Middlesex Conservation Commission Meeting - Dec. 2 7 PM +5 more see less	3 Silver Linings Seniors Dec. 3 - Jan. 14 Free at Joslin 10 - 11:30 AM Essex Rotary Rings Salvation Army Bells 10 AM (multiday) A Traditional Christmas in Stowe ~ Dec. 3-5 3 PM (multiday) Wine Tasting at the Wine Vault 4 - 7 PM Show 46 and Under $100 Holiday Market at the Front 4 - 8 PM Arabesque Etc. Dance Nutcracker 2nd Act Dec. 3! 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	4 Create Your Winter Centerpiece All Day Create Your Winter Centerpiece All Day Books (And More) Sale 8 AM - 4 PM Shaker Mountain Trees - Open Dec. 4-5 8 AM (multiday) Create Your Own Winter Centerpiece! 9 AM - 12 PM Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Bazaar ~~ Coming Soon! 9 AM - 2 PM Free Acupuncture Day Saturday 9 AM - 2 PM Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Goat Gang Work Day Saturday - You're Invited 9 AM Pottery Sale Saturday! 9 AM Meet Duke and Get a Copy of His New Children's Book! 10 AM - 12 PM Book Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Stowe Community Church Christmas Craft and Bake Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Stowe Community Church Christmas Craft and Bake Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Sunset Grille Indoor Yard Sale! 10 AM - 3 PM Warehouse Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Gift Wrapping - Bridgeside Books to Benefit Food Shelf 10 AM - 4 PM Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Vintage Holiday Pop Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Market Essex 11 AM - 6 PM Moving Sale 12 - 4 PM Arabesque Etc. Nutcracker 2nd Act Dec. 4! 12:30 - 2:30 PM Afternoon Holiday a Cappella Concert 2 - 3 PM Annual a Cappella Holiday Afternoon Concert Dec. 4 2 PM Talk on Solstice Traditions 5 - 6 PM River of Light Parade 2021 5 - 7 PM Christmas Carols at the Big Picture 6 - 7:30 PM Vermont Choral Union Concerts This Weekend! 7 - 8:30 PM The Vermont Fiddle Orchestra is Back Live! 7 - 9 PM Dec. 4 Ripton Coffee House Live and Live-Streamed! 7:30 - 9:45 PM Vermont Choral Union Concerts 7:30 PM (multiday) Concert 7:30 PM (multiday) Bella Voce Holiday Concerts - Dec. 4 & 5 7:30 PM A Funny Program About Funny Programs 8 - 9 PM +32 more see less
5 Pay-What-You-Can a Christmas Carol (multiday) Homegrown Holiday Market Sunday! 11 AM - 4 PM Donation Collection 1 - 5 PM Lessons and Carols with Elisabeth Von Trapp 3 - 4 PM Lessons and Carols with Elisabeth Von Trapp 3 - 4:30 PM Lessons and Carols with Elisabeth Von Trapp 3 - 4:30 PM A Special Presentation by Gary Irish 3 - 5 PM Chittenden County Historical Society Program Dec. 5 3 - 5 PM Lessons and Carols 3 PM Finn and the Bell 4 - 4:15 PM Williston Town Tree Lighting 4:30 - 5:30 PM Tree Lighting & Visit from Santa 5 PM +8 more see less	6 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM A Modern Artist: the Commercial Art of Rachael Robinson 1:30 - 2:30 PM A Modern Artist: the Commercial Art of Rachel Robinson 1:30 PM A Modern Artist: the Commercial Art of Rachael Robinson 1:30 PM Kaiut Yoga at Richmond Free Library, Mondays 5 PM Selectboard Agenda - Special Meeting Dec. 6 5:30 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Dec. 6 6:30 PM Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	7 Community Forum on Cannabis Legalization 4:30 - 5:30 PM Regular Select Board Meeting 5 - 8 PM LSUU Capital Projects Committee Meeting 5 PM American Legion Family Bingo 5 PM Public Meeting - Allen Brook Community Park Master Plan 5:30 - 7 PM LSUU Regular School Board Meeting 5:30 - 8 PM Free Advance Care Planning Class, Dec. 7 6 - 7:15 PM EWSD Board Meeting Dec. 7 6:30 - 9 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting - Dec. 7 6:30 PM HHCT Annual Meeting 7 PM Hinesburg Development Review Board Meeting 7:30 - 9 PM +7 more see less	8 Vermont Maple Conference Week Moves to 100% Online (multiday) Vermont Economic Briefing on Dec. 8 10 AM - 3 PM Library Morning Book Discussion 10:30 - 11:30 AM Music & Movement with Miss Emma at JTL 10:30 AM Vermont's Greenest Buildings Virtual Tour Dec. 8 12 - 1 PM Vermont's Greenest Buildings Virtual Tour Dec. 8 12 - 1 PM Vermont's Greenest Buildings Virtual Tour 12 - 1 PM Blood Drive in Richmond Dec. 8 12 - 6 PM Richmond Dec. 8 Blood Drive 12 - 6 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 1 - 6 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 1 - 6 PM Richmond Blood Drive Dec. 8 1:15 - 5:45 PM ARPA Committee Meeting 3:30 PM Underhill Energy Committee Regular Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Join Our Real Community Coalition Conversation! 5 - 6:30 PM CVSD Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Town Hall Dec. 8 6:30 PM Mindfulness During the Dark Season 7 - 8 PM Dec. 8 Selectboard Budget Workshop 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 PM +15 more see less	9 Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Warren Library 10 AM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Free Concert 12 - 1 PM Child Labor: Then and Now 1:30 - 2:30 PM American Legion Post #59 Thursday Night Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Stowe Republicans Holiday Party 5 - 8 PM Underhill Selectboard Meeting Dec. 9 6 PM Local Trivia Night (Virtual) with the MRV Libraries 6:30 - 7:30 PM MRV Trivia Nights Are Back! 6:30 - 8 PM Essex Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 PM Development Application in Your Neighborhood 6:30 PM No-Pressure Book Group This Thursday 7 - 8 PM Richmond Climate Action Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Huntington Conservation Commission Mtg. Dec. 9 7 - 9 PM Stowe High School Musical Dec. 9-11! 7 PM (multiday) Town Forest Committee Meeting 7 PM Meeting with Legislators Dec. 9 7:30 PM +12 more see less	10 Howard Center Job Fair 1 - 5 PM Knee Health Workshop 6 - 7 PM Knee Health Workshop 6 - 7 PM Christmas Caroling 6:30 - 7:15 PM Radium Girls, A One-Act Play 7 PM (multiday) Roomful of Teeth Live on the Lane Series Dec. 10 7:30 PM +2 more see less	11 Library Board Meeting Dec. 11 8 AM St. Jude Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Martin Crafts Sale 9 AM - 3 PM St. Jude Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Nellie May's “Christmas on the Front Porch” 9 AM - 4 PM Adobe Lightroom Bootcamp: 1-Day Photography Workshop 9 AM - 4:30 PM Mini Holiday Market at Richmond Market Dec. 11 10 AM - 4 PM Yellow Turtle Stocking Stuffer & Gift Sale! 10 AM (multiday) Christmas Tree Thanks Ed & Robin Lemery Dec. 11 11 AM - 12 PM Don't Miss the Project Read Baby Brunch! 11 AM - 12:30 PM Stowe Farmers Market Indoor Event 11 AM - 3 PM VT Genealogy Library Classes 12 - 1:30 PM Genealogy Class 12 - 1:30 PM VT Genealogy Library: Class on Dec. 11 12 - 1:30 PM Santa is Coming to Town 12 - 2 PM Pottery on the Porch Sale in Bristol 12 - 4 PM Free Holiday Wellness Bazaar 2021 12 - 4 PM Genealogy Event Dec. 11 12 PM Holiday Senior Gathering 2 - 4 PM Drive by Santa and Friends in the Park - Rotary Club 3 - 5 PM "Vermont, Quebec, and Irish Independence" 3 PM Benefit Yoga Class for the Community Justice Center 4:30 - 5:45 PM Burnham Music Series Presents Dave Keller Band Dec. 11 7 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Dave Keller Band Concert 7:30 PM +22 more see less
12 Sugarbush Racing Club Kickoff Party at Castlerock Pub 4 - 6 AM Virtual Sunday Service at MMUUF Dec. 12 9:30 AM Holiday Sing Along - Winterfest Silent Auction 2 - 4 PM Live Nativity 3 - 4 PM Drive by Santa and Friends in the Park - Rotary Club 3 - 5 PM Caroling and Cocoa 4 - 5 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 4 - 5:30 PM VT Mandolin Trio at "P.M. Sundays" 4 PM VYOA's Orchestrapalooza 4 PM +5 more see less	13 Special Meeting of the Selectboard All Day Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Virtual Travelogue: Frankincense Trees 1:30 - 2:30 PM Virtual Travelogue: Frankincense Trees 1:30 PM Virtual Travelogue: Frankincense Trees 1:30 PM Starksboro Public Library December Board Meeting 4:30 - 6 PM Warren Public Library Trustees Meeting 5 - 6 PM Duxbury Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM MMUUSD Board Meeting Dec. 13 6:30 PM Joint Board Meeting Essex Dec. 13 6:30 PM Planning Commission Public Hearing 7 PM +7 more see less	14 Dec. 14 Transportation Committee Meeting 4 - 5:30 PM Vigil in Remembrance of Lisa Kelley 5 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting - Dec. 14 6 PM Quilters Gathering 6:15 - 7:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting Dec. 14 6:30 - 9 PM Essex Junction Board of Trustees Meeting 6:30 PM Hinesburg Affordable Housing Committee Meeting 7 - 8 PM Hinesburg Economic Development Committee 7 - 8 PM Hinesburg Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting/Hearing - Dec.14 7 - 9 PM DRB Hearing Continuations/Condition Use Hearing 7 PM MRV Recreation District 2022 Public Budget Hearing 7:30 PM +8 more see less	15 History of Valcour Island 1:30 - 2:30 AM Storytime at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM The History of Valcour Island 1:30 PM Edward Heyman's Soup's on Night is Wednesday! 4 - 5 PM Ladies Night at BunyaBunya 4 - 7 PM Starlight Celebration: Park Dancing 5 - 7:30 PM Sip & Shop at Bridge Street 5 - 9 PM Longest Night Service at the Waitsfield UCC Church 5:30 - 6:30 PM Governor Jim Douglas at the Pitcher Inn! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM Ghost Stories on a Winter's Night 6:30 - 7:30 PM “Picturing Grief”: Navigating Loss at the Holidays 7 - 8 PM Dec. 15 Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM Racism in America Forum Dec. 15 7 PM Racism in America Forum Dec. 15 7 PM Date and Time for Vermont Land Ethic Reading 7 PM +13 more see less	16 Essex Junction Planning Commission Dec. 16 6 AM - 9:30 PM Celebrate Christmas at Christ Church 12 PM Heavenly Cents Food Pantry - Dec. 16 2 - 6 PM Thursday Night Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM American Legion Post #59 Thursday Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Odyssey of the Mind Season Kick-Off Virtual Meeting Tonight 6:30 PM Starksboro Historical Society Meeting 7 - 9 PM They're Back - "The Fretless" Dec. 16, 2021 - 7:00 Pm 7 PM +4 more see less	17 Christmas Bird Count Dec. 17 All Day Christmas Bird Count 6 AM - 6 PM Creekside Holiday Light Stroll Dec. 17 6:30 - 8 PM	18 VT's Own Nutcracker at the Flynn This Weekend! (multiday) Writers' Wertfrei This Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Rebecca Silbernagel Photo at Sugarbush's Holiday Bazaar 10 AM - 3 PM Buck Ridge Barns Holiday Barn Sale 10 AM (multiday) Local Author Signing-Bear Pond Books 11 AM - 1 PM Spruce Peak Lights Festival 12 - 7 PM Vermont Jazz Ensemble - Tom Morse Memorial Livestream 1 - 2 PM GMPA Virtual Winter Wonderland 2021 2 PM (multiday) Santa's Annual Fire Engine Ride 4 - 8 PM Holly Jolly Junction 5 - 7 PM Lumen Celebration of Fire & Light 5:30 - 8 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Holiday Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble - 'Tis the Season! Concerts 7:30 - 9 PM Winter Solstice Pray for Snow Benefit Party 8:30 PM +10 more see less
19 Sunday Sheepskins, Skis/Skates, & Care to CV Causes 10 AM - 1 PM On Farm Market This Sunday at Maple Wind Farm 10 AM - 2 PM On Farm Market - This Sunday at Maple Wind Farm 10 AM - 2 PM On Farm Market This Sunday at Maple Wind Farm 10 AM - 2 PM Boosters for (Waterbury) Bucks! 11 AM - 2 PM Reindeer Coming to Bidwell Lane 11 AM - 2 PM Reindeer Rendezvous! 11 AM - 2 PM Real Reindeer, Dasher & Cupid, Will Be in Waterbury! 11 AM - 2 PM Skate with Santa at the Stowe Arena 1 - 3 PM Country Loaf Workshop, Rise Up Bakery 1 - 5 PM Holiday Concert Dec. 19 and Christmas Caroling Dec. 18 2 - 5 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble - 'Tis the Season! Concerts 3 - 5 PM Joslin Library: Winter Solstice Tea Party 4 - 5:30 PM Solstice Tea 4 - 5:30 PM Live Nativity at Waterbury Congregational Church 4 PM Live (Outdoor) Nativity at the Warren United Church! 5 - 5:40 PM Live Nativity at Community Alliance Church 5 - 8 PM +13 more see less	20 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Hunger's Hard, Baking's Easy Holiday Edition 8 AM - 3 PM Community Film Screening - This Wisdom of Trauma 5 - 8 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 5:30 PM Selectboard Agendas for Dec. 20 6 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting & Budget Public Hearing 6:30 PM Jericho Town Republican Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Jericho Town Republican Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Hearing for Possible Indoor Mask Mandate Dec. 20 7 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +6 more see less	21 Middlesex Select Board Meeting 5 - 7 PM Winter Solstice Celebration 5:30 - 6:15 PM Winter Solstice Meditation 5:30 - 6:15 PM Regular School Board Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Williston Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM Essex Junction Board of Trustees Meeting 6:30 PM Longest Night Service & Christmas Eve Outside & Online 7 - 8 PM Longest Night Service & Christmas Eve Outside & Online 7 - 8 PM Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	22 Waitsfield Vaccination Clinic Dec. 22, 10-4 10 AM Free 60+ Age Well Grab N Go Meal - Huntington Church 11 AM - 12 PM The Bolshoi Ballet in HD Film “The Nutcracker” at SPPAC 6:30 PM (multiday) Huntington Energy Committee December Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 PM +1 more see less	23 Fire Truck Parade! 6 - 7 PM	24 Christmas Eve at First Congregational Church All Day Christmas Eve Caroling at the Middlesex Bandstand 2 - 3 PM Live Nativity at the United Church of Underhill 3 - 3:30 PM Christmas Eve Services at Stowe Community Church 3 - 11 PM Christmas Eve in Huntington 4 PM Virtual Christmas Eve Service at MMUUF 4 PM Christmas Eve Outdoor Caroling 4:30 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Outdoor Caroling 4:30 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Outdoor Caroling 4:30 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Services at the Waitsfield UCC Church 5 - 11 PM Moretown United Methodist Christmas Eve Service 5:30 PM Moretown United Methodist Church 5:30 PM Waterbury Mission Christmas Eve Service 6 - 7 PM Christmas Eve Service - Community Alliance Church 6 - 7 PM Xmas Eve Streamtacular w/ DJ Steal Wool! 6 - 9 PM Grace Bible Church 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve Changes at the United Church of Underhill 7 - 7:45 PM Christmas Eve Service WUMC - 56 South Main St 7 - 8 PM Celebrate Christmas with the Warren United Church! 7 - 8 PM +16 more see less	25
26 SHS Alumni Hockey Game 5:30 - 7:30 PM	27 Winter Teen Retreat 12 AM (multiday) Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM JCOGS Annual Blood Drive 12:30 - 5 PM JCOGS Annual Blood Drive 12:30 - 5 PM Selectboard Agendas for Dec. 27 6 - 9 PM +1 more see less	28	29 "Meet a Tree" Workshop for Kids - Big Tree Contest 10 - 11:30 AM Thank You RCK for Hosting Local Artist James DeBay 4 - 6 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM	30 Ring in the New Year with Jubal Harp & Song 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Thursday Night Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Celebrate the New Year with Stowe Cider! 8 PM (multiday)	31 Chicken Fat Injection at Stowe Cider NYE 5 - 8 PM Young Trad VT at New Year's Eve Burlington ~ Virtually! 6 - 6:30 PM Fireworks Display Dec. 31 9 - 9:30 PM	1 Fresh Start 5K 2022 9 - 10 AM New Year's Day Brunch (Eat-In or Take-Out) 10 AM - 1 PM