Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2024

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1 Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Open House, Open Studio, Ceramics Classes 10 AM - 5 PM The Polar Express at Town Hall Theater 2 - 3:45 PM Orwell Memory Tree Lighting 4 - 4:30 PM December New Moon Gathering & Winter Spiral 6:30 - 8 PM December New Moon Gathering & Winter Spiral 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	2 SVUUSD Special Finance Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Teacher Negotiations Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM SVUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Dec. 2 6:30 - 10 PM	3 Ad Hoc Committee Re: Proposed Green Mtn Youth Campus 1:30 - 2:30 PM Warm Yoga 6 - 7:15 PM Phlebotomy Class at PAHCC 6 - 9 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Dec. 3 6:30 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM +1 more see less	4 Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble (multiday) Pop-Up Cardio Yoga Class at VT Sun 9:15 - 10 AM Advent Bible Study at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Toys for Joy Donations! 4 - 8 PM ANWSD Community Engagement Event Dec. 4 4:30 - 7:30 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Green Burials in Orwell and Beyond 4:30 PM ANWSD Community Engagement Event - Dec. 4 5:30 - 7:30 PM SVUUSD Negotiations Committee Meeting 6 - 6:30 PM School Round Table Discussion 6 - 7:30 PM Epoxy Resin Class on 20" Wooden Tray 6 - 8 PM Book Club: Annual Sharing About Our Reading Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Bristol Equity Committee (BECQ) Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble Winter Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM Bria Skonberg Jazz Quintet: Jingle Bell Swing 7:30 - 9 PM Middlebury Wind Ensemble Concerts Dec. 4-5 7:30 PM (multiday) +12 more see less	5 Bristol Core Board Meeting 9 - 10 AM Engaging the Next Generation of Land Stewards 11 AM - 12:15 PM Advent Noontime Concert 12 - 12:45 PM Open Studio + Holiday Sale 4 - 8 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM 6-Week Beginner Qigong & Tai Chi Ch'uan Class 5 - 6 PM Midd Night Stroll 5 - 8 PM Grief Share Discussion Group 5:30 PM Mary Hogan Math Night and Spaghetti Dinner! 5:30 - 7 PM Locals Night at Lincoln Peak Vineyard 5:30 - 7:30 PM Friends of Bridport School 6 PM LcaLCA Boat Launch Steward & Knotweed Presentation 6 - 6:30 PM True Crime Podcast Discussion Group 6 - 7 PM Friends of the Library Annual Potluck 6pm 6 - 7 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Phlebotomy Class at PAHCC 6 - 9 PM GriefShare 6:30 - 8:30 PM Strategies & Supports for Forest Mgmt on Private Land 7 PM Forest Management on Private Lands 7 - 8 PM Strategies for Forest Management on Private Lands 7 - 8:30 PM Forest Management on Private Lands 7 PM Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble Winter Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +18 more see less	6 Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day Ad Hoc Committee Re: Proposed Green Mtn Youth Campus 8 - 9 AM Stuff an Ambulance 8 AM (multiday) St. Ambrose Christmas Bazaar 1 PM (multiday) Memory Tree Lighting on the Town Green 5 - 6 PM Chocolate Literacy Lab 5 - 8 PM Minifactory Staff Market w/ Chocolate Walk 5 - 8 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Vergennes Food Shelf Benefit Dance 7 - 11 PM Brian McCarthy Jazz Orchestra at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:30 PM Broadway Direct at the Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM Open Glass Studio 10 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	7 Christmas Shopping at Zoey's Place! 9 AM - 12 PM Children's and Maternity Boutique - Zoey's Place Open! 9 AM - 12 PM Zoey's Place Christmas Shopping! 9 AM - 12 PM Holiday Stockings for Your Pets 9 AM - 12 PM Meg Madden at Middlebury Farmers Market Holiday Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM Middlebury Farmers Market: Holiday Markets Dec. 7 & 14 9 AM - 12:30 PM St. Paul's Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM St Paul's Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Mountain View 4H - Annual Craft and Vendor Sale 9 AM - 2 PM This Coming Weekend is a Bazaar One! 9 AM - 3 PM OES Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio, Dec. 7 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio 9 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio in Salisbury 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio Dec. 7 9 AM - 4 PM Ho, Ho, Ho Holiday Stroll, for Everyone! Dec. 7 9 AM - 6:30 PM Saturday Playgroup Tomorrow! 9:30 - 11 AM Sing & Dance in Free Demo Classes for Kids & Grown Ups 10 AM - 12:15 PM Music Center 10th Anniversary Celebration Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Music Center 10th Anniversary Celebration Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Music Center 10th Anniversary Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday Stroll at the Bixby Library 10 AM - 3 PM Sheldon Museum Holiday Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Sheldon Museum Holiday Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Henry Sheldon Museum's Holiday Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Closet Saturday Opening & Kindness Holiday Stroll Fun 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open House and Sale 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Card Making Workshop 10:30 - 11:30 AM Homeward Bound's Holiday Open House 12 - 2 PM (In)visible Mending for Teens 12 - 2 PM Homeward Bound's Holiday Open House 12 - 2 PM Homeward Bound's Holiday Open House Dec. 7 12 - 2 PM Monthly Bingo 12 - 3 PM Pokémon-Inspired Pop-Up Museum This Saturday 1 - 4 PM Pokémon-Inspired Pop-Up Museum Dec. 7 1 - 4 PM Pokémon-Inspired Pop-Up Museum Dec. 7 1 - 4 PM Cookies and a Craft with Mr. Claus Dec. 7 1:30 - 3:30 PM Join Us Tomorrow at the Holiday Maker's Market at Lulu! 3 - 7 PM Broadway Direct at the Vergennes Opera House 3 PM Holiday Open House 4 - 7:30 PM Holiday Festivities at the Library 5 - 7 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 - 9 PM Sky Was Possible 7:30 - 9:15 PM Kat & Brett Holiday Show at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:45 PM Contra Dance Again Saturday: Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +46 more see less
8 Charity Fundraising Breakfast Dec. 8 7:30 - 10 AM Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Korean-Inspired Cafe + Vintage Clothing Pop Up 9 AM - 1 PM Vintage Holiday Pop-Up 10 AM - 4 PM Open Studio Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Open House, Open Studio, Ceramics Classes 10 AM - 5 PM An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy with Prem Prakash 11 AM - 12:30 PM Pottery Porch Sale 11 AM - 4 PM Steel Pan Concert 1:30 - 2 PM VT's Panhandlers Steel Drum Benefit Concert 1:30 - 2:30 PM Steel Pan Concert 1:30 PM Instant Christmas Pageant 2 - 4 PM Holiday Concert! 2 - 4:30 PM My Dentist's Son — a Place for Stories That Don't Fit 3 - 4 PM PM Sundays Series Presents Michelle Willis - Dec. 8 4 - 6 PM +11 more see less	9 Fun Night of Bingo 3 PM (multiday) Christmas Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM SVUUSD Ad-Hoc Grading Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Dec. 9, 6:00pm 6 - 8 PM Holiday Needle Felting Workshop - Platt Library - Dec. 9 6 - 8 PM Game Night at the Library! 6:15 - 9 PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class on Mondays with Jamie 6:45 - 8 PM +3 more see less	10 Chair Yoga on Tuesdays with Catherine 9:45 - 10:45 AM Benefit Bake for Music Center at Flatbread 5 - 9 PM Bixby Book Club: December Book Reveal 6 - 7 PM Warm Yoga 6 - 7:15 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM Join Us for a Special Advent Taizé 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	11 Free Trial Class Day at Little City Community Fitness 6:15 AM - 5:30 PM Advent Bible Study at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Middlebury Community Classic Films Club 1 - 3:30 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Bridge Elementary School Open House - Dec. 11 5:30 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Executive Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bridge School Elementary Open House Dec. 11 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bridport Community Communications & Events Task Force 6 - 7 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Acoustic Jam Open Mic 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	12 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Circle of Life…. Reminder 10:30 - 11:15 AM St. Stephen's Advent Noontime Concerts 12 - 1 PM St. Stephen's Advent Noontime Concerts 12 - 1 PM Giant 3D Snowflake Workshop! (Round 3) 3:30 - 4:30 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM 6-Week Beginner Qigong & Tai Chi Ch'uan Class 5 - 6 PM Locals Night at Lincoln Peak Vineyard 5 - 7 PM Arcadian Pasta Pop-Up During Dec. 12 Midd Night Stroll 5 - 8 PM Midd Stroll Merry Middlebury - Tonight! 5 - 8 PM Grief Share Discussion Group 5:30 PM Winter Wood Slice Ornaments 6 - 7 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM New Haven Community Library Board Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Photo ID Night 6 - 7:30 PM Vergennes-Ferrisburgh TOD Public Open House, Dec. 12 6 PM GriefShare 6:30 - 8:30 PM Just Getting By - Film Viewing 7 - 8:30 PM "Just Getting By" Movie Screening with Filmmaker Q&A 7 - 9 PM MCP Present Comedy "10 Ways to Survive the Holidays" 7 - 10 PM +17 more see less	13 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day Night Fires Tickets on Sale Now! (multiday) A Play in Celebration of the Winter Solstice (multiday) Night Fires Tickets On Sale Now! All Day Ferrisburgh Glass Studio is Open 10 AM (multiday) Wreath Making Workshop at the Bixby 11 AM - 1 PM Festive Fri Evening at Lu•Lu's Holiday Maker's Market! 3 - 7 PM Magic on Main - Shop, Tag, Post, Win - This Friday! 3 - 8 PM Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Silent Auction for Affordable Homes in Addison County 5 - 8 PM Snowflake Stroll 5 - 8 PM Snowflake Stroll: Dec. 13 5 - 8 PM Silent Auction 5 - 8 PM Silent Auction for Affordable Homes in Addison County 5 - 8 PM Snowflake Stroll this Friday 5 - 8 PM Snowflake Stroll 5 - 8 PM Lino Printing Workshop for Teens at Ilsley 5:30 - 8 PM Singing Christmas Carols 6:30 - 8 PM Come See the Play "Head Elf" at Holley Hall! 6:30 PM Youth Opera 7 - 8 PM +17 more see less	14 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Join the Christmas Bird Count 12 AM (multiday) Waltham Holiday Cookie Swap 9 - 11 AM Santa is Coming to Maple Landmark 9 AM - 12 PM Holy Halvah Holiday Shopping: Dec. 14 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market: Holiday Markets Dec. 7 & 14 9 AM - 12:30 PM Panton Selectboard Budget Meeting 9 AM Christmas Cookie Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Winter Ornament Making 11 AM - 2 PM Shoreham Holiday Bazaar Dec. 14 11 AM - 3 PM Shoreham Holiday Bazaar Dec. 14 11 AM - 3 PM A Festive Weekend Awaits at Werner Tree Farm🎄 11 AM (multiday) “Magic Tree House” Comes to Life!✨🌳 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Holiday Cheer for Our Farmworkers Dec. 14 2 - 4 PM Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Lumen: Bristol's Celebration of Fire & Light 4 - 7 PM Takeout Chicken and Biscuit Supper 5 - 6 PM Christmas Hay Ride 5 - 6:30 PM Bingo Night to Support 4-H Club 6 - 8 PM Bingo Night 6 - 8 PM Ugly Sweater Party at American Legion in Vergennes 6 - 10 PM Youth Opera 7 - 8 PM Cornwall Contra Dance Tonight! 7 - 9:30 PM +19 more see less
15 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Fruits of the Spirit Children's Church Continues 8:30 - 9:30 AM Celebrate Love! 8:30 - 10 AM Breakfast with Santa 9 AM - 12 PM Birch Bark Ornament Workshop 9 AM - 1 PM Addison County 2nd Annual Toy Swap - Ferrisburgh 9 AM - 3 PM Open House, Open Studio, Ceramics Classes 10 AM - 5 PM Annual Gingerbread Decorating Party at Holley Hall! 12 - 3 PM Winterfest on the Green 2 - 4 PM Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Class: Ayurvedic Tips for Healthy Holiday Digestion 4 - 5 PM Darkness to Light; Lessons and Carols for Advent 4 - 5:30 PM +8 more see less	16 SVUUSD Special Policy Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Building & Grounds Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Special Finance Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Dec. 16 6:30 - 10 PM SVUUSD Board Negotiations Committee Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	17 Middle School Winter Concert 7 AM - 8 PM Sarah Partridge BLT Book Group 11 AM - 12 PM Book Discussion and Meet the Author 11 AM - 12:30 PM Seamus Egan and Moira Smiley at Vermont Public 11 AM - 1 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM +1 more see less	18 Advent Bible Study at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM "How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster" at THT 11 AM - 12:30 PM First Night Skiing for the Season and Blues 4 - 8 PM Gingerbread House Building Party Dec. 18 4:30 - 6:30 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Weaving and Grieving 6 - 7 PM Music Center Holiday Performance Salon 6 - 7:30 PM Beetlejuice Jr Put on by Vergennes Middle School 7 - 8 PM Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 8 PM High School Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 PM +7 more see less	19 Bristol Core Board Meeting 9 - 10 AM Community Carol Sing Dec. 19 12 - 1 PM Interlude Community Drop-In 3 - 6 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM 6-Week Beginner Qigong & Tai Chi Ch'uan Class 5 - 6 PM Locals Night at Lincoln Peak Vineyard 5 - 7 PM You Are Stardust. Start Acting Like It 5:15 - 6:45 PM Grief Share Discussion Group 5:30 PM Silent Book Club 5:30 - 7 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Cornwall Knit Night Thurs. 6 - 8 PM GriefShare 6:30 - 8:30 PM Forest Pests in Vermont 7 - 8 PM Blue Christmas Service 7 - 8 PM Free Online Lecture: the Voices of Bach's Violin Dec. 19 7 - 8:30 PM Forest Pest Insects in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM MNFF Selects Jim Henson: Idea Man at Town Hall Theater 7 - 9 PM Talk on Forest Pest Insects in Vermont 7 PM Talk on Forest Pest Insects in Vermont 7 PM +15 more see less	20 Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day Fused Glass Studio Open 10 AM (multiday) Mountain of Cheer Celebration at Middlebury Snowbowl 4 - 8:45 PM Greater Buttolph Neighborhood Cookie Swap 5 - 8 PM Last Minute Fa La La 5 - 8 PM Beetlejuice Jr Put on by Vergennes Middle School 7 - 8 PM Solstice Restorative Yoga with Sarah L. Frederiksen 7 - 8:30 PM Low Lily Winter Solstice Concert at Town Hall Theater 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	21 50/50 Raffle & Date Night Basket Raffle 8 AM Small Business Saturday 9 AM - 12:30 PM Open House Blueberry Hill Outdoor Center 10 AM - 2 PM Rokeby Museum Open House and Holiday Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Rokeby Museum Open House and Holiday Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Rokeby Museum Open House and Holiday Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Rokeby Museum Open House and Holiday Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Second Annual Fiber Arts Circle & Cookie Swap 12 - 2 PM Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Holiday Pop Up! 2 - 4 PM “Welcoming the Light” Winter Solstice Gathering 3:30 - 5 PM Welcoming the Light - a Winter Solstice Gathering 3:30 - 6 PM Ruth Stone House Holiday Party & Raffle! 4 - 8 PM Dance Dance Party Party 7:30 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less
22 Open House, Open Studio, Ceramics Classes 10 AM - 5 PM Messiah Sing - Congregational Church of Middlebury 2 - 4 PM Shall We Dance? Piano Duet Concert at Town Hall Theater 4 - 6 PM Within Our Darkest Night: Meditation and Improvisation 5 - 5:50 PM	23 Winter Break Programs for All Ages at LML! (multiday) Christmas Band Play-Along 6 PM	24 Christmas Eve & Day Services 4 - 5 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM	25 Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM	26 Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM	27 Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day	28 Saturdays Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class with Sarah 9 - 10:15 AM
29 Gentle Flow Yoga Pop-Up with Jenni 3 - 4 PM	30 Family Yoga, Games, & Dance for New Year's Eve-Ish 3:30 - 4:45 PM	31 Celebrate Recovery 7 PM New Year's Eve Party at the Eagles Club 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve Party at the Eagles Club Vergennes 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve with Joe's Big Band at Town Hall Theater 8:30 PM (multiday)	1	2 Friends of Bridport School 6 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM	3 Sap Line House Concert! Jan. 3 6 - 7:30 PM	4 Children's and Maternity Boutique - Zoey's Place Open! 9 AM - 12 PM Bridport Skating Party 11 AM - 1 PM