Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2024

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1 Cats Eye Pottery Holiday Sale 12 AM (multiday) 12th Annual Old Labor Hall Craft Show! 9 AM (multiday) Rochester Winter Market 10 AM - 12 PM “A Christmas Carol” Community Reading 2:30 - 4 PM Holiday Sing-Along at the Grange! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along 2:30 - 4:30 PM Chandler Christmas Carol Sing Along 4 - 5 PM Poetry Reading with Danny Dover 4 - 5 PM Christmas Caroling at Chandler 4 - 5 PM Light Up Bethel and Santa 4 - 6 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM 75th Randolph Center Carol Sing 6 - 8 PM +9 more see less	2 Light Up the Library Opening! 3 - 5 PM East Valley Community Group Monthly Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cooking Workshop at Middle Branch Collaborative! 6 - 8 PM Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM	3 The Heart That Grew Three Sizes Bible Study Group All Day Free Monthly Somatic Pop-Up Clinic 10 AM - 4 PM The Valley Hub Inc 12 - 6 PM Tuesday Crafternoon! 1:30 - 2:30 PM Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 PM True Grit - Adult Book Group 6 - 7:30 PM Braintree Selectboard Meeting Agenda Dec. 3 6 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Bethel University Planning Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	4 Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – Fall Semester in Montpelier 10 AM - 1 PM The Valley Hub Inc 12 - 6 PM Senior Day Dec. 4 1:30 - 2:30 PM NCF Kids Club 3 - 5:15 PM Peace Vigils 4 - 4:30 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Paine Mountain School Board to Discuss Outdoor Ed, Budget 6 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Dec. 4 6:30 - 8:30 PM Card and Game Night Dec. 4 7 - 8:30 PM Norwich Celebrates St. Barbara's Night Wednesday 9:45 - 10 PM +6 more see less	5 Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM RTCC Winter Market 10 AM - 2 PM Upcoming Vermont Land Trust Online Events 11 AM The Valley Hub Inc 12 - 6 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Wee Wiggles and Bunny Hugs at the Library! 2 - 2:30 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM New Days and Time! Wings of Fire Book Club! 3:30 - 3:30 PM Methodist Church Community Meal Thursday! 6 - 7:30 PM Public Hearing on Draft Randolph Land Use Regulations 6 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Barre City Development Review Board Agenda Dec. 5 7 PM +9 more see less	6 Stowell Tree Farm Second Weekend of the 2024 Season 9 AM (multiday) The Valley Hub Inc 12 - 6 PM Our Lady of the Angels Christmas Bazaar 1 - 5 PM Christmas on the Common 3 - 8 PM Hand Printed Gift Wrap Workshop for Kids 3:30 - 4:30 PM ART, etc. Holiday Opening Reception! 5 - 7 PM Christmas on the Common 5 - 8 PM Christmas and Winter Sing-Along 6 - 7:30 PM A Christmas Carol 7 - 8 PM Norwich University Regimental Band Concert 7 - 9 PM Theatre Presentation of Dickens's a Christmas Carol 7 PM (multiday) Green Mountain Swing! Live Music! Dance! Dec. 6, ArtsRiot 7:30 - 10 PM +8 more see less	7 Women of Northfield - Run for Office! - Find Out How 12 AM Barre Town Republican Committee Monthly Meeting 8:30 - 9:30 AM Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Seeking Vendors - RES Holiday Craft Show 9 AM - 1 PM Brookfield Bees at Randolph Elementary Dec. 7 9 AM - 1 PM Bethany Church Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM St. John's Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Our Lady of the Angels Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Moretown Artisans Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Special Saturday Hours at Chandler's Holiday Market 9 AM - 6 PM Special Saturday Hours at Chandler's Holiday Market 9 AM - 6 PM Special Holiday Market Hours at Chandler on Saturday 9 AM - 6 PM A Morning with Local Authors! 10 - 11 AM Winter Themed Crafting! 10 AM - 12 PM Emergency Management with Vulnerable Populations Training 10 AM - 12 PM Emergency Management with Vulnerable Populations Training 10 AM - 12 PM Friends of Kimball Library - Holiday Book Bazaar 10 AM - 1 PM Cardboard Gingerbread House Workshop 10 AM - 1 PM Christmas Event 10 AM - 2 PM NMHS Holiday Market/Craft Fair - Dec. 7 10 AM - 3 PM Tunbridge Grange Holiday Craft Market 10 AM - 3 PM Storytime with Local Author Zoe Tilley Poster 11 AM - 12 PM Real Talk About Coyotes and the Wolf 1 - 2 PM Learn About Coyotes & Wolves 1 - 2 PM Art Show Opening 1 - 3 PM Roxbury Community Crafters - Paper Quilling 1 - 4 PM Holiday Concert! 2 - 2 PM December Forum at The Old Labor Hall 2 - 3 PM Holiday Concert Green Mountain and Barre Tones Choruses 2 - 3:30 PM Windows in a Weekend Stained Glass at Day Breaks Glass 2 PM (multiday) White River Headwaters Strategy 3 - 7 PM Order Homemade Holiday Pies from Quin-Town Center 3 PM (multiday) Glean Up Your Act at the Grange – Saturday Afternoon! 4:30 - 7 PM Glean Up Your Act at the Grange - Dec. 7! 4:30 - 7 PM Valley Chords Musical Presentation - Everyone Invited! 6 - 7 PM A Christmas Carol 7 - 8 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Contra Dance Again at the Grange - Dec. 7! 7:30 - 11 PM Contra Dance Again at the Grange--Saturday! 7:30 - 11 PM Norwich U. Pearl Harbor Remembrance - Dec. 7 10 - 10:10 PM +36 more see less
8 Antique Market at The Canadian Club 8 AM - 1 PM Holiday Baking Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Sunday Family Dance! Dance, Sing & Jump Around! 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Poetry, Short Stories & Songs at Brown Public Library 4 - 5 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM A Christmas Carol 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	9 Community Safety Conversation 5:30 - 7 PM Barre City Republican Committee 6 - 7:30 PM CVCCSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Cooking Workshop at Middle Branch Collaborative! 6 - 8 PM Bethel Selectboard Agenda 6 PM Forest Management 7 - 8 PM An Evening with Orange Co. Forester David Paganelli 7 PM +3 more see less	10 The Heart That Grew Three Sizes Bible Study Group All Day Sunrise Rotary Holiday Potluck and Check Presentation 7 - 8 AM Chelsea Food Shelf 11 AM - 12 PM Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 PM Poetry Reading 6 - 7 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 7 PM Fantasy/Sci Fi Book Club: The Final Strife Part 2! 6:30 - 7:30 PM Northfield Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	11 Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – Fall Semester in Montpelier 10 AM - 1 PM NCF Kids Club 3 - 5:15 PM Peace Vigils 4 - 4:30 PM Kindness & Respect: Community Supper & Conversation 5 - 6:30 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Presentation: Sleepwalking into World War III 6 - 7 PM Northfield-Norwich Partnership Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Barre Unified Union School District Special Board Mtg 7 PM +4 more see less	12 Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Lil Sprouts at The Library! 3:30 - 4 PM Night of the Arts at RUMHS! Thursday 5:30 - 7 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Nutcracker with Grand Kyiv Ballet 7 - 9 PM Spaulding HS Theatre Group Presents Dracula 7:30 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	13 Evergreen Centerpiece Workshop (multiday) Estate Sale 9 AM - 3 PM LH Stowell Tree Farm Third Weekend of the 2024 Season 9 AM (multiday) Youth Rock Band at Randolph Elementary School 3 - 4:30 PM "Good Eats" at Good Shepherd 5 - 6 PM Còig's Celtic Christmas Concert at Chandler 5:45 - 9 PM Còig's Celtic Christmas Concert at Chandler 5:45 - 9 PM Tween Friday 6 - 8 PM VT Foodbank & Street Cats Burlington Charity Event 6 - 11 PM Spaulding HS Theatre Group Presents Dracula 7:30 - 9:30 PM EDM Night: Genre Smash at Despacito 8 PM (multiday) +7 more see less	14 Evergreen Centerpiece Workshop (multiday) Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Randolph Farmers Market - Holiday Market! 9 AM - 2 PM Randolph Farmers Holiday Market Dec. 14 9 AM - 2 PM Last Minute Christmas Shopping 🎄🎁 9 AM - 3 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Moving/Estate Sale 9 AM (multiday) Learn to Weld at VTSU Randolph! 9 AM (multiday) Kids Trade & Play – Saturday, Holiday Special! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Holiday Babysitting Saturday 9:30 AM - 4 PM Holiday Babysitting Event 9:30 AM - 4 PM Good Beginnings Twin Meetup 10 AM - 12 PM Christmas Tea & Cookie Sale! 10 AM - 2 PM Open House: Healing Artists Using Nature 10 AM - 2 PM Holly Grams (Musical Holiday Greetings by Telephone) 10 AM - 3 PM Squish Wrapped at the Berlin Mall 10 AM - 3 PM Singing Holiday Telegrams 10 AM - 3 PM Blackbird Pottery Studious Seconds & Student Sale 10 AM - 3 PM 3rd Annual Holly Jolly Holiday Craft Fair Event 10 AM - 4 PM Makers' Market at Lawson's Finest Liquids 11 AM - 3 PM Maker's Market at Lawson's 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Yule-Log Inspired Centerpiece Class 1 - 3 PM Make Music with Your Neighbors! 1 - 3 PM Christmas at Kinneys 1 - 3 PM Little Town Family Fun Band Call to Participants! 1 - 3 PM Community Gift Wrapping Opportunity 1 - 3 PM Roxbury Community Crafters - Painting on Glass 1 - 4 PM Birch Bark Ornaments with Penny Hewitt 1 - 5 PM Public Debate for Speaker of the House 1 PM Re: Is There a Time for the Speaker of the House Debate? 1 PM Bingo 2 PM Healing Workshop 2:30 - 4 PM Healing Workshop at Barre UU 2:30 - 4:30 PM Free Christmas Caroling and Christmas Dinner Event 5 - 7 PM Music for a King 6 - 8:30 PM Barnarts Holiday Cabaret 6 - 10 PM Spaulding HS Theatre Group Presents Dracula 7:30 - 9:30 PM BOH Presents: The John Denver Christmas 7:30 - 9:30 PM Bake Sale 9 PM (multiday) +35 more see less
15 Join Me for Coffee Dec. 15 8 - 9 AM Nurturing the Mother Workshop at the Sanctuary 10 AM - 12 PM Open House: Healing Time in Nature 10 AM - 2 PM Blackbird Pottery Studious Seconds & Student Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Poetry Brunch at Chandler 11:30 AM - 1 PM Sourdough Baking Workshop 12 - 5 PM Christmas Caroling "Fa La La La La Lalala.." 1 - 3 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Winter Concert 2 - 4 PM Community Christmas Party 2 - 4 PM Arts Benefit on Behalf of World Central Kitchen 3:30 - 5:30 PM December Full Moon Meditation Circle at Arnold Block 4 - 5 PM "The Earth is Singing": An Advent Concert 4 - 6 PM Montpelier Community Carol Sing 4:30 - 5:30 PM Opening Reception for Art Exhibit by Elizabeth Auer 5 - 6 PM RU Economic Justice PBL Community Meal & Discussion 5 - 7 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM Come to Bethlehem - Free Christmas Play at BFR 6 - 7 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM +14 more see less	16 Road Closure 7 AM (multiday) Community Visit Comes to Roxbury 6 - 6:30 PM West African Dance Workshop - Shidaa Projects 6 - 7:15 PM Cooking Workshop at Middle Branch Collaborative! 6 - 8 PM Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 9:30 PM Selectboard Agenda 6 PM +2 more see less	17 The Heart That Grew Three Sizes Bible Study Group All Day Chelsea Food Shelf 4 - 5 PM Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 PM Budget Committee Agenda 5:30 - 6:30 PM Community Forum on Future of Our School Buildings 5:30 - 7 PM Snapshot Series: A Bridge Across Two Vermonts 6 - 7 PM Braintree Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM VT Humanities "Snapshot Series" Comes to Kimball! 6 PM +5 more see less	18 Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – Fall Semester in Montpelier 10 AM - 1 PM Entertainment 11 AM - 12 PM Blood Drive in Rochester 12 - 5 PM NCF Kids Club 3 - 5:15 PM Peace Vigils 4 - 4:30 PM Whoville's Pizza Night at Middle Branch Collaborative 4 - 7 PM Brookfield Public Safety Meeting Agenda 5:30 - 7:15 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Christmas Caroling Sign-Ups 6 - 8 PM School Board to Consider Budget and More 6 - 8 PM Next Paine Mtn School Board Meeting Dec. 18 6 PM Please Join Us at Our WCUUSD Board Meeting, Dec. 18 6:15 - 9:15 PM Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Free Community Screening 6:30 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Dec. 18 6:30 - 8:30 PM A Celebration of the Winter Solstice 7 - 8 PM Laugh Local VT Comedy Open Mic 7 - 9 PM +12 more see less	19 Artisan Holiday Market at Chandler Open Thru Xmas Eve 11:30 AM - 6 PM Free AED/CPR (Compression Only) Training 12 - 1 PM How to Use an AED--Free Training at the Grange! 12 PM (multiday) BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Volunteers Needed for the Roxbury (And Beyond) Supper 3:30 - 7 PM STEAM Thursday! 4 - 5 PM Spaghetti Dinner 5 PM Santa is Heading for Washington! 5:30 - 6:30 PM The Ethereal Church - Holiday Edition 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	20 Artisan Holiday Market at Chandler Open Thru Xmas Eve 11:30 AM - 6 PM Holiday Open Studio 2 - 6 PM Holiday Crafternoon at BPL 3 - 4:30 PM Roxbury Roots Community Supper 5 - 7 PM Family Fun Friday at Rochester Library! 5 - 7 PM Feeding the Valley Distribution 5:30 - 6:30 PM Upcoming Drag Show in Bethel! 6 PM Comedy Show at the Den 8 - 11 PM Night of Comedy at The Den, Willamstown (Fundraiser) 8 PM 18+ Comedy Show for Granite City Blast 8 PM +6 more see less	21 Onion River Chorus Concerts (multiday) Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Winter Solstice Gathering: Welcome the Light 9 - 11 AM Pottery Clearance & Giveaway Weekend 10 AM - 4 PM Solstice Celebration & Make Music Winter! 10 AM - 10 PM Holiday Fun at York Branch Library! 10:30 AM - 12 PM Pokemon Trading Card Day 11 AM - 12 PM Holiday Cookie Party 11 AM - 1 PM Craft Fair 11 AM - 4 PM Artisan Holiday Market at Chandler Open Thru Xmas Eve 11:30 AM - 6 PM Holiday Open Studio 12 - 4 PM Writers' Workshop with Amy Braun 1 - 2:30 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve at the Old Meeting House 3 - 9 PM For King and Country a Drummerboy Christmas - Free 4:30 - 6:30 PM Make Music Winter: Songwriter Circle 5 - 10 PM Shows at the Underground - Listening Room in December 5 PM Candlelight Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM The 18th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec. 21-22 7 PM (multiday) Bread and Puppet: the Christmas Story 7 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concert 7:30 PM +16 more see less
22 Christmas Service at Good Shepherd 9:30 AM Pottery Clearance & Giveaway Weekend 10 AM - 4 PM Artisan Holiday Market at Chandler Open Thru Xmas Eve 11:30 AM - 6 PM Roxbury Village Caroling! (Update!) 3 - 4 PM Santa Claus is Coming To…East Barre! 4 - 5:30 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM 48th Annual South Royalton Christmas Pageant 6:30 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	23 Artisan Holiday Market at Chandler Open Thru Xmas Eve 11:30 AM - 6 PM Blood Drive - American Legion Post 63 12 - 5 PM The Night Before the Night Before Christmas 5:30 - 7 PM	24 Candlelight Christmas Eve Service 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 5 - 6 PM Bethany Church Christmas Eve Services 5 - 9 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 6 - 7 PM Christmas Celebration 6 PM Christmas Eve Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve Program at West Brookfield Meetinghouse 6:30 - 7:45 PM Candlelight Service at the Northfield Methodist Church 7 - 8 PM UCN Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service 7 PM Christmas Eve Service at St. John's Episcopal Church 8 PM +9 more see less	25	26 Free All-Ages Movie at the Library! 2 - 4 PM Community Read-Aloud at Royalton Library 4 - 5 PM	27 Clearance Sale at Trombly's Flower Shop 8 AM - 5 PM Community Read-Aloud at Royalton Library 4 - 5 PM	28 Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Community Read-Aloud at Royalton Library 4 - 5 PM
29 Service of Lessons and Carols at St. John's Dec. 29 10 AM Community Read-Aloud at Royalton Library 4 - 5 PM	30 Noon Year's Eve Storytime & Dance Party 11 AM - 12 PM Community Read-Aloud at Royalton Library 4 - 5 PM	31 The Beat Goes On! Dec. 31 12 - 6 PM Community Read-Aloud at Royalton Library 4 - 5 PM Oshogatsu 108 Ringings of the New Year's Bell 5:45 - 7:30 PM New Years Eve at Middle Branch Collaborative 6 PM (multiday) New Years' Eve Shindig 9 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	1 "Messiah" Singalong in Randolph 2 - 4 PM Pizza and Fun Middle Branch Collaborative 4 - 7 PM	2 Barre City Development Review Board Agenda Jan. 2, 2025 7 PM	3 NMHS is Hosting an Alumni Panel - Friday, Jan. 3 2 PM Youth Rock Band at Randolph Elementary School 3 - 4:30 PM First Friday for Families! 5 - 7 PM Tunbridge Grange Friday Night Bingo 6:30 - 8:30 PM	4 Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Troop 1 Christmas Tree Pickup in Barre 9 AM - 12 PM Washington Snowflyers 9th Annual Vintage Snowmobile Rally 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Tree Pickup/Disposal by Scouts 9 AM Support the Sanctuary Jan. 4 - Free Classes! 10 AM - 4 PM Story Hour with Fiona Lee at Chelsea Public Library 11 AM - 12 PM Kickoff of the 2025 First Robotics Challenge Season 12 - 3 PM Fair Housing 1 - 2:30 PM Get Out and Be with People 6 PM Community Potluck at the Grange Saturday! 6 - 7 PM First Contra Dance at the Grange for 2025! 7:30 - 11 PM First Montpelier Contra Dance of 2025! 7:30 - 11 PM +8 more see less