Calendar - Front Porch Forum

November 2024

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27 The Tempest at Lost Nation Theater 7 PM (multiday) Counterpoint Chorus Concerts 7:30 PM (multiday) Capital City Concerts Bach Oct. 26-27 (multiday) MRVBC NOLS Wilderness First Aid 8 AM (multiday) Yard Sale in Northfield 9 AM (multiday) Ride the Waves: Training in the Skill of Real Dialogue 10 AM (multiday) All-Bach Benefit Concert Oct. 27 2 - 2:30 PM Crafting Afternoon + Community Dye Pot 3 - 5 PM Royalton Community Garden: Annual Autumn Planting Party 3 - 5 PM East Bethel Community Church Psalms & Hymns 6:30 - 7:30 PM +6 more see less	28 Northfield Public Safety Subcommittee Meeting 1 - 2:30 PM Learn How to Make Mocktails with Patty Burns 6:30 - 8:30 PM	29 Williamstown Autumn Blood Drive All Day Discussion: Project 2025 at Rochester Library 10 - 11 AM Project 2025 Text Based Discussion 10 AM Peace Pole Dedication 11 AM Invasive Plant Work Day Oct. 29 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Invasive Plant Work Day 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Weed Warrior Plant Pull 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 PM Peace on Earth 5:30 - 7 PM Author Talk - Walk Across Europe 6 - 7:30 PM Protect from Scams & Fraud 6:30 - 7:30 PM Public Informational Meeting Re: Municipal Fire Dept 6:30 - 7:30 PM Final Meeting Reminder Regarding Rochester HS Building 7 PM +9 more see less	30 Playgroup Halloween Concert at Aldrich Library 10 - 11 AM 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 School Bond Informational Meeting 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	31 Street Sweeping 4 AM Concert at the Old Meeting House on Halloween 7:30 AM - 9 PM Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Book or Treat! 2 - 8 PM Trunk or Treat at the Baptist Fellowship 4 - 6 PM Halloween Open Trick-Or-Treating at BOTH 4 - 7 PM Halloween Open Trick-Or-Treating at BOTH 4 - 7 PM Tenth Annual Safe and Seen Halloween 4:05 - 6 PM Trunk or Treat 5 - 7 PM Trunk or Treat and Central Street 5 - 7 PM 10th Annual Roxbury Free Library Trunk or Treat 5:30 - 7 PM Pierce Hall Community Halloween Party Oct. 31! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Free Halloween Party - Oct. 31 at Public Safety Building 5:30 - 7:30 PM Troll in the Tower 6 - 7:30 PM +12 more see less	1 Friday: Blood Drive at The Grange 10:30 AM - 3 PM Free Fall Festival - FCC Barre - Nov. 1 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cameron Sutphin, Country & Folk Singer 6:30 - 7:30 PM Norwich University Todd Lecture Series 7 - 8:30 PM Cerutti-Reid Duo in Concert: When at Last I Join 7:30 - 9 PM Throwback Dance Party with DJ Sound Syndicate X DJ Bay 6 8 - 11 PM +2 more see less	2 Go for Launch! By Higher Orbits at Norwich University 8 AM (multiday) Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM National Life Craft Fair 9 AM - 12 PM National Life Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Craft Fair at National Life Saturday, Nov. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Last Weekend: Multi-Family Sale in Northfield 9 AM (multiday) Embroidery with Natalie at RPL 10 - 11 AM Vermont Women's Rally in Montpelier 10 AM - 12 PM Women's Rally 10 AM Story Hour w/Local Author/Illustrator Jasper Tomkins 11 AM - 12 PM Upcoming Workshops at the White River Craft Center 12 - 4 PM CVHS Presents A Very Special Movie: GOODBOY 1 - 2:30 PM CVHS Presents a Very Special Movie: Goodboy 1 - 3 PM Domestic Violence Awareness Project 1 - 3:30 PM Roxbury Community Crafters - Twine Wrapped Stars 1 - 4 PM Neighbor Connection Dinner 5 - 7:30 PM Hedding's Famous Chicken Pie Supper! 5 PM Hedding's Famous Chicken Pie Supper! 5 PM Aysanabee & Moonfruits Concert + Mixer 6 - 9 PM Aysanabee & Moonfruits Concert + Mixer 6 - 9 PM Gamelan Sulukala Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Star Radio Hour - "Pastures of Plenty" 7 - 9 PM Saturday: Another Excellent Contra Dance at the Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM Saturday: Another Excellent Contra Dance at the Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM +20 more see less
3 "She Won't Come in from the Fields" One Woman Show 4:30 AM Benefit for The Veterans Place 10 AM - 3 PM What is Unitarian Universalism? 11:30 AM - 12 PM Fall Festival 12 - 4 PM The Mitzvah Fund 3rd Annual Winter Dog Coat Drive 2:30 - 5 PM Winter Warm Up - Free Winter Coats and Cocoa 3 - 5 PM A Post-Halloween Concert: Music in a Minor Mode 4 - 5:30 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM +5 more see less	4 Passing Lands Pop-Up: What Will Your Legacy Be? 3 PM Mythbusting Recycling Workshop 5 - 6 PM East Valley Community Group Monthly Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM CVCCSD School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM Chelsea Poet, Taylor Mardis Katz, Reading - Nov 4 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	5 General Election - Nov. 5 All Day Free Monthly Somatic Pop-Up Clinic 10 AM - 4 PM Everyday Uses for AI Nov. 5th 10:30 AM - 12 PM Kickball! Pick Up and All Ages! 12 - 12 PM Movie Afternoon 2 - 4 PM Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 PM Wings of Fire Book Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM Peace on Earth 5:30 - 7 PM +4 more see less	6 Street Sweeping 3 AM - 4 PM Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – Fall Semester in Montpelier 10 AM - 1 PM Senior Day at the Aldrich Library Nov. 6 1:30 - 2:30 PM NCF Kids Club 3 - 5:15 PM Peace Vigils 4 - 4:30 PM Paine Mtn School Board to Hear 2nd Budget Draft 6 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	7 Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM Free Mental Health Presentation at VTSU Randolph Campus 12 - 1 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 Dungeons & Dragons Returns to the Library! 2:45 - 4:15 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Vermont Wild Kitchen: Burdock & Turkey 5:30 - 8:30 PM Fix-It Fair (Repair Fair) & Sweater Swap! 6 - 8 PM Super Sweater Swap at the Nov. 7 Repair Fair 6 - 8 PM Randolph Planning Commission Meeting 6 - 8 PM 11th Annual Vermont Backcountry Forum 6 - 10 PM Barre City Development Review Board Agenda Nov. 7 7 PM Pegasus Players Presents Almost, Maine 7:30 PM +10 more see less	8 NU Veterans Day Observance - 8 Nov. 4:15 - 5:15 PM Stained Glass Snowflakes Workshops 5:30 - 8:30 PM Tween Friday 6 - 8 PM Jennings & McComber Live at Bent Hill Brewery 6 - 8 PM Wellness Workshop at The Sanctuary Nov. 8 6 - 8:30 PM Going Within: a Women's Wintering Retreat 6 PM (multiday) Pub Sing at Spice Studio 7 - 8:30 PM Pegasus Players Presents Almost, Maine 7:30 PM Shy Husky w/ Granite Garden 7:30 - 10 PM +5 more see less	9 Cate Farm Barn Sale - Nov. 9 8 AM - 12 PM Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Huge U-32 Fall Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Kids Trade & Play Swap 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade & Play Clothing Exchange - Saturday! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Saturday: Kids Trade & Play at the Grange 9:30 - 11:30 AM Washington Ag Association - November Story Hour 10 AM - 12 PM Pottery Studio Open House Sale & Inventory Clearance 10 AM - 5 PM Mythbusting Recycling Workshop 11 AM - 12 PM Empty Bowl Soup Luncheon 11:30 AM - 3 PM Free Red Sox Play Ball Clinic 12 - 2 PM Little Town Family Fun Band 1 - 3 PM Little Town Family Fun Band with Safeart 1 - 3 PM Roxbury Community Crafters (RCC)- Rug Hooking- Part 2 1 - 4 PM Birch Bark Ornaments with Penny Hewit 1 - 5 PM Art Opening: the Tunbridge General Store Gallery 3 - 5 PM Tunbridge Grange Harvest Dinner! 5 - 7 PM Veterans Day Dinner 5 PM Grammy-Winning Pianist Simone Dinnerstein at Chandler 7 - 9 PM Grammy-Winning Pianist Simone Dinnerstein at Chandler 7 - 9 PM Grammy-Winning Pianist Simone Dinnerstein at Chandler 7 - 9 PM Pegasus Players Presents Almost, Maine 7:30 PM +18 more see less
10 Veteran's Pancake Breakfast Nov. 10 8 - 11 AM MRVBC Pre-Season Backcountry Primer Workshop 9 AM - 12 PM Thanksgiving Giveaway - Nov. 10 12 - 4 PM Dance, Sing & Jump Around: Sunday at The Grange 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Poetry & Other Readings 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 +4 more see less	11 Veterans Day Commemoration 11 AM - 12 PM Barre City Republican Committee 6 - 7:30 PM Free College Essay Workshop 8 - 8:30 PM	12 Chelsea Food Shelf 11 AM - 12 PM Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 PM Peace on Earth 5:30 - 7 PM Gifford Community Forum 6 - 7:30 PM Northfield Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Invasive Plant Day on Irish Hill Natural Area 9 AM - 3 PM 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 You Are Cordially Invited to a Pop-Up Tea Party! 5 - 7 PM DIY Fire Cider Workshop at Upper Valley Coop Nov. 13 5:30 - 7 PM Sound Bath at SafeArt in Chelsea 5:30 - 7 PM Sign-Up Night for Cub Scouts 6 - 7:30 PM Sign-Up Night for Cub Scouts 6 - 7:30 PM Sign-Up Night for Cub Scouts 6 - 7:30 PM Hazard Mitigation Planning Meeting & Survey 6 - 7:30 PM Barre Unified Union School District Board Meeting 6 PM Northfield-Norwich Partnership Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM CFRB Meeting Nov. 13 6:30 PM LWVVT Speaker Series: Presidential Immunity 7 - 8:30 PM +11 more see less	14 Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Lil Sprouts at The Library! 3:30 - 4 PM Methodist Church Free Turkey Dinner 6 PM Fantasy/Sci Fi Book Club 6:30 - 8 PM Royalton Library Benefit Bingo at Babes Bar 6:30 - 8:30 PM Braintree Development Review Board Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	15 Becky's Birthday Bash 7:30 - 10 AM Northfield Budget & Financial Review Subcommittee Meeting 8 - 10 AM Fundraising Pie Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Tunbridge Trustees of Public Funds 10 - 11 AM Roxbury Community Supper: All Welcome This Week! 5 - 7 PM Rochester PTO Stick Season Bingo Nov. 15 5:30 PM Free Weatherization & Home Heating Workshop 6 - 7:30 PM Free Weatherization/Home Heating Workshop (Waterbury) 6 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	16 Celebration of The Herald's 150 Years All Day Breakfast, Bake Sale and Treasures Nov. 16 7 - 11 AM Ai & Humanitarian Disaster Response 8 AM - 4 PM Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Bottle Drive to Get to Cooperstown! 9 AM - 12 PM Chelsea Holiday Market Nov. 16 9 AM - 2 PM Kicking Off the Holidays! 9 AM - 3 PM Craft Bazaar and Bake Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Tool Sale Nov. 16 9 AM - 4 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair and VT Products 9 AM (multiday) Don't Burn Our Future Families Edition Nov. 16! 10 AM - 12 PM Paletteers Reception 10 AM - 12 PM Collector's Corner Reception 10 AM - 12 PM Story Time with Ashley Wolff 11 AM - 12 PM Felted Acorn Earrings with Maya at RPL 1 - 2 PM Writers' Workshop with Amy Braun 1 - 2:30 PM Design Your Own Thanksgiving Succulent Centerpiece! 1 - 3 PM Paddle the CT River from Source to Sea 1:30 - 3 PM Bingo 2 PM White River Valley Herald's 150th Anniversary Party 5 - 8 PM White River Valley Herald's 150th Anniversary Party 5 - 8 PM White River Valley Herald's 150th Anniversary Party 5 - 8 PM White River Valley Herald's 150th Anniversary Party 5 - 8 PM Stick Season Silent Disco for Roxbury Kids! 6 - 8:30 PM White Bird: A Wonder Film Free Screening 7 - 9 PM Waltz and Contra Dance at the Grange – Saturday! 7 - 11 PM Waltz and Contra Dance at the Grange - Saturday! 7 - 11 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Fall Concert - Mozart, Bach Etc 7:30 - 9:30 PM +25 more see less
17 Antique Market at Canadian Club 8 AM - 1 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Monteverdi Music School Faculty Concert - Nov. 17 3 - 4 PM Monteverdi Music School Faculty Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Community Story Circle: Flooding & How Its Impacted You 3 - 5 PM Counterpoint Benefit Concert 3 - 5 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM +4 more see less	18 Braintree Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Public Mtg #2 6 - 8 PM Cooking Workshop at Middle Branch Collaborative! 6 - 8 PM Rochester Intergenerational Community Conversation 6 - 8 PM Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM Roxbury Free Book Club 7 - 8 PM Randolph Development Review Board Hearing 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	19 Community Coffee Hour 8 - 9 AM MSAC Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 PM Wings of Fire Book Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM Peace on Earth 5:30 - 7 PM Adult Book Group: My Antonia 6 - 7:30 PM Nov. 19 Braintree Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 8 PM Meteorologist Roger Hill's Climate Forecast Tuesday! 6 - 8 PM Reminder: Roger Hill Event Tomorrow (Tuesday)! 6 - 8 PM Barre City Council Meeting Agenda Nov. 19 6 PM Knit and Sit 6 PM +7 more see less	20 Tai Chi & Qigong Classes – Fall Semester in Montpelier 10 AM - 1 PM Thanksgiving Dinner and Entertainment 11 AM - 12 PM NCF Kids Club 3 - 5:15 PM Peace Vigils 4 - 4:30 PM New! Fire Cider & Pop-Up Art Show 5 - 7 PM Brookfield Public Safety Advisory Committee Meeting 5:30 - 7:15 PM Randolph Ukulele Players Meets Wednesday 6 - 7:30 PM Annual Community Thanksgiving - Washington Baptist 6 - 8 PM Northfield Riverwalk Project Working Group Meeting 6 - 8 PM WCUUSD School Board Meeting/Budget Draft #1 6:15 - 9:15 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Nov. 20 6:30 - 8:30 PM Laugh Local VT Comedy Open Mic 7:30 PM +8 more see less	21 Pack the Pantry Food and Funds Drive 5 AM (multiday) Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM STEAM Thursday! 4 - 5 PM The Veterans' Place, Inc. Annual Meeting 5 - 5 PM LGBTIQA+ Book Club at RPL 5:30 - 6:30 PM Central Vermont Career Center Open House! 5:30 - 7:30 PM RotaryNext Meet Up 6 - 7 PM NCDN Community Meet & Greet Nov. 21 6 - 7:30 PM +7 more see less	22 Artisan Holiday Market at Chandler Gallery Nov. 22 - Dec. 24 11:30 AM - 6 PM Thankful for Pie - a Twin Valley Sr Center Fundraiser 3 - 5 PM Twin Valley Senior Center “Thankful for Pies” Take-Out 3 - 5 PM Family Fun Friday at Rochester Library! 5 - 7 PM Art Show Opening, Dawn Littlepage at WRCC 5 - 7 PM Feeding the Valley, Thanksgiving 5:30 - 6:30 PM High Drive - Live at Bent Hill Brewery - Nov. 22 6 - 8 PM HiFi 6:30 - 10 PM Footloose the Musical at Chandler Music Hall, Randolph 7 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	23 Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Holiday Pie Sale to Support Marine Biology Trip 9 AM - 3 PM 12th Annual Barre Elks Craft Show 9 AM (multiday) Saturday Crafterday: Socks with Hilde! 10 - 11 AM Jigsaw Puzzle Competition 10 AM - 1 PM Collecting Season Never Ends 10 AM - 1 PM Annual Pie Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Art for Adults - Create a Zine! 1 - 2:30 PM Northfield PTNO 2nd Annual Fall Carnival 1 - 3 PM Roxbury Community Crafters - Mandala Ornament Class 1 - 3 PM Spacial Dynamics Workshop 2 - 4 PM Worst. Song. Ever. (Barre River Access Fundraiser) 5 - 8 PM Worst Song Ever Contest! 5 - 9 PM Worst. Song. Ever 5 PM Worst. Song. Ever. (Supporting River Access Task Force) 5 PM Karim Nagi in Concert 7 - 8:30 PM +12 more see less
24 Holiday/Craft Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Open Mic Coffeehouse 2 - 4 PM Pottery Clearance Sale 2 - 5 PM Community Story Circle: Imagining Tomorrow's River 3 - 5 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM +2 more see less	25 Northfield Budget & Financial Review Subcommittee Mtg 8 - 10 AM Cooking Workshop at Middle Branch Collaborative! 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Agenda 6 PM	26 Thanksgiving Pie Sale 4 - 6 PM Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 PM Peace on Earth 5:30 - 7 PM Regular Council Meeting Nov. 26 6 PM Men's Circle at the Sanctuary 7 - 8:30 PM Northfield Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	27 Red Cross Holiday Blood Drive 9 AM - 2 PM 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	28 2024 Gobble Wobble 5k Turkey Trot 9:30 - 11 AM 2024 Gobble Wobble 5K Turkey Trot 9:30 AM Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM Rotary Braintree Historical Society Raffle 12 - 12:05 PM Federated Church Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner 12 - 2 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Family Feast! an Alternative Turkey Day 2 - 5 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM +5 more see less	29 Opening Day LH Stowell & Son Christmas Tree Season 9 AM - 4 PM Lighting of the Hancock Memory Tree 6 - 7 PM Hancock Recreation Committee Memory Tree Lighting 6 - 8 PM Light the World Giving Machines This Holiday Season 7 PM	30 Saturday Morning Yoga with Caitlin! 9 - 10 AM Huge (Small) Business Saturday Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM