Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2015

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28 Music This Week at Bagitos Cafe 6 PM (multiday) Free Contra, Square, and Line Dance Dec 28 All Day Free Dance Dec 28 All Day Breaking Up Christmas: Cajun Dance Dec. 28 3 - 7 PM Cajun Solstice Dance with Green Mountain Playboys! 3 PM Candlelight Service 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	29 Select Board, Notice of Special Meeting - Budget All Day	30 Pop in for Pop-Ups! 10 AM - 12 PM Music at Bagitos Cafe This Week 6 PM (multiday)	31 Marko the Magician New Year's Eve 4:30 - 7 PM	1 We Will Be Closed on These Holiday Thursdays All Day	2 Contra Dance Tonight Jan. 2nd in Peacham 7 AM Family Dance, Jan. 2 6:30 - 8 PM Young Tradition VT Reunion Concerts at the Flynnspace in Burlington! 7 PM	3 Montpelier Farmer's Market Jan. 3 All Day Capital City Farmers Market Jan. 3 All Day Farmers Market Jan. 3 All Day Downstreet Eats Cooking Classes - January 3rd - Your Home Creamery 10 AM - 12:30 PM Zentangle Workshop - Relaxing, Meditative Drawing for Everyone 10 AM - 1 PM Jan. 3 Zentangle Workshop -- Relaxing, Meditative Drawing for Everyone 10 AM - 1 PM Bottle Drive This Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Free Author Readings at VCFA: Karin Gottshall & Barbara Hurd 7 - 8 PM Community Coffeehouse at Peacham Library Jan. 3 7 - 9 PM "Casablanca" Showing at Maple Corner Community Center 7 - 9 PM Celtic, Quebecois & Cajun Music Jan. 3 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less
4 Java Programming Course 2 - 4 PM Learn How to Knit Continental Style Jan. 4! 3 - 5 PM Mass Appeal Comedy Showcase 7 - 8:30 PM Free Author Readings at VCFA: Refael Paul Arenson & Iztok Osojnik 7:30 - 8:30 PM	5 Free! Great Working Washing Machine, Stand-Up Piano (multiday) Group for Single Moms Starts Jan. 5 All Day Marshfield and Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting Jan. 5 All Day New Kids' Movement Class in Hardwick 10 - 11 AM Seeking Muscle Power 2 - 4:30 PM Senior Cohousing Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM Classic Book Club January Discussion 6 - 8 PM Free Author Readings at VCFA Tonight: Richard Jackson & Sigrid Nunez 7 - 8 PM Vermontivate! at the Marshfield/Plainfield Energy Meeting 7 PM +5 more see less	6 Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM Green Mountain Playboys Play Cajun Dance Party in Burlington! 8 - 10 PM Green Mountain Playboys Play Cajun Dance Party in Burlington! 8 - 10 PM	7 Men's Group, Senior Center Jan. 7 All Day Selectboard Special Meeting – Work Session – Water Ordinance 6 PM Cabot Selectboard Meeting 7 PM Another Great Jaquith Event, Wednesday, Jan. 7 7 PM	8 Series of Qi Gong Classes Begins Jan. 8 All Day Positive Pie Supports Mentoring on Thursdays All Day Zero Energy Home Event, with Pizza Jan. 8! All Day Woodbury Town School Board Meeting All Day Cabot School Grilled Cheese Fundraiser 4:30 - 7 PM East Montpelier Elementary Budget Forum 6 - 7 PM Workshop on Zero Energy Homes 6:30 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	9 This Friday at Fresh Tracks Farm & Winery All Day Come to "A Quest to Photograph North America's Birds" 7 - 8:30 PM	10 Ancient Fire-Making Workshop This Saturday! All Day Greenbank's Hollow Bonfire Saturday All Day Emma Back & Shane Dooley Music Jan. 10 All Day Montpelier Memory Cafe Meets Jan. 10 All Day Cabot Contra Dance Jan. 10! All Day Red Cross Babysitter Training for Youth Ages 11-15 10 AM - 5 PM Conversations from the Working Landscape 10:30 - 11:30 AM Conversations from the Working Landscape Speaker Series 10:30 - 11:30 AM Auditions for New Directions Showcase 1 - 3 PM Ancient Fire-Making Workshop This Saturday! 1 - 4 PM Ancient Fire-Making Workshop This Saturday! 1 - 4 PM Concert, Contradance, and More, with NHMC Faculty! 4 - 11 PM Contra Dance Hardwick Jan. 10 5:30 PM Shady Rill at the Adamant Methodist Church 7 PM Casablanca at Classic Film Series Jan. 10 7 PM Shady Rill at Adamant Methodist Church 7 PM +12 more see less
11 Auditions in Cabot! All Day Montpelier Antiques Market Jan. 11 8 AM - 1:30 PM Java Programming Course 2 - 4 PM Auditions for New Directions Showcase 3 - 5 PM	12 From Freedom Summer to Ferguson: 50 Years of Struggle Jan 12 All Day 10-Day Guided Clean-Eating Cleanse All Day Freedom Summer 1964 to Ferguson 2014--50 Years--Film & Discussion All Day Looking for a Ride to Plainfield, Monday, Jan. 12 All Day Select Board Agenda for Jan. 12 All Day Water/Wastewater Meeting Notice All Day From Freedom Summer to Ferguson: 50 Years of Struggle All Day From Freedom Summer to Ferguson: 50 Years of Struggle All Day Freedom Summer to Ferguson Jan. 12 All Day Copley Hosts Driver Safety Class 8:30 AM - 1 PM Interested in Universal Background Check Legislation? 9:30 - 11 AM Copley's Annual Meeting Features Talk on Healthcare Reform 5:30 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan 12 6 PM From Freedom Summer to Ferguson 6 PM Stories & Stitches Winter Book Club Starts January 12 7 - 8 PM Plainfield Select Board Meeting Jan 12 7 - 8:30 PM +12 more see less	13 Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Jan. 13 All Day Hardwick Community TV Intro Workshop All Day Beginning Tai Chi Class Jan 13 All Day Girls/Boyz First Mentoring Fundaiser All Day Sarducci's Mentoring Fundraiser Jan. 13! All Day Money Seminar: rCredts - Who is the Sovereign? 2 - 5 PM Music at Bagitos Cafe Jan. 13-18 6 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	14 Doty School Board Meeting Jan 14 All Day Cabot School Budget Forum Jan 14 All Day Rainbow Sweets Support Mentoring Program Jan 14 All Day Doty School Board Meeting Jan 14 All Day Open House at Fabulous School! All Day Grilled Cheese Fundraiser is Back On! 4 - 7 PM NEK Handwork Guild 6:30 - 8 PM Marshfield Historical Society Meets Jan. 14 6:30 - 8 PM Northeast Kingdom Handwork Guild 6:30 - 8 PM Song Circle: Community Sing-A-Long 6:45 PM River Rock School Open House! 7 - 8 PM Cabot Community Association January Board of Directors Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	15 National Thank Your Mentor Day All Day CES Board Meeting Agenda Jan. 15 All Day Bullying, Cyberbullying and Youth Depression Presentation All Day Winter Whispers at the North Branch Nature Center All Day Positive Pie Supports Mentoring Every Thursday This Month! All Day Join Discussion: The Common Core 6 - 7:30 PM Spice on Snow Winter Music Festival! Jan. 15-18 6 PM (multiday) Spice on Snow Winter Music Festival! Jan. 15-18 6 PM (multiday) Comedy at Capitol Grounds, Montpelier 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	16 Jazz Trio at Capitol Grounds Coffee House Montpelier 6 - 8 PM Pride of New York Concert Coming Up Jan 16! 7 PM	17 Traditional Dinner at NECI Until 9 PM Cabot Community Bingo Jan. 17 All Day Haybarn Theatre Concert: Neel Murgai Ensemble All Day Clarke Lecture and Dinner Event All Day Goddard College Concert: Neel Murgai Ensemble Jan 17 All Day Chamber Music and Wine Pairing at the North Branch Cafe All Day "The Trouble with Harry" at MCCC Jan 17 All Day Washington County Snowperson Building Contest All Day Clarke Lecture & Dinner Event All Day Capital City Winter Farmers Market in Montpelier City Hall All Day Capital City's Winter Farmers Market in City Hall Jan. 17 All Day Plainfield World Music Chorus Continues! All Day Senior Center Men's Group All Day Chad Hollister Band at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe Jan 17 All Day Chad Hollister Band at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe 7:30 - 10 PM SWC's Revival of “Stowe Squares” Benefits Copley Hospital 8 - 11 PM Stowe Squares Revival - Game, Prizes, Laughs Jan. 17 8 PM Come Hear the Neel Murgai Ensemble, Saturday Night at Goddard 8 PM +14 more see less
18 Huling and Malone in Piano, Violin Recital in Cabot Jan18 All Day Arm Chair Travel Talk All Day Huling and Malone in Piano, Violin Recital Jan. 18 All Day Java Programming Course 2 - 4 PM Songs to Be Sung at 21: Voice Recital 3 - 4 PM Arm Chair Travel Talk 3 - 5 PM Community Singalong in East Montpelier Jan. 18 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	19 Volunteers Needed for MLK Day - Fun Activities, Hot Coco, and Food! All Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day Program: Liberty's First Crisis All Day Volunteers Needed for MLK Day - Fun Activities, Hot Coco, and Food! All Day Maple Valley-Free Coffee on Monday to Support Mentoring Month All Day Volunteers Needed for Mlk Day - Fun Activities, Hot Coco, and Food! All Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Candle Light Vigil All Day +2 more see less	20 Lunch and Learn at the North Branch Cafe Jan 20 All Day Twinfield Budget Forum Jan. 20 All Day Roger Hill on Climate Change Jan. 20 All Day Re-Envisioning Wolcott Workshop Rescheduled for Jan. 20 All Day Community Forum: Tax Polluters to Fight Climate Change All Day Local Radio Show on Health Care in Vermont 9 - 10:30 AM Small Farmer Discussion Group with Brown Bag Lunch 12 - 1 PM Community Potluck & Family Movie Night at Plainfield Opera House 5:30 - 8:30 PM Cabot Agricultural Network Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	21 Craftsbury Energy Committee Public Info. Mtg. on Heat Pumps/AC Units All Day Sr Center Men's Group Meeting All Day Craftsbury Energy Committee Public Info Mtg. on Heat Pumps / Ac Units All Day Calais Roads Advisory Committee Meeting All Day Hardwick Ecstatic Dance Jan 21 All Day Cabot Selectboard - Dog Complaint Hearing 6 PM Craftsbury Energy Committee Informational Program on Heat Pumps 7 - 8:30 PM Cabot Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +4 more see less	22 Come Visit Nutty Steph's This Weekend! All Day Positive Pie Supports Mentoring All Day Yoga & Gong Event Jan. 22 All Day Jazz Trio at Capitol Grounds Coffee Montpelier 6 - 8 PM River Corridors Discussion 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	23 Plainfield Co-Op Supports Mentoring Relationships Jan. 23 All Day Vermont Health Connect Enrollment Event: Friday Jan. 23 All Day VT Center for Independent Living Comedy Fundraiser Event All Day U-32 Coffee House Jan 23 All Day Upcoming Children's Programs at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library All Day Shop at the Co-Op on Friday-Mentoring Support All Day Wildcrafted Art Show All Day Salsa Classes at First in Fitness This Friday All Day Vermont Health Connect Enrollment Event: Friday Jan. 23 1 - 4 AM Digging for Roots: Wild-Crafted Artwork by Nick Neddo 4:30 - 7:30 PM McBride & Lusson at Bagitos 5:30 - 7:30 PM Uncorked Comedy Fundraiser 6 PM Botswana: a Gift of Life - NBNC's Naturalist Journeys Lecture Series 7 - 8:30 PM Botswana Slideshow 7 - 8:30 PM Stage 32 Coffeehouse at U32 Jan. 23 7 - 9 PM Stage 32 Coffeehouse at U32, Jan. 23 7 - 9 PM Square Dance at the Plainfield Opera House! 7 - 9 PM U32 Coffeehouse to Benefit Stage 32 Trip to Fringe Fest! Jan 23 7 - 9 PM Plainfield Opera House Square Dance Friday 7 - 9 PM +15 more see less	24 Moving Sale - Saturday and Sunday (multiday) Winterpalooza 2 Family Indoor Sale (multiday) Mountaineers Hot Stove Banquet All Day Free Movie Night Jan. 24 All Day Zen Buddhism Workshop - Vermont Zen Center Jan 24 All Day First Aid and CPR Classes Jan 24 All Day Square Dance Jan. 24 All Day Free Movie Night Jan. 24 All Day Filipino Dinner Saturday Night All Day Heartsaver CPR & First Aid Class 9 AM - 3 PM Hiking the Colorado Trail 10 - 11:30 AM Farmers and Processors Invited... 10:30 - 11:30 AM Author-Educator Workshop: Creating Global Connections 11 AM - 12 PM Advanced Beginner Fiddle Class Starting Jan. 24 11 AM Buch Spieler 42nd Anniversary Party with Myra Flynn 5 - 9 PM Dinner of Filipino Cuisine 6 PM Mountaineers Hot Stove Banquet 6 PM Dance Show! 7 PM Kick 'Em Jenny Play Square Dance in Montpelier! 7:30 PM Kick 'Em Jenny Play Square Dance in Montpelier! 7:30 PM You Are Invited to Come and Join the Discussion 10:30 - 11:45 PM +17 more see less
25 Ski for Heat at Morse Farm Ski Touring Center All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Take Out Dinner All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Take-Out Dinner All Day Radical Self-Care: Pleasure Powered All Day Ski for Heat at Morse Farm Ski Touring Center Jan 25 All Day Ski for Heat: Sunday at Morse Farm All Day House Concert Jan. 25 All Day Celebrate Mid-Winter at Ice on Fire Festival Jan. 25 All Day Ski for Heat, Sunday, Morse Farm All Day Cabot Arts Show and Tell Group Meeting--Tomorrow All Day Montpelier Antiques Market Jan 25 8 AM - 1:30 PM Find Fascial Freedom, Address the Issues in Your Tissues! Jan 25 1 - 3 PM Winter Gardeners Series Begins This Sunday 1 - 3 PM Talk on Dead Sea: Myth, History & Politics 1:30 - 3 PM Java Programming Course 2 - 4 PM Mid-Age Chat Group, Sun. 3pm, Coop Cafe 3 PM Cabot Arts Show and Tell Group Meeting 3 PM 4th Annual Welcome Neighbor Potluck at Cutler Library 6 - 8 PM +14 more see less	26 Monday Night Balkan-Klezmer Jam at Plainfield Community Center All Day Agenda for Select Board Meeting Next Monday All Day "The Clean... Continued" at the North Branch Cafe All Day Special Education Community Forum Jan. 26 6 - 7:30 PM Selectboard Agenda - Monday Jan. 26 6 PM Monday Night Balkan-Klezmer Jam at Plainfield Community Center 7 - 8 PM Plainfield Select Board Meeting Municipal Building (Front Office) 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	27 Police Militarization Panel All Day Free Informational Session with Home Share Now All Day Free Informational Session with Home Share Now All Day Friends of the Jeudevine Library Meeting! All Day Important Water Meeting All Day Worcester Fire District #1 - Special Meeting Coming Up! All Day Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Jan. 27 All Day Parenting Group at the Jaquith All Day Small Farmer Discussion Group with Brown Bag Lunch 12 - 1 PM Vermontivate! Info Session 1 - 2:30 PM Panel on Militarization of Police in Vermont - Discussion & Music 6 - 8 PM Militarization of Our State and Local Police Departments 6 - 8 PM Music & Events This Week at Bagitos Cafe 6 PM (multiday) Swap Sister's Annual Seed Swap! 6:30 - 8 PM +10 more see less	28 Read with a Child One Hour a Week! All Day Selectboard Special Meeting Agenda - 2015 Budget Work Sesson All Day Calais Cemetery Commissioner's Meeting Agenda All Day Everybody Wins! Orientation Jan. 28 10 - 11:30 AM NEK Handwork Guild 6:30 - 8 PM Armchair Travel Series: Grand Canyon and Sedona 6:30 - 8 PM Northeast Kingdom Handwork Guild 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	29 Free After School Fun for Children All Day Free After School Fun for Children All Day Free After School Fun for Children All Day Free After School Fun for Children All Day Free After School Fun for Children All Day Free After School Fun for Children All Day Come See the Nuttiest Place Around! All Day Book Group "This Changes Everything Capitalism V The Climate" All Day This Changes Everything: Reading & Discussion Group on Climate Change 7 PM +5 more see less	30 A Fly Allusion Plays Jan. 30 All Day Birth Storytelling with Good Beginnings All Day Art and Author Night at the Jaquith All Day Don't Take Your Last Wishes to the Grave! 1 - 2:30 PM Final Planning Workshop 1 - 3 PM All-Ages Poetry Slam, Free Pizza at Barre's Aldrich Library 6 - 8:30 PM Storytelling Event to Benefit Good Beginnings of Central VT 7 PM +3 more see less	31 Village Medic Training This Weekend (multiday) Jaquith Library Book Sale! All Day U32 Latin Dinner and Dance This Saturday All Day Jaquith Book Sale! All Day Plainfield World Music Chorus Continues Jan. 31! All Day U-32 Latin Dinner & Dance Fundraiser All Day For Sale and for Free Jan. 31 9 AM - 1 PM Herbal First Aid Training, Jan. 31-Feb. 1 9 AM (multiday) Finding Common Ground Workshop 3 - 5 PM Top 10 Winter Community Event: Not to Be Missed! 6:30 PM +6 more see less