Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2017

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1 ReTribe New Years Teen Retreat 3 PM (multiday) Sleigh Rides Dec. 30 - Jan. 1 11 PM (multiday) First Night North in St. Johnsbury 4 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve Contra Dance at Capital City Grange 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve Contra Dance at the Grange Dec. 31 8 PM (multiday) Barnet Christmas Bird Count Volunteers Needed 7 AM - 4 PM You're Invited...Community Celebration of Life 1 - 3 PM Hanukkah Sledding Party Rescheduled! 2 - 4 PM Hanukkah Sledding Party in Hubbard Park Tomorrow! 2 - 4 PM Sacred Circle Dance 2 - 4 PM New Year's Day Setting Our Intention & Yoga Workshop 3 - 4:30 PM Village Harmony Alumni Concert at Heartbeet! 4 - 5 PM Ted Talk Salon 6:30 - 8 PM +9 more see less	2 MFA in Writing Public Reading: Jericho Parms 4:30 - 5:30 PM Classic Book Club 6 - 7:30 PM Selectboard Considers Sanctuary Town Policy Monday 7 - 7:30 PM Marshfield/Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting Jan. 2 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Special Mtng. - Monday, Jan. 2 7 PM +1 more see less	3 Free Uplift Dance Class on Tuesday (Happy New Year!) 12 - 1 PM SB Budget Committee Mtg Jan. 3 - Time Correction 5 - 6:30 PM Join in an Evening of Readers' Theater 6:30 PM MFA in Writing Public Reading: Kyle Dargan 7 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting-Tuesday, Jan. 3 7 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting Tuesday: 7 PM Kirtan at Embodied Yoga 7:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	4 VCFA Public Events: J. Kates, Richard Michelson 11 AM - 8 PM Free Workshop - Grow Your Own is Back! 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM U-32 Budget Meeting Tonight, Jan. 4 6 - 7 PM Open Mic Night in Jeffersonville 6 - 8 PM U32 Budget Meeting Jan. 4 6 PM Knit Night: Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda 7 PM +3 more see less	5 Moving Sale All Day Relocalizing Vermont Thu 9 Am: Net Zero Energy Cities? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Net Zero Energy Cities? Jan. 5 9 - 10:30 AM Planning Commission Meeting - Time Change 6 - 7 PM Meditation Class in Saint Johnsbury 6 - 8 PM Gaming in January with Capital Games VT! 6 - 8 PM Woodbury School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Hello Fellow Dog Lovers (Posted for My Sister Cyn) 6:30 - 8 PM Cabot Selectboard Notice of Public Meeting 7 - 8 PM Village Planning Discussion Jan. 5 – Land Uses 7 - 8:15 PM Selectboard Public Informational Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	6 Sleigh Rides in Cabot Friday Thru Sunday 11 to 6 11 AM - 6 PM Swing Party 6 - 9 PM	7 Capital City Farmers Market Saturday All Day Story Time at the Jeudevine! 9 - 10 AM Homebirth Gathering at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 10 AM - 12 PM Handwork at Woodbury Community Library 10 AM - 12 PM Capital City Farmers Market at City Hall Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Calais Trails Committee Meeting 10 AM Free Workshop with Grow Your Own 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Free Workshop with Grow Your Own 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM From Stuck to Unstuck 1 - 3 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Celebrating Creativity in Mental Health and Recovery 6:30 - 9:30 PM Community Coffeehouse Jan. 7 7 - 9 PM Dana & Susan Robinson at Music Box Sat Jan. 7 7 - 9:30 PM +15 more see less
8 Vote for Your Favorite Sustainable Montpelier Team! 8 AM (multiday) Hardwick Ice Rink & Grand Opening 12 - 3 PM Mama Says Open Gym! 2 - 3 PM Solar Open House 2 - 4 PM Go Solar in the New Year! 2 - 4 PM Intergenerational Dance 3 - 4:30 PM +2 more see less	9 FY18 Budget Information Meeting All Day Music & Movement for Preschoolers Continues 10 - 11:30 AM Water/Wastewater Meeting Announcment and Agenda 5 - 7 PM "Northern Exposure" Night 6 - 8:30 PM Northern Exposure Night Jan. 9 6 - 8:30 PM Town of Woodbury Select Board Meeting Agenda 6 PM Community Conversation on Sustainable Montpelier Design 6:30 - 8 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan. 9 7 PM Plainfield Selectboard Agenda Jan. 9 7 PM +9 more see less	10 Country Heat Live Exercise Class 5:45 - 6:45 AM Selectboard Budget Committee Meeting 4 - 6 PM Practical Happiness Workshop at Hunger Jan. 10 5:30 - 7:30 PM Practical Happiness Workshop at Hunger Mtn Tuesday Night 5:30 - 7:30 PM 1000 Point Banner Night Tuesday, Jan. 10 5:30 PM DART: Challenging Addiction 6 - 8 PM Solar PV Workshop at Maple Corner Community Center 6 PM Kick the Sugar Habit Talk 6:30 - 7:30 PM Kick the Sugar Habit Talk 6:30 - 7:30 PM Celebrate Plainfield 7 - 8:30 PM Celebrate Plainfield 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	11 Act 46 All Day AVT 46 Public Forum All Day Tai Chi Class 10 - 11 AM Meditation Open House Celebrating New Location! 6 - 8 PM Meditation Open House Celebrating New Location! 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	12 Free Women's Spirituality & Intuitive Training Lecture All Day Health Care Forum All Day Last Day of Moving Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Relocalizing Vermont Thu 9am: Bill Mckibben; Soil Carbon 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont Thu 9am: Bill Mckibben; Soil Carbon 9 - 10:30 AM Gentle Yoga for Beginners Age 50+ 3:30 - 4:45 PM Pelvic Floor and Core 6-Weeks Series Starts! 5:30 PM CES Board Meeting Thursday Jan. 12 6 - 8:30 PM Film and Storytelling: Everything is Illuminated 6:30 - 9:30 PM Film and Storytelling: Everything is Illuminated 6:30 - 9:30 PM Peacham Library Winter Lecture Series 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont's Health Care Future? 7 - 8:30 PM Special Town Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +9 more see less	13 Quarter Auction to Benefit Amanda Dick's Family 5:30 - 8 PM Movie Night at CES 6 - 9 PM Maple Corner Film Series 7 - 9 PM	14 Game of Logging - Levels I and II (multiday) Salsa Class / Social All Day Earthwalk Upcoming Events - Save the Date! All Day Kids Trade & Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Community Meeting to Resist Trump Jan. 14 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Sowing Seeds, Meditation, Holistic Health at the Davies 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Holistic Approach to Health and Wellness at the Davies 1 - 2:30 PM Tea Class: Learning from Leaves 1 - 3 PM Workshop Reminder 1 - 4 PM Fire by Friction Workshop 1 - 4 PM Screening & Community Conversation 2 - 4 PM Men's Group Open House 5 PM Swing Dance Lesson 6:30 - 10:30 PM Full Moon Snowshoe Hike: North Branch Nature Center! 7 - 8:30 PM Family-Friendly Dance in Cabot This Saturday! 7:30 PM Contra and Square Dancing Saturday at the Grange 8 - 11 PM Contra and Square Dancing Saturday Jan. 14 8 - 11:30 PM +13 more see less
15 Winter Market #3 11 AM - 3 PM Winter Market #3 11 AM - 3 PM Yin Yoga Nidra 12:30 - 2:30 PM Reception for James Secor, Blinking Light Gallery 3 - 5 PM Martin Luther Day Viewing of Film "Selma" 4 - 6 PM Celebrate Dr. King 4 - 6 PM Community Singalong Sunday, Jan. 15 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	16 EM Selectboard Public Hearing All Day Music & Movement Special MLK Day Program 10 - 11:30 AM Cabot's First Annual Blood Drive 10 AM - 3 PM Martin Luther King, Jr. - Community Day of Service 11:30 AM - 3 PM Upper Winooski Monitoring and Planning Group 6 - 8 PM Winooski River Planning and Status Session Jan. 16, OSC 6 - 8 PM Northern Exposure Night 6 - 8:30 PM Women's Chorus Guest Night 6:30 - 9:30 PM Central Vermont Climate Action 7 - 8 PM Selectboard Special Meeting Agenda Jan. 16 7 PM +6 more see less	17 Marshfield and the Civilian Conservation Corp All Day Yoga, Meditation and Creative Exploration 4:30 AM - 6 PM Gathering Peace Hosts TTMP Tuesday! 9:30 - 10:30 AM School Budget Public Forum 6:30 - 8 PM Author Lecture in Stowe 7 - 8:30 PM Author Lecture in Stowe 7 - 8:30 PM Greater Cabot Working Landscape Network Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Meeting Jan. 17 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	18 Volunteers Needed for Woodbury's Pie Breakfast All Day WCSU Act 46 Study Committee All Day Seed Library Meeting All Day Awareness Documentary: "Growth Busters" All Day Announcement of Sustainable Montpelier Design Winner 10 - 10:30 AM Free Safeart Training! 3 - 5 PM Heat Pump Workshop 5:30 - 7:30 PM Wondering About Heat Pumps? 6 - 7:30 PM Remedies for Digestion and Energy 6 - 7:30 PM Ayurveduh 6 - 8 PM Screenagers Documentary at Hazen Jan. 18 6 - 8 PM Neighborly Expert Eyes & Ears Training 6:30 - 7:30 PM Follow-Up Neighborhood Watch Meeting Jan. 18 6:30 - 7:30 PM Awareness Documentary: "Growth Busters" to Be Shown 7 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	19 Village Planning Topics Jan. 19: Village Center & Buildout All Day How About a New Year's Resolution That Lasts?! 7 AM - 8:30 PM Relocalizing VT: Profits from Efficiency & Grass Jan. 19 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Profits from Efficiency & Grass Jan. 19 9 - 10:30 AM Death Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM January Death Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM P- Pie Thanks Mentors with Pizza Party and Coupon 6 - 7:30 PM Hazard Mitigation Planning Meeting - Jan. 19 6 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	20 Starry, Starry Night! All Day Spaghetti Supper 5 - 6:30 PM Starry, Starry Night at Nbnc 7 - 9 PM North Branch Nature Center Event 7 - 9 PM Maasai Tribesmen to Speak in Vermont Next Friday 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	21 Run for the Roses Plays at the Kingdom Taproom! 7:30 - 10:30 AM Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM St. Johnsbury Women's Rally 10:30 - 11:30 AM Beekeeping 101 Time Correction 10:30 AM Bee Keeping 101 10:30 AM Women's March in Montpelier 1 - 2 PM LWV and Women's March and Unity Rally in Montpelier 1 - 3 PM Women's March & Unity Rally Jan. 21 1 - 3 PM Women's March on Montpelier and Unity Rally 1 - 3 PM Traditional Music Workshops 2:30 - 7:30 PM Treat Yourself How You Want to Be Treated! 3 - 5 PM Dinner and Slide Presentation: Sat. Jan 21 6 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +11 more see less
22 Free Learn to Skate Clinic at Hardwick Rink! All Day Antiques Market 8 AM - 1 PM Presentation by Plainfield Historical Society 1 - 4 PM Plainfield in the 60s and 70s - History Presentation 1 - 4 PM Mama Says Open Gym! 2 - 3 PM Caledonia County Progressive Meeting Jan. 22 2 - 5 PM Cabot Arts Show and Tell, Sunday, Willey Building 3 - 5 PM Monteverdi Music School Winter Recital 3 - 5 PM Family Fun Day at the Capital City Grange Hall 3 - 6 PM Grange Family Fun Day! 3 - 6 PM Family Fun Day 3 - 6 PM Raising Jewish Children in Interfaith Homes 3:30 - 5:30 PM Raising Jewish Children in Interfaith Families 3:30 - 5:30 PM Raising Jewish Children in Interfaith Homes 3:30 - 5:30 PM +10 more see less	23 Music & Movement for Preschoolers at Jeudevine 10 - 11:30 AM Hip Hop Dance Classes in Plainfield 4 - 6 PM Special Selectboard Meeting 5 - 6 PM Northern Exposure Night 6 - 8:30 PM Non-Violent Communication Introduction 6 PM Town of Woodbury Select Board Meeting Agenda 6 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting - Monday 7 PM Public Hearing on Important Town Meeting Vote 7 PM +5 more see less	24 Restorative Vision for the Community 4 - 5:30 PM Soup & Sandwich Community Supper - Al Auxiliary 5:30 - 7 PM First Night North Community Forum 6 PM “56 Up" - Documentary Showing at Jeudevine 6:30 - 8:30 PM	25 OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI is Back 1:30 - 3 PM Cub Scout Information Night 6 - 7:30 PM Community Forum 6:30 - 8:30 PM Act 46 Study Comm Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM I Ching Workshop at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 7 - 8 PM Green Mountain Club Social/Membership Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	26 Braco - 5 Live Stream Hourly Sessions 1 - 5:30 PM Spice on Snow is Almost Here! 4 PM (multiday) Free Teleseminar 7 - 8 PM Peacham Library Winter Series 7 - 8:30 PM Emmy Documentary Screening 7 - 9:30 PM Documentary: Remember Us: The Hungarian Hidden Children 7 - 9:30 PM Emmy Documentary Screening 7 - 9:30 PM Canceled: Jan. 26 Lecture on Old Growth Forests 7 PM Upcoming Rock City Concert! 7:30 - 9 PM Concert Thursday: Rock N' Roll 7:30 - 9 PM Rock City Concert in Barre 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	27 In Search of Earth 2.0! All Day FLOW: TEDx Event All Day Poetry Slam 6 - 8 PM Friday Night Lights- Open Skate! 6 - 9 PM Anything Goes Slam! 6:30 - 8:30 PM North Branch Nature Center Event 7 - 8:30 PM NBNC Naturalist Journey's Lecture Series 7 PM In Search of Earth 2.0 with John O'Meara 7 PM +4 more see less	28 Film Seminars Begin All Day Auditions for Unadilla Theatre's Gondoliers Jan. 28 All Day Coffee with a Cop at Kismet Farm to Table 8:30 - 10 AM Strengths-Based Happiness Workshop 8:30 - 10:30 AM Strengths-Based Happiness Workshop 8:30 - 10:30 AM Huge Estate Sale 280 Leriche Road, Hyde Park 9 AM (multiday) Open House/Sledding Party at Nature's Niños Preschool 10 - 11:30 AM Nature's Niños Pre-K Open House 10 - 11:30 AM Ring in the New Year with Meditation! 10 AM - 4 PM Ring in the New Year with Meditation! 10 AM - 4 PM Ready to Launch: Panel on YA Lit & the Alex Awards 11 AM - 12 PM Danville S-Ski-Mo Club Annual Spaghetti Dinner Ride-In 11 AM - 2 PM Anything Goes at Buch Spieler 1 - 2:30 PM Lamoille County Players Annual Meeting 1 - 2:30 PM "Anything Goes" Performing in Montpelier Saturday 1 - 2:30 PM Poetry Reading - Greensboro Free Library 2 - 3 PM Rick Winston's Winter Film Seminar at Pie-In-The-Sky 2 - 5 PM Community Skate Night 3 PM Raise Up Rachel: a Friend-Raising Fundraiser 5 - 9 PM Raise Up Rachel: Friend-Raising Fundraiser 5 - 11:30 PM Raise Up Rachel 5 - 11:30 PM Fundraiser for Rachel Davey 5 PM Benefit for Rachel Davey 5 PM Mountaineers Hot Stove Banquet 5:30 - 9 PM A Chamber Pop-Up Dinner and Concert 6 - 8 PM Chamber Pop-Up Dinner 6 - 9 PM +22 more see less
29 LGBT Worship Service Jan. 29 All Day Vermont Mozart Festival Poster Clarification All Day Fierce Flow: 2 Hour Hip Hop Yoga Flow 1 - 3 PM Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest 1 PM Mama Says Open Gym! 2 - 3 PM Ice on Fire Winter Festival - Montpelier, Sun. Jan. 29 2 - 5 PM "Welcome, Neighbor" Annual Potluck - Tonight! 6 - 8 PM "Welcome, Neighbor!" Annual Potluck Dinner 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	30 Music & Movement for Preschoolers at Jeudevine 10 - 11:30 AM Woodbury Library: Conversation Hour & Loon Talk 5:30 - 8 PM Northern Exposure Night 6 - 8:30 PM Bingo! Monday Night - Open to the Public 6 - 9 PM Special Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +1 more see less	31 Cabot School: Screening of Student Films & Music 5 - 7 PM Rec Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM Should Musicians Be Paid? (A Final Meeting Notice) 6 - 8 PM Musicians' and Salaries 6 - 8 PM Montpelier Latino 1st Anniversary Celebration 6 - 8 PM First Night Community Forum Postponed to Next Tuesday 6 PM Travel to Cuba Without Leaving Montpelier 6:30 - 8 PM 56 Up! Documentary Rescheduled to Jan. 31 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	1 Celebration of Learning at Woodbury Elementary All Day Drop in Needlework Group 1 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI 1:30 - 3 PM Quick, Kid Friendly Meals 5 PM Green Burial and the Vermont Law - Educational Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Vigil in Solidarity with Refugees and Muslims 6 - 7:30 PM Green Burial and the Vermont Law - Educational Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Green Burial and the Vermont Law 6 - 7:30 PM Solidarity Vigil: Stand w/ Muslims and Refugees 6 - 7:30 PM +6 more see less	2 Candlelight Vigil at Vermont State House All Day Important Hunger Mtn Coop Meeting! All Day Relocalizing VT Thur. 9 AM: Back to the Soil 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Back to the Soil 9 - 10:30 AM Powerful Tools for Caregivers Class 10 - 11:30 AM Child & Babysitting Safety Class at Calais Elementary 3:30 - 5:30 PM Co-op Members: We Want to Hear from You TONIGHT 5:30 - 7 PM Stress Management Class at Clais Elementary 5:30 - 7:30 PM Red Warrior and M.A.M.A. Ride for Resistance 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	3 School Open House All Day Dance Contemporary All Day Grian Herbs Apothecary Open House and Art Walk 11 AM - 8 PM Pro-Immigrant Rally in St. Johnsbury 3 - 4 PM Pro-Immigrant Rally in St. Johnsbury 3 - 4 PM Warm and Lush Sculpture at Art Walk Tonight Feb. 3 4 - 8 PM Coloring Night 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	4 Make Your Own Black Ash Pack Basket! (multiday) Week of Action to Protect Geprags Park (multiday) Taping and Plastering Workshop Feb. 4 All Day Mid Winter Indoor Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Taping & Plastering Workshop with David Thurston 9 AM - 4 PM Get Plastered* with Professionals 9 AM - 4 PM Proclaiming Basic Goodness Through Shambhala Meditation 9 AM - 5 PM Capital City Farmers Market Feb. 4 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Waldorf School Winter Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers' Market Saturday, Feb. 4 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Waldorf School Winter Fair 10 AM - 2 PM OVWS Winter Fair! 10 AM - 2 PM OVWS Winter Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Free Workshop with Grow Your Own 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Hear Our Voice! Free Postcard-Printing Party 12 - 3 PM Tea Class: Embrace the Darkness 2 - 4 PM Dinner at Hogwarts! 5 - 8 PM Jonathan Kaplan / Carol Hausner Live Feb. 4 7 - 9 PM Dance Live Band Switch - American Legion Post #7 7 - 11 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +16 more see less