Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2018

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25 Greater Barre Craft Guild - 38th Annual Winter Festival 9 AM (multiday) Craft Show / The Greater Barre Craft Guild Nov. 24-25 9 AM (multiday) Lay/Guest Leader Sunday at Peacham Congregation 9:30 - 10:30 AM Huge Yard Sale, Nov. 25 10 AM - 4 PM Yoga-Drum Fusion Workshop Nov. 25 11 AM - 1 PM LGBTQA+ Cornucopia Potluck Brunch! 12:30 - 3:30 PM Calais Christmas Eve Children's Choir Practice 3 - 4 PM Holiday Concert St. Johnsbury Band & Children's Chorus 3 - 4:30 PM +4 more see less	26 W/WW Commission Meeting Agenda 5:15 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda for Nov. 26 7 PM	27 Cancellation of Budget and SB Meetings Tonight 5 - 8 PM Selectboard Budget/Selectboard Meeting 5 - 8 PM Shine Your Brightest This Holiday Season 6:30 - 7:30 PM Montpelier Shambhala: Mudra Space Awareness 6:30 - 8 PM	28 Permaculture Workshop 1 - 2:30 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM Next OLLI Talk 1:30 - 3 PM Natalie Kinsey on Writing at Galaxy Bookshop 3:30 - 4:30 PM Emerald Ash Borer Workshop 4 - 6 PM Class: Herbal Support for Balancing Blood Sugar 6 - 8 PM Montpelier-Made Independent Film Screening Wednesday 6 - 9 PM City Council Meeting Agenda Nov. 28 6:30 - 9 PM Marshfield Village Nov. 28 Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:30 PM Community Meeting Regarding Act 46 7 PM +6 more see less	29 The Gift of the Magi - Musical Retelling by Conté 5:30 AM Willey Building Meeting 7:30 - 8 AM Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 AM - 9:30 PM Relocalizing VT: Energy Groups Spark Leadership - Nov. 29 9 - 10:30 AM Thursday Noon Concerts at Christ Church 12 - 1 PM Nov. 29 Lhmp Meeting Agenda 1 PM Nov. 29 Lhmp Meeting Agenda 1 PM How to Help Your Child Deal with Stress 6:30 - 8 PM "Unschooling in Paradise" Book Reading, Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM "Unschooling in Paradise" Reading & Discussion Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM The Gift of the Magi- A Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 PM +7 more see less	30 Handel's Messiah This Weekend! (multiday) Early Art Walk for Kats and Kids! Holiday Gifts $20 4 - 8 PM Benefit: Protecting Sacred Native Sites from Pipeline 5 - 7:30 PM Middlebury College Women's Soccer Final 4 Watch Party! 5 - 7:30 PM Sip and Shop - Canadian Club , Barre Town 5 - 9 PM CBD Yoga at Om 6 - 7:30 PM Calais PTNO 5th Annual Pasta Dinner and Raffle 6 - 7:30 PM Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night 6 - 8:30 PM Iceberg String Quartet - Free Casual Concert on Friday 7 - 8:30 PM Monteverdi House Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Philharmonic Messiah Concerts 7:30 - 9 PM Handel's Messiah 7:30 - 9 PM Vermont Philharmonic's Annual Messiah Concerts 7:30 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	1 VECAN Conference Dec. 1 8 AM - 4 PM Doty's Pie Breakfast and Silent Auction Saturday! 9 - 11 AM Breakfast with Santa & Pie Sale 9 - 11 AM Twinfield Annual Craft Fair 9 AM - 1 PM Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Craft Sale & Indoor Yard Sale - Adoption Fundraiser 9 AM - 3 PM Mobilizing Leadership to Make Bold Climate Progress 9 AM - 4:30 PM Craft Fair 9:30 AM - 3 PM Free Intro to Studio Cycling Class 10 - 11 AM Kundalini Yoga in Cabot ~ Sundays 10 - 11:30 AM Salt Dough Ornaments with Children Ages 2-7 10 - 11:30 AM Holiday Crafts at Cobleigh Library Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Farmers' Market, St. Johnsbury 10 AM - 1 PM Capital City Farmers Market Indoor Season! 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market - City Center, 89 Main St 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market Indoor Season! 10 AM - 2 PM Muddy Creek Pottery Holiday Studio Sales! 10 AM - 4 PM Mac Nurse Exhibits Local Artist, Jeanne Thurston's Work 10 AM - 4 PM Muddy Creek Pottery Holiday Studio Sales! 10 AM - 4:30 PM Invitation to International Boutique 10 AM - 8 PM Pop-Up Portrait Studio Weekend! 10:30 AM (multiday) "Create & Shop!" at Old Firehouse 11 AM - 3 PM Green Mountain Horn Club Free Concert 2 PM Free Music Saturday 2 PM Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class and Dinner 3 - 8 PM Upcoming Anima and Fyre & Lightning Concerts 7 - 8:30 PM Middlebury College National Championship Watch-Party! 7 - 9:30 PM Performance by Anima 7 PM The Gift of the Magi - a Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 - 9:30 PM FEMCOM ~ Yestrogen Opens 7:30 - 10 PM Yestrogen Opens for FEMCOM 7:30 - 10 PM North Country Chorus Christmas Concert, Littleton 7:30 PM +28 more see less
2 Calais Wreath Making 1 - 4:30 PM Natural History of the Northern Rivers Land Trust Area 2 - 3 PM Zeichner Trio Plays at Jericho Library Concert Series! 2 - 3 PM Winter Wonderland Holiday Party 2 - 3:30 PM The Gift of the Mag i- a Musical Retelling by Conté 2 - 4 PM Martin Pincus Memorial Gathering 2 - 4 PM Reiki Clinic at Northeast Kingdom Reiki Collective 2 - 4 PM Phantom Tollbooth Auditions Dec. 2 & 8 2 - 5 PM North Country Chorus Christmas Concert, Peacham 3 PM Lower Waterford Memory Tree 6 - 8 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle Dec. 2 6 - 8 PM +7 more see less	3 AARP Tax-Aide Volunteer Information Presentation 1 - 3:30 PM Income Tax Clinic Training 1 - 3:30 PM Public Menorah Lighting 5 - 6:30 PM Board of Abatement Agenda Dec. 3 6 PM December Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Agenda Dec. 3 7 PM +2 more see less	4 Confluence Park Meeting #3 Dec. 4 All Day Pine Needle Basketry Workshop 3:30 - 8 AM AWIP Holiday Party and "Yankee Swap" 1:30 - 3 PM SB Meetings Budget/Regular Meeting Dec. 4 5 - 8 PM Free Dinner & Migrant Justice Tuesday 5 - 9 PM Button Up Plainfield Energy Saving Launch Party 6 - 8 PM Button Up Your Home for Energy 6 - 8 PM "Unschooling in Paradise" Author Dec. 4 6:30 - 8 PM Central Vermont Transgender Social 7 - 8 PM Pickup "Street" Soccer 8 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	5 OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI 12:30 - 3 PM Plainfield Water/Wastewater Agenda, Special 2019/20 Budget Meeting 1 - 2:30 PM Celebrating Life in Vermont 1 PM Illumination Night at VCFA 5:30 - 6:30 PM Laser Night at Local64 6 - 8 PM Demystifying Waste Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Wreath Making Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM Demystifying Waste Workshop 7 - 8 PM First Wednesdays: the Legacy of Rachel Carson 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	6 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Earthwalk Open House for Prospective Families 9 AM - 12 PM Earthwalk Open House for Prospective Families 9 AM - 12 PM Earthwalk Open House for Prospective Families 9 AM - 12 PM Public Hearing - Danville Town Plan Amendment 5:30 - 6 PM CCV Global Social Problems Free Film Series 6 - 8 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Special Joint SB Meeting w/ E. Montpelier SB Dec. 6 7 PM The Gift of the Magi - a Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 - 9:30 PM The Gift of the Magi - Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 - 9:30 PM The Gift of the Magi - Musical Retelling by Conté 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	7 Huge Thrift Sale at Methodist Church in Montpelier (multiday) Christmas Cookie Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Montpelier Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Montpelier Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Art Walk at 41 State St. 3rd Floor Art and Gifts! 4 - 8 PM Happenings at T.W. Wood Gallery 4 - 8 PM Vermont College of Fine Art's Friday Night Screening 5:30 - 7:30 PM "The Return of Crazy Chase" - Let's Try It Again! 7 - 8:30 PM You Gotta Go See Once on This Island! 7 PM (multiday) Lamoille County Players Has a Special Holiday Treat! 7 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	8 Tag-less Sale Dec. 8 All Day Yoga Class 9 - 10:30 AM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM Shop Skida - Support Craftsbury Public Library 9 AM - 3 PM Wonderarts Annual Craftsbury Holiday Market! 9 AM - 3 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Christmas Bazaar at Church of the Good Shepard 9 AM - 4 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM 25th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Christmas Bazaar at Church of the Good Shepard 9 AM - 4 PM Final Autumn Retreat Day at Milarepa Center 9 AM - 4 PM Gifts for All... Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Canine CPR, First Aid Workshop This Saturday 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Annual Holiday Craft Fair/ Artisans Sought 9:30 AM - 3 PM Children's Storytime: North Danville Library 10:15 AM Free Soup & Cocoa at Cabot Creamery Visitor Center Dec. 8 11 AM - 3 PM Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon Set for Saturday 12 PM Phantom Tollbooth Auditions Dec. 2 & 8 2 - 5 PM Dramatized Reading of a Child's Christmas in Wales 2 PM Holiday Performance 2 PM Border Board Games - Dec. 8 5 - 11:30 PM Chanukah Party at Beth El Synagogue 5:30 - 8:30 PM Share the Light: Hanukkah Party & Benefit 5:30 - 9 PM Lasagna Dinner & Highlands View Chamber Ensemble 5:30 PM Dancing in the Northeast Kingdom! 6:30 - 10 PM Fiddle Concert Dec. 8 7 - 9 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 - 9 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concerts 7 - 9 PM Fun Concert 7 - 9:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir 7 PM (multiday) Cabot Contra Dance Hosts Special Holiday Dance 7:30 - 10 PM Concert to Benefit Wildlife in Vermont 7:30 - 10 PM Cabot Contra Dance with Midnight Capers Next Saturday! 7:30 PM +33 more see less
9 Yoga Sunday in Cabot 10 - 11:30 AM Sitting with Change: a Retreat for Women 12:30 - 4 PM Holiday High Tea, Auction and Raffle 2 - 4 PM Stress, Resilience, Herbs & Yoga 2 - 4 PM Christmas Carol Sing 6:30 PM +1 more see less	10 PTNO Meeting at Calais Elementary 6 - 7 PM Social Meditation 6 - 8 PM Conservation Committee Meeting Agenda Dec. 10 7 PM Selectboard Agenda 7 PM Capital City Orchestra's Holiday Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	11 Selectboard Agenda Meeting - Dec. 11 5 - 7 PM Screenagers Movie with Pasta Supper Dec. 11 5:45 - 8 PM Calling All Dance Artists! 7:15 - 8:15 PM	12 Change Drive for Leukemia (multiday) OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Film 12:30 - 3 PM Cabot Public Library - Holiday Workshop 3 - 4:30 PM DOTY School Board Meeting Wednesday 5:30 PM Interrupting Hate & Addressing Unintended Bias 6 - 8 PM Holiday Gathering of the Heart 6:30 - 7:30 PM Woodbury Elementary Special Meeting 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	13 The Christmas Revels: Dec. 13-16 (multiday) Public Forum - Planning Commission All Day Food and Fund Drive at Hunger Mountain Co-op 8 AM - 8 PM Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thur. 9 am: Age in Place; Invest Locally 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Age in Place; Invest Locally 9 - 10:30 AM Concert at Christ Church 12 PM Holiday on the Green - Danville 5 - 7 PM Pumpkin Hill Singers Present Holiday Concerts 7 PM (multiday) Service of Nine Lessons and Carols 7 PM Cabot School Masquerade Ball 7 PM +7 more see less	14 $14.00 Fresh Balsam Trees and Terrific Holiday Gifts All Day Warm Clothes and Toys for Tots Program 10 AM - 5 PM Montpelier Moving Sale 10 AM (multiday) A Chocolate Christmas - Dec. 14-16 10 AM (multiday) Montpelier Death Cafe Friday Dec. Meeting 12:15 - 1:45 PM Charles Bothfeld 100 Birthday Party Dec. 14 1 PM Ugly Holiday Sweater Party Friday, Langdon St. Tavern 5 - 9 PM Mother Up! Gathering 5:30 - 7:30 PM Tribute to Joni Mitchell 6 - 8 PM Girls Pickup Street Soccer at Montpelier High School 6:15 - 7:30 PM Sound Healing for Stress & Pain Reduction 6:30 - 8 PM Maple Corner Film Series Friday Night 7 - 9 PM The Incarnation of The Logos: a Christmas Story 7:30 - 9 PM The Incarnation of the Logos: A Christmas Story 7:30 - 9:30 PM Play - Incarnation of the Logos 7:30 PM +11 more see less	15 Storytime at North Danville Library All Day Cabot Holiday Festival & Outdoor Market, Saturday All Day Moving Sale! 9 - 11 AM Craft Fair and Book Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Walden School Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Touch of Vermont Gift Market Saturday Dec 15 9 AM - 4 PM Touch of Vermont Holiday Market 9 AM - 4 PM Lakon Herbals One Day Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Craftsbury Farmers Market Indoor Holiday Market 10 AM - 1 PM Craftsbury Farmers Market 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday with the Animals at CVHS 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday with the Animals at Central VT Humane Society 10 AM - 2 PM Studio Sale at Muddy Creek Pottery! 10 AM - 4 PM Muddy Creek Holiday Studio Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Muddy Creek Pottery Holiday Studio Sale! 10 AM - 4 PM Big Art Studio Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Barre Above Teaching Certification Class 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM Mo's Backyard BBQ Winter Fun! 11 AM - 3 PM The Phoenix - Vermont CrossFit at GMCF 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Elves Workshop at United Church 2 - 4 PM Cabot Holiday Festival and Outdoor Market 2 - 10 PM Holiday Concert - Waterbury Community Band 3 - 4 PM Softening to Our Roots 3:30 - 6:30 PM Love Light Tree Ceremony 5 - 6 PM Paul Asbell's “Burmese Panther” CD Release Performance 7:30 - 9:30 PM Chickweed at the Music Box Dec. 15 7:30 - 9:30 PM Kava Express at P Pie Plainfield 8 - 10 PM +23 more see less
16 Children's Day and Winter Solstice Celebration All Day Elks Buffet Brunch 9 - 11 AM Yoga Sunday (Cabot Library Sponsored Program) 10 - 11:30 AM Greenwood Pottery Holiday Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Stress and Resilience at Riverhouse Yoga! 2 - 4 PM Annual Carol Singalong Dec. 16 6 - 8 PM Blue Christmas 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	17 W/WW Commission Meeting / Agenda 5:15 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda Dec. 17 7 PM	18 Open House - Pop Up Art and Music Studio 12 - 8 PM SB Budget Mtg/Reg. SB Meeting Tuesday 5 - 7:30 PM Caroling in Plainfield Village 5:30 - 6:30 PM Plainfield Community Supper 6 - 7:30 PM Dinner and Music Concert at Hazen Union 6 PM Call for Co-op Finance Volunteers 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	19 Fundraising to End Human Trafficking 11 AM - 7 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Change in OLLI Film 12:30 - 3 PM Kingdom Mountain Dulcimers Holiday Music 1 - 2 PM Memorable Times Cafe Dec. 19 at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Increase the Light: A Singing Experience 5 - 6:30 PM U-32 School Budget Forum Dec. 19 at 6:00pm 6 PM City Council Meeting Agenda and Addendum 6:30 - 10 PM DOTY School Board Meeting 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	20 Noon Concert at Christ Church 12 PM Montpelier Death Cafe Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM American Legion Post #7 Membership Meetings 7 - 8 PM Carmen & Sam: Comedy Holiday Shownanza! 8 - 9 PM +1 more see less	21 Friday Night: Movie Night at Jeudevine! 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM Health and Wellness Professionals 8 - 9:30 AM Umlaut Christmas Party at Positive Pie 9 - 11 AM Woodbury Elementary Winter Workshop Invitation 12:45 - 2:40 PM 1st Annual Ugly Sweater Party! 4 - 9 PM Winter Solstice Celebration - Yoga, Community, Food! 5:30 - 8 PM Kirtan Friday 6 - 8 PM Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night 6 - 8:30 PM Blues/Fusion Dance - Solstice Edition! 7 - 11 PM +5 more see less	22 Onion River Chorus: Baroque Masterworks by Zele (multiday) Free Clothing at Trinity United Methodist Church All Day Stories for a Winter's Eve - Patti Casey and Friends All Day Bear Works Studio Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve, Dec. 22 3 - 7 PM Candlelight Yoga 4 - 5:30 PM Green Mountain Nutcracker at Barre Opera House 7 - 9 PM 12th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 22-23 7 PM (multiday) The 12th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker 7 PM (multiday) 12th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 22-23 7 PM (multiday) Onion River Chorus Presents Baroque Masterworks 7:30 PM (multiday) Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend! 7:30 PM Onion River Chorus Presents Baroque Masterworks 7:30 PM Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend 7:30 PM +10 more see less
23 The 12th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec. 22-23 All Day Candlelight Service Dec. 23 All Day No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant at Uu Church Dec. 23 All Day Arizona Borderlands Update 12:15 - 1:15 PM Holiday Singalong 4 - 6 PM Holiday Sing Along 4 - 6 PM Holiday Singalong 4 - 6 PM Holiday Singalong 4 - 6 PM +4 more see less	24 Christmas Eve Service 3 - 4:30 PM St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Christmas Eve Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7:30 - 8:30 PM	25 Community Christmas Dinner - St. Johnsbury 11:30 AM - 1 PM A Movie and Asian Food for Christmas 2 - 5 PM	26 Simplicity Winter Retreat All Day Blood Drive Dec. 26 All Day Christmas Bird Count in Worcester 9 AM - 4 PM Important Talk by Elsa Egstrom of No More Deaths 5:30 - 6:30 PM No More Deaths! 5:30 - 6:30 PM +1 more see less	27 Simplicity Winter Retreat All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Free Family Art Workshop 9 - 11 AM Red Cross Blood Drive 2 - 7 PM	28 Simplicity Winter Retreat All Day School Break Story Hour 10:30 - 11:30 AM Art Class 6 - 7:30 PM Kathleen Kanz Comedy Hour at Espresso Bueno 8:30 - 10 PM	29 Simplicity Winter Retreat All Day Give and Take Day 10 AM - 12 PM Noon Year's Eve Party at Peacham Library 11 AM - 12 PM Free Grilled Cheese Sandwiches & Tomato Soup 11 AM - 3 PM Spectacular Farmhouse Feast 5:30 PM Contra Dance Saturday 8 - 11 PM +2 more see less
30 Simplicity Winter Retreat All Day	31 First Night North in St. J on New Year's Eve! 4 PM (multiday) "Singin' in the Rain" in Adamant on New Year's Eve 7 - 9:30 PM New Years Eve Family Event! 8 PM (multiday) New Years Eve Family Glow Party 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve at City Hall 8 PM (multiday) Jenn Grinels NYE Concert - Tickets Are Going Fast! 8 PM +2 more see less	1	2 Budget/Selectboard Meetings 4 - 7:30 PM Mad Men and Mad Women: Gender in Mid-Century America 7 - 8:30 PM	3 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Articles of Agreement Meeting 5 - 8 PM Public Forum - Planning Commission 6 - 7 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Woodbury School Board and Act 46 Meeting 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	4 New Year's Resolution Potluck 6:30 - 8:30 PM Coming Home at Montpelier City Hall 6:30 PM	5 Bottle Drive for Woodbury After School Program 8:30 - 11 AM Standing Up for Racial Justice 12 - 3 PM People's Lobby (Review) + Food (Potluck) 5:30 - 7 PM Contra Dance Jan. 5 8 - 11 PM Grange Contra Dance 8 PM +1 more see less