Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2020

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29 Shine a Light for Social Justice (multiday) Town Clerk's Office Christmas Hours 8 AM (multiday)	30	31 Closing of Office 8 - 8 AM New Years Eve 5K 2 PM First Night North in St. Johnsbury on New Year's Eve! 4 PM (multiday)	1 Celebrate the New Year by Counting Birds! 7 AM - 4 PM Set Your Intentions Workshop with Andrea Thibaudeau 2 - 4:15 PM New Year's Day Setting Our Intention 3 - 4:30 PM	2 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Selectboard Special Mtng Agenda 5 PM Prayer & Action: Response to Religious Violence 6 - 7 PM Planning Commission Mtg. Jan. 2 6 - 7:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	3 Northfield Savings Bank Holiday Men's Ice Hockey (multiday) Culomba at OMH 7 - 8:30 PM Old Meeting House Concert - Culomba 7 - 8:30 PM Culomba - a Capella Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Columba's Album Release Tour 7 - 9 PM Culomba at the Old Meeting House This Friday Night 7 PM +2 more see less	4 Farmer Emergency Fund Fundraiser Jan. 4 8 AM - 8 PM Coffee and Conversation 8:30 - 10 AM Re: Coffee and Conversation - Time Change 9am 9 - 10:30 AM Journey Fellowship Coat Closet 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Farmers' Market 10 AM - 1 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Winter Market Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Cabot Village 12th Night Celebration 1 - 10 PM Medieval Yule Celebration 2:30 - 9 PM Village Harmony Alumni Concert at Heartbeet 3 - 5 PM Celebration of Life for Joanne E. Crisman 4 - 6 PM Katie Trautz CD Release Concert in Ripton! 7 - 9 PM Young Tradition Touring Group at Barre Opera House! 7 PM Young Tradition VT Concert - Barre Opera House 7 PM Contra Dance Saturday at the Grange 7:45 PM Dance into 2020 at the Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +11 more see less
5 Fun and Games in Worcester! 3 - 5 PM Play Board Games with Your Neighbors! 3 - 5 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle Sunday 6 - 8 PM	6 Selectboard Budget Meeting Jan. 6 4 - 6 PM Don't Forget to Eat Your Vegetables! 6 - 7 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	7 Tai Chi Classes 9:30 - 11 AM Weapons of Fraud 1:30 - 3 PM Selectboard Personnel Policy Meeting Jan. 7 4 - 5:30 PM $5 Dinner at Hunger Mountain Co-op on Tuesday! 4:30 - 7:30 PM Selectboard Meeting Jan. 7 6 - 7:30 PM Bach Project: Zach Mayer & Mckinley James - Concert 6 PM Concert Bach Project: Zach Mayer & Mckinley James 6 PM Convivia/StJ - The Table Gathering 6:30 - 7:30 PM Real Health Talks: Conversations W/Health Practitioners 6:30 - 7:30 PM Council Mtg/Forum on Proposed Rec Center Renovations! 6:30 - 8 PM Rec Center Renovation Public Forum 6:30 - 9:30 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda 7 - 9:30 PM North Country Chorus Read-Through for Spring Concert 7:15 - 9 PM +9 more see less	8 Onion River Exchange - Timebanking Orientation All Day Tea Time & Goodies - North Danville 2 - 4 PM Tai Chi & Natural Movement with Sacred Geometry 4:30 - 5:30 PM Tai Chi & Natural Movement with Sacred Geometry 4:30 - 5:30 PM Yin Yoga 4-Week Series at Riverhouse Yoga 5:30 - 6:45 PM Introduction to Kabbalah 6 - 7 PM Developing a Regular Meditation Practice: Wednesday! 6 - 7:30 PM Onion River Exchange - Time Banking Orientation 6 - 8 PM Onion River Exchange - Timebanking Orientation 6 - 8 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM First Wednesdays: Lifting Shakespeare Off the Page 7 - 8:30 PM Cabot Trails Meeting 7 PM +8 more see less	9 Climate Pan-Demonium at the Statehouse This Thursday! All Day Coffee/Tea with U32 Principal 7:30 - 8:30 AM Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Free Diabetes Prevention Program in Barre Jan. 9 5 - 6 PM Selectboard Special Meeting Agenda 5 PM Healing and Ritual Songs with Maria Schumann 6 - 7:30 PM Plant-Based Jumpstart Workshop! 6 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	10 Warren for VT: Montpelier Organizing Meeting 6 - 8 PM Jaquith's Annual Invitational Group Art Show 6 - 8 PM Django & Larkspurs - Plainfield Opera House - Jan. 10 7 - 9 PM "Airplane!" at MCCC - Yes, It's On 7 - 9 PM	11 Journey Fellowship Coat Closet 10 AM - 12 PM Volunteer Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Survey 10 AM - 2 PM Climate Justice Advocacy: Snacks, Education, & Action! 11 AM - 1 PM Citizen Advocacy for Climate Justice: Jan. 11 11 AM - 1 PM Saturday Museum Program: Snowflake Story 1 - 2 PM Grow Your Own Kombucha Workshop 1 - 3 PM Border Board Games Jan. 2020 5 - 11:30 PM Ready for Some Warmth and Color? 6 - 8:30 PM Argentine Tango Lessons and Social Dance in St. J 6:30 - 10 PM Winter Coffee House with Don & Jenn 7 - 9 PM Cabot Contra and Square Dance 7:30 - 10:30 PM +7 more see less
12 Antiques Market 8 AM - 1 PM Barre Fitness This Sunday in St Johnsbury 10 - 11 AM Garden Gathering Potluck 12:30 - 2:30 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around! 3 - 4:30 PM Yoga for Beginners! 4 - 5 PM Rob Mermin, Mime Extraordinaire-Plainfield Opera House 4 - 6 PM Don't Miss Rob Mermin's Tribute to Marcel Marceau 4 - 6 PM Rob Mermin, Mime Extraordinaire-Plainfield Opera House 4 - 6 PM +4 more see less	13 Art Class at Twin Valley Senior Center 2:30 - 3:30 PM SB Budget Meeting 5 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda Monday 7 PM	14 Three Penny Supports Mentoring on Tuesday! All Day North Country Chorus Spring Season Rehearsals 7:15 AM - 9 PM Free Tai Chi Classes 9:30 - 11 AM You Are Invited 5:30 - 7 PM How & Where Do I Raise Money for My Business? 5:30 - 7:30 PM Willey Building Committee Meeting 6 - 6 PM Roger Hill - Climate Change : Things Unforeseen 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	15 Homeless Awareness and Memorial Day Rally, State House! 12 - 1 PM Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Washington Central School District Budget Forum Jan. 15 5:30 - 6:30 PM Vermont Racial Justice Alliance Legislative Series 5:30 - 7:30 PM Interrupting Hate and Addressing Unintended Bias 6 - 8 PM Interrupting Hate 6 - 8 PM City Council Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM 'My Kingdom' Album Release in a Tiny House 6:45 - 8:15 PM Corrected Year Plainfield Select Board Mtg 7 PM Wednesday Night: Nisht Geferlach Concert! 7:30 - 8:30 PM Klezmer at the Statehouse for Farmers Night 7:30 - 8:30 PM Farmers' Night Wednesday: Nisht Geferlach! 7:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	16 Third Thursday: Vermont's Lucy Terry Prince 12 - 1 PM Braco Live Streams - Silence, a Bridge to Healing 3 - 5:45 PM Speed Mentoring at the South Burlington Public Library 5:30 - 7:30 PM The Body as Language: a Writing Class 5:30 PM Cybersecurity Conversation for Families 6 - 7:30 PM Cybersecurity for Families Educational Event 6 - 7:30 PM Cybersecurity Conversation for Families 6 - 7:30 PM "Askable Adult" Dinner Discussion 6 - 8 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Free Dinner and Discussion - Twinfield 6 - 8 PM Bacon Thursday, Rabble-Rouser 6 - 10 PM Miciah Bay Gault Author Visit 6:30 - 7:30 PM Vermont Racial Justice Alliance Community Tour 6:30 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Hazard Mitigation Committee 7 - 8:30 PM Life Drawing - Short Poses 7 - 9 PM Sound Art House Party 7 - 10 PM +12 more see less	17 Art Show Opening Reception 4 - 6 PM Buddhist Documentary Film, St. J. Shambhala Center 6 - 8 PM Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night 6 - 8:30 PM	18 Live Stream of 2020 Women's March Until 3 PM Nourishing Winter Retreat 9 AM - 12 PM Writing Workshop 9 AM - 4 PM Writing Workshop in Calais 9 AM - 4 PM VT Right to Life Rally in Montpelier 9:30 AM - 4 PM VT Right to Life Rally This Saturday in Montpelier 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM You're Invited to Heal Your Wallet Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Today! 10 AM - 2 PM March for Life 10:30 AM - 12 PM Annual Vermont Right to Life Rally 10:45 AM Women's March Vermont 2020 Viewing Party 12 - 3 PM Empower Women's Healing Circle 1 - 3 PM Pacem Open Makerspace Hours 2 - 5 PM Enhancements and Modifications: Yoga Practice Workshop 2 - 5 PM Paint Party with Katie 6 PM Paint Party with Katie 6 PM Country Music by Buffalo Barnstormers 7 - 10 PM Capital City Concerts Upcoming Performance 7:30 - 9 PM What Are You Doing Saturday Night? 7:30 - 10 PM Music and Art and Local Students: Next Weekend 7:30 PM (multiday) Capital City Concert 7:30 PM (multiday) Montpelier Contra Dance Jan. 18 8 - 11 PM Montpelier Contradance with Nils, Cedar & Jesse 8 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance with Nils, Cedar & Jesse 8 - 11 PM Thomas Gunn Album Release Party 8 - 11:30 PM +21 more see less
19 Get Out the Vote Postcards at Plainfield Winter Market 11 AM - 1 PM Plainfield Winter Market 11 AM - 3 PM Danville Senior Citizens Housing, Inc Annual Meeting 2 - 3 PM Patrick Ross Concert in Cabot - Jan. 19 4 - 6 PM Patrick Ross Concert in Cabot - Jan. 19 4 - 6:30 PM Patrick Ross Concert in Cabot 4 - 6:30 PM Patrick Ross Concert in Cabot 4 PM Now is the Time to Join the Summertime Marching Band! 6 - 7:30 PM Join Summertime Marching Band! 6 - 7:30 PM Community Singalong in East Montpelier 6 - 8 PM +6 more see less	20 MLK Event 7 AM - 8 PM Town Clerk's Office Closed Jan. 20 9 AM - 5 PM Americorps Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration 11 AM - 3 PM Winter Picnic at the Good Living Senior Center, Jan. 20 12 - 1 PM Martin Luther King Candlelight Vigil 5 - 6:30 PM Film: Suppressed: the Fight to Vote 6 - 8 PM Time to Save Democracy: Fight Against Voter Suppression 6 - 8 PM Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, a Documentary Film 6 - 8 PM Suppressed: The Fight to Vote 6 - 8 PM New Film at Unitarian Church of Montpelier 6 - 8 PM Danville Girls on the Run Paint and Sip 6 - 8:30 PM Suppressed: the Fight to Vote (Screening & Discussion) 6 - 9 PM +8 more see less	21 North Country Chorus Spring Season Rehearsals 7:15 AM - 9 PM Tuesday Theater 1:15 - 2:45 PM Pacem Open Makerspace Hours 3 - 5 PM Free Legislative Advocacy Training Today! 5 - 8 PM Calais Democratic Committee Meeting 5 PM Selectboard Meeting Jan. 21 6 - 7:30 PM The Table Gathering—Convivia/StJ 6:30 - 7:30 PM Greater Cabot Working Landscape Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	22 League of Women Voters Presents “Implicit Bias” All Day Community College of Vermont is Celebrating 50 Years! 12 - 1 PM Assistive Devices - Come See What is New! 1 - 2 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM First OLLI Program This Wednesday 1:30 - 3 PM Onion River Exchange Webinar - Using Timebank Software 6 - 7:30 PM Onion River Exchange - Using the ORE Timebank Software 6 - 7:30 PM RAMP Energy Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM "Biggest Little Farm" Film Screening 6:30 - 8:30 PM League of Women Voters Presents “Implicit Bias” 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	23 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Mental Health in Adolescents 4 - 4:30 PM Dessert and a Book at Jeudevine Library Jan. 23 6 - 8 PM	24 Calais Elementary PTNO Pasta Dinner and Raffle 6 - 8 PM Family Fun Night! Dance and Have Fun! 6:30 - 7:30 PM The 39 Steps: a Radio Play by Joe Landry 7 - 8 PM	25 Basket Making Workshop 9 AM - 5 PM Souper Saturday 11:30 AM - 2 PM "Phenomenon - Bruno Groening" Free Documentary 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM 15th Annual National Life Read-A-Thon (Montpelier) 1 - 3:30 PM Burns Night Cancelled 6 - 8 PM Board Game Night at Rabble-Rouser in Montpelier 6 - 11:30 PM Board Game Night at Rabble Rouser 6 - 11:30 PM Celebrate "Burns Night" at Adamant Community Club 6:30 - 8 PM Robbie Burns Night in Adamant 6:30 - 8 PM Film "The Resurrection of Victor Jara" 7 - 9 PM Spice on Snow Headline Concert! 7 - 10 PM Film - “The Resurrection of Victor Jara” 7 PM +8 more see less
26 Sunday Brunch 10 AM - 2 PM ReTribe Breathwork Workshop 12 - 5 PM Chakra Healing Workshop – Sound * Movement * Wisdom 1 - 3 PM You Are the Help Until Help Arrives 1 - 4 PM Argentine Tango Beginner Class Jan. 26 Catamount 1:30 - 3:30 PM Pianist Shai Wosner 3 - 5 PM Vicarious Travel: Scotland 4:30 - 6 PM International Holocaust Remembrance Day 5 - 6 PM International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration 5 - 6 PM Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration & Film 5 - 6 PM Lebanese Night at Bread and Butter 5 - 8 PM "Welcome, Neighbor" 8th Annual Potluck Supper 6 - 7:30 PM +8 more see less	27 Dungeons & Dragons for Kids at TW Wood 3 - 5 PM Climate Crisis Presentation and Discussion 6 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan. 27 6:15 PM Hearing on Proposed Wastewater System Ordinance 6:30 PM	28 North Country Chorus Spring Season Rehearsals 7:15 AM - 9 PM HomeShare Vermont Open House 12 - 3 PM Concerned About Reading Instruction in VT? Tell Ed Com 4 - 6 PM Free Tobacco Cessation Workshop Starts Jan. 28 5 - 6 PM Everyone Eats! 5 - 6 PM Talking with Children About Climate Change 5:30 - 7:30 PM Talking with Children About Climate Change 5:30 - 7:30 PM Re: Newly Forming Girl Scout Troop! 6 - 7 PM Willey Building Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM Potluck & Open Mic at Plainfield Firehouse 6 - 7:45 PM Community Sing at Heartbeet 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	29 Home Visitor Safety Training with Lt. James Roy 8 AM - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Program 1:30 - 3 PM Fundraiser: Save Those Redeemable Bottles & Cans 3:30 - 5:30 PM Genealogy and Slavery Discussion Group 4:30 - 5:45 PM Masala Vegetarian Indian Dinner 5 - 8 PM Sip 'N Share: Fire Cider 6 - 7:30 PM Transportation and Climate Initiative Feedback 6 - 8 PM Avenue Q School Edition at U-32 Middle & High School 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	30 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Support Group 10 - 11:30 AM Trinity Community Thrift Store Special Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Supper with Neighbors Returns! 5 - 6 PM Workshop: Budgeting for Simplicity 5:30 - 7 PM Dessert with Butterflies at Jeudevine Jan. 30 6 - 7:30 PM YE Vagabonds Concert in Shelburne 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	31 Athenaeum Game Night 6 - 8 PM Urgent Fundraiser for Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Struggle 7 - 9 PM Urgent Fundraiser for Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Struggle 7 - 9 PM Urgent Fundraiser for Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Struggle 7 - 9 PM Rock N Roll Chorus 7:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 You Are Invited to an Open House and Book Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Tricky Tracks: A Family Tracking Program 9:30 - 11:30 AM Coffee with Rep. Avram Patt and Rep. Chip Troiano 9:30 AM Legislative Forum 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Trails 101 10 AM - 12 PM Montpelier PD's Next Coffee with a Cop Event! 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Farmers' Market 10 AM - 1 PM Re: Trinity Community Thrift Store Special Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire This Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire 10 AM - 2 PM Children's Story Time in North Danville! Feb. 1! 10:15 AM Help Save Democracy - Indivisible Calais Shows You How 1 - 3:30 PM Help Save Democracy-Indivisible Calais Shows You How 1 - 3:30 PM Election Workshop 1 - 3:30 PM Whiskey Release and Super Bowl Party! 4 PM (multiday) Navigating End of Life Choices 5 - 6 PM Free Movie & Popcorn 6 PM Free Movie & Popcorn 6 PM Young Tradition Touring Group Concert in Greensboro! 7 - 9 PM Fifth Business at Peacham Library Winter Coffee House 7 PM Whammy Bar Presents John Smyth 7:30 - 10:30 PM Capital City Grange Contra Dances Feb. 1, 15 and 29! 7:45 - 11 PM Start Off February with a Contra Dance on Saturday! 8 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance Feb. 1 8 - 11 PM +20 more see less