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 All Day Dancing All Day Free Dance 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 +4 more see less	29 Select Board, Notice of Special Meeting - Budget All Day	30 Music at Bagitos Cafe This Week 6 PM (multiday)	31 New Years Eve at The Canadian Club All Day 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 Family Dance 6:30 - 8 PM "First Friday of Every Month" Youth Night 7 - 10 PM Young Tradition VT Reunion Concerts at the Flynnspace in Burlington! 7 PM +1 more see less	3 Farmers Market Jan. 3 All Day Montpelier Farmer's Market Jan. 3 All Day Capital City Farmers Market Jan. 3 All Day Bingo! All Day Downstreet Eats Cooking Classes - January 3rd - Your Home Creamery 10 AM - 12:30 PM Jan. 3 Zentangle Workshop -- Relaxing, Meditative Drawing for Everyone 10 AM - 1 PM Zentangle Workshop - Relaxing, Meditative Drawing for Everyone 10 AM - 1 PM Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Bottle Drive This Weekend 10 AM (multiday) Get Clean - 10 Day Cleanse. Kick Start Your Healthy Eating Habits 1 - 2 PM Free Author Readings at VCFA: Karin Gottshall & Barbara Hurd 7 - 8 PM "Casablanca" Showing at Maple Corner Community Center 7 - 9 PM Community Coffeehouse at Peacham Library Jan. 3 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less
4 Yoga Workshop//River Arts//January 9 AM - 12 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 Seeking Muscle Power 2 - 4:30 PM Jan. 5 Selectboard Agenda 5:30 - 9 PM Senior Cohousing Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM Moretown Town Office Planning Comm Meeting 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 +6 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 Calling All On-Road Bicycle Enthusiasts 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 +1 more see less	8 Positive Pie Supports Mentoring on Thursdays All Day Knitters Unite All Day Woodbury Town School Board Meeting All Day Series of Qi Gong Classes Begins Jan. 8 All Day Zero Energy Home Event, with Pizza Jan. 8! 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 +5 more see less	9 This Friday at Fresh Tracks Farm & Winery All Day Barre Rea Senior Citizen Open House 1 - 7 PM Perfect Pairing with Vermont Salumi 5:30 - 8 PM Come to "A Quest to Photograph North America's Birds" 7 - 8:30 PM	10 Cabot Contra Dance Jan. 10! All Day Montpelier Memory Cafe Meets Jan. 10 All Day Emma Back & Shane Dooley Music Jan. 10 All Day Ancient Fire-Making Workshop This Saturday! All Day Ancient Fire-Making Workshop Jan. 10! All Day Ancient Fire-Making Workshop This Saturday! All Day Berlin Fire Department's 1st Monthly Craft-Vendor Show This Saturday! All Day Preschool Music and Movement at the Library Jan. 10 All Day Greenbank's Hollow Bonfire Saturday All Day Barre Area Christmas Tree Pick-Up 8 AM - 2 PM Craft Fair & Vendor Show 9 AM Boy Scout Troop 714 to Pick Up Christmas Trees in Barre City 10 AM - 4 PM Conversations from the Working Landscape Speaker Series 10:30 - 11:30 AM Conversations from the Working Landscape 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 Casablanca at Classic Film Series Jan. 10 7 PM Shady Rill at Adamant Methodist Church 7 PM Shady Rill at the Adamant Methodist Church 7 PM +17 more see less
11 Curves Fitness (multiday) Auditions in Cabot! All Day Montpelier Antiques Market Jan. 11 8 AM - 1:30 PM Auditions for New Directions Showcase 3 - 5 PM	12 From Freedom Summer to Ferguson: 50 Years of Struggle All Day Freedom Summer to Ferguson Jan. 12 All Day 10-Day Guided Clean-Eating Cleanse All Day Looking for a Ride to Plainfield, Monday, Jan. 12 All Day Water/Wastewater Meeting Notice All Day From Freedom Summer to Ferguson: 50 Years of Struggle All Day Select Board Agenda for Jan. 12 All Day Freedom Summer 1964 to Ferguson 2014--50 Years--Film & Discussion All Day From Freedom Summer to Ferguson: 50 Years of Struggle Jan 12 All Day Copley Hosts Driver Safety Class 8:30 AM - 1 PM Interested in Universal Background Check Legislation? 9:30 - 11 AM Barre Blood Drive Monday, January 12th 11:30-5:30 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM Barre Blood Drive Monday, Jan. 12 Barre Elks Club 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM Copley's Annual Meeting Features Talk on Healthcare Reform 5:30 - 7 PM American Heritage Girls Kick-Off Event 6 - 7:30 PM From Freedom Summer to Ferguson 6 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan 12 6 PM Plainfield Select Board Meeting Jan 12 7 - 8:30 PM +14 more see less	13 GBF Fundraiser at Sarduccis Tomorrow Night All Day Hardwick Community TV Intro Workshop All Day Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Jan. 13 All Day Girls/Boyz First Mentoring Fundaiser All Day Beginning Tai Chi Class Jan 13 All Day Sarducci's Mentoring Fundraiser Jan. 13! All Day Money Seminar: rCredts - Who is the Sovereign? 2 - 5 PM Moretown Community Yoga 4:15 - 5:15 PM Two Upcoming Parenting Workshops from Lamoille Family Center! 6 - 8 PM Music at Bagitos Cafe Jan. 13-18 6 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	14 Doty School Board Meeting Jan 14 All Day Open House at Fabulous School! All Day Cabot School Budget Forum Jan 14 All Day Doty School Board Meeting Jan 14 All Day Rainbow Sweets Support Mentoring Program Jan 14 All Day Grilled Cheese Fundraiser is Back On! 4 - 7 PM Marshfield Historical Society Meets Jan. 14 6:30 - 8 PM Song Circle: Community Sing-A-Long 6:45 PM River Rock School Open House! 7 - 8 PM River Rock School Open House! 7 - 8 PM Cabot Community Association January Board of Directors Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	15 Positive Pie Supports Mentoring Every Thursday This Month! All Day Winter Whispers at the North Branch Nature Center All Day CES Board Meeting Agenda Jan. 15 All Day Art Opening Thursday at the Supreme Court Gallery All Day National Thank Your Mentor Day All Day Teen Creative Writing Group at Library Jan. 15 All Day Bullying, Cyberbullying and Youth Depression Presentation All Day Third Thursday: Vermont in the War of 1812 12 - 1 PM 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 +8 more see less	16 Jazz Trio at Capitol Grounds Coffee House Montpelier 6 - 8 PM Salsa Dance Class in Montpelier! 7 - 8:30 PM Pride of New York Concert Coming Up Jan 16! 7 PM	17 Traditional Dinner at NECI Until 9 PM Capital City Winter Farmers Market in Montpelier City Hall All Day Chad Hollister Band at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe Jan 17 All Day Capital City Farmers Market in Montpelier City Hall Jan. 17 All Day "The Trouble with Harry" at MCCC Jan 17 All Day Montpelier Farmers Market Sat. Jan 17 All Day Goddard College Concert: Neel Murgai Ensemble Jan 17 All Day Clarke Lecture and Dinner Event All Day Haybarn Theatre Concert: Neel Murgai Ensemble All Day Senior Center Men's Group All Day Clarke Lecture & Dinner Event All Day Chamber Music and Wine Pairing at the North Branch Cafe All Day Washington County Snowperson Building Contest All Day Cabot Community Bingo Jan. 17 All Day Capital City's Winter Farmers Market in City Hall Jan. 17 All Day Plainfield World Music Chorus Continues! 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 +16 more see less
18 Arm Chair Travel Talk All Day Huling and Malone in Piano, Violin Recital Jan. 18 All Day Huling and Malone in Piano, Violin Recital in Cabot Jan18 All Day Free Lunch Next Sunday at First Congregational Church 11:30 AM - 12:30 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 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 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Candle Light Vigil 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 Jan. 19 Selectboard Agenda 6:30 - 8:30 PM Middlesex Historical Society Annual Meeting Monday Jan 19 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	20 Re-Envisioning Wolcott Workshop Rescheduled for Jan. 20 All Day Roger Hill on Climate Change Jan. 20 All Day Twinfield Budget Forum Jan. 20 All Day Poetry People Jan. 20 All Day Lunch and Learn at the North Branch Cafe 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 Community Potluck & Family Movie Night at Plainfield Opera House 5:30 - 8:30 PM Tuesday Night's Morrisville/Morristown Planning Council Agenda 7 - 8:30 PM Cabot Agricultural Network Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	21 Calais Roads Advisory Committee Meeting All Day Sr Center Men's Group Meeting All Day Ideas for Town Meeting? Come Talk with the Solutions Committee! All Day Friends of Waterbury Reservoir Invitation 6 PM Cabot Selectboard - Dog Complaint Hearing 6 PM Morristown Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee January Meeting Date 6:30 - 7:30 PM Cabot Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +3 more see less	22 Preschool Music and Movement at Library Jan. 22 All Day Free 2 Hour Parenting Intro Jan. 22 All Day Positive Pie Supports Mentoring All Day Yoga & Gong Event Jan. 22 All Day Come Visit Nutty Steph's This Weekend! All Day Estate Sale in Orange All Day Central, VT Humane Society Raffle at Berlin School Concert All Day Public Hearing at Statehouse Re: Higher Gas Prices in Lamoille Region 5 - 7 PM Jazz Trio at Capitol Grounds Coffee Montpelier 6 - 8 PM Parenting on Track Jan 22 Free Intro Session 6 - 8 PM Parenting on Track Two Hour Presentation 6 - 8 PM River Corridors Discussion 6:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	23 Moco Mixer with Lamoille Community Food Share All Day Uncorked Comedy Fundraiser All Day Vermont Health Connect Enrollment Event: Friday Jan. 23 All Day MoCo Mixer with Lamoille Community Food Share All Day VT Center for Independent Living Comedy Fundraiser Event All Day U-32 Coffee House Jan 23 All Day Salsa Classes at First in Fitness This Friday All Day Wildcrafted Art Show All Day Plainfield Co-Op Supports Mentoring Relationships Jan. 23 All Day Shop at the Co-Op on Friday-Mentoring Support All Day Upcoming Children's Programs at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library All Day Vermont Health Connect Enrollment Event: Friday Jan. 23 1 - 4 AM Bueno Comedy Showcase! 8 - 9:30 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 Salsa Dance Class in Montpelier! 7 - 8:30 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 U32 Coffeehouse to Benefit Stage 32 Trip to Fringe Fest! Jan 23 7 - 9 PM Stage 32 Coffeehouse at U32, Jan. 23 7 - 9 PM Coffeehouse at U32 Jan. 23 7 - 9 PM Plainfield Opera House Square Dance Friday 7 - 9 PM Square Dance at the Plainfield Opera House! 7 - 9 PM +21 more see less	24 Winterpalooza 2 Family Indoor Sale (multiday) Moving Sale - Saturday and Sunday (multiday) Filipino Dinner Saturday Night All Day Frozen Party Jan. 24 All Day Free Movie Night Jan. 24 All Day Free Movie Night Jan. 24 All Day Square Dance Jan. 24 All Day First Aid and CPR Classes Jan 24 All Day Round Up Ready Art Parade All Day Zen Buddhism Workshop - Vermont Zen Center Jan 24 All Day Mountaineers Hot Stove Banquet All Day Heartsaver CPR & First Aid Class 9 AM - 3 PM Farmers and Processors Invited... 10:30 - 11:30 AM Author-Educator Workshop: Creating Global Connections 11 AM - 12 PM Blacksmithing with Lucian Avery - Hooks 1 - 5 PM Benefit Italian Dinner 5 - 7 PM Buch Spieler 42nd Anniversary Party with Myra Flynn 5 - 9 PM Mountaineers Hot Stove Banquet 6 PM Fabulous Authentic Filipino Dinner 6 PM Dinner of Filipino Cuisine 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 +20 more see less
25 House Concert Jan. 25 All Day Ski for Heat at Morse Farm Ski Touring Center Jan 25 All Day Radical Self-Care: Pleasure Powered All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Take-Out Dinner All Day Ski for Heat at Morse Farm Ski Touring Center All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Take Out Dinner All Day Cabot Arts Show and Tell Group Meeting--Tomorrow All Day Celebrate Mid-Winter at Ice on Fire Festival Jan. 25 All Day Ski for Heat, Sunday, Morse Farm All Day Ski for Heat: Sunday at Morse Farm All Day Montpelier Antiques Market Jan 25 8 AM - 1:30 PM Free Monthly Breakfast This Sunday at First Congregational Church 8:30 - 11 AM 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 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 "The Clean... Continued" at the North Branch Cafe All Day Agenda for Select Board Meeting Next Monday All Day Monday Night Balkan-Klezmer Jam at Plainfield Community Center All Day Special Education Community Forum Jan. 26 6 - 7:30 PM Book Group: This Changes Everything - Capitalism vs the Climate 6 - 8 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 +4 more see less	27 Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Jan. 27 All Day Free Informational Session with Home Share Now All Day Free Informational Session with Home Share Now All Day Police Militarization Panel All Day Important Water Meeting All Day Worcester Fire District #1 - Special Meeting Coming Up! All Day Parenting Group at the Jaquith All Day Vermontivate! Info Session 1 - 2:30 PM RehabGYM Barre, Healthy Winter Activities Clinic 5 - 6 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) +8 more see less	28 GOP Meeting All Day Calais Cemetery Commissioner's Meeting Agenda All Day Selectboard Special Meeting Agenda - 2015 Budget Work Sesson All Day Read with a Child One Hour a Week! All Day Everybody Wins! Orientation Jan. 28 10 - 11:30 AM Armchair Travel Series: Grand Canyon and Sedona 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	29 Free After School Fun for Children All Day Come See the Nuttiest Place Around! All Day Free After School Fun for Children All Day Free After School Fun for Children All Day Book Group "This Changes Everything Capitalism V The Climate" 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 This Changes Everything: Reading & Discussion Group on Climate Change 7 PM +5 more see less	30 Dinner/Dance Fundraiser All Day Art and Author Night at the Jaquith All Day A Fly Allusion Plays Jan. 30 All Day New Truck Fundraiser All Day Free Community Dinner at Puffer UMC All Day Library Winter Banquet and Auction All Day Birth Storytelling with Good Beginnings All Day Don't Take Your Last Wishes to the Grave! 1 - 2:30 PM Final Planning Workshop 1 - 3 PM Wine with Friends Game Night 5 - 8 PM Moretown Fire Department Dinner Dance 5 - 10 PM Awakening Grace: an Experiential Retreat About Reiki and Dreams 5 PM (multiday) Friends of the Aldrich Winter Banquet Buy Your Tickets Early and Win 5:30 - 9 PM Poetry Slam 6 - 8 PM Poetry Slam 6 - 8 PM All-Ages Poetry Slam, Free Pizza at Barre's Aldrich Library 6 - 8:30 PM Poetry Slam Fri Jan. 30 at the Aldrich 6 PM Salsa Dance Class in Montpelier! 7 - 8:30 PM Storytelling Event to Benefit Good Beginnings of Central VT 7 PM +15 more see less	31 Village Medic Training This Weekend (multiday) Jaquith Book Sale! All Day U-32 Latin Dinner & Dance Fundraiser All Day Arts First Class at Studio Place Arts All Day Plainfield World Music Chorus Continues Jan. 31! All Day Jaquith Library Book Sale! All Day U32 Latin Dinner and Dance This Saturday All Day Winter Garage Sale All Day For Sale and for Free Jan. 31 9 AM - 1 PM Herbal First Aid Training, Jan. 31-Feb. 1 9 AM (multiday) Green Mountain Disc Golf Club Ice Bucket IX 9 AM Finding Common Ground Workshop 3 - 5 PM Top 10 Winter Community Event: Not to Be Missed! 6:30 PM +9 more see less