Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2023

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26 Liberatory Love Auction with Nonprofit Summer Camp 11 PM (multiday) Northern VT Scholastic Chess Tournament 10:30 AM - 4 PM	27 Pollinator Pathway of Lamoille County Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM SB Meeting Nov. 27 5:30 PM Select Board Meeting 5:30 PM Watch Party: Bill McKibben's Eating Local Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM Solving Stowe's Housing Landscape 6 - 8 PM Moonday Ecstatic Dance at The Wing Center 6:30 - 8:30 PM Moonday Dance Morrisville 6:30 - 8:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	28 SFL Adult Book Club 5 - 6 PM Planning Council Agenda for Tuesday, Nov. 28 5 - 6:30 PM Giving Tuesday Celebrations at Sushi Yoshi 5 - 9 PM Morristown Republican Committee Monthly Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Weekly Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	29 Lunch at the Hub 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Local Author Visit - Trish Esden 1 PM 802 Reptiles - Live Snakes & Lizards! 3:30 PM Oyster Night at American Flatbread 4 PM Olam Chesed Jewish Education 4:15 - 6 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Enosburg Initiative Meeting - Community Calendar 6 - 7 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	30 The Vintage Nook Holiday Open House, 20% Off! 10 AM (multiday) Free Soup and Bread Supper & Caroles 5 - 8 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Nov. 30 5:30 - 8:30 PM It Takes a Village Women's Circle - This Thursday! 6 - 7:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Westford Final Public Hearing - Nov. 30 6:15 PM Open Mic at Moogs Place 7 - 11 PM +3 more see less	1 Stowe Historical Museum All Day Stowe Community Church Presents "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (multiday) Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Pomander Ball Making Workshop 1 PM Stowe Vibrancy's Traditional Christmas in Stowe 4:30 PM Paint and Sip This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Searching for Vermont's Lost Ski Areas 5 - 8 PM Library Lighting of the Cultural Campus/Holiday Songs 5:15 - 5:30 PM Bakersfield Light the Village Event 5:30 PM Stowe Sound Immersion at Stowe Yoga Center 6 - 7 PM An Evening with Bobby Dean Hackney 6:30 - 8 PM "Advice for Girls" Filmscreening 6:30 - 9 PM "A Charlie Brown Christmas" 7 PM (multiday) A Charlie Brown Christmas 7 PM (multiday) The Foreigner at Lamoille County Players 7 PM +11 more see less	2 Huge Tag Sale (multiday) Girl Scout Bottle Drive All Day Give Yourself the Gift of Calm During the Holidays! All Day Community Breakfast Saturday 8 - 9:30 AM Freshstart Quit Smoking Workshop 9 - 10 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM House of Troy Annual Lamp Sale 9 AM - 12 PM House of Troy's Annual Lamp Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Annual Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM Save the Date: Waterville Christmas Market, Dec. 2 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Westford Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Daycare Closing Massive Lots of Toys, Crafts & Furniture 9 AM - 3 PM 45th Annual Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM St. Paul's Methodist Church Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM Itchin' to Be Stitchin' 10 - 11 AM Sterling View Christmas Craft Show 10 AM - 2 PM Christmas Fair at Stowe Community Church 10 AM - 2 PM "Silver Tea" Christmas Bazaar at Richford Baptist 10 AM - 3 PM MACC Presents the 23rd Annual Festival of Lights 10 AM - 5 PM MACC Presents the 23 Annual Festival of Lights 10 AM - 5 PM Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Studio Sale 11 AM - 5 PM Holiday Art Sale! 11 AM (multiday) Studio Sale 11 AM Johnson Badgers Softball 1 Day Clinic 12 - 6 PM Stowe Free Library Hygge Event 1 - 2 PM Fairfax Annual Tree Lighting 4 - 5:30 PM +25 more see less
3 Holiday Healing Yoga at Dreamweaver Wellness All Day Holiday Studio Sale 12 - 3 PM Debra & Mary's Studio Sale Sunday 12 - 3 PM Revitalizing Waterville Historical Society 1 - 2 PM Intersted in Torutiere? 3 - 5:30 PM 4th Annual Cambridge Christmas Coffeehouse 4 - 7 PM +2 more see less	4 Pollinator Pathway of Lamoille County Meeting 5:30 - 6 PM Stowe School Board Meeting 5:30 PM Select Board Meeting 5:30 PM Moonday Ecstatic Dance 2 for $12 Tonight! 6:30 - 8:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	5 EWSD Board Meeting Dec. 5 6:30 - 9 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM	6 Lunch at the Hub 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Local Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Vaccination Clinic 2 - 4 PM Olam Chesed Jewish Education 4:15 - 6 PM Light Up the Library! 5 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Village Trustees Meeting Announcement 5:30 - 7 PM CSWD: Zero Waste Holiday Hacks 6 PM Blue Christmas Service at Stowe Community Church 6:45 - 7:30 PM Blue Christmas Service at Stowe Community Church 6:45 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM Virtual Visiting Artist - Stanya Kahn 7:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	7 Stowe Free Library Board of Trustees Meeting 8 - 9:30 AM All invited! Community Hanukkah Candlelighting at JCOGS 12 - 12 PM Vermont Land Trust Brewster Uplands Presentation 5 - 6 PM Come One Come All! To a "Community Caroling” Pop Up! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Needle Felting Mushroom Garden Class 6 - 8 PM Underhill Selectboard Meeting Dec. 7 6 PM Stowe High School Theater Performance of Hello, Dolly! 7 - 9 PM Free Band Concert 7 PM Concert: Vermont State University/Johnson Concert Band 7 PM +5 more see less	8 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Music at Deborah Rawson Library 11 AM - 12 PM Adult Art & Unwind 11 AM Let's Do Lunch 11:30 AM - 12 PM Makerspace: Cardboard Creations 2 PM The Not-So-Banner Year Community Art Project VSC 3:30 - 6:30 PM Stowe High School Theater Performance of Hello, Dolly! 7 - 9 PM The Foreigner at Lamoille County Players 7 PM +4 more see less	9 Freshstart Quit Smoking Workshop 9 - 10 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM 9th Annual Montgomery Craft and Art Show 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Maple Gift Shop 9 AM - 7 PM Maple Gift Shop 9 AM - 7 PM Holiday Market in Craftsbury Saturday 11 AM - 2 PM Author Signing Events at Bear Pond Books 11 AM - 2:30 PM Holiday Paint & Sip 12 - 2 PM Ballet Wolcott Fun Grinch Performance! 1 - 5 PM Lamoille Valley Dance Academy's Nutcracker! 1 - 6 PM Why Do Rivers Flood? 1:30 - 3:30 PM Feminist Bird Club December Outing 1:30 PM Gingerbread House Christmas Party 2 - 4 PM Santa is Coming to Town! 4 - 6 PM Dynamism: VSC Exhibit Opening Reception 4 - 6 PM Johnson's Downtown Holiday Jubilee 4 - 6 PM VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Cafe 5 - 7 PM Paint and Sip 5 - 7 PM Yuletide Concert & Sing Along to Benefit Locals 7 - 8:30 PM Stowe High School Theater Performance of Hello, Dolly! 7 - 9 PM Yuletide Concert & Sing Along Saturday 7 PM Re: Neon Nights 8 - 11 PM +19 more see less
10 Holiday Healing Yoga at Dreamweaver Wellness All Day Guest Speaker Myra Flynn at Good Shepherd All Day Breakfast with Santa at Morrisville Fire Department 8 AM - 12 PM Ugly Sweater 5k Run/Walk - Rotary Club of SB 10 AM - 1 PM Horse Drawn Wagon Ride with Santa 10 AM - 4 PM The Not-So-Banner Year Community Art Project VSC 1:30 - 4:30 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Concert 2 - 4 PM Enosburg Holiday Community Chorus 2 PM Handel's Messiah, Performed by Vermont Choral Union 2 PM Elmore's Christmas Caroling Hayride Sunday! 3 PM +6 more see less	11 Waterville Town Library Trustee Meetings 6 - 7:30 PM Village Trustees Meeting Monday, Dec. 11 Agenda 6 - 9 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Moonday Dance Morrisville 6:30 - 8:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	12 The Curious Place Storytime at Spruce Peak Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Virtual Author Talk: Stephanie Land 2 PM Planning Council Agenda for Tuesday December 12 5 - 7 PM Get on a School Board! Pre-Candidate Training 6 PM Stowe Performing Arts Presents Skylark Ensemble 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	13 "Two for Christmas": A Play by David Budbill All Day Stowe Arts and Culture Commission Meeting 9 - 10 AM Lunch at the Hub 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Stowe School Board Meeting 4:30 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM BYOBooks 6 PM An Old-Fashioned Christmas Carol Sing-Along 6:30 - 7:30 PM Old Fashioned Christmas Carol Sing-Along 6:30 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM Don't Miss Joan Osborne This Friday! 7 PM +7 more see less	14 Seniors Stepping Out! 10 AM - 2 PM Take a Break from the Holiday Rush 10 AM Coffee Hour! 10 AM Elmore Store Wine Tasting 5 - 7 PM Patagonia Film Night at Neon Wave 5 - 8 PM LCDC Special Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Notice - Lamoille County Democratic Committee 5:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Next Thursday 6 - 9 PM Visiting Artist - Anthony Goicolea 8 - 9 PM +6 more see less	15 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Pre Christmas Sale 9 AM (multiday) Sisterhood of the Dreaded Elevator Pitch 12 - 2 PM Aging Together 1 PM Stowe School Board Meeting 2 PM Prek-6th Grade Holiday Gift Making 6:15 - 7:30 PM Free Christmas Movie Night Friday Dec. 15 6:30 - 8 PM Joan Osborne Concert 7 - 8 PM Presentation About Canadian Ski Marathon 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	16 Tri-County Christmas Bird Count 12 AM - 11:59 PM Men's Breakfast Saturday Dec. 16 at CCF 7 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Food Shelf Distribution Dec. 16 9 - 10:30 AM Youth Skate Swap Saturday 9 - 11 AM Siber Sled Dogs at the Waterville Town Library! 10 - 11:30 AM Kids Ornament Making Class 10 AM - 12 PM Holiday Spectacular - This Saturday at Matt's Wash & Wax 10 AM - 12 PM Holiday Sale Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Itchin' to Be Stitchin' 10 AM Procrastinator Holiday Event 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Market at Lost Nation Brewing Dec. 16 11 AM - 3 PM Saturday Storytime with Gail! 11 AM Adult Jam Session at MCL 12:30 PM Roll to Relax Workshop at Peak Yoga 1 - 3 PM Holiday Cookie Decorating Party 1 - 4 PM Winter Solstice Gathering (A Little Early) 2 - 3:30 PM Christmas Concert in Waterville - Sat, Dec. 16 2 - 3:30 PM Waterville Christmas Concert - Dec. 16 2 - 3:30 PM Holiday Kids Night Out 4:30 - 7:30 PM Sparkling Soirée This Saturday at the Current 5 - 7 PM Jeffersonville Cambridge Holiday Parade 5 PM +18 more see less
17 Holiday Healing Yoga at Dreamweaver Wellness All Day Christmas Knife Sharpening (multiday) Christmas Knife Sharpening Event - Stowe Living All Day Breakfast with Santa! 8 AM Stowe Community Church Christmas Pageant 9:30 AM Stowe Holiday Market 12 - 4 PM Breathwork Workshop with Retribe 12 - 6 PM Breathwork Workshop Series 12 - 6 PM Holiday Event 1 - 4 PM History Talk: "Some Ghosts of Christmas Past" 1:30 - 3 PM Some Ghosts of Christmas Past 1:30 PM Final Screening / Special Event One Show Only! 2 PM All Aboard! Don't Miss the Polar Express Dec. 17 at 3pm! 3 PM Skate with Santa at the Stowe Arena! This Sunday! 3:45 - 4:45 PM Skip Gorman at the Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM Candlelight Christmas Service 4 - 5 PM Wolcott UMC's Christmas Candle Lighting Service 5 PM +13 more see less	18 Clarina Howard Nichols Center Raffle All Day Selectboard Meeting 5:30 PM Moonday Dance Morrisville 6:30 - 8:30 PM Virtual VSC Writer to Writer: Chris Martin & Rowan Riggs 7 - 8 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM Stowe Messiah Sing-In 2023 7 PM +2 more see less	19 Holiday Book Signing with Jan Reynolds 12 - 2 PM Concert with Cristina Escobedo 5 - 6 PM Opera with Love 5 PM Local Competitive Dance Company Showcase at SPAC 6 - 7 PM Yule Lore Workshop-Second Date Added!!! 6 - 8 PM 12 Course Holiday Feast + Party! 6 - 10 PM Blue Christmas Service 6:30 - 7:15 PM EWSD Board Meeting Dec. 19 6:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	20 Lunch at the Hub 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lip Balm Making Workshop for Tweens & Teens 3:30 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Village Trustees Meeting Dec. 20 5:30 - 7 PM Songfarmers - A Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Yule Lore-A Wheel of the Year Workshop 6 - 8 PM Westford Adult Book Group 7 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	21 Community Center Holiday Party - Pictures with Santa! 1 - 4 PM Longest Night/Blue Christmas Worship Service 5 - 6 PM Winter Solstice Soiree 5 - 9 PM Longest Night/Blue Christmas Worship Service 5 PM Soulmate Experience - Beer Tasting and Education 5:30 - 6:30 PM Soulmate Brewing, Beer Tasting and Education 5:30 - 6:30 PM River Arts Photo Co-op Meeting 6 - 8 PM Join Us for Judy Collins: Holidays & Hits 7 PM Winter Solstice White Party 8 - 10 PM +5 more see less	22 VSC: Vermont Week 2024 Residency Applications Now Open 12 AM (multiday) Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Stowe High Volunteers Available 9:30 - 11:30 AM Jingle Wagon Returns! 12 - 8 PM Dinners at Green Goddess 4:30 PM (multiday) Fairfax Westford Band Holiday Concert at WCH 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	23 Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Buck Hollers Rockin' in Christmas at Mill River Taphouse 5:30 - 8:30 PM
24 Holiday Healing Yoga at Dreamweaver Wellness All Day Christmas Eve at Stowe Community Church All Day Christmas Eve Services 9 AM - 12 PM Live Nativity 10 - 10:45 AM Christmas Eve Virtual Yoga! 10 - 11 AM Christmas Eve Services at Stowe Community Church 12 - 11:50 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 4:30 - 5:30 PM Christmas Eve Events Waterville Union Church 4:30 - 8 PM Christmas Eve in Waterville 4:30 PM Christmas Eve Service 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Festival Worship at St. Matthew's 5 - 6:15 PM Christmas Eve Festival Worship at St. Matthew's 5 - 6:15 PM Elmore Church Christmas Eve Service 6 - 6:45 PM Grace Brethren Church Christmas Eve Service 6 - 7 PM X-Mas Eve Candlelight Music John Compagna (Contagious) 6 PM Candlelight Service & Special Music 6 PM Candlelight Service & Special Music 6 PM Candlelight pm Service 6:30 PM Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols with Candle Lighting 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service with Candle Lighting at UCU 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve - Jeffersonville Church 7 PM Christmas Eve Episcopal Service 9:30 PM +18 more see less	25 Moonday Dance Morrisville 6:30 - 8:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	26 SHS Boy's Alumni Hockey Game 6 - 7:30 PM	27 All Ages Library Activity 10 AM - 12 PM Lunch at the Hub 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ReTribe Winter Teen Retreat for Ages 13-19 3 PM (multiday) ReTribe Winter Teen Retreat for Ages 13-19 3 PM (multiday) Westford Public Library Star Gazing Event 7 - 9 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM Teton Gravity Research: Legend Has It Adventure Film 7 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	28 Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9:30 PM	29 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM	30 Tree Round Up - Troop 876 1 - 3 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Library Noon Year's Eve Celebration 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Space Opened for Sparkling Wine Class Tomorrow 1 - 3 PM Girls Hockey Event 3:15 - 7:15 PM G Love & the Organically Good Trio at Apres Only! 5 - 10 PM New Year's Eve of Eve Dance 8 PM (multiday) +3 more see less
31 Holiday Healing Yoga at Dreamweaver Wellness All Day New Year's Eve at Michael's on the Hill 5:30 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve at Trapp Family Lodge 6 PM (multiday) Tower of Power? NYE Dance Party 8:30 PM Come Dance with the Legendary House Red Band 9 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	1 Moonday Dance Morrisville 6:30 - 8:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Selectboard Meeting - Tuesday Jan. 2, 2024 5:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting Tonight 6:30 - 9 PM	3 Lower English Settlement Rd - Temp. Road Closure 8 AM - 2 PM Lunch at the Hub 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Vision Boards with Linda Friedman 4 - 5 PM Stowe School Board Meeting 5 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Village Trustees Meeting Announcement 5:30 - 7 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	4 Abenaki and the Missisquoi 7 - 8 PM Introduction to American Abenaki Prehistory 7 - 8 PM	5 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM StoryTots 10:30 AM Order Your Pizza for Superbowl! 12 PM (multiday) Mah-Jongg 2 - 4 PM Mexican Night Menu at Green Goddess Cafe 4:30 PM (multiday) Stowe Sound Immersion Returns Jan. 5! 6 - 7 PM +2 more see less	6 Tree Round Up - Troop 876 1 - 3 AM Community Breakfast at Second Congo Church 8 - 9:30 AM Community Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Community Meeting Day 8:30 AM - 11:30 PM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Justice for Dogs "Pop Up"Bottle/Can Drop Coming Jan. 6 9 - 11 AM Blue Moon Pottery Second Sale 9 AM - 12:30 PM Cambridge Fire Dept Annual Blood Drive 9 AM - 2 PM Stories and Activities 10 - 11 AM Basketball Open Gym 10 AM - 12 PM Write a Letter, Save a Life 10 AM - 12 PM Join Saxon Hill School for an Open House This Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Itchin to Be Stitchin 10 AM Lego Club 11 AM Free Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM +11 more see less