Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2023

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26 Northern VT Scholastic Chess Tournament 10:30 AM - 4 PM	27 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 WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	28 SFL Adult Book Club 5 - 6 PM Giving Tuesday Celebrations at Sushi Yoshi 5 - 9 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Weekly Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM	29 Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Oyster Night at American Flatbread 4 PM Enosburg Initiative Meeting - Community Calendar 6 - 7 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM	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 Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Westford Final Public Hearing - Nov. 30 6:15 PM Open Mic at Moogs Place 7 - 11 PM +2 more see less	1 Stowe Historical Museum All Day Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM 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) +8 more see less	2 Girl Scout Bottle Drive All Day Community Breakfast Saturday 8 - 9:30 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Annual Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM Westford Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM St. Paul's Methodist Church Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM 45th Annual Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM 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 Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Studio Sale 11 AM - 5 PM 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 +12 more see less
3 Debra & Mary's Studio Sale Sunday 12 - 3 PM Holiday Studio Sale 12 - 3 PM	4 Stowe School Board Meeting 5:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	5 EWSD Board Meeting Dec. 5 6:30 - 9 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM	6 Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Local Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM CSWD: Zero Waste Holiday Hacks 6 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 +3 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 Come One Come All! To a "Community Caroling” Pop Up! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Underhill Selectboard Meeting Dec. 7 6 PM Stowe High School Theater Performance of Hello, Dolly! 7 - 9 PM Concert: Vermont State University/Johnson Concert Band 7 PM +2 more see less	8 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Music at Deborah Rawson Library 11 AM - 12 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	9 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 Why Do Rivers Flood? 1:30 - 3:30 PM Dynamism: VSC Exhibit Opening Reception 4 - 6 PM Santa is Coming to Town! 4 - 6 PM Johnson's Downtown Holiday Jubilee 4 - 6 PM Paint and Sip 5 - 7 PM VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Cafe 5 - 7 PM Stowe High School Theater Performance of Hello, Dolly! 7 - 9 PM Yuletide Concert & Sing Along Saturday 7 PM +12 more see less
10 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 Handel's Messiah, Performed by Vermont Choral Union 2 PM Enosburg Holiday Community Chorus 2 PM +2 more see less	11 Village Trustees Meeting Monday, Dec. 11 Agenda 6 - 9 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	12 The Curious Place Storytime at Spruce Peak Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Get on a School Board! Pre-Candidate Training 6 PM Stowe Performing Arts Presents Skylark Ensemble 7 - 8:30 PM	13 "Two for Christmas": A Play by David Budbill All Day Stowe Arts and Culture Commission Meeting 9 - 10 AM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Stowe School Board Meeting 4:30 PM An Old-Fashioned Christmas Carol Sing-Along 6:30 - 7:30 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM Don't Miss Joan Osborne This Friday! 7 PM +3 more see less	14 Take a Break from the Holiday Rush 10 AM Coffee Hour! 10 AM Patagonia Film Night at Neon Wave 5 - 8 PM LCDC Special Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Next Thursday 6 - 9 PM Visiting Artist - Anthony Goicolea 8 - 9 PM +3 more see less	15 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Sisterhood of the Dreaded Elevator Pitch 12 - 2 PM Stowe School Board Meeting 2 PM Prek-6th Grade Holiday Gift Making 6:15 - 7:30 PM Joan Osborne Concert 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	16 Tri-County Christmas Bird Count 12 AM - 11:59 PM Food Shelf Distribution Dec. 16 9 - 10:30 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Youth Skate Swap Saturday 9 - 11 AM Holiday Spectacular - This Saturday at Matt's Wash & Wax 10 AM - 12 PM Holiday Sale Open Studio 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Market at Lost Nation Brewing Dec. 16 11 AM - 3 PM Roll to Relax Workshop at Peak Yoga 1 - 3 PM Holiday Kids Night Out 4:30 - 7:30 PM Sparkling Soirée This Saturday at the Current 5 - 7 PM +6 more see less
17 Christmas Knife Sharpening (multiday) Christmas Knife Sharpening Event - Stowe Living All Day 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 +8 more see less	18 Clarina Howard Nichols Center Raffle All Day Virtual VSC Writer to Writer: Chris Martin & Rowan Riggs 7 - 8 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	19 Holiday Book Signing with Jan Reynolds 12 - 2 PM Concert with Cristina Escobedo 5 - 6 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 EWSD Board Meeting Dec. 19 6:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	20 Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Yule Lore-A Wheel of the Year Workshop 6 - 8 PM Songfarmers - A Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Westford Adult Book Group 7 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	21 Community Center Holiday Party - Pictures with Santa! 1 - 4 PM Winter Solstice Soiree 5 - 9 PM Soulmate Brewing, Beer Tasting and Education 5:30 - 6:30 PM Join Us for Judy Collins: Holidays & Hits 7 PM	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 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 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 Candlelight Service & Special Music 6 PM Candlelight pm Service 6:30 PM Christmas Eve Service with Candle Lighting at UCU 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Episcopal Service 9:30 PM +7 more see less	25 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 Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ReTribe Winter Teen Retreat for Ages 13-19 3 PM (multiday) WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM Westford Public Library Star Gazing Event 7 - 9 PM Teton Gravity Research: Legend Has It Adventure Film 7 PM (multiday) +2 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 G Love & the Organically Good Trio at Apres Only! 5 - 10 PM New Year's Eve of Eve Dance 8 PM (multiday) +1 more see less
31 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 WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	2 EWSD Board Meeting Tonight 6:30 - 9 PM	3 Lower English Settlement Rd - Temp. Road Closure 8 AM - 2 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Stowe School Board Meeting 5 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM	4 Introduction to American Abenaki Prehistory 7 - 8 PM Abenaki and the Missisquoi 7 - 8 PM	5 Storytime & Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM 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	6 Tree Round Up - Troop 876 1 - 3 AM Community Breakfast at Second Congo Church 8 - 9:30 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM 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 Lego Club 11 AM Free Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM +5 more see less