Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2024

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1 Sage Farm Store End of Season Sale (multiday) Holiday Open House at Five Corners Antiques 10 AM (multiday) Black Friday and Small Business Saturday Promotion 10 AM (multiday) Merry Barre Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM (multiday) Self Care Sanctuary Open House 10 AM (multiday) G Willikers Opening Day! 9 AM - 1 PM Chess Tournament Dec. 1 9:30 AM - 3 PM Photos with Santa! 10 AM - 3:05 PM Complimentary “Powder Day Pilates” Class! 11 AM - 3 PM Winter Clothing Collection 12 - 2 PM Learn-To-Curl Clinic (Green Mountain Curling Club) 12 - 2:30 PM Holiday Wreath Making Workshop 1 - 3 PM Wreath Making Workshop 1 - 3 PM Vermont Women & the Civil War 2 - 3:30 PM DRML Sunday Music Series: Tracie and Paul Cassarino 2 - 3:45 PM Messiah Sing Along – Charlotte Congregational Church 4 - 5:15 PM The 5th Ann. Cambridge Christmas Coffeehouse - Dec. 1 4 - 6:30 PM Open Mic Comedy Night at Zachary's Pizza! 5:30 - 8 PM Reiki with Restorative Yoga 6 - 7:15 PM Happy Thanksgiving - A Live and Virtual Staged Reading 7:30 - 9:30 PM +16 more see less	2 NVC & Relationship Skills Practice Group 12 - 8:30 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Lamoille North Community Budget Discussion 6 - 8 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM Kick-Off Mtg & Auditions - Disney's the Little Mermaid 6 PM (multiday) Essex Selectboard Meeting Dec. 2 6:30 PM Retribe Upcoming Workshop 7 - 8:30 PM Experience Non Violent Communication & Breathwork 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	3 Shop and Eat Locally on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3 9 AM (multiday) Coffee and Cards at The Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Make Your Own Green Cleaner! with LRSWMD 11 AM Giving Tuesday Celebration at Sushi Yoshi 5 - 9 PM How Telescopes Work - by the Lamoille County Stargazers 5:30 PM How Telescopes Work, and What to Look for to Buy One 5:30 PM Hyde Park Town Planning Commission Meeting Dec. 3 6 PM Fairfield Talk on Palestine 6:30 - 8 PM Weekly Bible Study Starting Sept 17 6:30 - 8 PM Milton Planning Commission Regular Meeting 6:30 PM French Conversation Chez Henry 7 - 8 PM Square Dance Classes 7 - 8:30 PM Westford Recreation Board Meeting 7 PM Jericho Planning Commission 7 PM +10 more see less	4 Free Massage School? 8 AM - 4 PM Storytime with Sarah at BNML! 10 - 11:30 AM Honoring the Holidays 10 AM (multiday) Richmond Blood Drive - Dec. 4 - Sign Up Now 11 AM - 12 PM Chicken Curry Fundraiser with New Menu! 12 - 5 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Screening of "The US and the Holocaust" 6 - 7:30 PM Maple Run Unified School District Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	5 VNASWR Hospice Training 8 AM - 4 PM Baby Chat Nov. 7 10 - 11:30 AM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 1 - 6 PM Community Corralling Fun! 5 - 6:30 PM Mary Hill Artist Talk and Demonstration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Community Forum on Housing and Homelessness 6 - 7 PM Table Tennis 6 - 8 PM Braver Angels Chittenden County Social Gathering 6 - 8 PM Development Review Board Meeting 6 - 9 PM Town of Hyde Park DRB Hearing - Dec. 5 6 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting 6:15 - 9 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM Visiting Writer Reading - Brendan Shay Basham 8 - 9 PM +10 more see less	6 Inherit the Wind at Lamoille County Players All Day Safe Sitter Babysitting Course - Dec. 6! 9 AM - 3:30 PM Homeschool First Fridays at BNML 10 - 11 AM First Fridays at BNML: Franklin County Homeschoolers 10 AM - 11 PM Join Our Early Childhood Music Programs at Peak Music! 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM Christmas Tree Sale at Cold Hollow Career Center 12 PM (multiday) LEGO Club 3 - 4 PM A Traditional Christmas in Stowe - This Weekend! 4 PM (multiday) Saint Albans City School - Aristocats Kids Musical 4:30 - 5:30 PM Open Sanctuary at the Jeff Church, UCC 4:30 - 6:30 PM Bakersfield Light the Village - Tree Lighting 6 - 6:30 PM English Country Dance with Live Music Dec. 6 6:30 - 9 PM Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long / Dec. 6 7 PM Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long Dec. 6 7 PM Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long Dec. 6 7 PM Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long Dec. 6 7 PM +12 more see less	7 Order Wreaths and Centerpieces Holiday Workshops All Day Studio Sale (multiday) Free Community Breakfast Offered Dec. 7 8 - 9:30 AM Johnson Elementary School Christmas Craft Fair 8 AM - 3 PM Community Breakfast and Craft Fair 8:30 AM - 3 PM Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM St Anns Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM Annual Christmas Bazaar Dec. 7 9 AM - 1 PM Sterling View Christmas Craft Show 9 AM - 2 PM 89th Annual Holiday Bazaar at Burlington's First Unitarian Universalist Society 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazaar at Richford First Baptist Church Dec. 7 9 AM - 2 PM Westford Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Waterville Christmas Market 9 AM - 3 PM 46th Annual Craft Fair Hosted by Second Congo Church 9 AM - 3 PM Pick Up New-To-You Toys at The Toy Swap Dec. 7 9 AM - 4 PM Aristocats Kids Musical 10 - 11 AM Amnesty International's Human Rights Day Event 10 AM - 12 PM Gift Crafts: Ornaments 10 AM - 12 PM Friends of LML Book and Bake Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Friends for Lanpher Library Holiday Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Winter Wonderland Holiday Craft Show 10 AM - 3 PM Celebrate the 24th Annual Festival of Lights 🎄 10 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair by New England Collective 10 AM - 4 PM Shap Smith Photo Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Museum Open Dates for 2025 Calendar Sales 10 AM (multiday) Saturday Story Time with Some Spanish 10:30 - 11:30 AM Holiday Open House 10:30 AM - 1 PM Enchanted Village with Santa and Elves at CES 12 - 3 PM VTSU Johnson Women's Basketball vs VTSU Lyndon 1 - 2:30 PM Annual a Capella Holiday Concert 12/7 2 - 3 PM Celebration of Life for Donald H. Turner, Jr. 2 - 4 PM Holiday Garland Making at Mud and Lace 2:45 - 6 PM VTSU Johnson Men's Basketball vs. VTSU Lyndon 3 - 4:30 PM Johnson Holiday Jubilee Parade Road Closure 3:45 - 4:15 PM Johnson's Holiday Jubilee 3:45 - 6 PM Drum and Paint at the Jubilee! 4 - 6 PM Holiday Parade and Park Lighting Dec. 7 4 - 7 PM Amazing and Fun Ceramic Monsters at Front Four Gallery 4 - 7 PM Holiday Pet Remembrance Service 4 PM "Vermont for the Vermonters" Author Talk 6 - 7 PM Flavors of Spain: Pop-Up Dining Event 6 - 8:30 PM Messiah Performance 7 PM (multiday) +38 more see less
8 Country Breakfast at St Thomas in Underhill 8 - 10:30 AM Emerge VT Bootcamp for Democratic Women in Milton! 9 AM - 4:30 PM Celebrate the Season Holiday Concert Dec. 8 2 - 3:30 PM Holiday Concert, Dec. 8 2 - 3:30 PM Children's Holiday Craft Party 3 - 5 PM Advent Lessons and Carols 4 - 5 PM Hyde Park Lighting of the Wreaths 4 - 5 PM Jericho Center Tree Lighting 4 - 5:30 PM +4 more see less	9 36th Annual Brain Injury Conference and Auction (multiday) Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Caroling in the Village 5:45 - 7 PM Johnson Recreation Economy Opportunities Task Force 6:30 - 8 PM Broadway Rocks' 3rd Annual Holiday Concert! 7 PM +1 more see less	10 Baby Toddler Story Time 10:30 - 11 AM Coffee and Cards at The Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Thermal Energy Network Workshop Dec. 10 5 - 6:30 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Weekly Bible Study Starting Sept 17 6:30 - 8 PM French Conversation Chez Henry 7 - 8 PM Deborah Rawson Book Lovers: The Known World 7 - 8:30 PM Square Dance Classes 7 - 8:30 PM Milton VT Democratic Party Special Meeting 7 - 9 PM Sean Heely Celtic Christmas 7 PM +6 more see less	11 Town Coffee Talks - FY26 Budget 10 - 11 AM Festive Holiday Lunch for Essex Area Seniors Dec. 11 12 - 1:30 PM Burlington-Winooski Bridge Project Open House: Dec. 11 4:30 - 6:30 PM Yellow Turtle's After-Hours Holiday Shopping Event 💛 5 - 7 PM Empowerment Self Defense Class 5 - 7:30 PM Nómade Winery Dinner at Michael's on the Hill 5:30 - 9 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM CPR and AED Training 6 - 8:30 PM Silent Night at Stowe Community Church 7 - 8 PM Amateur Musicians Orchestra Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Visiting Artist Talk - Colette Fu 8 - 9 PM +7 more see less	12 A Charlie Brown Christmas Live in Concert All Day Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 12 - 6 PM BFA Dance Performance 6 - 8 PM Table Tennis 6 - 8 PM Mah Jongg 6:30 - 8:30 PM A Classic Christmas with Frisson 7 - 8:45 PM +2 more see less	13 Stories and Songs with Beth and David London 11 - 11:45 AM Soup, Bread & Ale at the Sinclair Inn 5 - 7 PM VTSU Johnson Women's Basketball vs ME Augusta 6 - 7:30 PM Christmas Benefit Concert 7 - 9 PM VTSU Johnson Men's Basketball vs. Me Augusta 8 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	14 Order Wreaths and Centerpieces Holiday Workshops All Day Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM Christmas Cookie and Craft Show Dec. 14 9 AM - 3 PM Montgomery PTCO 10th Annual Holiday Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM Snowflake Read Aloud & Raffle at Varnum Library 10 - 10:30 AM Pack Walks Going Biweekly! 10 - 11:30 AM Copley Craft Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Kids' Cozy Craft Fest 10 AM - 2 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour 10 AM - 3 PM Lamoille Valley Dance Academy's Nutcracker/Holiday Show 1 PM (multiday) Holiday Tree Lighting and Caroling 3 PM WRC Lego Night! 5 - 7 PM Tower of Power! 8 - 11 PM +9 more see less
15 Breathwork at ReTribe in Underhill 12 AM - 6 PM Breakfast with Santa at Morrisville Fire Department 8 AM - 12 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour 10 AM - 3 PM Sleigh Ride 11 AM - 3 PM ❄️ Stowe Farmers' Market Holiday Market 12 - 4 PM Community Carol Sing at MMUUF Meeting House Dec. 15 3 - 5 PM +2 more see less	16 You're Invited to BFA Fine Arts Night! 5 - 8 PM Stowe 2050 Community Input Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Author Visit with George Woodard 6 - 7:30 PM Stowe Community Sing-In Handel's Messiah 7 PM +1 more see less	17 Baby Toddler Story Time 10:30 - 11 AM Coffee and Cards at The Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM The BFA Experience Event 5 - 7 PM NAWIC Vermont Holiday Party 5:30 - 8 PM Town of Jericho: Bylaw Amendment Notification 7 - 8 PM French Conversation Chez Henry 7 - 8 PM Square Dance Classes 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	18 Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM SongFarmers - A Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM	19 Table Tennis 6 - 8 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM	20 SHS Day of Service Volunteer Opportunities Needed 9:30 - 11:30 AM Stories and Songs with Beth and David London 11 - 11:45 AM Soup, Bread & Ale at the Sinclair Inn 5 - 7 PM Jay's “Starry Night” Christmas (Less Sensory Overload) 6 - 8:30 PM	21 Order Wreaths and Centerpieces Holiday Workshops All Day Tri-County Winter Bird Count 12 AM - 11:59 PM Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM Gift Crafts: Keychains, Pins, and Magnets 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Solstice Celebration & Retreat Day at Talta 10 AM - 2 PM +1 more see less
22	23 Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM	24	25 Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM	26 Table Tennis 6 - 8 PM	27 Winter Teen Retreat at ReTribe (multiday) Soup, Bread & Ale at the Sinclair Inn 5 - 7 PM	28 Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM Pack Walks Going Biweekly! 10 - 11:30 AM
29	30 Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM	31	1 Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM	2 Baby Chat Nov. 7 10 - 11:30 AM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM	3 Homeschool First Fridays at BNML 10 - 11 AM First Fridays at BNML: Franklin County Homeschoolers 10 AM - 11 PM Soup, Bread & Ale at the Sinclair Inn 5 - 7 PM	4 Community Meeting Day - Pie for Breakfast! 8 AM - 12 PM Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM