Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2020

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29 ReTribe Teen New Years Retreat Still Has Space 3 PM (multiday) Spoken Word Sundays 4 - 6 PM	30 Monday Night Movies 4:30 - 6:30 PM	31 First Day of the Year Hike 9:30 - 11:30 AM Noon Years Eve 11:30 AM - 1 PM Highlight–New Year's Eve Burlington 2019 11:30 AM New Years Eve Celebration 6:30 - 9:30 PM	1 2020 Fresh Start 5k 9 - 10 AM Re: First Day of the Year Hike 9:30 - 11:30 AM	2 Winooski School Board Budget Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Lyric's Matilda Kick-Off Meeting 7 PM	3 Free Aquatic Class for Seniors 11 AM - 12 PM Yule Ball 7:30 - 10 PM Yule Ball 7:30 - 10 PM	4 St. Albans Rotary Ski Bus All Day Scout Christmas Tree Pickup 8 AM Lyric's Matilda: Children Auditions Sat 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM All You Can Dance Buffet for Adults! 8:30 AM (multiday) Meet with Your District 7-1 Rep at the Starving Artist 9 - 10 AM Bottle Drive to Benefit Hinesburg Boy Scouts 9 AM - 12 PM Holistic DIY Techniques for Pelvic Pain/Cramps Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Cub Scout Pack 620 Xmas Tree Recycling and Bottle Drive 11 AM - 1 PM Stop the War on Iran 1 - 2 PM First Month: Tea and Parlor Games 2 - 4 PM Lake Champlain Delta Waterfowl 2nd Annual Dinner 5 - 9 PM +7 more see less
5 Westford Music Series with Spintuition 4 - 5 PM The Western Star - Epiphany Event at St. James 4:30 - 6 PM	6 Lyric's Matilda Adult Auditions Mon-Wed 5:45 PM (multiday) Cvsd Finance and Budget Committee 6 - 7:30 PM Winooski City Council Meeting on Jan. 6 6 - 8 PM Give Yoga a Try (Every Monday for 6 Weeks) 6:30 - 7:30 PM Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM +1 more see less	7 Charter Commission Meeting on Jan. 7 5:30 - 7 PM Cvsd School Board Budget Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 7 6 - 8 PM EWSD Board Meeting Jan. 7 6:30 - 9 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild January Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	8 Moving from Scarcity to Stability 8:30 - 11 AM Moving from Scarcity to Stability 8:30 - 11 AM Coffee Chat Wednesday at Senior Center 9:30 - 11 AM Art and Conversation at BCA 9:30 - 11 AM Capital Project Executive Committee Meeting Jan. 8 5:15 - 6:15 PM Yoga at the White Church 5:30 - 6:30 PM Craft Circle 5:30 - 8 PM Winooski School Board Regular Mtg. Jan. 8 6:30 - 8 PM VFW Texas Hold-Em Jan. 8 6:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	9 AARP Monthly Coffee Talk - Correction 9 - 10 AM Battle of the Badges Blood Drive 11 AM - 5 PM Winter Blues: SAD Got You Down? 12 - 1:30 PM Blood Drive 12:30 - 6 PM Artist in Residence Featured Artist Reception 4:30 - 7 PM Community Dinner Thursday 5 - 6:30 PM Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Development Review Board Meeting Jan. 9 6 - 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 9 6:30 - 8:30 PM Birding Essentials - Learning to Look 6:30 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:40 PM Cacao Ceremony and Sound Bath at NorthernShire 7:30 - 10:30 PM +8 more see less	10 Intuitive Painting for Beginners and the Curious :) 12:30 - 3 PM Classical Music at the Library 5 - 6 PM POC Community Dinner 5 - 7 PM Free Community Supper 5:30 - 7 PM Free Community Supper 5:30 - 7 PM Northern Bronze Handbell Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Contra Dance in Burlington 7:45 PM +3 more see less	11 Visit with Your District 7-1 State Rep at Panera 9 - 10 AM Saxon Hill School Open House 9 - 11:30 AM Saxon Hill School Open House 9:30 - 11:30 AM Saxon Hill School Open House 9:30 - 11:30 AM Saxon Hill School Preschool Open House 9:30 - 11:30 AM Saxon Hill School Open House 9:30 - 11:30 AM Cub Scout Pack 620 Xmas Tree Recycling and Bottle Drive 11 AM - 1 PM No War! Us Out of the Middle East! 1 - 2 PM Free Admission to Cancer Survivors, Fighters and Family 1 - 4 PM Essex and Westford Neighbors, Let's Gather at the Table 4:30 - 8 PM Don't Be a Marshmallow. Come Support Your Neighbor! 6 PM (multiday) Winooski Music at the Half Lounge This Saturday 8 - 9:45 PM +8 more see less
12 Girls Junior Ski Patrol Camp at Bolton Valley 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Star Sunday with VT Singer Patti Casey 10 - 11 AM Star Sunday with VT Singer Patti Casey! 10 - 11 AM Community Reiki Clinic to Support the MCYC 1 - 4 PM Pop-Up Dinner at Zenbarn, Waterbury! 4:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Breakfast with the Principal of MMU - Jericho 7:30 - 8:45 AM Legislative Breakfast 8:30 - 10 AM Home Schooler's Art Classes @ Milton Artists' Guild 10 AM - 12 PM City Council Meeting on Jan. 13 6 - 6:30 PM Agenda for Jan. 13 Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Essex Selectboard Meetings Jan. 13 and Jan. 14 6:30 PM (multiday) St. Albans City Council Meeting: Monday 6:30 PM Selectboard Considers Support for Recovery Housing 7 PM +4 more see less	14 Alzheimer's Association Program - Whitney Hill Homestead 1 - 2:30 PM How & Where Do I Raise Money for My Business? 5:30 - 7:30 PM How & Where Do I Raise Money for My Business? 5:30 - 7:30 PM Finance Commission Meeting on Jan. 14 5:30 - 7:30 PM Free Workshop - How to Publish a Book 6 - 7:30 PM Fairfax Arts Council 6:30 - 7:30 PM MMCTV Board Meeting & Poll 6:30 - 7:30 PM Foot and Ankle Pain Seminar at Wellfound 6:30 - 7:30 PM Safe, Healthy, Connected People Commission, Jan. 14 6:30 - 8 PM Presentation by Sue Morse, Wildlife Tracker 6:30 - 8 PM Meet with Your Legislators 6:30 - 8 PM EWSD Budget Info - Board Meeting Jan. 14 6:30 - 8:30 PM Potluck and Talk About Vermont and Our Energy Future 6:30 - 8:30 PM Board of Trustees Meetings Jan. 14 6:30 - 10 PM Racism in America: Lecture & Discussion Series 6:30 PM +11 more see less	15 Talking with Kids About Racism Program Jan. 15, 22, 29 5:30 - 7:30 PM Jericho Underhill Park District Annual Meeting 7 - 7:30 PM Wonderful Wold of Crows and Ravens 7 - 9 PM	16 CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 7:30 AM Speed Mentoring at South Burlington Public Library 5:30 - 7:30 PM Peoples Trust Company Annual Chamber Mixer 5:30 - 7:30 PM Watershed Mentoring Info Session 6 - 7 PM Planning Commission Special Meeting 6 PM Comedy Benefit Supports Maggie's Brightside 6:30 PM Forum on Single-Use Plastics: Problems & Solutions 7 - 8:30 PM Comedy Fundraiser for Cancer 7 - 10 PM +4 more see less	17 20th Annual Broomball Tournament. Jan. 17-19 (multiday) Forest School Winter Days Open to All! 9 AM - 3 PM Cocoa & Canvases 4:30 - 8:30 PM Middle School Bowling Bash 6 - 8 PM Middle School Bowling Bash 6 - 8 PM Middle School Bowling Bash 6 - 8 PM ‘Not My America' Art Opening 6 - 9 PM +3 more see less	18 Bird Walk - Missisquoi NWR 8 - 10 AM Westford 2020 WinterJam Basketball Tournament 8 AM - 5:30 PM Westford 2020 Winterjam Basketball Tournament 8 AM - 5:30 PM Join Your District 7-1 Rep at The Starving Artist 9 - 10 AM Basic Dot Journaling Workshop! 10 - 10 AM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Sew to Benefit Nonprofits 10 AM - 2 PM Calling All Winooski Nonagenarians! 12 - 1:30 PM Free MMYBL Rec and MM Boys Bball Clinic 1 - 4:30 PM Library Winter Concert Series/Friends of Library Updates 2 - 3 PM Cub Scout Tiger Den Meeting 2 PM Final Humble Hero Show at 1st Republic Brewing Co. 5 - 7 PM SB Mentoring Winter Gala Dinner and Silent Auction 6 - 8:30 PM Robin Gottfried Band at the Double E! 6:30 - 9:30 PM +9 more see less
19 Underhill Winter Soup Bowl Jan. 19 All Day Knights of Columbus Sunday Breakfast 8 - 11 AM VT Wolves AAU Basketball Tryouts 12 - 4 PM Vermont Wolves AAU Boys Basketball Tryout Time 12 - 4 PM Vermont Wolves AAU Basketball Tryouts 12 - 4 PM Talk at the Ethan Allen Homestead 2 - 3 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Museum Presentation 2 - 3 PM Coffee & Conversation with Essex Reps! 2 - 3:30 PM Coffee and Conversation with Essex Reps! 2 - 3:30 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Event 2 - 3:30 PM What's Happening with Immigration in Vermont? 2 - 4 PM Presentation on Immigration in VT 2 - 4 PM Erin Jacobsen, Speaker on Immigration 2 - 4 PM Essex Ice Rink, Bake Sale! 2 - 4:30 PM “Green Mountain Firepower 1777 vs 1861” 2 PM Girl Scout Daisy: First Troop Mtg 3 PM Food Buying Cooperative Community Dinner 5 - 7 PM +13 more see less	20 St. Albans City Hall Office Hours All Day School Board Meeting in Jericho All Day Home Schooler's Art Classes @ Milton Artists' Guild 10 AM - 12 PM 2020 MLK Day of Service 10 AM - 2 PM Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration 10 AM - 5 PM Visible in Vermont: Panel Discussion & Local Reception 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Cook the Book at the Deborah Rawson Memorial Library 12:15 - 1:30 PM Live Jazz & Illustrated Jazz Lecture at Senior Center 5 - 8 PM Live Jazz at the Winooski Senior Center 5 - 8 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Mtg Jan. 20 6 PM Proposed Cell Tower at The Sheriff's Department 7 PM +7 more see less	21 Cub Scout Pack 528 Pack Meeting All Day Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 21 6 - 7 PM Cvsd School Board Budget Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM City Council Meeting Jan. 21 6 - 8 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting Jan. 21 6 PM EWSD Board Meeting Jan. 21 6:30 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 21 7 - 9 PM Tomasi Meadow Public Meetings 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	22 Learn About the Census at the Senior Center 9:30 - 11 AM Community College of Vermont is Celebrating 50 Years! 12 - 1 PM RiseVT Show Up - Urban Wilds Walk 12 - 1 PM Community College of Vermont is Celebrating 50 Years! 12 - 1 PM Community College of Vermont is Celebrating 50 Years! 12 - 1 PM Free Community Dinner and Discussion 5:30 - 7 PM Craft Circle 5:30 - 8 PM VFW Texas Hold-Em 6 - 8 PM Film 'Suppressed: the Fight for the Vote' Showing 6:30 - 8 PM Suppressed, the Fight for the Vote 6:30 - 8 PM Join Us for Movie About Voter Suppression 6:30 PM Meeting to Discuss Proposed Development on Old Stage Rd 6:30 PM MMUsic Instrumental Concert 7 - 8 PM Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting Wednesday 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	23 Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 23 All Day Community Dialogue Event All Day To Catch a Spy Breakout Box 3:30 - 4:15 PM Rock Point School Open House 5 - 7 PM Development Review Board Meeting Jan. 23 6 - 7 PM Superintendent Search - Community Forum at Iaa 6:30 - 8:30 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:15 PM Rooted & Ready: Waldorf Education Overview 7 - 8:30 PM Rooted and Ready: Waldorf Education Overview 7 - 8:30 PM Open Space Committee Report Presentation Jan. 23 7 - 8:30 PM Sustainable Williston Monthly Meeting 7:15 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	24 Social Emotional Workshop Series All Day Special City Council Meeting: Friday, Jan. 24 12 PM In Good Taste 4:30 - 9 PM Essex High School Dinner and Dance to Jazz Music 5:30 - 8 PM NVU-Johnson Men's Volleyball - Free Admission 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	25 Fire Chief & Acting CAO Steven Locke at the Bagel Cafe 8 - 9:30 AM Cambridge Area Rotary Pie for Breakfast - January 25 8 - 11 AM Visit with Your District 7-1 State Rep at Panera 9 - 10 AM Re: John Klar Republican Candidate for Vermont Governor 9 - 11 AM H-Team Hiring Event 9 AM - 2 PM Re: John Klar Republican Candidate for Vermont Governor 9 AM - 11 PM Family Art Saturday at BCA Center 11 AM - 1 PM NVU-Johnson Men's Volleyball - Free Admission 11 AM - 2 PM From the Parlor to Polling Place 1:30 - 3 PM Family Math Night at the Fletcher Free Library 6 - 8 PM Music at the Double E 6:30 - 9:30 PM Lake Monsters Winter Warmer Event 6:30 PM A Cultural Fusion of Overtone Singing 7 - 8:30 PM Free Movie 7 - 9 PM Pan-Celtic Music & Dance Concert 7 PM Pan-Celtic Music and Dance Concert in Jericho 7 PM Mini-Gaming Convention 9 - 9 PM +13 more see less
26 Essex CHIPS 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash All Day Essex CHIPS 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash! 9 AM - 2:30 PM 3rd Annual Birdie Bash! 9 AM - 3 PM Essex Chips 3rd Annual Vermont Birdie Bash! 9:30 AM - 2 PM Breathwork Workshop at ReTribe, Jan. 26, Underhill 12 - 5 PM ReTribe Breathwork Workshop 12 - 5 PM Learn-To-Curl Clinic Offered by Green Mountain Curling 12:15 - 3 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM Get on Track with Family Meal Planning 12:45 - 2:15 PM NVU-Johnson Women's Basketball - Free Admission 1 - 3 PM Vermont Wolves AAU Basketball 7th Grade Girls Tryouts 1:30 - 3 PM Talk at Ethan Allen Homestead - Sunday - Jan 26 2 - 3 PM 1920's Style of Vermont's Mill Girls 2 - 3:30 PM 2020 Legislative Update from Sen. Ginny Lyons 2:30 - 4:30 PM Legislative Update with VT State Senator, Ginny Lyons 2:30 - 4:30 PM Vermont Day School Open House Sunday 3 PM Nepalese Dinner and Kirtan at Northernshire 5:30 - 8:30 PM Williston Meditation Community 6:15 - 7 PM +16 more see less	27 Home Schooler's Art Classes @ Milton Artists' Guild 10 AM - 12 PM Public Testimony on Dyslexia Bills H.668 & H.669 4 - 6 PM Creating and Maintaining Resilient Forests in Vermont 5:30 - 7 PM City Council Meeting on Jan. 27 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Public Hearing on Charter Change Vote 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	28 Support Kids' RehabGYM at American Flatbread 5 - 11:30 PM Winooski Housing Commission Meeting on Jan. 28 6 - 8 PM Women's Empowerment Self-Defense Workshops 6 - 8:30 PM Women's Empowerment Self Defense Level 1 Workshop 6 - 8:30 PM MMCTV Board Meeting on Jan. 28 6:30 - 7:30 PM Conservation Commission Meeting - Jan. 28 6:30 - 8 PM EWSD Budget Info/Open Board Seats - Meeting Jan. 28 6:30 - 8:30 PM Migrant Justice Event on Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 PM Essex Junction Trustees Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM +5 more see less	29 Open House at St. Francis Xavier School 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM St. Francis Xavier Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Saint Francis Xavier School Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Saint Francis Xavier School Open House 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Backyard Birding 10 - 11 AM Backyard Birding Talk at the Worthen Library 10 AM - 12 PM Backyard Birding Talk at The Worthen Library 10 AM - 12 PM Consumer Night at the Vermont Farm Show 4 - 7 PM Artist Talk: Anila Quayyum Agha 5:30 - 6:30 PM Community Planning Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Superintendent Search - Community Forum at Champlain 6:30 - 8:30 PM "Suppression: the Fight to Vote" Film 6:30 PM +9 more see less	30 Small Biz Boot Camp. Session 1: Branding 12 - 1:30 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper 5 - 7 PM Planning Commission Special Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Edmunds Ribbon Cutting 6 - 7:30 PM Trivia Night at 1st Republic Brewing Co 6 - 8 PM Hammered Heart Pendant Workshop 6 - 8 PM Richmond Climate Action Committee Event 6:30 - 7:30 PM Lecture: Angels and Demons 7 - 8 PM "Resolutions for Resilience" New Year Workshop 7 - 8:30 PM Ye Vagabonds Irish Music Shelburne Farms Jan. 30 7 PM +6 more see less	31 Calcutta to Benefit Saint Francis Xavier School All Day MMU Hosts the Northwest District Music Festival 7 - 9 AM Super Bowl Weekend Open House & Sale 10 AM (multiday) Five Corners Antique Super Bowl Sale 10 AM (multiday) Calcutta to Benefit St. Francis Xavier 6 - 9 PM 37th Annual Colchester Winter Carnival 6 PM (multiday) 2020 Williston Variety Show 6:30 PM National Mandolin Champion at the Underhill Town Hall! 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	1 Join Your District 7-1 Rep. at the Starving Artist 9 - 10 AM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild - Open Sew In 10 AM - 2 PM Chili Challenge to Support the Josh Pallotta Fund 10 AM - 2 PM Chili Challenge to Support the Josh Pallotta Fund 10 AM - 2 PM Quilt Making for Community 10 AM - 2 PM Bring Your Child to the Library Day 10 AM Annual Chili Challenge - Colchester Winter Carnival 10 AM Empty Bowls Dinner, Saturday 4 - 6:30 PM Watch Day 1 of "Communities for Future" Online Summit 5 - 8 PM Roller Derby Game! 5 - 8 PM Young Tradition Touring Group Concert 7 PM +7 more see less