Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2025

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29 Office Closed 8 AM (multiday) Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM Sunday Service at the Cabot United Church 10 - 11 AM	30 CRAFTea Last Mondays of the Month October-April 5:30 - 7 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Moonday Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM	31 All Brains Belong's Virtual New Year's Eve Celebration 5 - 7:45 PM New Years Ceremony w/Sacred Vibrational Healing 6 - 8 PM NYE Dinner, Cacao, and Alcohol-Free Dance 6 - 11:55 PM Fam and Glam New Year Party 7 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve Party at Access Cafe in Montpelier! 8 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	1 2025 First Day Hike All Day New Year's Day Somatic Movement w/ Amy Lepage 9:30 - 10:30 AM New Year's Day Somatic Movement w/ Amy Lepage 9:30am 9:30 - 10:30 AM Giving & Receiving: Somatic Presence & Connection Class 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Giving/Receiving: Somatic Presence & Connection 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM First Day Hike at Owl's Head in Groton State Forest 1 - 3 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Open Mic and Potluck, New Year's Day Special! 6 - 9 PM A Long Winter's Walk 7:30 - 9 PM +5 more see less	2 Bears & Snowmen Oh My - Music Classes for 1-4 Yr Olds 10 - 10:45 AM Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Read to a Dog at Jeudevine Memorial Library 1 - 2 PM Indoor Cornhole Games at MSAC 2:30 - 4 PM Lego Club - Thursdays in January 3:15 - 4 PM After Hours Letter Writing at Magpie & Tiger 6 - 7 PM Community Jam is on Tonight 6:15 - 8 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	3 Drop in Music Class for 1-6yr "Bears & Snowmen, Oh My!" All Day The Cabot Village 12th Night Celebration 12 PM (multiday) This Friday at the Library for Kids 1 - 4 PM Flu and Covid Vaccination Clinic 1:30 - 3:30 PM The Front: Diane Sophrin, Chaos and Catharsis 4 - 7 PM Friday's Sketch Night! 🎨 5:30 - 8 PM Mansfield Backcountry Alliance Season Kickoff Party 6 - 9 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Festival 6 - 9 PM Mansfield Backcountry Alliance Season-Kick Off Party 6 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	4 Monthly Community Breakfast Jan. 4 8 - 9:30 AM Holiday Bottle Drive 8 - 11 AM Hazen Union NHS Bottle Drive 8 - 11 AM Community Meeting Day - Pie for Breakfast! 8 AM - 12 PM Justice for Dogs "Pop Up" Bottle/Can Drive Jan. 4 9 - 11 AM Justice for Dogs "Pop Up" Bottle/Can Drive Jan. 4 9 - 11 AM Bottle Pop Up Drive for Justice for Dogs 9 - 11 AM Cambridge Fire Dept Blood Drive 9 AM - 2 PM Itchin' to Be Stitchin' 10 AM Moving Through the Season 10:30 - 11:30 AM Read Aloud Sessions: Spirituality - Love 12:30 PM Book Signing 4 - 6 PM Book Signing and Fund Raiser for US Skyrunning 4 - 6 PM New Years(ish) Kirtan in Montpelier 6:30 - 9:30 PM First Montpelier Contra Dance of 2025! 7:45 - 11 PM +11 more see less
5 Traveler's Circle! 5 AM - 8 PM Trapp Poker Ski 8:30 AM - 4 PM Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM Spirit Doll Workshop 10 AM - 3 PM Learn-To-Curl Clinic (Green Mountain Curling Club) 12 - 2:30 PM Community Sound Bath Sundays 1:30 - 3 PM Community Sound Bath Sundays 1:30 - 3 PM Little Mermaid Auditions 2 - 5 PM Winter Sunday Series Concert with Sap Line 3 PM Sap Line at The Adamant Community Club Sunday, Jan. 5 3 - 5 PM Jewish Voice for Peace Film Series 4 - 6 PM Film Series Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace 4 - 6 PM Israel/Palestine Film Series 4 - 6 PM Trip Dance Company's Annual Showcase 4 - 6:30 PM Cabot Meditation Group Meets Jan. 5 4:30 - 5:30 PM +11 more see less	6 Lamoille County Legislative Breakfast Series Announced 8 - 9:30 AM Craftsbury Fire District #2 \| Annual Meeting Jan. 6 5:30 - 7 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Dog Ordinance Public Discussion 6 PM Selectboard Meeting Jan. 6 6:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	7 Local Editor to Speak at Community Forum All Day Flu and Covid Vaccine Clinic at the Jeudevine 11 AM - 1 PM Blood Drive - at the American Legion 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM Parkinson's Mutual Aid Group Informational Session 2 - 3 PM Greensboro Planning Commission Meeting 4 - 7 PM Select Board Meeting Tuesday 5 - 7 PM SB Meeting, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 6 - 6:50 PM Bill Mckibben - "Back to the Wall, Face to the Sun" 6 - 7 PM Cabot Library Board of Trustees Regular Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Hyde Park Town & Village Joint PC Meeting Jan. 7 6 PM "A Bridge Across Two Vermonts" with Will Eberle 6 PM SB Hearing on 2025 Proposed Town Plan 7 - 8 PM Upcoming Event: Montpelier Section Green Mountain Club 7 PM +9 more see less	8 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Meals for One or Two on a Budget 1 - 3 PM Cabot Public Library - Chess and Checkers Club 2:30 - 4 PM Kids' Writing Group at Jeudevine Memorial Library 3 - 4 PM Cambridge Elementary Community School Budget Discussion 5:30 - 6:30 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Boplicity Jazz Quintet, Live Wednesday at Talta 6 - 9 PM Flood Resiliency Task Force Meeting Jan. 8 6:30 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Jan. 8 6:30 - 8:30 PM Greensboro Selectboard Meeting Jan. 8 6:30 PM Chevron Doctrine Overruled 7 - 8:30 PM Jan. 8 Program: Supreme Court Overruling Chevron Doctrine 7 - 8:30 PM Lecture: Chevron Doctrine Overruled 7 PM +9 more see less	9 Lakeview Future Plans Q and A 6 AM - 7 PM Marshfield Post Office Closing Jan. 9 7 AM - 5 PM Stowe Free Library Board of Trustees Meeting 8 - 9 AM Bears & Snowmen Oh My - Music Classes for 1-4 Yr Olds 10 - 10:45 AM Death Café & Living Will Group Effort - Thursday at 11 11 AM Selecting Homeowners: New Duplex in Greensboro Bend 12 - 1 PM Belonging Together: A Facilitation Online Training 1 - 3 PM Indoor Cornhole Games at MSAC 2:30 - 4 PM Lego Club - Thursdays in January 3:15 - 4 PM Opening Reception - Blue Alchemy - by Renée Greenlee 4:30 - 7 PM Introduction to Qigong 5 - 6 PM Card Game Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM Suggested Plan for Future Use of Lakeview Campus 6 - 7:30 PM This Thursday: Lakeview / Early Education Center Q&A 6 - 7:30 PM Orleans Southwest MVU Q&A 6 - 7:30 PM Acrylic Painting Classes 6 - 8 PM Mountain View Union Early Education Ctr. Q&A 6 - 8 PM Acrylic Painting Classes 6 - 8 PM Wolcott Community Forest Committee - Public Meeting 6 - 8 PM Game Night at Front Seat Coffee 6 - 9 PM Game Night at Front Seat Coffee 6 - 9 PM Friends of Calais Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Local Editor to Speak at Morrisville Community Forum 6:30 - 8 PM Thursday Night Trivia at Highland Lodge 7 - 9 PM Visiting Writer Reading: Jennifer Chang 8 - 9 PM +21 more see less	10 Drop in Music Class for 1-6yr "Bears & Snowmen, Oh My!" All Day Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Holcomb House Open Friday Morning 9 - 11:55 AM Floral Still Life Painting Class 10 AM Middlesex Historical Society Annual Meeting Jan. 10 1 - 2:30 PM Hazen Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser 4:30 - 6:30 PM Community Yoga 5 - 6 PM Monthly Community Potluck 5:30 - 7 PM Friday's Sketch Night! 🎨 5:30 - 8 PM Stowe Sound Immersion at Stowe Yoga Center Jan. 10! 6 - 7 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Spruce Peak Unplugged: Dar Williams 7 - 9 PM Cabot Community Contra Dance - Friday 7 - 9:30 PM Cabot Community Contra Dance Jan. 10! 7 - 9:30 PM Visiting Artist Talk: Helina Metaferia 8 - 9 PM +15 more see less	11 Cambridge Special Selectboard Meeting 8 - 10 AM Men's Breakfast at the Church Saturday 8 AM Free Downtown Wildlife Tracking! 9 - 10:30 AM Animal Tracking with North Branch Nature Center 9 - 10:30 AM Kids Trade & Play Clothing Swap 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade & Play on Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Coffee & Connectivity - Community Chat w/NEK Broadband 10 - 11:30 AM Pack Walks Going Biweekly! 10 - 11:30 AM Community Scanning Day at the Simpson Library 10 AM - 2 PM Family Program at Shao Shan Temple 10:30 - 11:45 AM Family Program at Shao Shan Temple 10:30 - 11:45 AM El Club De Español / Spanish Club 11 AM - 12 PM Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program Classes 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PPLC 2025 Speaker Series starts 1/11/25 in Hyde Park 12 - 1 PM The Benefits of Native Species in the Home Landscape 12 - 1 PM The Benefits of Native Species in the Home Landscape 12 - 1:30 PM Little Mermaid Auditions 1 - 5 PM Correction: Reading & Discussion Group at the Varnum 2 - 4 PM +14 more see less
12 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM Family Open Gym 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Community Sound Bath Sundays 1:30 - 3 PM Community Sound Bath Sundays 1:30 - 3 PM Adaptive Nordic Ski Open House 2 - 4 PM Green Mt. Adaptive Sports 2 - 4 PM Winter Sunday Series Concert with Sap Line 3 PM Worcester Winter Cash Bingo! Sundays at Town Hall 3 - 4:30 PM Family Dance at Grange This Sunday 3 - 4:30 PM Lewis Franco at the Adamant Community Club 1/12 3 - 5 PM Lewis Franco and Dono Shabner 3 PM Gentle Yoga & Myofascial Release Series 4 - 5:30 PM Apre Ski Comedy Night 5:30 - 6:30 PM +10 more see less	13 Free Gentle Yoga 12 - 12:45 PM School Budget Virtual Drop-In 12 - 1 PM Mending Monday at The Genny Albany 4 - 7 PM Co-Op Connects 5 - 6 PM Community Dinner 5:30 - 6:30 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM CVCCSD Board Meeting Jan. 13 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting Jan. 13 6 - 8 PM Johnson Women and Minorities in Local Politics Meet-Up 6:30 - 7:30 PM Recreation Economy Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Conservation Committee Meeting - Jan. 13 7 - 8 PM Moonday Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less	14 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group 11 AM Chair Yoga 11:15 AM - 12 PM Magic the Gathering Night at The Albany Genny 4 - 7 PM Planning Council Zoning Change Public Hearing Jan. 14 5 PM Town of Hyde Park Selectboard Meeting Jan. 14 5:30 PM Special Select Board Meeting Jan. 14 6 - 7 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Worcester Community Singing & Toning 6:30 - 8 PM Taize Service Moved to January 14 7 - 8 PM Craftsbury Trails Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	15 Stowe Arts and Culture Council 9 - 10 AM Opening Reception with NKHS and Grace Artists 1 - 3 PM Heartstopper Party at the Library 3 - 4 PM Chicken Curry Takeout for a Cause 4 - 5 PM Special School Board Meeting 5 - 6 PM VT History Day - Information Meeting (With Pizza!) 5:30 - 7 PM Greensboro Town Dinner Meeting Jan. 15 5:30 - 8 PM Chili + Conversation + Community 5:30 PM LGBTQIA+ Meet-Up 5:30 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Old-Time Jam Session at the Simpson Library 6 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 15 6 - 8 PM Trivia Night at the Legion! 6 - 8 PM Minuteman Missiles - Chip Taylor 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less	16 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM A Little Puppet Show for a Cold Day in East Craftsbury 10 - 10:45 AM Belonging Together: A Facilitation Online Training 1 - 3 PM Indoor Cornhole Games at MSAC 2:30 - 4 PM Musical Games at Jeudevine Memorial Library 3 - 4 PM Open Reception: Carrie Caouette-De Lallo's Thresholds 3 - 5 PM Lego Club - Thursdays in January 3:15 - 4 PM Benefit Bake for GMAS 4 - 9 PM Card Game Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM Greensboro Energy and Climate Action Committee Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Acrylic Painting Classes 6 - 8 PM Acrylic Painting Classes 6 - 8 PM Naturalist Journey Lecture at N. Branch Nature Center 6:30 - 7:30 PM Presentation: Ecological Forestry - Boots on the Ground 6:30 - 8 PM Green Mountain Club's Free Winter Speaker Series 6:30 - 8 PM Miriam's Well at Jazz at the Lantern 6:30 - 8 PM Ecological Forestry with Alex Barrett - NBNC 6:30 PM Mysteries of Middlesex Happy Hour 7 - 8 PM Spruce Peak Unplugged: Rachael & Vilray 7 - 9 PM Thursday Night Trivia at Highland Lodge 7 - 9 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM +17 more see less	17 Floral Painting Demo with Mary Young 10 - 11:30 AM Let's Do Lunch! Music at 11:00 AM 11 AM - 12:30 PM Aging Together 1 PM Festival of Resistance 4 PM (multiday) Friday's Sketch Night! 🎨 5:30 - 8 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Unique Acoustic Concert at Old Meeting House 7 - 8:30 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Movie Night with Rick Winston 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Concert at The Old Meeting House 7 - 9 PM "The Seventh Seal" at the MCCC Friday 7 - 9 PM Spice on Snow Returns After a 5 Year Hiatus! 7 PM (multiday) Special Concert! From Greece - Eleni Govetas 7 PM +12 more see less	18 Join Me to Create Your 2025 Vision Board! 2 AM - 4 PM Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Safe Sitters Class for Students Grades 6-8 8:30 AM - 3 PM Saturday Cross-Country Ski Lessons & Equipment Loans! 9 - 11 AM Free Beginning Quilting Class 9:30 AM - 12 PM Mini Wall Weaving Workshop - Brooke at the Elmore Spa 12 - 4:30 PM Vision Boards with Linda Friedman 12:30 PM Jan. 18 - Winter Wellness Remedies & Recipes Class 2 - 3 PM Unitarian Church Ecology Lecture 6 - 8 PM Workshop Series on Authenticity & Reclaiming Wholeness 7 - 8:30 PM Jazz at the Peak: Pete Malinverni Feat. Bruce Harris 7 - 9 PM Museum of Everyday Life: Spice Rack #1 7 - 9 PM Jazz at the Whammy Bar! 7 - 9 PM Pointe Noir Cajun Band at Spice on Snow 2025! 9 - 11 PM +10 more see less
19 Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM Spirit Doll Workshop Intention Setting for 2025 10 AM - 12 PM Playback Troupe Open Rehearsal - Come Improv with Us! 11 AM - 1 PM Classical French Baguette Workshop 12 - 3:30 PM Classical French Baguette Workshop 12 - 4:30 PM Classical French Baguette Workshop 12 - 4:30 PM The Art of Wintering - an Ayurvedic Workshop 1 - 3 PM The Art of Wintering: An Ayurvedic Self Care Workshop 1 - 3 PM MLK Gathering - Film, Discussion, Volunteer Opps 1 - 4 PM Community Sound Bath Sundays 1:30 - 3 PM Community Sound Bath Sundays 1:30 - 3 PM How to Love a Forest 2 PM Winter Sunday Series Concert with Sap Line 3 PM Worcester Winter Cash Bingo! Sundays at Town Hall 3 - 4:30 PM Sound Bath Sunday at Salt Studio 3 - 4:45 PM Film Series Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace 4 - 6 PM Israel/Palestine Film Series 4 - 6 PM MLK, Jr. Commemorative Concert Jan 19 4 - 6 PM +14 more see less	20 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Free Gentle Yoga 12 - 12:45 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM	21 What's Your Story Workshops All Day “What's Your Story?” Arts Program All Day Chair Yoga 11:15 AM - 12 PM	22 MSMS Adult Prom All Day Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Cabot Public Library - Chess and Checkers Club 2:30 - 4 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM	23 Belonging Together: A Facilitation Online Training 1 - 3 PM Indoor Cornhole Games at MSAC 2:30 - 4 PM Lego Club - Thursdays in January 3:15 - 4 PM Winter Carnival with Ellison Estate & Jasper Hill 4 PM (multiday) Card Game Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM Acrylic Painting Classes 6 - 8 PM Acrylic Painting Classes 6 - 8 PM Thursday Night Trivia at Highland Lodge 7 - 9 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM Visiting Writer Reading: Elisa Gonzalez 8 - 9 PM +6 more see less	24 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Join Us at a Long Term Care Resource Fair 9 AM - 5 PM Friday's Sketch Night! 🎨 5:30 - 8 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Astro Flash 2025 with Linda River Valente 6:30 - 8:30 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	25 Bottle Drive at WHS 7:30 AM - 1 PM Saturday Cross-Country Ski Lessons & Equipment Loans! 9 - 11 AM Get Ready, Morristown – Sled Dog Racing is Back!🐾 9 AM (multiday) Pack Walks Going Biweekly! 10 - 11:30 AM District 2 in Montpelier 10 AM Kids Carnival Chaos Jan. 25! 1 - 3 PM Author Talk 2 - 3 PM Important Announcement from Capital City Concerts 3 - 4:15 PM Concert: Color & Joy for a Winter Afternoon w/ Culomba 3 - 5 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less
26 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM Baskets Donations Wanted for Raffle & Bake Sale 11 AM - 3 PM Winter Sunday Series Concert with Sap Line 3 PM Worcester Winter Cash Bingo! Sundays at Town Hall 3 - 4:30 PM Doktor Kaboom's Under Pressure 3:30 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	27 Free Gentle Yoga 12 - 12:45 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Menopause Cafe Jan. 27 at KHL 6 - 7 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM	28 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Chair Yoga 11:15 AM - 12 PM Book Club at SFL 5 - 6 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Worcester Community Singing & Toning 6:30 - 8 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	29 Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM Visiting Artist Talk: William Lamson 8 - 9 PM	30 Winter Apparel Drive New Needs! 8 AM - 3 PM Belonging Together: A Facilitation Online Training 1 - 3 PM Indoor Cornhole Games at MSAC 2:30 - 4 PM Lego Club - Thursdays in January 3:15 - 4 PM Connect with Your Legislators 5 - 7:30 PM Card Game Club 5:30 - 6:30 PM Speaker Series: Rewilding North America 6 - 8 PM Acrylic Painting Classes 6 - 8 PM Acrylic Painting Classes 6 - 8 PM Thursday Night Trivia at Highland Lodge 7 - 9 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	31 Washington County Annual Budget Meeting 10 AM - 12 PM Fr. Boivin Council (Morrisville) Fundraiser 5 - 7 PM Friday's Sketch Night! 🎨 5:30 - 8 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Rock City in Concert Jan. 31 7:30 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	1 2025 Worcester Pie Breakfast 9 - 11 AM Saturday Cross-Country Ski Lessons & Equipment Loans! 9 - 11 AM Chicken Soup with Rice Literacy Event! 10 AM Moving Through the Season 10:30 - 11:30 AM Growing Resilience: Being Trauma Informed 10:30 AM - 2 PM Growing Resilience: Date Change, Now Starts Feb 1! 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Hadestown: Teen Edition at U-32 High School 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less