Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2015

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29 Book Sale (multiday) Albany Berkshire Ballet's "The Nutcracker" at the Flynn (multiday) ABB's Nutcracker Featuring Local Dancers (multiday) Trine Wilson Photography 10 AM (multiday) The Nutcracker 3 PM (multiday) Albany Berkshire Ballet Celebrates the Nutcracker at the Flynn 7 PM (multiday) Girl Scout Bottle Drive Sun. All Day Taylor's 3rd Annual Giving Christmas Party 11 AM - 3 PM Gifts That Give: Sunday 11 AM - 3 PM Wearable Art Studio Sale Nov. 29 12 - 4 PM +6 more see less	30 Water/Sewer Bills Due Mon. All Day Meeting on Underhill Country Store Nov. 30 All Day Underhill Country Store 6 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda Nov. 30 6:30 - 9 PM Nov. 30 Legislative Forum 7 - 8:30 PM Legislative Forum Nov. 30 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	1 Colchester School Board - FY '17 Budget 7 - 9 PM	2 Author Invitation All Day Opening/Dedication of Little Free Library All Day Stampin' Up! (Papercrafting) Workshop All Day Community Night at Bluebird BBQ All Day Child Care Resource Community Night at Bluebird BBQ All Day Educational Forum on the Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax All Day Richmond Planning Commission Agenda Dec. 2 All Day Public Hearing for Park Budget 2016/17 All Day Richmond Town Plan Steering Committee Agenda Dec. 2 All Day Little Free Library Dedication Ceremony 3 - 4 PM Community Night at Bluebird Barbecue 4:30 - 9:30 PM Xmas Ornament Making for Kids and Adults! 6:30 - 8 PM Educational Forum on Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax 7 - 8:30 PM Educational Forum on Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax 7 - 8:30 PM Educational Forum on Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax 7 - 8:30 PM Link to Materials for Dec. 2 DRB Meeting 7 - 9 PM Stampin' Up! (Papercrafting) Workshop 7 - 10 PM Advent Lessons and Carols at Good Shepherd 7 PM +14 more see less	3 Jericho Farmers Market Early Holiday Market!! Dec. 3 All Day Community Soup, Chili, and Bread Supper All Day Holiday Luncheon - Burlington Garden Club's Annual Fundraiser 12:30 - 3 PM Holiday Luncheon - Burlington Garden Club's Annual Fundraiser 12:30 - 3 PM Community Soup Potluck 5 - 7 PM CCTA Public Hearing Dec. 3 5:30 PM Public Hearing 5:30 PM Paying for College Presentation - BFA St Albans, Dec. 3 6 - 8 PM Mindfulness 6:30 - 7:30 PM Paying for College Presentation - Colchester High School 6:30 - 8 PM Jericho Open Mic Dec. 3 6:30 - 8:30 PM Special Presentation of "Merchants of Doubt" 7 PM +8 more see less	4 Waldorf School Holiday Fair 10:30 AM (multiday) Holiday Art Party Dec. 4 5 - 9 PM Free Kids Night Out & Gift Making Workshop 5:30 - 8:30 PM Missions Opportunity 6:30 - 8:30 PM Waldorf Holiday Fair - Activities and Artisan Market 6:30 PM (multiday) The Singer's Art Concert Series Presents: Sentiments & Suitcases 7:30 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	5 Casting Audition (multiday) Holiday Open House at the Old Mill Craft Shop (multiday) Audition for Brundibar (multiday) Bella Voce's Annual Holiday Concerts (multiday) Fun and Lively Home Town Auction! All Day The Milo White Band at Jericho Cafe and Tavern All Day CANCELLED: Indoor Moving Sale, 8 Circle Drive, Dec. 5 All Day Pet Photos with Santa All Day South Burlington Community Chorus Concert Dec. 5 All Day Ladies of St Ann Christmas Bazaar All Day More Music! All Day Tony Trischka's "Glory Shone Around" - Valley Stage Productions All Day Holiday Market – Experience Walking Around Downtown Richmond All Day Richmond Holiday Market Dec. 5 All Day 50 Ways to Prove He's Dead - VT Genealogy Library Class All Day Holiday Slate Ornament Making Workshop for Kids Dec. 5! All Day Meet with Your District 7-1 Representative 9 - 10 AM "Winter Centerpieces" with Charlotte Albers 9 AM - 12 PM Ladies of St Ann Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Market - Buy Local 9 AM - 3 PM Monikrafts at Richmond Holiday Market 9 AM - 3 PM Handy Hill Tree Farm Opens with Bake Sale This Weekend! 9 AM - 4:30 PM Good Comida at SCS Holiday Fair Saturday 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Underhill Central School Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Underhill Central School Holiday Craft Fair Dec. 5 10 AM - 3 PM Free Chocolate Tasting and Open House at Bijou Fine Chocolate 10 AM - 4 PM 50 Ways to Prove He's Dead 10:30 AM - 12 PM Apartment for Rent! Open House Dec. 3 1 - 3 PM Nellie May's Christmas Open House 2 - 5 PM Farmers Market Dec. 3! 4 - 7:30 PM MCYC Calcutta Dec. 5! 6 - 9 PM Community Tree Lighting & Sing-A-Long This Saturday! 6:30 PM Holiday Basket Auction at White Church Saturday 7 - 9 PM Donations for Holiday Basket Auction 7 PM Milo White Band at Jericho Cafe & Tavern Dec. 5 7 PM +31 more see less
6 Holiday Pie Concert All Day Messiah Sing at Charlotte Congregational Church Dec. 6 All Day Jericho Center Xmas Tree Lighting All Day Oops! The Date of the Carol Sing is Sunday, Dec. 6! All Day Milton Historical Society Holiday Open House Luncheon All Day Round Church Holiday Carol Sing All Day Milton Holiday Concert Dec. 6 All Day Holiday Pie Concert All Day Christmas Concert with Home Pie as a Treat All Day Holiday Concert with Pie Dec. 6 All Day Jericho Town Library Open House All Day Open House at Jericho Town Library All Day Seeking Meaningful Christmas Gifts? 12 - 2:30 PM Author Visit at Emile a Gruppe Gallery 1 - 3:30 PM Milton Holiday Concert and Sing-Along 2 - 3 PM Winooski Historical Society 2 PM Milton Community Band Holiday Concert & Sing-Along 2 PM Holiday Open House and Wearable Art Sale 3 - 7 PM Holiday Party & Artisans' Sale at Sinclair Inn B & B Dec. 6 3 - 7 PM Christmas Tree Lighting at Burnham Library (Sunday) 4 - 5:30 PM Williston Holiday Tree Lighting 5 PM Shelburne House Concert: Eli West & Ben Winship 6:30 PM +18 more see less	7 Liquor Control Board Meeting Dec. 7 All Day MMMUSD/CESU School Board Meeting Dec. 7 All Day From Richmond Rescue, Free Community Discussion All Day End of Life Planning and Care: Panel Discussion All Day Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Dec. 7 All Day School Board Meeting All Day End-Of-Life Planning and Care: Free Community Discussion All Day Friday Food Affair Planning Meeting All Day Uncorked for a Cause! All Day City Council Meeting Dec. 7 All Day End of Life Planning and Care: Panel Discussion All Day Breakfast with the Principal Dec. 7 7:30 - 8:45 AM Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Dec. 7 7:30 - 8:45 AM Richmond Water Commission Agenda Dec. 7 5:30 - 7 PM Calligraphy/Penmanship Class Offered 6:30 - 8 PM "Wet Your Bristles!" Painting Party Dec. 7 6:30 - 8:30 PM Friday Food Affair Planning Meeting Dec. 7 7 - 8:30 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda for Monday Dec. 7 7 - 9 PM +14 more see less	8 Burlington Choral Society Messiah Sing-Along All Day Public Safety Commission Meeting All Day "The Science Behind Why Our Children are So Sick" All Day A Midsummer Night's Dream Jan. 8-9 All Day Colchester Cobras Want You! All Day Common Loon of Vermont - Presentation Dec. 8 All Day Underhill Selectboard Regular Meeting Dec. 8 All Day Holiday Luncheon Dec. 8 12 PM Podcasting for Beginners Workshop 5:30 PM Concert by the Amateur Musicians Orchestra 7:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	9 Help Design a New Dorothy Canifeld Fisher Logo! All Day Dreary Weather Got You Down? Come to Travel Talk! All Day Public Lecture by Dave Melnick on Dec. 9 All Day Civil War Talk All Day Tree Lighting and Carol Sing All Day Community Lantern-Making Workshop All Day The Enigma of Adolescents: Decoding our 21st Century Youth All Day Shelburne Nursery School Open House Dec. 9 All Day Monthly Meeting of Hale and Hearty Seniors Club All Day Rice Memorial High School Prospective Parent Luncheon Dec. 9 12 - 1 PM Shelburne Nursery School Open House 1 - 2:30 PM CCTA Public Hearing on New Waterbury Link 5:30 PM A Natural History of Birth 6 - 7 PM School Board Meeting Dec. 9 6:30 - 8:30 PM The Enigma of Adolescents: Decoding Our 21st Century Youth 6:30 - 8:30 PM Christmas Tree Lighting and Carol Sing 6:30 PM +12 more see less	10 Community Dinner Dec. 10 All Day Community Dinner Thursday Dec. 10 All Day Unwind and Create with Zentangle All Day Mt. Mansfield Photo Reception/Competition 4:30 - 6:30 PM Holiday Setting for Business Association Mixer 6:30 - 8 PM Materials for Dec. 10 Planning Commission Meeting Available 7 - 9 PM Fundraiser & Snowsurf Film at Zero Gravity Dec. 10 7 - 9:30 PM Snowsurf Screening at Zero Gravity Craft Brewery 7 - 9:30 PM Jericho Energy Task Force Meeting Dec. 10 7:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	11 Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long, Dec. 11 All Day Village Train Hop & Tree Lighting All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing - Benefits Local Food Shelf All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing - Benefits Local Food Shelf All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing All Day The Jericho Cafe and Tavern Music Forecast All Day Excelerate Essex – a Must Stop Train Hop in Essex 6 - 8 PM Brick Church Music Series Concert 7 - 9 PM Brick Church Music Series Concert - Maple Jam 7 PM +7 more see less	12 A Cappella Holiday Concert with Green Mountain Chorus and Barre-Tones All Day Crochet and Knitting Group All Day An Evening of Guitar and Sound Healing All Day Cookies and Santa All Day Christmas Cookie Extravaganza! All Day Bolton Winter Carnival Dec. 12 at Smilie School All Day December Holiday Bash! All Day Climate Rally All Day Winter Carnival at Smilie School Dec. 12 All Day Book Launch at Stargazers - Don't Miss It! All Day Holiday Bazaar and Children's Craft Center Dec. 12 All Day Basement Sale! Dec. 12 & 13 9 AM (multiday) VFW Military Kids Christmas Party Dec. 12 10 AM - 1 PM Book Signing with Author Gary Furlong 10 AM - 1 PM Christmas Cookie Extravaganza! 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday Open House 10 AM (multiday) Make a Key Fob Critter! 10:30 - 11:30 AM Strategy Games Club 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM VT DCF Book Drive Raffle at Book Launch Event 11 AM - 2 PM Holiday Pop Up Shop at Shelburne Vineyard 11 AM - 5 PM Holiday Stamping Make 'N Takes Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace 1 - 4 PM Climate Rally in Boston Dec. 12 1 - 5 PM Job, Justice, Climate Rally in Boston 1 - 10 PM 9th Annual Tree Lighting Celebration Dec. 12 4 PM Merry Madrigal 6 - 8 PM Tickets Are on Sale for the Root7 Dec. 12 Show 7 - 9 PM +22 more see less
13 Celebrate the Swedish Sancta Lucia Charistmas Tradition All Day Music Sunday in Richmond All Day Faiths United Prayer Vigil Against Gun Violence All Day Vermont Flood of 1927: A New Look All Day P.M. Sundays - Mike Block and Hanneke Cassel All Day One Day Stone Setting Class All Day One Day Jewelry Class All Day Hanukkah Service with Robert Resnik & Barbara Wager at All Souls 5 - 6 AM Minimetro Basketball Games at MMU 9 - 11 AM Work Party on Johnnie Brook Trail - Sunday 10 AM - 12 PM Celebrate the Coming of the Light of Christ at Christmas 10 AM Celebrate Coming of Light of Christ at Christmas 10 AM Vermont Flood of 1927: A New Look 2 - 3 PM 1927 Vermont Flood: a New Look 2 PM Holiday Concert 2 PM Seeking Missing Cat: Mansion Street Neighborhood 4 PM Christmas Concert 4:30 - 6 PM Holiday Meal Planned for Harbor Place Dec. 13 6 PM Blue Christmas 7 PM +15 more see less	14 Senior Luncheon 12 PM Vermont Health Connect at Burnham Library Dec. 14 5 - 8 PM	15 Nar-Anon Meeting All Day Job Fair at Northwestern Medical Center All Day Underhill Selectboard Regular Meeting Dec. 15 All Day ACS Holiday Volunteer Party Tuesday Dec. 15 5:30 - 7:30 PM Nar-Anon Meeting, Dec. 15 6:30 - 7:30 PM Underhill Country Store Cooperative - Meeting Tuesday 6:30 PM Underhill Country Store Cooperative Meeting Tuesday 6:30 PM Oh! Holy Night! Christmas Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Schoolboard to Hear Budget Update Tuesday 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	16 Carol Singing at the Sterling House All Day Kids' Day Dec. 16 @ Farrell Chiropractic 9 AM - 6:30 PM Current Events Conversation 11 AM - 12 PM Caroling at the Sterling House Wednesday Night! 6 PM Mindfulness Through the Holidays Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Mindfulness Through the Holidays Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Community Services Commission Meeting Dec. 16 6:30 PM Marijuana Listening Session 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	17 Health Insurance Enrollment at Library Dec. 17 All Day A Very Merry Holiday Celebration at Westford School All Day A Very Merry Holiday Celebration at Westford School All Day Selectboard Meeting Agenda Dec. 17 All Day Materials for Dec. 17 Planning Commission Meeting Available All Day Last Winter Jericho Farmers' Market Dec. 17 4 - 7:30 PM Santa Paws Adoption Event Thursday! 6 - 8 PM Duo Toivo Presents Oh! Holy Night! 7 - 8:30 PM Oh! Holy Night! Christmas Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Materials for Planning Commission Meeting Dec. 12 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	18 Good Things from the Farm at Vycc All Day Carols from Many Lands Singalong All Day Carols from Many Lands Singalong All Day Christmas Movie and Cookie Swap at the Library All Day Carols from Many Lands Singalong Dec. 18 6 PM +1 more see less	19 Parents Night Out - a Magical Night for Kids All Day Far Post Kids Day Out/Parents Day Off! All Day Senior Gift Basket Delivery! All Day Orvis Fundraiser for Emma's Foundation for Canine Cancer All Day West Allen St. Dog Park Grand Opening Dec. 19 All Day Come Visit Santa and His Elves All Day West Allen St. Dog Park Opens Dec. 19 All Day Santa is Coming All Day Meet with Your District 7-1 Representative 9 - 10 AM Book Signing by Local Historian and Author Richard Allen 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Book Signing 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Drop the Kids Off and Get Some Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Done! 12:30 - 8:30 PM Parents Night Out, Dec. 19 5 - 8 PM Oh! Holy Night! Christmas Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Social Band Presents Concerts This Weekend! 7:30 - 8:30 PM +11 more see less
20 A Charlie Brown's Christmas Presentation All Day Winooski Community Chorus Presents "Sing Noel" All Day Bake Sale All Day Annual Holiday Dessert Auction All Day Sunday Dec. 20 - a Charlie Brown Christmas All Day Messiah Dec. 20! All Day Christmas Pageant Casting and Rehearsals at Charlotte Church! All Day Winooski Community Chorus Presents "Sing Noel" Dec. 20 All Day Christmas Pageant Williston Federated Church 9:30 AM Holiday Dessert Auction at Essex Center UMC 11:30 AM Dessert Auction 11:30 AM Celtic Mass & Solstice Celebration with Sam Guarnaccia at All Souls 5 - 6 PM +8 more see less	21 24th Annual Stowe Messiah Sing All Day Upcoming Municipal Meetings All Day 24th Annual Stowe Messiah Sing All Day SD Ireland Holiday Mixer at the Williston Fire Dept All Day CHMS Students Perform Short Skits at Library Dec. 21 10:30 AM Richmond Water Commission Agenda for Dec. 21 5:30 - 7 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	22 Selectboard Meeting Dec. 22 All Day Underhill Selectboard Regular Meeting All Day	23 Franklin County Leglislative Town Hall Meeting All Day	24 Candlelight Service All Day United Church of Westford Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight and Carol Service All Day Christmas Services at JCC All Day Christmas Eve Services at Burlington First Congregational Church All Day Holiday Cheer All Day Christmas Eve Services at Good Shepherd with ASL Interpreter All Day Christmas Services at Jericho Congregational Church All Day Christmas Eve Service at MMUUF 4 PM Christmas Eve Service at All Souls Interfaith Gathering 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Children's Service 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Service 5:30 PM Christmas Eve Service 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 PM First Congregational Church Family Service 7:30 PM +13 more see less	25	26
27	28 Vermont Baseball School's Holiday Clinic 2014 (multiday) Meeting of Library Board of Trustees 3 PM Cabi Fall '15 Season Sample Sale! 4 PM (multiday) Wonderful Free Concert in Shelburne Dec. 28! 7 - 8:30 PM Folk Concert by Young Tradition VT Dec. 28 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	29 Holiday Open Mike Dec. 29 All Day Richmond Water Commission and Selectboard Special Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Holiday Week Open Mike 7:30 PM	30 Blood Drive 10 AM - 3 PM Cabi Fall Season Sample Sale - Take 2 2 - 4 PM	31 New Year's Eve in Richmond All Day New Year's Eve Party All Day New Year's Eve Party All Day	1 Celebrate Our Vermont State Park System Jan. 1 All Day Williston Coffee Shop Open New Years Day! 9 AM - 2 PM	2 Christmas Tree Roundup 8 AM - 2 PM