Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2023

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1 Celebrate the New Year at ReTribe Winter Teen Retreat 3 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve with Cozy at the Depot 9 PM (multiday) Zumba 9 - 10 AM Winter Pizza 2 - 4 PM	2	3 Lamoille County Legislative Breakfast Series Announced 8 - 9:30 AM Free Guided Meditation Series with Pamela Easterday 11 AM - 12 PM Fresh Start Quit Smoking Class 4 - 5 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Free 8-Week High Blood Pressure Class 5:30 - 7 PM Regular Selectboard Meeting: Jan 3. 6 - 9 PM Public Hearing Notice 6 PM EWSD Board Meeting Jan. 3 6:30 - 9 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting - Tuesday, Jan. 3 6:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting - Jan. 3 7 - 9 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +8 more see less	4 Coffee & Conversation at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 10 - 11 AM Free Webinar on Setting Smart Goals for the New Year 12:30 - 1 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Lyric's Shrek the Musical Kickoff Meeting Jan. 4 7 - 8:30 PM Monthly Reiki Share 7:08 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	5 Essex Art League Meeting Jan. 5 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Meeting Jan. 5 9 - 11 AM Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Journey Through Italian Baroque Music 6:30 - 7:30 PM Select Board Meeting ARPA $1.5 Million Recommendations 6:30 - 8 PM Trivia Night at JCAT 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	6 Handbell Concerts - Save the Date! (multiday) Ethan Allen Firing Range Public Tour 8 - 11:30 AM Vaccine Clinic at MMU High School 11 AM Stories and Songs with the Londons 11 AM Lego Club at DRML [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM The Buck Hollers Band at Snow Farm Winery 5:30 - 8:30 PM Come Support Young Artist at the Library - Friday 6 - 8 PM Coffee House Reminder This Week 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	7 Tot Open Gym 8 - 10 AM Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM This Saturday at the Food Shelf 9 - 11 AM 3rd Annual Cambridge Fire Dept Blood Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Blue Moon Pottery Second Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Christmas Tree Pickup to Support BSA Troop 601 10 AM - 2 PM Storytime at the Waterville Town Library! 10 AM Free Online Quit Smoking Program 11 AM - 12 PM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Family Snowshoe at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge! 1 - 3:30 PM Winter Flower Essence Workshop 1 - 4 PM Sled Dog Meet and Greet at Jericho Town Library 2 - 3 PM +9 more see less
8 Zumba 9 - 10 AM Sunday Service at MMUUF Dec. 8 9:30 AM Reiki Level 1 Class/Certification 11 AM - 6 PM Lyric's Shrek the Musical Auditions Sun - Thu 12:45 PM (multiday) Dungeons and Dragons at DRML [Ages 8-13] 1 - 3 PM Virtual Watercolor Paint Workshop - Exotic Parrot 3 - 4:30 PM Seamus Egan & Yann Falquet at Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM +3 more see less	9 Hooked on Books Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Re: Lyric's Shrek the Musical Auditions 1:15 PM (multiday) Buddhist "Mahayana" Class 6 - 8 PM Underhill ARPA Advisory Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM Milton Special Selectboard Meeting Jan. 9 6 - 9 PM Lamoille County Dems Meeting Jan. 9 6:30 - 7:30 PM MMUUSD Board Meeting, Jan. 9 6:30 - 9 PM St. Albans City Council Meeting Jan. 9 6:30 PM +4 more see less	10 New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Books & Babies Playgroup 10 - 11 AM Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Fluffy Slime at DRML [Ages 8+] 3 - 4 PM Fresh Start Quit Smoking Class 4 - 5 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Jan 10 Special Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 7:20 PM Fairfield Photogs (A New Photography Club!) 6 - 7:30 PM St. Albans City Historic Preservation Commission Mtg 6 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting - Jan. 10 6:30 PM Deborah Rawson Book Lovers 7 - 8 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +8 more see less	11 Embroiderer's Guild of America, Green Mountain Chapter 9:30 AM - 12 PM Do Drop In! - Agewell & 3SquaresVT 10 AM - 12 PM Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Recreation Commission Meeting 5 - 6 PM Score Webinar - Understanding Financial Statements 5:30 PM The Power of Positivity, Obtaining Happiness in 2023 6 - 7 PM EWSD Portrait of a Graduate Community Meeting 6 - 8 PM Zoom Presentation with Master Falconer, Rodney Stotts 6:30 - 8:30 PM Mah Jongg 6:30 - 8:30 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM +6 more see less	12 Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM Animation Club [Ages 8+] 3 - 5 PM Teen Library Event: Collage Cut-Out Frame Craft 3:30 - 4:30 PM S.T.E.M at The Library: Maple Syrup Snow Science 4 - 5 PM St. Albans City School Principal Finalist Forums 6 - 7 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Agenda Jan. 12 6 - 8:40 PM Fly Fishing the Brown's River with Jamie Eisenberg 6 PM Underhill Selectboard Meeting Jan. 12 6 PM Allen Brook Watershed Stakeholder Meeting Jan. 12 6 PM Exit 16 Diverging Diamond Interchange Meeting Jan. 12 6:30 - 8 PM Essex Junction Development Review Board Jan. 12 6:30 - 9 PM Essex Town Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 PM Gear Up for Dragon Boat with Malia 6:30 PM Free Screening of "No Other Lake" 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Online Screening of No Other Lake 7 - 8 PM Free Screening of "No Other Lake" 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Screening of Lake Champlain Documentary, No Other Lake 7 - 8 PM Film: No Other Lake 7 - 8:30 PM +17 more see less	13 Stories and Songs with the Londons 11 AM Weekly Preorders from the Shoppe Food Truck 12 PM (multiday) Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM VFW #758 Friday Pub Night 5:30 - 7 PM	14 Tot Open Gym 8 - 10 AM Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM Milton Legislative Community Forums 9 - 10:30 AM Introduction to Zen at the Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1:30 PM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Yoga with Molly 10 - 11 AM Saxon Hill School Open House! 10 - 11:30 AM Join Saxon Hill School for an Open House This Saturday! 10 - 11:30 AM Saxon Hill School Open House! 10 - 11:30 AM Kid's Kitchen with Miss Virginia 10 AM - 12 PM Saxon Hill School Open House 10 AM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Milton Project Graduation Calcutta 5 - 7:30 PM +9 more see less
15 Zumba 9 - 10 AM Jerihill Bargain Bin Opening 10 AM - 3 PM Kitchen Witch Winter Herb Course - 4 Sessions 1 - 4 PM "Abenaki Erasure, Eugenics and Ethnocide" 2 PM	16 Bowling All Day Hooked on Books Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Vaccine Clinic 11 AM - 4 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Meeting 5:30 PM Buddhist "Mahayana" Class 6 - 8 PM Westford Planning Commission - Jan. 16 6:30 PM Jericho Energy Task Force Meeting 7 PM +3 more see less	17 New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Books & Babies Playgroup 10 - 11 AM Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Recruitment Open House at Autism Care Partners 3 - 6 PM Fresh Start Quit Smoking Class 4 - 5 PM Adult Craft Night: Snowman Wineglasses 4 - 5:30 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Hypertension Prevention & Management (Free Series) 5:30 - 7 PM Underhill Natural Resources Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM EWSD Board Meeting Jan. 17 6:30 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting 6:30 - 10:30 PM Virtual Dragon Boat Info Session with Malia Racing 7 - 7:30 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting 7 - 9 PM Town Plan Project Kick-Off Meeting 7 - 9 PM Bootlegger Bikes - Nordic Skiing Workshop 7 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +12 more see less	18 Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Outreach Advisory Committee Agenda Jan. 18 10 AM Music & Movement at Jericho Town Library 10:30 - 11:15 AM Memorable Times Cafe - Snowbirds! 1:30 - 3 PM Recruitment Open House 3 - 6 PM Minecraft Social [Ages 8+] 3:30 - 5 PM Submit Your Regional Planning Ideas! 6 - 7:30 PM Homebuying 101 6 - 7:30 PM Zumba 6:30 - 7:30 PM Jericho Underhill Park District Annual Meeting 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Links to Live MLK Theatre Event & MMU Winter Concert 7 - 9 PM Vermont's Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr 7 PM The Talk, Vermont's Tribute to Martin Luther King 7 PM +10 more see less	19 Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM Free Meditation Session 11 AM - 12 PM Nintendo Switch Games [Ages 8+] 3 - 4 PM Deborah Rawson Memorial Library Trustee's Annual Meeting 6 - 7 PM Virtual Watercolor Paint Class - Strawberry Love 6 - 7:30 PM St. Albans City Democrats Meeting 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	20 Hilarious Storytime 10 - 11 AM Stories and Songs with the Londons 11 AM Lego Club [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM	21 The Fitness Zone Anniversary and Open House All Day Tot Open Gym 8 - 10 AM Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM Essex Jericho Underhill Food Shelf 9 - 10:30 AM Food Shelf Distribution 9 - 10:30 AM Outdoor Candy Cane Scavenger Hunt 9 AM - 12 PM Saturday Date Change - Attention Nurses Who Need Notary 9 AM - 12 PM Nurses Who Need a Notary 9 AM - 12 PM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Fairfax Parks and Recreation Winter Carnival 11 AM - 7 PM Laura Napoli's Book Release Party! 11 AM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Brunch & Learn About Dragon Boating with Malia Racing 12:30 - 2 PM Painting Class with Nicole 2 - 4 PM Fairfax Parks & Recreation Trivia Night 5 - 8 PM +11 more see less
22 Highgate Family Ski Day 8:30 - 10 AM Zumba 9 - 10 AM Sunday Service at MMUUF Jan. 22 9:30 AM Free Phone-In Legal Clinic: Sunday Jan. 22 1 - 3 PM Dungeons and Dragons (Ages 8-13) 1 - 3 PM First of the 5th Annual Soup Bowl Suppers 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	23 Bowling All Day Franklin Co. Legislative Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Hooked on Books Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM BFA Principal Hiring Community Input Session 6 - 7 PM Swanton Blooms and Branches 6 - 7:30 PM Buddhist "Mahayana" Class 6 - 8 PM MMCTV Quarterly Board Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM MMUUSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	24 New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Books & Babies Playgroup 10 - 11 AM Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Snowman Stretch Stem Challenge (Ages 6+) 3 - 4 PM Fresh Start Quit Smoking Class 4 - 5 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Constituent Meeting with Reps Squirrell and Graning 6 - 7 PM Adult Craft Night - Paper Quilling 6:30 - 8 PM EWSD Board / Budget Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Conservation Commission Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM Taize Service at Jeff Church 7 - 8 PM Vermont Commons School Admission Student Roundtable 7 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less	25 Coffee with the Chief (Essex Police Department) 8 - 10 AM Storytime with Sarah at BNML! 10 - 11:30 AM Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Age Well Grab and Go Meal at St. Thomas 11 AM - 12 PM Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Economic Development Commission Meeting: Jan. 25 4 - 5 PM Teen Night: Egg Drop Challenge 4 - 5 PM Underhill Energy Committee Rescheduled Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Board Game Night 6 - 8 PM Migrant Justice Speaker at DRML 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	26 Powerful & Transformative! Alexander Technique Classes 10 AM - 8 PM Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM YA Scavenger Hunt at the Burnham Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Soup Suppers Are Back! 5 - 7 PM Soup Suppers Are Back! 5 - 7 PM Neighborhood Watch Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Heavenly Cents Food Pantry 5:30 - 7:30 PM Jan. 26 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 8:30 PM Development Review Board Agenda 6 - 9 PM Special City Council Meeting 6 PM Franklin County Beekeepers Club 6:30 - 8 PM The Jericho Energy Task Force Presents Burn Right VT 7 - 8 PM Jericho Energy Task Force Winter Movie/Lecture Series 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less	27 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Burlington Networking in 90 Minutes - Free 7:30 - 9 AM Stories and Songs with the Londons 11 AM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Movie Night for Adults Returns! 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	28 Winter Tracking at the Krusch Preserve Until 11 AM Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Winterfest Feat. Pie for Breakfast All Day Milton Youth Hockey Calcutta 5 AM - 7:30 PM Tot Open Gym 8 - 10 AM Melody's Going, So Maybe I Should, Too! 8 - 11 AM Rotary Pie for Breakfast is Back 8 - 11 AM Learn to Paint a Barn Quilt or Purchase One 8:30 AM - 4 PM Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Legislator Hour 10 - 11 AM Winter Shoeski 2023 10 AM - 2 PM Kid's Nailed It!: Snowman Marshmallow Challenge 10:30 - 11:30 AM Read to Wyatt [All Ages] 10:30 AM - 12 PM Early Literacy Story Times 10:30 AM Raptors Up Close at CES Gym 11 AM - 12 PM Word Gardeners Workshop at Jericho Town Library 11 AM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Parenting Group (Parents) 1 - 2 PM Snowman Building on the Jericho Green (JFiN) 1 - 2 PM Roadside Banner Painting Volunteers 2 - 4 PM Valentine's Day Card Workshop 2:30 - 3:30 PM Holocaust Survivor Memoir Book Reading & Commemoration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Open Mic Coffee House "Old Meets New" 7 - 9 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns - Sat. 28 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM +23 more see less
29 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Zumba 9 - 10 AM Westford Historical Gamers 1 - 5 PM	30 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Bowling All Day Hooked on Books Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Free Vaccine Clinic 4 - 6 PM Re: Jericho Residents to Vote on Food Resiliency March 7 6 - 7:30 PM Buddhist "Mahayana" Class 6 - 8 PM Joint Meeting of School Board & Select Board 6 - 8 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Jan. 30 6:30 - 9:30 PM Correction: Next Jericho Town Republican Meeting 7 - 8 PM Jericho Town Republican Committee Meeting 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	31 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Swanton Methodist Church Thrift Shop Mid Winter Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Books & Babies Playgroup 10 - 11 AM Jaunt to Taylor Lodge 10 AM - 1:30 PM Hypertension Prevention & Management (Free Series) 5:30 - 7 PM Mystery Book Club 7 - 8 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	1 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Storytime with Sarah at BNML! 10 - 11:30 AM Knitting Circle 10 AM YA Game Battle Tournament at Burnham Library 12:30 - 1:30 PM 100 Women Who Care : Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care Franklin County Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care Franklin County Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Reiki Share 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	2 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) Cambridge Village Historic Preservation Committee Meeting 6 AM Essex Art League February Meeting 9 - 11 AM Essex Art League Meeting Feb. 2 9 - 11 AM Playgroup at Jericho Town Library 10:30 AM Shader Croft Executive Director to Speak at Rotary 11:45 AM - 1 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 12 - 1 PM Shader Croft Executive Director to Speak at Rotary 12 - 1 PM Featured Artists at Artist in Residence Gallery 4:30 - 6:30 PM Bird Tales! 7 - 8:30 PM An Evening of Bird Tales 7 - 8:30 PM An Evening of Bird Tales 7 PM +8 more see less	3 Valentines Day Cookie Kits (multiday) The Londons 11 AM Lego Club [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Coffee House Postponed 7 - 9 PM	4 Boy Scouts Troop 658 Spaghetti Dinner All Day Slime Workshop! 9 - 11 AM Take Your Child to the Library Day at BNML 9 AM - 1 PM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Take Your Child to the Library Day 9:30 - 10:30 AM Sissinghurst Castle in Kent and Gravetye Manor 10 AM - 12 PM Eloquent Gamer Game Day 10 AM - 8 PM Storytime at the Waterville Town Library! 10 AM Live Sled Dog Library Program! RESCHEDULED to April 1 11 AM - 12 PM Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Kids Night Out- Valentine's Day 4:30 - 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns Feb. 4 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM +11 more see less