Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2023

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26 Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Med47 Holiday Silent Auction 8 AM (multiday) Festive Holiday Market at Four Pillars Farm Nov. 25-26 9 AM (multiday) Public Bingo 1:30 - 4:30 PM Addison Town Historical Society November Meeting 2 - 4 PM Free Community Yoga - Gentle Gratitude Flow 3 - 4 PM +3 more see less	27 Come Learn SoulCollage at Russell Memorial Library! 5 - 7 PM This Monday at Russell Memorial Library: Soul Collage! 5 - 7 PM Where Are We on Climate Change? 5:30 - 6:30 PM Climate Change Legislation in Vermont 5:30 - 6:30 PM Charlotte Regular Selectboard Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	28 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Fort Cassin Road 7 AM - 5 PM Tuesday Playgroup at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Red Cross Blood Drive - Vergennes - Nov. 28 12 - 4:30 PM Dear Charlotte Residents 5 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Budget Meeting Nov. 28 5:30 PM Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	29 Tips & Tricks for Android Phones & Tablets 1 - 2 PM Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Town Garage 3 - 4 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM MAUSD School Board Community Budget Meeting 6 - 7 PM Better Together Book Club 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	30 Land Gifts: the Legacy and Logistics 12 - 1 PM Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM Charlotte Special Selectboard Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 6:30 - 9 PM Greenbush Live at Foam Brewers! 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Kaiut Somatic Yoga Class 8 - 9 AM Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Lake Champlain Waldorf School Winter Fair 12 PM (multiday) Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM Pop-Up Gallery Clearance Sale Up to 75% Off 6 - 8:30 PM Christmas Music Night 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	2 Breakfast with Santa 8 AM Breakfast with Santa 8 AM - 12 PM Ho, Ho, Ho Holiday Stroll, Something for Everyone! 8 AM - 8 PM Creche in Vergennes Park Installation 8:30 - 11 AM Create a Winter Centerpiece 9 - 11 AM Seeking Crafters and Vendors 9 AM - 12 PM Bixby Library Blow-Out Book Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Blowout Book Sale at the Bixby! 9 AM - 1 PM St. Ambrose "North Pole" Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Craft Market 9 AM - 4 PM Craft & Vendor Fair - Dec 2 - Vergennes 9am-4pm 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Shop Sale at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Shop Sale at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 1 PM Annual Holiday Sale at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Stroll to the Bixby Library for Winter Fun 10 AM - 3 PM Open House at Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Open House at Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Oriental Carpet Bazaar 10 AM (multiday) Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Pop Up Open Studio 11 AM (multiday) FCS/VT Children's Museum Activities - Ages 0-8 3 - 5 PM Gratitude and Giving Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM FCS/Vermont Children's Museum Activities - 0-8 Yr Old 3 - 5 PM Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM Join Us for a Festive Weekend at Lu.Lu! 🎄🎁 5 PM (multiday) Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Celebrates 20 Years 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 - 9 PM Bella Voce Holiday Concerts Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 7:30 PM Montpelier Contra Dance: Lisa Greenleaf and River Road 8 - 11 PM +25 more see less
3 VT Trombone Choir at the Vergennes Opera House 2 PM Messiah Sing Along at Charlotte Congregational Church 4 - 5:15 PM Community Chorus Fall Concert 5 - 6 PM	4 Charlotte Recreation Commission Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM	5 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Protecting Our Vermont Pollinators 7 AM - 8:30 PM Tuesday Playgroup at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Let's Make the Bixby Library Accessible to All! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Dec. 5 Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM Monthly Meeting of the Trails Committee, Dec. 5 at 6:30 6:30 PM Protecting Our Vermont Pollinators 7 - 8:30 PM Save Vermont Pollinators - Learn How to Help! 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	6 Cash for Christmas Raffle 8 AM (multiday) Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Join Us Tomorrow at the Holiday Maker's Market at Lulu! 5 - 8 PM Bridge School Open House 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bridge Elementary School Open House - Dec. 6 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bridge Elementary School Open House - Dec. 6 5:30 - 6:30 PM CSWD: Zero Waste Holiday Hacks 6 PM The Endangered Species Act at 50 6:30 - 8 PM +5 more see less	7 Midd Night Stroll at Henry Sheldon Museum 5 - 8 PM Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM Charlotte Library Board Meeting 6 PM Come Meet with CVSD Superintendent Rene Sanchez 6:30 - 7:30 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 6:30 - 9 PM CCS Community Connections Meeting Thursday 6:30 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:45 PM +3 more see less	8 Kaiut Somatic Yoga Class 8 - 9 AM Winter Wonderland at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary 4 - 7 PM Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM Online Silent Auction 7 PM (multiday)	9 Monkton History Happenings 10 - 11 AM Monkton Town Forest - Site Walk - Dec. 9 10 AM - 12 PM CCS Holiday Market & Silent Auction 10 AM - 2 PM Christmas Cookie Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Calling All Artisans! CCS Holiday Market Space! 10 AM - 2 PM Christmas Cookie Sale in Vergennes 10 AM - 2 PM Hill Farm Vintage Holiday Pop Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Wreath Workshop and Ornament Making at the Bixby 11 AM - 2 PM Winter Wonderland at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary 12 - 5 PM Addison County Toy Swap-Drop Off Day 12 - 5 PM Takeout Chicken and Biscuit Supper 5 - 6 PM Free Teen Science Cafe, Dec. 9 5 - 7 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM Love, Kelly Free Event ~ See Local Artistic Creations! 6 - 9 PM +12 more see less
10 Sunday PM Music Series 4 - 6 AM Benefit Breakfast Buffet 7:30 - 10 AM Benefit Breakfast Buffet 7:30 - 10 AM Knights of Columbus Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Addison County Toy Swap-Swap Day 9 AM - 1 PM Christmas Pageant! 10 - 11 AM Ugly Sweater 5k Run/Walk - Rotary Club of SB 10 AM - 1 PM Jan Cannon Pottery Moving Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Family Chanukah Party Ft Brass Balagan & More! 11 AM - 1 PM Charlotte Museum Christmas Party 1 - 4 PM Journey to Bethlehem Live Nativity 3 - 4 PM Journey to Bethlehem, Live Nativity in Bristol 3 - 4 PM Journey to Bethlehem, Outdoor Live Nativity 3 - 4 PM +10 more see less	11 Introduction to Community Fitness 5 - 6:30 PM Charlotte Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM	12 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Tuesday Playgroup at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Age Well Grab and Go Meal Dec. 12 in Shelburne 11 AM - 12 PM Wrapping Up a Good Read 1 - 2 PM	13 Lighting the Way: Advent Lantern Craft and Devotional 6:30 - 7:30 AM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Henry Sheldon Museum 2023 Annual Meeting 5 - 7 PM Cookies & Cocoa: Sheldon Museum Annual Meeting 5 - 7 PM Henry Sheldon Museum 2023 Annual Meeting - Now Virtual 5:30 - 7 PM Dec. 13 Green Route Vergennes Bypass Visioning Workshop 6 - 8 PM Charlotte Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	14 Free Community Dinner 4:30 - 6 PM Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM Vermont Blues Society James Cotton Film & Annual Meeting 6 - 10 PM Maiden Vermont at Very Merry Middlebury 6:30 - 8 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 6:30 - 9 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:45 PM Mt Abe Winter Concert 7 PM +3 more see less	15 Kaiut Somatic Yoga Class 8 - 9 AM The Future of Hemlock in Vermont 12 - 1 PM Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM BeSMART Secure Storage: Hinesburg Library Friday, Dec. 15 6 - 7 PM 13th Annual Christmas Concert and Hymn Sing 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	16 Holiday Party at Sentinel Farm 9:30 AM - 12 PM Resin Class/Lazy Susan or Serving Board 12 - 2 PM Bixby Library Fiber Arts Circle 12 - 2 PM Santa's Luau: Pop-Up Tropical Holiday Restaurant + Bar 5 - 9 PM King Pede Card Party at the Ferrisburgh Grange 6:30 - 8:30 PM Montpelier Contradance: Mary Wesley & The Red Case Band 8 - 11 PM +2 more see less
17 Jan Cannon Pottery Open Studio — Dec. 17 10 AM - 4 PM Caroling at the East Monkton Church 2 PM	18 Monkton Central School Holiday Bazaar All Day Charlotte Regular Selectboard Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM	19 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Vergennes Fire Truck Bond Vote, Tuesday, Dec. 19 9 AM - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting Dec. 19 6:30 PM Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM	20 Huge Sale Dec. 20 - Handy Persons Dream! 9 AM - 1 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Learn & Play Settlers of Catan 4 - 7 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM	21 Family Holiday Movie Night 5 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 6:30 - 9 PM Candlelight Breathwork & Restorative Yoga 7 - 8:15 PM	22 Kaiut Somatic Yoga Class 8 - 9 AM	23 Walking Caroling Party on Roscoe Road 2:30 PM King Pede Card Parties Ferrisburgh Grange 6:30 - 8:30 PM
24 Christmas Eve Services Lady Mount Carmel / St Jude (multiday) Christmas Eve Services at Charlotte Congregational 10 AM - 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 6 - 7 PM Christmas Candle Light Service 6 - 8 PM Carol and Candlelight Christmas Eve Service 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	25 Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM	26 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Red Cross Blood Drive - Vergennes - Tuesday 10 AM - 4:30 PM Red Cross Blood Drive — Vergennes Dec. 26 12 - 4:30 PM	27 Greenbush at Leunig's Bistro Tonight! 6:30 - 9 PM	28 Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 6:30 - 9 PM	29 Kaiut Somatic Yoga Class 8 - 9 AM	30 Contra Dance Saturday, with Extra Festivity and Fun! 8 - 11 PM
31 Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast! 7:30 - 10 AM NYE 12+ Course Italian Farm Dinner 7 PM (multiday)	1 Free New Years Day Yoga 8:30 - 9:30 AM Adult Coed Futsal 7:30 - 9:30 PM	2 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM	3 2nd Sale - Handy Persons Dream, Office, Kitchen, Tools 9 AM - 12 PM Preschool Free Play 10 - 11 AM Short Story Selections 1 - 2 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM First Wednesday Line Dancing at Bristol Legion Post 19! 6 - 9 PM Charlotte Energy Committee Jan. Meeting 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	4 Baby Time at The Library 9 - 10 AM Essex Art League 9 - 11 AM Library Board of Trustees Meeting 6 - 7 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 6:30 - 9 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM Ski + Ride Reminder/ Parent Meeting for Newcomers 7 PM +2 more see less	5 Preschool Story Time 10 - 11 AM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM	6 Red Cross Blood Drive 9 AM - 1:35 PM Haiku Workshop - Saturday, Jan. 6 9 AM 4H Bottle Collection Fundraiser 10 AM - 1 PM Come Wish Katie Good Luck and Have Cake! 10 AM - 1 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 5 - 8 PM Live Music by the Band Detour 6 - 10 PM Ferrisburgh Grange Kine Pede Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM Montpelier Contra Dance: First Saturday of 2024! 8 - 11 PM +4 more see less