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	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 United Church of Johnson 3rd Taco Tuesday Event 4 - 6 PM Weekly at the Barn Owl: Fiber Arts Meet-Up 5 - 6 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 Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +7 more see less	4 Senior Lounge 8 AM - 6 PM Coffee & Conversation at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 10 - 11 AM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Free Webinar on Setting Smart Goals for the New Year 12:30 - 1 PM Stowe Library Book Discussion: Our Missing Hearts 5 - 6 PM LSUU Regular Board Meeting at SES 5:30 PM A Visiting Writer Reading with Jane Brox 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Kickoff for "Shrek the Musical" at Lyric Theatre Co 7 PM Monthly Reiki Share 7:08 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	5 A Visiting Writer Craft Talk with Jane Brox 10 - 11 AM Poetry Club 4:30 - 5:30 PM Gallery Talk + Opening Event at River Arts 5:30 - 7:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 PM Journey Through Italian Baroque Music 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	6 Storytime and Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Stories and Songs with the Londons 11 AM Vaccine Clinic at MMU High School 11 AM Lego Club at DRML [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Womens' Community Circle 5 - 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 +4 more see less	7 Tot Open Gym 8 - 10 AM Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Storytime and Activities 10 - 11 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 CFI Tonight at Apres Only - with Horns 6 - 9 PM New Gig in Town 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less
8 Zumba 9 - 10 AM Artist/Textile Talk with Marya Lowe at Minėmå Gallery 11 AM - 12 PM Reiki Level 1 Class/Certification 11 AM - 6 PM Holcomb House Open Sunday 1 - 3 PM Dungeons and Dragons at DRML [Ages 8-13] 1 - 3 PM Seamus Egan & Yann Falquet at Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM Stowe Community Church Evening Worship Service 5 PM +3 more see less	9 Hooked on Books Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Magical Monday 4 - 5 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan. 9 5:30 PM Buddhist "Mahayana" Class 6 - 8 PM Underhill ARPA Advisory Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM Milton Special Selectboard Meeting Jan. 9 6 - 9 PM MMUUSD Board Meeting, Jan. 9 6:30 - 9 PM St. Albans City Council Meeting Jan. 9 6:30 PM A Visiting Artist Talk with John O'Connor 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	10 New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Books & Babies Playgroup 10 - 11 AM Free Beginners Sewing and Crochet Classes! 11 AM - 2 PM Fluffy Slime at DRML [Ages 8+] 3 - 4 PM Fresh Start Quit Smoking Class 4 - 5 PM Weekly at the Barn Owl: Fiber Arts Meet-Up 5 - 6 PM Jan 10 Special Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 7:20 PM St. Albans City Historic Preservation Commission Mtg 6 PM Tuesday Evening Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM Deborah Rawson Book Lovers 7 - 8 PM Owls of New England 7 - 8 PM Bird Diva Bridget Butler - Owls of New England 7 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less	11 Senior Lounge 8 AM - 6 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Johnson Community Lunch 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Recreation Commission Meeting 5 - 6 PM The Power of Positivity, Obtaining Happiness in 2023 6 - 7 PM EWSD Portrait of a Graduate Community Meeting 6 - 8 PM Mah Jongg 6:30 - 8:30 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM +4 more see less	12 Blood Drive 11 AM - 3:30 PM Red Clover Homeschool Book Club 1 - 2 PM 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 Allen Brook Watershed Stakeholder Meeting Jan. 12 6 PM Underhill Selectboard Meeting Jan. 12 6 PM Exit 16 Diverging Diamond Interchange Meeting Jan. 12 6:30 - 8 PM Screening of Lake Champlain Documentary, No Other Lake 7 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM Free Screening of "No Other Lake" 7 - 8 PM Free Screening of "No Other Lake" 7 - 8 PM Online Screening of No Other Lake 7 - 8 PM Film: No Other Lake 7 - 8:30 PM +13 more see less	13 Storytime and Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Stories and Songs with the Londons 11 AM VFW #758 Friday Pub Night 5:30 - 7 PM	14 Green Mountain Club Hike All Day Tot Open Gym 8 - 10 AM Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM Milton Legislative Community Forums 9 - 10:30 AM UCJ Thrift Shop: Half-Price Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Weather Delay - Johnson Rec 5 / 6 Girls Tournament New Schedule! 9 AM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Storytime and Activities 10 - 11 AM Monthly Memory Cafe 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 Après at the Round Hearth Café! 2 PM (multiday) Milton Project Graduation Calcutta 5 - 7:30 PM Mountainfilm on Tour: Stowe 7 - 10 PM +12 more see less
15 Zumba 9 - 10 AM Kitchen Witch Winter Herb Course - 4 Sessions 1 - 4 PM "Abenaki Erasure, Eugenics and Ethnocide" 2 PM GSIC MLK, Jr. Community Reception and Musical Program 6 - 9 PM	16 Bowling All Day Hooked on Books Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Winter Gathering & Food Drive 11 AM - 2 PM Free Cocoa & Coffee for a Cause! 11 AM - 2 PM Vaccine Clinic 11 AM - 4 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Meeting 5:30 PM Buddhist "Mahayana" Class 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 PM Westford Planning Commission - Jan. 16 6:30 PM +5 more see less	17 New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Books & Babies Playgroup 10 - 11 AM 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 Coaching Workshop 4 - 6 PM Weekly at the Barn Owl: Fiber Arts Meet-Up 5 - 6 PM Hypertension Prevention & Management (Free Series) 5:30 - 7 PM Underhill Natural Resources Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM Tuesday Evening Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM EWSD Board Meeting Jan. 17 6:30 - 9 PM Community Conversation 6:30 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting 7 - 9 PM Bootlegger Bikes - Nordic Skiing Workshop 7 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +11 more see less	18 Senior Lounge 8 AM - 6 PM Outreach Advisory Committee Agenda Jan. 18 10 AM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Memorable Times Cafe - Snowbirds! 1:30 - 3 PM Recruitment Open House 3 - 6 PM Minecraft Social [Ages 8+] 3:30 - 5 PM Space for Quiet in a Meditative Place 5 - 7 PM Space for Quiet in a Meditative Place 5 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda - Special Meeting Jan. 18 5:30 PM Submit Your Regional Planning Ideas! 6 - 7:30 PM Homebuying 101 6 - 7:30 PM Jericho Underhill Park District Annual Meeting 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 +10 more see less	19 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 Johnson Recreation Meeting 6 - 7 PM Live Music at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 9 PM St. Albans City Democrats Meeting 7 - 8 PM Vermont Artist Scott Lenhardt on the Virtual Red Bench 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	20 Storytime and Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Hilarious Storytime 10 - 11 AM Stories and Songs with the Londons 11 AM Lego Club [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Family Movie & Pizza Night 5:30 - 7:30 PM GP Trio at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 9 PM +2 more see less	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 Food Shelf Distribution 9 - 10:30 AM Outdoor Candy Cane Scavenger Hunt 9 AM - 12 PM A Sale Not to Pass Up! 9 AM - 12 PM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Storytime and Activities 10 - 11 AM Discover the Gifts of the Labyrinth 11 AM - 12 PM 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 Kids Carnival Chaos Event! 1 - 3 PM Painting Class with Nicole 2 - 4 PM BC-UVM Hockey Watch 4 - 8 PM Fairfax Parks & Recreation Trivia Night 5 - 8 PM Live Music at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 8 PM +13 more see less
22 Highgate Family Ski Day 8:30 - 10 AM Zumba 9 - 10 AM Dungeons and Dragons (Ages 8-13) 1 - 3 PM The Life and Times of Franklin "Red" Hooper 1 PM Join Us! Make 2023 Your Year w/ Meaningful Intentions! 4 - 5:30 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 Selectboard Agenda Jan. 23 5:30 PM BFA Principal Hiring Community Input Session 6 - 7 PM Swanton Blooms and Branches 6 - 7:30 PM Buddhist "Mahayana" Class 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 PM MMCTV Quarterly Board Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM MMUUSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	24 New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Books & Babies Playgroup 10 - 11 AM Free Beginners Sewing and Crochet Classes! 11 AM - 2 PM First Writing Group Meeting - Tuesday - All Welcome! 2:30 - 3:30 PM Snowman Stretch Stem Challenge (Ages 6+) 3 - 4 PM Fresh Start Quit Smoking Class 4 - 5 PM Weekly at the Barn Owl: Fiber Arts Meet-Up 5 - 6 PM Constituent Meeting with Reps Squirrell and Graning 6 - 7 PM Tuesday Evening Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM EWSD Board / Budget Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Conservation Commission Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM Tipsy Trout Guest Chef Dinner - Ft. Chef David Vargas 6:30 - 9:30 PM Vermont Commons School Admission Student Roundtable 7 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +10 more see less	25 Senior Lounge 8 AM - 6 PM Age Well Grab and Go Meal at St. Thomas 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Teen Night: Egg Drop Challenge 4 - 5 PM Economic Development Commission Meeting: Jan. 25 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 A Visiting Writer Reading with Crystal Wilkinson 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	26 A Visiting Writer Craft Talk with Crystal Wilkinson 10 - 11 AM Mobile Rural Resource Navigator - Johnson Public Library 10 AM - 1 PM YA Scavenger Hunt at the Burnham Library 3:30 - 4:30 PM Soup Suppers Are Back! 5 - 7 PM Jan. 26 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6 - 8:30 PM Development Review Board Agenda 6 - 9 PM Special City Council Meeting 6 PM Jericho Energy Task Force Winter Movie/Lecture Series 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	27 Burlington Networking in 90 Minutes - Free 7:30 - 9 AM Storytime and Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Stories and Songs with the Londons 11 AM GP Trio at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 9 PM Movie Night for Adults Returns! 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	28 Pink the Rink Fundraiser - Jan. 28 All Day Milton Youth Hockey Calcutta 5 AM - 7:30 PM Tot Open Gym 8 - 10 AM Rotary Pie for Breakfast is Back 8 - 11 AM Primitive Biathlon 8 AM (multiday) 2023 Primitive Biathlon 8 AM (multiday) Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM Super Saturdays at Highgate Library & Comm. Center 9:30 - 10:15 AM Storytime and Activities 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 Breathwork Classes Now Available at POMP in Essex 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Parenting Group (Parents) 1 - 2 PM Family Concert 1 - 2 PM Roadside Banner Painting Volunteers 2 - 4 PM Valentine's Day Card Workshop 2:30 - 3:30 PM Pink the Rink Fundraiser 5:15 PM Holocaust Survivor's Memoir Book Reading + Reception 5:30 - 7:30 PM CFI - Tonight! 6 - 9 PM Open Mic Coffee House "Old Meets New" 7 - 9 PM Liberty Stand-Up Comedy 7 - 10 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns - Sat. 28 7:30 PM +21 more see less
29 Zumba 9 - 10 AM Westford Historical Gamers 1 - 5 PM Opening Reception for Meg McDevitt's "Iterations." 2 - 3 PM Stowe Community Fund: All Our Love for Ashton Event 6 - 8 PM Community Sound Bath at the Grange Hall in WTRB - Tonight 7:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	30 Bowling All Day Running for Local Offices All Day Hooked on Books Knitting Group 10 - 11 AM Free Vaccine Clinic 4 - 6 PM Feed Me Reading & Dinner with Erika Nichols-Frazer 5 - 7 PM Buddhist "Mahayana" Class 6 - 8 PM Joint Meeting of School Board & Select Board 6 - 8 PM Enosburgh Historical Society Informational Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM A Visiting Artist Talk with Beth Campbell 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	31 New Program: Baby Time [Birth to PreK] All Day Super Bowl Tickets 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 Weekly at the Barn Owl: Fiber Arts Meet-Up 5 - 6 PM Hypertension Prevention & Management (Free Series) 5:30 - 7 PM Tuesday Evening Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM Mystery Book Club 7 - 8 PM Women's Futsal Session 1 7:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less	1 Expanding Universe, Collapsing Time by Kathy Black (multiday) Senior Lounge 8 AM - 6 PM Let's Stitch Group 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM YA Game Battle Tournament at Burnham Library 12:30 - 1:30 PM 100 Women Who Care Franklin County Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care : Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care Franklin County Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Municipal Boards & Commissions Meetings This Week 5:30 PM Reiki Share 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	2 Mobile Rural Resource Navigator - Johnson Public Library 10 AM - 1 PM Shader Croft Executive Director to Speak at Rotary 12 - 1 PM Free Beginner Level Falls Prevention Tai Chi Class 5 - 6 PM Bird Tales! 7 - 8:30 PM An Evening of Bird Tales 7 - 8:30 PM An Evening of Bird Tales 7 PM +2 more see less	3 Storytime and Playgroup 9 - 10:30 AM Stowe High Spirit Club - Cancer Survivor Brunch 11 AM - 1 PM The Londons 11 AM Spanish Language Group This Friday 2:30 - 3:30 PM Lego Club [Ages 6+] 3 - 4 PM Womens' Circle 5:15 - 6:30 PM GP Trio at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 9 PM Coffee House Postponed 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	4 Super Bowl Ticket Auction All Day Hot 26 & 2 Yoga Class (Bikram Style) 9 - 10:30 AM Slime Workshop! 9 - 11 AM Take Your Child to the Library Day 9 AM - 12 PM Half-Price Sale 9 AM - 12 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 Storytime and Activities 10 - 11 AM Eloquent Gamer Game Day 10 AM - 8 PM Let's Spread Love - It's the Stowe Way! 10 AM (multiday) Mid-Winter Festival 11 AM - 4 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 Jazz at the Peak: Empyrean Isles 5 - 8 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns Feb. 4 7:30 PM Concert Salute to Robbie Burns 7:30 PM +12 more see less