Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2022

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27 Winter Market 10 AM - 3 PM 4th Sunday Puppet Ministry 10:15 - 11:30 AM Sap-Bucket Tree Lighting 4:30 - 6:30 PM Community Tree Lighting 4:30 - 6:30 PM 2022 Hancock Memory Tree Lighting 5 - 5:30 PM +1 more see less	28 Dolls and Their Stories Winter Workshop at LML! 3:15 - 5 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Nov. 28 6:30 - 10 PM Brandon Selectboard Monday Night 7 - 8:30 PM	29 RCPCC Playgroups Are Back! 10 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Skatepark Project Monthly Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Two Brothers Tavern Dart League 6:30 - 9:30 PM	30 Bristol Elementary and Bobcat Cafe & Brewery Fundraiser All Day Trains! Trains! Trains! at the Sheldon Museum All Day Club 50 10 AM - 12 PM Lego Club is Back at Lawrence Memorial Library! 3:15 - 5 PM Western VT Choral Lab (Bristol) 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	1 Gifford Wellness Presents: Diabetes 9 AM - 12 PM Open House - the Women's Center 4 - 7 PM Sap-Bucket Tree Lighting 4:30 - 5:30 PM Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 8 PM Reporter Non-Profit Newspaper Organizational Meeting 6 - 8 PM Middlebury College Theatre Dept Presents "The Moors" 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	2 Rutland Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM (multiday) St. Ambrose Church - "Candy Land” Christmas Bazaar! 1 PM (multiday) Harwood Union High School Sophomore Class Tree Sale 4 - 7 PM Free Tours of Our Suites 5 - 8 PM Bristol's Annual Chocolate Walk 5 - 8 PM Bristol's Annual Chocolate Walk 5 - 8 PM Sweet Treats and Sweet Deals 5 - 8 PM Holiday Cake Pop Classes! 5:30 - 7 PM Memory Tree Lighting 6 - 6:45 PM Free Concert: Middlebury Wind Ensemble 7:30 - 8:30 PM Middlebury College Theatre Dept Presents "The Moors" 7:30 - 9:30 PM Jupiter String Quartet & Jasper String Quartet 7:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less	3 Meg Madden at Middlebury Farmers' Market Holiday Markets 9 AM - 12:30 PM Bristol Federated Church Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM OES Vendor and Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Huge Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair, Breakfast, Lunch 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open House at Rokeby Museum 10 AM - 1 PM Sunshine Valley Berry Farm Will Be Open on Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Used Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Vintage Pop-Up Sale in Starksboro 10 AM - 4 PM Deborah Holmes Art Holiday Open House 10 AM (multiday) Mosaic Celebration! 3 - 4 PM Middlebury College Theatre Dept Presents "The Moors" 7:30 - 9:30 PM Sold Out - Bruce Molsky Concert in Lincoln Dec. 3 7:30 - 10 PM Dec. 3 Bruce Molsky Concert in Lincoln 7:30 - 10 PM Sold Out - Bruce Molsky Concert in Lincoln 7:30 - 10 PM Music in Lincoln with Bruce Molsky Dec. 3 7:30 - 10 PM +12 more see less
4 Sunday Egan & Smiley Celtic Christmas Shows! All Day Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Nourish: Letting Go of the Rules and Feeding Yourself 9:30 - 11:30 AM Sibling-to-Sibling Cookie Decorating Party 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Holiday Auction at the Brandon Free Public Library 1:30 - 5:30 PM This Sunday - Egan & Smiley Celtic Christmas Shows! 3:30 - 9 PM A Celtic Christmas in Brandon 3:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	5 Annual Moonlight Madness Sales Event! (multiday) Community Clean Up Day 9 AM - 5 PM Public Meeting with GMCB! Monday 1 PM LML Winter Workshop: Greeting Cards & More 3:15 - 5 PM ARPA Funding Advisory Committee Agenda Dec 5 5:30 - 5:50 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Mon., Dec. 5 7 - 10 PM +2 more see less	6 VCDA Fall Conference 9 AM - 3 PM RCPCC Playgroups Are Back! 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Cardinal Paint Night 5 - 6:30 PM ACSD Strategic Plan for Equity Community Conversation 5:30 - 6:30 PM Socrates Cafe 6 - 7:30 PM Two Brothers Tavern Dart League 6:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	7 Vermont Maple Conference (multiday) RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) Club 50 10 AM - 12 PM Lego Club is Back at Lawrence Memorial Library! 3:15 - 5 PM What Now? a Queer Creative Space 4 - 5:30 PM 2022 Moonlight Madness at the Brandon Town Hall 4 - 8 PM Moonlight Madness at the Library 4 - 8 PM Eat a Meal & Help HOPE's Holiday Shop 4 - 8 PM Library "Flipping the Switch" Celebration 5 - 6 PM Western VT Choral Lab (Bristol) 7 - 8 PM A Guide to the Christmas Bird Count 7 - 8 PM The New History of Watergate 7 - 8 PM ACSD Strategic Plan for Equity Virtual Conversation 7 - 8 PM Free Concert! Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble 7:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	8 RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) Thursdays at the Tillerman All Day Meet Local Author Angus Cheney All Day Vermont Folklife's Annual Gingerbread House Competition 5 - 8 PM Midd Night Stroll Dec. 8 5 - 8 PM Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 8 PM Middlebury Science Cafe 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Agenda 6 PM +4 more see less	9 RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Kids Crafts, Pizza, and Movie 4 - 6:30 PM Sip & Shop 5 - 8 PM Norse Flair at the Sip and Shop 5 - 8 PM Candy Cane Hunt and SD Ireland Holiday Truck 5:30 - 6:30 PM Holiday Cake Pop Classes! 5:30 - 7 PM Parent/Teen Night: Bob Ross Edition 5:30 - 7:30 PM Teen Happenings at Ilsley 5:30 - 7:30 PM Low Lily and Matt Flinner - Winter Solstice Mini-Fest 7 - 9 PM Krampusnacht - Stories of Light & Dark for Yule 7:30 - 8:30 PM Manual Cinema's "A Christmas Carol" Free This Weekend 7:30 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	10 RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) Meg Madden at Middlebury Farmers' Market Holiday Markets 9 AM - 12:30 PM Free Teen & Parent Sewing Class at Quilters' Corner 10 AM - 12 PM Rochester PTO Gently Used Clothing Sale 10 AM - 2 PM CVCS Cookie Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Open Studio Tom Dunne and Sarah Ashe 10 AM - 4 PM Judith Bryant Pottery on the Porch Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Open Studio Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Annual Pottery Sale and Art Opening 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Celebration and Open Studio Sale 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Celebration Studio Sale 12 PM (multiday) Music Saturday at IPL 1 - 2 PM DIY Lantern Workshop 3 - 5 PM Martha Leb Molnar at the Bookstore in Brandon 5 PM Krampusnacht - Stories of Light & Dark for Yule 7:30 - 8:30 PM +11 more see less
11 Vermont Wine Festival 12 AM - 4 PM RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) Breakfast at the Masons' Lodge 7:30 - 10 AM Holiday Celebration Studio Sale 12 PM (multiday) Journey to Bethlehem: an Outdoor Live Nativity 3 - 4 PM Live Nativity in Bristol 3 - 4 PM Live Outdoor Nativity 3 - 4 PM Brandon Festival Singers Christmas Concert 3 PM Orchestrapalooza - A Holiday Tradition with VYOA! 4 - 6 PM +5 more see less	12 RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) Final Winter Workshop at LML - For Kids and Families! 3:15 - 5 PM Brandon Selectboard Monday Night 7 - 7:30 PM	13 RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) RCPCC Playgroups Are Back! 10 AM - 12 PM Craft & Sip, One Night Only! 5 - 7 PM Meeting: Brandon Independence Day Celebration Committee 6:30 - 8 PM Middlebury Chapter of the Burlington Writers Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM Two Brothers Tavern Dart League 6:30 - 9:30 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda, Dec. 13 7 PM +3 more see less	14 RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) Club 50 10 AM - 12 PM Christmas Gathering 1 PM Lincoln Aid Industrial Holiday Gathering 1 PM Lego Club is Back at Lawrence Memorial Library! 3:15 - 5 PM What Now? a Queer Creative Space 4 - 5:30 PM Eat a Meal & Help Hope's Holiday Shop 4 - 8 PM Forget Me Not Grief Support 5:30 - 7 PM Western VT Choral Lab (Bristol) 7 - 8 PM The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont 7 PM +6 more see less	15 RHS Building 2022-23 Heating Fundraiser (multiday) Thursdays at the Tillerman All Day Course: Understanding Pollinator Loss Thursday Dec, 15 8:30 - 10:45 AM Final Midd Night Stroll! 5 - 8 PM Vermont Folklife's Annual Gingerbread House Competition 5 - 8 PM Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 8 PM Bristol Democratic Monthly Meeting Dec. 15 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	16 Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Story Time with Santa at the Holley Hall 3:30 - 4:30 PM Caroling at Brandon Library This Friday 4 - 5 PM Holiday Cake Pop Classes! 5:30 - 7 PM Holiday Lights at Morgan Horse Farm, Weybridge 5:30 PM (multiday) Keep Vermont Cool Climate Tour 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	17 Social Band Concerts Tomorrow and Sunday (multiday) Meg Madden at Middlebury Farmers' Market Holiday Markets 9 AM - 12:30 PM Breakfast with Santa at the Brandon Inn 9:30 - 10:30 AM Zumba at BFit 9:45 - 10:45 AM Feeding the Valley Alliance Food Pick-Up This Saturday 11 AM - 12 PM Huladay Holiday Market Craft Event 12 - 8 PM Tagless Rummage! Dec. 17 1 - 7 PM Teen Happenings at Ilsley 2 - 4 PM Lumen Festival of Fire and Light 4 - 8 PM Christmas Themed Bingo at St. Peter's! 5 - 8 PM Kat Wright & Brett Hughes Holiday Show 7 - 9:15 PM Kat Wright & Brett Hughes Holiday Show 7 - 9:15 PM +8 more see less
18 3rd Sunday Children's Church 8:30 - 9:30 AM World Cup Final Watch Party & Breakfast Potluck 9 AM - 2 PM Trolley Rides with Pat Palmer 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday Jumble Sale at Hancock Town Hall December 18 10 AM - 3 PM Gingerbread House Decorating 1 - 3 PM Middlebury Messiah Sing Returns on Sunday, December 18 2 - 3:30 PM Caleb Kenna Presents "Art from Above: Vermont" 4 PM The Reverse Parade! 5 - 6 PM +4 more see less	19 Bristol Selectboard Agenda Dec. 19 7 PM	20 RCPCC Playgroups Are Back! 10 AM - 12 PM Two Brothers Tavern Dart League 6:30 - 9:30 PM Christmas Concert Benefits Charter House Dec. 20 7 - 8 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda, Dec. 20 7 PM	21 Club 50 10 AM - 12 PM LCS Community Lunch, Gallery Walk, and Books for You 11:15 AM - 1 PM Holiday Show 1 - 5 PM Correction! Betsy's Art - Date Change Dec. 21 3 - 5 PM Crafting: Making Wrapping Paper and Cards 3 - 5 PM What Now? a Queer Creative Space 4 - 5:30 PM Feeding the Valley Food Pick Up Rescheduled! 4:30 - 5:30 PM +3 more see less	22 Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 4:30 PM Change of Date for Players' Night Before. . . Event 5 - 6 PM Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 8 PM 350VT Brandon Community Climate Conversation 5:30 - 7 PM Re: East Middlebury Xmas Carols 5:30 - 7 PM Bristol Bike/Ped Advisory Committee Agenda 7 PM +2 more see less	23 Starksboro Meeting House Christmas Candlelight Service Until 7 PM Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Holiday Sing-Along at the Lincoln Library 5 - 6 PM Canceled Starksboro Meeting House Candlelight Service 7 - 7 PM	24 Early Closing All Day Zumba at BFit 9:45 - 10:45 AM Christmas Services at MiddUCC 4 - 8:30 PM Christmas at the Waybury Inn 4 PM (multiday) Weybridge Christmas Eve Service 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Service 6 PM Christmas Eve at the Bristol Federated Church 6:30 PM Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Event 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service in Salisbury 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 PM Midnight Mass 11:59 PM +7 more see less
25	26	27 Middlebury Chapter of the Burlington Writer's Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM Two Brothers Tavern Dart League 6:30 - 9:30 PM	28 Club 50 10 AM - 12 PM What Now? a Queer Creative Space 4 - 5:30 PM	29 Coffeehouse Chess with Monty 2 - 4 PM Makery at Hannaford Career Center 5 - 8 PM Gratitude…An Evening of Extraordinary Music 8 PM	30 Cribbage 1 - 3 PM	31 Bristol Best Night All Day Zumba at BFit 9:45 - 10:45 AM Bristol Best Night 3 - 11 PM Roaring 20's Jazz Club: Bristol Best Night is Back! 3:30 - 11 PM Roaring 20's Jazz Club - Bristol Best Night is Back! 8 - 11 PM +1 more see less