Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2017

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26 28th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) 28th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Concert St Johnsbury Band & Children's Chorus 3 - 4 PM Family Potluck & Film at Adamant Community Club 5 - 6:30 PM "Leftover Potluck" and Movie in Adamant 5 - 9 PM "The Court Jester" - Adamant Community Club Sunday 6:30 PM +2 more see less	27 Agenda for Nov. 27 Calais Selectboard Meeting 12 AM Live Storytelling Workshop Group 6 - 7:45 PM Selectboard Meeting Tonight 7 - 9:30 PM	28 Quit Tobacco! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Free - Braco Live Streams - Silent Healing Potential 4 PM (multiday) Quit Tobacco! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Special Screening of Wasted! Nov. 28 5:30 - 8 PM Lucas Herring for Mayor 6 - 6:45 PM Stranahan Stewardship Committee Meeting Nov. 28 6 - 7:30 PM Learn About the Foundry Workshop and How We Might Help 6 - 8:30 PM Artists Outreach 6 - 8:30 PM Special Town Meeting 7 - 8 PM Public Input Requested: Municipal Swimming Pool Options 7 PM +6 more see less	29 OLLI Film Series Begins 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Square Dance 2 - 3:30 PM Braco's Gaze of Silence Helps and Heals 4 - 6:30 PM Slash Your Energy Bills - Workshop 6 - 7:30 PM Slash Your Energy Bills - Workshop at Library 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	30 Relocalizing VT Thursday: New Trains; Too-Low Taxes 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thur. 9 Am: New Trains; Too-Low Taxes 9 - 10:30 AM Looking for Extras and Actors for Student Film! 3:30 PM Festive Wreath Making 6 - 8 PM Calais Cemetery Commissioner Meeting Nov. 30 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night 12 AM Barre City PTO Ski & Ride Program at Sugarbush Mt. Ellen 12 - 12 PM Tasting True Perception - December Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Opening Reception 5 - 8 PM 4th Annual PTNO Pasta Dinner and Raffle Fundraiser 6 - 7:30 PM PTNO Pasta Dinner and Raffle Fundraiser Update 6 - 7:30 PM Penny Arcade Band at Whammy Bar Friday 7:30 - 9:30 PM Stelvis Carbo at Sweet Melissa's This Friday 9 - 11:30 PM +4 more see less	2 Anima in Concert 7 AM (multiday) 10th VT Community Energy & Climate Action Conference 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Breakfast with Santa & Pie Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Twinfield Craft and Artisan Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Unitarian Church Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Annual UCM Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Reiki Level 1 Certification Training 9 AM - 3 PM Free Acupuncture 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Essential Oils Holiday Pop-Up 10 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazaar 10 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM 5th Annual Not Your Mother's Church Bazaar 10 AM - 4 PM Jewelry Open Studio and Holiday Sale 10 AM (multiday) Holiday In-Home Yard Sale 11 AM - 2 PM Wreath Making at Maple Corner Community Center! 1 - 4:30 PM A Child's Christmas in Wales 4 PM Free Movie & Popcorn Night 6 PM Pop-Up Swing Session Saturday 7 - 8 PM Reminder! Pop-Up Swing Dancing in Maple Corner 7 - 8 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir 7 PM +16 more see less
3 Holiday Bazaar 10 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Sale and Open House 12 - 5 PM Annual Holiday Tea 2 - 4 PM Northeast Kingdom Reiki Collective Reiki Clinic 2 - 4 PM VT Reads Discussion of "Brown Girl Dreaming" 2 PM VT Reads Book Discussion with Syd Lea 2 PM North Country Chorus 70th Annual Christmas Concert 4 PM Plainfield Community Supper Support Group 6 - 7 PM Lower Waterford Memory Tree 6 - 7:30 PM Cabot Memorial Tree Lighting on the Common 6:30 PM +8 more see less	4 Cabot Ags Presentation/Discussion 12 AM Poor People's Campaign Launch Event! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival 6:30 - 9 PM Poor People's Campaign National Liftoff 6:30 PM	5 Workshop for Family Caregivers 12 AM Needles in the Stacks 1 - 3 PM Free Parenting Class 6 - 8 PM Mahjong and More! Game Night 7 - 8:30 PM	6 Walk-Through Wednesday, Orchard Valley Waldorf School 8:30 - 10:30 AM Walk-Through Wednesday at Orchard Valley Waldorf School 8:30 - 10:30 AM Walk-Through Wednesday at Orchard Valley 8:30 - 10:30 AM Next OLLI Film 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Senior Day: the Crones Sing American and European Tunes 1:30 - 3 PM Death, Dying, and Mindfulness 6 - 7:30 PM Mid-Season Specialty Cider & Local Food Tasting 6 - 8 PM Mid-Season Specialty Cider & Local Food Tasting 6 - 8 PM Calais School Board Meeting Dec. 6 7 - 8 PM Artist Talks and Holiday Art Sale 7 - 8 PM Great Discussions at Peacham Library 7 PM +8 more see less	7 Planning Commission Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Holiday on the Green 5 - 7 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM Mark Bray Benefit 7 - 9 PM House Concert Tomorrow Night! 7 - 10 PM Id M Theft Able/Lichti Dentico Duo/Toussaint Concert 7 - 10 PM Fundraiser & Presentation on the History of Anti-Fascism 7 PM +4 more see less	8 Essential Oils Holiday Pop-Up 11 AM - 2 PM Save the Date, the Christmas Trees Are Coming! 12 PM (multiday) Join Us to Protest the Repeal of Net Nuetrality Laws 3 - 4 PM Spaulding's Got Talent 6 - 8 PM Drama Performance! 6 PM Maple Corner Film Series This Friday 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	9 Open Studio Dec. 9 & 10 12 AM (multiday) Solidarity Craft Fair Montpelier This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Memory Cafe Music and Song 10 - 11:30 AM Indoor Yard Sale! - Ennis Hill Rd 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Cookie Walk 10 AM - 1 PM 3rd Annual Barnet Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Silent Auction & Spin-A-Thon 10 AM - 3 PM Christmas Luncheon, Memorial Tree, Turkey & Wreath 12 PM (multiday) Want to Save Money? Weatherization Workshop Dec. 9 1:30 - 3:30 PM Holiday A Cappella Mens' and Womens' Barbershop Concert 2 - 4 PM Classic Journalism Film Series: Citizen Kane 2:30 - 5 PM Winter Owl Exploration 3 - 8 PM Festival of Choirs 6:30 - 8:30 PM Dancing in the Northeast Kingdom! 6:30 - 10:30 PM Celebrate the Season with Mad River Chorale 7:30 - 9 PM Cabot Contra Dance with Midnight Capers on Saturday! 7:30 PM Pumpkin Hill Singers and Cantate! Christmas Concert 7:30 PM +14 more see less
10 Santa is Coming to Morse Farm 12 AM The Farmers Banquet on Climate Change 3 - 7 PM Farmers Banquet on Climate Change 3 - 7 PM Farmers Banquet Dec. 10 at Capitol Grange 3 - 8 PM Community Carol Sing 6:30 PM +1 more see less	11 Selectboard Budget Meeting 5 - 6 PM Landscape Design for Pollinators by Jane Sorensen 6 - 8 PM Editing Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Free Talk - Become a Freelance Book Editor 6:30 - 8 PM 30's and Under Social Meditation in Montpelier 6:30 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Social Meditation in Montpelier 6:30 - 8:30 PM Conservation Committee Meeting Dec. 11 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	12 Landlords: Free Essential Maintenance Practices Course 12 - 4 PM Star Wars Party at Aldrich Library: the Reader Awakens 5 - 8 PM Dart Meeting: Addressing Substance Use Disorder 6 - 8 PM Movie: "Now is the Time ~ Health Care for Everybody" 6:30 - 8 PM Advantage Cabot Information Session Dec. 12 7 - 8 PM Cancelled - Advantage Cabot Session Tonight 7 - 8 PM Waterbury Band Concert 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	13 Essential Oils Holiday Pop-Up 11 AM - 2 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Last OLLI Film 12:30 - 3 PM Square Dancing 2 - 3:30 PM Zero Energy Homes Workshop at Library Wednesday 6 - 7:30 PM Zero Energy Homes Workshop at Library Next Wed. 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	14 Book Fair to Benefit Everybody Wins 12 AM (multiday) NES Holiday Sing Along 6:30 - 7 PM Windows on Waldorf 6:30 - 8 PM Windows on Waldorf at Orchard Valley 6:30 - 8 PM CCIF Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Rug Hooking Group at Danville Library 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	15 Warm Clothes & Toys for Girls & Boys 12 - 12 AM Crafty Pop-Up at the Plainfield Firehouse! 5 PM (multiday) Crafty Pop-Up Sale at the Plainfield Firehouse 5 PM (multiday) Howard Frank Mosher's Posthumous Novel, Points North 6 - 8 PM Radio Show, John Rowell 6:20 - 6:30 PM Annual Polar Express Party - A Family Tradition 6:30 PM JSC Concert Band, World Music Ensemble Perform Dec. 15 7 - 8:30 PM Concert Band and World Music Ensemble Performs at JSC 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	16 A Warm Onion River Chorus Concert (multiday) Kids' Time - West Newbury Hall 12 AM Cabot Holiday Market and Weihnachtmarkt Dec. 16 12 AM Christmas Bird Count and Bird Feeders 12 AM Gift the Gift of Health 9 AM - 3 PM Central VT Habitat Holiday Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM CVHFH's Holiday Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair Hosted by Habitat 4 Humanity 9 AM - 4 PM Calais Holiday Craft Fair 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Holiday with the Animals at Central VT Humane Society 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday Market at Craftsbury Academy 10 AM - 4 PM Chocolate Christmas is for Vegans Too! 12 PM EarthWalk Nature Crafting Party & Live Folk Music 1 - 4 PM Nature Crafting Party and Indie Folk Music 1 - 4 PM Elves' Workshop Date Change! 2 - 4 PM Santa at Aldrich Public Library 3 - 4 PM Treasures Unburied Annual Christmas Party 5 - 9 PM Epic Hanukkah Event Featuring New Orleans Klezmer All Stars 6 - 11 PM Annual Calais Yankee Swap! 6:30 PM The 11th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 16-17 7 PM (multiday) 11th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 16-17 7 PM (multiday) The 11th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 16-17 7 PM (multiday) Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend 7:30 PM Fire Burning in Snow: Concerts in Montpelier 7:30 PM Onion River Chorus Christmas Concert 2017 7:30 PM +21 more see less
17 Winter Farmers Market 11 AM - 3 PM Plainfield Historical Society 4:30 - 6:30 PM Annual Community Carol Singalong! 6 - 8 PM	18 LGBTQIA Meditation - St J Shambhala Center, Eastern Ave 6:30 - 8 AM Selectboard Budget Meeting 5 - 6 PM Plainfield Water/Wastewater Commission Meeting 5 - 7 PM Act 46 Survey Results and EMES Budget Update 6 - 7 PM PTNO Meeting Dec. 18 at CES 6 - 7 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	19 Braco's Healing Gaze - Healing Through Silence 4 - 6 PM	20 We Need to Talk 12 AM Winter Solstice Sale 9:30 AM - 6 PM Square Dancing 1 - 3:30 PM Braco's Healing Gaze - Healing Through Silence 4 - 6 PM Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding! Wednesday 5 - 6:30 PM U-32 Budget Forum & Act 46 Decision 6 - 7 PM Stranahan Committee Agenda Dec. 20 6 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	21 Relocalizing VT: Healthier, with Less Medicine 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thursday: Healthier, with Less Medicine 9 - 10:30 AM Racial Justice Reform Coalition Winter Gathering! 4 - 8 PM Racial Justice Reform Coalition Winter Gathering 4 - 8 PM Reiki Share to Celebrate the Solstice 6 - 7:30 PM Plainfield Hazard Mitigation - Dec. 21 Public Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Calais Elementary - Important Information for All 6 PM Program at North Branch Nature Center 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	22 Service for Blanche Lamore 1 PM Winter Solstice Labyrinth Walk 6 - 7 PM A Christmas Carol - Barre Opera House 7:30 PM (multiday)	23 This Holiday at the Den 12 AM
24 Christmas Eve Experiences 10 AM - 7 PM "Light Shines in the Darkness" Christmas Eve Service 5:30 - 6:30 PM Christmas Eve - Fireworks - Church Service 6 PM Christmas Eve at the Old Brick Church 6 PM Christmas Services: Church of the Good Shepherd 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	25 Town Office Closing 8 AM (multiday) Community Christmas Dinner 12 - 2 PM	26	27 Davidian/Morse Family Band 8 - 10:30 PM	28	29 Zumba Kids 6:30 - 6:30 PM Cajun Back in Cabot! 7 - 11 PM Comedy Show at Espresso Bueno! 8 - 10 PM	30
31 You Are Invited...to Church This Sunday 10 AM - 12:30 PM New Year's Eve 5K Dec. 31 in Montpelier 2 PM Weekly Poker Game 4 - 11:30 PM First Night North on New Year's Eve! 4 PM (multiday) Welcome 2018 for $20.18 at Pica-Pica Filipino Cuisine! 5 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 New Year's Day Circle Dance & Pot Luck 2 - 4 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting This Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Budget Work Session and Selectboard Agenda 5 - 8:30 PM	3 Plainfield Select Board Budget Meeting Jan. 3 4 PM	4 RelocalizingVT Jan. 4: A Physician & An Acupuncturist 9 - 10:30 AM RelocalizingVT Jan. 4: A Physician & An Acupuncturist 9 - 10:30 AM Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 4 5 - 6:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM School Board News 6 PM Aging and Arising of Wisdom Discussion Group 6:30 - 8 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	5	6 Boy Scout Christmas Tree Pick-Up for Barre City 12 - 12 AM SHS Biology CLASS Bottle Drive! 8:30 AM - 5 PM Introduction to Spinning 10 - 11 AM Community School Budget Forum 10 - 11:30 AM Film Appreciation Seminar in Adamant 2:30 - 5 PM Sing, Eat, Dance at Captiol City Grange Jan. 6 5:30 PM Peacham Community Coffeehouse 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less