Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2023

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26 Festive Holiday Market at Four Pillars Farm in Whiting 9 AM (multiday) Festive Holiday Market at Four Pillars Farm in Whiting 9 AM (multiday)	27 Where Are We on Climate Change? 5:30 - 6:30 PM November Meeting of Starksboro Conservation Commission 5:30 - 7 PM Andrews Community Forest Committee Regular Meeting 6 - 8 PM Volunteers Green & Browns Court Project Committee 7 - 9 PM Monday Selectboard Agenda 7 PM +1 more see less	28 Nativity Pageant Workshop All Day DEIB Meeting 6 PM Town Common Meeting 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting Nov. 28 7 PM Neighborhood/Community Meeting Nov. 28 7 PM +1 more see less	29 St. George PC Meeting - Nov. 29 6 PM Hinesburg Affordable Housing Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM Heartaches & Hangovers 8 - 10 PM Live Music at the Big Spruce Wednesday Nov 29 8 - 10 PM	30 Times Ink Annual Meeting 4 PM Got a Uke? Check Out the Ukulele Skillbuilder Course! 6 - 7 PM Town Center and Library Building Committee Meeting 7 PM	1 Lake Champlain Waldorf School Winter Fair (multiday) Dogs Wolves and Art (multiday) Free Singing Class for People with Dementia 10:30 - 11:30 AM Friday Food Affair This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Huntington Valley Arts (Last) First Friday of 2023 5 - 8 PM Final First Friday of the Year! 5 - 8 PM Huntington Valley Arts First Friday Art Fair 5 - 8 PM Brandee Younger Jazz Trio 6:30 - 9:15 PM Brandee Younger Jazz Trio 7:30 - 9 PM Christmas Chaos - Essex Community Players 7:30 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	2 St. Jude Parish Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Scout Holiday Wreaths for Sale! 9 AM (multiday) Shaker Mountain Trees - Open Dec. 2 and 3 9 AM (multiday) Town Center Open House Dec. 2 10 AM - 2 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Celebrates 20 Years 7 - 8:30 PM Live Music at Burnham Hall in Lincoln Dec 2nd 7:30 - 10 PM +2 more see less
3 Annual Carol Sing at the Old Round Church 4 - 5 PM Middlebury College Community Chorus Concert 5 - 6 PM	4 Parking Advisory Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 6 PM Auditions for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 6:30 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM	5 Nativity Pageant Workshop All Day Auditions for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 6:30 - 9 PM Huntington Public Library Trustee Meeting 6:30 PM Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Protecting Our Vermont Pollinators 7 - 8:30 PM DRB Meeting Dec. 5 7 PM +2 more see less	6 Dec. 6 Richmond Blood Drive Update 11:30 AM - 5 PM Seeking 35 More Blood Donors: December Richmond Drawing 11:30 AM - 5 PM Dec. 6 Selectboard Agenda 6 PM CSWD: Zero Waste Holiday Hacks 6 PM Endangered Species Act at 50: Presentation at RFL 6:30 - 8 PM Richmond Planning Commission Public Hearing 7 PM Free Amateur Musicians Orchestra Concert Dec. 6 7:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	7 Wildlife Adventures Around the World 1:30 - 2:30 PM Grief During the Holidays Support Group 2:30 - 4 PM Bingo for Huntington Seniors at Brewster-Pierce School 3 - 4 PM Exclusive Ski Film Screening of "Here, Hold My Kid" 6 PM Exclusive Ski Film Screening of "Here, Hold My Kid" 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	8 Starksboro's Holiday Project (multiday) Free Singing Class for People with Dementia 10:30 - 11:30 AM Sculpey Pen Craft at the Library 3 - 4:30 PM Christimas Chaos - Essex Community Players 7 PM (multiday)	9 Cat Adoption Event Dec. 9 9 AM - 1 PM Pop Up Winter Market This Saturday in Richmond! 9 AM - 4 PM Shaker Mountain Trees Open Again - Dec. 9 & 10 9 AM (multiday) Holiday Book Sale (Youth and YA Books) 10 AM - 2 PM Community Toy Swap 10 AM - 2 PM Season's Readings Holiday Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM CCS Holiday Market 10 AM - 2 PM Judith Bryant Pottery "Clear the Shelves" Sale 10 AM - 2:05 PM 3rd Annual Salvas Road Holiday Market 10 AM - 3 PM Holiday Market Dec. 9! 10 AM - 3 PM Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Gingerbread House Adventure 1 - 3:30 PM Seniors Holiday Party (Bolton Up and Down Town Club) 1 - 4 PM Holiday Show in Four-Part Harmony 2 - 3:30 PM Nativity Pageant - Free Attendance! 3 - 4 PM Arabesque, Etc Dance Nutcracker Tea 4 PM (multiday) Ceili Class (Irish Social Dances) on Saturday 4:15 PM Irish Ceili Dance This Saturday, Dec. 9! 4:15 PM Kid's Night Out 5 - 9 PM Love, Kelly Free Event ~ See Local Artistic Creations! 6 - 9 PM A Creative Collective Brought to You by 'Love, Kelly' 6 - 9 PM 'Love, Kelly' Free Event - See Local Artistic Creations! 6 - 9 PM Yuletide Concert & Sing Along to Benefit Locals 7 - 8:30 PM +21 more see less
10 Masons to Support the Jewell Family / Queen Bee Snack B 7:30 - 10 AM Ugly Sweater 5k Run/Walk - Rotary Club of SB 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Concert on Sunday Will Be Fun for All! 2 - 6 PM Christmas Event 3 - 4 PM Stone Corral Brewery Closing 4pm Sunday 4 PM Messiah 8 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	11 Cemetery Commission Meeting - Tonight Dec. 11 6 - 7 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM District Legislators to Attend MMUUSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Special Meeting of the Selectboard 7 PM	12 Selectboard Budget Q&A 5 - 7 PM DEIB Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Volunteers Green & Browns Court Project Committee 7 - 9 PM Hinesburg Conservation Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM Richmond Conservation Commission 7:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Starksboro Food Shelf Open 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM Richmond Housing Committee Meeting & Membership 5:30 - 7 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 PM	14 Wine Tasting at The Bushel Market 4 AM - 6 PM Selectboard Budget Q&A 8 - 10 AM Conservation Commission Agenda Dec. 14 6:30 - 8:30 PM Town Forest Committee Meeting Agenda 7 PM Town Center and Library Building Committee Meeting 7 PM +1 more see less	15 It's Italian Night at Friday Food Affair! All Day You and the Future of Hemlock in Vermont 12 - 1 PM Sisterhood of the Dreaded Elevator Pitch 12 - 2 PM Keeping Our Community Safe from Gun Violence 6 - 7 PM Friday Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 PM +1 more see less	16 Holiday Gathering 10 AM - 12 PM Smilie Winter Festival and Playground Raffle 10 AM - 2 PM Camels Hump Middle School Holiday Craft Market 10 AM - 3 PM Queer Craft Fair 12/16 at the Old Labor Hall in Barre 10 AM - 4 PM See You This Saturday at the Queer Craft Fair in Barre! 10 AM - 4 PM Ellen Spring Studio Holiday Sale Dec. 16 10 AM - 4 PM Pottery Open House 10 AM (multiday) Saturday Story Time! 10 AM Hora De Cuento (Spanish Storytime) at the Library 10:30 - 11 AM Greek Take-Out Food Event 12 - 4 PM Selectboard Q&A - Final Event 1 - 3 PM Caroling 3:30 - 4:30 PM Creekside Cocoa and Cookie Crawl 5 - 6:30 PM Christmas Live Nativity at CAC 5 - 8 PM +10 more see less
17 Cookie Walk 1 - 3 PM Cookie Walk 1 - 3 PM Cookie Walk 1 - 3 PM Girl Scout Holiday Food Drive 3:30 - 5:30 PM	18 Health Care Legislation 5:30 PM Correction - BCA Meeting - Monday Dec. 18 5:30 PM Andrews Community Forest Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 6 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM Monday Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 PM +2 more see less	19 Lactation Support Group 10 - 11 AM MMU Students Clothing Swap! 3:10 PM (multiday) Hinesburg Town Common Committee Agenda - Dec. 19 7 PM	20 Huge Sale Dec. 20 - Handy Persons Dream! 9 AM - 1 PM Police Governance Committee Meeting 11 AM SongFarmers Community Music Jam, 3rd Wednesdays 12 - 8 PM MMU Clothing Swap 3 PM (multiday) MMU Clothing Swap 3:10 PM (multiday) Important New Message from Edward Heyman's Soup Program 4 - 5 PM Candlelight Solstice Restorative 4:30 PM Dec. 20 Selectboard Agenda 6 PM Longest Night Service at Richmond Congregational Church 7 - 8 PM Richmond Planning Commission Meeting 7 PM +6 more see less	21 St. George Selectboard Meeting - Dec. 21 7 PM	22	23 Walking Caroling Party on Roscoe Road 2:30 PM Starksboro Meetinghouse Christmas Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM
24 Christmas Eve Worship Services at Richmond UCC 10 - 11 AM Christmas Eve Worship Services at Richmond UCC 10 - 11 AM Christmas Worship Service 10:30 AM - 1 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at CAC 6 - 7 PM +1 more see less	25 Quaker Meetinghouse Christmas Day Service 4 - 5 PM	26	27 ReTribe Winter Teen Retreat 3 PM (multiday) Live Music at Ghe Big Spruce Dec 27 8 - 10 PM	28 Volunteers Green & Browns Court Project Committee 7 - 9 PM	29 Connor Brien Quartet at Public House 6 - 8 PM	30 Bird Count Saturday - Fill Your Feeder Time! 12 AM (multiday) December Bird Monitoring Walk 8 - 9 AM
31	1	2 Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Quilt Meeting Speaker 7 PM Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM	3 2nd Sale - Handy Persons Dream, Office, Kitchen, Tools 9 AM - 12 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan. 3 6 PM	4 Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 PM	5 Singing for People with Dementia and Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM	6 Bottle Pick Up 8 AM - 12 PM Christmas Tree Pickup 9 AM - 3 PM Haiku Workshop, Saturday, Jan. 6 9 AM Women's Connection and Chat Group 10 - 11:30 AM Saxon Hill School Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Siber Sled Dogs at Richmond Free Library 11 AM - 12 PM Live Music at Dumb Luck Pub and Grill 7 - 10 PM SunDub Reggae Show at Higher Ground, Jan. 6 7 PM Live Music at Burnham Hall in Lincoln. Jan 6 7:30 - 10 PM SunDub Reggae Show at Higher Ground, Jan. 6 7:30 - 11 PM +6 more see less