Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2024

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1 Sage Farm Store End of Season Sale (multiday) Santa for a Senior 8 AM (multiday) Black Friday and Small Business Saturday Promotion 10 AM (multiday) Help the Mitzvah Fund Care for Pets with Painful Teeth 12 AM (multiday) 12th Annual Old Labor Hall Craft Show! 9 AM (multiday) G Willikers Opening Day! 9 AM - 1 PM Chess Tournament Dec. 1 9:30 AM - 3 PM 20% Off Holiday Sale at BHAV Spa! 10 AM - 6 PM Plainfield Winter Market 11 AM - 3 PM Complimentary “Powder Day Pilates” Class! 11 AM - 3 PM Potluck Feeds Hunger + Body + Soul 12 - 3 PM Potluck Feeds Hunger + Body + Soul 12 - 3 PM Holiday Wreath Making Workshop 1 - 3 PM Youth Art Show Opening, Potluck and Food Drive Dec. 1 1 - 3 PM Birch Bark Birds and Stars Workshop 1 - 5 PM Holiday Sing-Along 2:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along - Dec. 1 at The Montpelier Grange 2:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along - a Free, Family-Friendly Event 2:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along at the Grange! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along at The Capital City Grange 2:30 - 4:30 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Broadway Rocks: Home for the Holidays 6 - 8:30 PM ACIM Study Group 6:30 - 7:30 PM +21 more see less	2 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Dignity of Risk Training for Disability Professionals 10 - 11:30 AM Bake a Sweet Treat for Your Neighbors 3 - 3:30 PM Light Up the Library Opening! 3 - 5 PM Plainfield Select Board Special and Budget Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Community Sound Bath 6:30 - 7:45 PM Select Board Meeting Dec. 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7 - 8 PM Marshfield Energy & Climate Change Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	3 The Heart That Grew Three Sizes Bible Study Group All Day Free Veterinary Clinic for Older Adults All Day CVCOA and Mitzvah Fund Veterinary Clinic 9 AM - 4 PM Shop and Eat Locally on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3 9 AM (multiday) Free Monthly Somatic Pop-Up Clinic 10 AM - 4 PM Meditation Series at Stowe Street Cafe 4 - 5 PM Strengthen Your Immunity with Eden Energy Medicine! 5 - 6 PM Meetup for Women, Trans and Non-Binary Tradespeople 5 - 7 PM Select Board Meeting Tomorrow 5 - 7 PM Giving Tuesday Celebration at Sushi Yoshi 5 - 9 PM “A Chance to Meet” 5:30 - 8 PM How Telescopes Work, and What to Look for to Buy One 5:30 PM Board Game Night Tuesday 6 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Waterbury Rec Gift Making Series: Tote Bag Printing! 6:15 - 7:30 PM Weekly Bible Study Starting Sept 17 6:30 - 8 PM Master Food Labels: Healthier Choices on a Budget 7 - 8 PM +13 more see less	4 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Chicken Curry Fundraiser with New Menu! 12 - 5 PM Senior Day Dec. 4 1:30 - 2:30 PM Central VT Olli and Rick Winston Film Program 1:30 - 3 PM Rick Winston on Chinese Films 1:30 - 3:30 PM Healing Arts Group 5 - 6:30 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Screening of "The US and the Holocaust" 6 - 7:30 PM Paine Mountain School Board to Discuss Outdoor Ed, Budget 6 - 8 PM Community Holiday Party and Wreath Show 6 - 8 PM WCUUSD School Budget: We Want to Hear from You! 6 - 9 PM Board Games at Joslin Library 6 - 9 PM Summit School's Intermediate Old Time Fiddle Classes 6:30 - 7:45 PM Intermediate Old-Time Fiddle Class 6:30 - 7:45 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Dec. 4 6:30 - 8:30 PM First Wednesday Open Mic! 7 - 9 PM Norwich Celebrates St. Barbara's Night Wednesday 9:45 - 10 PM +13 more see less	5 Giving Tree All Day Bone Builders Class 9 - 10 AM Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM ✨Craft Night! North Branch Cafe✨ 4:30 - 7 PM Community Corralling Fun! 5 - 6:30 PM Water Rhythms: Stories from the River 5 - 7 PM Methodist Church Community Meal Thursday! 6 - 7:30 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Community Jam at the Montpelier Senior Center 6:15 - 8 PM Art Yoga 6:30 - 7:30 PM Future Wild: Protecting Public Forests by Zack Porter 7 - 8 PM Future Wild:Protecting New England's Public Forests 7 - 9 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM Frozen Jr. the Musical 7 PM (multiday) Barre City Development Review Board Agenda Dec. 5 7 PM Future Wild: Protecting Vermont's Public Forests 7 PM "Tinsel Town" Pub Trivia with the MRV Libraries 7 PM +18 more see less	6 Inherit the Wind at Lamoille County Players All Day Black Bears Youth Hockey 12U Bottle Drive (multiday) Safe Sitter Babysitting Course - Dec. 6! 9 AM - 3:30 PM Conflict Evolution Training Retreat in Plainfield 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Local Conflict Evolution Workshop 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Read & Play Fridays at the Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Join Our Early Childhood Music Programs at Peak Music! 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM Public Hearing: Jay-Lyn Saturday Winter Service 11 - 11:30 AM Trustees of Public Funds Meeting 11 AM - 12 PM Community Listening Session! 11:30 AM - 1 PM MSAC Chess Club & Lessons 3 - 5 PM Christmas on the Common 3 - 8 PM The Front: Group Show 64 for Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Art at Magpie & Tiger / Monica Digiovanni / Dec. 6 4 - 9 PM Holiday Art Sale at The Inky Dinky Oinkink Studio 4 PM (multiday) A Traditional Christmas in Stowe - This Weekend! 4 PM (multiday) VNRC Presents "World Wide Wend" by Paul Richardson 4:30 - 7:30 PM Holiday Jam at Monteverdi for Art Walk! 5 - 6:30 PM George Woodard's New Book, The Christmas Calf 5 - 7 PM Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 5 - 7 PM You're Invited! Exhibit Opening Party at VTSSM! 5 - 8 PM You're Invited! Exhibit Opening Party at VTSSM! 5 - 8 PM Christmas on the Common 5 - 8 PM Sound Healing at Center Studio Yoga 6 - 7 PM Re: Poetry Speak-Out 6 - 8 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Ladies Night at Vermont North Ski Shop 6 - 9 PM Poetry Speak-Out 6 PM (multiday) Poetry, Music and Storytelling Night at Love University 6:30 - 8:30 PM A Christmas Carol 7 - 8 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Norwich University Regimental Band Concert 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Spring Hill School's Bid & Boogie Dance Party 7 - 11 PM Theatre Presentation of Dickens's a Christmas Carol 7 PM (multiday) Little Mermaid, Jr 7 PM Green Mountain Swing! Live Music! Dance! Dec. 6, ArtsRiot 7:30 - 10 PM Spring Hill School's Bid & Boogie 7:30 - 11 PM Green Mountain Swing! Live Music! Dance! Dec. 6 7:30 PM +37 more see less	7 Women of Northfield - Run for Office! - Find Out How 12 AM Contra Dance Again Saturday: Montpelier Contra Dance! All Day Bottle Drive This Saturday at WHS! 7:30 AM - 1 PM Help Support Worcester's Celebration of the 4th 8 AM - 1 PM Barre Town Republican Committee Monthly Meeting 8:30 - 9:30 AM Annual Conference: Gardening with Nature in Mind, Dec. 7 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Blood Drive Dec. 7 9 AM - 12:45 PM 89th Annual Holiday Bazaar at Burlington's First Unitarian Universalist Society 9 AM - 2 PM Craft & Bake Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Twinfield Boosters Annual Craft Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Craft Fair & Bake Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Moretown Artisans Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Dog Hill Pottery/Ally Shea Pottery 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Moretown Artisans Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Moretown Stroll 9 AM - 3 PM 2024 Moretown Artisan Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Moretown Artisan Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Maple Corner Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3:30 PM Special Saturday Hours at Chandler's Holiday Market 9 AM - 6 PM Friends of the Warren Library Used Book Sale 10 AM - 12 PM Create Your Own Winter Centerpiece 10 AM - 12 PM Amnesty International Human Rights Day Event 10 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 10 AM - 1 PM Christmas Event 10 AM - 2 PM NMHS Holiday Market/Craft Fair - Dec. 7 10 AM - 3 PM Blow Your Own Glass Ornaments at Salt & Sand Studios 10 AM - 4 PM Shap Smith Photo Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Photographic Art Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market at Harwood Union High School 10 AM - 4 PM Montpelier Cocoa Crawl - Music & Chocolate!! 10 AM - 5 PM 49th-Year Customer Appreciation Sale 10 AM - 5 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Several Programs at North Branch Nature Center 10 AM (multiday) N3 Pottery: Open House, Open Studio, Seconds Sale 10 AM (multiday) Growing Resilience Course Practice/Q&A Call 10:30 - 11:15 AM Coffee and Doughnuts 10:30 AM - 3 PM 50% Sale Waterbury Restore 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM Spanish Club 11 AM - 12:30 PM Highland Center for the Arts Winter Market 11 AM - 3 PM Ellison Estate Vineyard Holiday Market, Dec. 7! 11 AM - 5 PM Meet with District 3 Council Members 12 - 1 PM Onion River Journal Staff Meeting Saturday 12 - 1:30 PM Waitsfield Holiday Walkabout - Gracie's Tamales & Kitchen 12 - 4 PM Holidays at Cork! Wine Tasting, Market Turns One & More 12 PM (multiday) Real Talk About Coyotes and the Wolf 1 - 2 PM Real Talk About Coyotes and the Wolf 1 - 2 PM Roxbury Community Crafters - Paper Quilling 1 - 4 PM Holiday Concert! 2 - 2 PM Afternoon Holiday in the Barbershop Style 2 - 3 PM December Forum at The Old Labor Hall 2 - 3 PM Holiday Concert in 4 Part Harmony 2 - 3:15 PM Holiday Concert Green Mountain and Barre Tones Choruses 2 - 3:30 PM December Forum at the Old Labor Hall 2 - 4 PM Valley Youth Bake for a Cause 2 - 4 PM Mssr. Mouse Art Opening Tiny Canvases at the Phoenix 2 - 4 PM Encouraging Women to Run for Office 2 PM Great Gifts! Winterfest Kick-Off Silent Auction 3 - 3:45 PM Community Holiday Party Saturday, Dec. 7 3 - 5 PM Little Mermaid, Jr 3 PM River of Light Parade and Celebration Community Info 4 - 6:30 PM Holiday Open House & Brunch at Stowe Street Cafe 4 - 7 PM Waterbury Public Library is Open During River of Light! 4 - 7 PM Amazing and Fun Ceramic Monsters at Front Four Gallery 4 - 7 PM Chili Dinner at The Senior Center on Saturday, Dec. 7 4 PM Glean Up Your Act at the Grange - Dec. 7! 4:30 - 7 PM Glean Up Your Act at the Grange – Saturday Afternoon! 4:30 - 7 PM "Vermont for the Vermonters" Author Talk 6 - 7 PM Flavors of Spain: Pop-Up Dining Event 6 - 8:30 PM Slaphappy Santa Christmas Spectacular 6:30 - 10 PM A Christmas Carol 7 - 8 PM HUMS & CBMS Present the Little Mermaid 7 - 8 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Schoolhouse Worship & Prayer 7 - 9 PM 🌹The Flower Haus Fundraiser - Late Night Sober Lounge 7 - 10 PM MRVBC Backcountry Film Festival! 7 - 10 PM Contra Dance Again at the Grange - Dec. 7! 7:30 - 11 PM Contra Dance Again at the Grange--Saturday! 7:30 - 11 PM First of the Month Contra! 7:30 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance! 7:45 - 11 PM Contra Dance 8 - 11 PM Resounding Joy Dance Party 8 - 11:55 PM Norwich U. Pearl Harbor Remembrance - Dec. 7 10 - 10:10 PM +80 more see less
8 Antique Market at The Canadian Club 8 AM - 1 PM Community Holiday Breakfast Buffet 8:30 - 11:30 AM Worcester Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Worcester X-Mas Craft Fair, 3rd Edition at Doty! 10 AM - 4 PM Photographic Art Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Event 10 AM - 4 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Holiday Bazaar and Book Signing at Bohemian Bakery 2 - 6 PM Waterbury Community Band Free Christmas Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Family Dance at Grange This Sunday 3 - 4:30 PM Sunday Family Dance! Dance, Sing & Jump Around! 3 - 4:30 PM Children's Holiday Craft Party 3 - 5 PM Advent Lessons and Carols 4 - 5 PM Poetry, Short Stories & Songs at Brown Public Library 4 - 5 PM Auditions for Wake Up, Gloucester 4 - 6 PM Exciting and Fun Event for Environmentalists! 4 - 7 PM VT Sierra Club Winter Gathering 4 - 7 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM A Christmas Carol 7 - 8 PM +17 more see less	9 Vermont Maple Conference All Day Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM 36th Annual Brain Injury Conference Dec. 9-11 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM 36th Annual Brain Injury Conference and Auction 9:30 AM (multiday) Friends of the Warren Library Annual Meeting 10 - 11 AM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Warren Public Library Trustee Meeting 5 - 6 PM Wheeler Field Plan Draft Review: Community Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Barre City Republican Committee 6 - 7:30 PM CVCCSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Town of Plainfield Select Board and Budget Meeting 6 - 8 PM SB Meeting 6 - 9 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting Dec. 9 6:30 - 8 PM Middlesex Trails Committee Meets Dec. 9 7 - 8 PM Moonday Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM +11 more see less	10 Vermont Maple Conference All Day The Heart That Grew Three Sizes Bible Study Group All Day 36th Annual Brain Injury Conference Dec. 9-11 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Social Service Appropriations Advisory Committee 11 AM - 12 PM Meditation Series at Stowe Street Cafe 4 - 5 PM Taco Tuesday at Hyde Away 4 - 10 PM Hunger Mountain Coop Council Meeting 5:30 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 7 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Correction to Audition Information 6 - 8 PM Irish Bronze Age Tuath Dé Danann - a Vibrant Culture 6:30 - 8 PM Weekly Bible Study Starting Sept 17 6:30 - 8 PM Plainfield Arts Potluck 6:30 PM Northfield Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM Anti-Racism Book Discussion Group 7 PM Sean Heely Celtic Christmas 7 PM +13 more see less	11 Vermont Maple Conference All Day Two for Christmas (multiday) Warmth (multiday) Rick Winston on Chinese Films: Coming Home All Day Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM 36th Annual Brain Injury Conference Dec. 9-11 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM MRV Chamber Offers Stand Up for Safety Training 10 AM - 12 PM Suicide Prevention and Awareness Training 10 AM - 12 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Central VT OLLI and Chinese Film 1:30 - 3 PM Burlington-Winooski Bridge Project Open House: Dec. 11 4:30 - 6:30 PM Healing Arts Group 5 - 6:30 PM Yellow Turtle's After-Hours Holiday Shopping Event 💛 5 - 7 PM Nómade Winery Dinner at Michael's on the Hill 5:30 - 9 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Board Games at Joslin Library Tonight 6 - 9 PM Climate and Ecology Book Discussion 6 PM Waterbury Rec Canvas & Cocoa for Kids! 6:15 - 9 PM Intermediate Old-Time Fiddle Class 6:30 - 7:45 PM Summit School's Intermediate Old Time Fiddle Classes 6:30 - 7:45 PM Community Grief Group - Every 2nd Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM Northfield-Norwich Partnership Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Marshfield Planning Commission Dec. 11 6:30 PM Silent Night at Stowe Community Church 7 - 8 PM Homeless Camping on Public Property 7 - 8:30 PM Program: Supreme Court Homeless Encampments Case 12/11 7 - 8:30 PM Homeless Camping on Public Property 7 - 8:30 PM David Budbill's "Two for Christmas" Play 7 PM (multiday) "Two for Christmas" at Lost Nation Theater 7 PM (multiday) Wall of Fame Induction 7 PM (multiday) Barre Unified Union School District Special Board Mtg 7 PM A Service of Lament, Remembrance, and Hope 7 PM Live Band Karaoke at Bent Nails, Dec. 11 8 - 11 PM +29 more see less	12 Vermont Maple Conference All Day The Civic Standard's Christmas Carol at HCA (multiday) A Charlie Brown Christmas Live in Concert All Day Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Holiday Wreath Making Workshop 5 - 7 PM Twinfield Community Night 5:30 - 7 PM HUUSD Budget Informational Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Community Singalong with Heidi Wilson 6 - 8 PM Ski Moms Cookbook Launch Party 6 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM That's That Thursday with Nasteeluvzyou at Alchemist 6 - 9 PM That's That Thursday with Nasteeluvzyou at the Alchemist 6 - 9 PM Art Yoga 6:30 - 7:30 PM Friends of Calais Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM A Classic Christmas with Frisson 7 - 8:45 PM Ski & Snowboard Movie Night at Piecasso 7 - 9 PM Local Cast Brings "A Christmas Carol" to Life! 7:30 PM Spaulding HS Theatre Group Presents Dracula 7:30 - 9:30 PM Production of A Christmas Carol 7:30 PM (multiday) +19 more see less	13 Vermont Maple Conference All Day Evergreen Centerpiece Workshop (multiday) Estate Sale 9 AM - 3 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Baked Beads 3-For-$20 Pop-Up Jewelry & Scarf Sale 10 AM (multiday) Read & Play Fridays at the Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM MSAC Chess Club & Lessons 3 - 5 PM Camp Meade Winter Bazaar (Art, Food, Drink, Music) 4 PM (multiday) Camp Meade: Winter Bazaar! (Art, Food, Drink, Music!) 4 PM (multiday) Camp Meade Winter Bazaar! (Art, Food, Drink, Music!) 4 PM (multiday) Camp Meade Winter Bazaar! (Lanterns, Art, Gingerbread!) 4 PM (multiday) "Good Eats" at Good Shepherd 5 - 6 PM Yoga & Journaling for Grief 5 - 6:30 PM New Intentional Community Forming in Montpelier 5 - 7 PM Climb It for Climate - Touring & Climate Ski Film Fest 5 - 8:30 PM Community Potluck Supper 5:30 - 7 PM Còig's Celtic Christmas Concert at Chandler 5:45 - 9 PM Community Meal in Plainfield 6 - 7 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM VT Foodbank & Street Cats Burlington Charity Event 6 - 11 PM Snow Queen - Updated Ticket Link 6 PM (multiday) Free Community Meal 6 PM Sound Bath Meditation 6:30 - 7:30 PM Community Line Dancing Pop-Up, Dec. Edition! 6:30 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Cabot Community Contra Dance - Friday 7 - 9:30 PM Local Cast Brings "A Christmas Carol" to Life! 7:30 PM Spaulding HS Theatre Group Presents Dracula 7:30 - 9:30 PM EDM Night: Genre Smash at Despacito 8 PM (multiday) +27 more see less	14 Vermont Maple Conference All Day Evergreen Centerpiece Workshop (multiday) Christmas Events at The Old Brick Church in 2024 All Day 31st Annual Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Last Minute Christmas Shopping 🎄🎁 9 AM - 3 PM Estate Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Estate/Moving Sale - Tillou Rd - Dec. 14-15 9 AM (multiday) Kids Trade & Play Clothing Swap 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play- A Family Resource! Dec. 14 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play- A Family Resource! Dec. 14 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade & Play – Saturday, Holiday Special! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Holiday Babysitting Event 9:30 AM - 4 PM Holiday Babysitting Saturday 9:30 AM - 4 PM Holiday Babysitting Event 9:30 AM - 4 PM Breakfast with Santa! 10 AM Northern VT Ridge Runners Ugly X-Mas Sweater Meet Up 10 - 11 AM Author / Illustrator Liza Woodruff to Visit Inklings! 10 - 11 AM Twin Babies Meetup! 10 AM - 12 PM Twins Meet-Up Hosted by Good Beginnings 10 AM - 12 PM Come to Our Twin Babies Meetup! 10 AM - 12 PM Good Beginnings Twin Meetup 10 AM - 12 PM Twin Babies & Kids Meetup This Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Copley Craft Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Christmas Tea & Cookie Sale! 10 AM - 2 PM Open House: Healing Artists Using Nature 10 AM - 2 PM Squish Wrapped at the Berlin Mall 10 AM - 3 PM Holly Grams (Musical Holiday Greetings by Telephone) 10 AM - 3 PM Singing Holiday Telegrams 10 AM - 3 PM Holly Grams Deliveries 10 AM - 3 PM 3rd Annual Holly Jolly Holiday Craft Fair Event 10 AM - 4 PM Blow Your Own Glass Ornaments at Salt & Sand Studios 10 AM - 4 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour! 10 AM (multiday) DVAS Soup Fest! 10:30 AM - 4 PM Holiday Centerpiece Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Holiday Centerpiece Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Makers' Market at Lawson's Finest Liquids 11 AM - 3 PM OWC Children's Choir Rehearsals 11:15 AM Would You Like to Talk to District 2 City Councilors? 12 - 1 PM Wine & Chocolate Tasting at the Taste Place 12 - 4 PM Dino Bones BBQ - Saturday! 12 - 5 PM Make Music with Your Neighbors! 1 - 3 PM Christmas at Kinneys 1 - 3 PM Holiday Yule-Log Inspired Centerpiece Class 1 - 3 PM Community Gift Wrapping Opportunity 1 - 3 PM Roxbury Community Crafters - Painting on Glass 1 - 4 PM Pop-Up Sale at Bobolink Farm, Saturday 1 - 4 PM Pamper Sip & Shop! 1 - 4 PM An Afternoon Concert with Cello & Piano 2 - 3 PM An Afternoon Concert with Cello & Piano 2 - 3 PM 3rd Annual Singing Bridge Christmas Lighting 🎄 2 - 4 PM New Lounge, New Apres Menu 2 PM (multiday) Healing Circle 2:30 - 4 PM Healing Workshop 2:30 - 4 PM Healing Workshop at Barre UU 2:30 - 4:30 PM Community Carol Sing 4:30 PM Free Christmas Caroling and Christmas Dinner Event 5 - 7 PM Sugarbursh Wall of Fame Celebration Honoring Win Smith 6 - 7 PM Community Dinner at Access Café 6 - 8 PM Music for a King 6 - 8:30 PM The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year! 6 - 9 PM Music for a King Christmas Concert - Free 6:30 - 9 PM Just Getting by - Film Screening in Maple Corner, VT 7 - 9 PM Film Screening of 'Just Getting' by by Bess O'Brien 7 - 9 PM Just Getting By - Film Screening at MCC 7 - 10 PM Local Cast Brings "A Christmas Carol" to Life! 7:30 PM Extraordinary Mad River Chorale Christmas Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM Spaulding HS Theatre Group Presents Dracula 7:30 - 9:30 PM BOH Presents: The John Denver Christmas 7:30 - 9:30 PM The VT Bluegrass Pioneers at Hugo's 7:30 - 9:30 PM Tower of Power! 8 - 11 PM Knife Sharpening - Stowe Living 11 PM (multiday) +68 more see less
15 VYOA Presents Orchestrapalooza at the Flynn! 4 AM - 6 PM Pop Up Prenatal Strengthening Class Sunday! Dec. 15 9 - 10 AM Auxiliary Unit 59, Winter Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Nurturing the Mother Workshop at the Sanctuary 10 AM - 12 PM Family Holiday Event at MCCC This Sunday! 10 AM - 1 PM Open House: Healing Time in Nature 10 AM - 2 PM Queer Craft Fair 12/15 at the Old Labor Hall, Barre 10 AM - 3 PM Family Holiday Event at MCC 10:30 AM - 1 PM Nutcracker Storytime and Dance Party at Inklings! 11 AM - 12 PM Winter Bake Sale - Correction 11 AM - 2 PM Real Reindeer in Waterbury on Dec 15! 11 AM - 2 PM Maker's Market at Lawson's 11 AM - 3 PM ❄️ Stowe Farmers' Market Holiday Market 12 - 4 PM ❄️ Stowe Farmers' Market Holiday Market 12 - 4 PM Sourdough Baking Workshop 12 - 5 PM Sourdough Baking Workshop 12 - 5 PM Sourdough Baking Workshop 12 - 5 PM Christmas Caroling "Fa La La La La Lalala.." 1 - 3 PM 'Elf' at The Savoy! 1 - 3 PM Pine Wreath Workshop 2 - 3 PM Duxbury Historical Society Holiday Sing-Along 2 - 3:15 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Winter Concert 2 - 3:30 PM Green Mountain Youth Orchestra Concert - Dec. 15 2 - 4 PM Community Christmas Party 2 - 4 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Winter Concert 2 - 4 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Winter Concert 2 - 4 PM Join Us for a Festive Holiday Sing-Along! 2 - 5 PM Rotary's Santa in the Park 3 - 4:30 PM Christmas Caroling Hayride 3 - 5 PM “A Christmas Carol: a Ghost Story” by Willem Lange 3 - 5 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 4 - 5:30 PM "The Earth is Singing": An Advent Concert 4 - 6 PM The Continued Adventures of King Wenceslas 4 - 6 PM The Continued Adventures of King Wenceslas 4 PM Community Carol Sing 4:30 PM Montpelier Community Carol Sing 4:30 - 5:30 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Montpelier Community Carol Sing 4:30 - 6 PM Community Carol Sing in Montpelier! 4:30 - 6 PM Montpelier Community Carol Sing! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Community Carol Sing in Montpelier 4:30 PM Opening Reception for Art Exhibit by Elizabeth Auer 5 - 6 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM The Kat & Brett Holiday Show! 6 - 9 PM Budget Forum with District 1 Councilors - Gil and Hierl 7 - 8 PM +42 more see less	16 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM How to Buy a Car for Beginners 12:30 - 2 PM Sound Bath - Brooke -Topnotch Every 3rd Monday of Month 5 - 6 PM Stowe 2050 Community Input Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM West African Dance Workshop - Shidaa Projects 6 - 7:15 PM Plainfield Select Board Special and Budget Meeting 6 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting Dec. 16 6:30 - 9 PM Stowe Community Sing-In Handel's Messiah 7 PM +4 more see less	17 The Heart That Grew Three Sizes Bible Study Group All Day Plainfield Cemetery Commission All Day Songbird Project to Reprise Civil War Music 12 - 1:30 PM Budget Committee Meeting - Dec 17 4 - 5 PM Taco Tuesday at Hyde Away 4 - 10 PM Tonight - Illumination Night! 5 - 6 PM Book Club at SFL 5 - 6 PM Select Board Meeting Tuesday - Agenda 5 - 7 PM Blue Christmas Service in Waitsfield Dec. 17 5:30 - 6:30 PM Illumination Night 5:30 - 6:30 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Waterbury Rec Gift Making Series: Gingerbread Houses! 6:15 - 8 PM Marshfield Budget Discussions 6:30 - 7:30 PM Join Us for Christmas Carols! 6:30 - 7:30 PM +10 more see less	18 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Free Community Acupuncture & Massage 12 - 3 PM Free Acupuncture and Massage 1 - 3 PM Rick Winston on Chinese Films: Coming Home 1:30 - 3:30 PM SB Special Meeting, Wed, Dec. 18 4 - 5:45 PM Yoga for Flexibility, Strength & More, Wednesday at MSAC 5 - 6 PM Healing Arts Group 5 - 6:30 PM MRB Live Music & Ugly Sweater Party with Al's Pals! 5 - 9 PM Join the Dec. 18 Glow Walk to the 7 Bridges! 5:30 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM School Board to Consider Budget and More 6 - 8 PM Ugly Sweater Line Dancing Party 6 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting Dec. 18 6 - 8 PM SD Ireland Christmas Truck 6 PM Next Paine Mtn School Board Meeting Dec. 18 6 PM Please Join Us at Our School Board Meeting 6:15 - 9 PM Please Join Us at Our School Board Meeting 6:15 - 9:15 PM Please Join Us at Our School Board Meeting 6:15 - 9:15 PM Please Join Us at Our WCUUSD Board Meeting, Dec. 18 6:15 - 9:15 PM Please Join Us at Our School Board Meeting 6:15 - 9:15 PM Summit School's Intermediate Old Time Fiddle Classes 6:30 - 7:45 PM Intermediate Old-Time Fiddle Class 6:30 - 7:45 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Dec. 18 6:30 - 8:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Dec. 18 6:30 - 8:30 PM Christmas Carol Sing-Along 6:30 PM A Celebration of the Winter Solstice 7 - 8 PM Laugh Local VT Comedy Open Mic 7 - 9 PM Village of Marshfield Board of Trustees Meeting 7 PM +24 more see less	19 Snow Queen and the Trolls Production (multiday) Gifts for Giving at Doty! 9 AM - 12 PM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Free AED/CPR (Compression Only) Training 12 - 1 PM Porchetta and Polenta Plated Dinner at Woodbelly Pizza 12 - 8 PM How to Use an AED--Free Training at the Grange! 12 PM (multiday) Friday School Board Meeting 12 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Magical Holiday Market Today at The Green Goddess! 3 - 7 PM Holiday Market at Green Goddess Cafe Dec. 19 3 - 7 PM Magical Winter Holiday Market at The Green Goddess 3 - 7 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Road Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Spaghetti Dinner 5 PM East Calais Potluck on Dec. 19 6 - 7:15 PM Tarot on Tap - This Thursday! 6 - 8 PM That's That Thursday with Nasteeluvzyou at Alchemist 6 - 9 PM Art Yoga 6:30 - 7:30 PM Monteverdi's Deep Dive Lecture: Jazz in 1959 6:30 - 8 PM The Ethereal Church - Holiday Edition 7 - 8 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM Ski & Snowboard Movie Night at Piecasso 7 - 9 PM Jam-Packed Lineup of Live Music in Stowe This Weekend! 8 PM (multiday) +19 more see less	20 Mad Birder 20th Annual Winter Bird Count 8 AM - 4 PM SHS Day of Service Volunteer Opportunities Needed 9:30 - 11:30 AM Holiday Open Studio 2 - 6 PM Holiday Crafternoon at BPL 3 - 4:30 PM MSAC Chess Club & Lessons 3 - 5 PM Winter Solstice Meditation 4:30 - 5:30 PM Firefolk Teen Concert This Friday! 5:30 - 8 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Solstice Dance Celebration! 7 - 10 PM Comedy Fundraiser for Granite City Blast Baseball 8 - 9 PM Comedy Show at the Den 8 - 11 PM Night of Comedy at The Den, Willamstown (Fundraiser) 8 PM 18+ Comedy Show for Granite City Blast 8 PM +12 more see less	21 Contra Dance on the Longest Night, at the Grange Hall! All Day Safe Sitters Class for Students Grades 6-8 8:30 AM - 3 PM Winter Solstice Gathering: Welcome the Light 9 - 11 AM Winter Solstice Gathering: Welcome the Light 9 - 11 AM Quayl's Chocolates Pop Up Event at Three Mountain Cafe 9 AM - 1 PM Author Carrie Kruck Visits Inklings Children's Books! 10 - 11 AM Montpelier Farmers Market 10 AM - 1 PM Winter Solstice Celebration & Retreat Day at Talta 10 AM - 2 PM Blow Your Own Glass Ornaments at Salt & Sand Studios 10 AM - 4 PM Pottery Seconds Sale to Benefit Waterbury Food Shelf 10 AM - 5 PM Montpelier Writing Group This Saturday at KHL 10 AM Holiday Fun at York Branch Library! 10:30 AM - 12 PM Craft Fair 11 AM - 4 PM Procrastinators Delux Holiday Market 11 AM - 5 PM Holiday Open Studio 12 - 4 PM First Day of Winter Should Include BBQ! 12 - 5 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve 3 - 5 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve - Dec. 21 3 - 5 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve at the Old Meeting House 3 - 9 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve 3 - 9 PM Big Picture Community Holiday Party 3 - 10 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve 3 PM Woodbury Caroling on the Green! Dec. 21 4:30 - 5:30 PM Stowe Cider Winter Solstice Celebrations 5 - 8 PM Live Holiday Album Recording with Emalou & The Beat 5 - 8 PM 3rd Annual Christmas Gala 5:30 - 9 PM Solstice Stargazing at Moretown Rec Fields 6 - 8 PM Solstice Stargazing at Moretown Rec Fields Dec. 21 6 - 8 PM Kat and Brett Holiday Show 7 PM The 18th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec 21-22 7 PM (multiday) The 18th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec. 21-22 7 PM (multiday) The 18th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 21 -22 7 PM (multiday) B&P's "Christmas Story" 7 PM Solstice Dance Party This Weekend! 7 PM Bread and Puppet: the Christmas Story 7 PM Onion River Chorus Sings "Frostiana" 7:30 - 9 PM Contra Dance on the Longest Night of the Year! 7:30 - 11 PM Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend! 7:30 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concert 7:30 PM Contra Dance on the Longest Night, at the Grange Hall! 8 - 11 PM +36 more see less
22 Christmas Service at Good Shepherd 9:30 AM Warren United Church Christmas Pageant 10 AM Quayl's Chocolates at Inklings Children's Book Store 11 AM - 1 PM Mrs. Claus Elf Party at Inklings Children's Books! 11 AM - 1 PM Lessons and Carols Music Concert 2 - 3:15 PM Sound Bath at SALT! 3:30 - 4:30 PM Santa Claus is Coming To…East Barre! 4 - 5:30 PM Onion River Chorus Sings "Frostiana" 4 - 5:30 PM Winter Solstice Tea Party at Joslin Library 4 - 5:30 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Within Our Darkest Night Dec. 22 5 - 5:50 PM Zen Meditation Circle at Barre Universalist Church 6 - 7 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Solstice Sound Healing Dec. 22 6 - 8 PM Boplicity Jazz Quintet, Live Sunday at Talta Lodge 6 - 9 PM Online Auction & Kids Skating Event for the Land Trust 7 - 9 PM Join the Stowe Kids Give Ice-Skating Holiday Event! 7 - 9 PM Free Intro to Women's Health Workshops! 7 - 9 PM +14 more see less	23 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Blood Drive - American Legion Post 63 12 - 5 PM Town of Plainfield Select Board Meeting 6 - 6:30 PM SB Meeting Dec. 23 6 - 7:40 PM	24 Caroling at the Bandstand Dec. 24 2 - 3 PM Worcester United Meth. Church Christmas Eve Service 3:50 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Service Green Mountain Community Alliance 4 - 5 PM Candlelight Christmas Eve Service 4 - 5 PM Taco Tuesday at Hyde Away 4 - 10 PM Christmas Eve Pageant – All Children Welcome! 4:30 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve at Warren United Church All Are Welcome 5 - 6 PM Old West Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5 - 6 PM Candle Light Service 5:30 - 6:30 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 6 - 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service - Grace Bible Church 6:30 - 7:30 PM UCN Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM Candlelight Service at the Northfield Methodist Church 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM +13 more see less	25 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM	26 Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Mad River Valley Community Blood Drive 12 - 4:30 PM Celebrate Hanukkah and Dance at the Zenbarn 2 - 4 PM Hanukkah Party and Concert 2 - 4 PM Hanukkah Party and Concert: Joanie Leeds at Zenbarn 2 - 4 PM Thursday & Friday Take-Out Menu in East Calais 4 - 7 PM SHS Annual Alumni Hockey Game 4:15 - 8 PM That's That Thursday with Nasteeluvzyou at Alchemist 6 - 9 PM +4 more see less	27 Winter Bird Count Waterbury/Stowe Area Dec. 27 All Day Teton Gravity Research "Make Believe" (multiday) Hunger Mountain Winter Bird Count 8 AM - 5 PM Clearance Sale at Trombly's Flower Shop 8 AM - 5 PM Winter Break Clown Camp with the Kintz's! 10 AM - 3 PM David Klein's Dance/Piano Concert Co-Op Benefit 2 - 3:30 PM Thursday & Friday Take-Out Menu in East Calais 4 - 7 PM G Love & the Special Sauce at Après Only! 5 PM (multiday) Community Meal in Plainfield 6 - 7 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	28 Art Yoga Make-Up Saturday Morning 10:30 - 11:30 AM Christmas Faith & Fitness Class at Trapp Family Lodge 10:30 - 11:30 AM First Day of Winter Should Include BBQ! 12 - 5 PM The Lost Faculty Live at Rimrocks 6 - 9 PM Organized Dead: Back to Harry's! 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less
29 Planting Seeds of Light: Reflection and Renewal 9 - 11 AM Seasonal Affective Disorder Workshop at Love University 4 - 6 PM Chanukah Song Circle w/ Avi Salloway and Idamae Specker 4:30 - 8:30 PM	30 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Noon Year's Eve Storytime & Dance Party 11 AM - 12 PM	31 The Beat Goes On! Dec. 31 12 - 6 PM Studio 24: a Disco NYE 12 PM (multiday) Taco Tuesday at Hyde Away 4 - 10 PM All Brains Belong's Virtual New Year's Eve Celebration 5 - 7:45 PM Oshogatsu 108 Ringings of the New Year's Bell 5:45 - 7:30 PM New Years Ceremony w/Sacred Vibrational Healing 6 - 8 PM NYE Dinner, Cacao, and Alcohol-Free Dance 6 - 11:55 PM New Year's Eve Party at Access Cafe in Montpelier! 8 PM (multiday) NYE at Zenbarn with a Reggae Legend + Caribbean Dinner! 8 PM +5 more see less	1 2025 First Day Hike All Day Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM New Year's Day Somatic Movement w/ Amy Lepage 9:30am 9:30 - 10:30 AM New Year's Day Somatic Movement w/ Amy Lepage 9:30 - 10:30 AM Giving/Receiving: Somatic Presence & Connection 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Giving & Receiving: Somatic Presence & Connection Class 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM First Day Hike at Owl's Head in Groton State Forest 1 - 3 PM MRB Live Music & Pub Night Featuring Andrew Lafrenz! 5 - 9 PM Open Mic and Potluck, New Year's Day Special! 6 - 9 PM +5 more see less	2 Bears & Snowmen Oh My - Music Classes for 1-4 Yr Olds 10 - 10:45 AM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Indoor Cornhole Games at MSAC 2:30 - 4 PM After Hours Letter Writing at Magpie & Tiger 6 - 7 PM That's That Thursday with Nasteeluvzyou at Alchemist 6 - 9 PM Community Jam is on Tonight 6:15 - 8 PM "Lost in Space" Pub Trivia with MRV Libraries 7 - 8:30 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM Barre City Development Review Board Agenda Jan. 2, 2025 7 PM +5 more see less	3 Drop in Music Class for 1-6yr "Bears & Snowmen, Oh My!" All Day Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program Winter 2025 10:30 - 11:30 AM NMHS is Hosting an Alumni Panel - Friday, Jan. 3 2 PM The Front: Diane Sophrin, Chaos and Catharsis 4 - 7 PM Special Meeting of Duxbury Selectboard - Zoom Only 5 - 6 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Festival 6 - 9 PM Mansfield Backcountry Alliance Season Kickoff Party 6 - 9:30 PM Mansfield Backcountry Alliance Season-Kick Off Party 6 PM Mansfield Backcountry Alliance Season Kick Off Party 6 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	4 First Montpelier Contra Dance of 2025! All Day Holiday Bottle Drive 8 - 11 AM Troop 1 Christmas Tree Pickup in Barre 9 AM - 12 PM Christmas Tree Pickup/Disposal by Scouts 9 AM Support the Sanctuary Jan. 4 - Free Classes! 10 AM - 4 PM Moving Through the Season 10:30 - 11:30 AM Learn to Play Mahjong 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Puzzle Competition Jan. 4 at The Jaquith 10:30 AM - 1 PM Book Signing and Fund Raiser for US Skyrunning 4 - 6 PM Book Signing 4 - 6 PM Book Signing 4 - 6 PM Get Out and Be with People 6 PM Community Potluck at the Grange Saturday! 6 - 7 PM New Years(ish) Kirtan in Montpelier 6:30 - 9:30 PM First Contra Dance at the Grange for 2025! 7:30 - 11 PM First Montpelier Contra Dance of 2025! 7:30 - 11 PM First Montpelier Contra Dance of 2025! 7:45 - 11 PM +13 more see less