Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2015

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29 Hunger Mountain Children's Center Online Holiday Auction 8 AM (multiday) Annual Giving Tree Kick-Off All Day	30 'Cider Monday' at Bridgeside Books All Day Drumming Workshop Nov. 30 10 AM Drumming Workshop Nov. 30 10 AM	1 Edwards Road Closure - Note from Mark Delaney 8 AM (multiday) Brett Stanciu Reading & Book Signing at the Galaxy Bookshop 7 - 8 PM	2 Song at Wednesday Lunch All Day Art by Alix and Jewelry at Waterbury Area Senior Center All Day Star Night, Star Bright: an Evening of Stars! All Day Nature Drawing at Stowe Street Cafe 4 - 5:30 PM Knit Night Northeast Kingdom 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	3 Annual Wild Game Dinner & Silent Auction! All Day 3rd Annual Wild Game Dinner & Silent Auction All Day Village Planning Project All Day Public Hearing Dec. 3 All Day Route 109 Community Lunch 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM JSC Outing Club's Gear and Clothing Sale 12 - 7 PM Holiday Luncheon - Burlington Garden Club's Annual Fundraiser 12:30 - 3 PM Holiday Open House at Spa and Sports Center at Stoweflake! 5:30 - 8 PM Public Hearing: December 3, 2015 @ 5:30 Pm at Barre City Hall 5:30 PM Free Talk - Author Ellen Stimson "An Old Fashioned Christmas" 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	4 Danceland (multiday) Artists' Market on Main Street All Day Johnson Holiday Jubilee Dec. 4 All Day TBPS PTO Muffins with Mom 7:30 - 7:50 AM Annual Sock Sale 9 AM (multiday) Polar Express Storytime at Galaxy Bookshop 5 - 6 PM Taste Test at Sterling College 5 - 6 PM Hyde Park Lighting Ceremony and Frosty the Snowman 6:30 - 8 PM Documentary "A Self-Made Man" at Sterling College 6:30 - 9 PM North Country Chorus 68th Annual Christmas Concerts Dec. 4-6 7:30 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	5 CES 6th Grade Class Trip Christmas Tree and Bake Sale (multiday) Bella Voce's Feast of Carols (multiday) Anima: the Soul of Winter (multiday) North Country Craft Show All Day Community Breakfast All Day Beef Stew Dinner All Day WES 6th Grade Raffle Night All Day Anima in Concert All Day Soup Festival All Day Story Barn Holy Cow! All Day Holiday Parade All Day Holiday Happenings Arts & Crafts Dec. 5 All Day Maple Corner Craft Fair! All Day DOTY's Silent Auction and All You Can Eat Pie Breakfast All Day Christmas Bazaar All Day River of Light Parade Date All Day Santa Claus is Coming to Bridgeside Books! All Day Holiday Lamp Sale All Day Edgar "Skip" Byam Memorial Service Dec. 5 All Day Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Craft Show Vendors Welcome 9 AM - 3 PM 8th Maple Corner Community Center Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Stroll Story Time, Crafts & Music 10 - 11 AM Holiday Stroll Story Time, Crafts & Music at the WPL 10 - 11 AM Underhill Central School Holiday Craft Fair Dec. 5th 10 AM - 3 PM Comics and Manga Workshop for Teens 10 AM - 3 PM Grow Your Own Gathering 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Edgar "Skip" Byam Memorial Service & Potluck 1 - 3 PM Story Barn Holy Cow! Event 2 PM (multiday) Holiday Parade 3:30 - 5 PM Holiday Open House at G.R.A.C.E 4 - 7 PM Missiquoi River Band at the Music Box Dec. 5 7 - 9 PM Missiquoi River Band at the Music Box Dec. 5 7 PM Missisquoi River Band at Music Box Saturday! 7 PM Missisquoi River Band at Music Box Saturday! 7 PM Great Lady of Soul Bettye Lavette in Concert 7:30 PM +32 more see less
6 Dog Park Workday All Day Memoir Workshop Public Reading at the Johnson Public Library All Day Pancake Breakfast 8 - 11:30 AM Holiday Dinner 12 PM Anima: the Soul of Winter 6:30 PM +1 more see less	7 Animal Cruelty Response Task Force Meeting Open to Public All Day 'Intimate Grandeur Vermont's State House' Discussion & Book Signing All Day HPES Board Meeting Dec. 7 All Day Hazen School Board Meeting 6 PM School Board Meeting Dec. 7 6 PM +1 more see less	8 Prohibition Pig Fundraiser for TBPS PTO All Day Meet Sue Minter for Governor Dec. 8 All Day WDSD School Board Meeting- Dec. 8 All Day Village Stormwater System Testing Dec. 8 7 AM - 5 PM VEC Members Local "Meet and Greet" This Tue. 5 - 6:30 PM VT Electric Cooperative Local Meet and Greet 5 - 6:30 PM Please Join Us for VEC Local Meet and Greet! 5 - 6:30 PM Hardwick American Legion Beef Stew Supper Open to Public 5 - 7 PM Craftsbury School Board Meeting Dec. 8 6 - 8 PM Build Partnerships Between Schools and the Community 6:30 - 8 PM Poetry Lights the Evening 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	9 All Invited to "Meet & Greet" New JSC President All Day All Invited to "Meet & Greet" New JSC President All Day Cambridge Historical Society Holiday Party 6 - 7:30 PM ‘Meet & Greet' Dr. Elaine Collins, New President at Jsc 6 PM Jazz/Contemporary Ensembles Performance 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	10 The Action Auction All Day Action Auction All Day Craftsbury Land Use Task Force - First Meeting All Day Events at Johnson State College All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day No Story Time at Jeudevine Library Dec. 10 10 AM - 11 PM A Winter Dance Recital 7 PM (multiday) LUHS Winter Dance Recital 7 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	11 Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing All Day CC Auction Dec. 11 All Day Choral Concert All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long All Day Karaoke & Pizza! All Day JSC Concert Band Performance 7 - 9 PM Northeast Kingdom Chorus Presents Winter Concerts 7 PM +3 more see less	12 Free Santa Photo Booth at the Moretown Artisans Sale - Dec. 12 All Day Holiday Bazaar and Children's Craft Center Dec. 12 All Day Love Light Ceremony All Day Benefit Concert - Matterhorn Dec. 12 All Day Santa to Visit Lane's Computer Repair All Day Mexican Luncheon Fundraiser All Day Santa Coming! All Day Buy Local at the Holiday Market! All Day Green Mountain Youth Symphony Concert! All Day Ballet Wolcott Performs Nutcracker Suite Performance at Town Hall! All Day Craft Show at Fletcher Elementary All Day Dec 12 Form Based Code Public Meeting All Day 22nd Annual Solidarity Craft Fair and Silent Auction All Day Men/Women's Holiday a Cappella Show All Day Special Olympics VT - Smugglers' Notch Team "Dinner for Champions" 5 AM - 9:30 PM Jeff 2nd Cong United Church of Christ 9 AM - 3 PM Planting Hope's 22nd Solidarity Craft Fair/Silent Auction 2015! 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market to Benefit the Art House 10 AM - 3 PM The Art House Holiday Market! 10 AM - 3 PM 31st Annual Open Studio and Glass Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Seminary Art Center ~ Gifts of the Season Sale & Open House This Wknd 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Book Sale at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library 10 AM Santa Claus is Coming to Jeffersonville 11 AM - 1 PM Craftsbury Academy Junior Class Fundraiser 12 - 3 PM Mexican Luncheon Fundraiser 12 - 3 PM Mexican Luncheon Fundraiser 12 - 3 PM Family Day at Helen Day Art Center 1 - 4 PM Men/Women's Holiday A Cappella Show Saturday 2:30 PM Contra Dance 5:30 PM Free Family Friendly Movie 6 - 8:30 PM Mclean Avenue Band with Local Singers & Celtic Dancers! 7 PM +27 more see less
13 Join Us in Stowe for Our 1st Sound Healing Circle All Day Christmas Book Signing and Tasting Dec. 13 All Day 'An Old-Fashioned Christmas' Discussion/Book Signing & Tasting 12 PM Annual Children's Christmas Workshop 1 - 3 PM Epic Chanukah Party This Sunday! 2 - 5 PM Epic Chanukah Party This Sunday! 2 - 5 PM Santa is Coming to Rusty Parker Park 3 - 5 PM Special Not-To-Miss Celebration Sunday 3 PM Hardwick American Legion Post 7 Christmas Party (Members Only) 4 - 7 PM Northeast Kingdom Chorus Presents Winter Concerts 4 PM Leading with Inspiration and Compassion: an Evening with Lama Tenzin 5 - 7 PM +7 more see less	14 Pinnacle Ski and Sports Joy of Giving for Lamoille County Food Share (multiday) Meeting Regarding I-91 Bridge Project in Irasburg All Day Irasburg, VT – Regional Concerns Meeting 5:15 PM Comedy Showcase 7:30 PM	15 "Baby Shower" for All Expecting Mothers! All Day Job Fair at Northwestern Medical Center All Day Face-To-Face with Sue Minter, Candidate for VT Governor All Day Recycling and You! Presentation by Central VT Solid Waste Mgt 6:30 - 8 PM Recycling and You! Presentation by Central VT Solid Waste Mgt 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	16 Holly Jolly Holiday Party & Ugly Sweater Contest All Day Award Winning Film - Kellogg Hubbard Library Viewing All Day Co-Ed Pick-Up Volleyball at Crossett Brook Middle School Dec. 16 All Day Award Winning Film Screening at Kellogg Hubbard Library, Dec. 16 All Day Documentary Screening "The Other Side of Cannabis" All Day Holiday Party and SNACC Meeting 6 - 8 PM Free Community Supper 6 PM Taize Service, Jeff Church, Wed. Dec. 16 7 - 8 PM Marijuana Listening Session 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	17 Annie, Jr on Stage at CBMS! (multiday) Vermont Woodworking School Open House 4:30 - 7:30 AM Men's Holiday Shopping Night at Decisions Decisions 4 - 7 PM Ruelle Boutique's Holiday Soiree 6 - 8 PM Dec. 17 Taiko Event and River of Light! 6 PM +1 more see less	18 Decorate a Gingerbread House Fundraiser All Day Ugly Sweater Party 4 - 9 PM Old Fashion Christmas Sing-A-Long 7 PM	19 Pete's Greens Waterbury Farm Market Holiday Open House All Day Pottery Seconds Sale! All Day Bridgeside Books Double Header All Day Swedish Hearts + Paper Stars Workshop All Day Felt Ornament Class and Sale at the Art House! All Day Pottery Seconds Sale! All Day Grand Opening of Ice Rink and Artisan Craft Show All Day Hardwick Winter Holiday Farmers' Market All Day Santa is Coming to Jeffersonville in Horsedrawn Wagon All Day JRC Knife Sharpening All Day Solaris Concert This Weekend All Day Join Us for Christmas Caroling All Day Skate with Santa All Day Heartbeet's Production of the Shepherd's Play All Day Open Studio at Vermont Glass Workshop 10 AM - 5 PM Huge Glass Sale at Little River Hotglass Studio 10 AM (multiday) Vermont Ice Wine & Cocktail Open House at Boyden Valley Winery 10 AM (multiday) North Pole News Release: Sleigh Ride with Santa 10:30 AM - 3 PM Skate with Santa 12:15 - 2:15 PM Join Us for Christmas Caroling! 2 - 4 PM Hike & Hot Cider at Mill Trail Cabin 5:30 - 7:30 PM Grammy Award Winning Musician Will Ackerman Performs! 7:30 PM +18 more see less
20 Healthy Weight Class Starting Jan. 20 All Day Christmas Candlelighting Service All Day Free Israeli Film Showing All Day Christmas Pageant All Day Memorial for Jean Lathrop All Day Customer Appreciation Day at Stowe Street Emporium 11 AM - 5 PM Christmas Music at East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church 12 - 2:30 PM Film: "Wherever You Go" in Stowe 4 - 5:30 PM +4 more see less	21 Naturalist Programs at Night Owl Story Time All Day 1,000 Miles Across Alaska All Day Special Meeting of the HPES Board All Day 24th Annual Stowe Messiah Community Sing-In All Day 24th Annual Stowe Messiah Sing All Day Annual Messiah Sing-In 6:30 PM Christmas Oratorio Dec. 21 7:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	22 Woodbury Select Board Special Meeting All Day Holiday Performance on WDEV w/Audrey Bernstein & Joe Capps All Day	23 Christmas Service 6 - 7 PM Jung and Kabbalah Lecture in Stowe Dec. 23 7 - 8:30 PM Free Lecture at JCOGS 7 PM	24 Christmas Eve Candle Light Services All Day Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Service All Day Christmas Eve Service in Waterbury All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Candlelight Christmas Mass 10 PM +6 more see less	25 Cabot Community Christmas Dinner All Day Holiday Meal Dec. 25 Free to All! 1 - 3 PM Holiday Meal - Free to All! 1 - 3 PM Hob Knob Restaurant Open for the Holidays 5:30 PM	26
27 Holiday Concert with Porter Brook Trio! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Mirage! a Circus Life Dec. 27! 7 PM	28 Discussion at the Craftsbury Public Library All Day Woodbury Select Board Meeting Agenda Dec. 28 All Day Refugee Situation Talk Given by Humanitarian Relief Workers All Day Discussion on the on the Refugee Crisis with Relief Workers from the Region All Day	29	30	31 Bielawski Recaps 2015 on Bellyfeel Radio WGDR All Day New Year's Eve 5K Road Race All Day The Landmark Tavern New Years Eve Celebration! 4 - 9 PM New Year's Eve Party at Cork! 6 - 8:30 PM	1 Auction Jan. 1 All Day	2 Bottle and Can Drive to Support Capital Soccer All Day Story Time at the Jeudevine! All Day Grow Your Own Gathering All Day BSA Troop #701 Christmas Tree Pickup 9 AM Grow Your Own Gathering 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM +1 more see less