Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2016

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27 Jingle Bell Express! 10 AM (multiday) Women's Festival of Crafts 10 PM (multiday) West African Drum and Dance 10 AM - 12 PM Tai Chi Beginners Workshop This Sunday 3 - 5 PM	28 Slow Flow Yoga and Meditation 10:30 AM - 12 PM Town of Woodbury Select Board Meeting Agenda 6 PM Varmum Reads: Fun Home 7 - 7:30 PM	29 Get a Bite for the River of Light! All Day Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday! 12 AM (multiday) Giving Tuesday at Bridgeside Books 9:30 AM - 6 PM Carousel School Board Meeting 6 - 7 PM Acquisition of Land in Worcester/Middlesex 7 PM Improv Session Nov. 29 7:15 - 9:15 PM +2 more see less	30 Guest Lecture from Doug Flack 9:30 - 11 AM Essential Oil 102 Class 6 PM Craftsbury Land Use Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM	1 Holiday Luncheon - Burlington Garden Club's Fundraiser 12 - 2:30 PM Jewelry Show at Library 2:30 - 5 PM Shops at Spruce Peak Winter Retail Event 4:30 - 7 PM MoCo Party at Stowe Kitchen Bath and Linens 5 - 7 PM VTrans On-Road Bicycle Plan Phase II Statewide Meeting 6 - 8 PM Talking About Racism & Building Empathy with Children 6:30 - 8 PM MOPS and MomsNext Dec. 1 6:30 - 8 PM Shape Note Singing Thursday in Waterbury! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Try Shape Note Singing Tonight! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Living Harmoniously with Wildlife 7 - 8:30 PM Living Harmoniously with Wildlife 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	2 HP Lighting Ceremony and Frosty the Snowman Dec. 2 All Day A Traditional Christmas in Stowe is Dec. 2-3! (multiday) Author Willem Lange - Family Event Stowe Free Library 4 - 5 PM A Traditional Christmas in Stowe! 4 PM (multiday) Taste Test at Sterling College 5 - 6 PM Post Office Cafe Pizza Take Out Friday Night 5 - 7 PM Opening: Members' Art Show & Festival of Trees & Lights 5 - 8 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 - 8 PM Himitsu Sushi Pop-Up in Waterbury 6 - 9 PM Hyde Park Holiday Lighting Ceremony - Friday! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Benefit Concert for 350Vermont 8 - 10:30 PM +7 more see less	3 Bella Voce Holiday Concerts! (multiday) Community Breakfast 8 - 9 AM Inside Household Sale 8:30 AM (multiday) Story Time at Jeudevine! 9 - 10 AM All You Can Eat Pie Breakfast and Silent Auction Dec. 3 9 - 11 AM All You Can Eat Pie Breakfast and Silent Auction 9 - 11 AM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM CVU High School Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Maple Corner Holiday Craft Show 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Pack Basket Weaving! 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Bridgeside Books Annual Open House Dec. 3 9:30 AM - 7 PM Food Collection at Shaws for Local Food Shelfs Dec. 3 10 AM - 2 PM Underhill Central School Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Alpine Christmas Craft Market Saturday 10 AM - 3 PM 2016 GMPR Craft/Vendor Show 10 AM - 3 PM LulaRoe at Holiday Happenings in Hardwick! 10 AM - 4 PM Let Your Little Light Shine! 10 AM (multiday) 'Brave Little Finn' Story Time at Bridgeside Books Dec. 3 11 AM - 12 PM Free Family Activities- Welcome to Winter 12 - 3 PM Puppy Playdate at the Reservoir Saturday 12:30 PM Coyote Kids Workshop 1 - 4 PM Annual Barre Tones Holiday Show Dec. 3 2 - 4 PM Morrisville Holiday Parade 3:30 PM Grace Holiday Open House 4 - 7 PM Public Skating Time at Stowe Arena Saturday, Dec. 3 4:45 - 5:45 PM River of Light Lantern Parade 5 - 6 PM WES 6th Grade Annual Raffle Night 5:15 - 10 PM Boston Bruins Alumni Charity Game Dec. 3 5:30 - 8:30 PM Free Kids' Movie Night in Stowe Saturday, Dec. 3! 6 PM Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas at Spruce Peak Arts Dec. 3 7 PM +28 more see less
4 LuLaRoe LuLaPalooza - Holiday Edition! 9 AM - 1 PM LulaRoe Lulapalooza - Holiday Edition! Sunday 9 AM - 1 PM Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser - Stowe Community Church Dec. 4 10:30 AM - 12 PM Free Senior Kiwanis Holiday Dinner 12 - 1 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 2 - 4 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 2 - 4 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 2 PM North Country Chorus Holiday Concert in Peacham Dec. 4 3 PM +4 more see less	5 Action Dec. 5 to Defund Dakota Access Pipeline 9 AM School Board Meeting Dec. 5 6 - 8 PM Independent School Report Presentation 6 - 8:30 PM Dec. 5 Meeting of HPES Board 6 PM Game and Pizza Night at Zach's Every First Monday 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	6 Coding for Kids Returns to WPL Next Tuesday 3 - 4 PM Get Creative with Tipsy Creations 5 - 7 PM	7 Art by Alix and Jewelry at Waterbury Senior Center 11 AM - 1 PM Star Bright, Star Night at Bridgeside Home Tonight 5 - 8 PM All Ages Open Mic at the Varnum Library 6 - 8 PM Winter Movie Night at the WPL with “The Endurance” 6 - 8 PM NEK Handwork Guild 6:30 - 8 PM CA's Winter Band/Chorus Concert 6:30 - 8 PM Animals of the North Presentation 7 - 8:30 PM Sue Morse Presents: Animals of the North 7 - 8:30 PM Jazz & Funk Fusion Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Cambridge Soccer Annual Meeting 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	8 Thatcher Brook PTO – Muffins with Moms! (multiday) Quilt Barn Open a Few More Days 10 AM (multiday) Grand Re-Opening of Best Western of Waterbury 4 - 7 PM Solve This Riddle, Win $50! 6 - 8 PM Potluck and Report Back on Standing Rock Tonight, Dec. 8 6 - 8 PM First 50 Attendees to Winterfest Action Auction Win Big 6 - 8 PM Kickoff of Selkiemermaid Swim School at JSC Shape Pool 7 - 8 PM SelkieMermaid School at Johnson State College 7 - 8 PM Years of Living Dangerously Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM Hyde Park Energy Committee Dec. 8 7 - 8:30 PM Discover the Basics of Essential Oils 7 PM +7 more see less	9 "The Sinatra 45"at the Grange Hall Dec. 9 All Day Show Opening All Day Holiday Family Story Time at Bridgeside Books 10 - 10:30 AM Christmas on the Corner Open House 4 - 8 PM First Aid, CPR, AED Course 5 - 9 PM Parent's Night Out - Friday, Dec. 9 5:30 - 9:30 PM Johnson State Band Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Johnson State College Concert Band Performance 7 PM JSC Concert Band End of Semester Concert 7 PM +5 more see less	10 GMT Mad River Valley Seasonal Service Begins All Day Santa is Coming to Town All Day Green Bag Day Coming Up All Day Holiday Lamp Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Jeff Church Christmas Cookie and Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Jeff Church Craft and Cookie Sale 9 AM - 3:30 PM Celebrate the Season at WPL with Judi Byron Dec. 10 10 - 11 AM Brunch at Picnic Social! 10 AM - 2 PM Santa Claus is Arriving with His Sleigh 10 AM - 2 PM 2nd Annual Fletcher Craft Show 10 AM - 2 PM Kid's Shopping Center and Cookie Walk 10 AM - 2 PM The Art House Holiday Market! 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market! 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market Benefiting the Art House 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market 10 AM - 4 PM The Art House Holiday Market! 10 AM - 4 PM Stephen Russell Payne 'The Ties That Bind Us' Book Sign 11 AM - 2 PM Green Bag Day 11:30 AM - 1 PM Family Day at Helen Day Art Center 1 - 4 PM Ballet Wolcott Performs Nutcracker Suite 2:30 PM Give Art for the Holidays! 3 - 6 PM Terra Madre Day Potluck at Sterling College Dec. 10 4 - 7 PM Cold Hollow Cider Mill Trivia Night 6 - 9 PM Former Professional Hockey Players Are Here! 8:30 - 10 PM +20 more see less
11 Santa is Coming to Town! All Day Greenwood Pottery Handthrown Stoneware 9 AM - 4 PM Cantate! Performs at United Church of Craftsbury 10 - 11 AM Cantate! Performs at United Church of Craftsbury 10 - 11 AM "Free-Play" Open Gym Sunday 11 AM - 12:30 PM Children's Christmas Workshop 1 - 3 PM A Child's Christmas in Wales 2 - 3:30 PM Santa is Coming to Waterbury's Rusty Parker Park 3 - 5 PM Celebration of Life for Pamela Jo Taylor 3 PM Orchestrachoruspalooza: a Musical Extravaganza! 4 PM +6 more see less	12 Yoga/Pilates Fusion at Zenbarn 10:30 - 11:30 AM LuLaRoe Open House for Local Ladies! 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Vermont Symphony Orchestra to Perform at Fletcher School 1:30 - 2:30 PM Selectboard Meeting Dec. 12 5:30 PM Public Meeting on Fletcher Roads 7pm Monday, Dec. 12 7 PM +1 more see less	13 WDSD School Board Meeting All Day Yoga/Pilates Therapy at Zenbarn 8:30 - 9:30 AM Photo Scanning Workshop at WPI 11 AM - 12 PM Marketing, Money and Security - Workshops for Nonprofits Dec. 13 11 AM - 3 PM Cork Waterbury: Get Merry with Holiday Crafts for Kids 3 - 5 PM Holiday Sing Along for 6th & 7th Graders 4:30 - 6 PM Winter Fly Tying 6 - 7:30 PM Full Moon Ski Dec. 13 6 - 9 PM Poetry at the Varnum 7 - 8:30 PM Walden School District Special Meeting Tuesday 7 PM +6 more see less	14 Smugglers' Notch Area Chamber Monthly Meeting 7:30 - 9 AM Update on Doty Proposed Budget and Act 46 6 - 7 PM Stowe School Board Special Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Ski Tuning Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Neighborhood Crime Watch Meeting 6:30 PM Teach-In on How to Fight Hate in Our Communities 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	15 River of Light All Day Belvidere School Board Meeting All Day My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel 7 AM - 8:30 PM Vermont Woodworking School Open House 5:30 - 7:30 PM Essential Oils 101 Class at Little River Acupuncture 6 - 6 PM River Arts Photo Co-op Meeting 6 - 8 PM MOPS/MOMSnext This Thursday 6:30 - 8 PM Community Meeting at the Woodbury Elementary School 6:30 - 8 PM JGOGS Event Postponed Tonight 7 - 7 PM My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel 7 - 8:30 PM “My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel" 7 - 8:30 PM “My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel" 7 - 8:30 PM “My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel" 7 - 9 PM Important Info - Brass Quintet/Counterpoint Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM Holiday Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM +11 more see less	16 Wild Game Dinner/Silent Auction! All Day Holiday Family Story Time at Bridgeside Books 10 - 10:30 AM International Antique & Vintage Rug Show 10 AM - 6 PM Jewelry Open House 3 - 8 PM Post Office Cafe Pizza Take Out This Friday 5 - 7 PM Shepherds' Play at Heartbeet Lifesharing! 7 - 8 PM The Shepherds' Play at Heartbeet Lifesharing 7 - 8 PM Hiking in Southern Patagonia and the Atacama Desert 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	17 Lamoille Family Center's Annual Holiday Project All Day Arnowitt & Larouche, Piano & Harmonica Dec. 17! All Day Holiday Movie @ the Varnum! 9 - 10:30 AM Winter Clothing Drive 9 AM - 3 PM Gifts on Ice at the Stowe Ice Arena Sat. Dec. 17 9 AM - 5 PM Healing Art & Writing Workshop with Patricia Fontaine 10 AM - 12 PM Holiday with the Animals at Central Vt Humane Dec. 17 10 AM - 2 PM Bridgeside Books Musical Double Header Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM Ice Wine & Cocktail Open House at Boyden Valley Winery 10 AM (multiday) Zumba Glow Party 11 AM - 12:30 PM Holiday Cookie Tasting at Farm Store 12 - 2 PM Christmas Caroling 2 - 4 PM Puppet Show in Plainfield 2 PM Soup-a-Thon 5:30 - 7 PM Irish Music and Dance Holiday Show 7 - 8:30 PM JCOGS Event Postponed Tonight 7 - 8:30 PM Michael Arnowitt & John Larouche at Music Box Dec. 17 7:30 - 9:30 PM Michael Arnowitt & John Larouche at Music Box Dec. 17 7:30 - 9:30 PM Holiday Concert 7:30 PM +15 more see less
18 Christmas Pageant Sunday Dec. 18 All Day Pre-Hanukkah Party at Beth Jacob Synagogue All Day Greenwood Pottery Handthrown Stoneware 9 AM - 4 PM Muddy Creek Pottery Holiday Studio Sale 10 AM - 3 PM iPhone and Internet Help 1 - 2:30 PM Young Musicians Recital 4 - 5:30 PM Christmas Candle Lighting Service at WUMC 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	19 Belvidere & Waterville - Important Act 46 Meeting All Day Hunger's Hard, Baking's Easy Drop This Monday! 8 AM - 2 PM Mountain River School Hot Cider Sale for Charity 9:30 - 11:30 AM Music & Movement 10 - 11:30 AM Music & Movement Last One in 2016 Dec. 19 10 - 11:30 AM Injury Prevention Talk at Cambridge Community Center 5 - 6 PM Town Planning Commission 5:30 PM Screenagers Screening at Hazen Union! 6 - 7:30 PM Kids and Screen Time - Screenagers Documentary at Hazen 6 - 8 PM School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Stowe Messiah Sing - 25th Anniversary 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	20 This Season, Start the Conversation. Come Find Out How! 11 AM - 12 PM Christmas Community Dinner and Music 6 - 8 PM Hardwick Town School Board Meeting Tuesday 6 - 8:15 PM	21 Red Cross Blood Drive at Cambridge Elementary School 1 - 6 PM Taryn Noelle Sings for Bridgeside Books! 5:30 - 7 PM Free Community Supper 6 PM Ministry of Silence to Foster Healing and Community 7 - 7:30 PM Christmas Carol Sing This Wednesday 7 - 8 PM Taize Service, Jeff Church, Wed. Dec. 21 7 - 8 PM Adult Game Night 7 - 9 PM Longest Night Worship Service at Church on the Common 7:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	22 Free Holiday Celebration Stowe Kitchen Bath&Linens 5 - 6 PM Woodbury School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Christmas Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM	23 Woodbury Elementary Winter Workshop Invitation All Day Meet the Maker Event Friday & Saturday TFS 2 PM (multiday)	24 Christmas Eve Dinner at Cork! All Day Sing-A-Long Handel's Messiah 1 - 3 PM Christmas Mass Schedules 4 PM (multiday) Waterbury Center Community Church Christmas Eve Service 5 - 6 PM A Christmas Story 5:30 PM Christmas Eve Service in Waterbury 6 - 7 PM Candlelight Christmas Eve Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Chrismas Eve Service Wesley Methodist Church 6:30 - 7:30 PM Worcester Christmas Eve Service Dec. 24 7:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less
25 Waterbury Center Community Church Christmas Service 8 AM - 12 PM Christmas Lessons and Carols 11 AM - 12 PM Community Christmas Day Dinner 3 - 4:30 PM Christmas Day Service 7 PM	26 Vermont Peace of Mind Gift Shop - After Christmas Sale All Day Hunger Mountain Bird Count (CBC) Dec. 26 7 AM - 6 PM Shs Alumni Boys Hockey Game Dec. 26 5 - 7 PM	27 Porter Brook Trio Annual Holiday Concert Dec. 27 6 - 7:30 PM Holiday Concert: Porter Brook Trio 6 - 8 PM	28 Room to Run at CCC Play Group 10 - 11 AM Zenye and More 4:30 PM (multiday) Dec 28 Village Charter Change Discussion 7 - 8:30 PM Flip Fly Fun by Nimble Arts on Wednesday, Dec. 28 7 PM	29 Hanukkah Sledding Party! 2 - 4 PM Hanukkah Sledding Party Thursday in Hubbard Park 2 - 4 PM Paint and Sip in Stowe 3 - 5 PM MOPS/MOMSnext Tea 6:30 - 8 PM	30 Farmsong Concert in Barn at Bonnieview 4 - 5 PM Taryn Noelle at Stowe Bowl Dec. 30 5:30 - 7:30 PM Beethoven's 9th 7:30 - 9 PM	31 New Years Eve Dinner & Krazy Kountry Band Dance All Day NYE Pre-Party at Cork Wine Bar 12 - 9 PM Central Vermont Runners - New Year's Eve 5k 2 PM New Year's Eve 5k Race Dec. 31 2 PM New Year's Eve 5k Road Race 2 PM New Years Eve in Your Community 4:30 PM (multiday) Vt's Finest Yiddish Band--- First Night St. J! 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less