Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2023

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1 Wolcott Transfer Station (multiday) Family Open Gym 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	2 Talking Back! Self Esteem Building for Kids 3 - 4 PM	3 Lamoille County Legislative Breakfast Series Announced 8 - 9:30 AM United Church of Johnson 3rd Taco Tuesday Event 4 - 6 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM	4 Free Webinar on Setting Smart Goals for the New Year 12:30 - 1 PM Wednesday Night Pop Up Dinners 4:30 - 6 PM Stowe Library Book Discussion: Our Missing Hearts 5 - 6 PM LSUU Regular Board Meeting at SES 5:30 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM A Visiting Writer Reading with Jane Brox 7 - 8 PM Kickoff for "Shrek the Musical" at Lyric Theatre Co 7 PM Kickoff for "Shrek the Musical" at Lyric Theatre Co. 7 PM +4 more see less	5 A Visiting Writer Craft Talk with Jane Brox 10 - 11 AM Mystery Book Club Meting 3 - 4 PM Gallery Talk + Opening Event at River Arts Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 PM Gallery Talk + Opening Event at River Arts 5:30 - 7:30 PM Trivia at the Village Restaurant 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 PM Journey Through Italian Baroque Music 6:30 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	6 Fabric Artists Open Studio at GRACE 10:30 AM - 1 PM Womens' Community Circle 5 - 6:30 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Reiki-Infused Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra in Montpelier 6 - 7:30 PM Bells of Good Cheer Handbell Concerts 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	7 Waterbury Winterfest Wanderlust Challenge Starts Jan. 7 12 AM Bottle Drive to Support Hazen Junior Class 8 AM - 12 PM Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM 3rd Annual Cambridge Fire Dept Blood Drive 9 AM - 12 PM Blue Moon Pottery Second Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Energy Information Table at This Saturday's Recycling! 9 AM - 1 PM Wildflower Baking Co. Pop-Up 10 AM - 4 PM Storytime at the Waterville Town Library! 10 AM Bonfire & Supper This Saturday! 5 - 7 PM CFI Tonight at Apres Only - with Horns 6 - 9 PM New Gig in Town 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less
8 Family Open Gym 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Artist/Textile Talk with Marya Lowe at Minėmå Gallery 11 AM - 12 PM Holcomb House Open Sunday 1 - 3 PM Stowe Community Church Evening Worship Service 5 PM	9 Freedom & Unity: Democracy in Vermont 12:30 - 1:30 PM Talking Back! Self Esteem Building for Kids 3 - 4 PM Tai Chi in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Craftsbury Fire District #2 Annual Meeting January 9 5 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan. 9 5:30 PM Junior Naturalist Program at Night Owl Story Time! 6 PM Lamoille County Dems Meeting Jan. 9 6:30 - 7:30 PM A Visiting Artist Talk with John O'Connor 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	10 Free Beginners Sewing and Crochet Classes! 11 AM - 2 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Tuesday Evening Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM Woodbury Under Ice: a Glacial and Post-Glacial History 6:30 - 8 PM Owls of New England 7 - 8 PM East Hardwick Fire District (Water Bd) Monthly Meeting 7 PM Owls of New England with Bird Diva: Bridget Butler 7 PM Bird Diva Bridget Butler - Owls of New England 7 PM +4 more see less	11 Johnson Community Lunch 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Wednesday Night Pop Up Dinners 4:30 - 6 PM Paprika Catering Company Empanada Pop Up 5 - 8 PM Webinar: Understanding Financial Statements and KPIS 5:30 - 7 PM Hardwick Haiku Club 5:30 - 7 PM Career and Technical Education Listening Sessions 6 - 7:30 PM Board Game Night 6 - 8 PM Climate Change and Social Justice Program Jan. 11 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	12 Blood Drive 11 AM - 3:30 PM Store Closing Sale! 12 PM (multiday) Weekly Fitness Fun - Thursdays 5:30 - 6:15 PM Worcester Arts Festival Steering Committee Meeting 5:30 PM Trivia at the Village Restaurant 6 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	13 Creative Cafe: Intro to Wood Burning/Pyrography 6 AM - 8 PM Barre Rock & Soul Chorus Friday! 7:30 - 9:30 AM Homemade Soup Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Polish Potato Pierogi Workshop at Red Poppy Cakery 5:30 - 7:30 PM Reiki-Infused Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra in Montpelier 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	14 Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM UCJ Thrift Shop: Half-Price Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Weather Delay - Johnson Rec 5 / 6 Girls Tournament New Schedule! 9 AM Join Saxon Hill School for an Open House This Saturday! 10 - 11:30 AM Comics Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Retirement Celebration for Lisa Sammet! 2 - 5 PM Après at the Round Hearth Café! 2 PM (multiday) Mending Gathering This Saturday! 3 - 6 PM Mountainfilm on Tour Returns to Stowe This Saturday! 7 - 9 PM Mountainfilm on Tour: Stowe 7 - 10 PM +6 more see less
15 Learn Improv Comedy! 10:30 AM - 12 PM Family Open Gym 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Dungeons & Dragons 12 - 2 PM GSIC MLK, Jr. Community Reception and Musical Program 6 - 9 PM Honoring MLK in Support of Lamoille Community House 6 - 9 PM +1 more see less	16 Youth Skate with the Varsity Hockey Teams! All Day Green Mountain Habitat: Picking Up Items in Waterbury 9 AM - 2 PM Winter Gathering & Food Drive 11 AM - 2 PM Free Cocoa & Coffee for a Cause! 11 AM - 2 PM Virtual Fraud Watch Program Sponsored by AARP 2 PM Talking Back! Self Esteem Building for Kids 3 - 4 PM Tai Chi in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 PM +4 more see less	17 Wolcott Elementary School Bottle Drive 9 AM (multiday) Mindfulness 12 - 12:45 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Tuesday Evening Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM The Most Costly Journey Continues 6:30 PM Community Conversation 6:30 PM Book Discussion and Movie Night 6:30 PM North Country Chorus Welcomes New Members on Jan. 17 7:15 - 9 PM +4 more see less	18 Blood Drive at Doty! All Day Memorable Times Cafe - Snowbirds! 1:30 - 3 PM Wednesday Night Pop Up Dinners 4:30 - 5:30 PM Selectboard Agenda - Special Meeting Jan. 18 5:30 PM WCUUSD School Board Meeting 6:15 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM The Talk, Vermont's Tribute to Martin Luther King 7 PM +3 more see less	19 Antiques and Uniques All Day Homelessness Awareness Walk 12 - 1 PM Board Game Night is Back! 5:30 - 8:30 PM Johnson Recreation Meeting 6 - 7 PM Trivia at the Village Restaurant 6 - 8 PM Woodbury Community Library Trustees Meeting Jan. 19 6 - 8:15 PM Live Music at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 9 PM VT Snowboard Artist Scott Lenhardt on the Red Bench 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Artist Scott Lenhardt on the Virtual Red Bench 7 - 8:30 PM Parenting in the Digital Age - Parent Ed Event 7 PM +6 more see less	20 Come for Coffee! 9 - 10:30 AM Bilingual French Storytime 10 AM Washington County Final Budget Meeting 10 AM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM The Winning Shot - Come to Axel's Friday Evening 6 - 8 PM GP Trio at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 9 PM Halcyon Chorale's Two Upcoming Concerts 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	21 Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM A Sale Not to Pass Up! 9 AM - 12 PM Sustainable Sketchbook Class at The Simpson Library 10 - 11:30 AM Writers' Wertfrei Meets the 3rd Saturday of the Month 10 AM - 12 PM Wildflower Baking Company Pop-Up 10 AM - 4 PM Discover the Gifts of the Labyrinth 11 AM - 12 PM Help Stop Cold, Drafty Windows 11 AM Për's Smoked Tasting 12 - 3 PM "Managing Young Forests to Be Like Old Forests" 1 - 3 PM Kids Carnival Chaos Event! 1 - 3 PM BC-UVM Hockey Watch 4 - 8 PM Live Music at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 8 PM +8 more see less
22 Learn Improv Comedy! 10:30 AM - 12 PM Lunar New Year Vision Board Workshop 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM The Life and Times of Franklin "Red" Hooper 1 PM Determined to Do More Singing 3 - 4:30 PM Halcyon Chorale Concert 3 - 5 PM Moon Workshop Series 4 - 5:30 PM Join Us! Make 2023 Your Year w/ Meaningful Intentions! 4 - 5:30 PM Traditional Irish Music at Plainfield Opera House 4 - 6 PM An Afternoon of Irish Music, Plainfield Opera House 4 PM Historic Movie Night: Focus on Shakespeare! 6 - 7 PM +6 more see less	23 Chair Yoga at Twin Valley Senior Center 1 PM Talking Back! Self Esteem Building for Kids 3 - 4 PM Tai Chi in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Craftsbury Community Dinner 5 - 6 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan. 23 5:30 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 PM CFD2 Special Meeting \| Intent to Increase Rates 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	24 Still Time to Attend a North Country Chorus Rehearsal (multiday) Free Beginners Sewing and Crochet Classes! 11 AM - 2 PM First Writing Group Meeting - Tuesday - All Welcome! 2:30 - 3:30 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM Tuesday Evening Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM Tipsy Trout Guest Chef Dinner - Ft. Chef David Vargas 6:30 - 9:30 PM Taize Service at Jeff Church 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	25 Mobile Rural Resource Navigator at the Lanpher Library 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Night Pop Up Dinners 4:30 - 5:30 PM Sun Do Yoga Class 5 - 7 PM A Visiting Writer Reading with Crystal Wilkinson 7 - 8 PM	26 A Visiting Writer Craft Talk with Crystal Wilkinson 10 - 11 AM Mobile Rural Resource Navigator - Johnson Public Library 10 AM - 1 PM Trivia at the Village Restaurant 6 - 8 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 7 - 8 PM	27 The Wine Vault Kicks Off Winterfest at Wine Tasting 4 - 6:30 PM Winter Wellness Pop Up at Stowe Street Cafe 4 - 7 PM Tai Chi Chung at CCC in Jeffersonville New Schedule 5:30 - 6:30 PM GP Trio at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 9 PM	28 Winter Tracking at the Krusch Preserve Until 11 AM Winterfest Feat. Pie for Breakfast All Day Pink the Rink Fundraiser - Jan. 28 All Day Book Discussion at Woodbury Community Library 1 - 2 AM Melody's Going, So Maybe I Should, Too! 8 - 11 AM Primitive Biathlon 8 AM (multiday) 2023 Primitive Biathlon 8 AM (multiday) Upcoming Blood Drives in Your Area 8:30 AM - 1 PM Free Online 4-Week Quit Smoking Class 9 - 10 AM Winterfest Broomball Tournament 9 AM - 1 PM Pop-Up Booster and Vaccine Clinic 9 AM - 1 PM Classic Puzzles and Board Games 9 AM - 1 PM Story Time with Sally and Elizabeth 11 - 11:30 AM Raptors Up Close at CES Gym 11 AM - 12 PM Musical Munchkins 11 AM - 12 PM Free Ice Fishing Festival at Silver Lake 11 AM - 3 PM Family Concert 1 - 2 PM Free Mindfulness Workshop at Craftsbury Public Library 1 - 3 PM Free Concert from Capital City Concerts 1 PM All About Bats! This Saturday! 2 PM Community Skate Night 3 - 6 PM Harwood Boys Varsity Hockey Community Awareness Game 3:30 - 9:30 PM Pink the Rink Fundraiser 5:15 PM Holocaust Survivor's Memoir Book Reading 5:30 - 7:30 PM Holocaust Survivor's Memoir Book Reading + Reception 5:30 - 7:30 PM Holocaust Survivor Memoir Book Reading & Commemoration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Holocaust Survivor's Memoir Book Reading 5:30 - 7:30 PM Holocaust Survivor's Memoir Book Reading 5:30 PM CFI - Tonight! 6 - 9 PM Honky Tonk Dance Saturday! 6:30 - 9:30 PM Liberty Stand-Up Comedy 7 - 10 PM +27 more see less
29 All Our Love for Ashton- Sunday Jan. 29! All Day Learn Improv Comedy! 10:30 AM - 12 PM Fun Run 11 AM - 1 PM Open House for 38 Stowe St 11 AM - 2 PM Winterfest Connector Trail 10th Descent 12 - 3 PM Family Friendly Bingo 1 - 4 PM Opening Reception for Meg McDevitt's "Iterations." 2 - 3 PM Stowe Community Fund: All Our Love for Ashton Event 6 - 8 PM All Our Love for Ashton Fundraiser at Spruce Peak! 6 - 8 PM Tonight at the Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury 7:30 - 9:30 PM Community Sound Bath at the Grange Hall in WTRB - Tonight 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	30 Art Exhibit and Film Talk 10 AM - 6:30 PM Tai Chi in Montpelier 4 - 4:45 PM Imbolc Celebration 5 - 5:45 PM Feed Me Reading & Dinner with Erika Nichols-Frazer 5 - 7 PM Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM A Visiting Artist Talk with Beth Campbell 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	31 Super Bowl Tickets All Day Winterfest Offers Fitness Class - Intro to TRX 8 - 9 AM Tuesday Evening Bible Study - Dust to Glory 6:30 - 8 PM Winterfest VT Beer Quiz 7 - 8:30 PM	1 Expanding Universe, Collapsing Time by Kathy Black (multiday) Mobile Rural Resource Navigator at the Lanpher Library 10 AM - 1 PM Wednesday Night Pop Up Dinners 4:30 - 5:30 PM Sun Do Yoga Class 5 - 7 PM Bluegrass Night 5 - 8 PM Hardwick Haiku 5:30 - 7 PM Municipal Boards & Commissions Meetings This Week 5:30 PM Worcester 4th of July Planning 6:30 - 7:45 PM Public Comments on Use of ARPA Funds 6:30 PM +5 more see less	2 Cambridge Village Historic Preservation Committee Meeting 6 AM Woodbury Library Trustees Special Meeting Feb. 2 8:45 - 9:15 AM Mobile Rural Resource Navigator - Johnson Public Library 10 AM - 1 PM Community Solar Opportunity Zoom 12 - 1 PM Let's Work with Neurodiversity! 4 - 6 PM Thursday Night Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Resistant Band Class This Thursday! 5 - 5:45 PM Free Beginner Level Falls Prevention Tai Chi Class 5 - 6 PM Createvenings at the Library 6 - 7 PM Trivia at the Village Restaurant 6 - 8 PM Winterfest Wassailing 6:15 - 9 PM +7 more see less	3 Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10:30 - 11:30 AM Fabric Artists Open Studio at GRACE 10:30 AM - 1 PM Stowe High Spirit Club - Cancer Survivor Brunch 11 AM - 1 PM Spanish Language Group This Friday 2:30 - 3:30 PM Womens' Circle 5:15 - 6:30 PM Waterbury Winterfest Family Skate Party & Ice Dancing 5:30 - 7:30 PM GP Trio at the Stowe Village Inn 6 - 9 PM +3 more see less	4 Super Bowl Ticket Auction All Day Hot 26 & 2 Yoga Class (Bikram Style) 9 - 10:30 AM Half-Price Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Don't Forget – Saturday is Pie for Breakfast 9 AM - 12 PM A Birthday Party Celebration for the Trees - Moretown 10 AM - 12 PM Open Auditions for a New Stage Play Feb. 4 - Montpelier 10 AM - 1 PM Let's Spread Love - It's the Stowe Way! 10 AM (multiday) Storytime at the Waterville Town Library! 10 AM Live Sled Dog Library Program! RESCHEDULED to April 1 11 AM - 12 PM Party in the Park - Fat Tire Demo Biking 11 AM - 3 PM Mid-Winter Festival 11 AM - 4 PM Cabot Farmers Annex Raclette Party 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM Sankofa - Art, Food, Music & Community Storytelling 12 - 5 PM Party in the Park - Snow Soccer 12:30 - 2 PM Party in the Park - Bocce Tournament 1 - 4 PM Waterbury Winterfest Big Tree Brew Tasting 1:30 - 3:30 PM Jazz at the Peak: Empyrean Isles 5 - 8 PM Winterfest Snow Ball Dance and Silent Auction 7 - 11 PM +14 more see less