Calendar - Front Porch Forum

November 2015

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1 Be a Hero 5k 10k Half Nov. 1 All Day 5k Run/Walk to Benefit the Wounded Warrior Project All Day VFW Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Vermont Folklife Center Celebrates Day of the Dead/Día De Los Muertos 2 - 5 PM Join the Havurah Playgroup! 3 - 4 PM Middlebury College Music Faculty Flute Recital 4 PM +2 more see less	2 Syria the Far Close Country - Event at Shelburne Farms All Day Dance Tribe Hosts Family Dance First Monday of Each Month! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Family Dance Monday! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Interactive Nutritional Sessions for Women 6 - 7 PM Wildlife Rescue Class at CVU Nov. 2 6 - 8 PM Nutrition Lecture at Rev Fitness 6 PM The Sounds of Music at CVU Monday 7:30 PM +3 more see less	3 Donkeyball at Mt. Abe All Day Tomorrow: Community Solar Array Workshop in Vergennes! All Day Act 46 Study Committee Meeting Nov. 3 All Day Colored Pencil Class / Print Raffle All Day Colored Pencil Class at Artists' Mediums All Day Anbaric Transmission at Selectboard Meeting Nov. 3 All Day Tomorrow: Community Solar Array Workshop All Day Need Help Managing Your Small Business? 5:30 - 7 PM Starksboro Sports Program Basketball Signup 6 - 7 PM Mt. Abe Annual Donkey Basketball Game Nov. 3 6 - 7:30 PM Mt. Abe Annual Donkey Basketball Game Nov. 3 6 PM Selectboard Meeting Nov. 3 6:30 PM Cindy Pierce at Shelburne Town Hall Nov. 3 7 PM Author Jane Beck Speaks at Lincoln Library 7 PM Author Jane Beck to Speak at Lincoln Library 7 PM Anbaric at New Haven Selectboard Nov. 3 7 PM Development Review Board Nov. 3 Agenda 7:30 PM Songwriter Peter Mulvey at Good Times Cafe Nov. 3 8:30 PM +14 more see less	4 Old Lantern - Meeting Nov. 4 All Day Wednesday Night Inspirations at Yarn & Yoga All Day Two More Weeks of Apple Pies and Now, Seasonal Breads 3 - 5 PM Pickleball in Charlotte – Let the Winter Games Begin 6 - 8 PM	5 Historical Society's Civil War Program Nov. 5 All Day MCS Basketball Sign Ups All Day SHS Civil War Program, Nov. 5 All Day Public Hearing on Proposed Draft Unified Zoning Bylaw Amendment All Day Speaker Sharing About Ella Warner Fisher All Day Senior Meal 12 PM Passenger Train to Stop Nov. 5 for VRAN Annual Dinner 3:30 - 11 PM Public Hearing on Proposed Draft Unified Zoning Bylaw 7 PM Walking Richmond Road 7 PM University of Vermont Music Faculty Flute Performance 7:30 PM Middlebury College Music Faculty Flute Recital 7:30 PM Neil Simon's the Good Doctor 8 PM +8 more see less	6 Knights in Italy - Spaghetti Dinner All Day Charlotte Central School Early Childhood Developmental Screening 8:30 AM - 12 PM Gubernatorial Candidate Forum on Elder Issues 10 - 11:30 AM Vermont Honeylight's Annual Holiday Preview Party 6 PM	7 Pre-K Through 8th Grade Open House All Day Button Up Workshop Nov. 7 All Day Button Up Vermont Day of Action All Day Middlebury's Largest Annual Indoor Multi-Family Yard Sale! All Day Casting Call for Kids VT All Day Williston FAP 24th Annual Fall Craft Show! All Day Craft Show All Day Friends of the UVM Horticulture Farm Presentation All Day Fall Work Party at Willowell: Free Pizza!! All Day Moors & Mccumber in Ripton Nov. 7 7 AM Middlebury's Largest Annual Indoor Multi-Family Yard Sale 8 AM - 2 PM Fabulous Holiday Bazaar Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Try Hockey for Free! Nov. 7 9:15 - 10:30 AM Crafting at Starksboro Library Saturday Nov. 7 10 AM - 12 PM Hinesburg Energy Information Workshop This Saturday 10 Am - 12 Noon 10 AM - 12 PM Lake Champlain Waldorf School Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Indoor Yard Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Button Up Day Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Mt. Abe Craft Fair Saturday! 10 AM - 3:30 PM Mt Abraham Project Graduation Craft Fair and Silent Auction 10 AM - 3:30 PM St. Peter's Penny Fair 10 AM - 6:30 PM Short Track Speed Skating Meet Nov. 7 10:30 AM - 5 PM Chanting Workshop 11 AM - 1 PM Beginner's Chanting Workshop with Charlie Nardozzi Nov. 7 11 AM - 1 PM Ilsley Friends Books on the Balcony Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Wine & Food Festival at Shelburne Vineyard 11 AM - 5 PM 3 Extra Happenings at Yoga Roots This Weekend! 11 AM Attention Jazz Lovers! 4 PM Localvore Harvest Supper Saturday 5:30 PM Harvest Supper Nov. 7 5:30 PM Empty Bowl Dinner 6 PM Bluegrass Gospel Project to Record Vergennes Opera House Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM Bluegrass Gospel Project to Record Their Vergennes Opera House Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM +29 more see less
8 Vermont Day School Open House All Day Vermont Italian Club Annual Pasta Dinner All Day Learn to Curl All Day New Feldenkrais Class! All Day TEDxMiddlebury Sunday! 10 AM - 1:30 PM Ferrisburgh Historical Society Meeting 2 PM Ferrisburgh Historical Society Meeting 2 PM Ferrisburgh Historical Society Meeting 2 PM +4 more see less	9 Act 46 Engagement All Day Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic for Kitties All Day 5-Town Informational Meeting on Act 46 All Day Low Cost Spay/Neuter All Day Affordable Pet Neutering/Spay Clinic in Middlebury All Day Five Town Informational Meeting on Act 46 All Day Bristol Republican Town Committee Pot Luck 6:30 PM Five Town Act 46 Information Meeting 7 - 9 PM Five Town Act 46 Informational Meeting Nov. 9 7 - 9 PM Five Town Meeting on Details & Ramifications of Act 46 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	10 Paying for College 6:30 - 8 PM Fly Fishing Expert and 2 Time National Champion, George Daniel 6:30 - 9 PM VSAC Paying for College Night at Mt. Abe 6:30 PM Paying for College Night 6:30 PM United States Marine Corp Birthday Party 6:30 PM +1 more see less	11 New Haven Historical Society Meets Nov. 11 All Day Talk on "The Crisis in Public Education" at Ilsley Library All Day Winter Bicycling Clinic Nov. 11 All Day Veterans Day Event All Day Dave Sharpe to Speak on "The Crisis in Public Education" Nov. 11 10 AM - 11:30 PM Knitting Night at Charlotte Library 5 - 7 PM Knit a Mitt @ Charlotte Library 5 - 7 PM Middlebury Co-Op's 24th Empty Bowl Dinner Nov. 7! 6 PM Educational Forum About Putting a Price on Carbon Pollution 7 PM +5 more see less	12 Senior Lunch at Libanus Lodge All Day Panton Town Office Closed Thursday All Day Inspiration for Everyone! All Day Public Informational Meeting - VT Green Line All Day "Seussical the Musical" Opens Nov. 12 All Day Vermont Aiken Lecture November 12 at UVM 5 PM Howard Center Free Community Education Series 6 - 7:30 PM Bixby Write-In 6 - 9 PM American Heart Association First Aid Class 6:30 - 9:30 PM Howard Frank Mosher Nov. 12 6:30 PM Neuroplasticity: How the Brain Heals Itself 7 - 8 PM Neuroplasticity Program at the Library 7 - 8 PM Public Informational Meeting Nov. 12 7 PM Panton DRB/PC Date Change 7 PM Havurah Community Meeting Nov. 12 & New Hire 7 PM Readings at Cornwall Free Public Library Event Nov. 12 7 PM +12 more see less	13 Kid's Night Out Event All Day Charlotte Land Trust Presents Bill Mckibben All Day Charlotte Land Trust Presents Bill Mckibben at the Old Lantern All Day Come Hear Bill Mckibben Speak Nov. 13 All Day Holiday Artisan Fair Nov. 13 All Day Kid's Night Out Event Nov. 13 All Day Open Table Diner: Free Dinner Nov. 13 All Day Own a Business? Learn How to Save on Electricity Nov. 13 8 AM Attn. Business Owners: Learn How to Save on Electricity Nov. 13 8 AM Holiday Artisan Fair 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Artisan Fair 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Artisan Fair Friday 11 AM - 3 PM Music and the Mind: Let's Build Harmony Together! 1 - 3 PM Open Table Diner: Friday Nov. 13 5:30 - 7 PM Open Table Diner : Free Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM Kid's Night Out Event 5:30 - 8 PM Genealogy Get-Together 6 PM Invitation to Hear Bill Mc Kibben Speak Nov. 13 6:30 - 8:30 PM Keystone Xl Pipeline Winner Bill Mckibben at the Old Lantern Friday 6:30 - 8:30 PM +15 more see less	14 The Trotting of the Turkeys All Day Hunter/Early Bird Breakfast All Day Free Family Playtime at HCS Nov. 14 All Day Basic German Genealogy Nov. 14 All Day Pasta Dinner at St.Jude's All Day Bake Sale - Soup Sale - Bazaar at East Middlebury Umc Nov. 14 All Day Holiday Bazaar All Day Feed Our Neighbors and Have Fun at the Same Time All Day Big Sale on Saturday All Day Summer Camp Open House All Day Open House Moving Sale All Day Moving Sale, Greenbush Rd, Nov. 14 All Day Sale in Vergennes on Saturday All Day Hunters' Breakfast Nov. 14 4:30 - 9:30 AM Hunters Breakfast in Huntington 5 - 11 AM Agricola Farm Dinner Nov. 14 5 AM Hunter/Early Bird Breakfast! 7 - 10 AM Jerusalem Schoolhouse Hunters'/Early Bird Breakfasts 7 - 10 AM Food Drive 9 AM - 2 PM Sister-To-Sister Summit for Middle School Girls Nov. 14 9:30 AM - 4 PM Home Energy Efficiency, Solar PV and Heat Pump Workshop Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Basic German Genealogy 10:30 AM - 12 PM Free Winter Bicycling Workshop 11 AM - 12 PM Winter Bicycling Workshop 11 AM - 12 PM Winter Biking Clinic Saturday 11 AM - 12 PM Everyday Biking - Free Workshop! 11 AM - 12:30 PM North-South All-Star Football Classic! 12:30 - 2:30 PM Frost Brewery Pint Night 2 - 10 PM Lasagna Supper Nov. 14 5 - 6:30 PM Lasagna Supper 5 - 6:30 PM Gospel-Americana Concert! 7 - 9 PM Book Launch Reception for the Audacity of Hoop 7 - 9 PM Cornwall Contradance Saturday 7 - 9:30 PM Scott Ainslie Performs at Burnham Hall 7 PM Live Music in Lincoln Saturday 7 PM Charles Neville & Gent Tready at Vergennes Opera House 7:30 - 10:30 PM Charles Neville & Gent Treadly at Vergennes Opera House! 7:30 - 10:30 PM +33 more see less
15 Cold Weather Clothes Drive at East Middlebury Umc All Day International Volunteer Service Trip Meeting Nov. 15 All Day Addison Town Historical Society Meeting Nov. 15 All Day Pancake Breakfast - Addison Fire Department 7 - 11 AM Sunday Brunch 10 AM - 12 PM Dine the United Way 10:30 AM - 3 PM Mary's Restaurant and Dine Out for United Way 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM Free Martial Arts Expo! 11 AM - 1 PM Free Martial Arts Expo at Marquis Theatre 11 AM - 1 PM Writing the Discovery Draft 1 - 3 PM Infant/Toddler Playgroup Sunday Nov. 15! 3 - 4 PM A Storytelling for Syria: Sunday 3 - 5 PM Great Book! 3 - 5 PM Sunday Jazz 5:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	16 Bixby Library Event "Book Ends" All Day Author Visit(s) at the Library! All Day Preparing Preschooler for Success in Kindergarten All Day Memorial Service for Marty Hansen Nov. 16 11 AM Agricultural Literacy Week Kick-Off Monday 3:30 - 4:30 PM Charlotte Library Community Forum 6:45 - 8:30 PM Community Forum at the Library 6:45 - 8:30 PM 2nd Community Forum on Leadership 7 - 9 PM Community Meeting: Friends of Five Town Schools 7 - 9 PM Friends of the Five Town Schools Meeting Nov. 16 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	17 Planning Commission Meeting Nov. 17 All Day Hinesburg Development Review Board Agenda All Day Selectboard Meeting Nov. 17 All Day Goddess Circle Nov. 17 All Day Dept. of Public Service Meeting About Ratepayer Comments All Day Mother/Daughter Book Club at Starksboro Library All Day Public Hearing for the Champlain Valley Tuesday, November 17th All Day Toddler/Preschool Taekwon Do Class 9:30 - 10:15 AM Flu Clinic at Weybridge School 2:15 - 3:30 PM Meditation Series Starting Nov. 17 4:45 - 5:45 PM Important Public Hearing Tuesday in Shelburne 6:30 - 9 PM Vermont Public Service Department Seeks Input on Ratepayer Services 6:30 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 PM Update on PSB Hearing Nov. 17 7 - 9 PM Undercover Quilters 7 PM Undercover Quilters Meeting, Nov. 17 7 PM Anbaric Transmission Meeting Tuesday 7 PM +13 more see less	18 ACORN Marks Anniversary at Annual Meeting All Day Addison County Public Forum on Transportation Nov. 18 All Day ACORN Marks 10-Year Anniversary Nov. 18 All Day Navigating Vermont Without a Car 6 PM ACORN to Mark 10-Year Anniversary at Annual Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM ACORN's Annual Meeting Wednesday! 6:30 - 8 PM ACORN's Annual Meeting Wednesday! 6:30 - 8 PM Cold Weather Comfort at Charlotte Library 7 - 8 PM Auditions for Black Comedy & The Real Inspector Hound Nov. 18-19 7 PM (multiday) Syria: Remember Me - Presentation by Deborah Felmuth 7 PM +6 more see less	19 VUHS Musical: the Addams Family, a New Musical Comedy (multiday) Vermont's Working Forests: Challenges and Opportunities, Panel Discussion All Day Come Learn About Your Town All Day Coffee Conversation 10 AM Staged Reading of Jay Craven's New Film 5 - 7 PM HCS Annual Budget Forum 6 - 6:30 PM Bixby Write-In #2 6 - 9 PM Iroquois Soccer Needs You! 6:30 - 8:30 PM One World Library Program Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM Movie Night at the Library! 7 - 9 PM Cold Climate Heat Pump Presentation 7 PM Informational Presentation: Cold Climate Heat Pumps 7 PM Next Armchair Naturalist Nov. 19 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less	20 Creative Space Holiday Opening Reception Nov. 20 All Day Milk with Dignity All Day 2016 Soccer is Here! Join Iroquois Soccer Club: Nov. 20 All Day Thanksgiving Lunch at LCS Friday 12 - 1 PM Creative Space Holiday Opening Reception 5 - 8 PM Free Community Supper 5:30 - 6:30 PM Weybridge Community Barn Dance 6 - 8 PM Reactive Rover Seminar at CHK 6:30 - 7:30 PM Board Game Night at Ilsley Public Library 6:30 - 9 PM Contra Dance at Holley Hall 8 PM +6 more see less	21 Alternative Gifts Bazaar Saturday (multiday) Fabulous Fall Market at Hinesburg Town Hall All Day Hunter/Early Bird Breakfast 7 - 10 AM Shelburne Nursery School's Annual Pie Sale & Raffle 8 AM - 12 PM Trinkets and Treasures Rummage Sale Collection Saturday 9 - 11 AM Fabulous Fall Market at Hinesburg Town Hall 9 AM - 1 PM Holiday Bazaar at Friends Methodist Church 9 AM - 2 PM Alternative Gifts Bazaar and Ten Thousand Villages 9 AM - 3 PM Crafting at Starksboro Library Saturday Nov. 21 10 AM - 12 PM Your Creative Neighbors! 10 AM - 3 PM Baby Brunch at Starksboro Public Library 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Invitation to Starksboro's Baby Brunch 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Jewelry Show at Northeast Fiber Arts Center 12 - 4 PM New Wine for Thanksgiving Saturday 12 - 5 PM New Wine for Thanksgiving Saturday 12 - 5 PM Poetry Reading: Karla Vanvliet, Rachel Baird & Annie Perkins 3 - 4 PM Protect and Fortify Your Brain Naturally 3 PM Join Us Saturday at Two Brothers Tavern! 5 - 9 PM BandAnna at Two Brothers Tavern 5 - 9 PM Two Brothers Tavern Fundraiser for Mt. Abe 5 - 9 PM +16 more see less
22 Burnt Rock Farm Pre-Thanksgiving Vegetable Sale All Day Story Telling This Sunday! All Day Thanksgiving Community Chorus Concert All Day Thanksgiving Service 9 AM Turkey Trot and Gobble Wobble 12 - 3 PM Gathering for Joe and Nancy Klopfenstein 1 - 5 PM Gathering for Joe and Nancy Klopfenstein 1 - 5 PM Got a Story to Tell? 4 - 6 PM Fundraiser for Holley Hall in Bristol This Sunday 4 - 6 PM +5 more see less	23 ACSU School District Unification Forum All Day Community Forum - Act 46, District Consolidation Within ACSU All Day Proposed ACSU School District Merger Community Forum 7 PM	24 Selectboard Budget Meeting Nov. 24 All Day Selectboard Agenda for Special Nov. 24 Meeting All Day Senior Turkey Dinner at St. Judes Church Hall 11 AM - 1 PM Senior Thanksgiving Lunch 11 AM	25 Planning Commission Agenda 7:30 PM	26 "Sounding Gratitude": Special Thanksgiving Sacred Sound Practice 11 AM - 12 PM	27 Creative Space Class: Make a Geodesic Dome 10 AM - 12 PM Celebrate the Wonder of the World Nov. 27! 7:30 PM Black Friday Comedy Night at The Marquis 8 - 10 PM Eighth Elm Farm Antique & Decor Black Friday Sale 9 PM (multiday)	28 New Wine Release Party Nov. 28 All Day Support UN Climate Talks in Paris: Vigil Nov. 28 All Day Indoor Yard Sale All Day Book Signing at Daily Chocolate Nov. 28 All Day Small Business Saturday at the Library All Day Hunters' Breakfast! 7 - 10 AM New Wine Release Party Nov. 28 2 - 5 PM +3 more see less
29 18th Annual Louise Roomet Turkey Lane Turkey Trot All Day Lincoln Community Advent Event All Day Community Advent Wreath Making and Tree Lighting (and Soup!) All Day Public Breakfast All Day Piano Jazz All Day Public Breakfast All Day Pickles, Pork and Pies - Farm to Table Dinner All Day Learn Soapmaking 1 - 4 PM +4 more see less	30 Youth Basketball Registration Deadline: Nov. 30 All Day Selectboard Meeting Nov. 30 All Day Act 46 School Consolidation: Chittenden South Supervisory Union 5:30 PM	1 Act 46 Community Meeting All Day Community Supper to Support Emergency Fund All Day Charlotte Central School Meetings Dec. 1 All Day Planning Commission Meeting Dec. 1 All Day Ferrisburgh Selectboard Meeting All Day Child Safety Workshop 5:45 - 7:45 PM Inviting All Addison Residents to Act 46 Forum at ACS 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	2 Ferrisburgh Historical Society All Day Robinson Book Fair 8 AM (multiday) Debunking Organic: What's in Your Granola Bar & How Did It Get There? 4:30 - 6 PM	3 "Free Up Your Shoulders" Feldenkrais Workshop 8:30 - 10 AM Coffee Conversation 9 AM - 3 PM Senior Meal 12 PM Concert Featuring MCMC Faculty @ St. Stephen's Episcopal Church! 12:15 - 12:45 PM Kevin Riell Memorial Basketball Tournament at CVU 5:30 PM (multiday) Teen and Women Self Defense Class 6:30 - 7:30 PM Bristol Village Cohousing Presentation for Prospective Members 7 - 9 PM "The Merchants of Doubt" Dec. 3 7 PM +4 more see less	4 Memory Tree Lighting All Day Program on Working with Rescued Asian Elephants All Day Lincoln Library Holiday Bazaar Friday and Saturday 10 AM (multiday) Puppet Show at Bristol's Chocolate Walk 5 - 6 PM 8th Annual Chocolate Walk in Downtown Bristol 5 - 8 PM Tandem Holiday Market 5 - 8 PM 8th Annual Chocolate Walk in Downtown Bristol 5 - 8 PM Vermont Honeylights Trunk Show 5 - 8 PM Holiday Market at Tandem in Bristol 5 - 8 PM The Nutcracker's Adventure 7 - 8:30 PM Joe Mcginness Live! 7 - 11:30 PM +7 more see less	5 Live Music Saturday Night! All Day Pottery Sale and Open House (multiday) You're Invited to Breakfast with Santa Dec. 5! All Day Setting Up Creche on Vergennes City Park Dec. 5 All Day Eli West and Ben Winship Dec. 5 in Ripton! All Day Gymnastics Dec. 5 All Day Concert in Lincoln All Day Global Fatbike Day All Day Holiday Cardmaking! All Day Santa Breakfast Fundraiser All Day Annual Holiday Market All Day Holiday Stroll Schedule Dec. 5 8 AM - 5:30 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Federated Church Bazaar Dec. 5 9 AM - 3 PM Indigo Dyeing and Shibori Class 10 AM - 3 PM Pottery Sale at Middlebury Studio School 10 AM - 4 PM Festival of Wreaths 10 AM - 6 PM Holiday Pottery Sale at Judith Bryant Pottery 10 AM (multiday) Pottery Sale and Open House 10 AM (multiday) Old Fashioned Chocolate Desserts Class 10:30 - 11:30 AM Genealogy Class 10:30 AM - 12 PM Zero Energy Home Open House 11 AM - 1 PM Used Book Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Holiday Gift Sale at Ilsley Library 11 AM - 2:30 PM Artsight Holiday Card Making and Art Sale 11 AM - 3 PM Janet Fredericks Open Studio 11 AM Create Holiday Luminary Decorations 1 - 4 PM Tea with Mrs. Claus 1 PM Community Wreath Making and Carol Sing Dec. 5! 4 - 6 PM Sleep Out by the Falls to End Homelessness 4 PM (multiday) The Nutcracker's Adventure at Muhs Auditorium 7 - 8:30 PM Local Vast Snowmobile Club Fundraiser Dec. 5 7 - 9 PM Dickerson & Nop Concert 7 PM VLAM Dance for Mt. Abe Students 8 - 11 PM +31 more see less