Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2023

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26 LH Stowell & Son Tree Farm Opens Nov. 24 9 AM (multiday) Antique Market at the Canadian Club 8 AM - 1 PM Rochester Winter Farmers Market 10 AM - 3 PM Come Get Children Toys and Books for All Ages 11 AM - 12 PM Tacos and Tunes at Tacocat 4:30 - 7:30 PM Anti Racism Discussion Tonight (Nov. 26) 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	27 CVSWMD's ARCC Facility is Reopening! 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM Northfield Town Buildings & Energy Subcommittee 12 - 1:30 PM VOREC Grant Implementation Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM The Mad River Chorale Begins Fall Rehearsals 7 - 9 PM	28 Free Community Distribution Center 1 PM (multiday) Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 7 PM Randolph Police Services Committee - Public Forum, Nov. 28 6 - 8 PM HUHS Project Meeting Nov. 28 at BPS 6 - 8 PM Wreath Making at the Library 6 PM Vermont State Ethics Commission Holds Forum 6:30 - 8:30 PM Northfield Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	29 Musical Munchkins Winter Holiday Open House 9 - 11 AM Musical Munchkins Holiday Winter Open House - Free 9 - 11 AM Musical Munchkins Holiday Open House for 0-3.5 Yrs 9 - 11 AM Bats & Land Use Planning Webinar from VTFW 1 - 2 PM Weekly Peace Vigil 4 - 4:30 PM Waitsfield Life Drawing Sessions 5:30 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting at MHS - Nov. 29 6:30 - 8:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Nov. 29 6:30 - 8:30 PM Online Educational Event - ACO-REACH in VT 7 - 8:15 PM Expanding Roxbury Select Board Research Meeting Tonight 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	30 Community Holiday Meal 6 - 7 PM Open Mic Night at The Local 6 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8 PM Adult/Teen Volleyball at Motio Rec 6 - 8 PM Brookfield Emergency Management Shelter Group Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Adult Financial Literacy 6:30 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	1 Holiday Art Market & Gingerbread Decoration Drop-In! 10 AM (multiday) The Annual Gear Swap is Here! 11 AM - 6 PM Our Lady of the Angels Christmas Bazaar Preview 1 - 5 PM Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 3 - 6 PM Christmas on the Common 3 - 8 PM Common Spirit Event to Raise Funds for Veterans' Place 3:30 - 6:30 PM Santa Visits Randolph! 4 - 4 PM Holiday Book Bazaar at the Book Shop 4 - 6:30 PM Holiday Book Bazaar 4 PM (multiday) Holiday Opening Reception at ART, etc.! 5 - 7 PM Holiday Market and Live Music 5:30 - 7:30 PM Lecture & Workshop with Michael Lipson 7 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	2 WES PTO Drop and Swap 8 AM - 3 PM Create a Winter Centerpiece 9 - 11 AM Bethany Church Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM RES Holiday Market 9 AM - 1 PM Brookfield Bees at Randolph Elementary Market 9 AM - 1 PM Holiday Book Bazaar at the Book Shop 9 AM - 2 PM St. John's Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Our Lady of the Angels Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Peace Tea at Chandler 10 AM - 2 PM Open House at Henry Sheldon Museum 10 AM - 4 PM Baked Beads Scarf and Jewelry Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Holiday Sale at Luke Iannuzzi Pottery 10 AM - 5 PM Winter Weekend Art Show 10 AM (multiday) Special Saturday Storytime at BPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Peaceful Protest Against Heidi's Haven 10:30 AM Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Join Us for a Trunk Show! 12 - 5 PM Artist Reception at First Cong. Church of Berlin 2 - 4 PM Winter Market at Firefolk Arts 2 - 5 PM Computer Scams, and How to Avoid Them - at the Grange! 5 - 6 PM Computer Scams, and How to Avoid Them - at the Grange! 5 - 6 PM Murder Mystery Event at Lareau Farm Inn 5:30 - 10 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 - 9 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra 20th Anniversary Concert 7 PM Montpelier Contra Dance: Lisa Greenleaf & River Road 7:30 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance: Lisa Greenleaf & River Road 7:30 - 11 PM +22 more see less
3 74th Randolph Center Carol Sing 5:30 AM - 7 PM Backcountry Primer Dec. 3 9 AM - 5 PM MRVBC Season Primer Workshop 9 AM - 5 PM Auditions for Poet's Choice at the Valley Players 4 - 6 PM Tacos and Tunes at Tacocat 4:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	4 Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Revised Agenda 12 - 12 PM Washington & Chitt. Co Listening Session - Agriculture 5 - 6:30 PM The Mad River Chorale Begins Fall Rehearsals 7 - 9 PM	5 Northfield Public Safety Subcommittee Meeting 1 - 2:30 PM Free Community Distribution Center 1 PM (multiday) East Valley Community Group Monthly Meeting Dec. 5 5:30 - 7:30 PM Gender Equity and Inclusion: an Educational Forum 5:30 - 7:30 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8 PM Randolph Police Services Committee Meeting - Dec. 5 6 - 8 PM Auditions for Poet's Choice at the Valley Players 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	6 Weekly Peace Vigil 4 - 4:30 PM Benefit Wreath Auction 5 - 8 PM Save the Date - Community Holiday Party 5 - 8 PM Waitsfield Life Drawing Sessions 5:30 - 8 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Paine Mtn School Board to Meet December 6 6 - 8 PM Public Hearing - Draft Zoning Regulation Revisions 6:30 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Dec. 6 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	7 Tonight: Midd Night Stroll at Henry Sheldon Museum 5 - 8 PM Dec. 7: Balancing Ecological Integrity with Trails 6 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8 PM Adult/Teen Volleyball at Motio Rec 6 - 8 PM Holiday Celebration in the Community 6 - 9:30 PM Free Informational Program on Artificial Intelligence 7 - 8 PM +2 more see less	8 Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 3 - 6 PM Wit & Grit Trivia Night: All Movies, All Evening! 5 - 8 PM Memory Tree Lighting Friday 5 PM Zazette Pop-Up Dinner at the Sweet Spot 5:30 - 9 PM Fabulous Family Festive Friday at FCCB 6 - 7:30 PM Holiday Open House 6 - 8 PM CB and HUMS Present Seussical, Jr! 7 - 8 PM MRVBC Backcountry Film Fest 7 - 9 PM School House Worship with the Hope Worship Team 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	9 Moretown Artisans' Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Moretown Artisan's Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Moretown Artisan Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Kids Trade & Play: Tomorrow at the Grange! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade & Play: Tomorrow at the Grange! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Dance, Sing and Jump Around - Sunday at the Grange! 9:30 AM - 11:30 PM Breakfast with Santa 10 AM - 12 PM Hillside Botanicals Holiday Pop-Up at Wee Bird Cafe Dec. 9 10 AM - 1 PM Friends of the Warren Library Book Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Chocolate Making Workshops 10 AM - 2:15 PM Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM - 4 PM ‘Tis the Season for… Cookies! 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Craft/Vendor Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Author Book Discussion 1 - 2 PM Holiday Show in 4 Part Harmony Dec. 9 2 - 3:30 PM Barretones and Green Mountain Chorus Holiday Concert 2 - 4 PM Holiday Concert Saturday Afternoon 2 PM Christmas Concert 2 PM 252 Community Concerts for a Cooler Climate 3 - 4 PM Coffee Hour Concert 6 - 8 PM The Valley Players Present a Karaoke Christmas Carol 6 - 9 PM CB and HUMS Present Seussical, Jr! 7 - 8 PM Mr. Sun Plays Duke Ellington Playing the Nutcracker 7 - 9 PM Mr Sun Plays Duke Ellington Playing the Nutcracker 7 - 9 PM +21 more see less
10 Antiques Market at The Canadian Club 8 AM - 1 PM Knights of Columbus Community Holiday Breakfast 8:30 - 11:15 AM Community Holiday Breakfast Buffet 8:30 - 11:15 AM Chocolate Making Workshops 10 AM - 2:15 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony 2 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing, and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Concert with Brookfield Singers 3 PM "The Gift of Love": Christmas Concert 4 - 5:30 PM Sugarbush Racing Club 24' Kickoff Party 4 - 6 PM Songs of Joy and Praise, Randolph Singers at Chandler 4 - 6 PM Tacos and Tunes at Tacocat 4:30 - 7:30 PM +8 more see less	11 Vermont's Opportunity for Federal Climate Funding (multiday) No Walt's Breakfast on Monday, 10-11 All Day Warren Public Library Trustee Meeting 5 - 6 PM VOREC Grant Implementation Committee Meeting 6 - 8 PM Informational Meeting Williamstown Ambulance 6 PM The Mad River Chorale Begins Fall Rehearsals 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	12 Madsonian First Annual Design Awards 6 AM - 8:30 PM Free Community Distribution Center 1 PM (multiday) Handcraft & Chat at Moretown Library 5:30 - 7:30 PM Handcraft & Chat at Moretown Library 5:30 - 7:30 PM NHS Girls Basketball vs. Randolph Live Stream 6 PM Roxbury Community Act 127 Conversation with Local Reps 7 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	13 Weekly Peace Vigil 4 - 4:30 PM Henry Sheldon Museum 2023 Annual Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Waitsfield Life Drawing Sessions 5:30 - 8 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Holiday Mocktails & Apps - Demonstration & Tasting 6 - 7:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting at MHS - Wed., Dec. 13 6:30 - 8:30 PM League of Women Voters Lecture: Constructive Discourse 7 PM +4 more see less	14 BRIC Actuator Entrepreneurship Program - Lunch & Learn 12 - 12:45 PM Randolph Area Chess Club 5 - 7:30 PM Art Exhibition - Game Night 5 - 8 PM Midd Night Stroll at Henry Sheldon Museum 5 - 8 PM Randolph Selectboard Meeting - Agenda 5:30 PM Climate and Ecology Book Discussion 6 - 7 PM Adult/Teen Volleyball at Motio Rec 6 - 8 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8 PM NHS Girls Basketball vs. Thetford Live Stream 6 PM +5 more see less	15 Wreath Laying at Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery (multiday) Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count 8 AM - 4 PM Annual Winter Bird Count 8 AM - 4 PM What's Going on at Silloway Maple? 9:45 AM - 5 PM Washington County Preliminary Budget Planning Meeting 10 AM - 12 PM A Colour Reverie Trunk Show 2 - 5 PM Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 3 - 6 PM Harwood Union High Silent Auction 5 - 7 PM Silent Auction & Community Dinner, Friday at Harwood 5 - 7:30 PM Pop-Up Dinner at the Sweet Spot 5:30 - 9 PM Fabulous Family Festive Friday at FCCB 6 - 7:30 PM Holiday Moth 7 PM The Steppes w/ Probable Cause at The Underground 7 - 10 PM +9 more see less	16 Solaris Vocal Ensemble Holiday Concerts - Dec. 16 & 17 (multiday) 124th Annual Christmas Bird Count - Dec. 16 All Day Climate & Ecology Expert Series: Animal Tracking 9 - 11 AM 3rd Annual Roxbury Toy Swap = Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys! 9 - 11 AM Vinyasa Yoga at The Phoenix 9:30 - 10:30 AM What's Going on at Silloway Maple? 9:45 AM - 5 PM Randolph Farmers Market - Holiday & Winter Market 10 AM - 2 PM Sugarbush Holiday Craft Bazaar 10 AM - 3 PM Saturday, Dec. 16 is Our Last Day! 10 AM - 4 PM Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Visions of Mary: an Advent Painting Retreat 12 - 3 PM Blossom Holiday Market 12 - 5 PM Holiday Wine Tasting (Free!) 12 - 5 PM Saturday at Blockhouse ❅❆ 12 PM Roxbury Community Crafters 1 - 4 PM Cupcake and Holiday Card Making Celebration 1:30 - 3 PM IXC Christmas Festival! 2 - 4 PM Kids Holiday Ornament Crafting at the RFL 3 - 4 PM Duxbury Historical Society Christmas Service 4 - 5 PM Christmas Concert 4 - 5:30 PM The Gray Space: Fundraiser Performance This Weekend! 6 - 9:30 PM Ugly Sweater Dance Party! Dec. 16 7 PM (multiday) The 16th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 16-17 7 PM (multiday) Contra Dance at The Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM +20 more see less
17 Christmas Pageant & Service at the Warren Church 10 - 11 AM Country Loaf! Baking Workshop in Barre 12 - 4 PM ❄️ Nerd-Choir Winter Celebration ❄️ 1 PM ✨❄️ Nerd-Choir Holiday Celebration! ❄️✨ 1 PM Last Screening of the Farm Boy 2 PM Pickleball Exhibition at Sugarbush SHARC 3:30 - 5 PM Solstice Yoga and Sanskrit Chanting with Sylvie 4 PM Poetry Reading by Becky McMeekin Dec. 17 4 - 6:30 PM Tacos and Tunes at Tacocat 4:30 - 7:30 PM The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Play at BFR 6 - 7 PM The Kat & Brett Holiday Show (Update!) 7 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	18 Selectboard Meeting Postponed All Day Agriculture Agency Listening Session-Virtual; Statewide 12:30 - 2 PM Waitsfield UCC Blue Christmas Service 6 - 6:45 PM Randolph Police Committee Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Soul Collage®: Exploring Your Inner Landscape 6 - 8 PM The Gray Space: Fundraiser Performance This Weekend! 6 - 9:30 PM Blue Christmas Service at Waitsfield UCC Church 6 PM Title: Police Services Committee Meeting – Dec. 18 6 PM +4 more see less	19 It's Not Too Late to Score Amazing Holiday Gifts! 11 AM (multiday) It's Not Too Late to Score Amazing Holiday Gifts! 11 AM (multiday) Free Community Distribution Center 1 PM (multiday)	20 Memorial Gathering for Steve Guion - Dec. 20 3 PM Weekly Peace Vigil 4 - 4:30 PM Waitsfield Life Drawing Sessions 5:30 - 8 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Last Paine Mtn School Board Meeting of 2023 6 - 8 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Dec. 20 6:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	21 Open House - Sugarbush Heath and Recreation Center 4:30 - 6:30 PM Open Mic Night at the Local 5 - 8 PM Adult/Teen Volleyball at Motio Rec 6 - 8 PM Solstice Stargazing at Rec Fields 6 - 8 PM Open Mic Night Sold Out - Dec. Date Announcement 6 - 8 PM Solstice Stargazing at Moretown Rec Fields 6 - 8 PM Vinyasa Yoga at The Phoenix 6:15 - 7:15 PM Roxbury Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	22 Inklings Children's Books - 2 Day Sale! 9 AM (multiday) Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 3 - 6 PM Rescheduled: Solstice Tea Party at Joslin Library 4 - 5 PM Winter Solstice Blacklight Buti & Sacred Circle 5 - 7:30 PM Fabulous Family Festive Fridays at FCCB 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	23 Vinyasa Yoga at The Phoenix 9:30 - 10:30 AM Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Tennis Doubles Round Robin - Holiday Get Together 12 - 2:30 PM
24 Waitsfield UCC Church Christmas Eve Services Announced All Day Bethany Church Christmas Eve Services All Day Christmas Celebration All Day St. John's Episcopal Church Morning Prayer 10 AM Holiday Sale at Luke Iannuzzi Pottery 10 AM - 5 PM Christmas Eve Services at the Baptist Fellowship 10:45 AM - 7 PM Christmas Eve Service at The Warren United Church 5 - 6 PM Christmas Services at St. Mary's 5 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Services at Bethany Church 5 - 10 PM Christmas Eve Service at Church of the Valley 5 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5 PM Moretown Methodist Christmas Eve Service 5 PM Moretown United Methodist Church Christmas Eve Service 5 PM Christmas Eve Program in West Brookfield at 6:30 6 PM UCN Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service at St. John's Episcopal Church 7 PM +12 more see less	25	26 Free Community Distribution Center 1 PM (multiday)	27 Start Your 2024 Resolutions Now at Valley Soul Yoga! 10 - 11 AM You're Invited! 10 AM - 1 PM ReTribe Winter Teen Retreat for Ages 13-19 3 PM (multiday) Waitsfield Life Drawing Sessions 5:30 - 8 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM +1 more see less	28 Adult/Teen Volleyball at Motio Rec 6 - 8 PM	29 Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 3 - 6 PM Cobalt & Titien w/ of Conscious Mind at The Underground 7 - 10 PM	30 Eat for Good! The MRV Rotary Restaurant Raffle 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Cobalt & Titien w/ Troy Millette at The Underground 7 - 10 PM Contra Dance Saturday! Extra Festivity and Fun! 7:30 - 11 PM Contra Dance Saturday! Extra Festivity and Fun! 7:30 - 11 PM
31 The Beat Goes On-Montpelier's New Year's Celebration 12 - 8:30 PM All Brains Belong VT Virtual New Year's Eve Party! 5 - 7:30 PM	1 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 3 - 4:30 PM	2 Free Community Distribution Center 1 PM (multiday) East Valley Community Group Monthly Meeting: Jan. 2 5:30 - 7:30 PM How to Fish the Battenkill, Trout Unlimited Meeting! 7 - 9 PM	3 Weekly Peace Vigil 4 - 4:30 PM Randolph Planning Commission Special Meeting 6 - 7 PM Next Paine Mtn School Board Meeting to Focus on Budget 6 - 8 PM Town of Roxbury Outdoor Recreation Committee Meeting 6 - 9 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Jan. 3 6:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	4 Share Your Ideas at a Youth Opportunity Forum! 5:30 - 7 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8 PM Adult/Teen Volleyball at Motio Rec 6 - 8 PM Mad River Libraries Pub Trivia at Hostel Tevere 7 - 8:30 PM	5 Epiphany Party at First Cong. Church of Berlin 5 PM Wit & Grit Trivia Night: the Big Wide World of Music! 5 - 8 PM Group Art Exhibition Opening Reception 5 - 9 PM	6 Scout Fundraiser 9 AM - 12 PM Let's Have a Cuppa! 10 AM - 12 PM Talk Radio Covering Vermont State Politics 11 AM - 12 PM Roxbury Community Crafters 1 - 4 PM Soup Making Workshop at the Library 2 - 4 PM Stand Up and Stand Out for Democracy 3 - 4 PM Stand Up and Stand Out for Democracy 3 - 4 PM Sound Event in Randolph 7 - 8:30 PM Sound Bath with Sound Massage at Chandler Hall Jan. 6 7 - 8:30 PM Contra Dance at the Grange! 7:30 - 11 PM Contra Dance at the Grange, Saturday Evening! 7:30 - 11 PM +7 more see less