Calendar - Front Porch Forum

November 2015

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1 Come to Dance, Sing, and Jump Around Family Dance All Day Nov. 1 Event at Plainfield Opera House All Day Family Dance in Plainfield 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing & Jump Around Nov. 1 3 - 4:30 PM Excellent Chance to Dance, Sing & Jump Around! 3 - 4:30 PM 350 VT Node Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Central VT Climate Action Group (350 VT Local Group) Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	2 Open House! All Day Net Zero Energy Buildings - Tour & Presentation All Day Policy Review at School Board Meeting All Day Candlelit Yin Yoga with Hannah Lynn All Day WGDR Radio to Host Geoengineering Authority Dane Wigington Nov. 2 9:45 - 10:30 AM Northfield Act 64 Meeting 6:45 PM Nov. 2 Berlin Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	3 Recycling Presentation at Chelsea Grange on Nov. 3 All Day Recycling Presentation at Chelsea Grange Nov. 3 All Day Paying for College Info. Nov. 3 6 - 7:30 PM	4 Pubic Invite to Board of School Commissioners Meeting Nov. 4 All Day Nicaragua Service Adventure Trip Meeting All Day Pubic Invite - Board Meeting Nov. 4 All Day Huge Garage Sale Nov. 4 & 5 All Day Huge Lawn Sale Nov. 4 & 5 All Day Introduction to the Alexander Technique All Day OLLI (Osher) Presentation All Day Next OLLI (Osher) Program All Day Public Invite - Nov. 4 Board Meeting All Day A Delicious Final Town Braintap Event of the Season All Day Don't Miss Jaquith's Classic Film Series All Day Quickbooks Training - Free 2-Day Class! 9 AM - 4 PM Quickbooks Training - Free 2-Day Class! 9 AM - 4 PM +9 more see less	5 Living with Vermont's Black Bears All Day Living with Vermont's Black Bears All Day Comedy Event to Benefit Vt Family Network Nov. 5 All Day Recycling 101 – It's Easy, and It's the Law 1 - 2:30 PM Montpelier School Budget Conversation 5 - 6 PM VT Youth Activist Summit - Planning Meeting 6 - 8 PM Living with VT's Black Bears - Presentation Nov. 5! 6:30 - 8 PM Newbury Book Duscussion Group 7 PM Marshfield Hearing on Proposed Zoning Changes 7 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 PM +6 more see less	6 National Life Crafts Fair (multiday) Cafe Musico in West Newbury Nov. 6 All Day TLC Vacation Day Program - Fall Fairies and Forts All Day Marshfield Property Taxes Due 4 - 4 PM Sugarbush Ski&Ride Program Sign Up Night @ Barre City School Cafeteria 5:30 - 7:30 PM Vermont vs California Wines at North Branch Cafe 7:30 PM Vermont vs California Wines! 7:30 PM Sara Grace Live at La Puerta Negra 8 - 10 PM +4 more see less	7 Annual Craft Fair All Day Earthwalk's Skills for Adults Workshop All Day Orchard Valley Holiday Market! All Day Earthwalk Roots and Polypores Workshop for Adults All Day Plainfield Brook Naming Event with Abenaki Elders Sat. All Day Potluck at CCG Hall Sat. All Day New Orchard Valley Holiday Market! All Day Button Up Day Nov. 7 All Day Breastfeeding 101, Free Class Nov. 7 All Day Granite City 5K Walk/Run for Veterans All Day Orchard Valley Holiday Market! All Day Granite City 5k Run/Walk for Veterans 9 AM - 12 PM Community Lantern-Making Workshops for Waterbury's River of Light 10 AM - 3 PM Osteoporosis Support Group 1 - 3 PM Earthwalk Vermont Skills for Adults Workshop: Roots & Polypores 1 - 4 PM Public Invited to Brook-Naming Event Nov. 7 1 PM Holiday Market! 2 - 4:30 PM Holiday Market 2 - 4:30 PM Open House at Blinking Light Gallery 4 - 6 PM Free Program & Potluck! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Barre Rotary Presents: 'Dancing with the Stars' Dinner and Dance 6 - 11 PM Barre Rotary Presents: "Dancing with the Stars" Ballroom Event 6 - 11 PM House Concert 7 - 11:30 PM +19 more see less
8 Liz Stephen at Fresh Tracks 2 - 4 PM Money in Politics, Whose Democracy is It? Nov. 8 2:30 - 4 PM Money in Politics, Whose Democracy is It? Nov. 8 2:30 - 4:30 PM Sunday Afternoon, Money in Politics, from the League of Women Voters 2:30 PM Bread & Puppet Sunday Nov 8 Plainfield Community Center! 3 PM Bread & Puppet in Plainfield Sunday @The Community Center 3 PM Katie Trautz Performs in Calais and Montgomery Center! 7 PM Katie Trautz Performs in Calais and Montgomery Center! 7 PM +4 more see less	9 Belsher and Wood Concert at Berlin Congregational Church All Day Pickleball in Montpelier All Day Openings in Free Prenatal Fitness Class! All Day Pickleball in Montpelier All Day Agenda for Plainfield Traffic Info Meeting and Selectboard Nov. 9 All Day Monday!: Bitter Fruits & Combat Boots Redwing Blackbird Theater 7 - 9 PM Hip Hopera Performance at Plainfield Opera House! 7 - 9 PM Wood and Belsher Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	10 Bellydance with Linda River Valente All Day Forum on Marijuana Legalization All Day Create a Stellar Email That Engages! 10 AM - 2 PM Reading to End Racism 6:30 - 8 PM What is "Masterful Life-Performance?" 7 - 8 PM Cookbook Review & Sale at Bear Pond Books 7 - 8:30 PM Chemical Drift Meeting 7 PM +3 more see less	11 OLLI (Osher) Presentation All Day DRB Meeting Announcement and Agenda All Day Next OLLI (Osher) Program Nov. 11 All Day Spaghetti and Meatballs at the Canadian Club 5 - 6 PM Revision of Subdivision/Zoning Regulations 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	12 Inspiration for Everyone! All Day Mufti of Jerusalem and Local Political Stories Nov. 12 All Day Anti-Semitism, the Mufti, and Creative Psychology with David Sokol All Day Tarot Royalty: Teaser! All Day Winooski Natural Resource Conservation District Chicken Pie Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Stage 32 Presents Sweeney Todd at U32 (multiday) Italian Dancing at Old Labor Hall in Barre! All Day Local Eats! Series About Local Food Making at the Jaquith All Day Jimmy Kennedy Dinner Nov. 13 All Day Red Cross Blood Drive at U-32 High School All Day Red Cross Blood Drive at U-32 High School All Day Red Cross Blood Drive at U-32 High School All Day Twinfield French Trip Jimmy Kennedy Dinner and Silent Auction! All Day Montpelier School Board Conversation 8 - 9 AM Red Cross Blood Drive @ U-32 High School 8 AM - 1 PM U-32 Blood Drive 8 AM - 1 PM Red Cross Blood Drive @ U-32 High School 8 AM - 1 PM Don't Spend the Winter Cold and Lonely! 12:30 - 2 PM More Traditional Italian Dance at the Old Labor Hall 7 PM More Traditional Italian Dance at the Old Labor Hall 7 PM +11 more see less	14 T.W. Wood Gallery, Tapas & Talents All Day Chad Hollister in Concert All Day Permission Granted! All Day Memory Cafe Nov. 14 at MSAC All Day Chad Hollister in Concert All Day Hunters and Anyones Breakfast All Day OVWS Fall into Winter Fair All Day Saving the Harvest - a Community Event All Day Tapas & Talents - Don't Miss It! Nov. 14 All Day Fall into Winter Fair! All Day ORE Tapas and Talent Gala Coming Up! All Day Autumn Tea Tasting 10 - 11:30 AM Fall into Winter Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Public Forum 10:30 AM - 12 PM Authors Kekla Magoon & Will Alexander at Bear Pond Books 11 AM - 12 PM Diabetes Awareness Month~Jazzercise 12:30 - 3:30 PM Second Saturday: Mountain Brews! 2 - 3 PM Summit School and Chandler Center for the Arts Present Dom Flemons! 2 - 3:30 PM Summit School and Chandler Center for the Arts Present Dom Flemons! 2 - 3:30 PM Breath and Your Body Workshop Nov. 14 4 - 6:30 PM Gala at T.W. Wood Gallery 7 - 9 PM Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Fall Concert Program 7 - 9 PM Chad Hollister in Concert 7 - 9 PM Chad Hollister Fund Raiser Concert Saturday 7 - 10 PM Dom Flemons Concert at the Chandler in Randolph! 7:30 PM Dom Flemons Concert at the Chandler in Randolph! 7:30 PM +22 more see less
15 Bread and Puppet Performs in Barre All Day New Bread & Puppet Theater Production All Day Hunger Mountain Coop Annual Meeting All Day Bread & Puppet at Barre Labor Hall Nov. 15 All Day Hunger Mountain Cooperative Annual Meeting Nov. 15 All Day Berlin Elementary Robotics Competition 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Hunger Mountain Coop Annual Meeting and By-Law Change Vote 12 - 2 PM Hunger Mountain Coop's Annual Meeting 12 - 2 PM New Bread & Puppet Theater Production 3 PM Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Fall Concert Program 4 - 6 PM Community Singalong 6 - 8 PM Climate Action Nov. 15 6:30 - 8 PM Climate Action 6:30 - 8 PM +9 more see less	16 Plainfield Water/Wastewater Commission Meeting Agenda All Day Free Screening of "How to Die in Oregon" at Montpeier Unitarian Church All Day East Montpelier Calais Historical Societies All Day First Installment of Property Taxes Due 5 PM	17 Small Business Marketing Class in Montpelier All Day Forum on Public Transit and Navigating Vermont Without a Car All Day Public Hearing: Solar Farm Siting All Day Public Hearing on Solar Fields in Barre Town All Day Greater Barre Democrats Meeting Nov. 17 All Day VT Food Investors Network Event - Crowdfunding Our Food System! All Day Forum on Public Transit and Navigating Vermont Without a Car All Day Greater Barre Democrat Meeting All Day Quick Reminder: Property Taxes Due Tuesday 5 - 5 PM VT Youth Activist Summit - Planning Meeting 6 - 8 PM Reading & Craft Discussion: Trinie Dalton & Allison Adelle Hedge Coke 7 - 8 PM +7 more see less	18 Free Community & Family Spaghetti Dinner All Day Who's There Film Series at the Jaquith All Day Forum on Public Transit and Navigating Vermont Without a Car All Day Olli (Osher) Presentation All Day Venison Cookery Class All Day Howard Coffin to Speak Nov. 18 1:15 - 2:30 PM Community & Family Spaghetti Dinner at E. Montpelier Elementary 6 PM Cub Scout Pack 714 Cake Auction Fund Raising 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	19 Lost Nation Theater's LNT-AID Concert Nov. 19 All Day Barre Genealogy Group All Day Susan Morse of Keeping Track at the Haybarn! All Day Barre Genealogy Group All Day Thursday Concert Benefits Local Theater-Lost Nation at City Hall All Day Entertainment Extravaganza Benefit - Lost Nation Theater All Day LNT Aid: Thursday All Day Opening Art Reception All Day LNT-Aid - a Great Time! All Day Crossroads BNI Meeting Thursdays 8 - 9:30 AM Montpelier School Board Conversation 5 - 6 PM Plainfield Flood/Hazard Mitigation Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Come Learn About Bats 6:30 - 8 PM Coming Soon: the Cougar Returns to the East 7 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	20 Support Syrian Refugees Statehouse Rally (multiday) Universal Prekindergarten Family Forum All Day Tarot/Oracle Sessions with Linda River Valente All Day Burlington Choral Society's Music of Estonia Nov. 20 All Day Universal Prekindergarten Family Forum 7:30 - 9 AM March in Downtown Montpelier 12 - 1 PM Summit School Open House! 6 - 8 PM Live Music This Friday! 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	21 A Place on Earth - Concerts Nov. 21-22 (multiday) Scottish Tea & Taste of Scotland... All Day 50th Annual Scottish Tea All Day Dwight & Nicole at Flying Stage All Day Blue Ribbons & Burlesque Exhibit Opening All Day Amazing Music Opportunity! All Day Free Winter Clothing at the Jaquith All Day The Gospel Goat Ropers in Concert! All Day Thanksgiving Farmers' Market All Day Thanksgiving Farmers' Market Nov. 21 All Day Concert Saturday Nov. 21 All Day Youth Basketball 9 AM - 2:30 PM The Gardens Craft & Artisan Sale 10 AM - 3 PM The Country Fair Photography of Charles Fish 1 - 4 PM Blue Ribbons & Burlesque at Vermont History Museum in Montpelier! 1 - 4 PM Capital City Concerts - A Place on Earth 7:30 PM (multiday) +12 more see less
22 Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Featured at Northfield Thankgsgiving Market! 11 AM - 2 PM Learn Magic Tricks with Rob Mermin Nov. 22 1:30 - 3 PM Capital City Concert 3 PM Chloe Viner Poetry Reading 6 - 7:30 PM	23 Plainfield Selectboard Meeting Mon. 7 PM	24 Good Night Sweet Prince -A Hamlet Musical 10:30 AM - 7 PM	25	26 Gobble Wobble Turkey Trot 5k All Day 43rd Annual Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner All Day 13th Annual Gobble Wobble Turkey Trot 9:30 - 11:30 AM	27 Bueno Comedy Showcase! 8:30 - 10 PM Bueno Comedy Showcase! 8:30 - 10 PM	28 CCTA/GMTA Free Ride Day 12 AM - 11:30 PM African and Reggae Music on Saturday! All Day Art Fest All Day Barre Tree Lighting Parade All Day Tom Azarian/Tim & Leanne All Day Second Annual Craft/Vendor Event! All Day Storage Unit Auction All Day Support Small Business Saturday! All Day Craft-Vendor Show 9 AM - 3 PM Beginner Beekeeping Class 9 AM 26th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) 26th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) No Strings Marionette Company: Nick of Time 11 AM No Strings Marionette Company: Nick of Time 11 AM Storage Unit Auction 11:30 AM Bell Ringing Vigil Gathering 12 - 12:30 PM Montpelier Churches Ring Bells of Hope in Support of UN Climate Talks 12 - 12:30 PM Montpelier Churches Ring Bells of Hope in Support of Climate Talks 12 PM An Evening of Contra Dance at West Newbury Hall Nov. 28 7 - 9 PM Contra Dance 7:30 - 7:30 PM +16 more see less
29 Climate March All Day Short Film & Discussion: Responding to Hate Crimes 6 - 7:30 PM	30 Senior Center Open House All Day Montpelier Senior Activity Center Open House, Nov. 30 All Day Senior Center Open House All Day Music, Food, All Free of Charge All Day	1 World AIDS Day Event All Day Local Business Forum 6:30 - 7:30 PM	2 It's a Wonderful Life - Radio Style, Onstage at LNT Dec. 2 & 3 (multiday) Open House at the Montpelier Shambhala Center All Day The Ceremony Cards Event Dec. 2 All Day OLLI (Osher Presentation) All Day Jaquith's Classic Film Night Dec. 2 All Day River Rock School Open House 7 - 8:30 PM It's a Wonderful Life - a Live Radio Play - Dec 2 & 3 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	3 Public Hearing Dec. 3 All Day Newbury Book Discussion Group All Day CVSWMD Planning Meeting Re: Possible Land Purchase in E. Montp. Dec. 3 All Day Relocalizing Vermont: Climate & Energy in Paris & Vermont All Day Carbon Pollution Tax Debate All Day Montpelier School Board Conversations 5 - 6 PM Interested in Having Your Voice Heard About the School Budget? 5 - 6 PM Come Out Tonight for Illumination Night at VCFA! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Public Hearing: December 3, 2015 @ 5:30 Pm at Barre City Hall 5:30 PM Sparking the Love of Learning 6:30 - 7:30 PM Carbon Pollution Tax Debate 6:30 - 9 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 PM +8 more see less	4 Barre Holiday Farmers Market All Day Barre Farmers and Crafters Holiday Market All Day African and Reggae Music at La Puerta Negra All Day Montpelier Art Walk All Day Barre Holiday Market 3 - 7 PM Free Wine Tasting / Art Walk This Friday at North Branch Cafe! 4 - 8 PM Handel's Messiah Change in Venue 7:30 PM +3 more see less	5 Moving Sale (multiday) Annual "Not Your Mother's Church Bazaar" Dec 5 & 6 (multiday) Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Concert (multiday) Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Concert (multiday) Jewelry Show in Plainfield! All Day Night Queen: Owl Totem Medicine with Linda River Valente All Day Montpelier Unitarian Church Holiday Fair All Day Jewelry Show Plainfield All Day Montpelier's Indoor Farmers Market Starts Dec. 5 All Day Maple Corner Craft Fair! All Day Night Queen: Owl Totem Medicine All Day Twinfield Craft and Artisan Fair All Day Jewelry Show in Plainfield! All Day Tony Trischka, "Glory Shone Around"! All Day Annual "Not Your Mother's Church Bazaar" All Day Lantern Parade! All Day Holiday Shopping Event All Day Twinfield Craft/Vendor Fair All Day Twinfield Craft and Artisan Fair All Day Tony Trischka, "Glory Shone Around," Coming to the Haybarn! All Day Home Jewelry Show Extravaganza! 9 AM - 2 PM Old-Fashioned New England Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM VT Community Energy Conference Dec. 5 9 AM - 4:30 PM Home Share Now: Waived Fee and a Month of Events! 9:30 AM - 12 PM Twinfield and Plainfield Opera House 9:30 AM - 2 PM International Boutique Benefits People Near and Far 10 AM - 8 PM The Science Behind Why Our Children Are So Sick 10 AM Soup Festival and Silent Auction 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon Dec. 5 12 - 2 PM In Miniature - a Happy Holiday Exhibit & Sale at Tenney Library! 3 - 5 PM Singing and Potluck- Free & Open to the Public 5:30 - 7:30 PM Singing and Eating - Free and Open to the Public 5:30 - 7:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert in Barre 7 - 8:30 PM Pianist Simone Dinnerstein 7:30 PM Pianist Simone Dinnerstein 7:30 PM +31 more see less