Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2022

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27 Tenth Annual Old Labor Hall Craft/Vendor Event ! 9 AM (multiday) Family Friendly Land Blessing Sunday After Thanksgiving 10 - 11:30 AM Buy One Pizza, Get a Pizza Half Off! 12 - 8 PM Artist's Talk at the Front 4 - 5 PM All-Vermont Meditation Circle 7:30 - 8:30 PM Canadian Labour International Film Festival 7:30 PM Free Labor Films 7:35 PM +3 more see less	28 NAMI Central Vermont Family Support Group All Day Teen Writers Workshop: the Art of the Supernatural 4 - 5 PM Do You Like to Sing? 6:30 - 9 PM Nov. 28 EM Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM	29 Join Us for Giving Tuesday Next Week at MSAC! 2 PM City of Barre City Council Agenda 6:30 PM Sing with the Green Mountain Chorus for the Holiday 7 - 8 PM	30 OLLI Fall Series Begins Sept. 21 1:30 - 3 PM Weekly OLLI Programs for Older Adults 1:30 - 3 PM Climate Conversation for Introverts, Empaths, & HSPS 6 - 7 PM Author Talk at Aldrich Public Library 6 - 7 PM	1 Relocalizing VT: Unions; Local Journalism 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Unions; Local Journalism 9 - 10:30 AM Gifford Wellness Presents: Diabetes 9 AM - 12 PM Breath Session with Dunja Moeller Dec. 1 10 AM Thursday Noon Dec. Concerts - Christ Church Montpelier 12 - 1 PM Book Club 3 PM Twin Valley Senior Center Events 3 PM Is There Anything Good in This World? Come and See 6:30 - 7:30 PM NAMI Family to Family Classes 6:30 PM Newbury Book Discussion Group 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	2 Elf the Musical at U-32 (multiday) It's a Wonderful Life on Stage! (Virtual and In-Person) All Day Next Mom & Baby Playgroup All Day The Mitzvah Fund Mobile Clinic Moves for the Winter 10 AM - 4 PM Mom & Baby Yuletide Crafting and Playgroup 10:45 AM - 1:15 PM Fine Wooden Bowls at "Bowlfest" - Friday 4 - 6 PM Bookbinder Elissa Campbell at Artisans Hand for Art Walk 4 - 7 PM Art Walk Invitation! 4 - 7 PM Group Show 52 at the Front 4 - 8 PM Montpelier Alive Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Travel Storytelling Gathering 5:30 - 8 PM Pound Auction 6 - 9 PM Elf the Musical, Jr 7 - 8:30 PM U-32 and Stage 16 Present: Elf the Musical, Jr 7 PM (multiday) +10 more see less	3 It's a Wonderful Life on Stage! (Virtual and In-Person) All Day Fox Paw School's Tracking Club Meets This Saturday! 9 AM - 12:30 PM Fox Paw Tracking Club Meets This Saturday! 9 AM - 12:30 PM Holiday Fair at Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Moretown Artisan's Sale Happening This Weekend! 9 AM (multiday) Dec. 3 - Ski & Skate Sale at Barre Auditorium 9 AM Wintermarket at Highland Arts Center Dec. 3 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Fair at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier 2 - 2 PM Green Mountain and Barre Tones Choruses Holiday Concert 2 - 4 PM Holiday A Cappella Barbershop Concert 2 PM Concert 2 PM Patrick Ross Benefit Concert 6:30 - 9 PM "Bid to Build" - Habitat for Humanity Auction 6:30 - 9 PM Habitat for Humanity Bid to Build Auction 6:30 - 9 PM Bid to Build 6:30 - 9 PM Contra Dance with Another Great Band & Caller! 7:30 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance Saturday! 8 - 11 PM +13 more see less
4 It's a Wonderful Life on Stage! (Virtual and In-Person) All Day Dec. 4 Rain Date for Highland Center Wintermarket 11 AM - 3 PM Author & Illustrator Jason Chin at Bear Pond Books 11 AM Buy One Pizza, Get a Pizza Half Off! 12 - 8 PM Donation Drive to Support Good Samaritan Haven 12:30 - 4 PM Softball Clinic 1 - 5 PM Musings & Movement 3:30 - 5 PM "You Were Strangers" Musical Performance and Discussion 4 - 5 PM Adamant Co-op Annual Meeting 4 - 6 PM Plainfield Opera House Variety Show and Meeting 4 - 6 PM Christmas Concert Extravaganza 6 - 8 PM +7 more see less	5 One Day Only - Monday - Bohemian Holiday Bazaar 12 - 5 PM Barre City Recreation Committee 5 PM CVCCSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Dec. 5 EM Selectboard Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	6 Detention Center Public Meeting 4 - 5:45 PM Reminder - Live Music at VCFA's Illumination Night! 5:30 - 7 PM Illumination Night 5:30 - 7 PM Brain Club: Free Ongoing Community Education Series 6 - 7 PM Barre UUSD Negotiations Committee Meeting 6 PM Main Street Middle School Community Alliance Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	7 Senior Day at Aldrich Library: Christmas Music Program 1:30 - 2:30 PM Weekly OLLI Programs for Older Adults 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Fall Series Begins Sept. 21 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Presents Rick Winston Film Series 1:30 - 3:30 PM Henry James Films Hosted by Rick Winston 1:30 - 3:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting: Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30 PM Barre Homeless Task Force Agenda 7 PM +3 more see less	8 Thursday Noon Dec. Concerts - Christ Church Montpelier 12 - 1 PM Barre Opera House Silent Auction Fundraiser! 12 PM End of Life Series (Understanding Dementia) on Dec. 8 1 - 2 PM Plainfield Special Select Board Mtg 2 PM Transfer to NVU Virtual Information Session Coming Up! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Transfer to NVU Virtual Information Session Coming Up! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Barre Unified Union School District Board Meeting 6 PM Come Just as You Are 6:30 - 7:30 PM Winter Spiral and Birth Healing Workshop 6:30 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	9 It's a Wonderful Life on Stage! (Virtual and In-Person) All Day The Mitzvah Fund Mobile Clinic Moves for the Winter 10 AM - 4 PM Mom & Baby Playgroups 10:45 AM - 1 PM Plainfield WWW Agenda Dec. 9 Meeting 3 PM Blossom Studio Grand Opening Celebration 5:30 PM (multiday) Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal: a Film Screening 6 - 8 PM Movie Premiere: Time-Traveling Serial Killer 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	10 It's a Wonderful Life on Stage! (Virtual and In-Person) All Day Bluegrass Concert 7:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast with Santa Dec. 10 - Barre Auditorium 8 - 9:30 AM Craft Show! 9 AM - 12 PM 29th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair on Dec. 10 9 AM - 3 PM Solidarity Craft Fair on Dec. 10 in Montpelier 9 AM - 3 PM Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Kids Trade & Play: Saturday - Clothing/Item Exchange 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade & Play - Holiday Special Saturday! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade & Play: Saturday - Clothing/Item Exchange 9:30 - 11:30 AM Authentic Movement Workshop with Jan Sandman 10 AM - 4:30 PM Holiday Shop Open! 10 AM - 5 PM Mud Studio Annual Holiday Sale 10 AM (multiday) December Community Animal Aid Clinic 10 AM Annual Pottery Holiday Sale 10:30 AM (multiday) Evergreen Wreath Workshop & Cocoa 1 - 4 PM Nutcracker Family Dance Party! 3 - 5 PM Nutcracker Family Dance Party 3 - 5 PM Free Live Nativity and Candlelight Hymn Sing 4 - 6 PM VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Café 5 - 7 PM Great Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 - 9 PM VFO Winter Concert 7 - 9:30 PM The Bluegrass Pioneers at the Adamant Community Club 7:30 - 8:30 PM The Bluegrass Pioneers at the Adamant Community Club! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Bluegrass Pioneers in Adamant 7:30 PM +21 more see less
11 It's a Wonderful Life on Stage! (Virtual and In-Person) All Day Green Mountain Club Event All Day Sharpening Sunday Dec. 11 at Capital Kitchen 10 AM - 1 PM Pottery Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday Craft Market at Grist Mill Studios 10 AM - 3:30 PM Holiday Market at Grist Mill Studios! 10 AM - 3:30 PM Winter Craft Fair 11 AM - 12 PM Plainfield Winter Market 11 AM - 3 PM Buy One Pizza, Get a Pizza Half Off! 12 - 8 PM Dance Sing & Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing & Jump Around at the Grange! 3 - 4:30 PM Contact Improv Class and Jam This Sunday! 3 - 5:30 PM Concert on Dec. 11 at 4 PM 4 - 5:15 PM All-Vermont Meditation Circle 7:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	12 CVCCSD Budget Forum 6 - 7 PM Barre City Police Advisory Committee Agenda 6 PM Community Forest Management Plan Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM	13 Pinbox 3000/Cardboard Teck Open House! All Day Brain Club: Free Ongoing Community Education Series 6 - 7 PM City of Barre City Council Agenda 6 PM Community Winter Spiral and Birthing Healing Class 6:30 - 7:30 PM Invitation to Community Winter Spiral 6:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	14 Darling Trail - Ash Tree Removal (multiday) Pinbox 3000/Cardboard Teck Open House! All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Event All Day Timeslips Program at Twin Valley Senior Center 12 - 2 PM Somatics for the People! - a Pop-Up Somatics Clinic 12 - 4:30 PM Come for Lunch! Stay for a Workshop! 12 PM Weekly OLLI Programs for Older Adults 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Film at the Savoy “The Bostonians” Dec. 14 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Fall Series Begins Sept. 21 1:30 - 3 PM Henry James Film: the Bostonians 1:30 - 3:30 PM An Exploration into Dreams and Psychodrama 6 - 7 PM Plainfield ARPA Funding Public Meeting 6 - 7 PM The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont 7 - 8 PM The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM Village of Marshfield Board of Trustees Meeting 7 PM The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont 7 PM +12 more see less	15 Pinbox 3000/Cardboard Teck Open House! All Day Relocalizing VT: Economics Blocks Progress 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Economics Blocks Progress 9 - 10:30 AM New In-Person Yoga Class at Bethany Church 12 - 1 PM Thursday Noon Dec. Concerts - Christ Church Montpelier 12 - 1 PM Union Elementary School Caregivers Alliance Meeting 12 - 8 PM Barre UUSD Finance Committee Meeting 6 PM There is Something Good Still - Come and See 6:30 - 7:30 PM Union Elementary School Caregivers Alliance Meeting 7 - 8 PM Little Women, a Live Musical Theatre Performance 7 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	16 The Mitzvah Fund Mobile Clinic Moves for the Winter 10 AM - 4 PM Open House (Snow Day Vibes) at Cardboard Teck! 1 - 5 PM 5/6th Grade Social at MSMS Volunteers 3 PM WMHS Theater Presents "White Christmas" 7 PM	17 Two Onion River Chorus Concerts in Barre (multiday) Last Minute Christmas Shopping is Cancelled All Day Last-Minute Christmas Shopping 9 AM - 3 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Auditions 9 AM - 11 PM Central Vermont Queer Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Center Vermont Queer Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Central Vermont Queer Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Central VT Queer Craft Fair: Dec. 17 10 AM - 4 PM Queer Craft Fair! 10 AM - 4 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 10 AM Send Your Family and Friends a Holly Gram! 11 AM - 3 PM Singing Holiday Telegrams in 4 Part Harmony, $10 11 AM - 3 PM IXC Christmas Festival This Saturday! 2 - 4 PM Opera 101: a Day in the Life - Youth Opera Company of VT 2 PM (multiday) Christmas at Hogwarts 6 - 9 PM Next PMSD Board Meeting Dec. 17 6 PM Christmas at Hogwarts 7 - 8:30 PM Green Mountain Nutcracker at BOH 7 - 9 PM The 16th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec 17-18 7 PM (multiday) The 16th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 17-18 7 PM (multiday) WMHS Theater Presents "White Christmas" 7 PM Contra Dance Saturday at the Grange Hall! 7:30 - 11 PM +18 more see less
18 Pancakes for the People at Woodbelly Pizza 8 - 11 AM Holiday Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM World Cup Final, Sunday Morning at the Savoy! 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Sourdough Workshop at Rise Up Bakery 12 - 5:30 PM Sourdough Baking Workshop 12 - 5:30 PM Bj's Annual Chanukah Brass Balagan Bash! 1 - 3 PM Brookfield Community Singers Come to Montpelier 2 - 3 PM WMHS Theater Presents "White Christmas" 2 PM Winter Solstice Circle 3 - 6 PM Carols...Cocoa...And Cookies 6 - 7:30 PM +6 more see less	19 Dec. 19 EM Selectboard Meeting All Day Winter Sing for Menfolk 6:30 - 8:30 PM	20 Plainfield WWW Commission Agenda Dec. 20 Meeting 3 PM Brain Club: Free Ongoing Community Education Series 6 - 7 PM Barre City Council Meeting for Dec. 20 6 PM	21 Christmas Sing Along 1 PM River Access Task Force Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM City of Barre Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting 6:30 PM Longest Night Service 7 - 7:30 PM Lost Nation Theater Presents Stories for the Season 7 - 9 PM Come in for Some Holiday-Inspired Special Stories 7 PM +3 more see less	22 Thursday Noon Dec. Concerts - Christ Church Montpelier 12 - 1 PM Affordable Housing - Washington Cty: We Want Your Input 12 - 1 PM Christmas Sing-A-Long 5 - 6:30 PM Unhoused in Washington County – We Want Your Input 6:30 - 7:30 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve Returns to OMH 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	23 Mom & Baby Playgroups 10:45 AM - 1 PM	24 Rest and Prepare for Peace 9 - 10 AM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Auditions 9 AM - 11 PM Candlelight Christmas Eve Service - Location Change to 2 Church Street in East Barre 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Update 4 PM Presbyterian Christmas Eve Festival - Lessons and Carols 5 - 6 PM East Barre Village Santa Visit 5:30 PM Children's Christmas Eve Pageant at Bethany Church 6 - 7 PM Christmas Eve Service Covenant Presbyterian Church 6 - 8 PM Trinity United Methodist Church Christmas Eve Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service, Trinity United Methodist Church 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service and Christmas Day 7 - 8 PM +7 more see less
25 Christmas Meal 12 - 2 PM Christmas Comunity Dinner, 40 Washington St 12 PM All-Vermont Meditation Circle 7:30 - 8:30 PM	26 NAMI Central Vermont Family Support Group All Day	27 Postponed: Plainfield WWW Commission Agenda Dec. 27 Meeting 4 PM Brain Club: Free Ongoing Community Education Series 6 - 7 PM	28	29	30 Updates from the Groton Free Public Library 5 PM	31 NYE Beginning Anew Ceremony 9 - 10 AM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Auditions 9 AM - 11 PM Trinity Thrift Sale Will Be Open Dec. 31 from 10-2 10 AM - 12 PM First Night North in St. Johnsbury! 4 PM (multiday) American Legion New Year's Eve Party 4 PM (multiday) All Brains Belong VT Virtual New Year's Eve Party! 5 - 7:30 PM All Brains Belong VT Virtual New Year's Eve Party! 5 - 7:30 PM Virtual New Years Eve Celebration - All Brains Belong 5 - 7:30 PM New Year's Eve Contra Dance 8 PM (multiday) +5 more see less