Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2021

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28 Online Silent Auction (multiday) Benefit Silent Auction (multiday) Benefit Online Silent Auction 8 PM (multiday) Rochester Winter Market 10 AM - 3 PM Art on Main Open This Sunday 11 AM - 3 PM Advent Bible Study 11:30 AM - 11:30 PM MRVARI Anti Racism Discussion Sun. Nov. 28 at 6:30pm 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	29 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Public Forum on Scrag Mountain Trail Plans 6:30 - 8 PM	30 Community Lunch 12 - 1 PM Drop in Bridge at Ilsley Public Library 3 - 5 PM MAUSD Board Meeting Nov. 30 6 PM	1 Moonlight Madness at the Brandon Town Hall 4 - 8 PM Evening Hours at the Bookstore 5 - 8 PM MRV Virtual Chanukah Party 5:30 - 6:15 PM 1st Wednesdays at Ilsley Public Library 7 - 8 PM	2 Legislative Briefing with the VT Chamber of Commerce 10 AM - 12 PM Sip & Ship at the Mad River Taste Place! 5 - 7 PM Shop Local Artists at Midd-Stroll 5 - 8 PM	3 Silver Linings Seniors Dec. 3 - Jan. 14 Free at Joslin 10 - 11:30 AM Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Tours During Chocolate Walk 2 - 8 PM Chocolate Walk This Way 2 - 8 PM	4 Create Your Winter Centerpiece All Day Shaker Mountain Trees - Open Dec. 4-5 8 AM (multiday) Fill-A-Bag for Free Event! 9 AM - 12 PM Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Bazaar ~~ Coming Soon! 9 AM - 2 PM Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Bazaar ~ Dec. 4 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Bristol Federated Church: Drive-Up Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazaar at Bristol First Baptist Church 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Shoppe and Craft Fair - Spaces Available! 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Shoppe & Craft Fair Benefit 9 AM - 3 PM Pop-Up Holiday Shoppe and Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM OES Craft and Vendor Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 5 PM Book Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Open House 10 AM (multiday) Drag Queen Storytime at Brandon Free Public Library 11 AM - 12 PM Rokeby Annual Holiday Open House 11 AM - 2 PM Rokeby Holiday Open House 11 AM - 2 PM Ilsley Library Book Sale Dec. 4 11 AM - 2:30 PM Used Book Sale 11 AM - 2:30 PM Holiday Market Essex 11 AM - 6 PM Afternoon Holiday a Cappella Concert 2 - 3 PM New Moon Intention Setting Ritual Gathering 3 PM Menorah Lighting in College Park, Middlebury 6 - 6:45 PM Christmas Carols at the Big Picture 6 - 7:30 PM Dec. 4 Ripton Coffee House Live and Live-Streamed! 7 - 9:30 PM Dec. 4 Ripton Coffee House Live and Live-Streamed! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Dec. 4 Ripton Coffee House Live and Live-Streamed! 7:30 - 9:45 PM Ripton Coffee House in Lincoln Dec. 4 7:30 - 9:45 PM Dec. 4 Ripton Coffee House Live and Live-Streamed! 7:30 - 9:45 PM Concert 7:30 PM (multiday) +30 more see less
5 Mom's Hiking Group 8 - 10 AM Lessons and Carols with Elisabeth Von Trapp 3 - 4 PM Sharing Circle • Open Sky Studio 3:30 - 5:30 PM Special Listening Event: Finn and the Bell 4 PM	6 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Rochester Area Climate Initiative Zoom Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Auditions for Tuck Everlasting the Musical 7 - 9:30 PM	7 Holiday Auction (multiday) ACCOC December Webinar - Dust Proof Your Strategic Plan 9:30 - 11 AM Library Holiday Auction 1 - 7 PM Drop in Bridge at Ilsley Public Library 3 - 5 PM Virtual Talk: A Quaker Presence in the Champlain Valley 6 - 7:30 PM Virtual Vermont History Talk by David R. Holmes 6 PM Bristol Planning Commission Agenda Dec. 7 7 - 8 PM Chant and Relax 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	8 Vermont Maple Conference Week Moves to 100% Online (multiday) Vermont Economic Briefing: Dec. 8 10 AM - 3 PM Vermont's Greenest Buildings Virtual Tour 12 - 1 PM Yoga Philosophy with Prem Prakash 7:30 - 8:30 PM	9 Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Warren Library 10 AM Meet Vermont Author Kris Francoeur 5 - 7 PM Midd Stroll 5 - 8 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Agenda Dec. 9 6 - 8 PM Local Trivia Night (Virtual) with the MRV Libraries 6:30 - 7:30 PM MCCFC 6:30 - 7:30 PM Meeting with Legislators Dec. 9 7:30 PM +3 more see less	10 Judith Bryant Pottery on the Porch Sale (multiday) Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Meet Vermont Author Bill Mares 5 - 7 PM College Student Print and Craft Fair 5 - 7 PM	11 St. Jude Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Studio Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Auditions for Tuck Everlasting the Musical 10:30 AM - 1 PM Don't Miss the Project Read Baby Brunch! 11 AM - 12:30 PM Class on Zoom from Vermont Genealogy Library 12 - 1:30 PM Pottery on the Porch Sale in Bristol 12 - 4 PM Pottery on the Porch Sale 12 - 4 PM Burnham Music Series Presents Dave Keller Band Dec. 11 7 PM Burnham Music Presents Dave Keller Dec. 11 7:30 - 9 PM Burnham Music Presents Dave Kaeeler 7:30 - 9 PM Burnham Hall Concert 7:30 PM +7 more see less
12 Sugarbush Racing Club Kickoff Party at Castlerock Pub 4 - 6 AM Outdoor Live Nativity: Dec. 12 3 - 4 PM Live Nativity 3 - 4 PM Journey to Bethlehem: an Outdoor Live Nativity 3 - 4 PM "Journey to Bethlehem" Outdoor Live Nativity 3 - 4 PM VYOA Presents Orchestrapalooza at the Flynn! 4 PM +2 more see less	13 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Starksboro Public Library December Board Meeting 4:30 - 6 PM Warren Public Library Trustees Meeting 5 - 6 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Monday 7 - 10 PM	14 Drop in Bridge at Ilsley Public Library 3 - 5 PM Anti-Racism Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM Tome Talk 6 - 7 PM MAUSD School Board Meeting 6 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda Dec. 14 7 - 9 PM MRV Recreation District 2022 Public Budget Hearing 7:30 PM Monkton Planning Commission Hearing 8 PM +3 more see less	15 Holiday Movie to Support Animals 4 - 9 PM Holiday Movie to Support Animals 4 - 9 PM Sip & Shop at Bridge Street 5 - 9 PM Longest Night Service at the Waitsfield UCC Church 5:30 - 6:30 PM Governor Jim Douglas at the Pitcher Inn! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Caroling in East Middlebury 7 PM +2 more see less	16 Starksboro Historical Society Meeting 7 - 9 PM	17 Christmas Bird Count Dec. 17 All Day Moss Glen Grange Christmas Box & Sweater Giveaway 12:30 - 2 PM Cribbage 1 - 3 PM Make Wrapping Paper at the Library Nov. 17 3 PM Lazy Breeze Farm Holiday Beef and Burger Sale! 4 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	18 Rebecca Silbernagel Photo at Sugarbush's Holiday Bazaar 10 AM - 3 PM Welcome Winter Party! 10 AM - 4 PM Addison Central Teens - Parents Day Out 1 - 4 PM Lumen Celebration of Fire & Light 5:30 - 8 PM Lumen Celebration of Fire & Light 5:30 - 8 PM An Evening of Carols with Ronnie Romano 6 - 7 PM Sheldon Museum's Evening of Carols with Ronnie Romano 6 - 7 PM Christmas Bingo at St. Peter's 6 - 8 PM Social Band Comes Out of Hibernation for Our Deep Midwinter Choral Concert 7:30 PM +5 more see less
19 Celebration of Christmas at the East Monkton Church 2 - 3 PM Celebration of Christmas at the East Monkton Church 2 PM Winterfest in the Park 3 - 5 PM Joslin Library: Winter Solstice Tea Party 4 - 5:30 PM Solstice Tea 4 - 5:30 PM Live (Outdoor) Nativity at the Warren United Church! 5 - 5:40 PM +2 more see less	20 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM American Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Feeding the Valley Holiday Meals, Produce and Turkeys! 5:30 - 6:30 PM MAUSD Board Meeting - Monday, Dec. 20 6 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda - Monday, Dec. 20 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	21 Drop in Bridge at Ilsley Public Library 3 - 5 PM Winter Solstice Outdoor Theater 4 - 5 PM Mt Abe Anti-Racism Coalition Community Meeting 6 - 7 PM	22 Waitsfield Vaccination Clinic Dec. 22, 10-4 10 AM Corrected - Free Round Trip to Christmas at the Arena 1:30 - 11:05 PM	23 The Night Before the Night Before Christmas - 2021! 5 - 6 PM Fire Truck Parade! 6 - 7 PM Christmas Candlelight Service at Bristol Federated Chur 6:30 - 7:30 PM	24 Christmas Eve Services at United Church of Lincoln All Day Christmas Eve Day "Game Night" at Turning Point 12 - 4 PM Caroling Outside Friday 3 PM Christmas Eve Services at the Waitsfield UCC Church 5 - 11 PM Christmas Eve Services 5:30 - 6:30 PM Moretown United Methodist Christmas Eve Service 5:30 PM Xmas Eve Streamtacular w/ DJ Steal Wool! 6 - 9 PM Christmas Eve Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Celebrate Christmas with the Warren United Church! 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Zoom 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	25
26	27 Community Breakfast 8 - 10 AM	28 Drop in Bridge at Ilsley Public Library 3 - 5 PM	29	30	31 Young Trad VT at New Year's Eve Burlington ~ Virtually! 6 - 6:30 PM	1 New Year's Day Brunch (Eat-In or Take-Out) 10 AM - 1 PM