Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2016

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27 Tag Sale This Weekend! (multiday) Greater Barre Craft Guild This Weekend 9 AM (multiday) Women's Festival of Crafts, Burlington Nov. 26 - 27 10 AM (multiday) Tai Chi and Meditation Nov. 27 4:30 - 5:30 AM Winter Farmers Market Sunday Nov. 27 11 AM - 3 PM Studio Zenith's Two-Hour Turkey (Or Tofu) Burner 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	28 Resource Barre Computer Sale! 9:30 AM - 6 PM Montpelier Senior Activity Center Holiday Open House 5 - 7 PM Selectboard Discussion of Scrag Gateway Project 6:30 - 7:30 PM	29 Ribbon Cutting/Open House 11 AM - 12 PM Ending Homelessness in Washington County Meeting: Nov. 29 6:30 - 7:30 PM	30 Pacem School Visting Day Nov. 30 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Barre Heritage Festival 2017 Community Meeting 6 - 7 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study 6 - 8 PM Vermont History Center- Extended Hours & Special Tour 6 - 8 PM Open House at River Rock School Wednesday, Nov. 30 7 - 8:30 PM It's a Wonderful Life at LNT 7 PM +2 more see less	1 MOPS/MOMSnext Group Meeting Dec. 1 Until 6:30 PM Northern Forest Canoe Trail Fundraiser 12 AM - 10 PM	2 Hockey Night in Barre 7:15 - 8:30 AM Teddy Bear Christmas Pageant 3 - 4:30 PM Teddy Bear Pageant Project 3 - 4:30 PM Teddy Bear Christmas Pageant 3 - 4:30 PM Show 14 Opening Reception at the Front During Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Country Holiday Fest Dec. 2 - 4 4 PM (multiday) Sweet Pea & Friends Book Signing at the Collection 5:30 - 7 PM Sweet Pea & Friends Book Signing at the Collection Dec. 2 5:30 - 7 PM Family Kabbalat Shabbat This Friday Evening 5:30 - 7:30 PM Call Out to Singer-Mover-Sounder-Artists: Auditiondec 2 6 - 8 PM Hockey Night in Barre! 7:15 PM Extempo Dec. 2 8 - 10 PM +8 more see less	3 Bella Voce Holiday Concerts! (multiday) Awesome Jingle Bell Silent Auction for Valley Arts! (multiday) Moving Sale All Day Unitarian Church Holiday Fair Dec. 3 All Day Merry Market Dec. 3 9 AM - 3 PM Reiki Level One Certification Class 9 AM - 3 PM Snowmobile Safety Course Offered 9 AM - 3:30 PM Berlin Energy Coordinator and Energy Conference 9 AM - 4:30 PM Register! Community Energy & Climate Action Conference 9 AM - 5:30 PM “Try Out the Cello!” Special Free Event 10 AM - 12 PM Orchard Valley Book Sale - Beautiful Books for Children 10 AM - 1 PM Food Collection at Shaws for Local Food Shelfs Dec. 3 10 AM - 2 PM (Not Your Mother's) Christmas Bazaar 10 AM - 4 PM International Boutique 10 AM Ornament Making at Library 10:30 AM Drop and Shop at Warren School 11 AM - 4 PM Canteen is Open This Sunday! 12 - 5 PM Holiday Concert Dec. 3 2 PM 20th Annual Holiday Open House at the Collection Dec. 3 6 - 9 PM 20th Annual Holiday Open House at the Collection 6 - 9 PM One Drummer. Two Bands. Three Holes Mini-Golf! 6 PM VFO Concert Saturday Night 7 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir 7 PM Music, Dancing, Indoor Mini-Golf and BBQ! 7:30 PM More Intel About Music in Barre Event Saturday! 7:30 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +22 more see less
4 Barre Antiques Market Sun. Dec. 4 8 AM - 2 PM New York Times Readers Club 9 AM - 1 PM Calm Amidst the Chaos at Indy Yoga in Waterbury 11 AM - 1 PM Family Dance 3 PM Magic the Gathering 3:30 - 5 PM Gospel Concerts in Montpelier and Barre, Dec. 3 - 4 4 PM +2 more see less	5 International Boutique in Waitsfield (multiday) Walk-In Herbal Clinic in Montpelier 1 - 5 PM Rapid Reviews and Merriment at Joslin Library 4 - 6 PM Open House & Rapid Reviews at Joslin Library 4 - 6 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class Dec. 5 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	6 Family Literacy Center's Annual Art Show 12 - 1 PM Coding for Kids Returns to WPL Next Tuesday 3 - 4 PM Illumination Night at VCFA 5:30 - 6:30 PM Illumination Night at VCFA Tuesday, Dec. 6 5:30 - 7 PM MCO Plays Beethoven in Free Pop-Up Concert Dec. 6 6 - 7 PM Free Concert! 6 - 7 PM Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Free Pop-Up Concert 6 - 7:30 PM Financial Markets Update - North Branch Cafe 6:30 - 7:30 PM Free Comic Evening of Theater: Come Read or Listen 6:30 PM 2017 Construction – Public Meeting Dec. 6 6:30 PM Waterbury Band Concert 7 PM Kirtan at Embodied Yoga 7:30 - 9 PM Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM +9 more see less	7 International Boutique Sale Update 10 AM (multiday) Senior Day Featuring Music by Doug Perkins 1:30 PM Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM Friends of the Mad River Presentation and Discussion Dec. 7 5:30 - 7:30 PM Embracing a Mad River: Community Resilience Forum 5:30 - 7:30 PM Community Resilience Forum and Celebration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Community Forum + Resilience Celebration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Community Resilience Forum 5:30 PM (multiday) Hometown Heroes Spaghetti Dinner 6 - 7 PM Open House at Montpelier's Shambhala Center 6 - 7:30 PM Winter Movie Night at the WPL with “The Endurance” 6 - 8 PM Adult Game Night 6 PM Service of Light and Hope 7 - 8 PM +9 more see less	8 Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM Introducing Capital Games, a Board Game Meet-Up! 6 - 8 PM Bubbles Tasting at the Big Picture 6 PM Years of Living Dangerously Viewing Event 7 PM Book Discussion at Sullivan Museum 7 PM +1 more see less	9 Business Group Forming 8 - 9:30 AM Christmas Trees 9 AM (multiday) Holiday Vendor and Craft Fair 5 - 8 PM Fundraiser at American Flatbread 5:30 - 9:30 PM Movie Night at Spaulding High School 6 - 8:30 PM Sip n' Paint 6:30 - 8:30 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert at Paine Mountain Arts 7 - 8:30 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert 7 PM +5 more see less	10 GMT Mad River Valley Seasonal Service Begins All Day Painted Pear Inventory Sale This Saturday & Sunday (multiday) Moretown Artisans Sale This Weekend! (multiday) Childcare Center Closing/Liquidation Sale Dec. 10-11 (multiday) Montpelier Downsizing Meeting Dec. 10 All Day "Here's Looking at You, Kid" All Day Holiday Tree & Wreath Sale Benefiting MSCVT All Day Breakfast with Santa 8 - 9:30 AM Tree Sale at MSCVT! 9 AM - 12 PM Williamstown Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3:30 PM Solidarity Craft Fair in Montpelier 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Local Holiday Shopping 9 AM - 4 PM Amazing Craft Fair Supporting Planting Hope 9 AM - 4 PM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30-11:30 9:30 - 11:30 AM Celebrate the Season at WPL with Judi Byron Dec. 10 10 - 11 AM Warren Library Book Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Drop-In Coloring at the VT History Museum 10 AM - 1 PM American Flatbread Sale Moretown School Saturday, Dec. 10 10 AM - 4 PM Join Us at Ainsworth Public Library Saturday, Dec. 10 10 AM East Montpelier Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon 12 - 2 PM Item Giveaway - Free Items and Some for a Small Price 12 - 2 PM Santa Claus is Coming to Town! 12:30 - 3 PM Second Saturday Classic Film Series: Casablanca 1:30 - 3:30 PM Games with Eddie Merma at Joslin Library 2 - 4 PM Studio Sale Dec. 10 3 - 6 PM Holiday Sing-Along! Dec. 10 5 - 7 PM Christmas Benefit Concert - Clean Water for Kenya 6:45 - 8:45 PM Holiday Dance and Big Band Concert Dec. 10 7 - 11 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 7:30 PM Contra and Swing Dancing at the Grange on Saturday 8 - 11:30 PM +27 more see less
11 Holiday of Laughter All Day The History and Testimonies of the Quakers 9 - 10:30 AM Elks Hoop Shoot 9 AM - 12 PM Holiday Book Sale at Warren Library 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Trunk Sale Plainfield Opera House 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Trunk Sale Dec. 11 11 AM - 3 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Youth Orchestrachoruspalooza: Musical Extravaganza! 4 PM Sugarbush Racing Club Party Sunday 4:30 PM Community Carol Sing 7 PM 7 Days: Sunday Ski/Ride at Sugarbush Mt. Ellen 9 - 9 PM Sugarbush Mt. Ellen 5 Sundays Program 11 - 11 PM +8 more see less	12 Friends of Library Meeting All Day LuLaRoe Open House for Local Ladies! 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Bottle Flipping Contest 5 PM Holiday Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM	13 WDSD School Board Meeting All Day Photo Scanning Workshop at WPI 11 AM - 12 PM A Christmas Story 5:30 PM Full Moon Walk 5:30 PM It's More Fun to Diy: Greeting Cards 6 PM Christmas Carey-Oke at Home Plate! 7 - 9 PM Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM +3 more see less	14 Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM Thinking of Preschool for Next Year? 4 - 6 PM Star Wars: Rogue Readers 4 - 7:30 PM Meals on Wheels Holiday Party at Waitsfield Inn 5 - 7 PM Festival of Lights! 5:30 - 7 PM Eliminating Teacher Positions at Warren and Fayston 6 - 8 PM HUUSD School Board Meeting & Budget Development Dec. 14 6 - 9 PM HUUSD Budget Meeting 6 - 9:30 PM Art Jam 6 PM Ski Tuning Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Game Night Wednesday Evening 6:30 PM Author Reading at Kellogg Hubbard Library Dec. 14 7 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	15 Clinical Training! Dec. 15 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Genealogy Group 10 AM - 12 PM Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM December Montpelier Death Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM Mrs. Claus is Coming to the Moretown Memorial Library! 6 - 7:30 PM Lisa Bjerke: Waste is a Verb, Not a Noun 6 - 7:30 PM Mrs. Claus is Coming to Moretown Library! 6 - 7:30 PM Board Games Thursday! 6 - 8 PM Don't Forget! Board Game Fun at Kellogg-Hubbard! 6 - 8 PM JCOGS Event Postponed Tonight 6 - 8:30 PM MOPS/MomsNext Group 6:30 - 8 PM Nerd-Choir Christmas Sing-A-Long! 7 - 8 PM “My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel" 7 - 8:30 PM Musical at MHS 7 PM +10 more see less	16 Benefit Bake at American Flatbread for MRVCF All Day Christmas Bird Count Dec. 16 8 AM - 4 PM Chandler Center for the Arts Holiday Artisans Market 11 AM (multiday) Fried Chicken Friday (#Fryday) This Friday! 4 - 9 PM Benefit Bake for MRV Community Fund 5 - 9 PM It's Tomorrow! Silent Auction for Dance! 5:30 - 9 PM Art Party and Silent Auction to Support a Dance Gala! 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Dec. 16 7 - 9 PM Book Launch Dec. 16 7 - 9 PM Darlingside, with Chris Gruen Opening - at Chandler! 7:30 PM +6 more see less	17 Vermont Ballet Theater Company's Nutcracker Ballet (multiday) Stories for a Winter's Eve 3 - 9 AM Clothing Drive 9 AM - 3 PM Harwood Tree Sale 9 AM - 3:30 PM Gifts on Ice 9 AM - 5 PM Healing Art & Writing Workshop with Patricia Fontaine 10 AM - 12 PM Project J.O.Y. 10 AM - 12 PM Central Vermont Humane Society Holiday with the Animals 10 AM - 2 PM CVHS Holiday with the Animals Party 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Holiday Farmers Market-City Hall 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Holiday Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Modern Times Theater at Plainfield Opera House! 2 - 3:30 PM Santa at the Library 3 - 4 PM Holiday Hits of the '40s & '50s, Sat. at Bagitos 6 - 8 PM Green Mountain Nutcracker 7 PM Holiday Concert 7:30 PM Contradance Dec. 17 8 - 11 PM +14 more see less
18 Bake Sale - Barre Figure Skating Club 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Holiday Cookie Decorating at Warren Library, Dec. 18 10 AM Winter Farmers Market Sunday Dec. 18 11 AM - 3 PM Beth Jacob Pre-Hanukkah Party with "Nisht Geferlach"! 12 - 3 PM Sales Party/Open House at Stained Glass Studio 12 - 3:30 PM Sales Party/Open House at Stained Glass Studio Dec. 18 12 - 3:30 PM Essential Oil Class at The Bridges Dec. 18 1:30 - 3:30 PM +3 more see less	19 How to Postpartum Like a Boss 6 - 8 PM Socially Irresponsible Sketch Comedy Show 8:30 - 10:30 PM Mountain River School Hot Cider Sale for Charity 9:30 - 11:30 PM	20 This Season, Start the Conversation. Come Find Out How! 11 AM - 12 PM Central Vt Home Health & Hospice Workshop 11 AM - 12:30 PM Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM	21 Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study 6 - 8 PM	22 Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM	23 Thank You from Fried Chicken Friday - Canteen 4 - 9 PM	24 4pm Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at Warren Church 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship 5 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Services 6 PM Chrismas Eve Service Wesley Methodist Church 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve: Church of the Good Shepherd, Barre 6:45 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM 7pm Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at Warren Church 7 - 9 PM Christmas Eve Worship Hedding UMC 7 PM Christmas Eve Service 7 PM Christmas Eve at Barre Universalist 7:30 PM Christmas Eve Service 9 - 10 PM +7 more see less
25 Community Christmas Dinner 12 - 2 PM Project J.O.Y 2 - 3 PM Community Christmas Day Dinner 3 - 4:30 PM	26 Chanukah Party in Waitsfield Monday Dec. 26 4 - 7 PM	27 Blood Drive 12 AM - 5 PM Narnia Party 2:30 - 5:30 PM Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM	28 Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM	29 Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM Dec. 29 Hanukkah Sledding Party 2 - 4 PM Public Menorah Lighting at State House Dec. 29 4:30 - 5 PM Mexican Wolf Recovery and More with Sara Eno 6 PM MOPS/MOMSnext English Tea Party 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	30 Gracie's Kitchen Sushi Friday! 11 AM	31 Central Vermont Runners - New Year's Eve 5k 12 AM Marko the Magician New Year's Eve All Day New Year's Eve 5K Road Race All Day New Year's Eve Morning (Saturday) 10 - 11 AM New Year's Eve 5K Road Race 2 - 3 PM First Night 5K 2 PM New Year's Eve 5K Road Race - Saturday 2 PM 7th Annual Pet Parade and Canine Couture Contest 3 - 5 PM MFA in Writing Public Reading: Xu Xi - Dec. 31 7 - 8 PM New Year's Eve Contra Dance at the Grange Dec. 31 8 PM (multiday) +6 more see less