Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2019

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1 39th Annual Winter Festival of Vermont Crafters 9 AM (multiday) Women's Festival of Craft in Burlington 10 AM (multiday) Ri Ra Santa 5K 10 AM - 2:30 PM Barre City PTO: Learn to Ski/Ride at Sugarbush 11 AM - 2 PM Sunday Movie Nights 4 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	2 Destination Imagination Workshops 3:30 - 5:30 PM December Bar Nights - Craft & Game Events at Café Anna 5 PM (multiday)	3 Barre UUSD Negotiations Committee Meeting All Day Giving Tuesday 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM Pacem Open Makerspace Hours 3 - 5 PM Come to Harwood and Get Socratic! 6 - 7:30 PM Let It Bee 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	4 “How to Avoid Being Scammed” 1 - 2 PM Dec. 4 WCUUSD Board Meeting Agenda Summary 6:30 - 9 PM Artist Talks at the Front: Ned Richardson/Alice Dodge 7 - 8 PM Artist Talks at the Front 7 - 8 PM First Wednesdays: Policing and Community in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM John Smyth at Sweet Melissa's Wednesday Dec. 4 8 - 10 PM +2 more see less	5 Barre UUSD Communications Committee Meeting All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Noon Advent Concerts 12 - 1 PM Kids' Preschool/After School Makerspace Grand Opening! 4:30 - 6:30 PM CVCC Open House 5:30 - 7:30 PM Central Vermont Career Center Open House 5:30 - 7:30 PM Central Vermont Career Center Open House 5:30 - 7:30 PM Central Vermont Career Center Open House! 5:30 - 7:30 PM MRV Earn Your Turns Roundtable 6 - 8 PM MRV Earn Your Turns Roundtable 6 - 8 PM Macdonald, Miller, & Cormier - Cape Breton Music Concert 6 - 8:30 PM 'Repeopling Vermont' with Paul Searls 6:30 - 8 PM Zenith Tango 7 PM +9 more see less	6 Thrift Sale at Methodist Church - 137 Main St, Montpelier 10 AM (multiday) Webinar: Shy, Introverted, or Highly Sensitive? 11 AM - 12 PM Stowe Library Picture Book Event with Sarah Dillard 3:30 - 4:30 PM Securing Your Estate & Your Independence 4 - 6 PM Sip N Shop 4 - 8 PM Dug Nap at Artisans Hand - This Friday, Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Inky Dinky Oinkink Studio Art Walk and Holiday Sale 4 - 8 PM Art Walk and Holiday Jam Session at CAL! 4 - 8 PM Moretown Sip and Shop 4 - 8 PM All About Dinner with Molly Stevens 5 - 7 PM Resilience OT Open House 5:30 - 7 PM Winter Wonderland Presented by GMPA 6:30 - 7:30 PM Restorative Yoga + Massage Friday 6:30 - 8:30 PM U-32 Free to Be ... You and Me 7 - 8 PM Auction/Party in the Name of Dance 7 - 9 PM Around the World-NVU Concert Band & World Music Class 7 - 9 PM +12 more see less	7 New Dorm Open House! All Day Singing Holly-Grams All Day VCFA Poetry of Protest Class 9 AM - 12 PM Annual Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Annual Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Fair, Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Craft Show at Bishop J.A. Marshall High School 9 AM - 3 PM Wagtastic Greeting Cards at the Merry Market 9:30 AM - 3 PM Holly Grams Delivered in Four Part Harmony 10 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Begins Tomorrow! 10 AM - 2 PM Book Sale at Warren Library 10 AM - 2 PM Thrift Sale at Methodist Church 10 AM - 4 PM Country Christmas in Historic Waitsfield Village 10 AM - 7 PM Good Naked - Wit, Wisdom & A Writing Workshop 12:30 - 2:30 PM Are You Ready for...The Food Waste Ban? 5 - 6 PM Ballet Wolcott Presents the Nutcracker 7 PM (multiday) Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 7:30 - 9 PM 🌲✨ Mad River Chorale Luscious Concert This Weekend🌲✨ 7:30 PM 🌹🌲Mad River Chorale Luscious Concerts🌲🌹 7:30 PM Swing Dance! Live Big Band! Saturday Night! 7:30 PM First Saturday Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +17 more see less
8 Spin for the Kids! 10 AM - 1 PM Phone Bank for Climate Action This Sunday! 10 AM Holiday Art + Jewelry Sale! 12 - 4 PM Winter in Scandinavia Event at Wilder Arts Studio 2 - 4 PM Family Craft Event in New Sustainable Studio! 2 - 4 PM Dance, Sing & Jump Around on Sunday at the Grange! 3 - 4:30 PM Learn About Cohousing 3 - 5 PM Brookfield Community Singers 3 PM For Families and Babies 0-3: Evening Baby Circle! 4:30 - 6:30 PM +5 more see less	9 AARP Tax-Aide Volunteer Information Presentation 12 - 3 PM BUUSD Facilities and Transportation Committee Meeting 5:30 PM	10 Vermont Access Fundraiser at Three Penny All Day 12 - 11 PM Montpelier Roxbury School Discussion 12 PM Barre UUSD Finance Committee Meeting 5:30 PM Attention Backgammon Players 6 - 9 PM Storytime with Mrs. Claus at Town Hall-New Date! 6 PM Storytime with Mrs. Claus at Moretown Town Hall 6 PM Intro to Microsoft Word 6:30 - 7:30 PM Therapeutic Lifestyle Medicine Free Intro Session 7:15 - 8:15 PM +4 more see less	11 Barre City Republican Committee Meeting All Day Baby/Toddler Hike at Green Mountain Club 10 AM - 12 PM EMP Training Course on Working Safely with Lead 5 - 9 PM EMP Training Course on Working Safely with Lead 5 - 9 PM Illumination Night at VCFA 5:30 - 6:30 PM Free Talk! Helping Children & Adolescents with Anxiety 5:45 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM Dec. 11 WCUUSD Budget Forum 6:30 - 7:30 PM Old-Time and Bluegrass Film in Montpelier Dec 11! 6:30 PM Service of Light & Hope (Warren United Church) 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	12 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Noon Advent Concert Dec. 12 12 - 1 PM Another Advent Concert at Christ Church 12 PM Barre Unified Union School District Board Meeting 5:30 PM Off the Beaten Path Talk 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Solaris Vocal Ensemble Holiday Concert (multiday) Holiday Craft Sale at Capstone 10 AM - 4 PM Carolyn Egeli Artist Holiday Open House 5 - 8 PM Artists Invited 6 - 9 PM Gun Owners of Vermont Monthly Meeting 6 PM Emma Back Performs "Strife and Joy" 6:30 - 9 PM December Open Mic Celebration 7 - 9 PM Holiday Open Mic 7 - 9 PM Contra Dance 7:45 - 11 PM Brass Balagan Variety Show at Sweet Melissa's Dec. 13 9 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	14 Breakfast with Santa 8:30 - 9:30 AM 26th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair on Saturday Dec.14th 9 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair at the Marshfield School of Weaving Dec. 14 9 AM - 4 PM Touch of Vermont Holiday Market 9 AM - 4 PM Bazaar and Bake Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Don't Miss Planting Hope! 9 AM - 4 PM Kids Trade and Play 2nd Saturday of Every Month 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM How I Made My Home Cozy and Affordable - Home Tour 10 - 11:30 AM Breakfast with Santa 10 AM - 12 PM Holiday with the Animals 10 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Winter Market Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Artisan Craft Event 10 AM - 4 PM Moretown Artisan Sale! 10 AM (multiday) Children's Vermont History Story Hour 1 - 2 PM A Barbershop Holiday Show This Saturday Afternoon 2 - 3:30 PM Barre-Tones and Green Mountain Chorus Holiday Show 2 - 3:30 PM Annual A Cappella Holiday Afternoon Concert 2 - 3:30 PM Annual a Cappella Holiday Afternoon Concert 2 - 4 PM A Cappella Holiday Show 2 PM Yestermorrow Campus Tour - Saturday! 2 PM Charlie-O'S First Annual Bizarre Bazaar 3 - 6 PM Sound Immersion with Crystal Singing Bowls 4:30 - 6 PM The Paul Asbell Jazz Quintet 7:30 PM Paul Asbell Quintet to Perform in Montpelier 7:30 PM +21 more see less
15 Gifts Galore Craft Event All Day Worship, Pageant & Special Music This Sunday 10 - 11 AM Small Craft Event Sunday 10 AM - 3 PM Celebration of Life - Sue Dentith, U-32 Special Educator 1 - 3 PM Sourdough Bread Baking Class at Rise Up Bakery 1 - 5 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony in Concert 2 - 5 PM Holiday Concert at First Congregational Church of Berlin 4 - 6 PM Holiday Concert at First Congregational Church Berlin 4 - 6 PM Sugarbush Racing Club Season Kickoff Party 4:30 - 6 PM Anti Racism Discussion Group 6:30 PM +6 more see less	16 Phineas Gage: Live Music at Lawson's Finest! 5 - 7 PM Barre UUSD Policy Committee Meeting 5:30 PM Holiday Open House 6 - 8 PM Reiki Master Training 6 PM (multiday)	17 Pacem Open Makerspace Hours 3 - 5 PM Mother Up! Gathering: Climate Advocacy and Parenthood 5:30 - 7:30 PM Family Maker Night: Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses 6 - 7:30 PM Graham Cracker Gingerbread House Making! 6 PM Race Conversations 6:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	18 Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Free Wellness Program 6 - 7 PM Stories for the Season at LNT 7 PM	19 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Noon Advent Concert 12 - 1 PM Third Thursday: Burlington Brewing 12 - 1 PM Christ Church Thursday Noon Advent Concert Dec. 19 12 - 1 PM You're Invited! Two Seasonal Concerts 12 - 1 PM MRV Senior Citizens Holiday Luncheon 12 - 1:30 PM Onion River Exchange - ORE Members Potluck 5:30 - 7 PM Onion River Exchange - Members Community Potluck 5:30 - 7 PM Festival of Lessons and Carols 7 - 8:30 PM Life Drawing - Short Poses 7 - 9 PM Nine Lessons and Carols Service Dec. 19 7 PM +7 more see less	20 Christmas Bird Count Coming Soon 8 AM - 4 PM Free Workshop: How to Start Your Own Business 9 - 10:30 AM Special Holiday Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 PM Scottish Fish Concert in Burlington 6 - 8 PM Websterville Christian Academy 7-12 Christmas Skit 6:30 PM +1 more see less	21 Shaw's Waitsfield Holiday Open House 9 AM - 6 PM Onion River Exchange - Members Holiday Childcare 10 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Farmers Winter Market This Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Santa at the Aldrich Library 1 - 2 PM Stories For A Winter's Eve 3 - 5 PM Joslin Library: Winter Solstice Tea Party and Fire Pit 3 - 5 PM Winter Solstice Celebration Flow 4 - 5:30 PM Looking for a Sing-Along for Holiday Songs? 4 - 5:30 PM 49th Annual Montpelier Community Carol Sing 5:30 - 7 PM Free Magic Improv Show Warren Town Hall Dec. 21 6:30 - 7:15 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve-Old Meeting House (2nd Show) 7 - 9 PM Cold Outside! Hot Contras at the Grange Hall Saturday! 7:30 - 11 PM Warm Up with a Hot Night at the Montpelier Contradance! 8 - 11 PM +9 more see less
22 Children's Service, First Congregational Church Berlin 9:30 - 11 AM You Are Not Alone 10 - 11 AM Christmas Pie Sale: Church of the Good Shepherd 11 AM - 1 PM	23 Santa Claus is Visiting Capstone! 12 - 3 PM Public Menorah Lighting Dec. 23 4:30 - 6:30 PM Chanukah Party/Fund Riser at Zen Barn 5:30 - 9:30 PM	24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Until 5 PM Story Hour 12 - 1 PM Christmas Eve Services 4 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5 - 6 PM Trinity Christmas Eve 6 - 7 PM Candlelight Christmas Eve Service on Elm St 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve at First Congregational Church of Berlin 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	25 Christmas Day Service-Christ Church Montpelier 10 - 11 AM Christmas Day Lunch 11:30 AM - 1 PM Community Christmas Dinner at Hedding United Methodist 12 - 2 PM	26 Open Ears Holiday Break 8:30 AM Chanukah Party at Waitsfield Village Meeting House 4 - 6 PM Inter-Faith Family Hanukkah Gathering - Mad River Valley 4 - 6 PM	27 Holiday Painting Class 6 - 7:30 PM	28
29	30	31 Central Vermont Runners - New Year's Eve 5k 2 PM Roarin' 20s NYE Bash! 7 PM (multiday)	1	2 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Fall Prevention Tai Chi 3:45 - 4:45 PM Free Laundry Thursday! 4 - 6 PM Phineas Gage Collab Folk Funk! 5 - 7 PM MadDog Trout Unlimited Meeting Jan. 2 6 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	3 Service for Tom Weston: Friday 11:00am at Warren Church 11 AM - 1 PM Blood Drive Jan. 3 12 - 5 PM Culomba at the Old Meeting House This Friday Night 7 PM	4 Farmer Emergency Fund Fundraiser Jan. 4 8 AM - 8 PM Barre Town Republicans Gather 8 AM Montpelier Farmers Market Winter Market Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Amahl and the Night Visitors 7 - 8:30 PM Katie Trautz CD Release Concert in Ripton! 7 - 9 PM The Young Tradition Touring Group 7 - 9 PM Young Tradition Touring Group at Barre Opera House! 7 PM Dance into 2020 at the Montpelier Contra Dance! 7:45 PM +4 more see less