Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2024

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1 Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM The Polar Express at Town Hall Theater 2 - 3:45 PM Community Wreath Making And Tree Lighting 5 - 6:15 PM	2 Volleyball at LCS 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Dec. 2 6:30 - 10 PM	3 Phlebotomy Class at PAHCC 6 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting Dec. 3 6:30 PM	4 Pop-Up Cardio Yoga Class at VT Sun 9:15 - 10 AM Toys for Joy Donations! 4 - 8 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Agenda for DRB's Regular Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Equity Committee (BECQ) Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Lincoln Sports Monthly Meeting 7 - 9 PM Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble Winter Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM Bria Skonberg Jazz Quintet: Jingle Bell Swing 7:30 - 9 PM Middlebury Wind Ensemble Winter Concerts - Dec. 4 & 5 7:30 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	5 Town Plow Naming - Please Join the Lincoln Community School! 8:10 AM Bristol Core Board Meeting 9 - 10 AM Tai Chi Chuan / Qigong Class 10 - 11 AM Engaging the Next Generation of Land Stewards 11 AM - 12:15 PM Advent Noontime Concert 12 - 12:45 PM Open Studio + Holiday Sale 4 - 8 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM 6-Week Beginner Qigong & Tai Chi Ch'uan Class 5 - 6 PM Midd Night Stroll 5 - 8 PM Grief Share Discussion Group 5:30 PM Mary Hogan Math Night and Spaghetti Dinner! 5:30 - 7 PM Friends of Bridport School 6 PM True Crime Podcast Discussion Group 6 - 7 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Phlebotomy Class at PAHCC 6 - 9 PM GriefShare 6:30 - 8:30 PM Strategies & Supports for Forest Mgmt on Private Land 7 PM Forest Management on Private Lands 7 - 8 PM Forest Management on Private Lands 7 PM Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble Winter Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +16 more see less	6 Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day Memory Tree Lighting on the Town Green 5 - 6 PM Chocolate Literacy Lab 5 - 8 PM Minifactory Staff Market w/ Chocolate Walk 5 - 8 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Brian McCarthy Jazz Orchestra at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	7 Garden Conference 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Zoey's Place Christmas Shopping! 9 AM - 12 PM Christmas Shopping at Zoey's Place! 9 AM - 12 PM Meg Madden at Middlebury Farmers Market Holiday Market 9 AM - 12:30 PM St Paul's Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Mountain View 4H - Annual Craft and Vendor Sale 9 AM - 2 PM This Coming Weekend is a Bazaar One! 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Open Studio, Dec. 7 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio in Salisbury 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio 9 AM - 4 PM Sing & Dance in Free Demo Classes for Kids & Grown Ups 10 AM - 12:15 PM Music Center 10th Anniversary Celebration Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Music Center 10th Anniversary Celebration Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Music Center 10th Anniversary Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Music Center 10th Anniversary Celebration Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Henry Sheldon Museum's Holiday Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Sheldon Museum Holiday Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open House and Sale 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Card Making Workshop 10:30 - 11:30 AM Homeward Bound's Holiday Open House 12 - 2 PM (In)visible Mending for Teens 12 - 2 PM Monthly Bingo 12 - 3 PM Pokémon-Inspired Pop-Up Museum This Saturday 1 - 4 PM Pokémon-Inspired Pop-Up Museum Dec. 7 1 - 4 PM Cookies and a Craft with Mr. Claus Dec. 7 1:30 - 3:30 PM Holiday Open House 4 - 7:30 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Sky Was Possible 7:30 - 9:15 PM Kat & Brett Holiday Show at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:45 PM +25 more see less
8 Charity Fundraising Breakfast at Mason's Lodge 7:30 - 10 AM Korean-Inspired Cafe + Vintage Clothing Pop Up 9 AM - 1 PM Vintage Holiday Pop-Up 10 AM - 4 PM Open Studio Sale 10 AM - 4 PM An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy with Prem Prakash 11 AM - 12:30 PM Pottery Porch Sale 11 AM - 4 PM Steel Pan Concert 1:30 - 2 PM Steel Pan Concert 1:30 PM PM Sundays Series Presents Michelle Willis - Dec. 8 4 - 6 PM +5 more see less	9 Fun Night of Bingo 3 PM (multiday) Christmas Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM Holiday Needle Felting Workshop - Platt Library - Dec. 9 6 - 8 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Dec. 9, 6:00pm 6 - 8 PM Game Night at the Library! 6:15 - 9 PM Volleyball at LCS 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	10 Benefit Bake for Music Center at Flatbread 5 - 9 PM Join Us for a Special Advent Taizé 7 - 8 PM	11 Middlebury Community Classic Films Club 1 - 3:30 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Bridge School Elementary Open House Dec. 11 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bridport Community Communications & Events Task Force 6 - 7 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	12 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Tai Chi Chuan / Qigong Class 10 - 11 AM Circle of Life…. Reminder 10:30 - 11:15 AM St. Stephen's Advent Noontime Concerts 12 - 1 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM 6-Week Beginner Qigong & Tai Chi Ch'uan Class 5 - 6 PM Arcadian Pasta Pop-Up During Dec. 12 Midd Night Stroll 5 - 8 PM Midd Stroll Merry Middlebury - Tonight! 5 - 8 PM Grief Share Discussion Group 5:30 PM Winter Wood Slice Ornaments 6 - 7 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM GriefShare 6:30 - 8:30 PM "Just Getting By" Movie Screening with Filmmaker Q&A 7 - 9 PM MCP Present Comedy "10 Ways to Survive the Holidays" 7 - 10 PM +11 more see less	13 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day A Play in Celebration of the Winter Solstice (multiday) Night Fires Tickets on Sale Now! (multiday) Night Fires Tickets On Sale Now! All Day Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Silent Auction for Affordable Homes in Addison County 5 - 8 PM Silent Auction for Affordable Homes in Addison County 5 - 8 PM Snowflake Stroll 5 - 8 PM Snowflake Stroll 5 - 8 PM Silent Auction for Affordable Homes in Addison County 5 - 8 PM Lino Printing Workshop for Teens at Ilsley 5:30 - 8 PM Singing Christmas Carols 6:30 - 8 PM Come See the Play "Head Elf" at Holley Hall! 6:30 PM Youth Opera 7 - 8 PM A Night at the Opera 7 PM +12 more see less	14 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Join the Christmas Bird Count 12 AM (multiday) Holy Halvah Holiday Shopping: Dec. 14 9 AM - 12 PM Santa is Coming to Maple Landmark 9 AM - 12 PM Holy Halvah Holiday Shopping Dec. 14 9 AM - 12 PM Christmas Musical 9:30 - 10:30 AM Shoreham Holiday Bazaar Dec. 14 11 AM - 3 PM A Festive Weekend Awaits at Werner Tree Farm🎄 11 AM (multiday) Holiday Cheer for Our Farmworkers Dec. 14 2 - 4 PM Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Lumen: Bristol's Celebration of Fire & Light 4 - 7 PM Bingo Night to Support 4-H Club 6 - 8 PM Youth Opera 7 - 8 PM Cornwall Contra Dance Tonight! 7 - 9:30 PM +10 more see less
15 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Fruits of the Spirit Children's Church Continues 8:30 - 9:30 AM Celebrate Love! 8:30 - 10 AM Breakfast with Santa 9 AM - 12 PM Christmas Musical 9:30 - 10:30 AM Annual Gingerbread Decorating Party at Holley Hall! 12 - 3 PM Gingerbread House Decorating Fundraiser at Holley Hall 12 - 3 PM Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Darkness to Light; Lessons and Carols for Advent 4 - 5:30 PM +5 more see less	16 Community Budget Conversation 6:30 - 7:45 PM Volleyball at LCS 6:30 - 8 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda Dec. 16 6:30 - 10 PM	17 Middle School Winter Concert 7 AM - 8 PM Sarah Partridge BLT Book Group 11 AM - 12 PM Seamus Egan and Moira Smiley at Vermont Public 11 AM - 1 PM Wine Tasting and Music at the General Store 6 PM Selectboard Meeting Dec. 17 6:30 PM +1 more see less	18 "How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster" at THT 11 AM - 12:30 PM Crafty Holiday Afternoon at the Lincoln Library 3 - 5 PM First Night Skiing for the Season and Blues 4 - 8 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Music Center Holiday Performance Salon 6 - 7:30 PM High School Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 PM Mt. Abe Winter Concert Dec. 18 7 PM +4 more see less	19 Bristol Core Board Meeting 9 - 10 AM Tai Chi Chuan / Qigong Class 10 - 11 AM Community Carol Sing Dec. 19 12 - 1 PM Interlude Community Drop-In 3 - 6 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM 6-Week Beginner Qigong & Tai Chi Ch'uan Class 5 - 6 PM You Are Stardust. Start Acting Like It 5:15 - 6:45 PM Grief Share Discussion Group 5:30 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Cornwall Knit Night Thurs. 6 - 8 PM GriefShare 6:30 - 8:30 PM Forest Pests in Vermont 7 - 8 PM Free Online Lecture: the Voices of Bach's Violin Dec. 19 7 - 8:30 PM MNFF Selects Jim Henson: Idea Man at Town Hall Theater 7 - 9 PM Talk on Forest Pest Insects in Vermont 7 PM Talk on Forest Pest Insects in Vermont 7 PM +12 more see less	20 Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day Mountain of Cheer Celebration at Middlebury Snowbowl 4 - 8:45 PM Greater Buttolph Neighborhood Cookie Swap 5 - 8 PM Last Minute Fa La La 5 - 8 PM Starksboro Meeting House Candlelight Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Low Lily Winter Solstice Concert at Town Hall Theater 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	21 Come Celebrate Ray (Joseph) Mayer's 90th Birthday 12 AM - 3 PM 50/50 Raffle & Date Night Basket Raffle 8 AM Rokeby Museum Open House and Holiday Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Rokeby Museum Open House and Holiday Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Rokeby Museum Open House and Holiday Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Metta Earth Winter Solstice Retreat 10 AM - 9 PM “Welcoming the Light” Winter Solstice Gathering 3:30 - 5 PM Christmas Tea This Saturday 6 - 8 PM Dance Dance Party Party 7:30 - 8:30 PM Social Band the the Champlain Consort This Weekend! 7:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less
22 Boy Scout Christmas Trees 8 AM (multiday) Messiah Sing - Congregational Church of Middlebury 2 - 4 PM Shall We Dance? Piano Duet Concert at Town Hall Theater 4 - 6 PM	23 Winter Break Programs for All Ages at LML! (multiday) Bristol Selectboard Agenda Dec. 23 6 PM Volleyball at LCS 6:30 - 8 PM	24 Christmas Eve & Day Services 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve and Day Services at St. Stephen's 4 - 5 PM TPCAC Mindful Recovery Group 6 - 7 PM Christmas Eve Services 6 - 11 PM Love Came Down at Christmas Time 6:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	25 Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM	26 Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM	27 Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day Free Community Healing Sound and Music 6 - 7:30 PM	28 Ebb & Flow - Mindful Movement, Music & Meditation 10 AM - 12 PM
29 Black Moon Gathering: Coming to Rest Dec. 29 6:30 - 9 PM	30 Volleyball at LCS 6:30 - 8 PM	31 TPCAC Mindful Recovery Group 6 - 7 PM New Year's Eve Dance 6 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve Party at the Eagles Club Vergennes 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve with Joe's Big Band at Town Hall Theater 8:30 PM (multiday)	1	2 Friends of Bridport School 6 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM	3 Sapline House Concert at Music Center on 1/3 6 - 7:15 PM Sap Line House Concert! Jan. 3 6 - 7:30 PM	4 New Haven Dairy Bottle Drive 10 AM - 1 PM Bridport Skating Party 11 AM - 1 PM Mike + Ruthy Jan. 4 Concert at Burnham Presents 7:30 - 10 PM