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 Angus Chaney & Ethan Nelson: Proto-Cycology II 3 - 4 PM Orwell Memory Tree Lighting 4 - 4:30 PM Sap Bucket Tree Lighting 4:30 - 6 PM December New Moon Gathering & Winter Spiral 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	2 SVUUSD Special Finance Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Teacher Negotiations Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM SVUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM	3 Ad Hoc Committee Re: Proposed Green Mtn Youth Campus 1:30 - 2:30 PM Warm Yoga 6 - 7:15 PM Sit & Knit at the Lilac Inn 6 - 8 PM Phlebotomy Class at PAHCC 6 - 9 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM +1 more see less	4 Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble (multiday) Pop-Up Cardio Yoga Class at VT Sun 9:15 - 10 AM Advent Bible Study at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Winter Village in Central Park in Brandon! 4 - 8 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Green Burials in Orwell and Beyond 4:30 PM Open Art Night 5:07 PM ANWSD Community Engagement Event - Dec. 4 5:30 - 7:30 PM SVUUSD Negotiations Committee Meeting 6 - 6:30 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 Concerts Dec. 4-5 7:30 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	5 Advent Noontime Concert 12 - 12:45 PM Open Studio + Holiday Sale 4 - 8 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 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 Strategies & Supports for Forest Mgmt on Private Land 7 PM Strategies for Forest Management on Private Lands 7 - 8:30 PM Forest Management on Private Lands 7 PM Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble Winter Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	6 Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day Ad Hoc Committee Re: Proposed Green Mtn Youth Campus 8 - 9 AM Stuff an Ambulance 8 AM (multiday) Winter Village in Central Park in Brandon! 4 - 8 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Vergennes Food Shelf Benefit Dance 7 - 11 PM Brian McCarthy Jazz Orchestra at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:30 PM Broadway Direct at the Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM +5 more see less	7 Zoey's Place Christmas Shopping! 9 AM - 12 PM Holiday Stockings for Your Pets 9 AM - 12 PM Christmas Shopping at Zoey's Place! 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market: Holiday Markets Dec. 7 & 14 9 AM - 12:30 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 St. Paul's Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Open Studio in Salisbury 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio, Dec. 7 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Open Studio Dec. 7 9 AM - 4 PM Ho, Ho, Ho Holiday Stroll, for Everyone! Dec. 7 9 AM - 6:30 PM Saturday Playgroup Tomorrow! 9:30 - 11 AM 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 Holiday Stroll at the Bixby Library 10 AM - 3 PM Henry Sheldon Museum's Holiday Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Closet Saturday Opening & Kindness Holiday Stroll Fun 10 AM - 4 PM Shelburne Museum Holiday Open House 10 AM - 4 PM Homeward Bound's Holiday Open House 12 - 2 PM Homeward Bound's Holiday Open House 12 - 2 PM Homeward Bound's Holiday Open House Dec. 7 12 - 2 PM (In)visible Mending for Teens 12 - 2 PM Monthly Bingo 12 - 3 PM Pokémon-Inspired Pop-Up Museum Dec. 7 1 - 4 PM Pokémon-Inspired Pop-Up Museum Dec. 7 1 - 4 PM Pokémon-Inspired Pop-Up Museum This Saturday 1 - 4 PM Cookies and a Craft with Mr. Claus Dec. 7 1:30 - 3:30 PM Join Us Tomorrow at the Holiday Maker's Market at Lulu! 3 - 7 PM Broadway Direct at the Vergennes Opera House 3 PM Holiday Open House 4 - 7:30 PM Holiday Festivities at the Library 5 - 7 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 - 9 PM Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - a Holiday Panto at ART! 7 - 9 PM Karaoke and Kristmas Kocktails 7 - 10 PM Sky Was Possible 7:30 - 9:15 PM Kat & Brett Holiday Show at Town Hall Theater 7:30 - 9:45 PM Contra Dance Again Saturday: Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +39 more see less
8 Open Studio Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Vintage Holiday Pop-Up 10 AM - 4 PM An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy with Prem Prakash 11 AM - 12:30 PM Christmas Sip & Style Workshop at the Lilac Inn 1 - 4 PM Steel Pan Concert 1:30 - 2 PM VT's Panhandlers Steel Drum Benefit Concert 1:30 - 2:30 PM Instant Christmas Pageant 2 - 4 PM Brandon Festival Singers Christmas Concert 3 - 4:30 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 SVUUSD Ad-Hoc Grading Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Holiday Needle Felting Workshop - Platt Library - Dec. 9 6 - 8 PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class on Mondays with Jamie 6:45 - 8 PM +1 more see less	10 Chair Yoga on Tuesdays with Catherine 9:45 - 10:45 AM Benefit Bake for Music Center at Flatbread 5 - 9 PM Bixby Book Club: December Book Reveal 6 - 7 PM Warm Yoga 6 - 7:15 PM Sit & Knit at the Lilac Inn 6 - 8 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM Join Us for a Special Advent Taizé 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	11 Free Trial Class Day at Little City Community Fitness 6:15 AM - 5:30 PM Advent Bible Study at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Middlebury Community Classic Films Club 1 - 3:30 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM SVUUSD Executive Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bridge School Elementary Open House Dec. 11 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bridport Community Communications & Events Task Force 6 - 7 PM Author Event at Brandon Library 6 - 7:30 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Acoustic Jam Open Mic 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	12 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Circle of Life…. Reminder 10:30 - 11:15 AM St. Stephen's Advent Noontime Concerts 12 - 1 PM St. Stephen's Advent Noontime Concerts 12 - 1 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 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 Photo ID Night 6 - 7:30 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Vergennes-Ferrisburgh TOD Public Open House, Dec. 12 6 PM Just Getting By - Film Viewing 7 - 8:30 PM MCP Present Comedy "10 Ways to Survive the Holidays" 7 - 10 PM +10 more see less	13 Well Being Council Nov. 22 All Day MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day A Play in Celebration of the Winter Solstice (multiday) Night Fires Tickets On Sale Now! All Day Wreath Making Workshop at the Bixby 11 AM - 1 PM Festive Fri Evening at Lu•Lu's Holiday Maker's Market! 3 - 7 PM Magic on Main - Shop, Tag, Post, Win - This Friday! 3 - 8 PM Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Silent Auction for Affordable Homes in Addison County 5 - 8 PM Silent Auction 5 - 8 PM Snowflake Stroll 5 - 8 PM Silent Auction for Affordable Homes in Addison County 5 - 8 PM Snowflake Stroll this Friday 5 - 8 PM Lino Printing Workshop for Teens at Ilsley 5:30 - 8 PM Singing Christmas Carols 6:30 - 8 PM +11 more see less	14 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Join the Christmas Bird Count 12 AM (multiday) Waltham Holiday Cookie Swap 9 - 11 AM Santa is Coming to Maple Landmark 9 AM - 12 PM Middlebury Farmers Market: Holiday Markets Dec. 7 & 14 9 AM - 12:30 PM Panton Selectboard Budget Meeting 9 AM Christmas Cookie Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Winter Ornament Making 11 AM - 2 PM Shoreham Holiday Bazaar Dec. 14 11 AM - 3 PM Shoreham Holiday Bazaar Dec. 14 11 AM - 3 PM A Festive Weekend Awaits at Werner Tree Farm🎄 11 AM (multiday) “Magic Tree House” Comes to Life!✨🌳 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Takeout Chicken and Biscuit Supper 5 - 6 PM Christmas Hay Ride 5 - 6:30 PM Music at Brandon Inn: “Christmas Inn Vermont" Dec. 14 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bingo Night to Support 4-H Club 6 - 8 PM Bingo Night 6 - 8 PM Ugly Sweater Party at American Legion in Vergennes 6 - 10 PM Cornwall Contra Dance Tonight! 7 - 9:30 PM +16 more see less
15 MCP Presents Comedy “10 Ways to Survive the Holidays” All Day Breakfast with Santa 9 AM - 12 PM Birch Bark Ornament Workshop 9 AM - 1 PM Birch Bark Ornament Workshop 9 AM - 1 PM "A Christmas Carol” 2 - 3:30 PM Lost Nation Film Comes to Brandon 2 PM Night Fires Tickets on Sale! 4 PM Darkness to Light; Lessons and Carols for Advent 4 - 5:30 PM Candlelight Celebration at RC Brandon 6:30 - 7:30 PM +5 more see less	16 SVUUSD Special Policy Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Building & Grounds Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Special Finance Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM SVUUSD Board Negotiations Committee Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 PM	17 Sarah Partridge BLT Book Group 11 AM - 12 PM Book Discussion and Meet the Author 11 AM - 12:30 PM Sit & Knit at the Lilac Inn 6 - 8 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM	18 Advent Bible Study at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM "How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster" at THT 11 AM - 12:30 PM First Night Skiing for the Season and Blues 4 - 8 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Open Art Night 5 - 7 PM Music Center Holiday Performance Salon 6 - 7:30 PM Beetlejuice Jr Put on by Vergennes Middle School 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	19 Community Carol Sing Dec. 19 12 - 1 PM Interlude Community Drop-In 3 - 6 PM Oyster Nights at The Waybury 4:30 - 8 PM Grief Share Discussion Group 5:30 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Cornwall Knit Night Thurs. 6 - 8 PM Forest Pest Insects in Vermont 7 - 8:30 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 +7 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 Beetlejuice Jr Put on by Vergennes Middle School 7 - 8 PM Solstice Restorative Yoga with Sarah L. Frederiksen 7 - 8:30 PM Low Lily Winter Solstice Concert at Town Hall Theater 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	21 50/50 Raffle & Date Night Basket Raffle 8 AM Small Business Saturday 9 AM - 12:30 PM Handiwork Studio: Shop & Make 10 AM - 3 PM 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 Second Annual Fiber Arts Circle & Cookie Swap 12 - 2 PM Kids to Shop 12 - 2 PM Saturday Evening Bingo Dec. 21 12 PM Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Holiday Pop Up! 2 - 4 PM “Welcoming the Light” Winter Solstice Gathering 3:30 - 5 PM Welcoming the Light - a Winter Solstice Gathering 3:30 - 6 PM Ruth Stone House Holiday Party & Raffle! 4 - 8 PM Dance Dance Party Party 7:30 - 8:30 PM Contra Dance on the Longest Night, at the Grange Hall! 8 - 11 PM +11 more see less
22 Messiah Sing - Congregational Church of Middlebury 2 - 4 PM Shall We Dance? Piano Duet Concert at Town Hall Theater 4 - 6 PM Reverse Parade! 5 - 6 PM Christmas with Shannon and Friends! 6:30 - 7:30 PM	23 Christmas Band Play-Along 6 PM	24 Kids Cookie Decorating and Movie 12:30 - 2:30 PM Important Holiday Trash/Recycling for R&L on Canal St 2 - 6 PM Christmas Eve and Day Services at St. Stephen's 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve & Day Services 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 4 PM TPCAC Mindful Recovery Group 6 - 7 PM Sit & Knit at the Lilac Inn 6 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at Victory Baptist 6:30 - 8 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM Salisbury Congregational Church Candlelight Service 7 PM +7 more see less	25 Town Clerk's Office Closed 6 AM (multiday) 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	28
29 Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast 7:30 - 10 AM Holiday Movies at Salisbury Library 1 - 3 PM	30 ✨ New Year's New Moon Circle ✨ 6:30 - 8 PM	31 New Year's Sale - Stone Block Antiques All Day Celebrate with Us Wherever You Are! 6 - 7 PM TPCAC Mindful Recovery Group 6 - 7 PM Sit & Knit at the Lilac Inn 6 - 8 PM New Year's Eve Dance 6 PM (multiday) Town of Middlebury - New Year's Eve Fireworks 6:30 - 8:30 PM Celebrate Recovery 7 PM New Year's Eve Party at the Eagles Club 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve at Town Hall Theater! 8 PM New Year's Eve at Town Hall Theater! 8 PM New Year's Eve with Joe's Big Band at Town Hall Theater 8:30 PM (multiday) Benefit New Years Eve Dance 9 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	1 Ripton Bird Watchers! All Day	2 Swing Dance Classes All Day Friends of Bridport School 6 PM Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group 6 - 7:30 PM Swing Dance with Jean Shockley at Vergennes Opera House 6:30 - 8 PM	3 Coffee Hour at OFL 9 AM Sapline House Concert at Music Center on 1/3 6 - 7:15 PM Sap Line House Concert! Jan. 3 6 - 7:30 PM	4 Merry Mulch Jan. 4 All Day Merry Mulch 8 - 10:30 AM Children's and Maternity Boutique - Zoey's Place Open! 9 AM - 12 PM New Haven Dairy Bottle Drive 10 AM - 1 PM Bridport Skating Party 11 AM - 1 PM Community Day and Printmaking Demo at the Sheldon! 11 AM - 3 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Atom and the Orbits at the Brandon Town Hall! 7 - 10 PM First Montpelier Contra Dance of 2025! 8 - 11 PM +5 more see less