Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2018

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31 New Year's Eve Festivities 3:30 - 10 AM Bristol Best Night! 3:30 - 10 PM New Years Eve at the Public House 4 - 9 PM New Year's Concert in Richmond 7 - 9:30 PM	1	2 Baby Time at Charlotte Library 9 - 10 AM Richmond Water Commission Agenda for Jan. 2 6 - 7 PM Richmond Selectboard for Jan. 2 7 - 9 PM	3 Toastmaster's Meeting - Champ Masters Jan. 3 8:30 - 9:30 AM Toastmaster's Meeting - Champ Masters 8:30 - 9:30 AM MAUSD Budget Informational Meeting - Community Forum 6:30 - 7:30 PM	4 Budget Work Session for Selectboard 12 AM Movie and Discussion 12 AM Pokemon Training Camp 3:30 AM - 8 PM Guided Meditation Sessions 12 - 12:45 PM Vermont Song Farmers gathering Jan. 4 6 - 8 PM Knitters Anonymous (and Anything Fiber Arts Related Too!) 6 - 9 PM Video Tour India/The Himalayas with Photographer - Monks 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	5 Bixby Showing "Wonder Woman" 6:30 - 9 PM Quadra and the Growlers Are Back! 6:30 - 11:30 PM Northern Bronze Bell Ensemble Winter Concerts 7 PM (multiday) Special Evening with the Justin Panigutti Band 9:30 PM	6 Thinking Outside the Box: Five-Town Community Congress 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Heavenly Cents Thrift Shop 9 AM - 12 PM Vergennes Farmer's Market Closed Tomorrow 9 AM - 12 PM Boy Scout Christmas Tree Pick-Up Jan. 6 9 AM - 12 PM SB High School Music Dept. Christmas Tree Pick-Up Jan. 6 9 AM - 2:30 PM Xmas Tree Pick Up! Support SBHS Music Jan. 6 10 AM Live From Here Listening Events (Formally Prairie Home) 4:30 - 7 PM Michael Arnowitt 6 - 8 PM Galactic Soccer at Far Post 6 - 9 PM Great Kids Event - Galactic Soccer - Saturday 6 - 9 PM Galactic Soccer at the Expo 6 - 9 PM Galactic Soccer Event 6 - 9 PM +8 more see less
7 Last Chance Tag Sale 12 AM The Art of Reiki 1 Class 1 - 5 PM Now is the Time Health Care Movie 2 - 4 PM BYOB Potluck (Bring Your Own Beliefs) 2 - 4 PM Food Share/Share on - Food for All 2:30 PM Performance of “The Western Star” 4:30 PM Planet Huntington Returns Jan. 7: British Columbia 5:30 PM Sunday Jazz and More 6 - 8 PM Gong/Sound Immersion- Stress Relief & Deep Relaxation 6:30 - 8 PM +5 more see less	8 Budget Work Session for Selectboard 12 AM Breakfast with Principal of MMU 7:30 - 8:45 AM Monday Munch at Charlotte Senior Center 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Tinkerbelles @ Charlotte Library 3 - 4 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9:30 PM Presentation/Public Hearing on Vermont Gas Gate Station 6 - 9:30 PM Carbon Tax Potential Impact on Our Lives and Finances 7 PM +3 more see less	9 Invite to Meditation Class - Bikram Yoga Williston 6:15 - 7:15 AM Cannabis in the Capitol Education Fair 4 - 7 PM Evening with Our Hinesburg Neighbors 6 - 9 PM Transition Second Tuesdays at Hinesburgh Public House 6 - 9 PM Cvsd School Board Budget Meeting 6 PM Transition Town Meeting Tuesday at Hinesburgh Public House 6 PM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting Jan. 9 6:30 - 9 PM Refugee Journey 7 - 9 PM Conservation & Trails Comm. Meeting, Trail Caretakers 7 PM Cvsd Communications Committee Mtg 8 PM +6 more see less	10 Pop Up Coworking - VT Smoke & Cure Part 1 8 AM - 5 PM AARP Sponsored Coffee Hour 9 AM Wednesday Seniors' Luncheon at Charlotte Senior Center 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Health Care Delivery and Financing in Vermont 12 - 1:30 PM Essex Rotary: Health Care Delivery & Financing in VT 12 - 1:30 PM Bridging Cultures 12:30 - 1:30 PM Meet New Director of Charlotte Senior Center 1 - 2 PM Blood Drive Jan. 10 - Vergennes American Legion 1 - 6 PM Benefit Bake Supporting MMCM! Wednesday 5 - 9 PM Score Education: Marketing Basics for Small Business 5:30 - 7 PM Marketing Basics for Small Business 5:30 - 7 PM Spend Wednesday Evening at CVU! 5:45 - 7 PM CVU Celebrate the Arts Night! 6 PM Sustainable Williston Social! 7:15 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7:30 PM +11 more see less	11 Songs and Letters from Vermont's Civil War Era 12 AM Burlington Business Association Business Summit 7:30 - 11 AM Visual Methods for Improving Social Understanding 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Sous Vide Cooking Demo at Coffee and Conversation 10 - 11 AM A Taste of Mindfulness 2:30 - 3:30 PM T.H.I.N.K. Tank @ Charlotte Library 3 - 4 PM Knitters Anonymous and Anything Fiber Arts Related To! 6 - 9 PM Maple Road Scoping Study 6:30 - 7:30 PM Gun Laws/Restrictions Dialogue 6:30 - 8 PM Legislative Update, Dedorah Rawson Library 6:30 - 8 PM Alternative Transportation Options Discussion 6:30 - 8:30 PM Wool Knickers and White Blazes: Retro Hike on the LT 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Jan. 11 Meeting 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	12 Roadhouse Studios - Paint & Sip Jan. 12 12 AM Preschool Story Time 10:30 - 11:30 AM Slow-Roasted Pot Roast Dinner at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM Very Merry Theatre Presents 42nd Street 7 - 9 PM Almost, Maine Performance by Tuttle Middle School Drama 7 PM +1 more see less	13 Centering Prayer Workshop 12 AM Centering Prayer Workshop 8:45 AM - 1:30 PM Meet with Your District 7-1 Representative 9 - 10 AM Vergennes Farmer's Market Cancelled Jan. 13 9 AM - 12 PM Bottle Drive Rescheduled 9 AM - 12 PM Introductory Zen Buddhism Workshop 9 AM - 1:15 PM Zen Workshop Jan. 13 in Shelburne 9 AM - 1:15 PM Zen Workshop Jan. 13 in Shelburne 9 AM - 1:15 PM White Ally Toolkit Training 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Saturday Storytime at Starksboro Library! 10 - 10:30 AM Live from Here Listening Events (Formally Prairie Home) 6 - 8 PM BV Paint Night 6 - 8:30 PM Concert Saturday- Patti Casey and Tom Mckenzie 7 PM +9 more see less
14 Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Trout Unlimited Fly Tying Demo 12 - 2 PM Free Workshop: Resiliency and the Three Principles 1 - 4 PM Jericho Town Tea 2 - 4 PM The Brother Brothers - "P.M. Sundays" Jan. 14 4 PM Free Community Potluck, Dance, and Sing at Holley Hall 6:30 PM Breakfast at St. Thomas Church in Underhill 8 - 10:30 PM +3 more see less	15 Shelburne Nursery School Open House 9 - 10:30 AM Shelburne Nursery School Open House 9 - 10:30 AM Mystery Book Group @ Charlotte Library 10 - 11 AM Hinesburg Nursery School Open House! 10 - 11:30 AM Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection 10 AM - 5 PM Celebrate Charlotte's Living African American History! 10 AM - 5 PM Charlotte Senior Center Monday Munch 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Habitat for Humanity Food Drive 12 - 4 PM Lucy's House MLK Day Pet Toy Making 1 - 3 PM Tinkerbelles @ Charlotte Library 3 - 4 PM Fundraiser - Texas Roadhouse Monday Night 4 - 10 PM Community Conversation with Your State Reps 6:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	16 Meet Jacob Edgar of Putumayo Music Jan. 16 12 AM iRest Meditation Class 6:15 - 7:15 AM Baby Time @ Charlotte Library 9 - 10 AM Richmond Water Commission Agenda 5:30 - 7 PM Success! Turn Your New Year's Resolutions into Reality 6 - 7:30 PM Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM MMCTV Quarterly Board Meeting 6:15 - 8 PM Jericho Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 8 PM Richmond Selectboard for Jan. 16 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	17 Rotary Club Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 AM Rotary Club Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 AM Edward Heyman's Soup's on Night is Wednesday! 4 - 5 PM Local Author Bill Schubart at Carpenter-Carse 5:30 - 7 PM You Can Do This: a Mind & Body Approach to Quit Smoking 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	18 Selectboard Agenda Jan. 18 12 AM Swift House Fundraiser at Agave 11 AM - 10 PM A Taste of Mindfulness 2:30 - 3:30 PM T.H.I.N.K. Tank @ Charlotte Library 3 - 4 PM Pokemon Training Camp 3:30 - 9 PM Free Class! Help for Depression, Anxiety & More 4:30 - 7 PM Authentic Polish Cuisine at Tandem This Thursday 5 - 8:30 PM Art Herttua/Ray Carrol Jazz Duo at One Radish 6 - 8 PM Art Show by Mary Lacy 6 - 9 PM Re(Imagining) the Library and City Hall 7 - 8:30 PM Town Forest Workshop - Public Input! 7 - 9 PM The Greater Burlington Lions Club Forming! 7 PM +8 more see less	19 Preschool Story Time 10:30 - 11:30 AM Celebrate VT's Hunting and Fishing Heritage Jan. 19-21 12 PM (multiday) Gillett Pond Talk Jan. 19 1:30 PM Gillet Pond, Past, Present and Future 1:30 PM	20 Champlain Valley Amnesty International Monthly Meeting 12 - 12 AM Basketball Free Throw Competition 9 AM - 12 PM Vergennes Farmer's Market is Back On! 9 AM - 12 PM Vergennes Farmer's Market is Back On! 9 AM - 12 PM Mindful Parenting Workshop 9 AM - 1 PM Open House for Great Preschool & Kindergarten 9:30 - 11:30 AM Discovery Preschool Open House 10 - 12 10 AM - 12 PM Discovery Preschool Open House Jan. 20 10 AM - 12 PM Nature Mindfulness Walk 10 AM - 12 PM Discovery Preschool Open House Jan. 20 10 AM - 12 PM On Farm Market This Saturday - Richmond Farm 1 - 4 PM Traditional Thai Massage & Deep Tissue Massage Therapy! 1 - 4 PM On Farm Market This Saturday - Richmond Farm 1 - 4 PM March for Our Future! 1 PM Pierson Family Game Club Saturday! 1:30 - 4:30 PM +11 more see less
21 Breakfast with the Freemasons 7:30 - 10 AM Pancake Breakfast 8 - 11:30 AM Book Group Meeting 10 AM - 11:30 PM "Story of Stuff" Film & Discussion 12 - 1:30 PM Winter Carnival at Waldorf High School 1 - 3 PM Winter Carnival at the Waldorf High School 1 - 3 PM Winter Carnival at the Waldorf High School 1 - 3 PM Sunday Afternoon Walk 1 PM Sunday Lecture at Ethan Allen Homestead Museum 2 - 3 PM The Jews of Italy 2 - 4 PM Intention Setting and Yoga Flow Workshop at Yoga Roots 2 - 4 PM Intention Setting + Yoga Flow at Yoga Roots 2 - 4 PM Kids Yoga and Painting Class 2 - 4:30 PM Mah Jong at Huntington Library Jan. 21 3 - 5 PM Tom Cleary's 'Music of Hope and Action' at All Souls 5 - 6 PM Underhill Community Soup Bowl Sunday 5 - 7 PM +12 more see less	22 Huntington Selectboard Meeting 12 AM Charlotte Senior Center Menu for Jan. 22 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Tinkerbelles @ Charlotte Library 3 - 4 PM Transition Town Jericho Meeting Jan. 22 5:30 - 7 PM Community Discussion: What Are Your Priorities? 6 - 7 PM Public Meeting - VT15 Bicycle/Pedestrian Study 6:15 - 7:15 PM South Burlington Legislative Forum 6:30 - 8 PM Shelburne Democrats Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting & Town Plan Public Hearing Monday 6:30 - 9 PM Still Time to Save a Life! CPR Class Monday 6:30 - 9:30 PM Richmond Selectboard - Meeting of Voters Jan. 22 7 - 7 PM +7 more see less	23 Starksboro Village Water Coop Annual Meeting 12 AM Making Social Media Work for You 8 - 9:30 AM Blood Drive at St. John Vianney 12 - 6 PM South Burlington Public Library Grand Opening 5:30 - 7 PM CVSD School Board Budget Meeting 6 PM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting Jan. 23 6:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	24 Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary Meets 7:30 - 8:30 AM AARP Fraud Presentation at Charlotte Senior Center 10:30 - 11:30 AM Junior League's "Sip & See" for Potential New Members 6 - 8 PM Junior League's "Sip & See" for Potential New Members 6 - 8 PM VFW Auxiliary Paint N Sip Fundraiser on Slate 6 - 8 PM Junior League Recruiting New Members! 6 - 8 PM Architecture + Design Film Series: I, Claude Monet 6 - 8 PM Racial Justice Education Series - 13th Screening 6 - 8 PM Racial Justice Education Series - 13th Screening 6 - 8 PM Racial Justice Education Series - 13th Screening 6 - 8 PM The Brain, Science and Addiction. Let's Talk! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Spears Garage 7 - 9 PM Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 7:30 PM +9 more see less	25 Songfarmers Gathering Jan. 25 12 - 12 AM Pop Up Coworking - Vt Smoke & Cure Part 2 8 AM - 5 PM ACORN Farmer/Producer Workshop 9:30 AM - 12 PM ACORN Farmer/Producer Workshop Jan. 25 9:30 AM - 12 PM A Taste of Mindfulness 2:30 - 3:30 PM Puccini's Tosca - Opera Talk, Pierson Library 2:30 - 3:30 PM T.H.I.N.K. Tank @ Charlotte Library 3 - 4 PM Free Soup & Bread Supper Date Correction! 5 - 7 PM Book Editing for Beginners 6 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 25 7 - 9 PM An Inconvenient Sequel - Jan. 25 at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library 7 PM How to Begin Your College Search - Free Presentation 7:30 - 8:30 PM How to Begin Your College Search - Free Presentation 7:30 - 8:30 PM How to Begin Your College Search - Free Presentation 7:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	26 Nurturing Your Spirit 9 AM - 3 PM Saturday Stories at the Russell Library 10 - 11 AM Preschool Story Time 10:30 - 11:30 AM Free Community Dinner Friday 5:30 - 7 PM Free Retro Movie Showing at Bixby 6:30 - 9 PM 5th Annual Local Legends Concert 7 - 9 PM Family Feud and Contra Dance (Square Dance) 7 - 9 PM Local Legends Concert at CVU 7 - 9 PM Local Legends Concert at CVU Friday 7 PM 2018 Local Legends Concert 7 PM Rob Schwimmer: Theremin, Piano, Haken Continuum at UVM 7:30 PM Luau with Quadra 8 - 11 PM Luau with Quadra 8 - 11 PM +9 more see less	27 Contra and Square Dance All Day Movie Night at the Library All Day EHS Bands Spaghetti Dinner, Swing Away the Winter Blues 5:30 AM - 8 PM Valentine Meet the Artist and Open House 9 AM - 12 PM Learn Indian Vegetarian Cooking Jan. 27 9 AM - 2 PM Yoga Morning Flow 9:30 - 10:30 AM Saturday Stories at the Russell Library 10 - 11 AM Morning Magic at the Waldorf Preschool and Kindergarten 10 - 11:30 AM Morning Magic at Waldorf Preschool and Kindergarten 10 - 11:30 AM Morning Magic at Waldorf Preschool and Kindergarten 10 - 11:30 AM Upcoming Williston Historical Society Presentation 10:30 - 11:30 AM Stone Tools Discovered in Williston 10:30 AM Everybody Wins! Vermont's National Life Readathon 1 - 3:30 PM Reiki Level 1 & 2 Intensive 1 PM (multiday) Meet & Greet for Tedra Cobb Candidate to Congress NY-21 2 - 4 PM Soupie Sales Soup Tasting at Roadhouse Studio 3 - 5 PM Nutrition Wellness Workshop 3:30 - 5 PM Wild Game Dinner 4 - 7 PM Wild Game Dinner 4 - 7 PM Tasting of French Wines En Français 5 - 7 PM Green Mountain Club (Burlington) Annual Meeting 6 - 9:30 PM Mozart Birthday Bash! 7 - 8:30 PM Celtic Music & Dance Concert, Jan. 27 7 - 9 PM Contra and Square Dance Will Start Roving in January! 7 - 10 PM Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 27 7 PM Patrick Ross in Concert at Walkover 8 PM Meet with Your District 7-1 Rep. at Starving Artist 9 - 10 PM +23 more see less
28 It's a Free 4 All! 12 AM Sundance Film "Resilience" All Day New Haven Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast Jan. 28 All Day Waffle Breakfast to Support Mt. Abe Softball 7 - 11 AM Mt. Abe Softball Breakfast! 7 - 11 AM Jan 28 Leunig's - Great Food, Great Cause 9 AM - 9 PM Birdie-Bash Badminton Tournament to Support Essex CHIPS 10 AM - 3 PM Game Day at Kismet Place 1 - 4 PM Game Day at Kismet Hosted by Transition Town Williston 1 - 4 PM Discussion on Adverse Childhood Experiences! 1 PM Tchaikovsky in Vermont: Celebrating Identity 3 - 4:30 PM Tchaikovsky in Vermont: Celebrating Identity 3 - 4:30 PM Tchaikovsky in Vermont: Celebrating Identity 3 - 4:30 PM North Branch School Informational Meeting 3:30 - 5 PM Italian Buffet Dinner 4 - 7 PM Keewaydin Temagami Wilderness Canoe Camp Open House 5 - 7 PM Soup Supper @ Charlotte Library 5:30 - 7 PM +13 more see less	29 Charlotte Senior Center Monday Munch Menu Jan. 29 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM MCS Staff Appreciation Lunch 11:30 AM - 1 PM Tinkerbelles @ Charlotte Library 3 - 4 PM PJ Storyhour at the Bixby 6 - 7 PM The Essex Plan: Information Meeting at Richmond Library 7 - 9 PM Richmond Water Commission - Meeting with the Gateway 7 - 9 PM How Can We Address Climate Change? - the Essex Plan 7 - 9 PM Essex Selectboard Meets Jan. 29 7 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	30 Free Beer at Stone Corral Jan. 30 6 - 8 AM Baby Time @ Charlotte Library 9 - 10 AM Huntington Outdoor Recreation Open House 6 - 8 PM School Energy Forum 6 - 8 PM Final Reminder: Outdoor Recreation Visioning Open House 6 - 8 PM Bixby's Monthly Table Read Series 6 - 8:30 PM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting Jan. 30 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	31 Mental Health Advocacy Day 8 AM - 2 PM St. Francis Xavier School Open House Jan. 31 9 AM - 2 PM Rice Prospective Parent Luncheon 12 - 1 PM Rice Prospective Parent Luncheon 12 PM Rice Prospective Parent Luncheon 12 PM Richmond Stormwater Meeting Jan. 31 5 - 7 PM Recreation in the Hinesburg Town Forest 6 - 8 PM RSVP Heat Pump Community Event! 6:30 - 8:30 PM RSVP Residential Heat Pump Community Event! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Are Cold Climate Heat Pumps Right for You? 6:30 PM Climate Change Live Streaming and Watch Party Event 7:30 - 9 PM Fossil Free Fast: Climate Resistance Live Stream 7:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less	1 1st Thursday Concert with My Mother's Moustache All Day The Fog at One Radish Thursday All Day Maple Syrup Fundraising Sale All Day Community Senior Center Coffee Time! 9 - 11 AM A Taste of Mindfulness 2:30 - 3:30 PM T.H.I.N.K. Tank @ Charlotte Library 3 - 4 PM Open House at Christ the King Feb. 1 5:30 - 7 PM Open House at Christ the King Feb. 1 5:30 - 7 PM Christ the King School Open House 5:30 - 7 PM Open House at Christ the King School Feb. 1 5:30 - 7:30 PM Memoir Writing Class 6 - 7:30 PM Vermont Song Farmer Gathering 6 - 8 PM Polish Cooking Class 6 PM Beer, Pizza and Conversation 6:30 - 8 PM "Telling on Ourselves- Stories of Humor and Hope" 7 - 9 PM +11 more see less	2 Family Contra Dance All Day Free Painting Program, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library All Day A.C. Moore Fundraiser to Benefit Auntdot's Place 9 AM - 9 PM Preschool Story Time @ Charlotte Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Preschool Story Time 10:30 - 11:30 AM Try a Kindermusik Infant Class This Week! 11 AM - 12 PM Spaghetti Dinner at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM Groundhog Day's Party 6 - 8 PM Kids Night Out at JUMC Feb. 2 6 - 8 PM Trout Paint Night 6 - 8:30 PM Bixby's Movie Features "The Dark Tower" 6:30 - 9 PM Movie Night at Huntington Library Feb. 2 7 - 8:30 PM 50 Years of Art: an Emerald City Retrospective 7 - 9 PM Live Auction/Variety Show to Benefit VDA 7 - 9 PM Men Alive Retreat at Rock Point Burlington 7 PM (multiday) Men Alive Retreat at Rock Point 7 PM (multiday) +12 more see less	3 Moving Sale (multiday) Meet with Your District 7-1 Rep. at the Starving Artist 9 - 10 AM Stock Up for Super Bowl at Vergennes Farmer's Market 9 AM - 12 PM Stock Up - Super Bowl at Vergennes Farmer's Market 9 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Taking Things Apart - Workshop for Families 10 AM - 12 PM Amnesty International State Meeting 10 AM - 2 PM Moving Sale - South Summit St 10 AM - 2 PM Everybody Wins! Benefit Brunch at Waterworks 11:30 AM - 2 PM Everybody Wins! Benefit Brunch at Waterworks Saturday 11:30 AM - 2 PM Everybody Wins! Benefit Brunch at Waterworks Saturday 11:30 AM - 2 PM Shelburne Winterfest 12 - 3 PM Wrap Bracelet Workshop 1 - 3 PM Camp Wabun Open House 2 PM Hokum Bros at Village Wine & Coffee's 13th Anniversary 2:30 - 5 PM Annual French Canadian Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Talent Show Fundraiser Saturday 6 - 8 PM Talent Show Fundraiser 6 - 8 PM A Capella Night at Metronome! 6:30 - 9 PM This Shining Night Benefit Concert 7:30 PM +16 more see less