Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2016

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27 Mirage! a Circus Life Dec. 27! 7 PM	28 Salsa Dance Classes at La Puerta Negra 6:30 - 10:30 PM	29 Dead Sessions Lite at Moogs Place Dec. 29, 30 & New Year's Eve! 9 PM (multiday)	30 The Adam Ezra Group at Spruce Peak Arts 7:30 PM	31 New Year's Eve 5K Road Race All Day New Year's Eve 5K Road Race All Day Fireworks, Music and Magic Happening New Year's Eve All Day Hardwick Gazette's Mike Bielawski on Bellyfeelradio WGDR 2015 Recap 7 - 8 AM The Landmark Tavern New Years Eve Celebration! 4 - 9 PM Montpelier Alive New Years Eve Festivities 4 - 11 PM See Marko the Magician on New Year's Eve! 4 - 11 PM Family Friendly New Year's Eve Dinner 5:30 - 8:30 PM New Year's Eve Party at Cork! 6 - 8:30 PM New Year's Eve Dance Party at Charlmont Restaurant 8 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	1 Auction Jan. 1 All Day Celebrate Our Vermont State Park System Jan. 1 All Day Skate for the Cure Friday Night! 7 - 9 PM	2 Bottle and Can Drive Saturday All Day Bottle and Can Drive to Support Capital Soccer All Day Bottle and Can Drive to Support Youth Soccer 9 - 11 AM BSA Troop #701 Christmas Tree Pickup 9 AM
3 Free Zumba Class! All Day Waterbury Bingo All Day Family Dance in Plainfield All Day	4 Women's Writing Workgroup 6:30 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM	5 EMUU Meeting Information All Day Take a Trip to Thailand - Through Photos! All Day Waterbury Yoga Series to Start Up All Day Drop in Music and Movement at River Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Salsa Dance Classes at La Puerta Negra 6:30 - 10 PM +1 more see less	6 Waterbury Stowe Fish and Game Club Annual Meeting All Day First Meeting of Stowe Wine Tasters All Day First Olli Talk of Winter Jan. 6 All Day Kids Yoga at Indyyoga All Day Osher Winter Lecture Series 1:30 PM +1 more see less	7 Montpelier Writer's Workshop All Day Drop-In Open Gym at River Arts 10 - 11:30 AM TBPS PTO Meeting 6 - 7 PM Music at Bagitos Cafe This Week (Jan. 7-10) 6 - 8 PM	8 Story Time Jan. 8 All Day Community Movie Night at Hunger Mountain Church! All Day Free Movie Night All Day World's Largest Lesson - a Guinness World Record 10 AM - 12 PM Kinder Arts Drop in at River Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Katie Trautz and Alec Ellsworth at Montpelier Skinny Pancake! 6 - 8 PM Katie Trautz and Alec Ellsworth at Montpelier Skinny Pancake! 6 - 8 PM Naturalist Journey's Slide Show & Lecture Series 2016! 7 - 9 PM Naturalist Journey's Slide Show & Lecture Series: Homo Naledi 7 - 9 PM Naturalist Journey's Slide Show & Lecture Series: Homo Naledi 7 - 9 PM The Jericho Cafe and Tavern Music Forecast 7 - 10 PM Solo Guitar at Espresso Bueno with Danielle O'hallisey 7:30 - 9 PM +8 more see less	9 Contra Dance Plus Waltzing, Sat. at the Grange! All Day Book Discussion: March by Geraldine Brooks All Day Earthwalk Field Institute Presents: Fire by Friction All Day Last Chance to Recycle Your Tree with the Scouts! All Day Winter Garage Sale This Weekend! All Day Music and Movement at the Library Jan. 9 All Day Exploring Botanical Drawing 10 AM - 2 PM Start Your Year Eating Healthy Foods at Jan. 9 Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Inspiring a Love of Reading in Your K-3 Child 1 - 3 PM Moving into Stillness 5 - 7:30 PM Community Movie - War Room 6 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less
10 Music at DRML All Day Open House Jan. 10 11:30 AM - 1 PM	11 Chandler After School Arts All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Informational Meeting All Day Kinship Care & Adoptive Parent Support Group All Day Agenda for Jan. 11 Meeting of HPES Board All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Informational Meeting All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Informational Meeting All Day Chandler After School Arts All Day Breakfast with the Principal in Richmond Jan. 11 7:30 AM Drop in Stained Glass Open Studio at River Arts 6 - 8:30 PM Stowe Selectboard Hear from "Experts" on North Hill Cell Tower 6:30 - 7 PM +6 more see less	12 WDSD School Board Meeting Jan. 12 All Day EMUU Information Meeting Jan. 12 All Day Poetry People All Day Children's Singalong with Allen Church All Day School Budget on Agenda for Jan. 12 CBMS 6 PM Legislative Forum Jan. 12 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	13 Village Meetings Jan. 13 All Day Osher Lecture Series All Day 16th Annual Sweetheart's Dance and Raffle All Day Wednesday Lecture at Town and Country All Day Coming Up at the CCG Hall on Rte 12 10 AM - 2 PM Women Business Owners Event on January 13th 5:30 - 7:30 PM Cancer Support Group Monthly Meeting 6 - 8 PM Young Adult Book Discussion at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 6:30 - 8 PM Alternative Cancer Therapy Documentary 6:30 PM Alternative Cancer Therapy Documentary 6:30 PM +6 more see less	14 Pickleball Clinic Jan. 14 All Day Pickleball Beginner Clinic All Day Pickleball Beginner Clinic Jan. 14 All Day Drop-In Open Gym at River Arts 10 - 11:30 AM Be Heard in 2016 - Free Marketing Workshops 10 AM - 12 PM Free In-Product Email Training 12:30 - 1:30 PM Community Dinner Thursday 5 - 7 PM CESU PreK Parent Night at Jericho Elementary School 5:30 - 7:30 PM What Are Health Care Options After 65? 6 - 7 PM +5 more see less	15 4-6th Grade Laser Benefit Dance CES All Day Paint and Partake Class All Day Kinder Arts Drop in at River Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM	16 Returnable Can & Bottle Drive Benefit (multiday) Broomball Tournament (multiday) Garage Sale All Day Contradance Jan. 16 All Day Adult Broomball Tournament All Day Knights of Columbus Country Breakfast Jan. 16 All Day Landscaping for Pollinators All Day Celebration All Day Landscaping for Pollinators Jan. 16 All Day Landscaping for Pollinators Workshop at Kellogg Hubbard Library All Day Chad Hollister Band Jan. 16 All Day Last Call for Returnable Bottle and Can Drive All Day Christmas Tree Pickup 9 AM - 11 PM Landscaping for Pollinators Workshop Saturday 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Landscaping for Pollinators 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Kids Karnival Kaos 1 - 3 PM "Into the Heart of Trout Country" Slideshow - Free! 2 - 4 PM "Go for the Gold" Dance Team Competition 5 - 8 PM Community Potluck - Free & Open to the Public 6 - 7 PM Weatherman Roger Hill Speaks: Weather & Climate Change Jan. 16 6 - 8:30 PM Chad Hollister Band at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center 7:30 - 10 PM +17 more see less
17 Central Vermont Climate Action Meeting Jan. 17 All Day Moogs Place Family Sunday Music: Beg, Steal or Borrow 5 PM Library Co-Sponsors Free Sexuality Class for Ages 35+ 6:30 - 8:30 PM Chandler Film Society Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6:30 PM Chandler Film Society Showing Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6:30 PM +1 more see less	18 Waterhouse Solar Public Info Mtg. Jan. 18 and Vote Jan. 19 (multiday) Hyde Park Solar Public Information Hearing Jan. 18 All Day Stowe School Board Meeting Jan. 18 All Day Cambridge 360 Annual Meeting All Day MLK Activities at Vermont History Museum Jan. 18 All Day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Community Discussion Jan. 18 All Day One Stop Shop 9 AM - 6 PM Martin Luther King Day Activities at VT History Museum 12 - 4 PM Northern Exposure Night - Mondays 6 - 8:30 PM Country Store Co-Op Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Cambridge Planning Commission Hosting Forum on Solar Siting 6:30 - 8 PM Women's Writing Workgroup at River Arts 6:30 - 8:30 PM +8 more see less	19 Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Town Vote Jan. 19 All Day The Hungry Heart Film All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Town Vote All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Town Vote Jan. 19 All Day Monthly MACC Board Meeting All Day Senate Public Hearing on Marijuana Legalization at UVM All Day Spanish Conversation Jan. 19 All Day Underhill Selectboard Meeting Jan. 19 All Day Hungry Heart Film at Montpelier HS Auditorium Jan. 19 All Day EMUU Morristown Revote Jan. 19 All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Town Vote Jan. 19 7 AM - 7 PM Calling All Wonder Women! 4 - 5:30 PM Community Dinner & Music Series Stowe Street Cafe 6 - 9 PM “The Hungry Heart” Documentary Film & Discussion Jan. 19 6:30 - 9 PM +10 more see less	20 Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Committee Meeting Jan. 20 All Day Craftsbury Energy Comm. Shows "Surviving Progress" Jan. 20 All Day WCSU Study Committee Meeting Jan. 20 All Day WCSU Act 46 Study Committee: Public Invited to Attend Jan. 20 All Day 6 Week Workshop on Managing Your Own Pain 10:30 AM - 1 PM Weekly Osher Lecture 1:30 - 3 PM Submit Your Regional Planning Ideas! 6 - 7 PM +3 more see less	21 VT Dollars VT Sense Talk Kellogg-Hubbard Library Jan. 21 All Day Drop-In Open Gym at River Arts 10 - 11:30 AM Open House for Northwestern Dermatology Jan. 21 5 - 7 PM SEF Wine & Dine for Stowe Schools Jan. 21 6 - 7:30 PM Winter Book Discussion Series at Library Jan. 21 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	22 Rwanda Fundraiser Friday! Jan. 22 All Day Naked in the Canyon Lecture All Day Cork Waterbury: Wine 101 Class This Friday! Jan. 22 All Day Auction Friday Jan. 22 All Day Rwanda Fundraiser and Live Music! All Day Kinder Arts Drop in at River Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Opening Winter Exhibition Reception: Friday 6 - 8 PM North Branch Nature Center: Naturalist Journey's Lecture Series 2016! 7 - 9 PM Rwanda Fundraiser! 7 PM Starline Rhythm Boys at Moogs Place Jan. 22 9 PM +6 more see less	23 HPES Spaghetti Dinner All Day Dance Showcase to Benefit Puppets in Education All Day Benefit Spaghetti Dinner: Live Music & Auction All Day Climate Change and Response of People of Faith All Day Dreaming Back to Earth - The Light Returns All Day Winter Wassail This Saturday in Shoreham! Jan. 23 All Day Spaghetti Dinner Jan. 23 All Day Moving Sale All Day Watercolor Workshop with Lisa Forster Beach 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Concert, Contradance, Potluck and Jam Jan. 23 4 - 10:30 PM Bernie Watch Party Jan. 23 5 - 8 PM Ruelle Boutique's Open Shop Jean Swap 6 - 8 PM Ruelle Boutique's Open Shop Jean Swap 6 - 8 PM Dinner Fundraiser for Service Trip to Haiti Jan. 23 6 - 8 PM Dinner at the Governor's House 6:30 PM Katie Trautz and Wooden Dinosaur at Radio Bean Lampshop! 8 - 10 PM Katie Trautz and Wooden Dinosaur at Radio Bean Lampshop! 8 - 10 PM +13 more see less
24 Cribbage Tournament All Day On Art Talks... and One This Sunday All Day Capital City Concerts-Canciones Calientes-Latin-Inspired Music Jan. 24 All Day Capital City Concerts - Latin-Inspired Chamber Music Jan. 24 All Day Winter Themed Cake Decorating Class 10 AM - 12 PM New Art Show and Talk at White Meeting House Jan. 24 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Open House Sunday 1 - 3 PM Family Fun Day at the Grange 3 - 6 PM Family Fun Day, Berlin 3 - 6 PM +5 more see less	25 Human Bowling All Day Lamoille Region Chamber of Commerce: Legislative Breakfast Jan. 25 All Day Full Moon Ski Tour 6pm Jan. 25 All Day Zoning Hearing Jan. 25 All Day Live on MMCTV: MMMU/CESU Delayed Start Meetg All Day Special Meeting: Board of Trustees, Village of Hyde Park 4:30 PM Stowe Selectboard to Discuss North Hill Cell Tower 6 - 7 PM Opening: "Najawa, a Story of Palestine" Jan. 25 6 - 8 PM Northern Exposure Night Jan. 25 6 - 8:30 PM Naturalist Program for Night Owl Story Time! 6 PM LGBTQ "Tune Up" Workshop for Allies Jan. 25 6:30 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	26 WDSD School Board Meeting Jan. 26 All Day Middlesex Energy Team Meeting Jan. 26 All Day Old Growth Forests Talk Jan. 26 All Day "This Changes Everything" Film Screening and Panel Discussion All Day "This Changes Everything” Film Screening & Panel Discussion Jan. 26 All Day "This Changes Everything" Film Screening and Panel Discussion All Day WDSD School Board Meeting- Jan. 26 All Day Old Growth Forest Talk with Bill Keeton Jan. 26 All Day VT Beekeepers Association Winter Meeting Jan. 26 9 AM - 3:30 PM Conversation with VT State Legislators Jan. 26 5:30 - 7:30 PM Need to Hit "Restart" Button? Free Talk at Stowe Free Library Jan. 26 6 - 7:30 PM Spanish Conversation Group 6 - 7:30 PM Morristown Corners Homeless Shelter Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +9 more see less	27 Planning Commission Open House All Day MPS Community Forum - the Future of School Jan. 27 All Day MPS Community Forum - the Future of School All Day MPS Community Forum - the Future of School All Day Olli Program: "Marijuana: Legal and Regulated" Jan. 27 All Day Zoning Open House This Week Jan. 27 All Day Board of Listers Meeting All Day Salad in a Jar & Soup Swap Event Jan. 27 All Day Special Selectboard Meeting Jan. 27 All Day Historical Society Meets Jan. 27 All Day VCFA Visual Art Student Exhibitions Jan. 27 10 AM (multiday) Free Alfred Hitchcock Lecture This Wed. 1:30 PM +8 more see less	28 Cookies and Coloring for Adults at Library Jan. 28 All Day Rumney Building Open House All Day Free Soup & Bread Supper All Day Rumney Renovation Open House All Day VCFA Visual Art Program Symposium with Guest Artists Jan. 28 9 AM - 12 PM Drop-In Open Gym at River Arts 10 - 11:30 AM Cookies and Coloring for Adults Free! Jan. 28 6:30 - 7:30 PM Laughter, Music & More at Spruce Peak Arts! Jan. 28 7:30 - 9 PM +4 more see less	29 Craft Fair! Jan. 29-30 (multiday) Waterbury's Winterfest is Coming! Jan. 29 - Feb. 7 All Day Jasper Hill Farm Cheese Tasting & Wine Pairing at Cork Jan. 29 All Day HUHS Project Graduation Mystery Dinner & Silent Auction Jan 29 All Day Harwood Senior Mardi Gras Mystery Dinner Jan. 29 All Day Sara Grace with Andy Suits at La Puerta Negra! Jan. 29 All Day Harwood Union H.S. Mardi Gras Mystery Dinner All Day Snow Globe Story Time All Day Kinder Arts Drop in at River Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Free Tata Harper Mini-Facials at Green Envy 11 AM - 5 PM Harwood Union Project Graduation Mystery Dinner Jan. 29 6 - 10 PM Vermont Mozart Festival Chamber Players Jan. 29 7 - 8:30 PM St. Mike's Seeking Spoken Words Poets! 7 PM +9 more see less	30 Fire and Ice Jan. 30 All Day Free Ice Fishing Elmore Lake All Day Writing My Life Workshop Jan. 30 All Day Author / Artist Talk & Nature Walk Jan. 30 All Day Winterfest Dance and Silent Auction All Day Winter Fest Scrabble Scramble Jan. 30 All Day Red Cross Blood Drive at TBPS Jan. 30 All Day Winter Festival Annual Lasagna Dinner Jan. 30 All Day Pan-Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 30 All Day Celtic Spirituality Retreat, Jan. 30 All Day Navigating Life's Seasons: Writing Your Life Jan. 30 All Day Youth Fishing Derby Jan. 30! All Day Author/Artist Talk & Nature Walk All Day Youth Ice Fishing Derby 7:30 AM - 12 PM Raven Hill Trek 9 - 11 AM Cambridge Area Rotary Pie for Breakfast Jan. 30 9 AM - 12 PM Winterfest Info 9 AM (multiday) JRC Knife Sharpening...Saturday at Stowe Kitchen Bath & Linens 10 AM - 2 PM Authentic Movement with Abbi Jaffe Jan. 30 11 AM - 12 PM Chocolate Trunk Show Featuring Quayl's Chocolates Jan. 30 1 - 3 PM Chocolate Trunk Show Featuring Quayl's Chocolates Jan. 30 1 - 3 PM Author / Artist Talk & Nature Walk Jan. 30 1 - 3 PM Everybody Wins! Read-A-Thon Jan. 30 1 - 3:30 PM Navigating Life's Seasons 2 - 4 PM Wild Game Supper 4 - 7 PM Italian Buffet Dinner 4 - 7 PM Pan-Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 30 7 PM +23 more see less
31 Paint and Partake Class All Day Rogue Opening for Sunday Brunch All Day Winter Tales from the Wild All Day Sunday Brunch at Rogue! All Day Painting the Figure in Watercolor! 1:30 - 5:30 PM Ice on Fire Winter Festival Jan. 31 2 - 5 PM Ice on Fire Jan. 31 2 - 5 PM VT Youth Orchestra Performs with HS Singers from Across the State 3 PM Waterbury Empty Bowls Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM War Room Film Showing Jan. 31 5:30 PM Mayfly on the Point's Local Music Spotlight! 6:30 PM Mayfly on the Point's Local Music Spotlight! 6:30 PM +8 more see less	1 Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Feb. 1 All Day Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Feb. 1 All Day Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Feb. 1 All Day School Board Meeting All Day Mindful Eating / Nourishing Lunch Series Feb. 1 1 - 2 PM Northern Exposure Night 6 - 8:30 PM Room for Rent 6 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	2 League of Women Voters Happy Hour Feb. 2 All Day Winterfest Day Five, Feb. 2, Woodchuck Day All Day League of Women Voters Happy Hour Feb. 2 All Day Duxbury Town Forest Meeting and Discussion Feb. 2 6 PM The X-Y-Z's of College Planning 6:30 - 8 PM Winterfest IPA Taste Test Feb. 2 8 PM +2 more see less	3 Montpelier Shambhala Center - Making Friends W/ Yourself All Day Waterbury Winterfest Day Six Feb. 3 All Day Campbell Brothers, 'Sacred Steel' Blues/Gospel Feb. 3 All Day Sacred Steel All Day Campbell Brothers, 'Sacred Steel' Blues/Gospel Feb. 3 All Day Humane Lobby Day for Animals in Montpelier 1 - 6 PM Community Class at VCIH: Wild Carrot Seed for Natural Contraception 6 - 8 PM Matt Dunne for Governor Event in Stowe Feb. 3 6 - 8 PM Community Herb Class at VCIH: Wild Carrot Seed - Natural Contraception Feb. 3 6 - 8 PM Morristown Bike-Ped Committee Meeting Feb. 3 6:30 - 7:30 PM 4-Week Singing Intensive Workshop Starts Feb. 3! 6:30 PM Campbell Brothers 'Sacred Steel' Blues / Gospel Concert Feb. 3 7:30 PM +8 more see less	4 Free Home Weatherization Workshop Feb. 4 All Day Waterbury Kids Fest 2016 Planning Underway - Meeting All Day Free Conversational Spanish Class for Beginners Feb. 4 All Day Free Home Weatherization Workshop Feb. 4 All Day Argentine Tango at Varnum Feb. 4 All Day Consider Bishop Marshall - Open House Feb. 4 9 - 10:30 AM Drop-In Open Gym at River Arts 10 - 11:30 AM Route 109 Community Lunch at Waterville Town Hall Feb. 4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM After School Option 3 - 5 PM Fundraising Event for Phil Scott 5 - 7 PM Community Fundraiser! 5:30 - 8 PM Linked Literati Winter Book Discussion Series Feb. 4 at Library 6 - 7:30 PM Free Home Weatherization Workshop Feb. 4 6 - 8 PM Free Home Weatherization Workshop Feb. 4 6 - 8 PM Helping Hands Sip and Style Rogue Artisans Cafe Feb. 4 6 - 10 PM "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" Feb. 4 6:30 - 8 PM Dance at the Varnum? Yes! 7 - 8 PM +13 more see less	5 Argentine Tango at the Varnum All Day An Investment Opportunity in a Vermont Startup! All Day Cartoon Art for Art Walk! All Day The Art of Cartooning All Day Job Fair at Central Vermont Medical Center 10 AM - 4 PM Kinder Arts Drop in at River Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Books and DVDs for Sale 10:30 AM (multiday) Point of View Movie at DRML 6:30 PM +4 more see less	6 Mental Illness One Day Workshop Feb. 6 All Day "Free" Solar Electricity - Solar Open House Feb. 6 All Day Community Breakfast at Second Congregational Church Feb. 6 All Day Ski Bum Prom This Saturday Night! Feb. 6 All Day American Legion Auxiliary Post Fundraiser All Day Sock Hop to Benefit Auxiliary All Day Art Lab Creative Workshops at Orchard Valley! Feb. 6 All Day Sock Hop All Day Community Breakfast at Second Congregational Church Feb. 6 All Day Ski Bum Prom - Fundraiser in Jeffersonville Feb. 6 All Day Waterbury Winterfest, Day Nine Feb. 6 All Day Ford-Winter Follies Show to Support the Bridge Feb. 6 All Day Help Us Celebrate the 5th Annual Take Your Child to the Library Day! All Day The Quickening, Dowsing and Spiritual Stewardry Feb. 6 All Day Mid-Winter Follies Show to Support Bridge Feb. 6 All Day ford-Winter Follies Show to Support the Bridge Feb. 6 All Day Local Author Visit at the Library Feb. 6 All Day Feb. 6 Flynn Tickets for Sale All Day GMC Trails Day Feb. 6 9 AM - 4 PM Take Your Child to the Library Day 10 AM - 3 PM Seed Swap: Gardeners' Get-Together at the Varnum 10:30 - 11:30 AM Want to See If Yoga Is Right for You? 1 - 2 PM Sock Hop Fundraiser at Waterbury American Legion 6 - 11 PM Hockey Game Fundraiser: Cops and Coaches Feb. 6 7:30 PM Contradance Feb. 6 8 - 11 PM +21 more see less