Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2021

SUNDAY SUN	MONDAY MON	TUESDAY TUE	WEDNESDAY WED	THURSDAY THU	FRIDAY FRI	SATURDAY SAT
28 Christmas Trees at Murray Hill Farm 9 AM (multiday) Screening 'Soulmates' at the Grange Hall Cultural Center 7 PM (multiday) Makers Market 12 AM (multiday) Artwork for Sale - Small Business Saturday 10 AM (multiday) Stained Glass Studio Sales Event 10 AM (multiday) Hand-Carved Cherry Wooden Spoons 11 AM (multiday) Krusch Preserve Trail Building Day 9 AM - 4 PM Composers of Color 3rd Session This Sunday! 7 - 8:30 PM Meditators Unite! 7:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	29	30 Giving Tuesday to the Elmore Community Trust 12 AM - 11:59 PM Givingtuesday at Mill Market & Deli to Support JLCV 8 AM - 7 PM #GivingTuesday at Mill Market & Deli to Support JLCV 8 AM - 7 PM Special Select Board Meeting 5 - 5:15 PM #Givingtuesday at Sushi Yoshi to Benefit GMAS 5 - 8 PM Mountain Bike Strength Clinic with Summit P.T. 6 - 7:30 PM Elmore Informational Meeting 6 PM Bible Study 6:30 - 8 PM Varnum CCLA/Board Meeting Tonight 6:30 PM Florilla Ames Estate Sale - Waterbury Center 8 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	1 December Art Sale and Fundraiser 12 AM (multiday) Teen Advisory Board Meeting at MCL 3 AM - 4 PM Community Toy Swap at MCL 6 - 6:45 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Alternatives Presentation for School Street Bridge 6:15 PM Official Warning for Public Hearing 7 PM +2 more see less	2 American Legion Post #59 - Thursday Dinner All Day Dec. 2, Annual Stowe Senior Dinner All Day Free Virtual Legal Clinic for Vermonters Age 60+ 9 - 11:30 AM Free Intro to Studio Cycle Class 12:15 - 12:45 PM Public Menorah Lighting with Governor Thursday 5 - 6 PM Johnson Sk8park & Bike Track Committee Meets Dec. 2 5 PM Community Old Time Jam 6:15 - 8 PM VTSSM Red Bench Series: Brief History of the Snowboard 7 - 8:30 PM VTSSM Red Bench Speaker Series – Thursday Night! 7 - 8:30 PM A Brief History of the Snowboard Dec. 2 7 - 8:30 PM Middlesex Conservation Commission Meeting - Dec. 2 7 PM +7 more see less	3 Festival of Lights & Expanded Holiday Gift Fair (multiday) Eastern Star Soup Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Soup and Bread Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Soup Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Family Movie Matinee 1 - 2:30 PM A Traditional Christmas in Stowe ~ Dec. 3-5 3 PM (multiday) Johnson Jubilee! Fun All over Town, Friday 4 - 7 PM VSC Holiday Jubilee: Open Studios & Art Market 4 - 7 PM Wine Tasting at the Wine Vault 4 - 7 PM The Front: Group Show 46 / Under $100 Holiday Market 4 - 7 PM Show 46 and Under $100 Holiday Market at the Front 4 - 8 PM Art of Stories: A VT Picture Book Exhibit Reception 4 - 8 PM +8 more see less	4 Hyde Park Christmas Craft Fair All Day Craft Fair 8 AM - 3 PM Yankee Trader Bookshop Sale 8 AM (multiday) Free Acupuncture Day Saturday 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Hyde Park Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Hyde Park Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Treats Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Hyde Park Christmas Craft Fair Dec. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Craft Fair (Formally Held at Bishop Marshall School) 9 AM - 4 PM Diy Walk/Run to Raise $100 for Hubbard Park Expansion! 9 AM (multiday) Lamoille County Habitat for Humanity Work Day 9:30 AM - 3 PM Habitat for Humanity 9:30 AM - 3 PM Free STEM Showcase/Fun Activities Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Free STEM Showcase/Fun Activities Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Free & Hands-On Stem Fun for Kids! Dec. 4 10 AM - 12 PM Stowe Community Church Christmas Craft and Bake Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Stowe Community Church Christmas Craft and Bake Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Sunset Grille Indoor Yard Sale! 10 AM - 3 PM Gift Wrapping - Bridgeside Books to Benefit Food Shelf 10 AM - 4 PM MACC's 21st Festival of Lights Dec. 4 10 AM - 6 PM Vintage Holiday Pop-Up Sale 10 AM (multiday) JES 6th Grade Bottle Drive Fundraiser 12 - 2 PM Christmas Mini Session 12:30 - 2:30 PM Lamoille Valley Dance Academy's Frozen Nutcracker! 1 - 2 PM Knitting for All Levels at Waterville Town Library 1 - 3 PM Holiday Wreath Making with Wolcott FD Auxiliary 2 - 4 PM Annual a Cappella Holiday Afternoon Concert Dec. 4 2 PM Native Solstice Traditions Dec. 4 at the Grange 4:30 - 6 PM Hyde Park Lighting of the Wreaths ~ Dedicate a Light 5 - 5:30 PM River of Light Parade 2021 5 - 7 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert Live December 4 7 - 9 PM The Vermont Fiddle Orchestra is Back Live! 7 - 9 PM A Funny Program About Funny Programs 8 - 9 PM +31 more see less
5 Evergreen Wreath Workshop 1 - 4 PM Donation Collection 1 - 5 PM Open House Celebration & Mini Holiday Market 1 PM Elmore Children's Holiday Craft Party 3 - 4 PM Lessons and Carols with Elisabeth Von Trapp 3 - 4:30 PM Lessons and Carols with Elisabeth Von Trapp 3 - 4:30 PM A Special Presentation by Gary Irish 3 - 5 PM Lessons and Carols 3 PM Composers of Color Last Session Tonight! 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	6 A Modern Artist: the Commercial Art of Rachael Robinson 1:30 PM Selectboard Agenda - Special Meeting Dec. 6 5:30 PM OSSU Board Agenda for Dec. 6 Meeting 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting 6:45 PM Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	7 Children's Story & Craft at Waterville Town Library 10 - 11 AM Ukulele Jam Session for Kids at MCL 3 - 4 PM Regular Select Board Meeting 5 - 8 PM American Legion Family Bingo 5 PM LSUU Capital Projects Committee Meeting 5 PM Illumination Night at VCFA 5:30 - 7 PM LSUU Regular School Board Meeting 5:30 - 8 PM Q&A Meeting This Thursday at Senior Ctr 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	8 Vermont Maple Conference Week Moves to 100% Online (multiday) Online Benefit Auction - Great Gift Items! (multiday) Vermont Economic Briefing on Dec. 8 10 AM - 3 PM Vermont's Greenest Buildings Virtual Tour Dec. 8 12 - 1 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 1 - 6 PM People of Epic Narration (Pen) Creative Writing Group 3 - 4 PM Underhill Energy Committee Regular Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Join Our Real Community Coalition Conversation! 5 - 6:30 PM Real Community Conversation 5 PM Join Us for the Next Real Community Conversation 5 PM Homesteaders' Meet-Up 6 - 7 PM Mindfulness During the Dark Season 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	9 Montpelier Community Gospel Choir in Free Concert 12 - 1 PM American Legion Post #59 Thursday Night Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Stowe Republicans Holiday Party 5 - 8 PM Wolcott School Board Agenda Dec. 9 6 - 8 PM Underhill Selectboard Meeting Dec. 9 6 PM MRV Trivia Nights Are Back! 6:30 - 8 PM No-Pressure Book Group This Thursday 7 - 8 PM VSC Reading w/ Kaveh Akbar & Darius Atefat-Peckham 7 - 8 PM Stowe High School Musical Dec. 9-11! 7 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	10 Green Bag Day is Tomorrow! 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Howard Center Job Fair 1 - 5 PM Knee Health Workshop 6 - 7 PM Knee Health Workshop 6 - 7 PM Radium Girls, A One-Act Play 7 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	11 Women's Festival of Crafts Virtual Show (multiday) Jeffersonville Church Craft and Cookie Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Martin Crafts Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Nellie May's “Christmas on the Front Porch” 9 AM - 4 PM Adobe Lightroom Bootcamp: 1-Day Photography Workshop 9 AM - 4:30 PM December Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Little Ones Yoga 10 - 10:30 AM Free Community Cookie Decorating Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Yellow Turtle Stocking Stuffer & Gift Sale! 10 AM (multiday) Christmas Tree Thanks Ed & Robin Lemery Dec. 11 11 AM - 12 PM Outdoor Clothing Swap 11 AM - 2 PM Stowe Farmers Market Indoor Event 11 AM - 3 PM Stowe Farmers' Market * Winter Market This Saturday! 11 AM - 3 PM Moretown Artisans Fair 11 AM (multiday) Genealogy Class 12 - 1:30 PM Holiday Senior Gathering 2 - 4 PM Drive by Santa and Friends in the Park - Rotary Club 3 - 5 PM Teens Teaching Technology 6:30 - 8:30 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 7:30 - 9 PM +16 more see less
12 Craftsbury Holiday Market on Sunday 12/12! 1 - 4 PM Holiday Sing Along - Winterfest Silent Auction 2 - 4 PM Elmore Christmas Caroling Hayride 3 - 4:30 PM Drive by Santa and Friends in the Park - Rotary Club 3 - 5 PM Caroling and Cocoa 4 - 5 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 4 - 5:30 PM VYOA Presents OrchestraPalooza at the Flynn! 4 - 6 PM For Youth-Grassroots Organizing for Legislation Action 4 - 6:30 PM Grassroots Organization for Legislative Action 4 - 6:30 PM VYOA's Orchestrapalooza 4 PM VYOA Presents OrchestraPalooza at the Flymn 4 PM +7 more see less	13 Virtual Travelogue: Frankincense Trees 1:30 PM Duxbury Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM MMUUSD Board Meeting Dec. 13 6:30 PM VSC Visiting Artist Talk with Emilie Louise Gossiau 7 - 8 PM	14 Last Call for Water Wanderings Scholarship Auction! (multiday) Vigil for Lisa Kelley 5 PM Vigil in Remembrance of Lisa Kelley 5 PM Johnson Sk8park Committee Budget Meeting Dec. 14 5 PM Worcester Planning Commission Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Quilters Gathering 6:15 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	15 Teen Holiday Craft 3 - 4 PM Ladies Night at BunyaBunya 4 - 7 PM Park Dancing in Waterbury Center December 15th at 5 PM 5 - 7 PM Starlight Celebration: Park Dancing 5 - 7:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM Ghost Stories on a Winter's Night 6:30 - 7:30 PM MRPS School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Racism in America Forum Dec. 15 7 PM Racism in America Forum Dec. 15 7 PM +6 more see less	16 MPD/Toys for Tots Holiday Toy Distribution Event 8 AM (multiday) Celebrate Christmas at Christ Church 12 PM Thursday Night Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM American Legion Post #59 Thursday Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Homeownership Informational Meeting- Habitat 4 Humanity 6 - 8 PM Community Jam 6:15 - 7:30 PM Blue Christmas Service 7 - 8 PM VSC Writers on the Rise with Joy Baglio 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	17 Christmas Bird Count 6 AM - 6 PM Winter Wonderland Snowflake Mobile Craft at MCL 3:30 - 4:30 PM Sip N' Slurry Class at River Arts 6 - 8 PM Mocks and Smocks for Ages 14+ 6 - 8 PM Willem Lange Performs 'A Christmas Carol' 7 - 9 PM Green Mountain Nutcracker at Moretown Town Hall 7 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	18 Updates for Events at the Waterville Town Library 9 AM - 2 PM Office Closing Sale This Saturday 9 AM Jericho Food Shelf This Saturday Dec. 18 9:30 - 10:30 AM Writers' Wertfrei This Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Library Event 10 AM CCFM Holiday Market - This Saturday! 11 AM - 1 PM Local Author Signing-Bear Pond Books 11 AM - 1 PM Spruce Peak Lights Festival 12 - 7 PM Vermont Jazz Ensemble - Tom Morse Memorial Livestream 1 - 2 PM Francofun En Famille - Fun with French for Families! 1:30 - 2:30 PM GMPA Virtual Winter Wonderland 2021 2 PM (multiday) A Festive Night at the Jeff Church 5 - 7 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Holiday Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Winter Solstice Pray for Snow Benefit Party 8:30 PM +10 more see less
19 Pancakes for the People This Sunday! 8 - 11:30 AM Sunday Sheepskins, Skis/Skates, & Care to CV Causes 10 AM - 1 PM Sunday Sheepskins, Skis / Skates & Care to CV Causes 10 AM - 1 PM Family Discovery Hikes at North Branch Nature Center 10:30 AM - 12 PM Boosters for (Waterbury) Bucks! 11 AM - 2 PM Real Reindeer, Dasher & Cupid, Will Be in Waterbury! 11 AM - 2 PM Reindeer Rendezvous! 11 AM - 2 PM Reindeer Coming to Bidwell Lane 11 AM - 2 PM Skate with Santa at the Stowe Arena 1 - 3 PM Country Loaf Workshop, Rise Up Bakery 1 - 5 PM Live Nativity at Waterbury Congregational Church 4 PM Christmas Candle Lighting Service at Wolcott UMC 6 PM +8 more see less	20 Hunger's Hard, Baking's Easy Holiday Edition 8 AM - 3 PM Community Film Screening - This Wisdom of Trauma 5 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting 6:45 PM	21 Waterville Town Library Story & Craft Hour Dec. 21 10 - 11 AM Middlesex Select Board Meeting 5 - 7 PM Winter Solstice Celebration 5:30 - 6:15 PM Winter Solstice Meditation 5:30 - 6:15 PM Regular School Board Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Wolcott Principal Forum 6 - 7 PM Longest Night Service & Christmas Eve Outside & Online 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	22 Come See Santa! 6 - 8 PM The Bolshoi Ballet in HD Film “The Nutcracker” at SPPAC 6:30 PM (multiday) Homelessness Task Force Update Dec. 22 6:30 PM City Council Meeting Tonight 6:30 PM	23	24 Cambridge Town Clerk's Office Closed for Holiday Week (multiday) Christmas Eve Caroling at the Middlesex Bandstand 2 - 3 PM Worcester's Christmas Eve Afternoon Pageant 2 - 4 PM Live Nativity at the United Church of Underhill 3 - 3:30 PM Christmas Eve Services at Stowe Community Church 3 - 11 PM Christmas Eve Service 4 PM Please Join Us for Our Annual Christmas Eve Service 4 PM Christmas Eve Outdoor Caroling 4:30 - 5 PM Moretown United Methodist Church 5:30 PM Waterbury Mission Christmas Eve Service 6 - 7 PM Grace Bible Church 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve Changes at the United Church of Underhill 7 - 7:45 PM Christmas Eve Service WUMC - 56 South Main St 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service 7 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	25 Christmas Service St John's in Hardwick 4 PM
26 SHS Alumni Hockey Game 5:30 - 7:30 PM Karaoke at Tacos and Taps Bar 6 - 9 PM	27 LVDA Winter Wonderland Dance & Art Camp, Dec. 27-29! 9 AM (multiday) Urgent Blood Drive Monday Dec. 27 in Stowe 12:30 - 5 PM JCOGS Annual Blood Drive 12:30 - 5 PM JCOGS Annual Blood Drive 12:30 - 5 PM Urgent Blood Drive Dec. 27 in Stowe 12:30 - 5 PM +1 more see less	28 Florilla Ames Barn Sale \| Waterbury Center 8 PM (multiday)	29 "Meet a Tree" Workshop for Kids - Big Tree Contest 10 - 11:30 AM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM	30 Ring in the New Year with Jubal Harp & Song 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Free Webinar: How to Break Free from Health Challenges 1:30 PM Thursday Night Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM Celebrate the New Year with Stowe Cider! 8 PM (multiday)	31 Chicken Fat Injection at Stowe Cider NYE 5 - 8 PM Fireworks Display Dec. 31 9 - 9:30 PM	1 Fresh Start 5K 2022 9 - 10 AM Fox Paw School Tracking Club Meets This Saturday! 9 AM - 12 PM