Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2015

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29 Hunger Mountain Children's Center Online Holiday Auction 8 AM (multiday) Book Sale (multiday) ABB's Nutcracker Featuring Local Dancers (multiday) Trine Wilson Photography 10 AM (multiday) The Nutcracker 3 PM (multiday) Albany Berkshire Ballet Celebrates the Nutcracker at the Flynn 7 PM (multiday) Annual Giving Tree Kick-Off All Day Girl Scout Bottle Drive Sun. All Day Taylor's 3rd Annual Giving Christmas Party 11 AM - 3 PM Wearable Art Studio Sale Nov. 29 12 - 4 PM +6 more see less	30 'Cider Monday' at Bridgeside Books All Day Meeting on Underhill Country Store Nov. 30 All Day Water/Sewer Bills Due Mon. All Day Underhill Country Store 6 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda Nov. 30 6:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	1 Edwards Road Closure - Note from Mark Delaney 8 AM (multiday) Colchester School Board - FY '17 Budget 7 - 9 PM	2 Public Hearing for Park Budget 2016/17 All Day Art by Alix and Jewelry at Waterbury Area Senior Center All Day Educational Forum on the Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax All Day Richmond Planning Commission Agenda Dec. 2 All Day Community Night at Bluebird BBQ All Day Star Night, Star Bright: an Evening of Stars! All Day Richmond Town Plan Steering Committee Agenda Dec. 2 All Day Nature Drawing at Stowe Street Cafe 4 - 5:30 PM Community Night at Bluebird Barbecue 4:30 - 9:30 PM Xmas Ornament Making for Kids and Adults! 6:30 - 8 PM Educational Forum on Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax 7 - 8:30 PM Educational Forum on Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax 7 - 8:30 PM Educational Forum on Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax 7 - 8:30 PM Advent Lessons and Carols at Good Shepherd 7 PM +10 more see less	3 Jericho Farmers Market Early Holiday Market!! Dec. 3 All Day Community Soup, Chili, and Bread Supper All Day Route 109 Community Lunch 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Holiday Luncheon - Burlington Garden Club's Annual Fundraiser 12:30 - 3 PM Holiday Luncheon - Burlington Garden Club's Annual Fundraiser 12:30 - 3 PM Community Soup Potluck 5 - 7 PM Holiday Open House at Spa and Sports Center at Stoweflake! 5:30 - 8 PM Public Hearing 5:30 PM CCTA Public Hearing Dec. 3 5:30 PM Paying for College Presentation - BFA St Albans, Dec. 3 6 - 8 PM Paying for College Presentation - Colchester High School 6:30 - 8 PM Jericho Open Mic Dec. 3 6:30 - 8:30 PM Free Talk - Author Ellen Stimson "An Old Fashioned Christmas" 7 - 8 PM +9 more see less	4 TBPS PTO Muffins with Mom 7:30 - 7:50 AM Annual Sock Sale 9 AM (multiday) Waldorf School Holiday Fair 10:30 AM (multiday) Holiday Farmers' Market 3 - 7 PM Free Kids Night Out & Gift Making Workshop 5:30 - 8:30 PM Missions Opportunity 6:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	5 Casting Audition (multiday) Bella Voce's Annual Holiday Concerts (multiday) Bella Voce's Feast of Carols (multiday) CES 6th Grade Class Trip Christmas Tree and Bake Sale (multiday) Holiday Open House at the Old Mill Craft Shop (multiday) WES 6th Grade Raffle Night All Day The Milo White Band at Jericho Cafe and Tavern All Day Holiday Slate Ornament Making Workshop for Kids Dec. 5! All Day Ladies of St Ann Christmas Bazaar All Day CANCELLED: Indoor Moving Sale, 8 Circle Drive, Dec. 5 All Day Holiday Market – Experience Walking Around Downtown Richmond All Day Richmond Holiday Market Dec. 5 All Day Beef Stew Dinner All Day Soup Festival All Day Fun and Lively Home Town Auction! All Day Santa Claus is Coming to Bridgeside Books! All Day More Music! All Day Tony Trischka's "Glory Shone Around" - Valley Stage Productions All Day River of Light Parade Date All Day Story Barn Holy Cow! All Day "Winter Centerpieces" with Charlotte Albers 9 AM - 12 PM Ladies of St Ann Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Market - Buy Local 9 AM - 3 PM Monikrafts at Richmond Holiday Market 9 AM - 3 PM Handy Hill Tree Farm Opens with Bake Sale This Weekend! 9 AM - 4:30 PM Holiday Stroll Story Time, Crafts & Music at the WPL 10 - 11 AM Holiday Stroll Story Time, Crafts & Music 10 - 11 AM Underhill Central School Holiday Craft Fair Dec. 5 10 AM - 3 PM Comics and Manga Workshop for Teens 10 AM - 3 PM Underhill Central School Holiday Craft Fair Dec. 5th 10 AM - 3 PM Underhill Central School Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM 50 Ways to Prove He's Dead 10:30 AM - 12 PM Apartment for Rent! Open House Dec. 3 1 - 3 PM Nellie May's Christmas Open House 2 - 5 PM Story Barn Holy Cow! Event 2 PM (multiday) Farmers Market Dec. 3! 4 - 7:30 PM MCYC Calcutta Dec. 5! 6 - 9 PM Community Tree Lighting & Sing-A-Long This Saturday! 6:30 PM Holiday Basket Auction at White Church Saturday 7 - 9 PM Donations for Holiday Basket Auction 7 PM Milo White Band at Jericho Cafe & Tavern Dec. 5 7 PM Great Lady of Soul Bettye Lavette in Concert 7:30 PM +38 more see less
6 Holiday Pie Concert All Day Jericho Center Xmas Tree Lighting All Day Round Church Holiday Carol Sing All Day Dog Park Workday All Day Milton Holiday Concert Dec. 6 All Day Milton Historical Society Holiday Open House Luncheon All Day Open House at Jericho Town Library All Day Holiday Concert with Pie Dec. 6 All Day Jericho Town Library Open House All Day Oops! The Date of the Carol Sing is Sunday, Dec. 6! All Day Seeking Meaningful Christmas Gifts? 12 - 2:30 PM Author Visit at Emile a Gruppe Gallery 1 - 3:30 PM Milton Holiday Concert and Sing-Along 2 - 3 PM Milton Community Band Holiday Concert & Sing-Along 2 PM Holiday Open House and Wearable Art Sale 3 - 7 PM Holiday Party & Artisans' Sale at Sinclair Inn B & B Dec. 6 3 - 7 PM Christmas Tree Lighting at Burnham Library (Sunday) 4 - 5:30 PM Williston Holiday Tree Lighting 5 PM +14 more see less	7 End-Of-Life Planning and Care: Free Community Discussion All Day MMMUSD/CESU School Board Meeting Dec. 7 All Day End of Life Planning and Care: Panel Discussion All Day End of Life Planning and Care: Panel Discussion All Day School Board Meeting All Day 'Intimate Grandeur Vermont's State House' Discussion & Book Signing All Day Animal Cruelty Response Task Force Meeting Open to Public All Day Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Dec. 7 All Day Friday Food Affair Planning Meeting All Day From Richmond Rescue, Free Community Discussion All Day Breakfast with the Principal Dec. 7 7:30 - 8:45 AM Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Dec. 7 7:30 - 8:45 AM Richmond Water Commission Agenda Dec. 7 5:30 - 7 PM School Board Meeting Dec. 7 6 PM Calligraphy/Penmanship Class Offered 6:30 - 8 PM "Wet Your Bristles!" Painting Party Dec. 7 6:30 - 8:30 PM Friday Food Affair Planning Meeting Dec. 7 7 - 8:30 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda for Monday Dec. 7 7 - 9 PM +14 more see less	8 Common Loon of Vermont - Presentation Dec. 8 All Day Colchester Cobras Want You! All Day Prohibition Pig Fundraiser for TBPS PTO All Day Underhill Selectboard Regular Meeting Dec. 8 All Day WDSD School Board Meeting- Dec. 8 All Day Meet Sue Minter for Governor Dec. 8 All Day Poetry Lights the Evening 7 - 8:30 PM Concert by the Amateur Musicians Orchestra 7:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	9 Help Design a New Dorothy Canifeld Fisher Logo! All Day Community Lantern-Making Workshop All Day All Invited to "Meet & Greet" New JSC President All Day Monthly Meeting of Hale and Hearty Seniors Club All Day Tree Lighting and Carol Sing All Day Civil War Talk All Day Dreary Weather Got You Down? Come to Travel Talk! All Day CCTA Public Hearing on New Waterbury Link 5:30 PM A Natural History of Birth 6 - 7 PM Cambridge Historical Society Holiday Party 6 - 7:30 PM ‘Meet & Greet' Dr. Elaine Collins, New President at Jsc 6 PM Christmas Tree Lighting and Carol Sing 6:30 PM +8 more see less	10 Unwind and Create with Zentangle All Day Events at Johnson State College All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Action Auction All Day The Action Auction All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Community Dinner Dec. 10 All Day Waterbury Winterfest Silent Auction All Day Community Dinner Thursday Dec. 10 All Day Mt. Mansfield Photo Reception/Competition 4:30 - 6:30 PM A Winter Dance Recital 7 PM (multiday) LUHS Winter Dance Recital 7 PM (multiday) Jericho Energy Task Force Meeting Dec. 10 7:30 - 8:30 PM +11 more see less	11 Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long, Dec. 11 All Day Village Train Hop & Tree Lighting All Day CC Auction Dec. 11 All Day Karaoke & Pizza! All Day The Jericho Cafe and Tavern Music Forecast All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing - Benefits Local Food Shelf All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing - Benefits Local Food Shelf All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long All Day Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long All Day Excelerate Essex – a Must Stop Train Hop in Essex 6 - 8 PM Brick Church Music Series Concert 7 - 9 PM Brick Church Music Series Concert - Maple Jam 7 PM +10 more see less	12 A Cappella Holiday Concert with Green Mountain Chorus and Barre-Tones All Day Benefit Concert - Matterhorn Dec. 12 All Day Holiday Bazaar and Children's Craft Center Dec. 12 All Day Holiday Bazaar and Children's Craft Center Dec. 12 All Day Bolton Winter Carnival Dec. 12 at Smilie School All Day Christmas Cookie Extravaganza! All Day Cookies and Santa All Day Crochet and Knitting Group All Day Winter Carnival at Smilie School Dec. 12 All Day Craft Show at Fletcher Elementary All Day Book Launch at Stargazers - Don't Miss It! All Day Free Santa Photo Booth at the Moretown Artisans Sale - Dec. 12 All Day 22nd Annual Solidarity Craft Fair and Silent Auction All Day Special Olympics VT - Smugglers' Notch Team "Dinner for Champions" 5 AM - 9:30 PM Jeff 2nd Cong United Church of Christ 9 AM - 3 PM Basement Sale! Dec. 12 & 13 9 AM (multiday) Book Signing with Author Gary Furlong 10 AM - 1 PM VFW Military Kids Christmas Party Dec. 12 10 AM - 1 PM Christmas Cookie Extravaganza! 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday Open House 10 AM (multiday) Seminary Art Center ~ Gifts of the Season Sale & Open House This Wknd 10 AM (multiday) Make a Key Fob Critter! 10:30 - 11:30 AM Santa Claus is Coming to Jeffersonville 11 AM - 1 PM VT DCF Book Drive Raffle at Book Launch Event 11 AM - 2 PM Holiday Pop Up Shop at Shelburne Vineyard 11 AM - 5 PM Family Day at Helen Day Art Center 1 - 4 PM Holiday Stamping Make 'N Takes Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace 1 - 4 PM Men/Women's Holiday A Cappella Show Saturday 2:30 PM 9th Annual Tree Lighting Celebration Dec. 12 4 PM Merry Madrigal 6 - 8 PM Free Family Friendly Movie 6 - 8:30 PM Tickets Are on Sale for the Root7 Dec. 12 Show 7 - 9 PM Mclean Avenue Band with Local Singers & Celtic Dancers! 7 PM +29 more see less
13 Christmas Book Signing and Tasting Dec. 13 All Day Join Us in Stowe for Our 1st Sound Healing Circle All Day P.M. Sundays - Mike Block and Hanneke Cassel All Day Music Sunday in Richmond All Day Faiths United Prayer Vigil Against Gun Violence All Day Celebrate the Swedish Sancta Lucia Charistmas Tradition All Day Minimetro Basketball Games at MMU 9 - 11 AM Work Party on Johnnie Brook Trail - Sunday 10 AM - 12 PM Celebrate the Coming of the Light of Christ at Christmas 10 AM Celebrate Coming of Light of Christ at Christmas 10 AM 'An Old-Fashioned Christmas' Discussion/Book Signing & Tasting 12 PM Vermont Flood of 1927: A New Look 2 - 3 PM Epic Chanukah Party This Sunday! 2 - 5 PM Epic Chanukah Party This Sunday! 2 - 5 PM 1927 Vermont Flood: a New Look 2 PM Santa is Coming to Rusty Parker Park 3 - 5 PM Christmas Concert 4:30 - 6 PM Leading with Inspiration and Compassion: an Evening with Lama Tenzin 5 - 7 PM Blue Christmas 7 PM +15 more see less	14 Pinnacle Ski and Sports Joy of Giving for Lamoille County Food Share (multiday) Senior Luncheon 12 PM Vermont Health Connect at Burnham Library Dec. 14 5 - 8 PM	15 Job Fair at Northwestern Medical Center All Day Nar-Anon Meeting All Day Underhill Selectboard Regular Meeting Dec. 15 All Day Face-To-Face with Sue Minter, Candidate for VT Governor All Day ACS Holiday Volunteer Party Tuesday Dec. 15 5:30 - 7:30 PM Nar-Anon Meeting, Dec. 15 6:30 - 7:30 PM Underhill Country Store Cooperative Meeting Tuesday 6:30 PM Underhill Country Store Cooperative - Meeting Tuesday 6:30 PM Oh! Holy Night! Christmas Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Schoolboard to Hear Budget Update Tuesday 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	16 Carol Singing at the Sterling House All Day Holly Jolly Holiday Party & Ugly Sweater Contest All Day Co-Ed Pick-Up Volleyball at Crossett Brook Middle School Dec. 16 All Day Documentary Screening "The Other Side of Cannabis" All Day Kids' Day Dec. 16 @ Farrell Chiropractic 9 AM - 6:30 PM Current Events Conversation 11 AM - 12 PM Holiday Party and SNACC Meeting 6 - 8 PM Caroling at the Sterling House Wednesday Night! 6 PM Mindfulness Through the Holidays Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Taize Service, Jeff Church, Wed. Dec. 16 7 - 8 PM Marijuana Listening Session 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	17 Annie, Jr on Stage at CBMS! (multiday) A Very Merry Holiday Celebration at Westford School All Day Health Insurance Enrollment at Library Dec. 17 All Day A Very Merry Holiday Celebration at Westford School All Day Selectboard Meeting Agenda Dec. 17 All Day Vermont Woodworking School Open House 4:30 - 7:30 AM Men's Holiday Shopping Night at Decisions Decisions 4 - 7 PM Last Winter Jericho Farmers' Market Dec. 17 4 - 7:30 PM Ruelle Boutique's Holiday Soiree 6 - 8 PM Oh! Holy Night! Christmas Concert 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	18 Christmas Movie and Cookie Swap at the Library All Day Decorate a Gingerbread House Fundraiser All Day Good Things from the Farm at Vycc All Day Ugly Sweater Party 4 - 9 PM Old Fashion Christmas Sing-A-Long 7 PM +1 more see less	19 Pete's Greens Waterbury Farm Market Holiday Open House All Day Far Post Kids Day Out/Parents Day Off! All Day Bridgeside Books Double Header All Day Santa is Coming All Day Grand Opening of Ice Rink and Artisan Craft Show All Day Santa is Coming to Jeffersonville in Horsedrawn Wagon All Day Skate with Santa All Day Join Us for Christmas Caroling All Day Senior Gift Basket Delivery! All Day Parents Night Out - a Magical Night for Kids All Day Come Visit Santa and His Elves All Day Solaris Concert This Weekend All Day JRC Knife Sharpening All Day Orvis Fundraiser for Emma's Foundation for Canine Cancer All Day Vermont Ice Wine & Cocktail Open House at Boyden Valley Winery 10 AM (multiday) Huge Glass Sale at Little River Hotglass Studio 10 AM (multiday) Book Signing 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Book Signing by Local Historian and Author Richard Allen 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM North Pole News Release: Sleigh Ride with Santa 10:30 AM - 3 PM Skate with Santa 12:15 - 2:15 PM Drop the Kids Off and Get Some Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Done! 12:30 - 8:30 PM Join Us for Christmas Caroling! 2 - 4 PM Parents Night Out, Dec. 19 5 - 8 PM Hike & Hot Cider at Mill Trail Cabin 5:30 - 7:30 PM Oh! Holy Night! Christmas Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Grammy Award Winning Musician Will Ackerman Performs! 7:30 PM +22 more see less
20 Healthy Weight Class Starting Jan. 20 All Day Annual Holiday Dessert Auction All Day Free Israeli Film Showing All Day Bake Sale All Day Christmas Pageant Williston Federated Church 9:30 AM Customer Appreciation Day at Stowe Street Emporium 11 AM - 5 PM Holiday Dessert Auction at Essex Center UMC 11:30 AM Dessert Auction 11:30 AM Film: "Wherever You Go" in Stowe 4 - 5:30 PM +5 more see less	21 1,000 Miles Across Alaska All Day 24th Annual Stowe Messiah Community Sing-In All Day 24th Annual Stowe Messiah Sing All Day Upcoming Municipal Meetings All Day 24th Annual Stowe Messiah Sing All Day SD Ireland Holiday Mixer at the Williston Fire Dept All Day CHMS Students Perform Short Skits at Library Dec. 21 10:30 AM Richmond Water Commission Agenda for Dec. 21 5:30 - 7 PM Annual Messiah Sing-In 6:30 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	22 Selectboard Meeting Dec. 22 All Day Underhill Selectboard Regular Meeting All Day Holiday Performance on WDEV w/Audrey Bernstein & Joe Capps All Day	23 Franklin County Leglislative Town Hall Meeting All Day Christmas Service 6 - 7 PM Jung and Kabbalah Lecture in Stowe Dec. 23 7 - 8:30 PM Free Lecture at JCOGS 7 PM	24 Christmas Eve Service in Waterbury All Day Candlelight Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All Day United Church of Westford Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight and Carol Service All Day Christmas Services at JCC All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Services at Burlington First Congregational Church All Day Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Service All Day Christmas Eve Services at Good Shepherd with ASL Interpreter All Day Christmas Eve Candle Light Services All Day Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All Day Christmas Services at Jericho Congregational Church All Day Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Service All Day Christmas Eve Service at MMUUF 4 PM Christmas Eve Children's Service 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Service 5:30 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve Service 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 PM Candlelight Christmas Mass 10 PM +19 more see less	25 Waterbury Community Christmas (Day) Dinner All Day Hob Knob Restaurant Open for the Holidays 5:30 PM	26
27 Mirage! a Circus Life Dec. 27! 7 PM	28 Vermont Baseball School's Holiday Clinic 2014 (multiday) Meeting of Library Board of Trustees 3 PM Folk Concert by Young Tradition VT Dec. 28 7 - 9 PM	29 Holiday Open Mike Dec. 29 All Day Richmond Water Commission and Selectboard Special Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Holiday Week Open Mike 7:30 PM	30 Blood Drive 10 AM - 3 PM	31 New Year's Eve in Richmond All Day New Year's Eve Party All Day New Year's Eve Party All Day New Year's Eve 5K Road Race All Day New Year's Eve 5K Road Race All Day New Year's Eve Party at Cork! 6 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	1 Celebrate Our Vermont State Park System Jan. 1 All Day Auction Jan. 1 All Day Williston Coffee Shop Open New Years Day! 9 AM - 2 PM	2 Bottle and Can Drive to Support Capital Soccer All Day BSA Troop #701 Christmas Tree Pickup 9 AM