Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2016

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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 5K Road Race All Day New Year's Eve 5K Road Race All Day New Year's Eve Party All Day New Year's Eve Party All Day New Year's Eve in Richmond 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
3 Healing Service - All Are Welcome! All Day Waterbury Bingo All Day	4 Richmond Water Commission Agenda 6 - 7 PM Announcing "Wet Your Bristles!" Painting Party at Rick's Grill Milton 6 - 8 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM	5 Waterbury Yoga Series to Start Up All Day Junior League of Champlain Valley Info Session for New Members 6:30 - 8:30 PM CVU Girls Basketball Alumni Night 7 PM	6 Kids Yoga at Indyyoga All Day Waterbury Stowe Fish and Game Club Annual Meeting All Day Your Taxes, Your Budget All Day First Meeting of Stowe Wine Tasters All Day Osher Winter Lecture Series 1:30 PM Selectboard Draft FY'17 Budget Meeting Jan. 6 7 PM +2 more see less	7 Zoning Board Meeting All Day Growing Up in Belgium During WWII 1:30 PM ADL Blood Drive 2 - 7 PM TBPS PTO Meeting 6 - 7 PM CVU Celebrate the Arts Night 6 PM Selectboard Agenda Jan. 7 Revised 7 - 10 PM +2 more see less	8 Handbell Concert Jan. 8 All Day Community Movie Night at Hunger Mountain Church! All Day The Jericho Cafe and Tavern Music Forecast 7 - 10 AM World's Largest Lesson - a Guinness World Record 10 AM - 12 PM Cochran's Friday Nights Under the Lights 5 - 8 PM The Jericho Cafe and Tavern Music Forecast 7 - 10 PM +2 more see less	9 Help Support CVU Music Students! All Day Winter Garage Sale! (multiday) Swift Bottle Drive All Day Introductory Zen Buddhism Workshop All Day Book Discussion: March by Geraldine Brooks All Day Winter Garage Sale This Weekend! All Day Last Chance to Recycle Your Tree with the Scouts! All Day Community Lantern-Making Workshop All Day Essex Children's Choir, Annual Twelfth Night Celebration All Day Saxon Hill Preschool Open House Jan. 9 All Day Saxon Hill School Open House Jan. 9 9:30 - 11:30 AM Crochet and Knitting Group 10 AM - 12 PM Introductory Lecture on TM Technique 1:30 PM Community Movie - War Room 6 - 8:30 PM Saxon Hill Preschool Open House 9:30 - 11:30 PM +11 more see less
10 Music at DRML All Day Jericho Town Tea All Day Concert at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library All Day Free Red Cross Babysitting Course at Library Jan. 10 9 AM - 4 PM	11 Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Informational Meeting All Day Kinship Care & Adoptive Parent Support Group All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Informational Meeting All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Informational Meeting All Day Breakfast with the Principal in Richmond Jan. 11 7:30 AM Stowe Selectboard Hear from "Experts" on North Hill Cell Tower 6:30 - 7 PM Pajama Story Time 6:30 - 7 PM +3 more see less	12 Poetry People All Day WDSD School Board Meeting Jan. 12 All Day Afterschool Drawing Classes Offered at WCS! All Day Manufacturing Job Training Opportunities 5:45 - 9 PM Free Job Training Opportunities 5:45 - 9 PM Kent Scrivener Artist Workshop 6 - 7:45 PM School Budget on Agenda for Jan. 12 CBMS 6 PM Legislative Forum Jan. 12 6:30 - 8 PM Legislative Forum Jan. 12 6:30 - 8 PM Legislative Forum Jan. 12 6:30 PM Root7 a Cappella Group Holding Auditions 7 PM (multiday) Essex Conservation Committee Meets Tuesday 7 PM +8 more see less	13 Monthly Meeting of Hale and Hearty Seniors Club All Day Development Review Board Meeting Jan. 13 All Day Joint Planning Commission for Essex & Essex Junction? All Day TGIA Community Wrap-Up Jan. 13 All Day Osher Lecture Series All Day Alternative Cancer Therapy Documentary 6:30 PM Alternative Cancer Therapy Documentary 6:30 PM Dreary Weather Got You Down? Come to Travel Talk! 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	14 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 Community Dinner Jan. 14 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 Jericho Energy Task Force Meeting Jan. 14 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda Jan. 14 7 PM +4 more see less	15 4-6th Grade Laser Benefit Dance CES All Day Brick Church Concert Jan. 15 All Day Brick Church Concert Jan. 15 All Day Fifth Annual All Shook Up Variety Show @ Flynnspace Jan. 15 7 - 9:30 PM Fundraiser Concert "All Shook Up" Variety Show 7 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	16 Broomball Tournament (multiday) Local Author Reading for Children at the Library All Day Adult Broomball Tournament All Day Knights of Columbus Country Breakfast Jan. 16 All Day Garage Sale All Day Moving Sale After 57 Years Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Tree Pickup 9 AM - 11 PM Milton Community Budget Social 10 AM - 12 PM Kids Karnival Kaos 1 - 3 PM Uvm Hockey Tickets Jan. 16 7:05pm 7:05 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less
17 Sunday Concert at White Church All Day Perfect Blend Cafe and Cribbage Tournament All Day Minimetro Basketball Games at MMU 9 AM - 12 PM 75th Anniversary of BFA-Fairfax Fire 7 - 8:30 PM	18 Cambridge 360 Annual Meeting All Day Stowe School Board Meeting Jan. 18 All Day Essex MLK Day of Service for Youth All Day Country Store Co-Op Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Cambridge Planning Commission Hosting Forum on Solar Siting 6:30 - 8 PM +1 more see less	19 Senate Public Hearing on Marijuana Legalization at UVM All Day Use It to Lose It All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Town Vote All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Town Vote Jan. 19 All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Town Vote Jan. 19 All Day Underhill Selectboard Meeting Jan. 19 All Day Stowe Electric Solar Farm: Town Vote Jan. 19 7 AM - 7 PM Business Professionals Invited to Champlain Valley BNI 7:30 - 9 AM Want to Grow Your Business? 7:30 - 9 AM Richmond Water Commission Agenda Jan. 19 6 - 7 PM Community Dinner & Music Series Stowe Street Cafe 6 - 9 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda Jan. 19 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less	20 Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Committee Meeting Jan. 20 All Day Story Time at Jericho Town Library All Day Lego Club at RFL 3 - 4 PM History and Traditions Rapid Fire Planning Night 5:30 - 8 PM Second Rapid Fire Planning Night Jan. 20 5:30 - 8 PM Submit Your Regional Planning Ideas! 6 - 7 PM 12 Weeks to Health: More Than Just Weight Loss 6:15 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	21 Williston Republicans Host Scott Milne All Day Williston Republicans Host Event on Election Campaigns All Day Selectboard Agenda All Day Open House for Northwestern Dermatology Jan. 21 5 - 7 PM SEF Wine & Dine for Stowe Schools Jan. 21 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	22 Meditation Program at the Burlington Shambhala Center - Jan. 22-23 (multiday) Stuffed Animal Sleepover at the Library! (multiday) Community House Party Jan. 22 All Day Celebrate Recovery Coming to Milton! All Day Cork Waterbury: Wine 101 Class This Friday! Jan. 22 All Day Jericho Energy Task Force Meeting Film Night Jan. 22 All Day Jericho Energy Task Force Meeting Film Night Jan. 22 All Day Celebrate Recovery Coming to Milton All Day Dinner and Ski at Cochran's All Day Hot Potato Bar at Friday Food Affair All Day Auction Friday Jan. 22 All Day "Wet Your Bristles!" Painting Party 6 - 8 PM Opening Winter Exhibition Reception: Friday 6 - 8 PM Family Movie Night at Richmond Free Library Jan. 22 6 PM Blue Vinyl at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library Jan. 22 7 PM +11 more see less	23 Pasta Dinner All Day The Milo White Band at Stone Corral Brewery All Day Dance Showcase to Benefit Puppets in Education All Day Terrarium Workshop All Day Make Veterans Count with Jamie Lee Thurston All Day Climate Change and Response of People of Faith All Day Moving Sale All Day Watercolor Workshop with Lisa Forster Beach 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Discovery Preschool Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Genealogy Searches Using Findmypast.com 10:30 AM - 12 PM Get Organized for the New Year 12 - 1:30 PM Ruelle Boutique's Open Shop Jean Swap 6 - 8 PM +8 more see less
24 On Art Talks... and One This Sunday All Day Open House! All Day Cribbage Tournament All Day Endeavour Middle School Open House 11 AM New Art Show and Talk at White Meeting House Jan. 24 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Calcutta to Benefit Veterans with PTSD 2 - 4 PM Calcutta to Benefit Veterans with PTSD 2 - 4 PM "Ethan Allen, Philosopher" Sunday 2 PM Chittenden County Historical Society Program Jan. 24 2 PM +5 more see less	25 Human Bowling All Day Full Moon Ski Tour 6pm Jan. 25 All Day Live on MMCTV: MMMU/CESU Delayed Start Meetg All Day Lamoille Region Chamber of Commerce: Legislative Breakfast Jan. 25 All Day Stowe Selectboard to Discuss North Hill Cell Tower 6 - 7 PM Street Comic at the Fletcher Free Library 6 - 8 PM Reception for Street Comic Art at Fletcher Library 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	26 WDSD School Board Meeting Jan. 26 All Day Free Estate Planning Seminar All Day WDSD School Board Meeting- Jan. 26 All Day VT Beekeepers Association Winter Meeting Jan. 26 9 AM - 3:30 PM Spinal Health Yoga @ Balance Yoga 9:30 - 11 AM 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 Essex Junction Train Station Public Alternatives Presentation 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	27 Historical Society Meets Jan. 27 All Day Westford Development Review Board - Agenda All Day Salad in a Jar & Soup Swap Event Jan. 27 All Day Adult Basic Craft Group 10:30 AM - 12 PM Westford Fire District #1-Annual Meeting Jan. 27 8 - 9 PM +1 more see less	28 Free Soup & Bread Supper All Day Screening of This Changes Everything 5:30 PM Jan. 28 Agenda - Selectboard Meeting 7 PM Laughter, Music & More at Spruce Peak Arts! Jan. 28 7:30 - 9 PM	29 Richmond Farmers' Market Annual Membership Meeting All Day Jasper Hill Farm Cheese Tasting & Wine Pairing at Cork Jan. 29 All Day Waterbury's Winterfest is Coming! Jan. 29 - Feb. 7 All Day Pineapple Ham and Games at Friday Food Affair All Day HUHS Project Graduation Mystery Dinner & Silent Auction Jan 29 All Day Harwood Union H.S. Mardi Gras Mystery Dinner All Day RMHS: High School for a Day 8 AM - 2:30 PM Dyslexia: Stern Center Symposium 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Free Tata Harper Mini-Facials at Green Envy 11 AM - 5 PM Visit Me at VT Meat and Seafood 4 - 6 PM Harwood Union Project Graduation Mystery Dinner Jan. 29 6 - 10 PM Family Movie at the Library Jan. 29 6 PM Red Brick Meeting Cure 7 - 10 PM Evening of First Rate Music! 7 PM +10 more see less	30 Pan-Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 30 All Day Wild Game Supper All Day Youth Fishing Derby Jan. 30! All Day Author/Artist Talk & Nature Walk All Day Winterfest Dance and Silent Auction All Day Winter Fest Scrabble Scramble Jan. 30 All Day Winter Festival Annual Lasagna Dinner Jan. 30 All Day Red Cross Blood Drive at TBPS Jan. 30 All Day Author / Artist Talk & Nature Walk Jan. 30 All Day Pan-Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 30 All Day Celtic Spirituality Retreat, Jan. 30 All Day Fire and Ice Jan. 30 All Day Pan-Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 30 All Day Writing My Life Workshop Jan. 30 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 Chocolate Trunk Show Featuring Quayl's Chocolates Jan. 30 1 - 3 PM Everybody Wins! Read-A-Thon Jan. 30 1 - 3:30 PM Italian Buffet Dinner 4 - 7 PM Wild Game Supper 4 - 7 PM Pan-Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 30 7 - 9 PM Pan Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 30 7 PM Pan-Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 30 7 PM +22 more see less
31 Winter Tales from the Wild All Day VT Youth Orchestra Performs with HS Singers from Across the State 3 PM Crock Pot Workshop 4 - 6 PM Crockpot Workshop 4 - 6 PM Waterbury Empty Bowls Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM +1 more see less	1 Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Feb. 1 All Day School Board Meeting All Day Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Feb. 1 All Day Breakfast with the Principal in Jericho Feb. 1 All Day Milton 4D Project Conceptual Design Presentation All Day Fun Dog-Related Lecture: "What is the Dog Saying?" Feb. 1 All Day Richmond Water Commission Agenda for Feb. 1 6 - 7 PM Room for Rent 6 PM Richmond Selectboard Agenda Feb. 1 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	2 Winterfest Day Five, Feb. 2, Woodchuck Day All Day Do You Want to Grow Your Business? 7:30 - 9 AM Business Professionals Invited to Champlain Valley BNI 7:30 - 9 AM Community Supper @ Hinesburgh Public House to Benefit Friends of RFL 5 - 9 PM Community Supper @ Hinesburg Public House to Benefit Friends of RRL 5 - 9 PM Community Supper @ Hinesburgh Public House to Benefit Friends of RFL 5 - 9 PM Duxbury Town Forest Meeting and Discussion Feb. 2 6 PM The X-Y-Z's of College Planning 6:30 - 8 PM The X-Y-Z's of College Planning 6:30 - 8 PM The X-Y-Z's of College Planning 6:30 - 8 PM 2016-17 School Calendar to Be Discussed by Colchester School Board 7 - 9 PM Winterfest IPA Taste Test Feb. 2 8 PM +8 more see less	3 Red Cross Blood Drive Feb. 3 All Day Campbell Brothers, 'Sacred Steel' Blues/Gospel Feb. 3 All Day Waterbury Winterfest Day Six Feb. 3 All Day Saint Francis Xavier School - Open House 8:15 AM - 1:30 PM Humane Lobby Day for Animals in Montpelier 1 - 6 PM Matt Dunne for Governor Event in Stowe Feb. 3 6 - 8 PM Small Town Character Rapid Fire Planning Night 6 - 9 PM +3 more see less	4 Community Soup & Bread Supper Feb. 4 All Day Argentine Tango at Varnum Feb. 4 All Day Free Home Weatherization Workshop Feb. 4 All Day Free Home Weatherization Workshop Feb. 4 All Day Community Soup & Bread Supper Feb. 4 All Day Pete's Posse at Shelburne Vineyard Feb. 4 All Day Waterbury Kids Fest 2016 Planning Underway - Meeting All Day Community Supper Feb. 4 All Day First Thursday of the Month Community Soup & Bread Supper All Day Route 109 Community Lunch at Waterville Town Hall Feb. 4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Christ the King School Open House Feb. 4 5:30 - 7 PM Community Fundraiser! 5:30 - 8 PM Free Home Weatherization Workshop Feb. 4 6 - 8 PM Free Home Weatherization Workshop Feb. 4 6 - 8 PM Dance at the Varnum? Yes! 7 - 8 PM The Jericho Cafe and Tavern Music Forecast 7 - 10 PM Feb. 4 Selectboard Agenda 7 PM Sustainable Williston Meets Feb. 4 7:15 - 8:45 PM +14 more see less	5 Fresh and Freezer-Fresh at Friday Food Affair All Day An Investment Opportunity in a Vermont Startup! All Day Argentine Tango at the Varnum All Day Re-Run Shoes Collection at Grace United Methodist Church 9 AM - 1 PM Rummage Sale at Grace United Methodist Church Feb. 5 - 6 9 AM - 4 PM "In Good Taste" Feb. 5 4 PM 2016 "In Good Taste" 4 PM Point of View Movie at DRML 6:30 PM Whitewater Kayaking Pool Sessions! 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	6 Beginning Genealogy Feb. 6 All Day Nature Cat Program with VTPBS at Library Feb. 6 All Day Moving Sale All Day Boy Scout Troop 603 Pancake Breakfast All Day Game Night at the Essex United Methodist Church All Day Soup and Songs of Praise Feb. 6 All Day American Legion Auxiliary Post Fundraiser All Day Waterbury Winterfest, Day Nine Feb. 6 All Day Annual Chili Challenge - Colchester Winter Carnival Sat. Feb. 6 All Day “Origins and History of Historical Societies” Feb. 6 All Day Community Breakfast at Second Congregational Church Feb. 6 All Day French Canadian Supper All Day Beginning Genealogy All Day Annual Chil Challenge-Colchester Winter Carnival All Day Kids VT Camp & School Fair Feb. 6 All Day Mental Illness One Day Workshop Feb. 6 All Day Hot Chocolate Stand to Benefit VT Children's Hospital Feb. 6 All Day Feb. 6 Flynn Tickets for Sale All Day Sock Hop to Benefit Auxiliary All Day Ski Bum Prom This Saturday Night! Feb. 6 All Day "Free" Solar Electricity - Solar Open House Feb. 6 All Day EJRP Open Gym & Pop Up Adventure Play All Day Tag Sale - Office and Fitness Equipment - Saturday 8 AM - 12 PM Peak Performance "Garage Sale" 8 AM - 12 PM Open House at Mater Christi School Feb. 6 8:30 - 11 AM GMC Trails Day Feb. 6 9 AM - 4 PM Colchester School Budget Forum at Community Center Saturday 10 AM - 12 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 Origins & History of Historical Societies 1 - 3 PM See Arabesque Dance School's Cinderella This Weekend 4 PM (multiday) Sock Hop Fundraiser at Waterbury American Legion 6 - 11 PM Solaris Benefit Concert for King Street Center 7 PM +29 more see less