Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2018

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31 A Course in Miracles Weekly Study - Black Cap Cafe 12 - 1 PM New Year's Eve 5K Dec. 31 in Montpelier 2 PM New Year's Eve 5K Dec. 31 in Montpelier 2 PM Zenye 2018! 4:30 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve Labyrinth Walk 5:30 - 6:30 PM New Year's Concert in Richmond 7 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	1 Varnum Closed 12 AM - 11:30 PM 5k Race at Champlain Valley Expo - Volunteers Needed 11 AM - 1 PM New Year's Day Yoga 12 - 1:30 PM	2 Richmond Water Commission Agenda for Jan. 2 6 - 7 PM Richmond Selectboard for Jan. 2 7 - 9 PM	3 Open Mic Night 7 - 9 PM Board Game Night for Adults at the Tavern 7 PM	4 MOPS/MomsNext Moms' Group 12 - 12 AM Budget Work Session for Selectboard 12 AM Movie and Discussion 12 AM Guided Meditation Sessions 12 - 12:45 PM Meet the Artist Reception at Air in St. Albans 4:30 - 7 PM Broom Ball League Starting 6 - 8 PM MOPS/MomsNext Meeting 6:45 - 8:30 PM Outdoor Adventure Storytelling Night 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	5 Northern Bronze Handbell Concerts 12 AM (multiday) Northern Bronze Bell Ensemble Winter Concerts 7 PM (multiday)	6 Heavenly Cents Thrift Shop 9 AM - 12 PM Boy Scout Christmas Tree Pick-Up Jan. 6 9 AM - 12 PM Troop 701's Christmas Tree Pickup 9 AM - 12 PM Waterbury Community Summit - You Are Invited! 9 AM - 1 PM Community Summit This Saturday! Please Come! 9 AM - 1 PM Galactic Soccer at CVE 6 - 9 PM Great Kids Event - Galactic Soccer - Saturday 6 - 9 PM Galactic Soccer at Far Post 6 - 9 PM Stowe Slugs Hockey and Trapp Family Brewery 7:30 PM +5 more see less
7 Last Chance Tag Sale 12 AM Westford Music Series Concert 12 AM Salomon Snowcross Relay Date Change! 12 - 3 PM Distaff Day! 2 - 4 PM Now is the Time Health Care Movie 2 - 4 PM Gong/Sound Immersion- Stress Relief & Deep Relaxation 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	8 Cambridge Meetings Week of Jan. 8 12 AM (multiday) Budget Work Session for Selectboard 12 AM Senior Luncheon 12 AM Breakfast with Principal of MMU 7:30 - 8:45 AM School Board Meeting Jan. 8 6 - 8 PM Underhill Historical Society 6:30 PM Harry Potter Book Club Book 2 Discussion 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	9 Planning Commission Public Hearing 12 AM Invite to Meditation Class - Bikram Yoga Williston 6:15 - 7:15 AM Cvsd School Board Budget Meeting 6 PM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting Jan. 9 6:30 - 9 PM Poetry People 7 - 8:30 PM School Board Meeting and Senior Seminar Event 7 PM Conservation & Trails Comm. Meeting, Trail Caretakers 7 PM Cvsd Communications Committee Mtg 8 PM +4 more see less	10 AARP Monthly Coffee Hour 9 - 10 AM Essex Rotary: Health Care Delivery & Financing in VT 12 - 1:30 PM Health Care Delivery and Financing in Vermont 12 - 2 PM Marketing Basics for Small Business 5:30 - 7 PM Downsizing - Let Go of Stuff and Organize What's Left! 6 - 8 PM CVU Celebrate the Arts Night! 6 PM Start 2018 Off Right with CBD Meditation at Zenbarn 7 - 8 PM Travel Talk Wednesday - Portugal 7 - 8:30 PM Cambridge Junction History Discussion 7 - 8:30 PM Sustainable Williston Social! 7:15 - 9 PM +6 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 Community Dinner at United Church of Underhill 5 - 6:30 PM Growing Up Stowe - Understanding the Teen Brain 6 - 8 PM Clarina Howard Nichols Center Invites You Jan. 11! 6 - 9 PM Belvidere Planning Commission Meeting 6 PM Maple Road Scoping Study 6:30 - 7:30 PM Legislative Update, Dedorah Rawson Library 6:30 - 8 PM Meeting Re: Transportation Options 6:30 - 8 PM Gun Laws/Restrictions Dialogue 6:30 - 8 PM Alternative Transportation Options Discussion 6:30 - 8:30 PM 'Vermont's Backcountry Fever' Discussion at VTSSM 6:30 - 9 PM Wool Knickers & White Blazes: a Hike on the Long Trail 7 - 8:30 PM Jan. 11 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM Adult D&D 7 - 9 PM Panel Discussion on Free Speech 7 PM +13 more see less	12 Lasagna Dinner Jan. 12 at St Leo's Hall 4:30 - 7 PM Slow-Roasted Pot Roast Dinner at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM	13 Centering Prayer Workshop 12 AM Fundraiser to Benefit Community Center Renovations 8 AM - 12 PM Resolution Kickstart - Fairfax - Beat the Winter Blues! 8 AM - 12 PM Lamoille County Republican Party Breakfast Meeting Jan.13 8:30 - 11 AM Lamoille County Republican Party Meeting 8:30 - 11 AM Centering Prayer Workshop 8:30 AM - 1 PM Centering Prayer Workshop Jan. 13 8:45 AM - 1 PM Bottle Drive Rescheduled 9 AM - 12 PM Introductory Zen Buddhism Workshop 9 AM - 1:15 PM Coffee Cupping Workshop at VT Artisan This Weekend 10:30 AM - 12 PM Come Celebrate Jennifer's Wonderful Life! 11 AM Looking for Some Family Fun? 1 - 3 PM VT Humanities Council Book Group 3 - 5 PM BV Paint Night 6 - 8:30 PM Numinous Ski Film Premiere at Vermont Trailwear 6:30 - 9 PM +11 more see less
14 St.Thomas Country Breakfast Jan. 14 8 - 10:30 AM Paint and Sip Party 1 - 4 PM "How Do I Work This Thing" Tech Help 1:30 - 3 PM Jericho Town Tea 2 - 4 PM Social Justice Film Series 4 - 6 PM Social Justice Film Series 4 PM The Brother Brothers - "P.M. Sundays" Jan. 14 4 PM Breakfast at St. Thomas Church in Underhill 8 - 10:30 PM +4 more see less	15 MLK Day Event: Children in the Civil Rights Movement 10:30 - 11:30 AM Habitat for Humanity Food Drive 12 - 4 PM Lucy's House MLK Day Pet Toy Making 1 - 3 PM Fundraiser - Texas Roadhouse Monday Night 4 - 10 PM Monday Night Stitchers 5 - 8 PM School Board Meeting - Budget 6 - 7:30 PM Community Conversation with Your State Reps 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	16 iRest Meditation Class 6:15 - 7:15 AM Richmond Water Commission Agenda 5:30 - 7 PM Success! Turn Your New Year's Resolutions into Reality 6 - 7:30 PM Moonlight Ski on the Rec Path Tuesday 6 - 9 PM MMCTV Quarterly Board Meeting 6:15 - 8 PM Holiday Aftermath - Boosting the Immune System 6:30 - 8 PM Jericho Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 8 PM Richmond Selectboard for Jan. 16 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	17 Let's Do Lunch Community Meal 11 AM - 1 PM The Roving Feast - Malletts Bay Meal Drop Off 4:30 - 6 PM You Can Do This: a Mind & Body Approach to Quit Smoking 6 - 8 PM Taize Service, Jeff Church, Jan. 17 7 - 8 PM Board Games for Adults at Varnum Library 7 PM +1 more see less	18 Selectboard Agenda Jan. 18 12 AM MOPS/MomsNext-Waterbury 12 AM Helen Day Art Center Pre-K Art Play! 10 - 11 AM Helen Day Art Center Pre-K Art Play! 10 - 11 AM Swift House Fundraiser at Agave 11 AM - 10 PM Colchester's Got Talent Auditions 2:30 - 7 PM Brenda's Lula Bash 3:30 - 5:30 PM Free Class! Help for Depression, Anxiety & More 4:30 - 7 PM HUHS Transcript Community Event 6 - 7:30 PM Art Herttua/Ray Carrol Jazz Duo at One Radish 6 - 8 PM Lamoille County Beekeepers Club Meeting 6 - 8 PM Upcoming Gap Year Fair at Burlington HS 6 - 8:30 PM Upcoming Gap Year Fair at Burlington HS 6 - 8:30 PM Art Show by Mary Lacy 6 - 9 PM MOPS and Moms Next This Thursday 6:45 - 8:15 PM Crescendo Club Library Association 7 - 8 PM Finding Traction and Vermont Trail Running Panel 7 - 8:30 PM Town Forest Workshop - Public Input! 7 - 9 PM +14 more see less	19 Bats, Bats, Bats! 7 - 8 AM Gillet Pond, Past, Present and Future 1:30 PM Movie Night Jan. 19 at the Barn School 6 - 8:30 PM Stowe High School Talent Show 7 - 8 PM Hypnotist - Steve Taubman at CHS Jan. 19 8 - 10 PM +1 more see less	20 Champlain Valley Amnesty International Monthly Meeting 12 - 12 AM Sox Hop Dance at Cambridge Community Center 12 AM Resolution Kickstart - Health & Fitness Conference 8 AM - 12 PM Reschedule of County Republican Party Meeting to Jan. 20 8:30 - 11 AM Reminder Lamoille County Breakfast Meeting Jan.20 8:30 - 11 AM Beginning Quilt Classes 9 - 11:30 AM Mindful Parenting Workshop 9 AM - 1 PM Open House for Great Preschool & Kindergarten 9:30 - 11:30 AM Spanish Musical Kids 10 - 11 AM Good Naked! 10 - 11:30 AM Discovery Preschool Open House Jan. 20 10 AM - 12 PM Intro to Beekeeping 10 AM - 12 PM Girls Who Hike - Snowshoe Camels Hump 10 AM Coffee Tasting & Tours at Vermont Artisan Coffee 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Repair Cafe Saturday! 12 - 4 PM Watercolor Mosaic Class 1 - 3 PM Montpelier Women's March 1 - 4 PM Traditional Thai Massage & Deep Tissue Massage Therapy! 1 - 4 PM On Farm Market This Saturday - Richmond Farm 1 - 4 PM Auditions for "The Skin of Our Teeth" 1 PM (multiday) March for Our Future 1 PM March for Our Future! 1 PM Burton Snowboards Retrospective Opening Reception 6 - 7 PM Sock Hop Dance Saturday 6:30 - 9 PM The Buck Hollers Are Back at Twiggs Saturday 7 - 9:30 PM +21 more see less
21 Talk on Dementia Jan. 21 12 AM MHS Drama Club Character Breakfast 8 - 11 AM Character Breakfast! 8 - 11 AM Watercolor Painting Workshop 9 AM - 3 PM Big Change Roundup Kick Off 11 AM - 1 PM Winter Carnival at the Waldorf High School 1 - 3 PM Talk at Ethan Allen Homestead Sunday 2 - 3 PM Sunday Lecture at Ethan Allen Homestead Museum 2 - 3 PM Intention Setting and Yoga Flow Workshop at Yoga Roots 2 - 4 PM Ethan Allen Homestead Museum Sunday Lecture 2 - 4 PM Kids Yoga and Painting Class 2 - 4:30 PM Stamp Money Out of Politics Jan. 21 3 - 5 PM Hot Stone Restorative Yoga 3 - 5 PM "French Connection" French Flute and Piano Concerts 3 PM Youth Game Night at Varnum Memorial Library 5 - 7 PM Underhill Community Soup Bowl Sunday 5 - 7 PM +12 more see less	22 Transition Town Jericho Meeting Jan. 22 5:30 - 7 PM School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Public Meeting - VT15 Bicycle/Pedestrian Study 6:15 - 7:15 PM Richmond Selectboard - Meeting of Voters Jan. 22 7 - 7 PM	23 360° Financial Learning 6 - 7:30 AM CVSD School Board Budget Meeting 6 PM Essential Oils Class at Little River Acupuncture 6:30 - 8 PM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting Jan. 23 6:30 - 9:30 PM	24 Citizens' Forum of Vermont - Social 4 - 6 PM Racial Justice Education Series - 13th Screening 6 - 8 PM Junior League's "Sip & See" for Potential New Members 6 - 8 PM Racial Justice Education Series - 13th Screening 6 - 8 PM Junior League's "Sip & See" for Potential New Members 6 - 8 PM The Brain, Science and Addiction. Let's Talk! 6:30 - 8:30 PM The Meanings of Maple - Historical Society Program 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	25 Helen Day Art Center Pre-K Art Play! 10 - 11 AM Helen Day Art Center Pre-K Art Play Thursday! 10 - 11 AM Spice on Snow Music Festival Next Week! 2 PM (multiday) Free Soup & Bread Supper Date Correction! 5 - 7 PM Celebrating Howard Frank Mosher + Release of Points North 6 - 7 PM Celebrating Howard Frank Mosher + the Release of 'Point 6 - 7 PM NY Times Writer Karen Crouse, Norwich Book Signing 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda Jan. 25 7 - 8 PM Adult D&D 7 - 9 PM Banff Mountain Film Festival 7 PM (multiday) 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 +8 more see less	26 The Red Cross Has Just Gone Out on Urgent Appeal 12 - 5 PM In Good Taste Coming Up Jan. 26 4:30 - 9 PM Shawn Metivier Fundraiser 5 - 8 PM Paint & Sip in Stowe Village! 6 - 8 PM Come See New 2018 Subaru Outback 6 - 8 PM New Year New You! Essential Oil Class! 6:30 - 8 PM Jazzyaoke at Grange Hall Cultural Center This Friday!! 6:30 - 9:30 PM Friday: Climate: Seasonal Changes of Vermont Flora 7 - 8:30 PM Climate: Seasonal Changes of Vermont Flora 7 - 8:30 PM Red Brick Coffee House Coming Up 7 - 10 PM Local Legends Concert at CVU Friday 7 PM Rob Schwimmer: Theremin, Piano, Haken Continuum at UVM 7:30 PM Luau with Quadra 8 - 11 PM Live Music at Martell's at the Red Fox 8 - 11 PM Luau Party with Quadra Rocking the House! 8 - 11 PM Waterbury Winterfest Snow Ball Dance & Silent Auction 8 - 11 PM Luau with Quadra 8 - 11 PM +13 more see less	27 Contra and Square Dance All Day EHS Bands Spaghetti Dinner, Swing Away the Winter Blues 5:30 AM - 8 PM Winterfest Hot Chocolate Dash 8 - 10 AM Cambridge Area Rotary "Pie for Breakfast" 8 - 10:30 AM Winterfest 2018 8 AM - 8:30 PM “Heady Topper” Snowvolleyball Tournament Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM Yoga Morning Flow 9:30 - 10:30 AM Morning Magic at Waldorf Preschool and Kindergarten 10 - 11:30 AM Morning Magic at Waldorf Preschool and Kindergarten 10 - 11:30 AM Community Budget Social 10 AM - 12 PM Upcoming Williston Historical Society Presentation 10:30 - 11:30 AM Stone Tools Discovered in Williston 10:30 AM Open House in Montpelier! 11 AM - 1 PM Winterfest 2018 Slow-Poker Run at Sterling Ridge Resort 12 PM Everybody Wins! Vermont's National Life Readathon 1 - 3:30 PM Wild Game Dinner 4 - 7 PM Cambridge Rescue Squad Lasagna Dinner 4:30 - 6:30 PM 7th Annual Grand Isle Art Works Meet the Artist Gala 5 - 8 PM Meet the Doulas 6 - 8 PM Celtic Music & Dance Concert, Jan. 27 7 - 9 PM Celtic Music & Dance Concert Jan. 27 7 PM "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong," at Grange Hall Saturday 7:30 - 9 PM +18 more see less
28 It's a Free 4 All! 12 AM 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 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 Tchaikovsky in Vermont: Celebrating Identity 3 - 4:30 PM Jingle Jam at Moog's Place Jan. 28 3 PM St.Thomas Church Italian Buffet Jan. 28 4 - 7 PM Italian Buffet Dinner 4 - 7 PM Teen Dungeon and Dragons 5 - 7 PM +8 more see less	29 National Puzzle Day, Monday 9 AM - 5 PM National Puzzle Day Today 10 AM - 5 PM Transition to Teaching with TAP at Champlain College 6 - 7 PM Harwood to Host Parent Workshop with Drew Donofrio 6:30 - 8 PM Winter Felting at the Library 6:30 - 8 PM Harwood to Host Parent Workshop with Drew Donofrio 6:30 - 8 PM Women's Chorus to Hold Guest Night 6:45 - 9 PM The Essex Plan: Information Meeting at Richmond Library 7 - 9 PM How Can We Address Climate Change? - the Essex Plan 7 - 9 PM Richmond Water Commission - Meeting with the Gateway 7 - 9 PM Essex Selectboard Meets Jan. 29 7 - 9:30 PM Women's Chorus Hosting Guest Night 7 - 9:30 PM Women's Chorus Guest Night Jan. 29 7 PM +9 more see less	30 Free Beer at Stone Corral Jan. 30 6 - 8 AM Essex Westford School District Board Meeting Jan. 30 6:30 - 8:30 PM Waterbury WinterFest VT Beer Quiz 7:30 - 9 PM	31 2018 7th Annual Consumer Night 4 - 7 AM Mental Health Advocacy Day at Statehouse Jan. 31 8:30 AM - 2 PM St. Francis Xavier School Open House Jan. 31 9 AM - 2 PM St. Francis Xavier School Open House Jan. 31 9 AM - 2 PM Osher Lecture Series 1:30 PM The Roving Feast - Malletts Bay Meal Drop Off 4:30 - 6 PM Richmond Stormwater Meeting Jan. 31 5 - 7 PM Stowe Girls Ice Hockey vs. Woodstock at Home 6:30 - 7:30 PM RSVP Residential Heat Pump Community Event! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Eleva Performs at Farmers Night Jan. 31 7:30 - 8:30 PM Climate Change Live Streaming and Watch Party Event 7:30 - 9 PM +7 more see less	1 MOPS/Mops Next Moms' Group All Day The Fog at One Radish Thursday All Day Maple Syrup Fundraising Sale All Day Community Senior Center Coffee Time! 9 - 11 AM Helen Day Art Center Pre-K Art Play 10 - 11 AM Featured Artist Reception at Air in St Albans 4:30 - 7 PM Open House at Christ the King Feb. 1 5:30 - 7 PM Town Hall Meeting on Cannibis, Akeley Memorial Building 5:30 - 7 PM Town Hall Meeting with Lt. Governor Zuckerman 5:30 - 7 PM Lynn Lyons Presenting at Fayston School! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Lynn Lyons Presenting at Fayston School! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Memoir Writing Class 6 - 7:30 PM The Inside Scoop on Who Made the 2018 Olympics 6 - 8:30 PM Beer, Pizza and Conversation 6:30 - 8 PM Bird Tales II 6:30 - 8:30 PM MOPS and MomsNext Meeting 6:45 - 8:15 PM 14-Days on Walker's Haute Route: Chamonix to Zermatt 7 - 8:30 PM Adult Dungeons and Dragons at the Varnum 7 - 9 PM "Telling on Ourselves- Stories of Humor and Hope" 7 - 9 PM +15 more see less	2 35th Annual Colchester Winter Carnival (multiday) Free Painting Program, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library All Day A.C. Moore Fundraiser to Benefit Auntdot's Place 9 AM - 9 PM Spaghetti Dinner at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM Kids Night Out at JUMC Feb. 2 6 - 8 PM Trout Paint Night 6 - 8:30 PM Lecture: Great White Sharks in Our Backyard 7 - 8:30 PM Lecture: Great White Sharks in Our Backyard 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	3 Snopackers Spaghetti Dinner All Day Big Toy Night, This Saturday! All Day Family Fun Night at GMCR Cafe All Day Multi-Media Valentines Making Workshop with Leslie Roth 12 AM Lamoille County Poker Ride 9 AM - 5 PM Spanish Musical Kids 10 - 11 AM Amnesty International State Meeting 10 AM - 2 PM Moving Sale - South Summit St 10 AM - 2 PM Annual Chili Challenge at Colchester Winter Carnival 10 AM - 2 PM Fill the Truck for the Food Shelf 2018! 10 AM - 3 PM Puppet Show 10:30 - 11:30 AM Brewing at Home: How to Make the Perfect Cup 10:30 AM - 12 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 Wrap Bracelet Workshop 1 - 3 PM Valentines Workshop w/ Leslie Roth 1 - 3:30 PM Boudoir Mini-Sessions ~ Valentines Day! 4:30 - 11:30 PM Annual French Canadian Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM NCAL's Menagerie Goes Honky Tonk! 5:30 - 11 PM NCAL Menagerie Goes Honky Tonk! 5:30 PM Auxiliary Sock Hop 6 - 11 PM Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time Feb. 3! 7:30 - 9 PM Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time Saturday 7:30 PM +19 more see less