Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2024

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1 Town Office Closed for Thanksgiving 9 AM (multiday) Hometown Holidays Craft & Vendor Event 10:30 AM (multiday) Adult Pickleball 9 AM Holiday Card Workshop Dec. 1 10 AM - 12 PM Holiday Card Making Workshop 10 AM - 12 PM Bottle Drop - Hardwick AL Auxiliary Juniors & Youth SAL 11 AM - 2 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Winter Concert at United Church 2 - 3:30 PM Tree Lighting at Willey's Store 5 - 6 PM +5 more see less	2 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM End-Of-The-Season Bike Maintenance Workshops 3 - 5 PM SB Budget Meeting 5 - 7 PM Craftsbury Fire District #2 \| Regular Meeting Dec 2 5:30 - 7 PM Planning Commission Hearing for Town Plan Renewal 6 - 7 PM St. Johnsbury School District - School Board Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Marshfield Energy & Climate Change Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	3 Walking Group All Day Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Quilting/Sewing Class 9 - 11 AM Story Hour and Playgroup at the Walden Library 10 - 11:30 AM Holiday Food Drive for Sheffield Food Pantry 10:30 AM (multiday) Art with Ed Kadunc 1 - 6:30 PM New Early Time! Life Drawing Studio Nude Model Easels 2:30 - 4:30 PM Teen Taste Test at Jeudevine Memorial Library 3 - 4 PM Greensboro Planning Commission Meeting Agenda Dec. 3 4 - 7 PM How Telescopes Work, and What to Look for to Buy One 5:30 PM Final Public Report Lyndon Flooding Study 6 - 7:30 PM Revised SB Mtg, Dec. 3 6 - 8:30 PM Albany Selectboard Meeting Dec. 3 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	4 Golden Ball Tai Chi 10 - 11 AM VT Humanities Zoom Program on Vermont History 2 - 3 PM Life Study Drawing 3:30 - 5:30 PM Village of Mothers: Pregnancy & Postpartum Support 5 - 6 PM Author Presentation: Sarah Stewart Taylor 5 - 6:30 PM Walden Town Plan 6 PM First Wednesday Open Mic! 7 - 9 PM Music with the Millers 7 PM +4 more see less	5 Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Fall Prevention Tai Chi Levels 1 - 3 1 - 2 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Stop the Bleed 2 - 3 PM Lego Time at Jeudevine Memorial Library 3 - 4 PM Zumba Dance 5 - 6 PM Peace Vigil 5 - 6 PM Unveil the Pelvis 5:30 - 7 PM Free Peacham Community Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 PM Future Wild: Protecting Vermont's Public Forests 7 PM +7 more see less	6 Conflict Evolution Training Retreat in Plainfield 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Public Hearing: Jay-Lyn Saturday Winter Service 11 - 11:30 AM Trustees of Public Funds Meeting 11 AM - 12 PM It's a Wonderful Life, Athenaeum Players 4 - 6:30 PM Front Seat Winter Market Starts This Friday! 4 - 7 PM Hardwick Farmers' Market 4 - 7 PM Hardwick Farmers Market at Front Seat Dec. 6 4 - 7 PM Hardwick Farmers Mkt at Maker's Market 4 - 7 PM Re: Poetry Speak-Out 6 - 8 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Poetry Speak-Out 6 PM (multiday) Contra Dance at Sterling College 6:30 - 8:30 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	7 The Holly Jolly Brawly Invitational 8 AM - 3 PM Church Bazaar - Christmas Eve Service and More 9 AM - 1 PM Craft & Bake Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Craft Fair & Bake Sale 9 AM - 2 PM Twinfield Boosters Annual Craft Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Moretown Artisan's Sale Dec. 7! 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Gifts Sale! 9 AM - 3 PM Maple Corner Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3:30 PM Waterford School 7th Annual Craft Fair 9:30 AM - 2 PM Winter in Walden 10 AM Amnesty International Human Rights Day Event 10 AM - 12 PM Old Time Music Jam 10 AM - 12 PM Glassblowing Open Studio 10 AM - 4 PM Prospective Student Open House at Sterling College 10:30 AM - 2 PM Spanish Club 11 AM - 12:30 PM Highland Center for The Arts Wintermarket 11 AM - 3 PM WinterMarket at the Highland Center for the Arts 11 AM - 3 PM The Shire Choir Sings at Winter Market in Greensboro! 11 AM - 3 PM Highland Center for the Arts Winter Market 11 AM - 3 PM Ladies Luncheon 12 PM Real Talk About Coyotes and the Wolf 1 - 2 PM Installation Service for Rev. Lahoma Howard 1 - 2 PM Explorers and Crafters: Minecraft Club for Kids 1 - 3 PM 🎅 Santa Visit and Cookie Decorating 1:30 - 3:30 PM Community Holiday Party Saturday, Dec. 7 3 - 5 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert, Dec. 7 7 - 9 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert Dec. 7 7 - 9 PM North Country Chorus Christmas Concert 7:30 PM (multiday) North Country Chorus Presents Holiday Concerts 7:30 PM +25 more see less
8 Christmas Season (multiday) Adult Pickleball 9 AM Home Clean Out 10 AM - 2 PM Relaxed Dancing in Church? Connect with Nature? Yes! 10:30 - 11:30 AM Family Open Gym 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Hard-Pressed Print Shop - Block Printing Workshop 12 - 3 PM Block-Printing Workshop 12 - 3 PM Hard-Pressed Community Printshop Blockprinting Workshop 12 - 3 PM Fire Cider Workshop 1 - 3 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Children's Holiday Craft Party 3 - 5 PM North Country Chorus Presents Holiday Concert 3 PM Exciting and Fun Event for Environmentalists! 4 - 7 PM Cabot Community Memorial Tree Lighting 6 - 7 PM +10 more see less	9 Lakeview & Woodbury Concert Postponed All Day 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM Come Gather to Talk About Life at Death Cafe 1 - 3 PM Cabot Historical Society Meeting - Monday, Dec. 9 2 - 3 PM St. Johnsbury School District Community Budget Forum 6 - 7 PM CVCCSD Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM SB Meeting 6 - 9 PM What is Restorative Justice? Come Find Out Dec. 9! 6:30 - 8 PM Peacham Community Housing PCH Annual Meeting 6:30 PM Conservation Committee Meeting - Dec. 9 7 - 8 PM +6 more see less	10 Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Quilting/Sewing Class 9 - 11 AM Night Tree Story Time 10 - 11 AM Social Service Appropriations Advisory Committee 11 AM - 12 PM Art with Ed Kadunc 1 - 6:30 PM New Early Time! Life Drawing Studio Nude Model Easels 2:30 - 4:30 PM Pathways Vermont Presentation on Ending Homelessness 4:30 - 5:30 PM Pathways Vermont Presentation on Ending Homelessness 4:30 - 5:30 PM Greensboro Housing Sub-Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM HPC's East Hardwick Zoning District Listening Session 6:30 - 8 PM +6 more see less	11 Golden Ball Tai Chi 10 - 11 AM Library Writing Group for Kids 3 - 4 PM Life Study Drawing 3:30 - 5:30 PM Blue Christmas 6 - 7 PM Death Cafe 6 - 7 PM Winter Concerts, Art Show, Theater at Hazen 6 PM (multiday) Flood Resiliency Task Force Meeting - Dec. 11 6:30 - 8 PM Greensboro Selectboard Meeting Dec. 11 6:30 PM Marshfield Planning Commission Dec. 11 6:30 PM Homeless Camping on Public Property 7 - 8 PM Vermont Crime Fiction Author Zoom Talk Next Wednesday 7 - 8 PM David Budbill's "Two for Christmas" Play 7 PM (multiday) +8 more see less	12 Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Fall Prevention Tai Chi Levels 1 - 3 1 - 2 PM Peace Vigil 5 - 6 PM Zumba Dance 5 - 6 PM Holiday Stroll 5 - 7 PM Twinfield Community Night 5:30 - 7 PM Book Launch Dec. 12 6 - 8 PM Book Launch 6 - 8 PM Author David Martin Has Some Amazing Stories! 6 - 8 PM Free Argentine Tango Class & Practice St J Welcome Ctr 6 - 8 PM Community Singalong with Heidi Wilson 6 - 8 PM Game Night at Front Seat Coffee 6 - 9 PM Friends of Calais Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Local Cast Brings "A Christmas Carol" to Life! 7:30 PM +11 more see less	13 Barnet Town Clerk's Office Closures - Dec. 13 & 18 (multiday) Sled Dog Storytime 10 - 11 AM GPC Work Session 10 AM - 12 PM "You've Got To Be Kidding" at St J Sparkles! 12 - 7 PM Meet Santa, Face Painting & Hot Cocoa! 4 - 7 PM St. J Sparkles! Holiday Weekend 5 PM (multiday) Handbells at St. J. Sparkles 5:30 - 7 PM Community Meal in Plainfield 6 - 7 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Cabot Community Contra Dance Friday, Dec. 13! 7 - 9:30 PM Cabot Community Contra Dance - Friday 7 - 9:30 PM Trinity Irish Dancers - Holiday Show 7 PM (multiday) Local Cast Brings "A Christmas Carol" to Life! 7:30 PM +10 more see less	14 Howl-Iday Event at Dog Mountain! 12 - 5 AM Energy-Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market! 12 AM - 2 PM Meet Up for Folks Looking to Make New Friends All Day Spirit Doll Workshop All Day Peacham School Holiday Free Food Bank 9 AM - 3 PM Estate/Moving Sale - Tillou Rd - Dec. 14-15 9 AM (multiday) Kids Trade and Play- A Family Resource! Dec. 14 9:30 - 11:30 AM Author Talk 10 - 11 AM Quahog Dance Party at St. J. Sparkles! 10 - 11 AM Gingerbread Houses Dec. 14 10 - 11:30 AM Copley Craft Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Energy-Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market! 10 AM - 2 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour Dec. 14 10 AM - 3 PM Holly Grams Deliveries 10 AM - 3 PM 40th Annual Open Studio Sale and Demonstrations 10 AM - 4 PM Emma Podolin Redware Annual Studio Sale Dec. 14-15 10 AM (multiday) First Annual Northwoods Pottery Tour Dec. 14-15 10 AM (multiday) Northwoods Pottery Sale and Tour 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Pottery Sale at Borealis Studios! 10 AM (multiday) Reiki & Restorative Yoga Workshop 10:30 AM - 12 PM Austrian Bakery at Craftsbury Winter Market 11 AM - 12 PM Energy-Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market! 11 AM - 2 PM Craftsbury Holiday Farmers' Market 11 AM - 2 PM Energy-Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market! 11 AM - 2 PM Craft Market + Soup and Baked Goods - 12/14 11 AM - 2 PM Energy Saving Info - Craftsbury Holiday Farmers Market 11 AM - 2 PM Children's Holiday Shopping at Secondhand Prose in St J! 11 AM - 3 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour 11 AM (multiday) OWC Children's Choir Rehearsals 11:15 AM Cabot Public Library - Dec. 14 Free Holiday Workshop 12 - 2 PM “Santa at the Shelter” Dec. 14 12 - 2 PM Explorers and Crafters: Minecraft Club for Kids 1 - 3 PM Healing Circle 2:30 - 4 PM St Johnsbury Players Present a Christmas Carol 3 PM Holiday Sing-Along 4 - 5 PM Family Fun and Movie Night Featuring Elf! 4 - 8 PM Light Parade 5:30 - 7 PM Holiday Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Just Getting By - Film Screening at MCC 7 - 10 PM Holiday Concert 7 PM Local Cast Brings "A Christmas Carol" to Life! 7:30 PM +37 more see less
15 Adult Pickleball 9 AM You're Invited: Soft Launch Service at Catalyst Church 10 AM - 12 PM Family Holiday Event at MCCC This Sunday! 10 AM - 1 PM Northwoods Pottery Tour Dec. 14 10 AM - 3 PM Winter Solstice Service Dec. 15 10:30 - 11:30 AM Family Holiday Event at MCC 10:30 AM - 1 PM Santa's Coming to West Burke! 11 AM - 1 PM Christmas Play at Jean's Playhouse 12:30 - 6 PM Christmas Workshop 1 - 3 PM Children's Christmas Workshop Dec. 15 1 - 3 PM Cole Kerr Originals Christmas Open House 1 - 4 PM Watercolor Painting Classes in Westfield 1:30 - 3 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Winter Concert 2 - 3:30 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Winter Concert 2 - 4 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Orchestra 2 - 4 PM Cookie Exchange Party at the Walden Community Library 2 - 4 PM Holiday Party & Tree Lighting in the Village! 3 - 5 PM Christmas Caroling Hayride 3 - 5 PM The Continued Adventures of King Wenceslas 4 - 6 PM Montpelier Community Carol Sing! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Community Carol Sing in Montpelier 4:30 PM Winter Fun Paint and Sip 5 - 7 PM +18 more see less	16 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM Monday Mending at the Genny Albany 4 - 7 PM Monday Mending at the Genny Albany 4 - 7 PM Winter Concert, Art Show, and Lantern Walk 6 - 7 PM Canceled: Dec. 16 Community Budget Review Event 6 - 7:30 PM Free Community Dinner 6 PM New Date - Winter Concert, Art Show, and Lantern Walk 6 PM +3 more see less	17 Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Quilting/Sewing Class 9 - 11 AM Holiday Storytimes at the Craftsbury Public Library 10 - 11 AM Art with Ed Kadunc 1 - 6:30 PM New Early Time! Life Drawing Studio Nude Model Easels 2:30 - 4:30 PM SB Meeting Dec. 17 6 - 8 PM School Board Meeting Agenda 6 - 8 PM Marshfield Budget Discussions 6:30 - 7:30 PM Albany Selectboard Meeting - Dec 17 7 - 9 PM A Christmas Carol! 7:30 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	18 Golden Ball Tai Chi 10 - 11 AM Slow Flowers Roundtables at The Flower Basket 12 - 7 PM Teen Button Making 3 - 4 PM Life Study Drawing 3:30 - 5:30 PM SB Special Meeting, Wed, Dec. 18 4 - 5:45 PM Community Care Conversation 5:30 - 7:30 PM Sheffield Planning Commission Public Meeting 6 - 8 PM Please Join Us at Our School Board Meeting 6:15 - 9:15 PM Advent Taizé Service at E. Craftsbury Presbyterian 7 - 8 PM Village of Marshfield Board of Trustees Meeting 7 PM +6 more see less	19 Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Fall Prevention Tai Chi Levels 1 - 3 1 - 2 PM School Age Story Time 3 - 4 PM Zumba Dance 5 - 6 PM Peace Vigil 5 - 6 PM Budget SB Meeting - Correction 5 - 7 PM East Calais Potluck on Dec. 19 6 - 7:15 PM Free Argentine Tango Class & Practice St J Welcome Ctr 6 - 8 PM Craftsbury Fire District #2 – Special Meeting Dec. 19 6:45 - 7 PM Bread and Puppet Theater's "The Christmas Story" 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	20 Felted Soap Workshop 10 - 11:30 AM Hardwick Farmers Market Dec. 20 3 - 6 PM Goldenrose Gardens Solstice Sale at Front Seat Coffee! 4 - 7 PM Front Seat Winter Market Starts This Friday! 4 - 7 PM Free Youth Activity 5:30 - 9 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night Dec. 20 6 - 9 PM Bread and Puppet Theater Present: the Christmas Story 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	21 Candle Centerpiece Workshop Dec. 21 10 - 10:30 AM Old Time Music Jam 10 AM - 12 PM St. J Sparkles at St. Andrew's Church! 10 AM - 10 PM Hard-Pressed Solstice Market 11 AM - 3 PM Hard-Pressed Community Print Shop Solstice Market 11 AM - 3 PM Children's Holiday Shopping at Secondhand Prose Update! 11 AM - 3 PM Hard Pressed Community Printshop Solstice Market 11 AM - 3 PM Hard-Pressed Solstice Market 11 AM - 3 PM Winter Solstice Celebration 12 - 8 PM Explorers and Crafters: Minecraft Club for Kids 1 - 3 PM Special Winter Solstice Sound Bath 3 - 5 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve - Dec. 21 3 - 5 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve 3 - 9 PM Woodbury Caroling on the Green! Dec. 21 4:30 - 5:30 PM Winter Solstice Yoga Nidra for the HAFP 4:30 - 6 PM Carols & Cocoa 4:30 PM Christmas Carols and Cocoa 4:30 PM Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend! 7:30 PM +14 more see less
22 Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM Family Open Gym 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM Community Carol Sing 3 - 4:30 PM Village Singing 4 - 5 PM Candle Light Service 6 - 7 PM Porter Brook Trio / Birdhouse Band Holiday Show Dec. 22 7 - 8:30 PM Re: Annual Christmas Concert 7 PM +3 more see less	23 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM SB Meeting Dec. 23 6 - 7:40 PM Stannard Holiday Musical Community Gathering, Dec. 23 6 - 8 PM	24 Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Office Closed 8 AM (multiday) Quilting/Sewing Class 9 - 11 AM Holiday Storytimes at the Craftsbury Public Library 10 - 11 AM Art with Ed Kadunc 1 - 6:30 PM New Early Time! Life Drawing Studio Nude Model Easels 2:30 - 4:30 PM A Unitarian Universalist Christmas Eve 3:40 - 5:15 PM Christmas Caroling 4 - 5 PM Christmas Eve Service 5 - 6 PM Old West Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve at E. Craftsbury Presbyterian Church 6 - 7 PM Christmas Eve, Peacham 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas at United Church 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less	25 Golden Ball Tai Chi 10 - 11 AM Free Christmas Dinner at the UCC Tomorrow 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Life Study Drawing 3:30 - 5:30 PM Albany Transfer Station - Closed Dec. 25 & Jan. 1 4 - 7 PM	26 Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Pizza & Game Night at Simpson Library 4 - 6 PM Thursday & Friday Take-Out Menu in East Calais 4 - 7 PM Zumba Dance 5 - 6 PM +1 more see less	27 Thursday & Friday Take-Out Menu in East Calais 4 - 7 PM Community Meal in Plainfield 6 - 7 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM	28 Join Your Legislators for a Community Conversation! 8 - 10:30 AM Explorers and Crafters: Minecraft Club for Kids 1 - 3 PM A Christmas Carol St J Players Dec. 28 3 PM Poetry & Pie 4 - 5 PM The Lost Faculty Live at Rimrocks 6 - 9 PM Organized Dead: Back to Harry's! 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less
29 Adult Pickleball 9 - 11 AM Lessons and Carols 10 - 11 AM Sunday Service at the Cabot United Church 10 - 11 AM	30 0pen Studio Moving in November 9:30 - 11:30 AM CRAFTea Last Mondays of the Month October-April 5:30 - 7 PM	31 Weekday Morning Fitness 7 - 7:45 AM Quilting/Sewing Class 9 - 11 AM Art with Ed Kadunc 1 - 6:30 PM New Early Time! Life Drawing Studio Nude Model Easels 2:30 - 4:30 PM First Night North 2025! 4 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	1 New Year's Day at the Jungle 9 AM - 12:45 PM Golden Ball Tai Chi 10 - 11 AM First Day Hike at Owl's Head in Groton State Forest 1 - 3 PM Life Study Drawing 3:30 - 5:30 PM Open Mic and Potluck, New Year's Day Special! 6 - 9 PM A Long Winter's Walk 7:30 - 9 PM +2 more see less	2 Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 10 - 11 AM Read to a Dog at Jeudevine Memorial Library 1 - 2 PM Zumba Dance 5 - 6 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM	3 The Cabot Village 12th Night Celebration 12 PM (multiday) This Friday at the Library for Kids 1 - 4 PM Flu and Covid Vaccination Clinic 1:30 - 3:30 PM Bluegrass Radio Show - Friday Evenings 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	4 Holiday Bottle Drive 8 - 11 AM Hazen Union NHS Bottle Drive 8 - 11 AM Justice for Dogs "Pop Up" Bottle/Can Drive Jan. 4 9 - 11 AM Old Time Music Jam 10 AM - 12 PM Moving Through the Season 10:30 - 11:30 AM Puzzle Competition Jan. 4 at The Jaquith 10:30 AM - 1 PM Puppy Love 12 - 4 PM Dramatic Reading of the Play One Family in Gaza 4 - 5:30 PM +4 more see less