Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2024

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1 Sage Farm Store End of Season Sale (multiday) Santa for a Senior 8 AM (multiday) Black Friday and Small Business Saturday Promotion 10 AM (multiday) Help the Mitzvah Fund Care for Pets with Painful Teeth 12 AM (multiday) G Willikers Opening Day! 9 AM - 1 PM Chess Tournament Dec. 1 9:30 AM - 3 PM 20% Off Holiday Sale at BHAV Spa! 10 AM - 6 PM Complimentary “Powder Day Pilates” Class! 11 AM - 3 PM Winter Clothing Collection 12 - 2 PM Potluck Feeds Hunger + Body + Soul 12 - 3 PM Potluck Feeds Hunger + Body + Soul 12 - 3 PM Holiday Wreath Making Workshop 1 - 3 PM Youth Art Show Opening, Potluck and Food Drive Dec. 1 1 - 3 PM DRML Sunday Music Series: Tracie and Paul Cassarino 2 - 3:45 PM Holiday Crafting Classes 2 - 5 PM Holiday Sing-Along at The Capital City Grange 2:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along 2:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along at the Grange! 2:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along - a Free, Family-Friendly Event 2:30 - 4:30 PM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM Messiah Sing Along – Charlotte Congregational Church 4 - 5:15 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM Reiki with Restorative Yoga 6 - 7:15 PM Broadway Rocks: Home for the Holidays 6 - 8:30 PM ACIM Study Group 6:30 - 7:30 PM +22 more see less	2 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Dignity of Risk Training for Disability Professionals 10 - 11:30 AM NVC & Relationship Skills Practice Group 12 - 8:30 PM Bake a Sweet Treat for Your Neighbors 3 - 3:30 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Community Sound Bath 6:30 - 7:45 PM Select Board Meeting Dec. 2 6:30 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Meeting Notice & Agenda 7 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +5 more see less	3 Free Veterinary Clinic for Older Adults All Day CVCOA and Mitzvah Fund Veterinary Clinic 9 AM - 4 PM Shop and Eat Locally on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3 9 AM (multiday) Make Your Own Green Cleaner! with LRSWMD 11 AM Meditation Series at Stowe Street Cafe 4 - 5 PM Strengthen Your Immunity with Eden Energy Medicine! 5 - 6 PM Select Board Meeting Tomorrow 5 - 7 PM Meetup for Women, Trans and Non-Binary Tradespeople 5 - 7 PM Giving Tuesday Celebration at Sushi Yoshi 5 - 9 PM “A Chance to Meet” 5:30 - 8 PM How Telescopes Work - by the Lamoille County Stargazers 5:30 PM Northfield Select Board Special Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM Waterbury Rec Gift Making Series: Tote Bag Printing! 6:15 - 7:30 PM Weekly Bible Study Starting Sept 17 6:30 - 8 PM Master Food Labels: Healthier Choices on a Budget 7 - 8 PM French Conversation Chez Henry 7 - 8 PM Jericho Planning Commission 7 PM Special Selectboard Meeting - Flood Mitigation 7 PM +14 more see less	4 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Richmond Blood Drive - Dec. 4 - Sign Up Now 11 AM - 12 PM Richmond Blood Drive: Dec 4 11 AM - 5:15 PM Richmond Blood Drive: Dec 4 11 AM - 5:15 PM Chicken Curry Fundraiser with New Menu! 12 - 5 PM Central VT Olli and Rick Winston Film Program 1:30 - 3 PM Rick Winston on Chinese Films 1:30 - 3:30 PM Healing Arts Group 5 - 6:30 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM Screening of "The US and the Holocaust" 6 - 7:30 PM Community Holiday Party and Wreath Show 6 - 8 PM Paine Mountain School Board to Discuss Outdoor Ed, Budget 6 - 8 PM WCUUSD School Budget: We Want to Hear from You! 6 - 9 PM Intermediate Old-Time Fiddle Class 6:30 - 7:45 PM Summit School's Intermediate Old Time Fiddle Classes 6:30 - 7:45 PM MRPS School Board Meeting Dec. 4 6:30 - 8:30 PM Relieve Some Stress Through Art-Making 7 - 8:30 PM +14 more see less	5 Bone Builders Class 9 - 10 AM Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM Baby Chat Nov. 7 10 - 11:30 AM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Raft Long-Term Flood Recovery Group 12 - 7:30 PM Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Workshops 1 - 2:30 PM Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 1 - 6 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Mary Hill Artist Talk and Demonstration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Community Forum on Housing and Homelessness 6 - 7 PM Methodist Church Community Meal Thursday! 6 - 7:30 PM Table Tennis 6 - 8 PM Braver Angels Chittenden County Social Gathering 6 - 8 PM Art Yoga 6:30 - 7:30 PM Future Wild: Protecting Public Forests by Zack Porter 7 - 8 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM Future Wild:Protecting New England's Public Forests 7 - 9 PM "Tinsel Town" Pub Trivia with the MRV Libraries 7 PM +15 more see less	6 Inherit the Wind at Lamoille County Players All Day Join the Bivo Run Club! 7 - 8 AM Safe Sitter Babysitting Course - Dec. 6! 9 AM - 3:30 PM Local Conflict Evolution Workshop 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Read & Play Fridays at the Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Join Our Early Childhood Music Programs at Peak Music! 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM Community Listening Session! 11:30 AM - 1 PM LEGO Club 3 - 4 PM MSAC Chess Club & Lessons 3 - 5 PM Christmas on the Common 3 - 8 PM Huntington Holiday Market and First Friday: Dec. 6 4 - 7 PM Art at Magpie & Tiger / Monica Digiovanni / Dec. 6 4 - 9 PM A Traditional Christmas in Stowe - This Weekend! 4 PM (multiday) George Woodard's New Book, The Christmas Calf 5 - 7 PM Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 5 - 7 PM Christmas on the Common 5 - 8 PM Friends of Richmond Free Library Book & Bake Sale 5:30 - 8:30 PM Sound Healing at Center Studio Yoga 6 - 7 PM Poetry, Music and Storytelling Night at Love University 6:30 - 8:30 PM Norwich University Regimental Band Concert 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Spring Hill School's Bid & Boogie Dance Party 7 - 11 PM Little Mermaid, Jr 7 PM Yuletide Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long Dec. 6 7 PM Spring Hill School's Bid & Boogie 7:30 - 11 PM +22 more see less	7 Studio Sale (multiday) Help Support Worcester's Celebration of the 4th 8 AM - 1 PM Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM Blood Drive Dec. 7 9 AM - 12:45 PM 89th Annual Holiday Bazaar at Burlington's First Unitarian Universalist Society 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Friends of Richmond Free Library Book & Bake Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Moretown Stroll 9 AM - 3 PM Richmond Holiday Market 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Moretown Artisans Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Amnesty International's Human Rights Day Event 10 AM - 12 PM Gift Crafts: Ornaments 10 AM - 12 PM Friends of the Warren Library Used Book Sale 10 AM - 12 PM Friends of LML Book and Bake Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Christmas Event 10 AM - 2 PM NMHS Holiday Market/Craft Fair - Dec. 7 10 AM - 3 PM Winter Wonderland Holiday Craft Show 10 AM - 3 PM Shap Smith Photo Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market at Harwood Union High School 10 AM - 4 PM Celebrate the 24th Annual Festival of Lights 🎄 10 AM - 4 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Solstice Storytime at the Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Meet with District 3 Council Members 12 - 1 PM Onion River Journal Staff Meeting Saturday 12 - 1:30 PM Real Talk About Coyotes and the Wolf 1 - 2 PM Roxbury Community Crafters - Paper Quilling 1 - 4 PM Afternoon Holiday in the Barbershop Style 2 - 3 PM Holiday Concert in 4 Part Harmony 2 - 3:15 PM Holiday Concert Green Mountain and Barre Tones Choruses 2 - 3:30 PM Holiday Show in 4 Part Harmony 2 - 4 PM December Forum at the Old Labor Hall 2 - 4 PM Encouraging Women to Run for Office 2 PM Great Gifts! Winterfest Kick-Off Silent Auction 3 - 3:45 PM Little Mermaid, Jr 3 PM River of Light Parade and Celebration Community Info 4 - 6:30 PM Waterbury Public Library is Open During River of Light! 4 - 7 PM Amazing and Fun Ceramic Monsters at Front Four Gallery 4 - 7 PM "Vermont for the Vermonters" Author Talk 6 - 7 PM Flavors of Spain: Pop-Up Dining Event 6 - 8:30 PM Slaphappy Santa Christmas Spectacular 6:30 - 10 PM HUMS & CBMS Present the Little Mermaid 7 - 8 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM MRVBC Backcountry Film Festival! 7 - 10 PM 🌹The Flower Haus Fundraiser - Late Night Sober Lounge 7 - 10 PM Messiah Performance 7 PM (multiday) Resounding Joy Dance Party 8 - 11:55 PM +43 more see less
8 Antique Market at The Canadian Club 8 AM - 1 PM Beat the Blues! Mindful Snowshoeing Immersion 10 - 11:15 AM Worcester X-Mas Craft Fair, 3rd Edition at Doty! 10 AM - 4 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Advent Lessons and Carols 4 - 5 PM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM Jericho Center Tree Lighting 4 - 5:30 PM Community Carol Sing in the Old Round Church 4 - 6 PM Old Round Church Carol Sing Dec. 8 4 - 6 PM VT Sierra Club Winter Gathering 4 - 7 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM +8 more see less	9 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM 36th Annual Brain Injury Conference Dec. 9-11 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Friends of the Warren Library Annual Meeting 10 - 11 AM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Wheeler Field Plan Draft Review: Community Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	10 36th Annual Brain Injury Conference Dec. 9-11 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Baby Toddler Story Time 10:30 - 11 AM Meditation Series at Stowe Street Cafe 4 - 5 PM Thermal Energy Network Workshop Dec. 10 5 - 6:30 PM Green Mountain Toastmasters 6 - 7:30 PM Weekly Bible Study Starting Sept 17 6:30 - 8 PM French Conversation Chez Henry 7 - 8 PM Deborah Rawson Book Lovers: The Known World 7 - 8:30 PM Sean Heely Celtic Christmas 7 PM Anti-Racism Book Discussion Group 7 PM +7 more see less	11 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM 36th Annual Brain Injury Conference Dec. 9-11 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM MRV Chamber Offers Stand Up for Safety Training 10 AM - 12 PM Suicide Prevention and Awareness Training 10 AM - 12 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Burlington-Winooski Bridge Project Open House: Dec. 11 4:30 - 6:30 PM Healing Arts Group 5 - 6:30 PM Yellow Turtle's After-Hours Holiday Shopping Event 💛 5 - 7 PM Nómade Winery Dinner at Michael's on the Hill 5:30 - 9 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM CPR and AED Training 6 - 8:30 PM Climate and Ecology Book Discussion 6 PM Waterbury Rec Canvas & Cocoa for Kids! 6:15 - 9 PM Summit School's Intermediate Old Time Fiddle Classes 6:30 - 7:45 PM Intermediate Old-Time Fiddle Class 6:30 - 7:45 PM Community Grief Group - Every 2nd Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM Silent Night at Stowe Community Church 7 - 8 PM Homeless Camping on Public Property 7 - 8:30 PM Homeless Camping on Public Property 7 - 8:30 PM Relieve Some Stress Through Art-Making 7 - 8:30 PM Program: Supreme Court Homeless Encampments Case 12/11 7 - 8:30 PM "Two for Christmas" at Lost Nation Theater 7 PM (multiday) +19 more see less	12 Clothing Swap at MMU Dec. 12-13 (multiday) The Civic Standard's Christmas Carol at HCA (multiday) A Charlie Brown Christmas Live in Concert All Day Family Center Playgroup at the United Church 10 - 11 AM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 12 - 6 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM MMU Clothing Swap 3:10 - 5:30 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Holiday Wreath Making Workshop 5 - 7 PM Table Tennis 6 - 8 PM Art Yoga 6:30 - 7:30 PM Mah Jongg 6:30 - 8:30 PM A Classic Christmas with Frisson 7 - 8:45 PM Production of A Christmas Carol 7:30 PM (multiday) +12 more see less	13 International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM Read & Play Fridays at the Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Stories and Songs with Beth and David London 11 - 11:45 AM MSAC Chess Club & Lessons 3 - 5 PM New Intentional Community Forming in Montpelier 5 - 7 PM Soup, Bread & Ale at the Sinclair Inn 5 - 7 PM Terrific Theater Show This Holiday Season 6 PM (multiday) Sound Bath Meditation 6:30 - 7:30 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Cabot Community Contra Dance - Friday 7 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	14 Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM Kids Trade & Play Clothing Swap 9:30 - 11:30 AM Holiday Babysitting Event 9:30 AM - 4 PM Author / Illustrator Liza Woodruff to Visit Inklings! 10 - 11 AM Come to Our Twin Babies Meetup! 10 AM - 12 PM Twin Babies Meetup! 10 AM - 12 PM Good Beginnings Twin Meetup 10 AM - 12 PM Copley Craft Fair 10 AM - 2 PM International Boutique 10 AM - 6 PM DVAS Soup Fest! 10:30 AM - 4 PM Lamoille Valley Dance Academy's Nutcracker/Holiday Show 1 PM (multiday) An Afternoon Concert with Cello & Piano 2 - 3 PM Come One, Come All, to the 2024 Nativity Pageant! 3 - 4:30 PM Extraordinary Mad River Chorale Christmas Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM Tower of Power! 8 - 11 PM +11 more see less
15 Breathwork at ReTribe in Underhill 12 AM - 6 PM Breakfast with Santa at Morrisville Fire Department 8 AM - 12 PM Beat the Blues! Mindful Snowshoeing Immersion 10 - 11:15 AM Nurturing the Mother Workshop at the Sanctuary 10 AM - 12 PM Queer Craft Fair 12/15 at the Old Labor Hall, Barre 10 AM - 3 PM Nutcracker Storytime and Dance Party at Inklings! 11 AM - 12 PM ❄️ Stowe Farmers' Market Holiday Market 12 - 4 PM ❄️ Stowe Farmers' Market Holiday Market 12 - 4 PM Sourdough Baking Workshop 12 - 5 PM Green Mountain Youth Orchestra Concert - Dec. 15 2 - 4 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony Winter Concert 2 - 4 PM Rotary's Santa in the Park 3 - 4:30 PM Community Carol Sing at MMUUF Meeting House Dec. 15 3 - 5 PM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM The Continued Adventures of King Wenceslas 4 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM The Kat & Brett Holiday Show! 6 - 9 PM +14 more see less	16 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Stowe Community Sing-In Handel's Messiah 7 PM	17 Baby Toddler Story Time 10:30 - 11 AM NAWIC Vermont Holiday Party 5:30 - 8 PM Waterbury Rec Gift Making Series: Gingerbread Houses! 6:15 - 8 PM Town of Jericho: Bylaw Amendment Notification 7 - 8 PM French Conversation Chez Henry 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	18 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Healing Arts Group 5 - 6:30 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Advent Vespers 6 - 6:30 PM SongFarmers - A Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Summit School's Intermediate Old Time Fiddle Classes 6:30 - 7:45 PM Intermediate Old-Time Fiddle Class 6:30 - 7:45 PM Relieve Some Stress Through Art-Making 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	19 Gifts for Giving at Doty! 9 AM - 12 PM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM BPL Lego Club 3 - 4:30 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Road Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Table Tennis 6 - 8 PM Art Yoga 6:30 - 7:30 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	20 SHS Day of Service Volunteer Opportunities Needed 9:30 - 11:30 AM Stories and Songs with Beth and David London 11 - 11:45 AM MSAC Chess Club & Lessons 3 - 5 PM Soup, Bread & Ale at the Sinclair Inn 5 - 7 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	21 Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM Gift Crafts: Keychains, Pins, and Magnets 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Solstice Celebration & Retreat Day at Talta 10 AM - 2 PM 3rd Annual Christmas Gala 5:30 - 9 PM Solstice Stargazing at Moretown Rec Fields Dec. 21 6 - 8 PM Kat and Brett Holiday Show 7 PM The 18th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec. 21-22 7 PM (multiday) +3 more see less
22 Beat the Blues! Mindful Snowshoeing Immersion 10 - 11:15 AM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM Tiny Black House Takeout Fall Series 4:30 - 6 PM Evening Meditation Circle-Barre UU 6 - 7 PM	23 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Blood Drive - American Legion Post 63 12 - 5 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM	24 Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Dinner at Outbound Stowe 3 PM (multiday) Men's Circle at the Sanctuary 7 - 8:30 PM	25 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Relieve Some Stress Through Art-Making 7 - 8:30 PM	26 Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Table Tennis 6 - 8 PM	27 Winter Teen Retreat at ReTribe (multiday) Soup, Bread & Ale at the Sinclair Inn 5 - 7 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM	28 Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM
29 Beat the Blues! Mindful Snowshoeing Immersion 10 - 11:15 AM Yoga for Recovery at Lry with Mary Streeter 4 - 5:15 PM	30 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM	31	1 Public Indoor Tennis at Norwich University 9 AM - 12 PM Pre-Ski Tai Chi Class Begins Monday! 5:45 - 6:15 PM Relieve Some Stress Through Art-Making 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Baby Chat Nov. 7 10 - 11:30 AM Come Join Us for French Conversation 12 - 1 PM Sacred Circle with Sound Healing and Chanting 7 - 9 PM	3 Soup, Bread & Ale at the Sinclair Inn 5 - 7 PM Ecstatic Dance Vermont 7 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance 7 - 9 PM	4 Community Meeting Day - Pie for Breakfast! 8 AM - 12 PM Come Help Us Help the Community Stay Warm 9 AM - 12 PM