Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2014

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30 Women's Festival of Crafts in Burlington (multiday) Northfield Ambulance Volunteers, Inc. Christmas Tree & Wreath Sale 12 PM (multiday) Twin Valley Senior Last Sunday of the Month Dinner All Day Last Sunday of the Month Dinner for TVSC All Day Montpelier Antiques Market Opens Sunday, Nov. 30 8 AM - 1:30 PM Pot Luck Supper Nov. 30 5 PM Community Potluck Dinner 5 PM +3 more see less	1 Bingo All Day Water/Wastewater Meeting Agenda All Day Story Time @ Aldrich Library Main Branch 10:30 - 11:30 AM Knit 2gether Knitting and Craft Group 4 - 6 PM Classic Book Club December Discussion 6 - 8 PM December 1st Selectboard Agenda 7 - 9 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting Monday 7pm OSC 7 PM +3 more see less	2 Winter Wildlife Tracking Wshop at the Coop, Tues, Dec. 2 All Day Parenting Group - Dec. 2 All Day Tuesday Lunch and Learn at North Branch Cafe - Dec. 2 All Day Norwich to Host Jazz Guitarist Vladimir Cetkar in Free Concert Dec. 2 All Day Potential Park & Ride at Exit 6 - Meeting Dec. 2 All Day Story Time @ Aldrich Library York Branch 10:30 AM Conversation on Racial Justice and Dismanteling White Supremacy 6 PM Fun Fit Camp 7 - 8 PM Meet the Author! Pattrice Jones at Next Chapter Books 7 PM Green Mountain Playboys Play Cajun Dance Party in Burlington! 8 - 10 PM Green Mountain Playboys Play Cajun Dance Party in Burlington! 8 - 10 PM +7 more see less	3 BYSA 7th & 8th Grade Wrestling Sign-Ups (multiday) U-32 Public Budget Forum Wed. All Day Osher (OLLI) Presentation All Day Northfield Area Homeschoolers 1 PM OLLI Presents Rick Winston, Film Scholar Dec. 3 & 10 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Program on Movie Classics 1:30 PM Town Office Planning Committee Meeting Wednesday Dec. 3 6 - 7 PM Rotary Senior Citizen Christmas Dinner 6 - 8 PM East Montpelier Capital Improvement Plan Public Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Events at the Jaquith 7 PM +6 more see less	4 Rising Tide Potluck and Info Sharing All Day Please Join Us for This Special Moment in History! 11 AM - 12 PM See Barre History Up Close! 11 AM Campaign for VCFA Open House 4 - 6 PM Upcoming Class at Tulsi Tea Room: Beautiful Broths 6:30 - 8 PM Rising Tide Community Potluck 6:30 PM +2 more see less	5 Lions Club Annual Christmas Tree Sale and Calendar Raffle (multiday) "Celebrating the Dishtowel" Exhibit at Jacquith All Day Art Walk - Jeweler Bill Butler All Day Worcester First Friday Family Dance This Friday Dec. 5 All Day Twin Valley Senior Center Death Cafe Series All Day Chandler Wants to Know What You Want! Dec 5 All Day Open Gym/Activity Time for Kids in Marshfield 3 - 4:30 PM Opening Reception: Shamus Mccaffrey Langlois at Gallery Six 4 - 8 PM Art Walk Dec. 5 4 - 8 PM VCFA Illumination Night - Dec. 5 5:30 - 7 PM Illumination Night Dec. 5 5:30 - 7 PM CVMCC Annual Fund Raiser Dinner 6 - 9 PM Talent Show & Silent Auction to Benefit Royalton Community Radio 6:30 - 9 PM The Vermont Movie Series Part Five 6:30 - 9 PM Friday Night Fires: Dupont Brothers Album Release Party 7 - 9 PM Norwich University Pipes & Drums Concert: Friday Dec 5 8 PM +12 more see less	6 Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert Dec. 6-7 (multiday) Help the Montpelier Food Pantry When You Visit Santa on Saturday All Day Holiday Fair Dec. 6 All Day Another Holiday Fair in Montpelier! All Day Saturday Night Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert Montpelier! All Day Holiday Fair at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier Dec. 6 All Day Booksale, Tag Sale and Holiday Arrangements All Day Saturday, Dec. 6 Holiday Fair All Day Holiday Craft Fair at the Maple Corner Community Center Dec 6 All Day Farmers Market & Local Food All Day Farmers Market All Day Dug Nap at Artisans Hand All Day Cookie Decorating, Holiday Program and Santa Claus is Coming to Town! All Day Cookie Decorating, Holiday Program and Santa Claus is Coming to Town! All Day Christmas Bazaar All Day Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert Sat. All Day Holiday Mosaic Workshop Saturday! All Day More Concerts All Day Holiday Mosaic Workshop Saturday! All Day Twinfield Holiday Bazaar Still Accepting Vendors & Volunteers 8:30 AM - 2 PM Twinfield Holiday Craft Bazaar Dec. 6 8:30 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Unitarian Church Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Old Fashioned Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Fair Today Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Friends of the Cutler Memorial Library Vermont-Made Gift Basket Raffle 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazzar 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Bazzar 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 3 PM Friends of Ainsworth Library Raffle 9 AM - 3:30 PM Farmers Market Dec. 6 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market Dec. 6 10 AM - 2 PM Craftsbury Holiday Market Craft Show 10 AM - 3 PM (Not Your Mother's) Christmas Bazaar, 2 Dec. 6 10 AM - 4 PM Christmas Bazaar 11 AM - 4 PM Northfield HS Student Council Bake Sale at LH Stowell & Son Farm 11 AM (multiday) Norwich University Holiday Concert 2 - 4 PM A Film About Coffee - Benefit Event for Food 4 Farmers 2:30 - 7 PM River of Lights Lantern Parade 5 - 6 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 PM +35 more see less
7 Plainfield Holiday Farmers Market and Trunk Sale All Day Granite City Grocery Holiday Potluck Supper All Day Granite City Grocery (GCG) Holiday Pot Luck Supper All Day Breakfast Buffet Sunday All Day Granite City Grocery (GCG) Holiday Pot Luck Supper All Day Granite City Grocery Potluck Dec 7 All Day Come to the Plainfield Holiday Farmers Market & Trunk Sale - Dec. 7 All Day Solarize Open Houses Sun. All Day Wonderful Winter Concert This Sunday! All Day Breakfast Buffet with Northfield American Legion Dec. 7 7 - 11 AM Basket Making Workshop with Nick Neddo 9 AM - 5 PM Plainfield Holiday Farmers Market and Trunk Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Free Dad and Kid Ice Skating! 4 - 5:15 PM GCG Potluck Dec. 7 4 - 6 PM Granite City Grocery Potluck - Dec. 7 4 PM Wonderful Christmas Concert This Sunday! 4:30 PM Summit School Open House! 5 - 7 PM Summit School Open House! 5 - 7 PM Summit School Open House! 5 - 7 PM Chandler Film Series Shows Black Narcissus Dec 7 6 PM Mass Appeal Comedy Showcase 7 - 8:30 PM Randolph Center's 65th Annual Carol Sing Dec. 7 7 PM +18 more see less	8 Holiday Concert All Day Plainfield Dec. 8 Selectboard Meeting with Time Breakdown All Day Knit 2gether Knitting and Craft Group 4 - 6 PM Berlin Elementary School Budget Discussion Monday 6 - 8 PM Info on Tax Credits for Commercial Property Owners-Plfd Village 7 - 8 PM Plainfield Select Board Meeting Dec. 8 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	9 VTrans On Road Bicycle Plan Meeting All Day Lunch and Learn at North Branch Cafe - Tuesday Dec. 9 All Day Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Dec. 9 All Day Story Time @ Aldrich Library York Branch 10:30 AM Annual Holiday Open House at VCIL 5 - 7 PM Williamstown School District Board of Directors Meeting 6 - 8:15 PM Randolph Uke Players Get Together Dec. 9 6:30 - 8 PM Fun Fit Camp 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	10 Snow Plowing Available All Day Date for Pop-Up Workshop All Day Song Circle: Community Sing-A-Long at Jaquith All Day Osher (OLLI) Presentation All Day Council Mtg Wednesday - Budget Time! All Day Marshfield Historical Society Meeting Canceled 6:30 AM OLLI Presents Rick Winston, Film Scholar Dec. 10 1:30 - 3 PM Menstrual Awesomeness! ~ Anatomy, Remedies, and Self-Care 5:30 - 7:30 PM Toast to Creativity! Art & Wine with Kristin Richland 6 - 8 PM Music at Bagitos This Week Dec. 10-14 6 PM (multiday) Marshfield Historical Society 6:30 - 8 PM +7 more see less	11 Parent/Community Education Presentation at U-32 All Day Exercise Over 40 Talk at the North Branch Cafe Thursday Night All Day Moretown Development Review Board Hearing for New Town Office All Day Exercise over 40 Talk at North Branch Cafe All Day Kickin' the Grinch Christmas Party Dec. 11 All Day Empty Bowl Dinner at Harwood Union High School All Day Parent Education and Substance Awareness Meeting Dec. 11 All Day Parent Education Presentation at U-32 All Day Parent Education Presentation and Substance Awareness All Day Fund Raising Event - Build the Bridge Dec 11! All Day Seasonal Sides Cooking Class & Dinner (Part 2) 5 - 7:30 PM Community Awareness/Parent Ed at U-32 Dec. 11 6:30 PM Free Parent Education Presentation and Substance Awareness Dec. 11 6:30 PM Brookfield Town Energy Committee Meeting 6:30 PM I Wanted to Share This...Especially with Taxes Coming Up 9 PM (multiday) +11 more see less	12 Benefit Bake at Flatbread for Jason Fowler Friday Dec.12 All Day Scrabble Dec 12 at BPL All Day Movement/Community Building Weekend Dec. 12-14 All Day Songs of Midwinter Holidays at the Library This Friday! 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Holiday Market Friday at Barre Labor Hall 3 - 7 PM Barre Farmers Annual Holiday Market 3 - 7 PM Cheap Art Sale 4 - 7 PM Meet the Maker Night at Art of Vermont Dec 12 6 - 8 PM JSC Concert Band Performance 7 - 8:30 PM Local Folks Put on Winter Concert - Friday 7:30 PM Session Americana Concert 8 - 10 PM Laugh Local Vt Comedy Open Mic 8 - 10:30 PM +8 more see less	13 Touch of Vermont Holiday Gift Market This Saturday All Day Moretown Artisans Sale This Weekend! (multiday) Holiday Open Studio Print and Craft Sale (multiday) Holiday Open Studio Sale: Mary, Terry, Georgia, Chet&Viiu/ Dec. 13-14 (multiday) Holiday Market & Tree Cutting Dec. 13-14 (multiday) Holiday Market & Tree Cutting Dec. 13-14 (multiday) Craft Fair and White Elephant Sale (multiday) Floating Bridge Coop Holiday Market Dec. 13-14 (multiday) Michael Arnowitt Playing Jazz with Trio Dec. 13 All Day Christmas Craft Bazaar All Day Earthwalk Craft Party Dec. 13! All Day Montpelier Memory Cafe Dec. 13 All Day Hand Crafted Crafts & White Elephant Sale All Day Wreaths Across America All Day Craft and White Elephant Bazaar All Day Green Mountain Youth Symphony Concert! All Day Green Mountain Youth Symphony Performance All Day Ben Koenig & Mark Greenberg in Concert in Adamant All Day Photos with Santa at Precious Moments Preschool All Day Touch of Vermont Holiday Market Dec 13 All Day Solidarity Craft Fair This Saturday All Day Concert All Day Earthwalk Craft Party! All Day Breakfast with Santa All Day Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon Reminder All Day Breakfast with Santa All Day Coin Drop for Good Samaritan Haven 9 AM - 12 PM Annual Touch of Vermont Holiday Gift Market 9 AM - 4 PM Planting Hope's 21 Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM 21st Annual Solidarity Craft Fair Dec. 13! 9 AM - 4 PM Marshfield School of Weaving Studio Sale 9 AM - 4 PM 21st Annual Solidarity Craft Fair Dec. 13! 9 AM - 4 PM Outstanding Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Planting Hope Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM Tree and Wreath Fundraiser 10 AM - 1 PM Floating Bridge Coop Holiday Market Dec. 13-14 and Tree Cutting 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Open Studio Print & Craft Sale Dec 13 & 14 East Montpelier 10:30 AM (multiday) "The Logger" Reads for Storytime Saturday 10:30 AM Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon 12 - 2 PM Holiday Social, Dec 13 - Public Safety Building 1 - 3 PM Holiday Social - Friends of the Ainsworth Library 1 - 3 PM Earthwalk Craft Party! 1 - 4 PM Echo Valley Community Arts Presents "A Child's Christmas in Wales" 5 - 7 PM Solarize Mixer at Lyon's Den Pub Dec. 13 5 - 7 PM ‘Dare to Be Square' Dance, with Kick 'Em Jenny and Lausanne Allen! 7:30 - 10 PM +41 more see less
14 Northfield Farmers' Market Dec 14! All Day Montpelier Worldwide Candle Lighting Memorial for Children All Day Great Holiday Market All Day Northfield Holiday Farmers' Market All Day Mistletoe Memories - Randolph Singers' Free Concert Dec. 14 All Day Northfield Winter Farmers Market All Day Kids Night Out! All Day Enjoy the Floating Bridge Holiday Market on Sunday All Day Worldwide Candlelight Vigil for Children That Have Passed All Day Parents Gather Dec. 14 to Honor Children Who Passed All Day Montpelier Community Christmas Carol Sing All Day Tiferet Trails Wilderness Girls Series Workshop: Weave the Tapestry 12 - 4 PM Barre-Tones Holiday Show 2 PM Holiday Music! 2 PM Hot Cocoa & Holiday Stories with Mich Kabay 6 - 7:30 PM +11 more see less	15 Emes Budget Forum All Day Water/Wastewater Meeting Notice All Day WMHS Theatre! All Day EMES Budget Forum All Day Bake Sale & Handicrafts Sale at Randolph Sr Ctr 9 AM (multiday) Knit 2gether Knitting and Craft Group 4 - 6 PM Dec 15 Selectboard Agenda & Water System Update! 5:30 - 9 PM Williamstown School District Board of Directors Meeting - Postponed! 6 - 8 PM MTA Annual Meeting 6 - 8 PM Surviving the Holiday While in Grief 6:30 - 8:30 PM Cancelled: Parks Commission Meeting December 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	16 Militarization of Police All Day Lunch & Learn at the North Branch Cafe All Day City of Montpelier - Bike/Pedestrian Public Info Session Q+A All Day Candle Craft at Brown Public Library Dec. 16 All Day Story Time @ Aldrich Library York Branch 10:30 AM Pedestrian/Bicycle Master Plan Public Session 6:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	17 U-32 Board to Consider Next Year's Budget All Day Brook Naming Discussion at Conservation Commission Meeting All Day Special Council Mtg Today - More Budget! All Day Osher (OLLI) Presentation All Day OLLI Reschedules Rick Winston 1:30 - 3 PM Plainfield Opera House:Community Potluck & Family Movie Night Dec 17 5:30 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Opera House: Potluck & Family Movie Night 5:30 - 8:30 PM Unnamed Stream in Plainfield 7:15 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	18 Holiday Sing Along at Montelier Sr Center All Day Nest Warming Party at Good Beginnings of Central Vermont All Day Come Warm Up "The Nest" Parenting Resource Center All Day Nest Warming Party at Good Beginnings All Day The GBCV Nest Winter Warming Party All Day Twinfield Union School Board Meeting Dec 18 All Day Harwood Empty Bowl Dinner Rescheduled All Day Soup & Sandwich at Barre UU Church Dec. 18 All Day Montpelier Sr Center Sing Along All Day Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols All Day Nest Warming Party at Good Beginnings of Central Vermont 12 PM For Parents of Newborns 12 PM No More Deaths Herbal Medicine-Making Session & Mapping Our Ancestry 5:30 - 8 PM Mrs. Claus Visits the Moretown Memorial Library! 6:30 PM Comedy at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier 7 - 8:30 PM +11 more see less	19 Mad River Chorale Holday Concerts This Weekend All Day Christmas Bird Count This Friday! All Day Christmas Bird Count All Day Cvcoa Chats 9 AM - 12 PM Fresh Tracks Farm Holiday Party 5 - 8 PM The Vermont Movie Series Part Six 6:30 - 9 PM Stroke Yer Joke! Comedy Open Mic 8 - 9:30 PM +3 more see less	20 Onion River Chorus Christmas Concert! (multiday) Weekend Holiday Choral Concerts Burlington & Charlotte - Dec. 20 & 21 (multiday) Onion River Chorus Christmas Concert (multiday) Coffee with a Cop Event All Day Green Mountain Nutcracker at the Barre Opera House All Day Green Mountain Nutcracker All Day Live Music at the North Branch Cafe All Day Capital City Indoor Farmers Market Dec 20! All Day Montpelier Indoor Holiday Market on Saturday 10am to 2pm All Day Holiday Party and Food Drive for Waterbury/ Duxbury Food Shelves All Day Toy Joy 9 AM - 2 PM Project J.O.Y. the True Spirit of Christmas Gift Wrapping Party 10 AM - 12 PM Central Vermont Humane Society Holiday with the Animals Event 10 AM - 2 PM Central Vermont Humane Society Holiday with the Animals Event 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market - Dec 20 10 AM - 2 PM Coffee with a Cop Saturday! 11 AM - 12 PM Remember When the Holidays Were the Best Ever? 3 - 7 PM Remember When the Holidays Were the Best Ever? 3 - 7 PM Remember When the Holidays Were the Best Ever? 3 - 7 PM Patti Casey, Pete Sutherland, Mark Nash Tomorrow! 3 - 7 PM Jr. Jazzercise Holiday Camp 6 - 9 PM +17 more see less
21 Mad River Chorale Christmas Concert All Day Ice Skating with Frosty the Snowman All Day Ice Skating with Frosty the Snowman All Day Ice Skating with Frosty the Snowman All Day Organ Recital at Christ Episcopal Church Sunday Dec. 21 All Day Ice Skating with Frosty the Snowman 2 - 4 PM Ice Skating with Frosty the Snowman 2 - 4 PM Ice Skating with Frosty the Snowman 2 - 4 PM Special Carol Singalong Dec 21 6 PM +5 more see less	22 Public Menorah Lighting with Governor Monday All Day Moretown School Board Special Budget Meeting All Day Latkes at Our House Dec. 22 All Day Crafting Peace, Feeding Syrian Refugees All Day Plainfield Select Board Meeting-Municipal Building 7 - 9 PM Crafting Peace, Feeding Syrian Refugees 8 - 11 PM +2 more see less	23 Pitch Night at The Canadian Club All Day	24 Christmas Eve Service All Day Xmas Eve Doggie Fun! All Day Christmas Eve Services 5 and 7:30 PM at the Old Meeting House All Day Christmas Eve Services All Day Christmas Eve Services All Day Christmas Eve Services All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Service All Day Christmas Eve Program at West Brookfield Meetinghouse 7 - 8:30 PM Christmas Eve Cantata at Northfield Methodist Church 7 PM +8 more see less	25 We Will Be Closed on These Holiday Thursdays All Day Christmas Meals Served 11:30 AM	26 Music This Week at Bagitos Cafe 6 PM (multiday)	27
28 Cajun Solstice Dance with Green Mountain Playboys! 3 PM Cajun Solstice Dance in Cabot with the Green Mountain Playboys! 3 PM Cajun Solstice Dance with Green Mountain Playboys! 3 PM Candlelight Service 7 - 8:30 PM	29	30 Music at Bagitos Cafe This Week 6 PM (multiday)	31 New Years Eve at The Canadian Club All Day Marko the Magician New Year's Eve 4:30 - 7 PM	1 We Will Be Closed on These Holiday Thursdays All Day	2 Family Dance 6:30 - 8 PM Young Tradition VT Reunion Concerts at the Flynnspace in Burlington! 7 PM Young Tradition VT Reunion Concerts at the Flynn Space in Burlington! 7 PM	3 Farmers Market Jan. 3 All Day Montpelier Farmer's Market Jan. 3 All Day Capital City Farmers Market Jan. 3 All Day Bingo! All Day Zentangle Workshop - Relaxing, Meditative Drawing for Everyone 10 AM - 1 PM Jan. 3 Zentangle Workshop -- Relaxing, Meditative Drawing for Everyone 10 AM - 1 PM Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Get Clean - 10 Day Cleanse. Kick Start Your Healthy Eating Habits 1 - 2 PM Free Author Readings at VCFA: Karin Gottshall & Barbara Hurd 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less