Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2016

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27 Greater Barre Craft Guild This Weekend 9 AM (multiday) Abb's Nutcracker 2016 3 PM (multiday) Tai Chi and Meditation Nov. 27 4:30 - 5:30 AM Two-Hour Turkey (Or Tofu) Burner at Studio Zenith 9 - 11 AM Studio Zenith's Two-Hour Turkey (Or Tofu) Burner 5 - 7 PM +1 more see less	28 Resource Barre Computer Sale! 9:30 AM - 6 PM Montpelier Senior Activity Center Holiday Open House 5 - 7 PM Stories for All: Story Games and Swap Nov. 28 5:45 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Selectboard Agenda Nov. 28 7 PM	29 Ribbon Cutting/Open House 11 AM - 12 PM Randolph Dream Group Meets This Tuesday! 6 - 8 PM Randolph Dream Group Meet Nov. 29! 6 - 8 PM Ending Homelessness in Washington County Meeting: Nov. 29 6:30 - 7:30 PM Hunger Mtn. Headwaters Conservation Project 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	30 Pacem School Visting Day Nov. 30 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Film Series Begins 12:30 - 2:30 PM Free Parenting Class 5:30 - 6:30 PM Barre Heritage Festival 2017 Community Meeting 6 - 7 PM Vermont Community Garden Network 6 - 7:30 PM Vermont History Center- Extended Hours & Special Tour 6 - 8 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study 6 - 8 PM Northfield and Williamstown Schools Merger Committee 6 PM Open House at River Rock School Wednesday, Nov. 30 7 - 8:30 PM Post Election Emergency Community Meeting 7 - 9 PM It's a Wonderful Life at LNT 7 PM +8 more see less	1 Relocalizing VT Th. 9am: Capitalism & Conservation 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont Dec. 1: Capitalism & Conservation 9 - 10:30 AM Puppet Shows at Rumney School 1:45 PM Jory Nash Songwriter Workshop & House Concert 4 PM (multiday) Holiday Wreath Making at Brown Public Library 6 - 8 PM Village Planning Discussion Dec. 1 7 - 8 PM Flatlanders and Friends at Whammy Bar 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	2 Waldorf Books and Toys Sale! (multiday) Handcrafted Wooden Bowl Open House (multiday) Hockey Night in Barre 7:15 - 8:30 AM Knitting Class: "The Two-Day Scarf" Dec. 2 10 AM - 12 PM Our Lady of the Angels Christmas Bazaar 2 - 5 PM Teddy Bear Christmas Pageant 3 - 4:30 PM Teddy Bear Pageant Project 3 - 4:30 PM Teddy Bear Christmas Pageant 3 - 4:30 PM Show 14 Opening Reception at the Front During Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Follow the Randolph Holiday Art Trail 4:30 - 8 PM Family Kabbalat Shabbat This Friday Evening 5:30 - 7:30 PM Call to Artists: Woven Body Choir Auditions 6 - 8 PM Call Out to Singer-Mover-Sounder-Artists: Auditiondec 2 6 - 8 PM Art and Author Night: Veins of Gold at the Jaquith! 6 PM CANCELLED Songwriter Jory Nash Plainfield House Concert 6:30 - 9 PM Hockey Night in Barre! 7:15 PM Benefit Concert for 350Vermont 7:30 - 10:30 PM Extempo Dec. 2 8 - 10 PM Benefit Concert for 350Vermont 8 - 11 PM +15 more see less	3 Unitarian Church Holiday Fair Dec. 3 All Day Bethany Christmas Bazaar All Day Moving Sale All Day Randolph Elementary Holiday Market! 9 AM - 1 PM Twinfield Annual Craft Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Unitarian Church Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Our Lady of the Angels Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Reiki Level One Certification Class 9 AM - 3 PM Snowmobile Safety Course Offered 9 AM - 3:30 PM Berlin Energy Coordinator and Energy Conference 9 AM - 4:30 PM Register! Community Energy & Climate Action Conference 9 AM - 5:30 PM Seeking Vendors for 4th Annual RES Holiday Market! 9:30 AM - 1 PM “Try Out the Cello!” Special Free Event 10 AM - 12 PM Orchard Valley Book Sale - Beautiful Books for Children 10 AM - 1 PM Orchard Valley Waldorf Book Sale This Saturday! 10 AM - 1 PM Orchard Valley Book Sale - Beautiful Books for Children 10 AM - 1 PM (Not Your Mother's) Christmas Bazaar 10 AM - 4 PM Floating Bridge Coop Holiday Market 10 AM (multiday) Floating Bridge Food and Farms Annual Holiday Market 10 AM (multiday) Ornament Making at Library 10:30 AM Celebrating the Life of Wilmer Brandt Dec. 3 2 - 4 PM Capstone Community Action Randolph Community Dinner 4:30 - 7 PM Community Chorus Concert Dec. 3 6 - 7:30 PM One Drummer. Two Bands. Three Holes Mini-Golf! 6 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert, Barre 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert! 7 - 9:30 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir 7 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra 7 PM VFO Concert Saturday Night 7 PM More Intel About Music in Barre Event Saturday! 7:30 PM Music, Dancing, Indoor Mini-Golf and BBQ! 7:30 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +28 more see less
4 Pancake Fundraiser All Day Barre Antiques Market Sun. Dec. 4 8 AM - 2 PM New York Times Readers Club 9 AM - 1 PM Family Fun in Plainfield 3 - 5 PM Family Dance 3 PM Montpelier Community Gospel Choir Concert, Montpelier 4 - 5:30 PM Gospel Concerts in Montpelier and Barre, Dec. 3 - 4 4 PM Ted Talk Salon 6:30 - 8 PM 67th Randolph Center Carol Sing - Sunday 7 - 9 PM Seeking Entertainers for 67th Randolph Ctr Carol Sing 7 - 9 PM Randolph Center Carol Sing Sunday 7 PM Red Schoolhouse 7 PM +7 more see less	5 International Boutique in Waitsfield (multiday) Mass Action in Montpelier Dec. 5 - De-fund DAPL 9 AM Walk-In Herbal Clinic in Montpelier 1 - 5 PM Rumney School Board Meeting Monday 5:30 PM Classic Book Club Meeting 6 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class Dec. 5 7 - 8 PM Marshfield/Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting Dec. 5 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	6 NES Parent Meeting Dec. 6 All Day Family Literacy Center's Annual Art Show 12 - 1 PM Illumination Night at VCFA 5:30 - 6:30 PM Illumination Night at VCFA Tuesday, Dec. 6 5:30 - 7 PM Free Concert! 6 - 7 PM MCO Plays Beethoven in Free Pop-Up Concert Dec. 6 6 - 7 PM Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Free Pop-Up Concert 6 - 7:30 PM Act 46 Public Forum 6 PM Financial Markets Update - North Branch Cafe 6:30 - 7:30 PM Free Comic Evening of Theater: Come Read or Listen 6:30 PM 2017 Construction – Public Meeting Dec. 6 6:30 PM Waterbury Band Concert 7 PM Kirtan at Embodied Yoga 7:30 - 9 PM Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM +10 more see less	7 OLLI Film Series Continues All Day Olli Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Senior Day Featuring Music by Doug Perkins 1:30 PM Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM Community Forum + Resilience Celebration 5:30 - 7:30 PM Hometown Heroes Spaghetti Dinner 6 - 7 PM Open House at Montpelier's Shambhala Center 6 - 7:30 PM Rotary Senior Citizen Christmas Dinner 6 - 8 PM Adult Game Night 6 PM TUC in the Woods 7 - 9:30 PM +6 more see less	8 Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM Community Dinner 6 - 7 PM Potluck and Report-Back on Standing Rock 6 - 8 PM Introducing Capital Games, a Board Game Meet-Up! 6 - 8 PM Potluck and Community Report-Back on Standing Rock 6 - 8 PM Weekly Game Night at the Woods Lodge 6 - 11 PM TUC Challenge Dec. 8 7 - 9:30 PM Book Discussion at Sullivan Museum 7 PM +4 more see less	9 Business Group Forming 8 - 9:30 AM Business Group Forming 8 - 9:30 AM Christmas Trees 9 AM (multiday) Holiday Vendor and Craft Fair 5 - 8 PM Friends of the Water Street River Park 5:30 - 7 PM Movie Night at Spaulding High School 6 - 8:30 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert at Paine Mountain Arts 7 - 8:30 PM Johnson State College Concert Band 7 - 8:30 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert Dec. 9 7 - 8:30 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert 7 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert 7 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert in Northfield Dec. 9 7 PM +9 more see less	10 GMT Mad River Valley Seasonal Service Begins All Day Childcare Center Closing/Liquidation Sale (multiday) Childcare Center Closing/Liquidation Sale Dec. 10-11 (multiday) Painted Pear Inventory Sale This Saturday & Sunday (multiday) Moretown Artisans Sale This Weekend! (multiday) Holiday Tree & Wreath Sale Benefiting MSCVT All Day "Here's Looking at You, Kid" All Day Montpelier Downsizing Meeting Dec. 10 All Day Breakfast with Santa 8 - 9:30 AM Tree Sale at MSCVT! 9 AM - 12 PM Williamstown Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3:30 PM Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Local Holiday Shopping 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair & Silent Auction 9 AM - 4 PM Amazing Craft Fair Supporting Planting Hope 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair in Montpelier 9 AM - 4 PM Marshfield School of Weaving Studio Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30-11:30 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30-11:30 9:30 - 11:30 AM Drop-In Coloring at the VT History Museum 10 AM - 1 PM American Flatbread Sale Moretown School Saturday, Dec. 10 10 AM - 4 PM Join Us at Ainsworth Public Library Saturday, Dec. 10 10 AM East Montpelier Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon 12 - 2 PM Christmas Luncheon Dec. 10 12 - 2 PM Santa Claus is Coming to Town! 12:30 - 3 PM Earthwalk Craft Party 1 - 4 PM Second Saturday Classic Film Series: Casablanca 1:30 - 3:30 PM Holiday Sing-Along! Dec. 10 5 - 7 PM Christmas Benefit Concert - Clean Water for Kenya 6:45 - 8:45 PM Holiday Dance and Big Band Concert Dec. 10 7 - 11 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert 7:30 PM The Sweetback Sisters' at the Chandler 7:30 PM The Sweetback Sisters at the Chandler! 7:30 PM Contra and Swing Dancing at the Grange on Saturday 8 - 11:30 PM +32 more see less
11 National Alliance on Mental Illness in Our Own Words All Day The History and Testimonies of the Quakers 9 - 10:30 AM Elks Hoop Shoot 9 AM - 12 PM Holiday Trunk Sale Plainfield Opera House 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Trunk Sale Dec. 11 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Trunk Sale 11 AM - 3 PM Indoor Artisan & Farmers' Market 11:30 AM - 2 PM Maple Open Sugarhouse 4 - 7 PM Community Carol Sing 7 PM 7 Days: Sunday Ski/Ride at Sugarbush Mt. Ellen 9 - 9 PM Sugarbush Mt. Ellen 5 Sundays Program 11 - 11 PM +7 more see less	12 Friends of Library Meeting All Day Bottle Flipping Contest 5 PM Norwich University Safe Holiday Event 6 - 8 PM Safe Holiday Party for All Ages 6 - 8 PM Randolph Uke Players Meeting! 6:30 - 8 PM Mental Health Awareness Meeting Dec. 12 6:30 PM Brookfield Public Safety Committee Special Meeting 6:30 PM Holiday Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	13 Full Moon Walk 5:30 PM It's More Fun to Diy: Greeting Cards 6 PM Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM	14 OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM Star Wars: Rogue Readers 4 - 7:30 PM HUUSD School Board Meeting & Budget Development Dec. 14 6 - 9 PM Art Jam 6 PM Neighborhood Watch Informational Meeting- Dec. 14 6:30 - 7:30 PM Game Night Wednesday Evening 6:30 PM Author Reading at Kellogg Hubbard Library Dec. 14 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	15 RU Winter Concert All Day Community Spaghetti Supper All Day Genealogy Group 10 AM - 12 PM Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM December Montpelier Death Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM Lisa Bjerke: Waste is a Verb, Not a Noun 6 - 7:30 PM Mrs. Claus is Coming to the Moretown Memorial Library! 6 - 7:30 PM Board Games Thursday! 6 - 8 PM Don't Forget! Board Game Fun at Kellogg-Hubbard! 6 - 8 PM JCOGS Event Postponed Tonight 6 - 8:30 PM Village Planning Discussion Dec. 15 – Land Uses 7 - 7:50 PM “My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel" 7 - 8:30 PM Musical at MHS 7 PM The Incredible Lives and Uncertain Fate of Seabirds 7 PM +10 more see less	16 Bake Sale All Day Christmas Bird Count Dec. 16 8 AM - 4 PM Chandler Center for the Arts Holiday Artisans Market 11 AM (multiday) Family Day at Red Hen and Company (Middleground) 4 - 6 PM Friday Night Grill - American Legion Dec. 16 5 - 7 PM It's Tomorrow! Silent Auction for Dance! 5:30 - 9 PM Art Party and Silent Auction to Support a Dance Gala! 6 - 9 PM Ecstatic Dance Dec. 16 7 - 9 PM Book Launch Dec. 16 7 - 9 PM Darlingside, with Chris Gruen Opening - at Chandler! 7:30 PM Darlingside, with Chris Gruen Opening - at Chandler! 7:30 PM Darlingside, with Chris Gruen Opening - at Chandler! 7:30 PM +8 more see less	17 Christmas Bird Count Dec. 17 All Day Clothing Drive! Dec. 17 All Day Solaris Vocal Ensemble - Holiday Concerts All Day Clothing Drive! All Day Stories for a Winter's Eve 3 - 9 AM Plainfield Christmas Bird Count 8 AM - 4 PM Ice Rink Work Party This Saturday Morning 9 - 11 AM Clothing Drive 9 AM - 3 PM Gifts on Ice 9 AM - 5 PM Fat Santa Fat Bike Race 9:30 AM - 2 PM Project J.O.Y. 10 AM - 12 PM Central Vermont Humane Society Holiday with the Animals 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market! 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Holiday Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Holiday Farmers Market-City Hall 10 AM - 2 PM CVHS Holiday with the Animals Party 10 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Ice Rink Opening Party 12 - 4 PM Winter Wonderland Banquet 12 - 6 PM Modern Times Theater Family Show at Plainfield Opera House 2 - 3:30 PM Modern Times Theater at Plainfield Opera House! 2 - 3:30 PM Modern Times Theater Family Show Dec. 17 2 - 3:30 PM Santa at the Library 3 - 4 PM Christmas/Holiday Party! All Are Welcome 6 - 7 PM Holiday Hits of the '40s & '50s, Sat. at Bagitos 6 - 8 PM Green Mountain Nutcracker 7 PM A Capella Choral Concerts Dec. 17 & 18 7:30 - 9 PM Onion River Chorus Concert 7:30 PM Contradance Dec. 17 8 - 11 PM +25 more see less
18 Bake Sale - Barre Figure Skating Club 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Winter Market (Info and Time) 10 AM - 4 PM Hanukkah Party Dec 18 12 - 3 PM Beth Jacob Pre-Hanukkah Party with "Nisht Geferlach"! 12 - 3 PM Sales Party/Open House at Stained Glass Studio 12 - 3:30 PM Sales Party/Open House at Stained Glass Studio Dec. 18 12 - 3:30 PM Bothfeld Birthdays and Public Party 1 - 4 PM Annual Carol Sing-along in East Montpelier Dec. 18 6 - 8 PM Film (And Food!) at Chandler 6 - 9 PM +5 more see less	19 Gifts for Giving at East Montpelier Elementary School 8:30 AM - 3 PM Water/Wastewater Meeting Announcment and Agenda 5 - 7 PM How to Postpartum Like a Boss 6 - 8 PM NMHS Winter Concert 7 PM Socially Irresponsible Sketch Comedy Show 8:30 - 10:30 PM +1 more see less	20 Bingo Cancellations at Twin Valley Senior Center 5 PM Randolph Dream Group Meets Tuesday! 6 - 8 PM Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM	21 2016 Randolph Area Candlelight Homeless Vigil All Day Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM U-32 Public Budget Forum Wednesday, Dec. 21 6 - 7 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study 6 - 8 PM Northfield and Williamstown Schools Merger Committee 6 PM +1 more see less	22 Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM Methodist Church Community Meal 6 PM	23 T. Noelle & J. Davidian 6 - 8 PM Christmas Service at First Congregational Church 7:30 - 8:30 PM	24 Randolph Transfer Station Closed All Day Caroling at Middlesex Bandstand Christmas Eve! 2:30 - 3:30 PM Christmas Eve Caroling at Bandstand! 2:30 - 3:30 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at Methodist Church 5 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Services 6 PM Christmas Eve: Church of the Good Shepherd, Barre 6:45 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Program in West Brookfield 7 - 8:30 PM Christmas Eve Worship Hedding UMC 7 PM Christmas Eve Service 7 PM Christmas Eve at Barre Universalist 7:30 PM Christmas Eve Service 9 - 10 PM +8 more see less
25 Community Christmas Dinner 12 - 2 PM Project J.O.Y 2 - 3 PM	26	27 Narnia Party 2:30 - 5:30 PM ReTribe New Years Teen Retreat 3 PM (multiday) Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM	28 Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM Concert: Classical Guitarist Christopher Schoelen 7 - 9 PM	29 Relocalizing VT: Whither VT and Resilience? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thur 9 am: Whither VT and Resilience? 9 - 10:30 AM Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM Dec. 29 Hanukkah Sledding Party 2 - 4 PM Hanukkah Sledding Party Dec. 29 2 - 4 PM Public Menorah Lighting at State House Dec. 29 4:30 - 5 PM +2 more see less	30 Community Lunch at the White River Craft Center 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	31 New Year's Eve 5K Road Race All Day Marko the Magician New Year's Eve All Day Montpelier's Roster of Events - New Year's Eve 8 AM - 11:30 PM New Year's Eve Morning (Saturday) 10 - 11 AM New Year's Eve 5K Road Race 2 - 3 PM New Year's Eve 5K Road Race 2 PM New Year's Eve 5K Road Race - Saturday 2 PM First Night 5K 2 PM Marko the Magician on NYE in Montpelier 4 - 7 PM First Night North (St. Johnsbury) 4 - 9 PM MFA in Writing Public Reading: Xu Xi - Dec. 31 7 - 8 PM New Year's Eve Contra Dance at Capital City Grange 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve Dance at Capital City Grange! 8 PM (multiday) New Year's Eve Contra Dance at the Grange Dec. 31 8 PM (multiday) +10 more see less