Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2017

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1 ReTribe New Years Teen Retreat 3 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) New Year's Eve Contra Dance at Capital City Grange 8 PM (multiday) Hanukkah Sledding Party in Hubbard Park Tomorrow! 2 - 4 PM New Year's Day 2-Hour Indoor Cycling Class 5 - 7 PM Ted Talk Salon 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	2 MFA in Writing Public Reading: Jericho Parms 4:30 - 5:30 PM Classic Book Club 6 - 7:30 PM Selectboard Considers Sanctuary Town Policy Monday 7 - 7:30 PM Marshfield/Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting Jan. 2 7 - 8:30 PM	3 Free Uplift Dance Class on Tuesday (Happy New Year!) 12 - 1 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study 6 - 7 PM Join in an Evening of Readers' Theater 6:30 PM MFA in Writing Public Reading: Kyle Dargan 7 - 8 PM Public Hearings, Town Plan Amendments Tues. Jan 3 & 17 7 PM Kirtan at Embodied Yoga 7:30 - 9 PM Aldrich Public Library Story Hour 10:30 PM +3 more see less	4 VCFA Public Events: J. Kates, Richard Michelson 11 AM - 8 PM Lego Club 4 - 5:30 PM U-32 School Board Meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 4 6 PM	5 Moving Sale All Day Relocalizing Vermont Thu 9 Am: Net Zero Energy Cities? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Net Zero Energy Cities? Jan. 5 9 - 10:30 AM Fiber Arts Group 1 - 3 PM Gaming in January with Capital Games VT! 6 - 8 PM Hello Fellow Dog Lovers (Posted for My Sister Cyn) 6:30 - 8 PM Village Planning Discussion Jan. 5 – Land Uses 7 - 8:15 PM +3 more see less	6 Family Bingo Night 5:30 - 8:30 PM	7 Barre Town Republican Committee Meeting 8 - 10 AM Vintage Snowmobile Rally Saturday, Jan. 7 8 AM - 2 PM Granite City Group Fitness Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Capital City Farmers Market at City Hall Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM From Stuck to Unstuck 1 - 3 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Community Pot-Luck 5:30 - 7 PM Art Show and Me2 Orchestra 6:30 - 9 PM Celebrating Creativity in Mental Health and Recovery 6:30 - 9:30 PM Upcoming Exhibit & Performance 6:30 PM Orchestra Performance and Art Show Opening at Chandler 6:30 PM Upcoming Exhibit & Performance 6:30 PM Performance & Art Exhibit 6:30 PM Orchestra Performance and Art Show Opening at Chandler 7:30 - 9:30 PM +16 more see less
8 Barre Figure Skating Club Bottle Redemption Fundraiser All Day Barre Figure Skating Club Bottle Redemption Fundraiser All Day Antiques Market 8 AM - 1 PM Vote for Your Favorite Sustainable Montpelier Team! 8 AM (multiday) Seekers Meeting 9 - 10:30 AM The New York Times Readers Club 9 AM - 1 PM Seekers Meeting 9 AM - 10:30 PM Mama Says Open Gym! 2 - 3 PM Intergenerational Dance 3 - 4:30 PM Dance, Sing and Jump Around 3 - 4:30 PM Family Dance in Plainfield 3 - 4:30 PM Community Conversation on Sustainable Montpelier 6 - 8 PM +8 more see less	9 Water/Wastewater Meeting Announcment and Agenda 5 - 7 PM Randolph Uke Players Meeting Monday Night! 6:30 - 8 PM Community Conversation on Sustainable Montpelier Design 6:30 - 8 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM 30's and Under Meditation Night! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM Middlesex Historical Society Annual Meeting - Jan. 9 7 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Selectboard Agenda Jan. 9 7 PM +4 more see less	10 Practical Happiness Workshop at Hunger Jan. 10 5:30 - 7:30 PM Randolph Dream Group Meets Tue.! 6 - 8 PM Kick the Sugar Habit Talk 6:30 - 7:30 PM Kick the Sugar Habit Talk 6:30 - 7:30 PM NES Parent Meeting Jan. 10 6:30 - 7:30 PM Celebrate Plainfield 7 - 8:30 PM Celebrate Plainfield 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	11 AVT 46 Public Forum All Day Cercle Francais Meets in Barre 11 AM - 12 PM VSAC Forms Night at Harwood Union! 5:30 - 7 PM Meditation Open House Celebrating New Location! 6 - 8 PM Meditation Open House Celebrating New Location! 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	12 Health Care Forum All Day Free Women's Spirituality & Intuitive Training Lecture All Day Last Day of Moving Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Relocalizing Vermont Thu 9am: Bill Mckibben; Soil Carbon 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont Thu 9am: Bill Mckibben; Soil Carbon 9 - 10:30 AM Free Car Buying Workshop at Capstone Community Action 10:30 AM - 12 PM Gentle Yoga for Beginners Age 50+ 3:30 - 4:45 PM Pelvic Floor and Core 6-Weeks Series Starts! 5:30 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study 6 - 8:30 PM Methodist Church Community Meal 6 PM Safe Technology Use - Middle Schooler 6:30 - 8 PM Presentation for Parents on Safe Technology Use 6:30 - 8 PM Film and Storytelling: Everything is Illuminated 6:30 - 9:30 PM Vermont's Health Care Future? 7 - 8:30 PM International Exchange Info Night 7 - 8:30 PM Vermont's Health Care Future? 7 PM Vermont's Health Care Future? 7 PM Vermont’s Health Care Future? 7 PM +14 more see less	13 Friday Night Beer Thing at the Woods 5 - 11 PM Family Fun Night at the Barre Jazzercise Center 6:30 - 7:30 PM Family Fun Night at the Barre Jazzercise Center 6:30 - 7:30 PM Visiting NYC-Subway Busker Plays Bueno on Friday! 7 - 8 PM Timber Rattlesnake Lecture 7 PM +1 more see less	14 Earthwalk Upcoming Events - Save the Date! All Day Northfield Democrats Meeting Saturday, Jan. 14 9 - 10:30 AM Event Moved! 9 - 11 AM Reiki and Dreams: a Retreat for Women 9 AM (multiday) Kids Trade & Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Community Meeting to Resist Trump Jan. 14 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pop Up Neighbor Walk 2 10 - 11 AM Sledding Sat. Jan. 14 & Sun. Feb. 12 Behind Town Offices! 1 - 3 PM Tea Class: Learning from Leaves 1 - 3 PM Workshop Reminder 1 - 4 PM Fire by Friction Workshop 1 - 4 PM Second Saturday Classic Film Series at the Aldrich 1:30 - 4 PM Screening & Community Conversation 2 - 4 PM Men's Group Open House 5 - 8:30 PM Men's Group Open House 5 PM Men's Group Open House 5:30 - 8:30 PM Knights of Columbus Dinner 6 PM Full Moon Snowshoe Hike at North Branch Nature Center 7 - 8:30 PM Full Moon Snowshoe Hike at North Branch Nature Center 7 - 8:30 PM Trivia Night at the Quarry Saturday Jan. 14 7 - 9 PM Celebration Series - An Evening with Pat Metheny! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Bill McKibben and Amy Goodman at Chandler! 7:30 PM Contra and Square Dancing Saturday at the Grange 8 - 11 PM Contra and Square Dancing Saturday Jan. 14 8 - 11:30 PM +20 more see less
15 Quaker Meeting for Worship 10:30 - 11:30 AM Winter Market #3 11 AM - 3 PM Winter Market #3 11 AM - 3 PM Yin Yoga Nidra 12:30 - 2:30 PM Reception for James Secor, Blinking Light Gallery 3 - 5 PM Indoor Pickleball at BTMES, Sundays 4-6pm 4 - 6 PM Martin Luther Day Viewing of Film "Selma" 4 - 6 PM Celebrate Dr. King 4 - 6 PM Celebrate Dr. King's Birthday - Come See "Selma"! 4 - 6:30 PM Old Labor Hall Celebrates Dr. King's Birthday Jan. 15 4 - 6:30 PM Community Singalong Sunday, Jan. 15 6 - 8 PM Life of Pi Sunday 6:30 - 9 PM Chandler Film Society Presents Life of Pi 6:30 PM +9 more see less	16 EM Selectboard Public Hearing All Day MLK Day of Service 11 AM - 3 PM MLK Day of Service Update 11 AM - 3 PM Martin Luther King, Jr. - Community Day of Service 11:30 AM - 3 PM Adult Family and Youth Martial Arts Classes 4 - 7:30 PM Upper Winooski Monitoring and Planning Group 6 - 8 PM Winooski River Planning and Status Session Jan. 16, OSC 6 - 8 PM Central Vermont Climate Action 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	17 Marshfield and the Civilian Conservation Corp All Day Yoga, Meditation and Creative Exploration 4:30 AM - 6 PM Gathering Peace Hosts TTMP Tuesday! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Sip N' Paint 6 - 8 PM Dynamos Soccer Annual Board Meeting 6 PM School Budget Public Forum 6:30 - 8 PM Benefit for Standing Rock 6:30 - 9 PM Author Lecture in Stowe 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	18 Announcement of Sustainable Montpelier Design Winner 10 - 10:30 AM Heat Pump Workshop 5:30 - 7:30 PM Heat Pump Workshop Tomorrow! Library 5:30 PM Wondering About Heat Pumps? 6 - 7:30 PM Remedies for Digestion and Energy 6 - 7:30 PM Ayurveduh 6 - 8 PM Neighborly Expert Eyes & Ears Training 6:30 - 7:30 PM Follow-Up Neighborhood Watch Meeting Jan. 18 6:30 - 7:30 PM Helping Your Teen Navigate the Digital World 6:30 PM +5 more see less	19 Village Planning Topics Jan. 19: Village Center & Buildout All Day How About a New Year's Resolution That Lasts?! 7 AM - 8:30 PM Relocalizing VT: Profits from Efficiency & Grass Jan. 19 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing Vermont: Profits from Efficiency & Grass Jan. 19 9 - 10:30 AM January Death Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM Hazard Mitigation Planning Meeting - Jan. 19 6 - 7:30 PM P- Pie Thanks Mentors with Pizza Party and Coupon 6 - 7:30 PM Gap Year Fair on Thursday, Jan. 19! 6 - 8:30 PM Free Community Supper 6 PM +5 more see less	20 Art Bus at the Ainsworth Public Library All Day Chandler Daytime Series - Biscuit 10 AM Chandler Daytime Series - Biscuit 10 AM NatesUpdates: Economic Development Jan. 20! 5:30 - 8:30 PM North Branch Nature Center Event 7 - 9 PM Starry, Starry Night at Nbnc 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	21 GED (multiday) Women's March on Montpelier All Day Capital City Farmers Market 10 AM - 2 PM Bee Keeping 101 10:30 AM - 12 PM Beekeeping 101 Time Correction 10:30 AM Bee Keeping Workshop Saturday 10:30 AM Women's March in Montpelier 1 - 2 PM Women's March on Montpelier and Unity Rally 1 - 3 PM Women's March and Unity Rally in Montpelier Jan. 21 1 - 3 PM Women's March & Unity Rally Jan. 21 1 - 3 PM Women's (And Men's and Children's) March on Montpelier 1 PM Traditional Music Workshops 2:30 - 7:30 PM Dinner and Slide Presentation: Sat. Jan 21 6 PM Pianist Simone Dinnerstein Returns to Chandler! 7:30 PM Pianist Simone Dinnerstein Returns to Chandler! 7:30 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +12 more see less
22 Sunday Brunch 10 AM - 2 PM Presentation by Plainfield Historical Society 1 - 4 PM Plainfield in the 60s and 70s - History Presentation 1 - 4 PM Mama Says Open Gym! 2 - 3 PM Monteverdi Music School Winter Recital 3 - 5 PM Grange Family Fun Day! 3 - 6 PM Family Fun Day at the Grange Hall 3 - 6 PM Second Annual Family Fun Day at the Capitol City Grange 3 - 6 PM Family Fun Day at the Capital City Grange Hall 3 - 6 PM Raising Jewish Children in Interfaith Homes 3:30 - 5:30 PM Raising Jewish Children in Interfaith Homes 3:30 - 5:30 PM Immune Stimulating Remedies for Winter Workshop Jan. 22 4 - 5:30 PM +8 more see less	23 Hip Hop Dance Classes in Plainfield 4 - 6 PM Martial Arts Classes for Adults, Youth and Families 4 - 7:30 PM Non-Violent Communication Introduction 6 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class 7 - 8 PM	24	25 OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Rumney Memorial School-Parent/Community Forum 5:30 - 6:30 PM Cub Scout Information Night 6 - 7:30 PM Barre Kiwanis Raffle Fundraiser 6 PM Community Forum 6:30 - 8:30 PM I Ching Workshop at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 7 - 8 PM Green Mountain Club Social/Membership Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	26 Spice on Snow Music Festival This Week! 4 PM (multiday) Spice on Snow Music Festival is Almost Here! 4 PM (multiday) Spice on Snow is Almost Here! 4 PM (multiday) Crepe Making Class at RTTC 5:30 - 7 PM Join Us for French Speaking and Making Crepes at Rtcc! 5:30 - 7 PM Children's Room Community Network Event 5:30 - 7:30 PM Northfield Community Development Network First Birthday 6:30 - 8 PM Free Teleseminar 7 - 8 PM Presentation at Kellogg-Hubbard Library on Tanzania 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation at Kellogg-Hubbard Library 7 - 8:30 PM Emmy Documentary Screening 7 - 9:30 PM Rock City 7:30 - 9 PM Rock City Rock & Soul Chorus is Back! 7:30 - 9 PM Upcoming Rock City Concert! 7:30 - 9 PM Rock City Concert in Barre 7:30 - 9:30 PM Barre Rock City Concert 7:30 PM +12 more see less	27 Fun with Poetry at the Aldrich All Day Poetry Slam 6 - 8 PM "Anything Goes" Slam at Aldrich Library 6 PM Anything Goes Slam! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Poetry at the Barre Aldrich Library Friday 6:30 PM "Slam" Performance for All 6:30 PM Naturalist Journeys Talk: Are We Alone in the Universe? 7 - 8:30 PM North Branch Nature Center Event 7 - 8:30 PM In Search of Earth 2.0 with John O'Meara 7 PM NBNC Naturalist Journey's Lecture Series 7 PM In Seach of Earth 2.0 with John O'Meara 7 PM +7 more see less	28 Film Seminars Begin All Day Check Out Young Traditions Vermont Performance Jan. 28 All Day Auditions for Unadilla Theatre's Gondoliers Jan. 28 All Day Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra Fundraiser All Day Coffee with a Cop at Kismet Farm to Table 8:30 - 10 AM Strengths-Based Happiness Workshop 8:30 - 10:30 AM Free Treatment Day at Open Community Acupuncture 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pop Up Walk 3 10 - 11 AM Open House/Sledding Party at Nature's Niños Preschool 10 - 11:30 AM Nature's Niños Pre-K Open House 10 - 11:30 AM Children's Birdhouse Painting at the Library 10 AM - 12 PM Ring in the New Year with Meditation! 10 AM - 4 PM Ring in the New Year with Meditation! 10 AM - 4 PM Brookfield Ice Harvest and Winter Carnival 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Ready to Launch: Panel on YA Lit & the Alex Awards 11 AM - 12 PM Anything Goes at Buch Spieler 1 - 2:30 PM "Anything Goes" Performing in Montpelier Saturday 1 - 2:30 PM Rick Winston's Winter Film Seminar at Pie-In-The-Sky 2 - 5 PM Raise Up Rachel: a Friend-Raising Fundraiser 5 - 9 PM Benefit for Rachel Davey 5 PM Fundraiser for Rachel Davey 5 PM Mountaineers Hot Stove Banquet 5:30 - 9 PM Vermont Mountaineers Hot Stove Banquet 5:30 PM A Chamber Pop-Up Dinner and Concert 6 - 8 PM Chamber Pop-Up Dinner 6 - 9 PM Celebration Series - Los Lobos 7:30 - 9:30 PM Chandler Staged Reading, Benefiting LGBT Civil Rights 7:30 - 9:30 PM +23 more see less
29 Vermont Mozart Festival Poster Clarification All Day LGBT Worship Service Jan. 29 All Day Seekers Meeting (3rd of 3) 9 - 10:30 AM Fierce Flow: 2 Hour Hip Hop Yoga Flow 1 - 3 PM Mama Says Open Gym! 2 - 3 PM Ice on Fire Winter Festival - Montpelier, Sun. Jan. 29 2 - 5 PM "Welcome, Neighbor" Annual Potluck - Tonight! 6 - 8 PM "Welcome, Neighbor!" Annual Potluck Dinner 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	30 Northfield and Williamstown Schools Merger Forum All Day	31 Act 46 Re-Vote in Barre Town 7 AM - 7 PM Should Musicians Be Paid? (A Final Meeting Notice) 6 - 8 PM Randolph Dream Group 6 - 8 PM Musicians' and Salaries 6 - 8 PM Montpelier Latino 1st Anniversary Celebration 6 - 8 PM Travel to Cuba Without Leaving Montpelier 6:30 - 8 PM Planning Commission Public Hearing Jan. 31 6:30 PM +3 more see less	1 Valentines Fundraiser for Senior Center (multiday) Vermont Farm Show and Consumer Night All Day OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Solidarity Vigil 6 - 7:30 PM Green Burial and the Vermont Law - Educational Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Vigil in Solidarity with Refugees and Muslims 6 - 7:30 PM Green Burial and the Vermont Law - Educational Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Solidarity Vigil Wed. Feb. 1 6 - 7:30 PM Solidarity Vigil: Stand w/ Muslims and Refugees 6 - 7:30 PM Public Forum on Livable Wage 6:30 - 8:30 PM Public Forum on Livable Wage 6:30 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	2 Important Hunger Mtn Coop Meeting! All Day Candlelight Vigil at Vermont State House All Day Relocalizing Vermont: Back to the Soil 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thur. 9 AM: Back to the Soil 9 - 10:30 AM Co-op Members: We Want to Hear from You TONIGHT 5:30 - 7 PM Northfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study 6 - 8:30 PM Red Warrior and M.A.M.A. Ride for Resistance 7 - 8:30 PM Invitation for Northfield Community 7 PM +4 more see less	3 Visit Day at St. Monica - St. Michael School All Day Visit Day at St. Monica - St. Michael School All Day Visit Day at St. Monica - St. Michael School All Day Dance Contemporary All Day Visit Day at St. Monica - St. Michael School 8 AM - 2:45 PM Grian Herbs Apothecary Open House and Art Walk 11 AM - 8 PM Warm and Lush Sculpture at Art Walk Tonight Feb. 3 4 - 8 PM American Legion Friday Night Grill Open to Public 5 - 7 PM Free Learning Kitchen Series 5:30 PM +5 more see less	4 Week of Action to Protect Geprags Park (multiday) 17th Annual Travis Mercy Skate Park Fundraiser All Day Taping and Plastering Workshop Feb. 4 All Day Financial Wellness Workshops 9 AM - 1 PM Taping and Plastering Workshop 9 AM - 4 PM Taping & Plastering Workshop with David Thurston 9 AM - 4 PM Drop-In Legislative Session 10 AM - 12 PM Orchard Valley Waldorf School Winter Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Child's Fair Celebrating Peace and Love 10 AM - 2 PM Children's Fair Celebrating Peace and Love 10 AM - 2 PM Capital City Farmers Market Feb. 4 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Waldorf School Winter Fair! 10 AM - 2 PM Super Weekend Sale at Vintage Revival Feb. 4-5 10 AM - 5 PM Dabble Day 10:30 AM - 12 PM Hear Our Voice! Free Postcard-Printing Party 12 - 3 PM Hear Our Voice! Free Postcard-Printing Party 12 - 3 PM Tea Class: Embrace the Darkness 2 - 4 PM Big Toy Night Feb. 4 4 - 6 PM Dinner at Hogwarts! 5 - 8 PM Sock Hop 6 PM BOH Presents Barnstar! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +18 more see less