Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2017

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26 Greater Barre Craft Guild Show This Weekend! 12 AM (multiday) 28th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) 28th Annual Women's Festival of Crafts 10 AM (multiday) Craft and Vendor Extravaganza at Barre Elks Club 9 AM - 3 PM Senior Ctr. Multigenerational Potluck 12 PM Warm Up Wonder Walk in Hubbard Park 3 - 4 PM Wonder Walks Gratitude Walk in Hubbard Park 3 - 4 PM Family Potluck & Film at Adamant Community Club 5 - 6:30 PM +4 more see less	27 Montpelier Senior Activity Center Open House 5 - 7 PM Live Storytelling Workshop Group 6 - 7:45 PM Live Storytelling Workshop Group 6 - 7:45 PM Finding & Living Your Truth 6:30 - 8 PM	28 Selectboard Agenda - Nov. 28 12 AM Quit Tobacco! 9:30 - 10:30 AM Quit Tobacco! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Rapid Client Enrollment 5:30 - 7 PM Lucas Herring for Mayor 6 - 6:45 PM Stranahan Stewardship Committee Meeting Nov. 28 6 - 7:30 PM Gentle Flow Yoga Class 7 - 8:15 PM Bill McKibben: Radio Free Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM Public Input Requested: Municipal Swimming Pool Options 7 PM +5 more see less	29 Jobs Fair Nov. 29 12 AM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Film Series Begins 12:30 - 2:30 PM Square Dance 2 - 3:30 PM Healing Homes: Free Film Screening 5:30 - 8 PM Slash Your Energy Bills - Workshop at Library 6 - 7:30 PM Slash Your Energy Bills - Workshop 6 - 7:30 PM Central Vermont Supervisory Union 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	30 Relocalizing VT Thur. 9 Am: New Trains; Too-Low Taxes 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thursday: New Trains; Too-Low Taxes 9 - 10:30 AM Thursday Noontime Concerts at Christ Church 12 - 12:45 PM Looking for Extras and Actors for Student Film! 3:30 PM Festival of Trees by the Randolph Area Garden Club 6 - 8 PM Community CPR Class Tomorrow 6 PM College Information Panel Nov. 30 at NMHS Cafeteria 6:30 PM +3 more see less	1 Northfield Holiday Tree Lighting 12 AM Barre City PTO Ski & Ride Program at Sugarbush Mt. Ellen 12 - 12 PM Tree Lighting, Outdoor Market and Fire Pit Raffle 3 - 9 PM The Front: Show 22 Reception for Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Randolph Tree Lighting Ceremony 4:30 - 6 PM Opening Reception 5 - 8 PM Dinner at Montpelier Elks Club 5:30 - 8 PM Christmas Tree Lighting and Visit with Santa 6 - 8 PM Cena De Chocolate 6 PM Friday Evening Folk Dancing 6:30 - 8:30 PM Final Weekend of "Family Holiday" 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	2 River of Light Lantern Parade 12 - 12 AM 10th VT Community Energy & Climate Action Conference 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Holiday Market at Randolph Elementary School 9 AM - 1 PM Our Lady of the Angels Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Annual UCM Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Twinfield Craft and Artisan Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Unitarian Church Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Annual UCM Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Annual Christmas Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Reiki Level 1 Certification Training 9 AM - 3 PM Free Acupuncture 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Open Community Acupuncture Free Day! 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM The Human Library 10 AM - 12 PM Kimball Library Holiday Gift Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Clearance Sale at Methodist Church 137 Main St 10 AM - 2 PM Essential Oils Holiday Pop-Up 10 AM - 2 PM Gingerbread Festival in Norwich! 10 AM - 3 PM 5th Annual Not Your Mother's Church Bazaar 10 AM - 4 PM Christmas Bazaar 10 AM - 4 PM Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Jewelry Open Studio and Holiday Sale 10 AM (multiday) Walking Through History at the Martin Bridge Park 11 AM - 12 PM Cookies and Santa at City Center Saturday 3 - 5 PM A Child's Christmas in Wales 4 PM Bangers, Beer, and Irish Beats 6 - 10 PM Bangers, Beer, and Irish Beats 6 - 10 PM Free Movie Night 6 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert Dec. 2! 7 - 9 PM Montpelier Gospel Choir Dec. 2 and 3 7 PM (multiday) Montpelier Community Gospel Choir 7 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +27 more see less
3 68th Annual Randolph Center Carol Sing 12 AM LuLaPalooza, S. Burlington Dec. 3 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday Craft & Vendor Bazaar - Montpelier Elks Lodge 10 AM - 3 PM Holiday Bazaar 10 AM - 4 PM Mayfly Plays at Shelburne Museum Holiday Celebration! 11 AM - 4 PM Mayfly at Shelburne Museum Holiday Celebration! 11 AM - 4 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra 2 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Presentation 2 PM Dance, Sing and Jump Around! 3 - 4:30 PM 2018 Legislative Preview 4 - 6 PM 2018 Legislative Preview-Waterbury 4 - 6 PM Let Us Entertain You! 5 - 7 PM Plainfield Community Supper Support Group 6 - 7 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle December 3 6 - 8 PM +10 more see less	4 Vermont Poor People's Campaign Kick-Off Event 12 AM CVUUSD School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Anne Watson for Mayor Kickoff Party 6 - 8 PM Falun Dafa Practice at K-H Library Dec. 4 6:30 - 7:45 PM LGBTQIA Meditation Group 6:30 - 8 PM Poor People's Campaign National Liftoff 6:30 PM +2 more see less	5 VSAC Financial Aid Forms Night at Harwood Union 5 - 6:30 PM Illumination Night at VCFA Dec. 5 5:30 - 7:30 PM Randolph Dream Group Meets Tuesday 6 - 8 PM Solo Saxophone (Mostly) with Guests at Bagitos 6 - 8 PM Randolph Dream Group Meets Dec. 5 6 - 8 PM Select Board Budget Meeting Dec. 5 6 - 8:30 PM Community Screening of Resilience 6:30 - 8 PM Mahjong and More! Game Night 7 - 8:30 PM Gentle Flow Yoga Class 7 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less	6 Orchard Valley Walk-Through Wednesday 8:30 - 10:30 AM Walk-Through Wednesday, Orchard Valley Waldorf School 8:30 - 10:30 AM Come Visit Orchard Valley Waldorf School! 8:30 - 10:30 AM Next OLLI Film 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Senior Day: the Crones Sing American and European Tunes 1:30 - 3 PM Rotary Senior Citizen Christmas Dinner 6 - 8 PM Specialty Cider and Local Foods Tasting 6 - 8 PM Mid-Season Specialty Cider & Local Food Tasting 6 - 8 PM Cider Tasting 6 - 8 PM Artist Talks and Holiday Art Sale 7 - 8 PM The Front: Melora Kennedy and Hannah Morris 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	7 The Front: Holiday Sale Extra Hours! 9 AM (multiday) Thursday Noontime Concerts at Christ Episcopal Church 12 - 12:45 PM Select Board Budget Meeting Dec. 7 6 - 8:30 PM Mark Bray Benefit 7 - 9 PM Renowned Historian to Speak at Benefit 7 - 9 PM Id M Theft Able/Lichti Dentico Duo/Toussaint Concert 7 - 10 PM House Concert Tomorrow Night! 7 - 10 PM Id M Theft Able/Lichti Dentico Duo/Toussaint Concert 7 - 10 PM Fundraiser & Presentation on the History of Anti-Fascism 7 PM Home for the All-idays Event to Benefit VFN 7:30 - 10 PM +6 more see less	8 Essential Oils Holiday Pop-Up 11 AM - 2 PM Save the Date, the Christmas Trees Are Coming! 12 PM (multiday) Open House Vee's Flowers 6 - 8 PM Spaulding's Got Talent 6 - 8 PM Spoil Yourself a Bit 6:30 - 8 PM Annie in the Water at Zenbarn 9 - 11:59 PM +2 more see less	9 Solidarity Craft Fair Montpelier This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Saturday Solidarity Craft Fair - Planting Hope 9 AM - 4 PM 24th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair and Silent Auction 9 AM - 4 PM Yoda is Coming to Town! 9 AM - 4 PM 24th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair and Silent Auction 9 AM - 4 PM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Memory Cafe Music and Song 10 - 11:30 AM Indoor Yard Sale! - Ennis Hill Rd 10 AM - 1 PM Indoor Yard Sale! - Ennis Hill Rd 10 AM - 1 PM Community Dog Park Info at Tractor Supply 10 AM - 2 PM Silent Auction & Spin-A-Thon 10 AM - 3 PM The 2017 Moretown Artisans Sale! 10 AM (multiday) Building a 3d Printer 11 AM - 2 PM Holiday Wellness - Every Day! Program at 7 Stars Dec. 9 12 - 3 PM Christmas Luncheon, Memorial Tree, Turkey & Wreath 12 PM (multiday) Wonder Walks Irish Hill Trails Walk in Berlin 1 - 2 PM Want to Save Money? Weatherization Workshop Dec. 9 1:30 - 3:30 PM Holiday A Cappella Mens' and Womens' Barbershop Concert 2 - 4 PM Holiday a Cappella Men's and Womens' Barbershop Concert 2 - 4 PM Christmas Concert 2 PM Classic Journalism Film Series: Citizen Kane 2:30 - 5 PM Peter Miller Book Signing at White River Craft Center 3 - 5 PM Winter Owl Exploration 3 - 8 PM Community Holiday Dinner 5:30 PM Ballroom Dance with Live Music! 7 - 11 PM Celebrate the Season with Mad River Chorale 7:30 - 9 PM David Mallett Performs Dec. 9! 7:30 - 10:30 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert - Waitsfield 7:30 PM +25 more see less
10 Santa is Coming to Morse Farm 12 AM Norwich to Host FIRST LEGO League VT State Championship 9 AM - 4:30 PM Holiday Card and Small Book Making 10 AM - 3 PM Northfield Farmers Market - New Location 11 AM - 2 PM Kids March to Protect ANWR 1 - 2 PM "Making Opera" in Stowe 2 - 4 PM Farmers Banquet on Climate Change 3 - 7 PM Farmers' Banquet on Climate Change 3 - 7 PM Farmers' Banquet on Climate Change Sunday 3 - 8 PM Farmers Banquet Dec. 10 at Capitol Grange 3 - 8 PM Mad River Chorale Holiday Concert - Waterbury 3 PM Community Carol Sing 6:30 PM +8 more see less	11 Montpelier Roxbury Draft Budget Presentation 12 AM Yoga at U32 Monday Afternoons 3 - 4:15 PM Montpelier Roxbury Draft Budget Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM R.A.D. Systems of Self Defense Training Classes 6 PM (multiday) Free Talk - Become a Freelance Book Editor 6:30 - 8 PM Learn the Craft and Business of Freelance Book Editing 6:30 - 8 PM Nutritional Wisdom to Optimize Fertility 6:30 - 8 PM Editing Workshop 6:30 - 8 PM Love to Read? Learn to Edit! (Free Public Talk) 6:30 - 8 PM 30's and Under Social Meditation in Montpelier 6:30 - 8:30 PM Northfield Town Government in Action 6:30 - 9:30 PM Holiday Concert by the Capital Orchestra 7:30 PM +8 more see less	12 I‐89 Exit 7 Berlin Park and Ride Alternatives Meeting 12 - 12 AM Health Care for Everyone - Now is the Time 6 AM - 8 PM Norwich University Public Safety Rave Alert Test 2 - 2:30 PM Star Wars Party at Aldrich Library: the Reader Awakens 5 - 8 PM Free Workshop - Heart-Centered Websites 5:30 - 7 PM New Date Illumination Night at VCFA Dec. 12 5:30 - 7:30 PM Select Board Budget Meeting Dec. 12 6 - 7 PM Movie: "Now is the Time ~ Health Care for Everybody" 6:30 - 8 PM Health Care for Everyone - Now is the Time 6:30 PM Waterbury Band Concert 7 - 8 PM Select Board Regular Meeting Dec. 12 7 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	13 Essential Oils Holiday Pop-Up 11 AM - 2 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Last OLLI Film 12:30 - 3 PM Square Dancing 2 - 3:30 PM Northfield Senior Center 2 - 7 PM Zero Energy Homes Workshop at Library Wednesday 6 - 7:30 PM Zero Energy Homes Workshop at Library Next Wed. 6 - 7:30 PM +3 more see less	14 Methodist Community Meal 12 AM Far & Away, Noontime Concert Dec. 14 12 PM Public Menorah Lighting at State House Thursday 5 - 7 PM Mrs. Claus at the Library Thursday! 6 - 7 PM Select Board Budget Meeting Dec. 14 6 - 8:30 PM Windows on Waldorf 6:30 - 8 PM Windows on Waldorf 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	15 Christmas Bird Count 12 AM Crafty Pop-Up Sale at the Plainfield Firehouse 5 PM (multiday) Crafty Pop-Up at the Plainfield Firehouse! 5 PM (multiday) Crafty Pop-Up at the Plainfield Firehouse! 5 PM (multiday) Howard Frank Mosher's Posthumous Novel, Points North 6 - 8 PM JSC Concert Band, World Music Ensemble Perform Dec. 15 7 - 8:30 PM Concert Band and World Music Ensemble Performs at JSC 7 - 9 PM JSC Concert Band & World Music Ensemble Concert 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	16 A Warm Onion River Chorus Concert (multiday) Wreaths Across America All Day Christmas Bird Count and Bird Feeders 12 AM Christmas Bird Count Coming Up! 12 AM Join the 119th Annual Christmas Bird Count with NBNC 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM CVHFH's Holiday Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM CVHFH's Craft & Vendor Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM Central VT Habitat Holiday Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM CVHFH's Holiday Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair Hosted by Habitat 4 Humanity 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday Fair This Saturday! 9 AM - 4 PM Holiday with the Animals at Central VT Humane Society 10 AM - 2 PM Santa Coming to Northfield Masonic Lodge 12 - 3 PM Wreaths Across America - Vermont Veteran Cemetery 12 PM Earthwalk Nature Crafting Party & Jennings & Mccomber 1 - 4 PM EarthWalk Nature Crafting Party & Live Folk Music 1 - 4 PM Earthwalk Nature Crafting Party & Live Indie Folk Music 1 - 4 PM Nature Crafting Party and Indie Folk Music 1 - 4 PM Gifts from the Heart Walk in Hubbard Park 2 - 3 PM Santa at Aldrich Public Library 3 - 4 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve at the Old Meeting House 3 - 4:30 PM Treasures Unburied Annual Christmas Party 5 - 9 PM Epic Hanukkah Event Featuring New Orleans Klezmer All Stars 6 - 11 PM Epic Hanukkah Event Featuring New Orleans Klezmer All Stars 6 - 11 PM Intimate One Time Performance 7 - 8:30 PM The 11th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec. 16-17 7 PM (multiday) The 11th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 16-17 7 PM (multiday) 11th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker Dec. 16-17 7 PM (multiday) The 11th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker, Dec 16-17 7 PM (multiday) Onion River Chorus Christmas Concert 2017 Dec. 16 7:30 - 9 PM Onion River Chorus Christmas Concert 2017 7:30 PM (multiday) Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend 7:30 PM Onion River Chorus Christmas Concert 2017 7:30 PM +29 more see less
17 Art Festival! 10 AM - 3 PM Winter Farmers Market 11 AM - 3 PM Onion River Chorus Christmas Concert 2017 Dec. 17 4 - 5:30 PM Dreidls & Drums Hanukkah Party at Beth Jacob! 4 PM Plainfield Historical Society 4:30 - 6:30 PM Annual Community Carol Singalong! 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	18 LGBTQIA Meditation - St J Shambhala Center, Eastern Ave 6:30 - 8 AM Plainfield Water/Wastewater Commission Meeting 5 - 7 PM School District Forum/Discussion at Harwood Dec. 18 5:30 - 7 PM Act 46 Survey Results and EMES Budget Update 6 - 7 PM Join in an Evening of Readers' Theater! 6:30 PM +1 more see less	19 Eat, Drink, and Support the Rink 11 AM - 11 PM Heart-Centered Websites Free Workshop Tuesday 5:30 - 7 PM Select Board Budget Meeting Dec. 19 6 - 8:30 PM	20 We Need to Talk 12 AM Winter Solstice Sale 9:30 AM - 6 PM Winter Solstice Sale at Resource 9:30 AM - 6 PM Square Dancing 1 - 3:30 PM LuLaroe Mingle Jingle (Moretown) 3:30 - 5 PM Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding! Wednesday 5 - 6:30 PM School Board Meetings 5 - 8 PM U-32 Budget Forum & Act 46 Decision 6 - 7 PM Stranahan Committee Agenda Dec. 20 6 - 7:30 PM U-32 School Budget Forum Dec. 20 6 PM +6 more see less	21 Christmas Services 12 AM Relocalizing VT: Healthier, with Less Medicine 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thursday: Healthier, with Less Medicine 9 - 10:30 AM Storytime Holiday Party at BPL 10 - 11 AM Homeless Memorial Day Candlelight Vigil 4 PM Senior Center Spaghetti Supper! 5 - 7 PM Montpelier Death Cafe Dec. Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Plainfield Hazard Mitigation - Dec. 21 Public Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Reiki Share to Celebrate the Solstice 6 - 7:30 PM Dynamos Soccer Club - Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Select Board Budget Meeting Dec. 21 6:30 - 8:30 PM Program at North Branch Nature Center 7 - 8 PM You Gotta Get Gulls! Birding at North Branch Nature Ctr 7 - 8 PM Mad Funny at Valley Players Theater 8 - 9:30 PM +10 more see less	22 Service for Blanche Lamore 1 PM Holiday Market! 6 - 7 PM A Christmas Carol - Barre Opera House 7:30 PM (multiday)	23 Carol Singing at the Grange Hall! 4 - 6:30 PM
24 Christmas Eve Experiences 10 AM - 7 PM Christmas Eve at Resurrection Baptist Church 11 AM - 6:30 PM Caroling at the Bandstand Christmas Eve! 2 PM Christmas Eve Service 5 - 6 PM Christmas at St. Mary's 5 PM St Jacob Church Christmas Service 5:15 PM "Light Shines in the Darkness" Christmas Eve Service 5:30 - 6:30 PM Christmas Eve - Fireworks - Church Service 6 PM Christmas Eve at the Old Brick Church 6 PM Celebrate Christmas Eve at West Brookfield Meetinghouse 6:30 - 7:30 PM Christmas Services: Church of the Good Shepherd 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candle Light Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM +9 more see less	25 Community Christmas Dinner 12 - 2 PM	26	27 Davidian/Morse Family Band 8 - 10:30 PM	28 Northfield Methodist Church Community Dinner 6 - 7 PM Select Board Public Hearing (VCDP Funds) Dec. 28 7 - 7:30 PM Meredith's Marvelous Moretown Meet-Up 7 - 8:30 PM	29 Zumba Kids 6:30 - 6:30 PM Breakin' Up Christmas - Cajun Music & Dance in Cabot! 7 - 11 PM Breakin' Up Christmas - Cajun Music & Dance in Cabot! 7 - 11 PM Comedy Show at Espresso Bueno! 8 - 10 PM	30 LuLaRoe Pop Up Boutique! 12 - 4 PM
31 Moving Sale 9 AM - 12 PM New Years Eve Potluck 12 PM Central Vermont Runners New Year's Eve 5k Road Race 2 - 3:30 PM New Year's Eve 5K Dec. 31 in Montpelier 2 PM New Year's Eve 5K Dec. 31 in Montpelier 2 PM +1 more see less	1 Bingo Monday Evening 5 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting This Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	2 LGBTQIA Meditation Group - Different Night! Tuesday 6:30 - 8 PM Gift a Chance to Win a Trip for Two to Ireland! 7 PM	3 Plainfield Select Board Budget Meeting Jan. 3 4 PM Free - Open House at Shambhala 6 - 7:30 PM Yoga, Meditation and Creative Exploration, 6 Week Series 6:30 - 8 PM	4 RelocalizingVT Jan. 4: A Physician & An Acupuncturist 9 - 10:30 AM RelocalizingVT Jan. 4: A Physician & An Acupuncturist 9 - 10:30 AM Select Board Budget Meeting Jan. 4 6 - 9 PM Your Family Plan: Live Proactively and Reclaim the RHVT 6:45 - 8:15 PM Book Reading at Kellogg Hubbard 7 - 8 PM Wonderful New Talent Reading at Kellogg-Hubbard 7 PM +2 more see less	5	6 Boy Scout Christmas Tree Pick-Up for Barre City 12 - 12 AM SHS Biology CLASS Bottle Drive! 8:30 AM - 5 PM Introduction to Spinning 10 - 11 AM Sing, Eat, Dance at Captiol City Grange Jan. 6 5:30 PM Galactic Soccer Night 6 - 9 PM Play Reading Postponed 7 - 8:30 PM Play Reading on Refugees 7 - 8:30 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +4 more see less