Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2020

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29 Bake Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Like Music? Join Our Community Song Circle Sun Dec. 29 7 - 9 PM	30 Celebrate "Noon" Year's Eve at Storytime 10 AM - 12 PM	31 New Years Eve Dinner at Black Krim Tavern 6 - 10:30 AM New Years Eve 5K 2 PM Roarin' 20s NYE Bash! 7 PM (multiday) Roarin' 20's New Year's Eve Party! 7 PM (multiday)	1 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at Elley-Long in Colchester 3 - 5 PM	2 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Fall Prevention Tai Chi 3:45 - 4:45 PM MadDog Trout Unlimited Meeting Jan. 2 6 - 8:30 PM	3 Northfield Savings Bank Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 4 PM (multiday) Northfield Savings Bank Holiday Men's Hockey Tournament 4 PM (multiday) Culomba at OMH 7 - 8:30 PM Old Meeting House Concert - Culomba 7 - 8:30 PM Culomba - a Capella Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Culomba at the Old Meeting House This Friday Night 7 PM Vermont String Summit at Chandler This Friday! 7:30 - 9:30 PM 2nd Annual Vermont String Summit 7:30 - 10:30 PM +4 more see less	4 Amahl & the Night Visitors: a Classic Christmas Opera All Day Farmer Emergency Fund Fundraiser Jan. 4 8 AM - 8 PM Barre Town Republicans Gather 8 AM Journey Fellowship Coat Closet 10 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Winter Market Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Amahl and the Night Visitors 7 - 8:30 PM Katie Trautz CD Release Concert in Ripton! 7 - 9 PM Katie Trautz CD Release Concert in Ripton! 7 - 9 PM Amahl & the Night Visitors 7 - 9:30 PM Young Tradition Touring Group at Barre Opera House! 7 PM Young Tradition Touring Group at Barre Opera House! 7 PM Dance into 2020 at the Montpelier Contra Dance! 7:30 - 11 PM Dance into 2020 at the Montpelier Contra Dance! 7:45 PM Dance into 2020 at the Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +10 more see less
5 Breakfast Buffet This Sunday at the American Legion 8 AM - 11 PM Join Us Sunday for Breakfast Church at FCCB 9:30 - 11 AM Breakfast Service This Sunday at Berlin Congregational 9:30 - 11 AM Puzzle Swap at the Library This Sunday! 2 - 4 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle Sunday 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	6 Paris in Spring All Day Healthier Lifestyle and Weight-Loss / Prevent T2 5:30 - 6:30 PM Greater Barre Democrats Meeting 5:30 PM Don't Forget to Eat Your Vegetables! 6 - 7 PM Improv Workshop at Chandler 6 - 9 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting Monday 7 - 8:30 PM Middlesex Historical Society Meeting Jan. 6 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	7 Northfield Selectboard Budget Meeting All Day Tai Chi Classes 9:30 - 11 AM Healthier Lifestyle and Weight-Loss / Prevent T2 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM VNH Career Fair 1:30 - 6:30 PM $5 Dinner at Hunger Mountain Co-op on Tuesday! 4:30 - 7:30 PM East Randolph Village Designation & Welcome Sign 5:30 - 7 PM Do You Want to Improve Your Communication Skills? 6 - 7:30 PM Bach Project: Zach Mayer & Mckinley James - Concert 6 PM Bach Project: Zach Mayer & Mckinley James - Concert 6 PM Real Health Talks: Conversations W/Health Practitioners 6:30 - 7:30 PM Council Mtg/Forum on Proposed Rec Center Renovations! 6:30 - 8 PM Rec Center Renovation Public Forum 6:30 - 9:30 PM +8 more see less	8 Onion River Exchange - Timebanking Orientation All Day Tai Chi & Natural Movement with Sacred Geometry 4:30 - 5:30 PM Tai Chi & Natural Movement with Sacred Geometry 4:30 - 5:30 PM Yin Yoga 4-Week Series at Riverhouse Yoga 5:30 - 6:45 PM Introduction to Kabbalah 6 - 7 PM Developing a Regular Meditation Practice: Wednesday! 6 - 7:30 PM Onion River Exchange - Time Banking Orientation 6 - 8 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM Onion River Exchange - Timebanking Orientation 6 - 8 PM Mindful Eating Program - Starts Next Week 6:30 - 8 PM First Wednesdays: Lifting Shakespeare Off the Page 7 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	9 Climate Pan-Demonium at the Statehouse This Thursday! All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Fall Prevention Tai Chi 3:45 - 4:45 PM Free Diabetes Prevention Program in Barre Jan. 9 5 - 6 PM Northfield Budget Meeting 5 - 8 PM Plant-Based Jumpstart Workshop! 6 - 7:30 PM Randolph Area Climate Emergency (Race) Group Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	10 Java with Jessup 7:30 - 8:15 AM Friday Night Grill ~ Hosted by S.A.L & Auxiliary 5 - 6 PM January Opening Reception 5 - 7:30 PM Co-Ed Corn Hole Tournament 5:30 - 10 PM Jaquith's Annual Invitational Group Art Show 6 - 8 PM Warren for VT: Montpelier Organizing Meeting 6 - 8 PM Django & Larkspurs - Plainfield Opera House - Jan. 10 7 - 9 PM January Open Mic Night 7 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	11 Rasta Outdoor Gear Consignment Sale - Jan. 11 9 AM - 3 PM Middlesex Food Shelf 9:30 - 10:30 AM Java with Jessup 10 - 11 AM Journey Fellowship Coat Closet 10 AM - 12 PM Randolph Farmers Winter Market 10 AM - 2 PM Climate Justice Advocacy: Snacks, Education, & Action! 11 AM - 1 PM Saturday Museum Program: Snowflake Story 1 - 2 PM Texas Hold'em Tournament at the American Legion Jan. 11 1 - 6 PM PipeDreams Presents the Nature of Flutes 3 - 4 PM Barre Elks Corn Hole 5:30 - 10 PM Ready for Some Warmth and Color? 6 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less
12 Dance, Sing, and Jump Around! 3 - 4:30 PM Yoga for Beginners! 4 - 5 PM Rob Mermin, Mime Extraordinaire-Plainfield Opera House 4 - 6 PM Rob Mermin, Mime Extraordinaire-Plainfield Opera House 4 - 6 PM Rob Mermin, Mime Extraordinaire-Plainfield Opera House 4 - 6 PM +1 more see less	13 Art Class at Twin Valley Senior Center 2:30 - 3:30 PM Healthier Lifestyle and Weight-Loss / Prevent T2 5:30 - 6:30 PM Real Food for Real People - Cooking Class 6 - 9 PM	14 Three Penny Supports Mentoring on Tuesday! All Day Free Tai Chi Classes 9:30 - 11 AM Healthier Lifestyle and Weight-Loss / Prevent T2 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Northfield Budget Meeting 5 - 7 PM How & Where Do I Raise Money for My Business? 5:30 - 7:30 PM Rt 110 Bridge Replacement Concerns Meeting, Tue Jan. 14 6 - 7:30 PM Roger Hill - Climate Change : Things Unforeseen 6:30 - 8 PM Northfield Town Plan Public Hearing 7 - 8 PM Select Board Regular Meeting 7 - 9:30 PM +5 more see less	15 Memorable Times Cafe Jan. 15 at VT History Center All Day Tourism Day at the State House 8 AM - 2 PM Homeless Awareness and Memorial Day Rally, State House! 12 - 1 PM Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Senior Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Washington Central School District Budget Forum Jan. 15 5:30 - 6:30 PM Vermont Racial Justice Alliance Legislative Series 5:30 - 7:30 PM Interrupting Hate and Addressing Unintended Bias 6 - 8 PM Interrupting Hate 6 - 8 PM Interrupting Hate and Addressing Unintended Bias 6 - 8 PM City Council Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM Corrected Year Plainfield Select Board Mtg 7 PM Wednesday Night: Nisht Geferlach Concert! 7:30 - 8:30 PM Klezmer at the Statehouse for Farmers Night 7:30 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	16 Third Thursday: Vermont's Lucy Terry Prince 12 - 1 PM Fall Prevention Tai Chi 3:45 - 4:45 PM Northfield Budget Meeting 5 - 8 PM Monthly Thursday Spaghetti Dinner 5 PM Speed Mentoring at the South Burlington Public Library 5:30 - 7:30 PM The Body as Language: a Writing Class 5:30 PM Cybersecurity Conversation for Families 6 - 7:30 PM Cybersecurity for Families Educational Event 6 - 7:30 PM "Askable Adult" Dinner Discussion 6 - 8 PM Bacon Thursday, Rabble-Rouser 6 - 10 PM Vermont Racial Justice Alliance Community Tour 6:30 - 8:30 PM Plainfield Hazard Mitigation Committee 7 - 8:30 PM Life Drawing - Short Poses 7 - 9 PM Sound Art House Party 7 - 10 PM +10 more see less	17 UVM Master Gardener Course All Day Business Building Blocks Free Workshop 9 - 10:30 AM New Year, New Goals! Business Building Free Workshop 9 - 10:30 AM Barry Bender, Musician and Friday Night Grill at A.L. 6 - 10 PM WMHS Theater Club Musical Review Fundraiser Event 7 - 9 PM Dominique Dodge CD Release Concert in Burlington! 7 PM +2 more see less	18 Live Stream of 2020 Women's March Until 3 PM Writing Workshop 9 AM - 4 PM Middlesex Food Shelf 9:30 - 10:30 AM Rep. Carl Demrow's "Office Hours", Jan. 18 10 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Today! 10 AM - 2 PM March for Life 10:30 AM - 12 PM Empower Women's Healing Circle 1 - 3 PM Pacem Open Makerspace Hours 2 - 5 PM Karaoke Saturday Night at the American Legion 6 - 10 PM Paint Party with Katie 6 PM Beach Party Dance 7 - 11 PM Capital City Concerts Upcoming Performance 7:30 - 9 PM Capital City Concert 7:30 PM (multiday) National Geographic's James Blair-Photos Set to Music 7:30 PM Montpelier Contradance with Nils, Cedar & Jesse 8 - 11 PM Montpelier Contra Dance with Nils, Cedar & Jesse 8 - 11 PM Thomas Gunn Album Release Party 8 - 11:30 PM +13 more see less
19 Get Out the Vote Postcards at Plainfield Winter Market 11 AM - 1 PM Coffee Hour Thank You 11 AM - 2 PM Plainfield Winter Market 11 AM - 3 PM Patrick Ross Concert in Cabot - Jan. 19 4 - 6 PM Patrick Ross Concert in Cabot 4 - 6 PM Sunday Movie Night 4 PM From the Parlor to the Polling Place 4:30 PM Community Singalong in East Montpelier 6 - 8 PM +4 more see less	20 MLK Event 7 AM - 8 PM Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Book Sale 10 AM - 6 PM Americorps Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration 11 AM - 3 PM Healthier Lifestyle and Weight-Loss / Prevent T2 5:30 - 6:30 PM 3 Bizarre Steps to Saving Our Democracy 6 - 7:30 PM Time to Save Democracy: Fight Against Voter Suppression 6 - 8 PM Suppressed: the Fight to Vote (Screening & Discussion) 6 - 9 PM +3 more see less	21 Healthier Lifestyle and Weight-Loss / Prevent T2 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacem Open Makerspace Hours 3 - 5 PM Free Legislative Advocacy Training Today! 5 - 8 PM	22 League of Women Voters Presents “Implicit Bias” All Day OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM First OLLI Program This Wednesday 1:30 - 3 PM Onion River Exchange - Using the ORE Timebank Software 6 - 7:30 PM Onion River Exchange Webinar - Using Timebank Software 6 - 7:30 PM RAMP Energy Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM League of Women Voters Presents “Implicit Bias” 6:30 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	23 Barre Unified Union School District Board Meeting All Day Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Fall Prevention Tai Chi 3:45 - 4:45 PM Randolph Selectboard Meeting Thursday 5:30 PM	24 Friday Night Grill ~ Hosted by S.A.L & Auxiliary 5 - 7 PM Family Fun Night at Barre Jazzercise 6:30 - 7:30 PM Family Fun Night at Barre Jazzercise Center 6:30 - 7:30 PM Family Fun Night! Dance and Have Fun! 6:30 - 7:30 PM Midwinter Sacred Sing 7 - 8 PM The 39 Steps: a Radio Play by Joe Landry 7 - 8 PM The 39 Steps: a Radio Play by Joe Landry 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	25 VEX Robotics Competition 9 AM - 4 PM Middlesex Food Shelf 9:30 - 10:30 AM 15th Annual National Life Read-A-Thon (Montpelier) 1 - 3:30 PM Burns Night Cancelled 6 - 8 PM Board Game Night at Rabble Rouser 6 - 11:30 PM Burns Night in Adamant 6:30 - 8 PM Postponed: Burns Night in Adamant 6:30 - 8 PM Robbie Burns Night in Adamant 6:30 - 8 PM Spice on Snow Headline Concert! 7 - 10 PM Spice on Snow Headline Concert! 7 - 10 PM Incredible New Film and Talk with Film Director! 7 PM Film - “The Resurrection of Victor Jara” 7 PM Play 'The Drag" at Chandler Music Hall, Randolph 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less
26 ReTribe Breathwork Workshop 12 - 5 PM No Strings Marionettes Puppet Show! 1 - 2 PM Chakra Healing Workshop – Sound * Movement * Wisdom 1 - 3 PM Barre City Tree Walk 1 PM Tunbridge Historical Society 2 - 3:30 PM International Holocaust Remembrance Day 5 - 6 PM "Welcome, Neighbor" 8th Annual Potluck Supper 6 - 7:30 PM Like Music? Join Our Community Song Circle Jan. 26 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	27 Dungeons & Dragons for Kids at TW Wood 3 - 5 PM Healthier Lifestyle and Weight-Loss / Prevent T2 5:30 - 6:30 PM Houston, We Have a Problem 6 - 7:30 PM Legislative Climate Solutions Caucus 6 PM Hearing on Proposed Wastewater System Ordinance 6:30 PM +1 more see less	28 Healthier Lifestyle and Weight-Loss / Prevent T2 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM HomeShare Vermont Open House 12 - 3 PM Brian Kippen is Coming to East Randolph! 5 - 5:30 PM Free Tobacco Cessation Workshop Starts Jan. 28 5 - 6 PM Talking with Children About Climate Change 5:30 - 7:30 PM Re: Newly Forming Girl Scout Troop! 6 - 7 PM Potluck & Open Mic at Plainfield Firehouse 6 - 7:45 PM Select Board Meeting Jan. 28 7 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	29 OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 PM Next OLLI Program 1:30 - 3 PM Fundraiser: Save Those Redeemable Bottles & Cans 3:30 - 5:30 PM Genealogy and Slavery Discussion Group 4:30 - 5:45 PM Genealogy and Slavery Discussion Group – Jan. 29 4:30 - 6 PM Avenue Q School Edition at U-32 Middle & High School 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	30 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Trinity Community Thrift Store Special Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Fall Prevention Tai Chi 3:45 - 4:45 PM Open House - Northfield Ridges and River Routes Project 5 - 7 PM A Walkable Northfield? We Need Your Ideas! 5 - 7 PM Workshop: Budgeting for Simplicity 5:30 - 7 PM Valentine Making with Kelly 6 - 8 PM VT "Perkins V" State Plan 6 - 8 PM YE Vagabonds Concert in Shelburne 7 - 9 PM YE Vagabonds Concert in Shelburne! 7 - 9 PM U-32 Presents: Avenue Q School Edition (Multiple Days) 7 PM (multiday) Echo Whiskey Pub 7 PM Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn Irish Music Event 7 PM +9 more see less	31 Dawg Daze Pop-Up at Good Measure (and Other Stuff) 4 - 7 PM MRVBC Annual Meeting and Party at the Big Picture 6 - 10 PM Urgent Fundraiser for Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Struggle 7 - 9 PM Urgent Fundraiser for Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Struggle 7 - 9 PM Rock City! Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Rock City! in Concert to Benefit the Barre CJC! 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	1 You Are Invited to an Open House and Book Sale 9 AM - 1 PM Learn to Weave This Winter! 9 AM - 5 PM Middlesex Food Shelf 9:30 - 10:30 AM Tricky Tracks: A Family Tracking Program 9:30 - 11:30 AM Montpelier PD's Next Coffee with a Cop Event! 10 AM - 12 PM Legislative Forum 10 AM - 12 PM Dabble Day 10 AM - 12:30 PM Dabble Day 10 AM - 12:30 PM Re: Trinity Community Thrift Store Special Sale 10 AM - 1 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire This Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire This Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Climb for Connor 12 PM (multiday) Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt for Teens at the Library 1 - 2 PM Election Workshop 1 - 3:30 PM U-32 Presents: Avenue Q School Edition (Multiple Days) 2 - 7 PM Fundraiser 3 - 8 PM VT. History Trivia Bowl and Potluck 4 - 6 PM Whiskey Release and Super Bowl Party! 4 PM (multiday) Navigating End of Life Choices 5 - 6 PM Grange: Discussing Options for End-Of-Life Feb. 1 5 - 6 PM Your End of Life Options 5 - 6 PM Navigating End of Life Choices 5 - 6 PM Washington Snow Flyers Dinner Raffle Tickets for Sale 5:30 PM Young Tradition Touring Group Concert in Greensboro! 7 - 9 PM Mandolin/Fiddle Duo to Perform at Chandler, Live & Up! 7:30 - 9:30 PM Whammy Bar Presents John Smyth 7:30 - 10:30 PM Capital City Grange Contra Dances Feb. 1, 15 and 29! 7:45 - 11 PM Start Off February with a Contra Dance on Saturday! 8 - 11 PM +25 more see less