Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2014

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30 The Nutcracker (multiday) Shop Locally at the Women's Festival of Crafts Nov. 29 & 30 (multiday) Fabric and Craft Supply Sale 12 - 3 PM	1 Essex Selectboard Meeting 7:30 - 10 PM	2 Kids Creative Camp Jan. 2 All Day Pride Center Bring a Bottle Wine Auction 6 - 8 PM Blue Christmas Service 7 PM	3 Volunteer Opportunities for Vermont International Festival (multiday) Boxwood Tree Workshops 6:30 - 8:30 PM Public Meeting: Rehab Plans for 81 Main St 7:30 - 9 PM	4 Rick Marcotte Central School Barnes and Noble Bookfair All Day Free Community Soup & Bread Supper Dec. 4 All Day Branch Out Burlington's Annual Awesome Tree Contest Awards Ceremony All Day Snow at Audubon 9 AM This Weekend at Nutty Steph's 6 PM (multiday) Liberty in North Korea Event at Peace & Justice Center 7 - 8 PM Rice Memorial High School: Host Family Interest Night 7 PM +3 more see less	5 Musical Storytime with Special Guest, Zyla the Dog! All Day Holiday Tree Lighting All Day Heart & Soul and Essex Eats Out Community Celebration 5:30 - 8:30 PM Holiday Wreath Workshop 6:30 - 8:30 PM	6 Bella Voce Women's Chorus - Concert: “A Ceremony of Carols” (multiday) South Burlington Community Chorus Holiday Concert All Day Winter's Eve at the Ethan Allen Homestead All Day Breakfast with Santa All Day Basic Genetic Genealogy Class - Dec. 6 All Day Free Community Luncheon All Day "A Ceremony of Carols" Holiday Concert All Day Toy Train Show Dec. 6 All Day Holiday Make a Gift & Artist Market Dec 6! All Day Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction Sat, Dec. 6 All Day Bottle Drive All Day Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction at Sustainabilty Academy 8:30 - 11:30 AM Shelburne United Methodist Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Great Holiday Craft Fairs in Shelburne 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Bazaar Dec 6 - Fun & Something for Everyone! 9 AM - 2 PM Essex Junction Fire Department Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Winooski Toy Train Show Dec. 6 10 AM - 3 PM Carol Macdonald's Studio Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Basic Genetic Genealogy Dec. 6 10:30 AM - 12 PM Winter Holiday Party and Kids Crafts 10:30 AM - 12 PM Free Community Luncheon 12 PM Experience a Winter's Eve in 18th Century Vermont! 4 - 7 PM Bella Voce Women's Chorus Holiday Concerts Dec. 6 & 7 8 - 10 PM "A Ceremony of Carols" Performance by Bella Voce Women's Chorus of VT 8 PM Bella Voce Holiday Concerts Dec. 6 & 7 8 PM "A Ceremony of Carols" Holiday Concert 8 PM +23 more see less
7 Rice Memorial High School Open House All Day Get the Facts About Rice All Day Vermont Choral Union Concert Dec. 7 All Day Holiday Pop Up Shop in Winooski! All Day "Gifts That Give" Event - Sunday Dec. 7 All Day Vermont Choral Union Concert All Day VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 6689 9 - 11 AM Holiday Pop-Up Shop at the Monkey House This Sunday! 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Monkey House This Sunday! 9:30 AM Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Monkey House This Sunday! 9:30 AM Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Monkey House This Sunday! 9:30 AM Get the Facts About Rice Memorial High School 11 AM - 1 PM Gifts That Give Fair 11 AM - 3 PM Learn to Curl Clinic (Green Mountain Curling Club) 1:45 - 4 PM Christmas Concert: Vermont Choral Union Dec. 7 3 PM Holiday Pie Concert 3:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Pie Concert - A Serving of Song with a Dollop of Desert 3:30 - 5 PM Holiday Pie Concert - Champlain Echoes & Green Mountain Chorus 3:30 - 5:30 PM Williston Annual Holiday Tree Lighting 5 PM Williston Annual Holiday Tree Lighting 5 PM +16 more see less	8 Holiday Decoration Workshops! (multiday) Shelburne Nursery School Open House All Day Public Art Presents: Indoors, Outdoors, on Doors 3 - 5 PM SB Legislators Pre Session Community Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM	9 Special Screening of Movie "Miss Representation" All Day VTrans On-Road Bicycle Plan Public Meeting All Day VPR Broadcast on Tuesday - Live from Winooski! 12 - 1 PM VTrans On-Road Bicycle Plan Announcement 6 - 8 PM VTrans On-Road Bicycle Plan Public Meeting 6 - 8 PM Learning Matters Parent Workshop at FMS 6:30 - 8 PM Essex Conservation Committee Meeting Dec. 9 7 - 9 PM Free Showing of the Movie Miss Representation 7 - 9 PM Parking Ban Dec. 9 10 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	10 Ward 1 / 8 NPA: Dec 10 - Definitely On! All Day Ornament Making for Adults at ONE Arts Center Dec. 10 All Day Pathways Vermont Open House Dec. 10 3 - 6 PM Energy Efficiency Forum - Share Your Input Dec. 10! 6 - 7:30 PM Pajama Story Time Dec. 10 6:30 - 7:30 PM School Board Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Ward 1 & 8 NPA Meeting: Wed, Dec 10 - UVM Medical Center 7 PM Chs Winter Band and Choral Concert: Dec. 10 7 PM Vt Stage Winter Tales Dec. 10 - 14 7:30 - 10 PM Vermont Stage Company's Winter Tales 7:30 PM (multiday) Parking Ban Extended 12/10/14 10 PM (multiday) +7 more see less	11 Holiday Luncheon for Williston & Richmond Seniors All Day Smaller Footprint Group This Thursday All Day Community Forum About the Fletcher Free Library - Dec 11, 5:30-7:00pm 5:30 - 7 PM FFL Community Forum Dec 11 5:30 - 7 PM ONE Community Dinner and NPA Meetings Are on for Thursday 5:30 - 9 PM 3rd Community Open House Scheduled 6 - 7:30 PM December Ward 2/3 NPA Meeting 6:45 - 8:45 PM +3 more see less	12 Essex Junction Train Hop, Tree Lighting & Holiday Bonfire All Day Discovery Preschool Silent Auction and Holiday Party All Day Williston Selectboard Meeting All Day Yuletide Benefit Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long Dec 12 All Day BCMS Holiday Concert/Community Sing - Dec 12 All Day Discovery Preschool - Silent Auction Dec. 12 & Open Enrollment Dec. 15 4:30 - 6 PM Christmas Musical Celebration at Trinity Baptist Church in Williston 7 - 8 PM Brick Church Music Series Dec. 12 Concert 7 - 9 PM Yuletide Benefit Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long, Friday, Dec. 12 7 PM Yuletide Benefit Concert & Carol Sing-A-Long 7 PM +6 more see less	13 Local Kids Perform at Higher Ground Dec. 13 All Day Don't Miss Green Mountain Habitat's ReStore Sale All Day A Service of Solace and Comfort for Those Who Are Grieving Dec. 13 All Day Jay's Christmas Party All Day Winter Concert and Fundraiser for Very Merry Theater Dec. 13 All Day Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Generator Holiday Maker Market on Dec. 13 10 AM - 3 PM School Commissioner Coffee at Nunyans Dec. 13 10 AM Holiday Vendor Extravaganza Dec. 13 10:30 AM - 3 PM Holiday Potluck at Mount Mansfield UU Fellowship 4 - 6:30 PM Community Ballroom and Swing Social Dance with Live Band 6:30 - 11 PM Root 7 A Cappella Winter Concert 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less
14 Sancta Lucia Celebration Dec. 14 All Day Ohavi Zedek Hebrew School Open House Dec. 14 All Day Blue Christmas Service All Day Christmas Concert December 14 3 PM	15 Winooski City Council Meeting Dec 15 All Day Possible Recreation Amenities at Baycrest Drive 6 PM Rescheduled School Board Meeting Dec 15 6:30 - 9 PM Selectboard Meeting 7:30 - 10 PM Winooski Water Commission Meeting 8 PM +1 more see less	16 CSD Winter Concerts This Week All Day American Cancer Society Hosts Healthy Drink Event All Day Holiday Special Benefit for Chittenden Food Shelf + Nofa 8 - 11 PM	17 Dementia Caregiver Support Groups in December (multiday) Investigative Journalist Dawn Paley Launches New Book on Drug War Capitalism All Day Prom Fundraiser at Panera Bread All Day COTS Coolest Lunch Event Dec. 17 12 - 2 PM Dawn Paley Launches New Book on Drug War Capitalism 5:30 - 7 PM Winooski Community Services Commission to Discuss Budget Wednesday 6:30 - 8 PM Market Street Reconstruction Project - Public Information Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	18 A Time of Quiet Christmas Contemplation and Meditation All Day Old North End Arts & Business Network Monthly Meeting All Day Community Solar Workshop – South Burlington Public Library All Day Community Solar Workshop – South Burlington Public Library 5 - 7 PM	19 Parents Night Out is This Friday All Day "Norm" the Bus Driver is Retiring All Day Tot Shabbat 5:30 - 6:30 PM Parents Night Out, Friday Night! 5:30 - 9:30 PM	20 Creations by Cole (multiday) Social Band Choral Concerts (multiday) Deep Midwinter Concerts - Dec. 20 and 21 (multiday) I Vote Vermont All Day Queen City Memory Cafe Dec. 20 All Day Winooski Community Chorus Presents "The Light of Christmas" All Day Celebrate Christmas Through Story & Song All Day Concerts All Day Holiday Market at Memorial Auditorium All Day Dec. 20 Winter Gathering for Those Living with Dementia and Friends 10 AM - 12 PM Artist Market - Shop Local 10 AM - 6 PM "Home for the Holidays" Gift Basket Making for Veterans in Need 11 AM - 1 PM Winooski Community Chorus Presents "The Light of Christmas" 2:30 PM Social Band Concerts Dec. 20-21 7:30 PM +10 more see less
21 Sunday: Essex Center UMC's Bodacious Holiday Dessert Auction! All Day Sunday: Essex Center UMC's Bodacious Holiday Dessert Auction! All Day	22	23 Christmas Brunch and Caroling December 23 All Day Selectboard Meeting All Day A Play for Preschoolers 10:30 - 11 AM	24 Christmas Eve Service with Puppet Play - "The Nativity Story" All Day Blood Drive at Temple Sinai 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Christmas Eve Service with Puppet Play-- "The Nativity Story" 3 - 4 PM Christmas Eve Services 6 - 7 PM	25	26 Free Makeup Event at MAC Cosmetics! 11 AM (multiday)	27 Christmas Pancake Breakfast! All Day
28 Looking for Fun Way to "Give Back" in This Holiday Season? All Day Free Open Rehearsal of Burlington Civic Symphony and Chorus 2 - 4 PM	29 Piano Keyboard Wanted (multiday)	30	31 Maple Jam Performs at Burlington's First Night All Day New Year's Party All Day Maple Jam at Burlington's First Night and More! All Day Early Bird New Year's Party at Champlain Senior and Community Center 11 AM - 2 PM New Year's Eve Dance and Class 8:30 - 11:59 PM +1 more see less	1	2	3 X-Mas Tree Pick-Up by Williston Boy Scouts All Day Bottle Drive to Benefit 8th Grade DC Trip Jan. 3 10 AM - 2 PM