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) Women's Festival of Crafts 10 PM (multiday) Tai Chi and Meditation Nov. 27 4:30 - 5:30 AM Antiques Market 8 AM - 1 PM Two-Hour Turkey (Or Tofu) Burner at Studio Zenith 9 - 11 AM Holiday Concert St. Johnsbury Band & Friends Nov. 27 3 - 4:30 PM Studio Zenith's Two-Hour Turkey (Or Tofu) Burner 5 - 7 PM +4 more see less	28 Montpelier Senior Activity Center Holiday Open House 5 - 7 PM Stories for All: Story Games and Swap Nov. 28 5:45 - 8:30 PM Town of Woodbury Select Board Meeting Agenda 6 PM Plainfield Selectboard Agenda Nov. 28 7 PM Selectboard Agenda Nov. 28 7 PM +1 more see less	29 Special Selectboard Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 29 12 AM - 8 PM Interfaith Devotional Gathering Tuesday 5pm NVRH Chapel 5 - 5:30 PM Carousel School Board Meeting 6 - 7 PM Ending Homelessness in Washington County Meeting: Nov. 29 6:30 - 7:30 PM Hunger Mtn. Headwaters Conservation Project 7 - 8 PM Acquisition of Land in Worcester/Middlesex 7 PM +2 more see less	30 Guest Lecture from Doug Flack 9:30 - 11 AM Pacem School Visting Day Nov. 30 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OLLI Film Series Begins 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Free Parenting Class 5:30 - 6:30 PM Vermont History Center- Extended Hours & Special Tour 6 - 8 PM Craftsbury Land Use Task Force Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM Festive Wreath Making Class 6:30 - 8:30 PM Open House at River Rock School Wednesday, Nov. 30 7 - 8:30 PM Post Election Emergency Community Meeting 7 - 9 PM River Rock School Open House 7 PM It's a Wonderful Life at LNT 7 PM +8 more see less	1 Selectboard Special Meetings Agenda - Dec. 1 & Dec. 5 All Day 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 Jewelry Show at Library 2:30 - 5 PM NEK Council on Aging's Memory Tree of Lights 4 - 6 PM Jory Nash Songwriter Workshop & House Concert 4 PM (multiday) VTrans On-Road Bicycle Plan Phase II Statewide Meeting 6 - 8 PM Talking About Racism & Building Empathy with Children 6:30 - 8 PM Village Planning Discussion Dec. 1 7 - 8 PM Living Harmoniously with Wildlife 7 - 8:30 PM Living Harmoniously with Wildlife 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Flatlanders and Friends at Whammy Bar 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	2 HP Lighting Ceremony and Frosty the Snowman Dec. 2 All Day Waldorf Books and Toys Sale! (multiday) Knitting Class: "The Two-Day Scarf" Dec. 2 10 AM - 12 PM Teddy Bear Christmas Pageant 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 Taste Test at Sterling College 5 - 6 PM Post Office Cafe Pizza Take Out Friday Night 5 - 7 PM Family Kabbalat Shabbat This Friday Evening 5:30 - 7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 - 8 PM Spaghetti Dinner & Raffle Friday at CES! 6 - 8 PM Call Out to Singer-Mover-Sounder-Artists: Auditiondec 2 6 - 8 PM Call to Artists: Woven Body Choir Auditions 6 - 8 PM Art and Author Night: Veins of Gold at the Jaquith! 6 PM Hyde Park Holiday Lighting Ceremony - Friday! 6:30 - 8:30 PM CANCELLED Songwriter Jory Nash Plainfield House Concert 6:30 - 9 PM Penny Arcade Band at Whammy Bar Dec. 2 7:30 - 9:30 PM Benefit Concert for 350Vermont 7:30 - 10:30 PM Benefit Concert for 350Vermont 7:30 - 10:30 PM Benefit Concert for 350Vermont 8 - 10:30 PM Benefit Concert for 350Vermont 8 - 11 PM +17 more see less	3 Concert in Cabot - Anima (multiday) Moving Sale All Day Unitarian Church Holiday Fair Dec. 3 All Day Community Breakfast 8 - 9 AM Story Time at Jeudevine! 9 - 10 AM All You Can Eat Pie Breakfast and Silent Auction 9 - 11 AM All You Can Eat Pie Breakfast and Silent Auction Dec. 3 9 - 11 AM Vermont S.U.P.P.O.R.T.S. Packing Event 9 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Unitarian Church Holiday Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Twinfield Annual Craft Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Reiki Level One Certification Class 9 AM - 3 PM Register! Community Energy & Climate Action Conference 9 AM - 5:30 PM Craft Fair at Waterford School 9:30 AM - 2 PM Craft Fair at Waterford School Dec. 3 9:30 AM - 2 PM Calais Holiday Craft Market 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Maple Corner Holiday Craft Show 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Pack Basket Weaving! 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Orchard Valley Waldorf Book Sale This Saturday! 10 AM - 1 PM Orchard Valley Book Sale! 10 AM - 1 PM LulaRoe at Holiday Happenings in Hardwick! 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Happenings Art Market! 10 AM - 4 PM Peacham Corner Guild Bake Sale 10 AM - 5 PM Let Your Little Light Shine! 10 AM (multiday) Burklyn Arts Holiday Market 10 AM (multiday) Holiday Auction 10 AM Holiday Auction Saturday, Dec. 3 10 AM Correction! Holiday Auction Dec. 3 10 AM Delta Blues Guitar Master Class with Martin Grosswendt Dec. 3 1 - 3 PM Coyote Kids Workshop 1 - 4 PM Annual Barre Tones Holiday Show Dec. 3 2 - 4 PM Celebrating the Life of Wilmer Brandt Dec. 3 2 - 4 PM High Holiday Tea 2 - 4 PM Morrisville Holiday Parade 3:30 PM Grace Holiday Open House 4 - 7 PM An Evening at the Library Dec. 3 6:30 PM North Danville Memory Tree 7 - 8 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra 7 PM VFO Concert Saturday Night 7 PM Music, Dancing, Indoor Mini-Golf and BBQ! 7:30 PM More Intel About Music in Barre Event Saturday! 7:30 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +40 more see less
4 LulaRoe Lulapalooza - Holiday Edition! Sunday 9 AM - 1 PM LuLaRoe LuLaPalooza - Holiday Edition! 9 AM - 1 PM Free Senior Kiwanis Holiday Dinner 12 - 1 PM Willy Wonka Auditions! 1 - 4 PM Wreath Making on Sunday! 1 - 4:30 PM "Snack Between the Stacks!" North Danville Library! 2 - 4 PM "Snack Between the Stacks!" North Danville Library! 2 - 4 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 2 PM Martin Grosswendt & Susanne Salem-Schatz This Sunday! 3 - 6 PM Master Bluesman Martin Grosswendt in Cabot Dec. 4 3 - 6 PM North Country Chorus Holiday Concert in Peacham Dec. 4 3 PM Gospel Concerts in Montpelier and Barre, Dec. 3 - 4 4 PM Ted Talk Salon 6:30 - 8 PM +9 more see less	5 Wild Plant Walk at #10 Pond All Day Mass Action in Montpelier Dec. 5 - De-fund DAPL 9 AM Action Dec. 5 to Defund Dakota Access Pipeline 9 AM Rumney School Board Meeting Monday 5:30 PM Classic Book Club Meeting 6 PM Dec. 5 Meeting of HPES Board 6 PM Free Tong Ren Healing Class Dec. 5 7 - 8 PM Marshfield/Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting Dec. 5 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	6 Lister Meeting Dec. 6 10 - 11:30 AM Interfaith Devotional Gathering, NVRH Chapel Tuesday 5 - 5:30 PM Selectboard/Budget Committees Meeting Dec. 6 5 - 7 PM Illumination Night at VCFA 5:30 - 6:30 PM Illumination Night at VCFA Tuesday, Dec. 6 5:30 - 7 PM MCO Plays Beethoven in Free Pop-Up Concert Dec. 6 6 - 7 PM Public Forum on School Choice in VT 6 - 7:30 PM Financial Markets Update - North Branch Cafe 6:30 - 7:30 PM 2017 Construction – Public Meeting Dec. 6 6:30 PM Free Comic Evening of Theater: Come Read or Listen 6:30 PM Selectboard Meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6 7 PM Kirtan at Embodied Yoga 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less	7 OLLI Film Series Continues All Day Olli Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Drop in Needlework Group 1 - 3 PM Open House at Montpelier's Shambhala Center 6 - 7:30 PM NEK Handwork Guild 6:30 - 8 PM CA's Winter Band/Chorus Concert 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	8 Potluck and Report-Back on Standing Rock 6 - 8 PM Potluck and Report Back on Standing Rock Tonight, Dec. 8 6 - 8 PM Potluck and Community Report-Back on Standing Rock 6 - 8 PM Introducing Capital Games, a Board Game Meet-Up! 6 - 8 PM Hyde Park Energy Committee Dec. 8 7 - 8:30 PM Book Discussion at Sullivan Museum 7 PM Pumpkin Hill Singers & Pipe and Slippers Concert 7 PM +3 more see less	9 Show Opening All Day Business Group Forming 8 - 9:30 AM Selectboard Special Meeting Agenda - Dec. 9 9 AM Christmas in Vermont with Isaac James and Lynn Mckinney 6:30 PM Johnson State Band Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Johnson State College Concert Band 7 - 8:30 PM Third Annual Christmas Concert in Northfield Dec. 9 7 PM Maple Corner Film Series 7 PM Kava Express ~ Sweet M's ~ Dec. 9 ~ Last Public Gig? 9 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	10 GMT Mad River Valley Seasonal Service Begins All Day Childcare Center Closing/Liquidation Sale Dec. 10-11 (multiday) Painted Pear Inventory Sale This Saturday & Sunday (multiday) Montpelier Downsizing Meeting Dec. 10 All Day Tree Sale at MSCVT! 9 AM - 12 PM Holiday Lamp Sale 9 AM - 12 PM GSCS Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Solidarity Craft Fair & Silent Auction 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair in Montpelier 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair in Montpelier 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Marshfield School of Weaving Studio Sale 9 AM - 5 PM Marshfield School of Weaving's Holiday Sale Dec. 10 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 Good Living Senior Center Cookie Walk 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Cookie Walk 10 AM - 1 PM Drop-In Coloring at the VT History Museum 10 AM - 1 PM 2nd Annual Barnet Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM The Art House Holiday Market! 10 AM - 4 PM The Art House Holiday Market! 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market! 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market Benefiting the Art House 10 AM - 4 PM Holiday Market 10 AM - 4 PM Green Bag Day 11:30 AM - 1 PM Old Brick Church Christmas Luncheon Dec. 10 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 Willy Wonka Auditions! 2 - 5 PM Ballet Wolcott Performs Nutcracker Suite 2:30 PM Holiday Tree Lighting 4 - 6 PM Terra Madre Day Potluck at Sterling College Dec. 10 4 - 7 PM Holiday Sing-Along! Dec. 10 5 - 7 PM Dancing in the Northeast Kingdom 6:30 - 10 PM Holiday Dance and Big Band Concert Dec. 10 7 - 11 PM Pumpkin Hill Singers & Pipe and Slippers Concert 7 PM Special Contra Dance (w/ Entertainment!) Saturday Dec. 10 7:30 PM Contra and Swing Dancing at the Grange on Saturday 8 - 11:30 PM +36 more see less
11 Santa is Coming to Town! All Day Elks Hoop Shoot 9 AM - 12 PM Greenwood Pottery Handthrown Stoneware 9 AM - 4 PM Cantate! Performs at United Church of Craftsbury 10 - 11 AM Cantate! Performs at United Church of Craftsbury 10 - 11 AM "Free-Play" Open Gym Sunday 11 AM - 12:30 PM Holiday Trunk Sale 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Trunk Sale Dec. 11 11 AM - 3 PM "Jacob T. Marley" Reading at the Davies Library Dec. 11 1 - 3 PM Children's Christmas Workshop 1 - 3 PM Community Carol Sing 7 PM +7 more see less	12 Safe Holiday Party for All Ages 6 - 8 PM Safe Holiday Event for Families Dec. 12 6 - 8 PM Mental Health Awareness Meeting Dec. 12 6:30 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM Holiday Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	13 Interfaith Devotional Gathering Tuesday NVRH Chapel 5 - 5:30 PM Selectboard Budget Meeting 5 - 8 PM Full Moon Walk 5:30 PM Winter Fly Tying 6 - 7:30 PM DART: Solutions for Addiction in Our Communities 6 - 8 PM Interested in Connectivity? 7 PM Walden School District Special Meeting Tuesday 7 PM +3 more see less	14 OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Last of OLLI Film Series 12:30 - 2:30 PM Update on Doty Proposed Budget and Act 46 6 - 7 PM Neighborhood Watch Informational Meeting- Dec. 14 6:30 - 7:30 PM Neighborhood Crime Watch Meeting 6:30 PM Game Night Wednesday Evening 6:30 PM Teach-In on How to Fight Hate in Our Communities 7 - 8:30 PM Author Reading at Kellogg Hubbard Library Dec. 14 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	15 The Incredible Lives of Seabirds All Day River of Light All Day My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel 7 AM - 8:30 PM The Montpelier Death Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM December Montpelier Death Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM Lisa Bjerke: Waste is a Verb, Not a Noun 6 - 7:30 PM Don't Forget! Board Game Fun at Kellogg-Hubbard! 6 - 8 PM Board Games Thursday! 6 - 8 PM River Arts Photo Co-op Meeting 6 - 8 PM Revised Agenda - CES Board Meeting Dec. 15 6 - 8 PM JCOGS Event Postponed Tonight 6 - 8:30 PM The Christmas Revels: a French Canadian Celebration 6 PM (multiday) Community Meeting at the Woodbury Elementary School 6:30 - 8 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 “My Addresses in Amsterdam: the Making of a Novel" 7 - 9 PM The Incredible Lives of Seabirds - Dec. 15 Cabot Library 7 PM The Incredible Lives and Uncertain Fate of Seabirds 7 PM Musical at MHS 7 PM +15 more see less	16 Wild Game Dinner/Silent Auction! All Day Warm Clothes & Toys for Girls & Boys New Schedule 11 AM - 5 PM Chandler Center for the Arts Holiday Artisans Market 11 AM (multiday) Jewelry Open House 3 - 8 PM Family Day at Red Hen and Company (Middleground) 4 - 6 PM Post Office Cafe Pizza Take Out This Friday 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 The Shepherds' Play at Heartbeet Lifesharing 7 - 8 PM Shepherds' Play at Heartbeet Lifesharing! 7 - 8 PM Ecstatic Dance Dec. 16 7 - 9 PM Book Launch Dec. 16 7 - 9 PM Guitar Skills Workshop 7 PM Darlingside, with Chris Gruen Opening - at Chandler! 7:30 PM +10 more see less	17 Clothing Drive! All Day Clothing Drive! Dec. 17 All Day Arnowitt & Larouche, Piano & Harmonica Dec. 17! 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 Winter Clothing Drive 9 AM - 3 PM Winter Clothing Drive 9 AM - 3 PM Gifts on Ice 9 AM - 5 PM "Warm Clothes & Toys for Girls & Boys" New Schedule 9 AM - 5 PM Capital City Farmers Market! 10 AM - 2 PM Montpelier 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 2nd Annual Fat Santa Fat Bike Event at Paine Mountain 11 AM - 2 PM Modern Times Theater Family Show Dec. 17 2 - 3:30 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 Puppet Show in Plainfield 2 PM Soup-a-Thon 5:30 - 7 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 Michael Arnowitt & John Larouche at Music Box Dec. 17 7:30 - 9:30 PM Michael Arnowitt & John Larouche at Music Box Dec. 17 7:30 - 9:30 PM Trtium Well 7:30 - 10:30 PM Onion River Chorus Concert 7:30 PM Contradance Dec. 17 8 - 11 PM +25 more see less
18 Pre-Hanukkah Party at Beth Jacob Synagogue All Day Christmas Pageant Sunday Dec. 18 All Day Greenwood Pottery Handthrown Stoneware 9 AM - 4 PM Muddy Creek Pottery Holiday Studio Sale 10 AM - 3 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 Dec. 18 12 - 3:30 PM Sales Party/Open House at Stained Glass Studio 12 - 3:30 PM Spiraling into Solstice 12 - 4 PM Bothfeld Birthdays and Public Party 1 - 4 PM Cabot Arts Show and Tell, Sunday 3 PM Annual Carol Sing-along in East Montpelier Dec. 18 6 - 8 PM Christmas Candle Lighting Service at WUMC 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less	19 Gifts for Giving at East Montpelier Elementary School 8:30 AM - 3 PM Music & Movement 10 - 11:30 AM Music & Movement Last One in 2016 Dec. 19 10 - 11:30 AM Water/Wastewater Meeting Announcment and Agenda 5 - 7 PM Town Planning Commission 5:30 PM Screenagers Screening at Hazen Union! 6 - 7:30 PM Kids and Screen Time - Screenagers Documentary at Hazen 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting - Monday Dec. 19 7 PM Socially Irresponsible Sketch Comedy Show 8:30 - 10:30 PM +5 more see less	20 Planning Commission Public Hearing for Town Plan All Day Selectboard Budget Meeting 5 - 6 PM Bingo Cancellations at Twin Valley Senior Center 5 PM Hardwick Town School Board Meeting Tuesday 6 - 8:15 PM Agenda for Selectboard Meeting-Dec. 20 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	21 Tough U-32 Budget for Next Year 6 - 7 PM U-32 Public Budget Forum Wednesday, Dec. 21 6 - 7 PM Free Community Supper 6 PM Longest Night Worship Service at Church on the Common 7:30 - 8:30 PM	22 Braco - 7 Free Live Streams 11 AM - 5 PM Woodbury School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Christmas Concert 7:30 - 8:30 PM	23 Woodbury Elementary Winter Workshop Invitation All Day T. Noelle & J. Davidian 6 - 8 PM Live Music at the Pizza Man 7 - 10 PM	24 Christmas Eve Caroling at Bandstand! 2:30 - 3:30 PM Caroling at Middlesex Bandstand Christmas Eve! 2:30 - 3:30 PM Christmas Mass Schedules 4 PM (multiday) Christmas Eve; No Wood Stoves; How to Keep Warm 5 - 6 PM Christmas Eve Church Service Danville United Methodist 6 - 7 PM Revival of Community Party After Christmas Eve Program 6 - 7:30 PM Fireworks in Cabot Village, Christmas Eve 6 PM Old Brick Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 PM Worcester Christmas Eve Service Dec. 24 7:30 - 8:30 PM +5 more see less
25 Christmas Lessons and Carols 11 AM - 12 PM	26	27 ReTribe New Years Teen Retreat 3 PM (multiday) Porter Brook Trio Annual Holiday Concert Dec. 27 6 - 7:30 PM Holiday Concert: Porter Brook Trio 6 - 8 PM	28	29 Relocalizing VT Thur 9 am: Whither VT and Resilience? 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Whither VT and Resilience? 9 - 10:30 AM Hanukkah Sledding Party! 2 - 4 PM Hanukkah Sledding Party Dec. 29 2 - 4 PM Dec. 29 Hanukkah Sledding Party 2 - 4 PM Public Menorah Lighting at State House Dec. 29 4:30 - 5 PM +2 more see less	30 Farmsong Concert in Barn at Bonnieview 4 - 5 PM Beethoven's 9th 7:30 - 9 PM Sleigh Rides Dec. 30 - Jan. 1 11 PM (multiday)	31 New Years Eve Dinner & Krazy Kountry Band Dance All Day 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 5k Race Dec. 31 2 PM New Year's Eve 5K Road Race 2 PM New Year's Eve 5k Road Race 2 PM Marko the Magician on NYE in Montpelier 4 - 7 PM First Night North (St. Johnsbury) 4 - 9 PM First Night North in St. Johnsbury 4 PM (multiday) MFA in Writing Public Reading: Xu Xi - Dec. 31 7 - 8 PM Vt's Finest Yiddish Band--- First Night St. J! 7 - 8:30 PM 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) +10 more see less