Calendar - Front Porch Forum

January 2018

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31 Moving Sale 9 AM - 12 PM You Are Invited...to Church This Sunday 10 AM - 12:30 PM New Year's Eve 5K Dec. 31 in Montpelier 2 PM Weekly Poker Game 4 - 11:30 PM First Night North on New Year's Eve! 4 PM (multiday) Welcome 2018 for $20.18 at Pica-Pica Filipino Cuisine! 5 - 9 PM +2 more see less	1 New Year's Day Circle Dance & Pot Luck 2 - 4 PM Village Harmony Alumni Ensemble Sings at Heartbeet! 3 - 4:30 PM Village Harmony Sings at Heartbeet! 3 - 4:30 PM Games and Doughnuts 3 - 5:30 PM Correct Time - Strong by Zumba Class 5:15 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting This Monday 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	2 Budget Work Session and Selectboard Agenda 5 - 8:30 PM 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 Thrive Local at Hoagies 5:30 - 7:30 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 Planning Commission Meeting Jan. 4 5 - 6:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8:30 PM School Board News 6 PM Aging and Arising of Wisdom Discussion Group 6:30 - 8 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 +5 more see less	5 Lamoille County Maple Sugar Makers Annual Meeting 7 PM	6 Community Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Bottle Drive for Woodbury After School Program 9 - 11 AM Estate Sale at Mill Village Road B&B Saturday 9 AM Woodbury Community Library New Parent Gathering 10:30 AM Film Appreciation Seminar in Adamant 2:30 - 5 PM Galactic Soccer Night 6 - 9 PM Play Reading on Refugees 7 - 8:30 PM Play Reading Postponed 7 - 8:30 PM Peacham Community Coffeehouse 7 - 9 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +6 more see less
7 Salomon Snowcross Relay Date Change! 12 - 3 PM Staged Readings of Short Works by Local Playwrights 2 - 3:30 PM Northeast Kingdom Reiki Collective Reiki Clinic 2 - 4 PM Indoor Pickup Soccer 2:30 - 6 PM Traditions for Little (And Their Grown-Ups) 3 - 4:30 PM Pick Up Basketball at Ca Gym 6 - 7 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle Jan. 7 6 - 8 PM +3 more see less	8 Town of Woodbury Select Board Meeting Agenda 12 AM Health Talk Speaker Series: Seasonal Affective Disorder 12 - 1 PM Plainfield Water/Wastewater Commission Meeting 5 - 7 PM Northern Exposure Night! 6 PM 30's and Under Social Meditation in Montpelier 6:30 - 8:30 PM Middlesex Historical Society Annual Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	9 Calais Conservation Commission Meeting 12 AM Tobacco Cessation Workshop Begins Jan. 9 at CVMC 5 - 6 PM Selectboard Meetings 5 - 8 PM Sales-System Design: Free Workshop Jan. 9 5:30 - 7 PM LGBTQIA Meditation - St. J Shambhala Ctr. 6 - 7:30 PM DART! 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	10 Meeting to Revive Theater Program at Twinfield 3 PM Ribbon-Cutting for Rink on Statehouse Lawn 3:30 - 4 PM PTNO Meeting at Calais Elementary 6 - 7 PM Book Discussion: from Here to Eternity 6 - 7:30 PM Money with Your Honey-Free Financial Fitness Classes 6 - 7:30 PM Aromatherapy 101 - How to Properly Use Essential Oils 6 - 7:30 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM 5 Week Wellness Workshop Series 6:45 - 7:45 PM Hyde Park Energy Committee Meets Wednesday 7 - 8 PM Advantage Cabot Information Session Jan. 10 7 - 8 PM Before the Flood Jan. 10 7 PM +7 more see less	11 Green Mountain Transit NextGen Public Meeting 12 AM Relocalizing VT Thur. 9 AM: Bread/Roses/Granite/Cheese 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Bread/Roses/Granite/Cheese 9 - 10:30 AM Update! Better Connections Grant Application Due Jan. 31 10 AM - 12 PM Appreciative Living Learning Circle Now at MSAC! 6:30 - 8 PM Panel Discussion on Free Speech 7 - 8:30 PM Panel Discussion on Free Speech 7 - 8:30 PM Panel Discussion on Free Speech 7 PM Panel Discussion on Free Speech Jan. 11 7 PM +5 more see less	12 Phenomenon of Healing - Documentary (Part 1, 2, & 3) 11 AM - 5:15 PM Simon Brooks, Storyteller Friday 3 - 4 PM Free! Teen Showing of the Film: 'Tomorrow' 3:30 - 5:30 PM Free! Teen Showing of the Film: 'Tomorrow' 3:30 - 5:30 PM The Front: Show 23 5 - 8 PM Show 23 at the Front Gallery 5 PM Woodbury Library Events: Family Film & Parent Gathering 6:30 PM Earmuffs Off for North Branch Nature Center Program 7 - 8 PM Maple Corner Film Series 7 - 9 PM Thunder Beasts and Swamp Donkeys 7 - 9 PM Beach Party at Barre Elks 7 - 11 PM +7 more see less	13 Vermont Tech Hosting NEC 2017 Code Update Trainings 8:30 AM (multiday) Cancelled: Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Earthwalk 2018 Teen Workshop: Art, Voice & Activism 11 AM - 5 PM Grow Your Own Workshop on Basic Soil Science 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Corn Hole at Barre Elks 5 PM Ron Sweet Performs at Sweet Melissa's 6 - 8 PM Dancing in Northeast Kingdom 6:30 - 10:30 PM Stelvis Carbo Plays the Whammy Bar Saturday Night 7:30 - 10 PM +4 more see less
14 Sun. Jan 14: Morning Muffins in Maple Corner 9 - 11 AM Super Bingo - Friends of HES 10:30 AM The Great Vermont Barn Dance 1 - 2 PM The Great Vermont Barn Dance! 1 - 2 PM Home Yoga Practice Workshop 1 - 3 PM Home Yoga Practice Workshop 1 - 3 PM Afternoon of Pitch 1 - 4 PM Winter Bonfire and Lunch 1 PM Danville Senior Citizen Housing Annual Meeting 1:30 - 2 PM Meditation and Pranayam with Julie Macadam 1:30 - 3:30 PM Militarism Study Group 3 - 5 PM Exploration of Militarism in Everyday Life 3 - 5 PM Dr. King's Legacy for Today: Film, Discussion Sun.& Mon 6 - 8 PM Comedy Night at Sweet Melissa's 6 - 10:30 PM Auditions for Nunsense 6 PM (multiday) +11 more see less	15 Come Join the Band! 12 AM MLK Food Drive for Montpelier Food Pantry 8 AM - 6 PM Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service 8 AM - 6 PM Town of Cabot Blood Drive 10 - 10 AM Qi Gong Classes 10 - 11 AM Free MLK Day Community Lunch 11 AM - 3:30 PM Free Pizza and Documentary Discussion for Teens 5 - 7:30 PM Time Correction MLK Documentary Screening: 6pm 6 - 8 PM Marshfield/Plainfield Energy Committee Meeting Monday 7 - 8:30 PM Dominique Dodge/Emerald Rae - Harp/Fiddle/Voice Jan. 15 7 - 9 PM House Concert: Dominique Dodge & Emerald Rae 7 PM +7 more see less	16 Plainfield Select Board Budget Meeting Jan. 16 12 AM Red Cross Blood Drive 10 AM - 3 PM Braco's Gaze of Silence Helps and Heals 4 - 6 PM Budget Work Session and Selectboard Agenda 5 - 8 PM Let's Talk About Death - Johnson Death Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM School Board Budget News 6 PM Craftsbury Academy Board Meetings 6 PM Walden New Union School District Organizational Meeting 6 PM In Focus: Chasing Ice Documentary 6:30 - 8:30 PM Greater Cabot Working Landscape Network Meeting Tuesday 7 - 8:30 PM Legislating Change: Advocating for Justice Workshop 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	17 Vermont History Through Song by Vermont Humanities 1 - 2 PM New Yoga Classes for Kids and Adults at OM Studio 3:30 - 4:30 PM Braco's Gaze of Silence Activates Healing 4 - 5:45 PM One Week Left to Register! 6 - 7 PM Stimulate Your Immune System Workshop - Wednesday 6 - 7:30 PM Woodbury Community Library Adult Reading Group 6:30 PM +2 more see less	18 Special Selectboard Meeting 8 - 9 AM Northeast Kingdom Reiki Collective Walk-In Appointments 1 - 4 PM Braco's Gaze of Silence Activates Healing 3 - 5:45 PM Wellness Recovery Action Plan Begins Jan. 18 5 - 8 PM Montpelier Death Cafe January Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Audubon Photography Award Traveling Exhibit! 5:30 - 8 PM Free Talk by World Renowned Artist & Happiness Speaker 6 - 7:30 PM Plainfield Hazard Mitigation Committee - Dam Safety 6 - 7:30 PM DRB & Planning Commission 6 - 7:30 PM From Ginny Sassaman, Gross National Happiness Event 6 - 7:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM CCIF Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM I‐89 Exit 7 Berlin Park and Ride Alternatives Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Social Media 101 Workshop with Julia Wilk 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	19 Trivia Night! 12 AM Showing of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Sequel" 12 AM Film, "An Inconvenient Sequel", and Potluck 12 AM Fun Friday 5 - 7 PM Climate Action Event at NBNC - Childcare/Dinner Provided 5:30 - 7:30 PM Film: Inconvenient Sequel 5:30 - 9 PM Film: Inconvenient Sequel 5:30 - 9 PM Game Night at the Davies Memorial Library 5:30 - 9 PM The Art of Being Human 6 PM (multiday) The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training Level 1 6 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	20 March for Our Future Jan. 20 All Day March for Our Future Jan. 20 All Day Marshfield Rink Install - Saturday 8:45 AM - 12 PM Beginning Quilting Classes 9 AM - 12 PM Basement Sale - Greenfield Terrace 9 AM - 1 PM Branding & Finance Coffee Talk! 10 - 11 AM Resistance Fair 10 AM - 12 PM Facing Global Challenges Through Education 10 AM - 12 PM Facing Global Challenges Through Education 10 AM - 12 PM Plainfield Resistance Fair: One Year Later 10 AM - 12 PM Facing Global Challenges Through Education 10 AM - 12 PM All About Beekeeping 10 AM - 12 PM Resistance Fair & Celebration 10 AM - 12 PM Repair Cafe Saturday! 12 - 4 PM Earthwalk Adult Earth Skills: Fire by Friction Workshop 1 - 4 PM Special Talk at Milarepa Buddhist Center This Saturday 1 - 5 PM Landowner Forum on Gas Pipeline 2 - 4 PM Havdalah in Pajamas - Fun for Little Ones at Beth Jacob 5 - 6:30 PM Border Board Games 5 - 11:30 PM Pocket Vinyl / Dan Zura House Show Jan. 20 6 - 10 PM Craftsbury School Play "The Audition" Jan. 20 7 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM Game of Logging - Level 1 & Maybe Level 2 8 PM (multiday) +20 more see less
21 Mama Says Open Gym 2 - 3 PM Our Environment and Racism 3 - 5 PM Cabot Arts Show and Tell 3 - 5 PM Capital City Concerts Presents French Connection Jan. 21 3 PM Sunday Concert with Music by French Composers 3 PM Capital City Concert 3 PM Capitol City Concert - French Connection 3 PM 10 Week Classic Country Chorus 3:30 - 5 PM Community Singalong Jan. 21 East Montpelier 6 - 8 PM Benefit Concert: Puerto Rico Clean Water Initiative 6 - 9 PM Puerto Rico Clean Water Benefit Concert Jan. 21 6 - 9 PM Pick Up Basketball 6:30 - 7:30 PM Iceland and the Faroe Islands - Slide Presentation 7 PM Iceland and the Faroe Islands - Slide Presentation 7 PM +10 more see less	22 Buffalo Mountain Bollywood Dance Club! 5:30 - 7 PM Stranahan Forest Public Visioning Session 6 - 8 PM Social Meditation on Monday in Montpelier 6:30 - 8:30 PM Social Meditation for All Adults 6:30 - 8:30 PM	23 Public Hearing on Health Care 5:30 - 8 PM Universal Primary Health Care for All Vermonters 5:30 - 8 PM Passing Lands Pop-Ups 5:30 - 9:30 PM School Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Celebrating Howard Frank Mosher 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	24 OLLI This Week 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM Diabetes Prevention Program Begins Jan. 24 2:30 - 3:30 PM GMTCC's Healthcare Careers Exploration Event 3 - 6 PM Better Connections Outreach #4 5 - 7 PM +1 more see less	25 Relocalizing VT Jan. 25: Trump's Solar Tariffs, Food Safety Until 10:30 AM St. Johnsbury Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 7:30 AM - 8:30 PM Relocalizing VT Jan. 25: Trump's Solar Tariffs, Food Safety 9 - 10:30 AM Systemic Racism Awareness Legislative Day 9 AM - 7:45 PM Vintage Market at ArtsRiot 4:30 - 9 PM Spice on Snow Winter Music Festival! 4:30 PM (multiday) Public Visioning Workshop for Woodbury Town Forest 6 - 8 PM Weaving Class Date Change 6 - 8:30 PM Rock City! Concert at Barre Elks Lodge Jan. 25 7:30 - 9:30 PM Spice on Snow Festival Coming Up! 7:30 PM (multiday) Rock City Benefit Concert Jan. 25 7:30 PM Get Ready to Rock! 7:30 PM +8 more see less	26 Spice on Snow Music Festival - Montpelier 12 AM (multiday) Movie Night at Passumpsic Community Baptist Church All Day Firefighting Slide Show - 70's to Early 80's 6 - 8 PM Anything Goes Slam 6:45 PM Schoolhouse Rock Live at U-32 Middle and High School 7 - 8 PM Climate & Seasonal Changes of Vermont Flora 7 - 8 PM Program at North Branch Nature Center 7 - 8:30 PM VCFA Visual Art Winter '18 Public Exhibitions 7 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	27 Free Movie & Popcorn Night All Day Montpelier Festival - Free Family Entertainment All Day World Famous Pie for Breakfast 8 - 11 AM Special Events for Folks Affected by Cancer 10 - 11:30 AM Free Workshop for Anyone Affected by Cancer 10 - 11:30 AM One Day Special Sale at Trinity Community Thrift Store 10 AM - 4 PM Winter Wildlife Tracking Class 10 AM - 5 PM Winter Wildlife Tracking Class 10 AM - 5 PM How to Get Started as Freelance Book Editor Workshop 10 AM - 5 PM Workshop: Getting Started as Freelance Book Editor 10 AM - 5 PM Spaghetti Dinner Ride In 11 AM - 2 PM North Branch Cafe Tea Series Starting Again 1 - 2 PM Book Making Class! 1 - 3 PM 13th Annual Read-A-Thon 1 - 3:30 PM Cajun Band Chaque Fois 3:45 - 5 PM Wine Tasting En Français! 5 - 7 PM Community Talent Show & Pasta Dinner 5 - 7 PM Community Talent Show & Pasta Dinner 5 - 7 PM Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser to Save Slayton Family Home 5 - 8 PM GBF Mentoring Benefit 5:30 - 7 PM Kamikaze Improv Comedy Benefit - Girls/Boyz First Mentor 5:30 - 7 PM Family Friendly Funny Fundraiser 5:30 - 7 PM Decades Night! Multigenerational Dinner & Activities 5:30 - 7 PM Kamikaze Improv Comedy Benefit Performance 5:30 - 7 PM Bistro Night: French Dinner Fundraiser at MCCC! 5:30 - 9 PM Live Music Dance Party & Dinner! 5:30 - 9:30 PM Dinner and Live Music Dance Party 5:30 - 9:30 PM Puerto Rico Benefit Dinner/Dance Party 5:30 - 10 PM Family Fun! Decades Night: Fund Raising Dinner 5:30 PM Free Movie & Popcorn Night 6 PM Vermont Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Performances 7:30 PM +27 more see less
28 Annual Meeting Sunday - United Church of Craftsbury 10 AM Saplings Events! Sunday Winter Picnic, Monday Dinner 10:30 AM - 1 PM Danville Chamber of Commerce Meeting 2 - 3:30 PM Soul Collage Jan. 28 3 - 5 PM Jingle Jam at Moog's Place Jan. 28 3 PM Second Special Event for Those Affected by Cancer 4 - 6 PM The Limes and Winter Sounds in Concert Sunday! 4 - 6 PM Pete's Posse at the Plainfield Opera House 4 PM Jam Session at the Library (After the Potluck!) 5:30 - 8 PM Pick Up Basketball 6 - 7:30 PM +6 more see less	29 Saplings Free Community Dinner Jan. 29 All Day Notice & Agenda for Jan. 29 Calais Selectboard Meeting All Day Norwich University Larsen Science Lecture Series 4 - 5 PM Eric Rickstad Mystery Night 6:30 - 8 PM Envision Public Art for Montpelier 6:30 - 8 PM Women's Chorus Guest Night Jan. 29 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	30 Willey Building Committee Meeting All Day Fundraiser Jan. 30 for Girls Boyz at Sarduccis All Day Second Anniversary Celebration 12 AM Legislators for Lamoille-Washington Speak Jan. 30 at WTH All Day Girls/Boyz First National Mentoring Month Fundraiser All Day Radio Show on Policing 9 - 10:30 AM Festival of Trees 4 - 6 PM Diabetes Prevention Program Begins Jan. 30 at CVMC 5 - 6 PM Montpelier Spanish Group Celebration! 6 - 8 PM An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, by Al Gore 6 - 9 PM An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, a Film by Al Gore 6 - 9 PM EMSLI Annual Meeting Jan. 30 6:30 - 8 PM Second Annual Shoe b'Shvat - Moonlight Snowshoeing! 6:30 - 8 PM Lamoille-Washington Legislators Worcester Town Hall 7 - 8 PM Baron Wormser Book Launch: "Tom O'Vietnam" 7 - 8:30 PM An Economy for All of Us - Tuesday 7 - 8:30 PM An Economy for All of Us - Tuesday 7 - 8:30 PM +13 more see less	31 Calling All Railway Enthusiasts! 7:15 AM - 8:30 PM Advocate for Mental Health at State House Jan. 31 8 AM - 2 PM OLLI This Week 1:30 - 3 PM OLLI Presentation 1:30 - 3 PM Norwich University Design Build Studio Book Discussion 4 - 6 PM 7th Annual Consumer Night at VT Farm Show 4 - 7 PM Heart of Vermont Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Full Moon Snowshoe 5:30 - 7:30 PM Medicinal Mushroom Talk 6 - 7:30 PM Medicinal Mushroom Allies Workshop 6 - 7:30 PM Public Art Finalists' Presentations 6:30 - 9:30 PM Craftsbury Outdoor Center Contra Dance 7 - 10 PM Vermont Railway Film Tonight at Heartbeet! 7:15 - 8:30 PM Vermont Railway Film Tonight at Heartbeet! 7:15 - 8:30 PM +10 more see less	1 Registration for Craftsbury Town School Pk & K All Day Draft 2018 Town Plan Forum Feb. 1 All Day Relocalizing VT Thur: Winter Food; Surviving the Future 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thur: Winter Food; Surviving the Future 9 - 10:30 AM Open House for Earthwalk Village School 9 AM - 12 PM Learn to Meditate 4:30 PM (multiday) Planning Commission Meeting 5 - 7 PM Selectboard Meeting Feb. 6 6 - 6 PM Let's Grow Kids Action Teams-Join Us at Next Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Contentment in Everyday Life 6 - 8 PM Correction: Imbolc Ritual Feb. 1 (Not Feb. 2) 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less	2 Meditation and Community: Roots All Day Imbolc Ritual Feb. 2 at Unitarian Church All Day Free Healing Documentary, "1001st Way" at Catamount Art 12:30 AM - 2 PM Artwalk... Center for Arts and Learning 4 - 7 AM Introduction to the Teaching of Bruno Groening Feb. 2 11 AM - 12 PM Death Cafe Meeting at MSAC 12:30 - 2 PM Learn the Art of Japanese Archery 1:30 PM (multiday) Powerful Tools for Caregivers Begins Feb. 2 in Waterbury 2 - 4 PM Breaking Bread with Martin Philip 5 - 7 PM Creative Double Feature 5 - 7:30 PM Reading at VCFA - Robin Macarthur and Miciah Bay Gault 5:30 - 7 PM Imbolc Labyrinth Walk 6 - 7 PM First Friday Folk Dancing 6:30 - 8:30 PM Sharks in Our Backyard! 7 - 8 PM Program at North Branch Nature Center 7 - 8:30 PM Men Alive Retreat at Rock Point 7 PM (multiday) +12 more see less	3 Story Time for Children in North Danville All Day GMTCC Open House 9 AM - 12 PM Friends of Jaquith Book Sale 9 AM - 1:30 PM Jaquith Public Library Annual Book Sale 9 AM - 1:30 PM Sweetheart of a Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Day-Long Meditation Retreats 9 AM - 4 PM Monthly Day-Long Retreats 9 AM - 4 PM Dried Flower Wreath Class 9:30 - 11:30 AM Make a Beautiful Dried Flower Wreath! Class Offering! 9:30 - 11:30 AM Learn How to Knit the Cable Stitch 10 AM - 12 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire 10 AM - 2 PM Children's Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Orchard Valley Winter Faire 10 AM - 2 PM Free Workshop with Grow Your Own 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Snowshoe with Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild & Scenic Committee 1:30 - 3 PM VTeen Science Pathways Cafe, Astrobiology 5:30 - 7 PM VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Cafe 5:30 - 7 PM Houghtonanny at the Music Box Feb. 3 6 - 9 PM Houghtonanny at the Music Box Feb. 3 6 - 9 PM Starline BBQ 6 PM Haiti Slideshow and Dessert 6:30 - 8 PM Community Coffeehouse 7 - 9 PM Contradance 8 - 11 PM +20 more see less