Calendar - Front Porch Forum

December 2019

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1 Town Clerk's Office Closed Nov. 27 8 AM (multiday) E-Waste Drop-Off + Holiday Gift Bundle 9 AM - 12 PM E-Waste Drop-Off + Holiday Gift Bundle 9 AM - 12 PM Texas Hold ‘Em 12 PM Holiday Benefit Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Wanna Play Board Games with Your Neighbors? 3 - 5 PM Memory Tree Lighting with Potluck and Carol Sing 5 - 6:30 PM Leftover Potluck Plus Charlie Chaplin in Adamant! 5:30 - 8:30 PM Next Montpelier Community Song Circle 6 - 8 PM +5 more see less	2 Destination Imagination Workshops 3:30 - 5:30 PM December Bar Nights - Craft & Game Events at Café Anna 5 PM (multiday) Writers for Recovery 7 - 8:30 PM Monthly Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Sustainable Investing Discussion 7 - 8:30 PM Sustainable Investing Panel Discussion, Green Mtn. Club 7:30 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	3 Giving Tuesday 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM Pacem Open Makerspace Hours 3 - 5 PM Final Cults & Culture Discussion in Morrisville 5:30 - 7 PM SB Meeting 6 - 8 PM Talk: Understanding Biodiversity on a Changing Planet 6:15 - 8 PM The Table Gathering—Convivia / St J 6:30 - 7:30 PM 2020 State House Legislative Preview 6:30 - 8 PM Let It Bee 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	4 Open House - Lamoille Housing Partnership 7 - 9 AM Flu Shot Clinic Dec. 4 10 - 11 AM Jerome Byam 11 AM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Film Series Begins 12:30 - 2:30 PM “How to Avoid Being Scammed” 1 - 2 PM Avoid Being Scammed 1 - 2 PM Braco - Gaze Within Silence 3 - 6 PM Workshop: Energy Savings, Rebates & Incentives 6 - 7:30 PM Venerable Losang Tendar Speaks Dec. 4 6:30 - 8 PM Dec. 4 WCUUSD Board Meeting Agenda Summary 6:30 - 9 PM Artist Talks at the Front: Ned Richardson/Alice Dodge 7 - 8 PM First Wednesdays: Policing and Community in Vermont 7 - 8:30 PM John Smyth at Sweet Melissa's Wednesday Dec. 4 8 - 10 PM +10 more see less	5 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Recycling, Wood Heat Q&A 9 - 10:30 AM Beautiful Harmony in Noontime Concert in Montpelier 12 - 1 PM Thursday Concerts 12 - 1 PM State Tree Lighting Ceremony Features Calais Tree! 4:30 - 5:30 PM Kids' Preschool/After School Makerspace Grand Opening! 4:30 - 6:30 PM Pope Memorial Library Community Center Open House 5 - 7 PM Central Vermont Career Center Open House 5:30 - 7:30 PM Central Vermont Career Center Open House! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Dinner Theater at Twinfield 5:30 - 8 PM DRB Board Meeting 6 - 7 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8 PM Macdonald, Miller, & Cormier - Cape Breton Music Concert 6 - 8:30 PM Special Community Center Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:30 PM North Country Hot Supper at Parker Pie Dec. 5 7 - 9 PM Zenith Tango 7 PM +12 more see less	6 Calais Elementary Food and Toy Drive (multiday) Cookie Walk 10 AM - 3 PM Thrift Sale at Methodist Church - 137 Main St, Montpelier 10 AM (multiday) Webinar: Shy, Introverted, or Highly Sensitive? 11 AM - 12 PM Spectrum Services LLC Open House 1 PM (multiday) Art Walk and Holiday Jam Session at CAL! 4 - 8 PM Dug Nap at Artisans Hand - This Friday, Art Walk 4 - 8 PM Inky Dinky Oinkink Studio Art Walk and Holiday Sale 4 - 8 PM Moretown Sip and Shop 4 - 8 PM All About Dinner with Molly Stevens 5 - 7 PM Friday Night Pot Luck in East Calais 5 - 7 PM Thaddeus Stevens School Spaghetti Dinner & Date Night 5 - 7 PM Resilience OT Open House 5:30 - 7 PM Artist Reception 5:30 - 7 PM Resilience OT Open House 5:30 - 7 PM Kids Night Out 6 - 9 PM Restorative Yoga + Massage Friday 6:30 - 8:30 PM U-32 Free to Be ... You and Me 7 - 8 PM Auction/Party in the Name of Dance 7 - 9 PM North Country Chorus Presents Handel's “Messiah” 7 PM (multiday) "Around the World"-NVU Concert Band & World Music Class 7 PM Norwich Hockey Sock Toss! 7 PM +18 more see less	7 SilverSneakers 12 Week Fall Prevention Class 9 - 10 AM Middlesex Food Shelf 9 - 10:30 AM Doty's Silent Auction and Pie Breakfast Fundraiser 9 - 11 AM House of Troy Lamp Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Care Packages for Our Troops on the Front Lines 9 AM - 12 PM Annual VT SUPPORTS Packing Event 9 AM - 12 PM VCFA Poetry of Protest Class 9 AM - 12 PM Twinfield Annual Craft Fair 9 AM - 1 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Annual Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM 5th Annual Barnet Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 2 PM Annual Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Annual Holiday Fair - Unitarian Church of Montpelier 9 AM - 2 PM Annual Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 2 PM 42nd Annual Hyde Park Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM 8th Annual WonderArts Holiday Market 9 AM - 3 PM 8th Annual WonderArts Holiday Market 9 AM - 3 PM 3rd Annual Johnson Elementary Holiday Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Bishop Marshall School's Annual Christmas Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM 🎄BJAMS Annual Craft Fair🎄 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Market on Saturday! 9 AM - 3 PM Holiday Craft Fair - Save the Date! 9:30 AM - 3 PM Caledonia Food Co-Op Informational Coffee 10 - 11 AM Fire Safety Training 10 AM - 12 PM Journey Fellowship Coat Closet 10 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Begins Tomorrow! 10 AM - 2 PM Thrift Sale at Methodist Church 10 AM - 4 PM 50th Annual Burklyn Holiday Market 10 AM - 4 PM Morrisville Parade and Festival of Lights 10 AM - 6 PM Cabot Artisans Gallery Children's Ornament Workshop 12:30 - 3 PM 3rd Annual Holiday Party - Hardwick Rec Committee 1:30 - 3:30 PM A Child's Christmas in Wales 2 - 3 PM Norwich University Holiday Concert 2 - 3 PM A Child's Christmas in Wales 2 - 3 PM Twinfield Paint & Sippin' Cider 2 - 4:30 PM Free Holiday Concert 2 PM Holiday Basket Raffle Drawing 3 PM St. Johnsbury Event: a Night in Bethlehem 3:30 - 6:15 PM Free Family Friendly Christmas Event This Saturday! 3:30 - 6:30 PM Supper, Tree Lighting and Caroling 5:30 PM Evening at the Library 6:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Winter Concert 7 - 8:30 PM The Nuctcracker at Highland Center for the Arts 7 PM (multiday) The Nutcracker at Highland Center for the Arts 7 PM (multiday) Fiddle Concert Saturday 7 PM Montpelier Contra Dance 8 - 11 PM First Saturday Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM First Saturday Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +45 more see less
8 Women's Healing Circle All Day Toy Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Burklyn Holiday Market 10 AM - 3 PM Phone Bank for Climate Action! 10 AM - 11:30 PM Phone Bank for Climate Action This Sunday! 10 AM Dec. Market 11 AM - 3 PM Holiday Art + Jewelry Sale! 12 - 4 PM Calais Wreath Making: Save the Date! 1 - 4 PM Celebration of the Life of Juanita Ortega 2 - 4 PM Winter in Scandinavia Event at Wilder Arts Studio 2 - 4 PM Family Craft Event in New Sustainable Studio! 2 - 4 PM Calligraphy Class 2 - 5 PM Messiah! 3 - 5 PM Maple Corner Film Series 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	9 Conservation Committee Meeting Dec. 9 All Day SB Budget Meeting 4 - 7 PM Calais Elementary PTNO Meeting 6 - 7 PM Selectboard Agenda Dec. 9 6 PM Pacem Makerspace: Gifts and Gift Boxes on December 9th 6:30 - 9 PM +1 more see less	10 Vermont Access Fundraiser at Three Penny All Day 12 - 11 PM Montpelier Roxbury School Discussion 12 PM Community Discussion and Pot Luck Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM Attention Backgammon Players 6 - 9 PM Climate Change & Food Security Panel - Montpelier 7 - 8:30 PM Therapeutic Lifestyle Medicine Program Free Session 7:15 - 8:15 PM +2 more see less	11 Bluegrass & Oldtime Film, Fiddlin' Dec. 11 All Day Cabot Trails Meeting Dec. 11 All Day Baby/Toddler (0-5) Hike at Green Mountain Club 10 AM - 12 PM Tea and Flowers Classes at the Flower Basket 10:30 AM - 10:30 PM Next OLLI Film 12:30 - 2:30 PM OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM EMP Training Course on Working Safely with Lead 5 - 9 PM Woodbury Community Library Open House 5:30 - 6:30 PM Illumination Night at VCFA 5:30 - 6:30 PM WCUUSD Searching for New Superintendent/Wants Input 5:30 - 6:30 PM Cancer Support Group 6 - 8 PM Dec. 11 WCUUSD Budget Forum 6:30 - 7:30 PM Next Year's School Budget Takes Shape 6:30 - 7:30 PM Vermont Aquifers and Woodbury Ground Water 6:30 - 8:30 PM Old-Time and Bluegrass Film in Montpelier Dec 11! 6:30 PM Old-Time and Bluegrass Film at the Savoy Dec. 11 6:30 PM +12 more see less	12 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT Thurs. - Local Actions & Climate Change 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT - Thurs: Local Actions & Climate Change 9 - 10:30 AM Another Advent Concert at Christ Church 12 PM Caregiver Support: Coping with the Holidays 2 - 4 PM Real Schools Meeting & Newsletter! 5:30 - 7 PM Off the Beaten Path Talk 6 - 7:30 PM Peacham Congregational Church - Saint Lucia Service 6 PM BPL Holiday Ornament Class 6:30 - 8:30 PM Paper Ornament Class at Barnet Public Library 6:30 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	13 Holiday Craft Sale at Capstone 10 AM - 4 PM Faith in Action Toy and Warm Clothing Share 10 AM - 5 PM Open Studio and Sale 10 AM (multiday) SB Budget Meeting 1 - 3 PM Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night 6 - 8:30 PM First Annual Community Solstice Storytelling Circle 6:30 - 7:30 PM Solstice Storytelling Circle 6:30 - 7:30 PM Emma Back Performs "Strife and Joy" 6:30 - 9 PM Finding Hope in Darkness: Christmas Concert/Hymn Sing 7 - 8:30 PM Brass Balagan Variety Show at Sweet Melissa's Dec. 13 9 PM (multiday) Brass Balagan Variety Show at Sweet Melissa's Dec. 13 9 PM (multiday) +7 more see less	14 St J Victorian Holiday High Tea w/Harpsicord Dec. 14 All Day Middlesex Food Shelf 9 - 10:30 AM Good Living Senior Center Cookie Walk 9 AM - 12 PM Cookie Walk at the Good Living Senior Center 9 AM - 1 PM 26th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair on Saturday Dec.14th 9 AM - 4 PM Touch of Vermont Holiday Market 9 AM - 4 PM 26th Annual Solidarity Craft Fair 9 AM - 4 PM Don't Miss Planting Hope! 9 AM - 4 PM Touch of Vermont Holiday Market 9 AM - 4 PM Selectboard Special Meeting Dec. 14 9 AM Kids Trade and Play 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play 2nd Saturday of Every Month 9:30 - 11:30 AM Kids Trade and Play Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Journey Fellowship Coat Closet 10 AM - 12 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Winter Market Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Holiday with the Animals 10 AM - 2 PM Coffee and Conversation with Dave and Avram 10 AM Santa, Crafts and Latkes 10 AM Green Bag Day at Food Share 11 AM - 12:30 PM Cabot Creamery Visitors Center Holiday Pairings 11 AM - 3 PM St. Johnsbury Victorian Holiday Full High Tea with Harpsichord 11 AM - 4 PM Cabot Holiday Festival and Outdoor Market, Dec. 14 12 - 9 PM Victorian Holiday at the Athenaeum 1 - 2 PM Children's Vermont History Story Hour 1 - 2 PM Elves' Workshop at the United Church 2 - 4 PM Danville Holiday Market 2 - 8 PM Charlie-O'S First Annual Bizarre Bazaar 3 - 6 PM Maple Corner Community Store Celebration! 4 - 7 PM Sound Immersion with Crystal Singing Bowls 4:30 - 6 PM HPFD and Santa at the Lanpher Memorial Library! 4:30 PM Rusty Dewees and Light Festival 6 PM Dancing in the Northeast Kingdom! 6:30 - 10:30 PM The Michael Hahn Trio at Music Box, Dec. 14 7 - 9 PM Lamoille County Players Holiday Variety Show 7 PM (multiday) Cabot Contra Dance with Midnight Capers This Saturday! 7:30 - 10:30 PM Paul Asbell Quintet to Perform in Montpelier 7:30 PM The Paul Asbell Jazz Quintet 7:30 PM Cabot Contra Dance Saturday 7:30 PM +34 more see less
15 Gifts Galore Craft Event All Day No Rehearsal Christmas Pageant: All Welcome! 9 AM - 12 PM All Ages: No Rehearsal Christmas Pageant 9 AM - 12 PM Gifts Galore Craft Event 10 AM - 3 PM Gifts Galore at Richmond Free Library! 10 AM - 3 PM Playground Fundraiser 11 AM - 2 PM Celebration of Life - Sue Dentith, U-32 Special Educator 1 - 3 PM Sourdough Workshop 1 - 5 PM Restorative Yoga Workshop w/Kristi at Heart Space Yoga 1:15 - 3:15 PM Christmas Concert and Tea 2 - 3:30 PM Community Christmas Concert 2 - 3:30 PM Meal Site to Benefit the Santa Fund 2 - 4 PM GMYS Fall Concert 2 - 5 PM Green Mountain Youth Symphony in Concert 2 - 5 PM Fedco Catalog Order Gathering 3 - 4 PM Gallery Reception 4 - 6 PM Pick Up Basketball 5:30 PM Annual Carol/Holiday Singalong 6 - 8 PM +14 more see less	16 Free Yoga Dec. 16 & 17 6 - 7 AM Middlesex Trails Meeting: Rumney School 6:30 - 8 PM Identity Theft: It May Happen to You 7 - 8 PM Selectboard Spec. Mtng. Agenda 7 PM	17 Pacem Open Makerspace Hours 3 - 5 PM SB Budget Meeting 4 - 5:30 PM Mother Up! Gathering: Climate Advocacy and Parenthood 5:30 - 7:30 PM Impeach & Remove Rally 5:30 PM SB Meeting 6 - 8 PM Agenda, Library Trustees 6 PM The Table Gathering, Offered by Convivia/StJ 6:30 - 7:30 PM Marshfield Story Project Community Kick-Off 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	18 OLLI Presentation 12:30 - 2:30 PM Third OLLI Film 12:30 - 2:30 PM Memorable Times Cafe at VT History Center 1:30 - 3 PM Woodbury School Community Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Stories for the Season at LNT 7 PM +1 more see less	19 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Saving with Net-Zero Modular Homes 9 - 10:30 AM Relocalizing VT: Saving with Net-Zero Modular Homes 9 - 10:30 AM You're Invited! Two Seasonal Concerts 12 - 1 PM Third Thursday: Burlington Brewing 12 - 1 PM Christ Church Thursday Noon Advent Concert Dec. 19 12 - 1 PM Selectboard Spec. Mtng. Continued from Dec. 14 5 PM Onion River Exchange - Community Member's Potluck 5:30 - 7 PM Onion River Exchange - ORE Members Potluck 5:30 - 7 PM Onion River Exchange Community Potluck 5:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 8:15 PM Wassailing at the Den This Thursday 7 - 8 PM Life Drawing - Short Poses 7 - 9 PM Blue Christmas Service 7 PM Nine Lessons and Carols Service Dec. 19 7 PM +11 more see less	20 Peacham Corner Guild Bake Sale 10 AM (multiday) TVSC Christmas Lunch 12:15 PM Special Holiday Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 PM YES! Theater Student Performance 2:30 - 3:30 PM Scottish Fish Concert in Burlington 6 - 8 PM Young Tradition Vermont Scottish Fish Performance 6 PM +2 more see less	21 Middlesex Food Shelf 9 - 10:30 AM Give & Take at East Calais Church 9 AM - 12 PM Onion River Exchange - Members Holiday Childcare 10 AM - 2 PM Onion River Exchange - ORE-Member's Holiday Childcare 10 AM - 2 PM ORE Childcare Exchange 10 AM - 2 PM Montpelier Farmers Winter Market This Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Stories For A Winter's Eve 3 - 5 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve 3 - 9 PM Winter Solstice Celebration Flow 4 - 5:30 PM Holiday Sing-A-Long, Cookies, and Potluck 4 - 7 PM Solstice Candle Light Yoga 4:30 - 6 PM Border Board Games December 2019 5 - 11:30 PM 49th Annual Montpelier Community Carol Sing 5:30 - 7 PM Re: Community Carol Sing 5:30 - 7 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve 7 - 9 PM Stories for a Winter's Eve-Old Meeting House (2nd Show) 7 - 9 PM The 13th Annual Green Mountain Nutcracker 7 PM (multiday) A German Christmas Concert 7:30 PM (multiday) Onion River Chorus Concerts This Weekend! 7:30 PM Onion River Chorus Presents “A Child is Born: A German Christmas" 7:30 PM Contra Dance Saturday at the Grange 8 - 11 PM Warm Up with a Hot Night at the Montpelier Contradance! 8 - 11 PM +18 more see less
22 Shine a Light for Social Justice (multiday) Solstice Service at UU Congregation of St. Johnsbury 10:30 - 11:30 AM First Annual Woodbury Caroling Party 4 - 5:30 PM Caroling Party 4 - 5:30 PM Candlelight Service 6 - 7:30 PM Candlelight Service 6 PM +2 more see less	23 Town Clerk's Office Christmas Hours 8 AM (multiday) Public Menorah Lighting Dec. 23 4:30 - 6:30 PM Share the Light: Hanukkah Celebration & Benefit Concert 5:30 - 9:30 PM Share the Light: Hanukkah Celebration & Benefit Concert 5:30 - 9:30 PM Share the Light: Hanukkah Celebration & Benefit Concert 5:30 - 9:30 PM +1 more see less	24 Story Hour 12 - 1 PM Caroling at the Bandstand Christmas Eve! 2 PM Christmas Eve Service 3 - 4:30 PM Christmas Eve Service and UU Congregation of St. J 4 - 5 PM Trinity Christmas Eve 6 - 7 PM Candlelight Christmas Eve Service on Elm St 6:30 - 7:30 PM Peacham Congregational Church - Christmas Eve Service 6:30 - 7:30 PM Angels Among Us: a Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols Service 6:30 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service 6:30 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 PM Christmas Eve Service in North Danville 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service in Worcester 7:30 - 8:30 PM Christmas Eve Service 7:30 PM +9 more see less	25 Christmas Community Dinner - St. Johnsbury 11 AM - 1 PM Christmas Day Lunch 11:30 AM - 1 PM	26 Open Ears Holiday Break 8:30 AM Red Cross Blood Drive at JCOGS 11 AM - 4 PM Red Cross Blood Drive, Dec. 26 at JCOGS 11 AM - 4 PM	27 Community Game Night 6:15 - 8 PM Lewis Franco & the Brown Eyed Girls at the Whammy Bar 7:30 - 9:30 PM	28 Coffee with WCUUSD Board Representatives All Day
29	30	31 Closing of Office 8 - 8 AM New Years Eve 5K 2 PM First Night North in St. Johnsbury on New Year's Eve! 4 PM (multiday)	1 Celebrate the New Year by Counting Birds! 7 AM - 4 PM Set Your Intentions Workshop with Andrea Thibaudeau 2 - 4:15 PM New Year's Day Setting Our Intention 3 - 4:30 PM	2 Open Ears at Bagitos 8:30 - 9:30 AM Selectboard Special Mtng Agenda 5 PM Prayer & Action: Response to Religious Violence 6 - 7 PM A Time of Prayer and Reflection 6 - 7 PM Planning Commission Mtg. Jan. 2 6 - 7:30 PM Danville Selectboard Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM +2 more see less	3 Northfield Savings Bank Holiday Men's Ice Hockey (multiday) Northfield Savings Bank Holiday Men's Hockey Tournament 4 PM (multiday) Northfield Savings Bank Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 4 PM (multiday) Culomba - a Capella Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Culomba at OMH 7 - 8:30 PM Old Meeting House Concert - Culomba 7 - 8:30 PM Columba's Album Release Tour 7 - 9 PM Culomba at the Old Meeting House This Friday Night 7 PM +4 more see less	4 Amahl & the Night Visitors: a Classic Christmas Opera All Day Community Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Farmer Emergency Fund Fundraiser Jan. 4 8 AM - 8 PM Coffee and Conversation 8:30 - 10 AM Re: Coffee and Conversation - Time Change 9am 9 - 10:30 AM Journey Fellowship Coat Closet 10 AM - 12 PM Winter Farmers' Market 10 AM - 1 PM Montpelier Farmers Market Winter Market Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM Cabot Village 12th Night Celebration 1 - 10 PM Medieval Yule Celebration 2:30 - 9 PM Village Harmony Alumni Concert at Heartbeet 3 - 5 PM Village Harmony Alumni Concert at Heartbeet 3 - 5 PM Celebration of Life for Joanne E. Crisman 4 - 6 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 VT Concert - Barre Opera House 7 PM Contra Dance Saturday at the Grange 7:45 PM Dance into 2020 at the Montpelier Contra Dance! 8 - 11 PM +15 more see less