🌱 Patch AM: Jouyssance presents "Joyeux Noel" and 10 more events

Good morning Monrovia! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Planetarium: Solar Quest at Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
• Computer Classes at Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
• Knitting and Crochet Club at Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Windy with sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 54 degrees.
• Tuesday: Windy with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 72, low: 61.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 62 and low of 58 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Monrovia

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve (Monrovia)
  Library Park, 321 S Myrtle Ave, Monrovia
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday December 30

• Planetarium: Solar Quest
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Computer Classes
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  3:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Knitting and Crochet Club
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  1:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• Jouyssance presents "Joyeux Noel"
  St Luke's Episcopal Church , 122 California Ave , Monrovia
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Winter Camp
  City of Arcadia Recreation Department , 375 Campus Drive , Arcadia
  5:00 am
• Planetarium: Solar Quest
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  4:00 pm
• Nobel Knights at Azusa Pacific Cougars Basketball
  Felix Event Center , 701 E Foothill Blvd , Azusa
  4:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Naloxone (Narcan) and Fentanyl Test Strip Clinic
  El Monte Library , 3224 Tyler Ave , El Monte
  12:00 pm
• Computer Classes
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  3:00 pm
• Bring the Family & Ring in 2026 EARLY at D&B
  Dave & Buster's Arcadia - Santa Anita , 400 S Baldwin Ave Suite 930-U , Arcadia
  4:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Floatfest 2026 — SMRFA
  Sierra Madre Rose Float Association , 587 E Sierra Madre Blvd , Sierra Madre
  1:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• In Sierra Madre's Float Barn, A Mashup of Fire Hoses, Pancakes and Civic Pride (pasadenanow.com)

Arcadia

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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