🌱 Want your Soquel creativity to support families in Gaza this weekend?

Hello Soquel! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Want your Soquel creativity to support families in Gaza this weekend?

Also on today's calendar: English Language Conversation Group and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Fog in the a.m.; partly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 49 degrees.
• Friday: Considerable cloudiness, temps: high: 62, low: 55.
• Saturday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 61 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Holiday Craft Market for Gaza (indybay.org) — A Holiday Craft Market for Gaza is set for this Saturday from 4–9 p.m. at Barrios Unidos Poets Corner on Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz, an easy trip for Soquel residents. The fundraiser features local arts and crafts vendors, healing arts, tarot readings, poetry by Palestinian poet Howla Jardali, live music, and an open mic, with proceeds supporting families in Gaza. Artists can still sign up to vend and donate all or part of their sales.
   

📸 Around Soquel

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Soquel

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Sully Tuttle · Fri 12/19, Sold Out — Ugly Mug CoffeeHouse
  Ugly Mug CoffeeHouse, 4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) - Book Discussion Group
  Dorosin Memorial Conference Room , Aptos
  11:00 am

Saturday December 20

• English Language Conversation Group
  Capitola Branch Library , 2005 Wharf Rd , Capitola
  10:00 am
• Dungeons and Dragons for Adults @Capitola
  Capitola Branch Library , 2005 Wharf Rd , Capitola
  12:00 pm
• Are You Game?
  Capitola Branch Library , 2005 Wharf Rd , Capitola
  12:00 pm
• Eternal Breathwork Journey — Breath+Oneness Yoga & Wellness Studio in Santa Cruz
  Breath+Oneness Yoga , 708 Capitola Ave , Capitola
  6:00 pm
• Carlmont at Soquel
  401 Soquel San Jose Rd , Soquel
  8:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Santa Cruz City’s Nutcracker 2025
  Crocker Theater , 6500 Lower Perimeter Road , Aptos
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Qi Gong Movement
  Aptos Branch Library , 7695 Soquel Dr , Aptos
  10:00 am
• Zentangle Club
  Scotts Valley Branch Library , 251 Kings Village Rd , Scotts Valley
  10:30 am
• Flynn Creek Circus presents 'The Bridge'
  Capitola Mall , 1855 41ST AVE , Capitola
  12:00 pm
• Game Zone @ Scotts Valley
  Scotts Valley Branch Library , 251 Kings Village Rd , Scotts Valley
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Great gifts at Norrie’s Gift store at the UCSC Arboretum.
  Many local artists featured. Open Tuesday through Sunday. 10 to 4. (Nextdoor N Rodeo Gulch)
• Please pick up your bags of dog feces.
  I see black dog feces bags along Main St., just past the elementary school towards Glen Haven Rd./Cherryvale Ave. regularly. Today, I counted four,… (Nextdoor Soquel)

• Best Buy Co., Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Soquel. Apply here.
• Home Depot posted a job opening for Lot Associate in Soquel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Soquel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Aptos

• Santa Cruz City Ballet presents ‘Nutcracker: Experience the Magic' at Cabrillo's Crocker Theater (santacruzsentinel.com)
• Holiday gatherings and unexpected surprises (santacruzsentinel.com)
• Rising Voices: How Poetry Is Empowering Santa Cruz Teens (goodtimes.sc)

Santa Cruz

• Downtown Santa Cruz Dining Finds New Energy Through Food, Markets, and Beer (goodtimes.sc)
• 2 arrested in Santa Cruz Beach Flats Park shooting investigation (ksbw.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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