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🌱 Gainesville Glows: Lanterns & Lights and 10 more events
Coming up: Elementary Art I, Art Adventures: Course 3 (Thursdays) on the Oakwood Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:
- FBHS VARIETY SHOW at FBHS Theatre
- Senior Cap & Gown Orders at West Hall
- Gainesville Glows: Lanterns & Lights at Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE
... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!
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- Tuesday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 54 and low of 32 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 54, low: 37.
- Thursday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 56 and low of 41 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oakwood
★ Featured events ★
- Elementary Art I, Art Adventures: Course 3 (Thursdays)
Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St, Gainesville
3:00 pm
Thursday December 18
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Other local events
- FBHS VARIETY SHOW
FBHS Theatre
7:00 pm - Senior Cap & Gown Orders
West Hall Oakwood, GA 30566 - Gainesville Glows: Lanterns & Lights
Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE , 1911 Sweetbay Dr , Gainesville
5:00 pm - FRIDAY NIGHT DRIFT
Caffeine and Octane's Lanier Raceway , 5301 Winder Hwy , Braselton
6:00 pm - Standard Showdown - Magic: The Gathering® | Avatar: The Last Airbender™
Meeple Madness | Tabletop Games and Hobbies , 7400 Spout Springs Rd #205 , Flowery Branch
7:00 pm - Live Music — Cork It Gainesville
Cork It Gainesville , 118 Main St SW , Gainesville
7:00 pm - The Irish tenors
The Hall at Bourbon Brothers , 312 Jesse Jewell Pkwy , Gainesville
7:30 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
- SENIOR NIGHT (Wrestling)
Flowery Branch High FBHS
4:30 pm - JVB-BBALL (Away) AT East Forsyth
East Forsyth High School , 8910 Jot Em Down Rd , Gainesville
4:30 pm - Flowery Branch Falcons vs West Hall/Central Gwinnett
Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
5:00 pm - G-WRESTLING (HOME) vs W. Hall / Central Gwinnett
Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
5:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- A commercial fire at 21 Georgia Avenue with no injuries reported has been cleared, and all lanes of traffic are now open.
4:36AM on Dec 15: A commercial fire at 21 Georgia Avenue has been reported with no injuries, and alternate routes are advised. (Nextdoor ) - I may end up selling or giving this away.
Probably in about a week give or take a day or two im not trying to just trash it it's still good some one may get some use out of it (Nextdoor Mountain View Rd)
- Sam's Club posted a job opening for Produce Associate in Oakwood. Apply here.
- Walmart posted a job opening for Baker and Packager Associate in Oakwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oakwood here.
🗞 Nearby News
Flowery Branch
- Pro Bowl voting: How to support your favorite Falcons players (statenews.net)
Gainesville
- Georgia's risk for recession at a near coin toss, annual study shows (savannahnow.com)
- Brenau University celebrates 279 graduates at winter commencement (accesswdun.com)
- Championship game previews for classes 6A and 5A (ajc.com)
Braselton
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