🌱 Patch AM: Seated Yoga for Seniors and 14 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Family Nintendo Switch at McKinley Park Branch Library
• 3D Modelling with Tinkercad at Gage Park Branch Library
• Sensory Friendly Film Screening: Bad Guys 2 (2025) at Archer Heights Branch Library

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 29 and low of 14 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 30, low: 26.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 43 and low of 33 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chicago Heights

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Sunday January 4

• Family Nintendo Switch
  McKinley Park Branch Library 1915 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609
  1:00 pm
• 3D Modelling with Tinkercad
  Gage Park Branch Library , 2807 West 55th Street , Chicago
  1:00 pm
• Sensory Friendly Film Screening: Bad Guys 2 (2025)
  Archer Heights Branch Library 5055 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632
  2:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Seated Yoga for Seniors
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  2:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Brown Sugar Book Club: We Cast A Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  6:30 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Teen Chopped (Gr. 7-12, Registration Required)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  5:00 am
• Drop-in Device Help by AmeriCorps
  Richton Park Public Library, 22310 Latonia Ln, Richton Park, IL, 60471
  11:00 am
• Seated Yoga for Seniors
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  2:00 pm
• Cookie Construction (Gr. 3-8, Registration Encouraged)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  4:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Digital Skills Training Workshop (Adults & Seniors, Registration Required)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  2:00 pm
• Fun Club: Come & Play Day (K-Gr. 8, Registration Required)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Next Gen: Preparing for compassionate care: Prairie State College EMT and paramedic programs are growing (hfchronicle.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I kept throwing out all the W’s.
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