🌱 Mistletoe Magic: A Holiday Wheel Throwing Date Night and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Mistletoe Magic: A Holiday Wheel Throwing Date Night
• Christmas on School Street Craft Show at Faith Lutheran Childcare
• Glass Blowing Ornaments

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy and cold, with a high of 28 and low of 24 degrees.
• Friday: Cold; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 29, low: 6. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Very cold with a little snow, with a high of 12 and low of -9 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Washington

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Happy HoliBLAZE 420 POTtery Paint Night
  Art at the Bodega, 2407 Washington Rd, Washington
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Mistletoe Magic: A Holiday Wheel Throwing Date Night
  The Clay Den , 2409 Washington Rd , Washington
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Christmas on School Street Craft Show
  Faith Lutheran Childcare , 650 School Street , Washington
  8:00 am
• Glass Blowing Ornaments
  Art at the Bodega , 2407 Washington Rd , Washington
  1:00 pm
• Holiday Tree Votive Clay Hand Building Class
  The Clay Den , 2409 Washington Rd , Washington
  5:30 pm
• Christmas Rocks at the Pops
  Five Points Washington , 360 N Wilmor Rd , Washington
  7:00 pm
• Peoria Pops Orchestra Presents: Christmas Rocks at the Pops!
  Five Points Washington , 360 N Wilmor Rd , Washington
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Critters and Clay with the Peoria Zoo
  The Clay Den , 2409 Washington Rd , Washington
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Popcorn Night
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Spring Bay Branch , 411 W Illinois St , Spring Bay
  3:00 pm
• Boys Basketball Vs. Fieldcrest
  Germantown Hills SD 69 Metamora, IL 61548
  5:00 pm
• Freshman Boys Basketball vs Richwoods
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  6:00 pm

Friday December 12

• How to Library: Using Your Online Library Account
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Germantown Hills Branch , 509 Woodland Knolls Rd , Germantown Hills
  11:00 am

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• I saw on the news a day or two ago that a man set his porch on fire by using a torch to melt the ice off his porch.
  My husband used to buy that special salt to do the job. But it made big pits in the cement driveway and sidewalk. And it came out in big chunks. We… (Nextdoor Doris - Summit)
• Traffic on westbound I-74 in Piatt County is down to one lane following a crash, with Illinois State Police and EMS responding to the incident at milepost 16.
  9:37AM on Dec 9: Traffic on westbound I-74 is reduced to one lane in Piatt County due to a crash. (Nextdoor )

• Illinois Association Of School posted a job opening for Early Childhood Special Education Teacher in Washington. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Cashier in Washington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Washington here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Peoria

• American Pest Control joins Toys for Tots drive (25newsnow.com)
• Drinks, lights and cheer: Guide to festive Christmas pop ups in Peoria (pjstar.com)
• Tazewell County's worst food inspections for November 2025 (pjstar.com)

Morton

• Peoria High hangs on to defeat Morton 71-60 (pjstar.com)

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