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🌱 Dance House - Taylor Swift Night and 10 more events
Coming up on the Wakarusa Patch calendar: More Ghost Towns of Kansas

Good day Wakarusa! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Dance House - Taylor Swift Night
- Clay Hand Building Christmans Ornaments
- Elementary Open
... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!
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- Thursday: Not as cool, with a high of 56 and low of 30 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny; breezy, colder, temps: high: 38, low: 20.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high of 29 and low of 7 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wakarusa
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★ Featured events ★
- More Ghost Towns of Kansas
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka
6:00 pm
Thursday December 11
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Other local events
- Dance House - Taylor Swift Night
Great Overland Station , 701 N Kansas Ave , Topeka
6:00 pm - Clay Hand Building Christmans Ornaments
Shawnee North Community Center , 300 NE 43rd St , Topeka
6:00 pm - Elementary Open
Washburn Rural Middle School , 5620 SW 61st St , Topeka
6:00 pm - Heritage Christian School Choir
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library , 1515 SW 10th Ave , Topeka
11:30 am - Exhibit Opening Celebration
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library , 1515 SW 10th Ave , Topeka
5:00 pm - Comedy Night
Compass Point: Home of Dirty Girl Adventures , NOTO Arts and Entertainment District , Topeka
7:00 pm - Holiday FLING TOPEKA!
Stormont Vail Events Center , 1 Expocentre Dr , Topeka
9:00 am
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
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🗓 Events Nearby
- SFT Host 2nd Round of the Central Heights BB Tournament
Carbondale Attendance Center Carbondale, KS 66414
3:00 pm - HS JV/V BB at SFT for Central Heights Tourney
Santa Fe Trail High School , 15701 S California Rd , Carbondale
6:00 pm - HS V BB at Central Heights Tourney
Central Heights High School , 3521 Ellis Rd , Richmond - HS Girls V WR Tournament at Great Bend
Great Bend High School , 2027 Morton St , Great Bend
11:00 am
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager-- All Shifts in Topeka. Apply here.
- Dillons Food Stores posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Topeka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wakarusa here.
🗞 Nearby News
Topeka
- Topeka social studies teacher shares award-winning civics lesson plan with KSDE (wibw.com)
- Are record gold and silver prices impacting jewelry sales in Topeka? (ksnt.com)
- Topeka Farm Show (ruralmessenger.com)
Lawrence
- Lawrence police search for driver who crashed into porch (kmbc.com)
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