🌱 ASO presents: Holiday Pops with Bowie State University Concert Choir and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• "Follow the Season" presented by The Alexandria A Cappella Collective at Fairlington Presbyterian Church
• Old Town Alexandria Christmas Market and Holiday Craft Show at John Carlyle Square
• Toy Drive for Children in Need! at Oxon Hill Branch Library, PGCMLS

... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 40 and low of 26 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun, then clouds; cold, temps: high: 36, low: 27.
• Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 44 and low of 26 degrees.

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• "Follow the Season" presented by The Alexandria A Cappella Collective
  Fairlington Presbyterian Church, 3846 King St, Alexandria
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Old Town Alexandria Christmas Market and Holiday Craft Show
  John Carlyle Square, 300 John Carlyle St, Alexandria
  11:00 am
• Toy Drive for Children in Need!
  Oxon Hill Branch Library, PGCMLS, 6200 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Holiday Shoppe
  Indian Queen Elementary Fort Washington, MD 20744
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Shoreline Cleanup at Fort Foote Park
  Fort Foote Park , 915 Fort Foote Rd , Fort Washington
  9:30 am

Sunday December 21

• ASO presents: Holiday Pops with Bowie State University Concert Choir
  Bowie State University , 14000 Jericho Park Rd , Bowie
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Surratts-Clinton - Auditorium (150)
  10:30 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
  Oxon Hill Branch Library Oxon Hill -
  11:15 am
• Thursday, 11:30am
  The Gardens Ice House , 13800 Old Gunpowder Rd #2fl , Laurel
  11:30 am
• Writers' Group: Creative Writers' Initiative Character Development & Dialogue
  Oxon Hill Branch Library Oxon Hill - Foundry
  3:30 pm
• 1st Annual Zaddies For A Cause Toy and Coat Drive
  La'Caj Seafood , 4531 Telfair Blvd #110 , Camp Springs
  5:00 pm
• Instrumental Music Winter Concert
  Oxon Hill High Auditorium
  7:00 pm
• Joe Napoli: 80's Live at MGM National Harbor
  The Theater , MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino , Oxon Hill
  7:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Christmas at Gaylord National
  Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center , 201 Waterfront St , Oxon Hill
  10:00 am
• Play and Grow: Ages 03
  Oxon Hill Branch Library Oxon Hill - Small Meeting Room
  11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Oxon Hill

• Tech's biggest losers of 2025 (engadget.com)
• New Jersey governor-elect Mikie Sherrill accuses Alina Habba of explicitly politicizing office after she resigns as the state's top federal prosecutor (primetimer.com)
• Blue Man Group tickets on sale at MGM National Harbor (ticketnews.com)

Fort Washington

• Spring Blake repeats at Rosecroft; Roberts wins four (ustrottingnews.com)

National Harbor

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