🌱 Essex Theatre Company’s “Broadway through the Decades” and 6 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• HUGE Designer Floor Sample Event! at Ethan Allen
• Essex Theatre Company’s “Broadway through the Decades”

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy and breezy, with a high of 42 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: Rain, breezy, then flurries, temps: high: 52, low: 21.
• Saturday: Cloudy, breezy and colder, with a high of 34 and low of 32 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Essex

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• HUGE Designer Floor Sample Event!
  Ethan Allen, 2735 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• Essex Theatre Company’s “Broadway through the Decades”
  Essex Theatre Company , 2756 Essex - Charlotte Ferry , Essex
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 20

• Taylor Haskins : SOLO SOLSTICE
  The Mill , 6679 Main St , Westport
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Breakfast with Santa
  18 Fire House Ln , Lewis
  1:00 pm
• Winter Solstice Luminaria Walk at Twin Valleys Outdoor Education Center
  Champlain Area Trails , 6470 Main St Apartment 2 , Westport
  4:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Movie Night Mondays
  Westport Library Association , 6 Harris Ln , Westport
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• PR Journaling Club
  Snowfort Books , 6592 Main St , Westport
  10:30 am

Friday February 20

• Portugal Clay Retreat with Sam Taylor and Mark Shapiro 2026 — Craigardan
  Craigardan , 9216 NYS Route #9N , Elizabethtown
  12:00 pm

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