🌱 Music Under the Stars: Merry Melodies and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Hungry Howie's Spirit Night at W C Friday Middle School
• Music Under the Stars: Merry Melodies

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 52 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 58, low: 35.
• Thursday: A shower; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 58 and low of 44 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dallas

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Downtown Dallas Caffeine & Conversation (December)
  The Historic Dallas Jail - Weddings & Special Events, 108 E Trade St, Dallas
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Hungry Howie's Spirit Night
  W C Friday Middle School Dallas, NC 28034
  4:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Music Under the Stars: Merry Melodies
  The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium , 1500 E Garrison Blvd , Gastonia
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Resume Workshop (Gastonia)
  Goodwill Career Center - Gastonia , 359 W Main Ave , Gastonia
  10:00 am
• Legos + @Union Road Branch In-Person
  Union Road Branch Library , Branch Library - Meeting Room , Gastonia
  10:30 am
• Mountain Island Raptors vs WESTMINSTER CATAWBA CHRISTIAN SC
  Mountain Island Charter School , 13440 Lucia Riverbend Hwy , Mt Holly
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Toddler Time In-Person
  Union Road Branch Library , Branch Library - Meeting Room , Gastonia
  10:30 am
• Employee Appreciation Luncheon
  Lincoln County Calendar Lincolnton, NC 28092
  11:30 am

Thursday December 18

• Overcoming Emotions that Destroy
  King's Daughters Ministry , 112 N Main St , Stanley
  9:30 am
• Historic Preservation Commission
  Lincoln County Calendar , 115 West Main Street , Lincolnton
  4:00 pm
• Hungry Howie's Spirit Night
  W C Friday Middle School Dallas, NC 28034
  4:00 pm
• TacFit Trial Class
  Jericho Tactical Academy , 758 N Ingleside Farm Rd , Iron Station
  5:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Gastonia

• Gastonia Powerball ticket wins $2 million in Saturday drawing (wbtv.com)
• Here are 2025 Gastonia, Shelby area football all-conference teams (gastongazette.com)
• Woman arrested months after Gaston County hit-and-run kills father of 3 (wbtv.com)

Belmont

• It takes a village; Gaston County focuses on foster parenting (gastongazette.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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