🌱 Preschool Information Fair and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• New Year’s Eve Family Gala at Little River United Church of Christ
• Preschool Information Fair

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Windy and much colder, with a high of 35 and low of 27 degrees.
• Wednesday: Some sunshine, temps: high: 40, low: 27.
• Thursday: Cloudy, flurries; colder, with a high of 33 and low of 21 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Burke Centre

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• New Year’s Eve Family Gala
  Little River United Church of Christ, 8410 Little River Turnpike, Woodburn
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday January 9

• Preschool Information Fair
  5424 Ox Rd , Fairfax Station
  9:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• English Conversation (Online)
  Shirlington Library , 4200 Campbell Boulevard , Arlington
  2:00 pm
• Cantando-Ando con Gabo y Mate!
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  2:00 pm
• Spanish Conversation at Courthouse
  Courthouse Library , Dogwood Conference Room , Lake Barcroft
  6:00 pm
• Celebrity Biography Book Club: "Dear Girls"
  Shirlington Library , Campbell Room , Arlington
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Take a Scarf, Leave a Scarf
  Lake Ridge Library -
• CANCELLED: Mayor's Agenda Meeting with Staff
  Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. East Wing, Second Floor , Falls Church
  8:30 am
• U.S. Citizenship Class (Online)
  Shirlington Library , 4200 Campbell Boulevard , Arlington
  10:30 am
• English Conversation at Columbia Pike
  Columbia Pike Library , Drew Room , Arlington
  11:00 am
• Noon Year Eve's Party
  Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Community Room
  11:30 am
• Japanese Conversation
  Central Library , Quincy Room , Arlington
  12:00 pm
• Practicing Mindfulness
  Courthouse Library , Cherry Conference Room , Lake Barcroft
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Burke

• Fairfax County Public Library will offer new card designs in new year (ffxnow.com)
• The 20 most affordable cities in Virginia to buy a house (santafenewmexican.com)

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• Top Contributor Essays of 2025 (theregreview.org)
• The Year's Highs and Lows (richmondmagazine.com)

Fairfax

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