🌱 Patch AM: How Edmonds’ Café Louvre is helping women start over this month

Good day Edmonds! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Edmonds’ Café Louvre is helping women start over this month
• Which Edmonds jazz students just landed a spot at the Paramount?
• Want laughs while helping Edmonds School District kids this Sunday?

Also on today's calendar: Annual Holiday Pops.

Today's riddle: What did one astronaut stranded on the moon say to another? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 48 and low of 41 degrees.
• Saturday: Breezy; a p.m. shower or two, temps: high: 49, low: 45.
• Sunday: A little afternoon rain, with a high of 49 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. YWCA Pathways for Women partners with Café Louvre for 8th year-end donation drive (myedmondsnews.com) — Edmonds’ Café Louvre is again hosting a year-end donation drive supporting YWCA Pathways for Women, which provides emergency shelter for single women and mothers with children. Through Dec. 31, you can drop off essential household items like bedding, towels, lamps, kitchenware and grocery gift cards to help families transition into independent housing.
   

2. EWHS Jazz I selected to perform in 2026 Hot Java Cool Jazz concert (myedmondsnews.com) — Edmonds-Woodway High School’s Jazz Ensemble I has been selected for the prestigious 2026 Starbucks Hot Java Cool Jazz concert at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on March 27. The band will represent Edmonds alongside four other top Seattle-area high school jazz programs.
   

3. 'Tapped Out' comedy toy drive Dec. 21 at Peace of Mind Brewing (myedmondsnews.com) — A Sunday, Dec. 21 comedy show at Peace of Mind Brewing in Lynnwood is doubling as a toy drive to support low-income families in the Edmonds School District. Instead of tickets, guests are asked to bring new, unwrapped toys, with raffle prizes and plenty of local stand-up adding to the holiday fun.
   

4. Projected 700,000 sailing through a winter waterland aboard state ferries during final 13 days of the year (einpresswire.com) — If you’re catching the Edmonds/Kingston ferry for holiday travel, expect heavy crowds and minor schedule changes on Christmas and New Year’s Day. Washington State Ferries projects about 700,000 riders in the final 13 days of the year and outlines winter-season timetable adjustments, especially on Seattle/Bremerton and Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth routes.
   

📸 Around Edmonds

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Edmonds

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Annual Holiday Pops
  Bastyr Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Olympic Ballet "The Nutcracker" — Edmonds Holidays
  Edmonds Center For the Arts , Edmonds Center for the Arts , Edmonds
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 19

• Family Story Time
  Shoreline Library , 345 NE 175th Street , Seattle
  10:00 am
• Hora de cuentos en español / Spanish Story Time
  Shoreline Library , 345 NE 175th Street , Seattle
  11:30 am
• 健康保險與醫療服務協助: Medicare, Health Insurance and Healthcare Navigation Help
  Shoreline Library , 345 NE 175th Street , Seattle
  2:00 pm
• Rainy City Riff Raff
  Third Place Commons , 17171 Bothell Way NE , Lake Forest Park
  7:00 pm
• Rainy City Riff Raff - Live Music brought to you by Third Place Commons!
  Third Place Commons
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• A Christmas Fair & Market!
  Lynnwood Event Center , 3711 196th St SW , Lynnwood
  10:00 am
• Mr. Bri Guy - children's musician
  Third Place Commons
  10:00 am
• Lacey Class
  Ovation at Oak Tree , 9027 Bowthorpe St SE , Lacey
  10:00 am
• Learn to Meditate Series
  Science of Spirituality Meditation Center , 16620 Ash Way #5323 , Lynnwood
  11:30 am
• Paint & Sip at Nile Shrine Center
  Nile Shrine Golf Course , 6601 244th St SW , Mountlake Terrace
  2:30 pm
• Henderson Haas
  Third Place Commons
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello everyone.
  Today, a young male solicitor came to our door at around 1:15pm, Dec 17th. I usually talk to people at my door from my upstairs window, never… (Nextdoor Picnic Point)
• Hi neighbors, has anyone else noticed how smoky the air felt around Gainesville yesterday afternoon.
  I smelled it pretty strongly for a while but couldn’t see anything nearby. Just wondering if there was a brush fire or if it was drifting in from… (Nextdoor Pine Street Park)

• Edmonds School District posted a job opening for Head Coach Track in Mountlake Terrace. Apply here.
• Williams-Sonoma, Inc. posted a job opening for Shipper-Receiver, Part Time Flex, Alderwood - Pottery Barn in Lynnwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Edmonds here.

Ok Edmonds! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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