🌱 Patch AM: Which Edmonds arts events should be on your calendar this week?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Edmonds arts events should be on your calendar this week?
• How Edmonds teens tried out real healthcare careers in one day
• How an Edmonds philanthropist just saved a vital Lynnwood hygiene center

Also on today's calendar: Annual Holiday Pops and 1 more event.

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A little afternoon rain, with a high of 53 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 48, low: 41.
• Saturday: Breezy; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 49 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Art Beat: ‘Annie' on stage, ballet, Art Walk, ‘Hippie Trail' and a holiday market (myedmondsnews.com) — Edmonds residents have a full slate of arts events, from Olympic Ballet’s “Nutcracker” at Edmonds Center for the Arts to Art Walk Edmonds downtown and a handmade holiday market at the Edmonds Masonic Lodge. The roundup also highlights an Annie production featuring Edmonds School District leaders, a Rick Steves talk in his hometown, and a January book drive at Edmonds Bookshop.
   

• VIPs pay visit to Snohomish County STEM's ECHO Tour at Edmonds College (lynnwoodtimes.com) — High schoolers from Edmonds School District spent a day at Edmonds College’s Hazel Miller Hall exploring hands-on healthcare careers through Snohomish County STEM’s ECHO Tour. Students from Edmonds-Woodway, Meadowdale, Lynnwood, and Mountlake Terrace rotated through interactive stations led by local healthcare professionals, while district and community VIPs looked on at this growing South County career‑exploration program.
   

• Thanks to Rick Steves, Lynnwood Hygiene Center has a permanent home (myedmondsnews.com) — An Edmonds-based Rick Steves donation has permanently secured the Lynnwood Hygiene Center building, preserving crucial shower, meal, and support services for unhoused neighbors many Edmonds residents also rely on. The center, aided by the Edmonds Food Bank and local parishes, raised nearly $400,000 alongside Steves’ $2 million gift to complete the $2.5 million purchase.
   

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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

Thursday December 18

• Edmonds, Naturally
  , Edmonds
  9:00 am

Friday December 19

• Mrs. Dilber's Christmas Carol — Edmonds Holidays
  Phoenix Theatre , 9673 Firdale Ave , Edmonds
  7:30 pm

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

Thursday December 18

• Family Story Time
  Lake Forest Park Library , 17171 Bothell Way NE , Seattle
  10:00 am
• Toddler Story Time
  Richmond Beach Library , 19601 21st Avenue NW , Seattle
  10:15 am
• Toddler Storytime with Ms. Priya
  Mountlake Terrace Library - Sno-Isle Libraries , 23300 58th Ave W , Mountlake Terrace
  10:30 am
• Painter’s Open Studio / Great Room 10-3
  Art Works Edmonds, WA 98020
  10:30 am
• Drop-In Technical Assistance
  Shoreline Library , 345 NE 175th Street , Seattle
  10:30 am
• Preschool Story Time
  Richmond Beach Library , 19601 21st Avenue NW , Seattle
  11:00 am
• American Mah Jongg
  Third Place Commons
  1:00 pm
• Phinney Class
  Phinney Neighborhood Center , 6532 Phinney Ave N , Seattle
  1:00 pm
• Shorecrest Scots vs Lynnwood Royals
  Shorecrest High School , 15343 25th Ave NE , Shoreline
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Mountlake Terrace

• MLT Community Giving Tree returns to support Concern for Neighbors Food Bank (mltnews.com)
• Council to review 2025-26 biennial budget amendments, vote on critical area ordinance Dec. 18 (mltnews.com)
• Historic flooding causes critical blood shortage across western Washington (mltnews.com)

Lynnwood

• Hazelwood Elementary teacher named national social studies teacher of the year (lynnwoodtoday.com)
• Puget Sound Regional Council releases draft Regional Transportation Plan for public comment (lynnwoodtoday.com)

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