🌱 Talk Time: English Conversation Practice and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice at Newcastle Library
• Preschool Story Time at Renton Highlands Library
• DYNO: Teen Leaders Group at Renton Highlands Library

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 52 and low of 37 degrees.
• Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 44, low: 38.
• Saturday: An a.m. shower or two; cloudy, with a high of 47 and low of 40 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Newcastle

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Friday December 19

• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Newcastle Library , 12901 Newcastle Way , Renton
  10:30 am
• Preschool Story Time
  Renton Highlands Library , 2801 NE 10th Street , Renton
  4:00 pm
• DYNO: Teen Leaders Group
  Renton Highlands Library , 2801 NE 10th Street , Renton
  4:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Paper Cutting and Crafts for Families
  Newcastle Library , 12901 Newcastle Way , Renton
  11:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• STEAM Tuesdays! Salt Painting
  Newcastle Library , 12901 Newcastle Way , Renton
  5:30 pm

Friday December 26

• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Newcastle Library , 12901 Newcastle Way , Renton
  10:30 am

Saturday December 27

• English Language Learner Social
  Renton Highlands Library , 2801 NE 10th Street , Renton
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Audubon Bird Walk
  Garden Grounds , 12001 Main Street , Bellevue
  9:00 am
• Craft Social
  Tomato Tomato Creative Space , 226 Main Ave S Unit C , Renton
  10:00 am
• St. Vincent de Paul Assistance
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  10:00 am
• Bilingual Kaleidoscope Play & Learn / 仁⼈双语幼⼉乐园
  Newport Way Library , 14250 SE Newport Way , Bellevue
  10:30 am
• Kaleidoscope Play & Learn
  Skyway Library , 12601 76th Avenue South , Seattle
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Mercer Island

• Art for Hope event will honor Kyra Gupta (mi-reporter.com)
• Island Youth Ballet presents annual ‘Nutcracker' performances (mi-reporter.com)
• Subject assaults officers, booked into jail (mi-reporter.com)

Renton

• Where to ice skate in Seattle and nearby in the 2025 holiday season (seattletimes.com)
• Maple Valley Highway near I-405 partially closed due to mudslide (kentreporter.com)
• Sounders FC signs free agent defender Ryan Sailor (soundersfc.com)

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