🌱 Patch AM: Learn an Irish Tune a Week Class, Jan 7 to April 29 and 11 more events

Coffee in hand, Wauwatosa? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Learn an Irish Tune a Week Class, Jan 7 to April 29 at CelticMKE Center | Home of Milwaukee Irish Fest
• Open Gym (Open to the Public) at Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center
• Now and Then at Sunset Playhouse

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

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Anonymous M.!

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Turning sunny and frigid, with a high of 20 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Partly sunny and cold, temps: high: 24, low: 10.
• Sunday: P.M. freezing drizzle; cold, with a high of 25 and low of 21 degrees.

📣 Wauwatosa Shout Outs!

• 🎉 Congratulations to Wauwatosa East girls basketball team! Still undefeated as of January 1 with lots of tough competition. —Anonymous M.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wauwatosa

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Wednesday January 7

• Learn an Irish Tune a Week Class, Jan 7 to April 29
  CelticMKE Center | Home of Milwaukee Irish Fest , 1532 N Wauwatosa Ave , Wauwatosa
  5:30 pm

Thursday January 8

• Open Gym (Open to the Public)
  Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center , 6255 N Santa Monica Blvd , Whitefish Bay
  6:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Now and Then
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• RampUp Series: Red Arrow Ice Sledding
  Red Arrow Park , 920 N Water St , Milwaukee
  1:00 pm
• Now and Then
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  7:30 pm

Sunday January 11

• Now and Then
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  2:00 pm

Thursday January 15

• Unnecessary Farce
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  7:30 pm

🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• Ice Hockey: G/JV
  Ponds of Brookfield Ice Rink
  1:30 pm

Saturday January 3

• Basketball: B/Varsity Reserve
  Janesville Parker High School , Gym - Fieldhouse , Brookfield
  9:00 am
• Swimming & Diving: B/V
  RUSD Aquatic Center
  10:00 am

Monday January 5

• Plan Commission
  Elm Grove, WI Calendar , Village Hall 13600 Juneau Blvd. , Elm Grove
  6:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Administrative Appeals Board
  Brookfield Calendar , 2000 N Calhoun Rd , Brookfield
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 2025 started with uncertainty and loss.
  Adjustment was required. Movement mattered. The focus stayed on building something that was mine again. A front-row seat to my daughter winning a… (Nextdoor Tosa East Towne)
• My house is close to 100 years old.
  I would like to rebuild my 2 milk chutes. Anybody out there who has done this. Mainly just reframe them and new outside doors. (Nextdoor Inglewood)

🗞 Nearby News

Milwaukee

• 'This is as good as it gets': Families witness Olympic dreams at Milwaukee speedskating trials (tmj4.com)
• All the stadium, arena and amphitheater concerts in Milwaukee in 2026 (jsonline.com)
• Hundreds gather for Yoga Fest in Bay View to start the new year (wisn.com)

West Allis

• From 1966 to 1991, the Olympic ice rink in West Allis produced world champions (jsonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just lost interest.
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