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🌱 Plaza Theatre Company - The Wizard of Oz and 10 more events
Spotted on the Mountain Center calendar: WVHS Frosh/Soph Football vs Capistrano Valley
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Plaza Theatre Company - The Wizard of Oz at Plaza Theatre
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 90, low: 69.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 69 degrees.
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★ Featured events ★
- Plaza Theatre Company - The Wizard of Oz →
Plaza Theatre, 128 S Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs
3:00 pm
Saturday August 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
- WVHS Frosh/Soph Football vs Capistrano Valley
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Hemet, CA 92544
4:00 pm - Whittier Back To School Night
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Hemet, CA 92544
5:00 pm - Back-to-School Night
Little Lake Elementary School Hemet, CA 92544
5:00 pm - Hemet El Back to School Night
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Hemet Elementary School, 633 E Kimball Ave, Hemet, CA 92543, U
5:00 pm - THS Football Boys Sophomore @ Desert Hot Springs HS
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Desert Hot Springs HS
6:00 pm - 1st Marine Division concert band@ butterfield amphitheatre →
Butterfield Amphitheater, 54201 Ridgeview Dr, Idyllwild-Pine Cove
7:00 pm - Hemet HS - Varsity Football vs. Palm Springs (HOME)
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Hemet, CA 92544
7:00 pm - HDLA: EES Parent Class RUHS
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Hemet, CA 92544
8:45 am - THS Volleyball Girls Freshman @ Moreno Valley HS
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Moreno Valley High School
4:00 pm - Hamilton HS Football @ Mtn. Empire HS
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Hemet, CA 92544
4:00 pm - THS Volleyball Girls JV @ Moreno Valley HS
Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School & Family Tree Learning Center Moreno Valley High School
4:00 pm
Thursday August 20
Friday August 21
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💬 Chatter
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Banning
- Beaumont Commits More Than $250K To Revitalize Downtown Businesses (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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