🌱 Kids Open Studio Painting Session 1 and 11 more events

Hey hey Odessa! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Helping Babies Breathe- TBASL Dinner and Fundraiser
• 🎶Saturday Night Dance Party Comes to Lutz! 🎶 TC and Sass Make Their Debut at Double Bogey's Tavern at Double Bogeys Tavern & Grille
• Kids Open Studio Painting Session 1 at Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What is something you always have, but also leave behind? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Mostly sunny with a shower, temps: high: 86, low: 65.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 66 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Odessa

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• Helping Babies Breathe- TBASL Dinner and Fundraiser
  4843 Mile Stretch Dr, Holiday
  6:00 pm
• 🎶Saturday Night Dance Party Comes to Lutz! 🎶 TC and Sass Make Their Debut at Double Bogey's Tavern
  Double Bogeys Tavern & Grille, 19502 Heritage Harbor Pkwy, Lutz
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 25

• Kids Open Studio Painting Session 1
  Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center , 12118 Lake Blanche Dr , Odessa
  10:00 am
• 5th Annual HCPS Autism Acceptance FunFest
  Hammond , 315 W Old Hillsborough Ave , Seffner
  11:00 am
• English Conversation Corner
  Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center , 12118 Lake Blanche Dr , Odessa
  3:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Santelli Pizza & Pasta Kids Pizza Making Class
  Santelli's , 13557 FL-54 , Odessa
  9:00 am

Wednesday April 29

• Family Story Time
  Austin Davis Public Library , 17808 Wayne Rd , Odessa
  10:15 am
• Apprenticeship Night (High School Families)
  Hammond , 11311 Boyette Rd , Riverview
  5:30 pm

Saturday May 2

• English Conversation Corner
  Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center , 12118 Lake Blanche Dr , Odessa
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 24

• GPCC YPG Coffee Connections
  Starkey Market , 3460 Starkey Blvd , Trinity
  9:30 am
• CMAA Florida's 6th Annual Tampa Area Golf Tournament
  Plantation Palms Golf Club , 23253 Plantation Palms Blvd , Land O' Lakes
  10:00 am
• Brewing Connections & Networking (Trinity)
  De Coffee Bloom , 2148 Corporate Center Dr , Trinity
  11:00 am

Saturday April 25

• Ecofest Earth Day Event 2026
  Learning Gate Community School , 16215 Hanna Rd , Lutz
  10:00 am
• The Secret Life of Moss
  Brooker Creek Preserve & Environmental Education Center , 3940 Keystone Rd , Tarpon Springs
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Calypso cat rescue has lots of kittens ready for adoption all fully vetted!
  Petsmart 5-7 Friday 2-6 Saturday 3-6 Sunday 11665 w Hillsborough ave (Nextdoor Race Track Rd, Keystone)

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Odessa. Apply here.
• Mettler-Toledo International posted a job opening for Product Manager Metal Detection in Lutz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Odessa here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Land O' Lakes

• Tampa Motorcyclist Dead After Collision With Land O' Lakes Driver In Wesley Chapel (tampafp.com)
• Little Brother, John Cena's Latest Movie Release Date, Cast, and Trailer (thenexthint.com)
• Cinco de Mayo Fun For Everyone (tampamagazines.com)

New Port Richey

• Polk Water Cooperative resolves dispute, gains access to Alafia River (theledger.com)
• Why Some Exterior Problems Trace Back to Overlooked Landscape Setups (prettybigbutterflies.com)

Tampa

• 5 FL Restaurants Named Among Top 100 Brunch Spots In US (patch.com)
• 2 Missing USF Doctoral Students Considered Endangered, Hillsborough Sheriff Says (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Footprints. (Thank you LAURIE T. for sending it in!)
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