We are back with the top picks of Galway Events for this coming week! There are so many amazing events to choose from – I hope you have a fun week! And if you want to read more about where to stay or eat in Galway – don’t forget to check out our Galway Guide!

MONDAY

Creative Event – Adult course: Oil Painting classes

• Location -Just Art It, 33 Dominick Street Lower, H91 YN93
• Time: Monday mornings from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm or Tuesdays evenings from 7 to 9 pm. Blocks of 6 Weeks: Starting on 12th November until 17th December.
• Cost: €160 bringing your own materials or you can add €30 to have all materials included. (max 1 canvas included per block).
• Details: Our painting classes are designed to provide you with a great creative experience. You will work on your own images or motifs and learn the fundamentals of painting at your own pace! We cater for a maximum of 10 people per group to guarantee one-to-one tutoring in a safe environment and relaxed atmosphere. All levels are welcome!
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Art Event – Artist’s Talk Aoibheann Greenan

• Location – Cluain Mhuire, Ccam, Centre for Creative Arts and Media Campus, Gmit
• Time: 14:05-16:05
• Cost: Not noted
• Details: TULCA’s popular Artists’ Talk series continues for this year’s edition of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts ‘Syntonic State’ curated by Linda Shevlin. The Centre for Creative Arts & Media, GMIT will host a talk by a Syntonic State exhibiting artist every Monday for 5 weeks. Aoibheann Greenan is a Dublin-based artist working at the intersection of visual art and experimental theatre. Her interactive installation-cum-performances expose the processes by which culture and identity are evaluated in our techno-globalized era. Myth and ritual merge with pop-cultural tropes, conjuring heightened caricatures of cultures that parody the tourist gaze. By engaging in strategies that foster collaboration and audience participation, Greenan’s work seeks to destabilize ideologies of self and other that underlie our current system.
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Country Music Event – Glór Tíre returns to The Quays Bar Galway

• Location -The Quays Music Hall
• Time: Door’s 7.30pm. The show starts at 8 pm
• Cost: Not noted
• Details: Glór Tíre returns to The Quays Bar Galway Monday 12th – 15th November. The country music talent show ‘Glór Tíre’ is on the hunt for Ireland’s best country talent. Presented by Aoife Ní Thuairisg and Pádraic Ó Neachtain, with help from the judges John Creedon, Caitríona Ní Shuilibháin and Jó Ní Chéide. Star guests include Johnny Brady, Patrick Feeney, Mike Denver, The Sheerin Family, Shawn Cuddy and Cliona Hagan.
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Theatre Event – Donal O’Kelly’s, Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son

• Location – Town Hall Theatre, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway
• Time: 20:00
• Cost: €18 / €16
• Details: Dublin, 1980s. Rabbit is a self-made haulage magnate. But something’s wrong. He cuts a deal with his underling Keogh to help him find his lost moorings. The quest is hampered by his dead father Bat, Citizen Army volunteer and pawn shop assistant, bubbling up. The struggle between father and son, past and present, imagination and reality, spans Dublin. An explosive exposition of the generation that led us to Boom and Bust.
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TUESDAY

Space Event – NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough

• Location – Theatre 243, Áras Moyola, (Opposite Alice Perry Engineering Building), North Campus, NUI Galway, H91HX31 Galway
• Time: 10:30 – 12:00
• Cost: Free
• Details: Tickets for University colleagues in Science and Engineering to attend the visit of NASA Astronaut, and former commander of the International Space Station, Shane Kimbrough. Hosted by the College of Science, and part of the Galway Science & Technology Festival in partnership with the Embassy of the US in Ireland.
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Essential Oils Event – Essential Oils for De-stress, Relaxation and Meditation

• Location – The Glass Factory (Galway Crystal Heritage Centre), Old Dublin Road, H91 NN56 Galway
• Time: 10:00
• Cost: Not noted
• Details: This will be a fabulous course and a very timely one as we will be approaching the prelude to Christmas. For many Christmas and its true meaning still hold strong, the birth of Jesus Christ, and for others a time of stress, economic pressure and over-consumption. This course has been intentionally created to acknowledge the deeper, spiritual parts of ourselves, our inner selves that connect to a greater energy often referred to as Universal Energy, Consciousness, Spirit or God, Jesus Christ, Buddha to name a few. November 2018 – 13th Nov. Week 1 King of the Oils -Frankincense and Meditation Class. 20th Nov. Week 2 Queen of the Oils Myrhh and Meditation Class. 27th Nov. Week 3 Yoga Oils Anchor, Align and Arise Meditation Class. 4th Dec. Week 4 Make and Take Meditation Blend with Energetic Frequencies
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COMEDY EVENT – COMEDY KARLNIVAL WITH KARL SPAIN, NOEL JAMES, LORCAN MCGRANE, JOSEPHINE MCCAFFERY

• Location – Róisín Dubh, 9 Dominick Street Upper, Galway
• Time: 20:00
• Cost: €6
• Details: A weekly comedy night, featuring the very best of Irish & international comedy talent hosted by the wonderful Karl Spain.
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WEDNESDAY

Skincare Event – Skinician Skincare Event

• Location – The Beauty Bar Galway, Unit 4 Cuirt na hAbhann, Liosban Industrial Estate, Tuam Rd, Galway
• Time: 16:00-19:00
• Cost: Facials are €20 and can be redeemed against products on the day
• Details: Our lovely Skinician expert Cathy is back with us for another evening of all things skincare. She will be performing 20-minute Taster Facials along with some great advice and info on how to manage your skin on these chilly winter days. Facials are €20 and can be redeemed against products on the day. Slots must be prepaid in advance to book. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Music Event – All the Luck in the World

• Location – Roisin Dubh, Dominic Street, Galway
• Time: 20:00
• Cost: €12.50 (€10 members)
• Details: All the Luck in the World are three Irish songwriters, Neil Foot, Ben Connolly and Kelvin Barr currently based in Berlin. The band create an intimate blend of Alternative-Folk and share a collective passion for storytelling, composition and songcraft. Formed in 2011 while Foot was still in school, Connolly and Barr joined two years later to collaborate on a debut record for the band, which was written in Foot’s secluded family home in the Wicklow mountains.
  In 2013/2014 the band received first international attention due to the home-recorded “Never”, which sold more than 120.000 singles on iTunes worldwide. After signing with Barfilm and Haldern Pop Records, they released their eponymous album on January 1st 2014, and subsequently toured the record across Europe. After many distinguished festival slots and three headline club tours, they began to turn their focus to new material.
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THURSDAY

Chocolate Event – Christmas Chocolate Lock-In

• Location – Hazel Mountain Chocolate Galway, 9 Middle Street, Galway
• Time: 19:00 – 20:00
• Cost: €15
• Details: Leave the world behind and join VIP chocolate lock in at Hazel Mountain Chocolate store Galway. Up to 14 VIP guests get behind the scenes of chocolate with an exclusive tour and tasting guided by our chocolatier. Discover and taste sweet & savoury side of chocolate as you indulge in cacao champagne on arrival. You will then taste your way through the complexities of chocolate including chocolate canapés, our special hot chocolate cocktail, four different chocolate origins and our two signature truffles.
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Google Sprint Event – Galway Google Design Sprint- solve Real issues for Non-profits as you learn

• Location – Workbench, 19 Eyre Square, (not the Mainguard location!), H91 TH7T Galway
• Time: 18:30 – 21:00
• Cost: This is a free workshop bringing like-minded makers and thinkers together to collaborate on learning how to innovate and build things that matter. 1) Everyone is welcome and everyone has a role. 2) We start on time so try and arrive on time.
• Details: (The workshop can be joined at any time, but you’ll get the most out of it by attending all 6 weeks. If you can’t attend see below for online and custom workshops). There is only one real way to learn the Design Sprint skill – by doing – so you will solve a real problem with a local non-profit using skills you already have (and they need) in a structure we provide through the Google Design Sprint’ adapted for use over 6 weeks. We’ll guide you along the way with a professional facilitator. You will learn how to define, ideate, prototype and test any idea in a rigorous, fun and proven way – through direct participation. You will learn how to build something before committing to people, time and money. Validate using the most rigorous, proven – and innovative approach available today. Not only will you be learning, but you’ll also be contributing directly to a real local cause as well as helping The Ladder reach it’s goal – helping nations reach the globally sustainable development goals by 2030 through scaling impact for local organisations and communities. By following the steps, you can then try to run your own design sprint, or with some additional training facilitate at a Ladder Community or professionally. Join us after for an informal catch up in a local pub to get tips on how you can incorporate these techniques in unique ways within your team and organization.
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Music Event – Mayfly of November: Rivers join in the ocean

• Location – The Black Gate Cultural Centre, 14 Francis Street, Galway
• Time: 21:30-23:30
• Cost: Not noted
• Details: Join us for this event with Rocio on piano and voice. Henry on violin. Dave Shaughnessy on drums. Sam Wright on double bass. Agustina Taborda on bandoneon.
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Dance Event – Nanodance

• Location – O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance, University Rd University Road, H91 T8WR Galway
• Time: 18:00 – 19:30
• Cost: Free
• Details: Explore the world of nanoscience with dance and theatre! This multimedia piece will explore the science of the very small, with performance and projection devised by visiting choreographer Deidre Cavazzi, Saddleback College. The performance will be preceded by a short talk by Dr Jessamyn Fairfield, School of Physics, NUI Galway. Art and science intertwine in this exciting new dance theatre piece that explores physics, technology, and wonder. Performances will take place at 6 pm on Thursday, November 15, and Friday, November 16, in the O’Donoghue Centre at NUI Galway. The Thursday performance will include a talkback session with Jessamyn and Deidre, facilitated by Marianne Ní Chinnéide of the NUI Galway Discipline of Drama and Theatre Studies.
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Music Event – Nelly

• Location – Leusireland, Salthill, Galway
• Time: 19:30
• Cost: €45
• Details: Nelly hit the world with a bang when he emerged with his debut album ‘Country Grammar’ in 2000 which has now sold over 8.4 million copies to date. Country Grammar was followed that up with his iconic ‘Nellyville’ of which boasted the timeless number 1 singles ‘Hot in Herre’ and ‘Dilemma’ featuring Kelly Roland as well as a plethora of party anthems such as ‘Work It’ which featured a guest performance from Justin Timberlake. Since then Nelly has gone on to be ranked by the RIAA as the fourth best-selling rap artist in American music history, with over 21 million albums sold in the United States alone and ‘Country Grammar being ranked 8 in the Top 10 best selling albums of its category.
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Musical Event – The Sound of Music

• Location – Town Hall Theatre, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway
• Time: 20:00
• Cost: €22 / €18 / €15
• Details: The Sound of Music is one of the world’s best-loved musicals, featuring memorable songs such as My Favourite Things and Do Re Mi, an endearing storyline set in the beautiful Austrian landscape that still enthrals’ people decades later. This musical follows the story of Maria, a young, free-spirited postulant who goes to live with the Von Trapp family and help look after the children, and ends up falling in love with the Captain with many twists and turns and the pair finally marry. The show finally culminates with the whole family singing at a concert and then fleeing from the Nazi across the mountains to Switzerland.
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Bridal Event – Novia D’Art and Fara Sposa Trunk Show

• Location – Belladonna Bridal, Centrepoint Tuam Rd, Galway
• Time: 15 Nov at 10:00 – 18 Nov at 17:30
• Cost: Not noted
• Details: Our Novia d’Art and Fara Sposa Trunk Show are coming from the 15th-18th November with an extended collection and special discount.
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FRIDAY

Galway Christmas Event – Light Up Galway 2018

• Location – Galway City Centre
• Time: 18:00
• Details: Light up Galway 2018… This year’s Light up Galway 2018 is set to become one of the best experiences Christmas in Galway has ever witnessed. The official turning on of the new lighting features will take place on Friday, 16th Nov, in key city locations across the city. The new lighting features will then become a focal point for visitors to the city over the festive seasons. A not to be missed FREE event happening throughout our city! You can expect to be AMAZED at…✨ GIANT Light Displays – Think MASSIVE baubles, teddies, stars… Perfect photo opportunities to be had!
  🌟 Christmas Procession with the Santa Train, Ice King & Ice Queen Stiltwalkers, Disney Characters & more.
  ✨ Visual Displays & Winter Wonderland Projections on Buildings across the city.
  🌟 Lit Up Swans floating on the Claddagh Basin.
  ✨ DJ’s, Choirs and Performances at all key locations: Shop Street Galway, The Latin Quarter Galway, Woodquay Galway, Galway’s Westend and East Galway.All proceeds raised through bucket collections go to local charity Rosabel’s Rooms. Spread the news! See you next Friday night for the Launch of Christmas in Galway… #LightUpGalway2018 🎁🎁 For more details: Click here

Galway Christmas Event – Galway Continental Christmas Market

• Location – Galway City Centre
• Time: 16th Nov – 22nd Dec 2018
• Cost: Free
• Details: The Galway Continental Christmas Market makes its return to the City Of The Tribes from 6 pm on Friday 16th November until Saturday 22nd December 2018. The Galway Continental Christmas Market received over 350,000 visitors last year and there were more than 50 wooden chalets located Eyre Square along with the Santa’s Grotto, the German Bier Keller numerous other theatrical delights throughout the four week fair. The 2018 Christmas Market is the ninth year of the market in Galway and visitors can expect to enjoy a wide variety of entertainment and stalls located in Eyre Square in Galway City centre. This year will feature amusement rides including a 32 metre high Big Wheel, Helter Skelter and traditional Carousel along with live music performers, puppet shows, storytelling, school choirs, carol singing together with charity and community events will feature. Once again, Santa’s Grotto will be run by local charities and the popular Bier Keller will be playing host to various events throughout the Market’s duration. Food lovers can feast on a bratwurst, French pastries, pretzels or confectionery, crêpes and waffles, while beer lovers can sample a stein at the German Bierkeller, offering a range of traditional German beers, apple cider and mulled wine.
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Galway Event – Galway Dark Tour

• Location – The Skeff Bar, Eyre Square, Galway
• Time: 18:00
• Cost: €11.09
• Details: Take a walking tour of the dark side of Galway City with an experienced guide and member of Independent Tour Guides Association, Marteen. Hear the story of the women of the Magdalene Laundry, and the horrific conditions they lived in; of the hanging of Myles Joyce for a murder he didn’t commit; of how the famine hit Galway; and many more. Tour takes place on Fridays and Saturdays at 6 pm, meeting outside The Skeff Bar, Galway City. Booking in advance is essential. Due to the sensitive nature of some of the stories, the tour is not suitable for children under 16 years old.
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Movie Event – Back to Basics Tour Documentary

• Location – Nuns Island Theatre, 23 Nun’s Island, The Claddagh, Galway
• Time: 19:45-22:00
• Cost: €8
• Details: Clifford Clifford Productions is a Dublin-based father-son duo that works primarily on videos with Ireland’s leading musicians and spoken word artists. The ‘Back To Basics Tour’ is their debut documentary. The ‘Back to Basics Tour’, a ground-breaking film, follows musicians Greg Clifford, Barry Jay Hughes and Ian N. Brennan on a self-booked and funded 17-date tour of Ireland. According to Dave Clifford, one half of CCP, the film captures the struggles that ensue within an unsigned music scene and the self-motivation required to persevere and survive. He said: “A film like this has never been produced before, thus giving it an edge and making it newsworthy. The tour aesthetic was one of the grassroots DIY graft, with an emphasis placed on pure, honest and stripped back acoustic performances”. The self-funded doc was quite the undertaking, including 6+ months filming, 1 TB of footage and over 500 hours of editing!
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Music Event – Mack Fleetwood (Tribute)

• Location – Monroe’s Live, 14 Upper Dominick Street, Galway
• Time: 21:00
• Cost: €15
• Details: MACK FLEETWOOD Europes premier tribute to the supergroup FLEETWOOD MAC, bring you on a magical musical journey from the Peter Green blues era to the multi-platinum selling band that still tour today. MACK FLEETWOOD bewitches their audience with authentic renditions of all your favourite classic FLEETWOOD MAC hits. Their love of the material and musical prowess shines through each song. MACK FLEETWOOD delivers their professional spellbinding show with energy and verve. They are selling out major music venues, enthralling crowds and receiving rave reviews where ever they go. Book early to be sure not to miss this opportunity for a truly brilliant time with one of the best tribute bands ever.
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Nightclub Event – Cafolla & Engel Live in Halo

• Location – Halo Nightclub Galway, 36 Upper Abbeygate Street, Galway
• Time: 23:00
• Cost: €11.33
• Details: Halo Faves, Cafolla & Engel, the live saxophone and house music ensemble, return to Halo on Saturday 17th November. Ivano Cafolla has supported Bob Sinclair, David Guetta, Armand Van Helden, Paul Van Dyke, and David Morella. Chris Engel has enjoyed an active career in-house, electronic, and dance, and has created an individual sound like a “house/EDM saxophonist”
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Music Event – The Wood Burning Savages

• Location – Roisin Dubh, Dominic Street, Galway
• Time: 20:00
• Cost: €10 (€8 members)
• Details: The Wood Burning Savages are a fast-paced punk rock band from Derry City, Northern Ireland. Proudly wearing the rebel spirit of their hometown on their sleeves, with pulsating riffs and a sharp political edge, they are often compared to Manic Street Preachers, Future of The Left and Queens of the Stone Age. The band has been lauded for their frenetic live shows, each night serving up a full-blooded cocktail of breakneck guitars and frenzied anthems. Led by enigmatic frontman and songwriter Paul Connolly – with each track The Wood Burning Savages share gritty real-life tales of disillusion and indignation, giving a voice to a generation more marginalised and divided than ever before.
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SATURDAY

Creative Event – Irish Lace workshop (Christmas decorations)

• Location – Knitwits & Crafty Stitchers, Unit 14H, Liosban business park, Tuam Road, Galway
• Time: 11:00-16:30
• Cost: €40 for the workshop including a €20 booking deposit payable over the phone (091 751945) or in store.
• Details: Irish Lace Workshop with Maire Treanor a renowned expert in Clones lace and published author.  This is a form of fine crochet lace.
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HANDMADE MARKET EVENT – HANDMADE IN GALWAY- INDOOR MARKET

• Location -HandMade In Galway- Indoor Market, Áras Na Gael, 45 Sráid Dominic, Gaillimh
• Time: 12:00 – 18:00
• Cost: Free
• Details: 11 stalls full of only handmade goodies from your local crafters, artists, designers. We are back on Saturday the 27th of October! All welcome 🙂 Support local 🙂 Love handmade.
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Cinema Event – John Carpenter Marathon!

• Location – Pálás Galway, 15 Merchant’s Road Lower, Galway
• Time: 14:00-23:00
• Cost: You can purchase tickets individually on www.palas.ie or call the box office and get a reduced marathon rate of €30 for all 4 films!
• Details: On Saturday November 17th we’re dedicating an entire day to the 4K rereleases of some of the horror master John Carpenter’s greatest films! Kicking off the day will be the underrated gem that is Prince of Darkness, followed by They Live which is relevant even more now than when it was released. Snake Plissken graces our screens than in Escape from New York and the day will finish up with the all-time classic horror The Fog! 2pm: Prince of Darkness 4:30pm: They Live 6:45pm: Escape from New York 9pm: The Fog
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SUNDAY

Foodie Event – Gruts Buffet / Mind Meitheal / Grain 1-4

• Location -Sheridans Cheesemongers, 14 Church Yard St, Galway
• Time: 18:00
• Cost: free. Places limited
• Details: To mark the conclusion of Syntonic State, TULCA in partnership with CERERE present a newly commissioned event by The Domestic Godless. Inspired by the theme of Cereal Renaissance in Rural Europe (CERERE), Gruts Buffet will explore the culturally and historically entangled relationship between society and food, elucidating ironies, complexities, and contested narratives from distinctive heritage varieties. With their irreverent disregard for current fashions and culinary trends, The Domestic Godless will explore and experiment, challenging norms and provoking new understandings of taste, presentation, histories and cultural values of cereals combined inventively with other foods. Funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, CERERE connects scientists with practitioners and involves farmers, food scientists, sociologists, agronomists and many others interested in heritage cereals. Led by Áine Macken-Walsh, the Irish partner in CERERE is Teagasc, Ireland’s Agriculture and Food Development Authority. A central mission of Teagasc in CERERE is to broker innovation between diverse actors in how the renaissance of Ireland’s heritage cereals is imagined and practised.
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Personal Event – Inner Space: breathwork, meditation + tea ceremony

• Location – The Secret Garden Galway, 4 William Street West, Galway
• Time: 10:00-11:30
• Cost: Inner Space: breathwork, meditation + tea ceremony workshop is 20 eur, places are limited, so pre-registration is essential.
• Details: During this morning we will explore and deepen our understanding of our breath, and how through various breath inquiries we can deepen our connection with our minds and bodies. The first part of the workshop will finish with the practice of meditation, the art and discipline of keeping our attention and memory sharp. The second part of the workshop will be carefully and mindfully guided by Māra from The Secret Garden, Galway. She will take us through Cha Dao tea ceremony, wherein silence we will enjoy ceremonial tea and our minds’ quiet and meditative state. Cushions and blankets for the meditation and tea ceremony are provided, however, if you have your own meditation cushion or blanket, that you prefer, feel free to bring it. Please arrive 5 min prior to the start time to settle in.
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Ice Skating is back!! 

• Location – Leisureland at Salthill, Galway.
• Time: Sunday, November 18th 2018 to Sunday, January 6th 2019 (10.30am to 9 pm).
• Cost: Adults: €16, Children Under 12: €13 Click here
• Details: Get Your Skates On! It’s time to get your skates on! Ice-skating returns to Galway with a 600 square metre REAL ICE ice rink including a specially designed kiddies ice rink fully housed in a 1200 square metre all weather marquee in the grounds of Leisureland at Salthill, Galway. That means that rain, hail or snow you and your friends will be able to skate away to your heart’s content on the biggest temporary, REAL ICE ice rink to be installed in Connacht this year.
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Dublin Events

If you would like to know about events coming up in Dublin, then check out Sarah’s website here for events this week. Be sure to check back to her website each week as she creates a new events post weekly!

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