🌱 Family Story Time and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• STEM Adventures at Kiddie Academy of Bloomingdale

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 92 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Hot with sunshine, temps: high: 93, low: 65.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 88 and low of 64 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Progress Village

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 17

• STEM Adventures at Kiddie Academy of Bloomingdale
  1283 E Bloomingdale Ave, Valrico
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Family Story Time
  Seffner-Mango Branch Library , 410 N Kingsway Rd , Seffner
  10:15 am
• Breakaway Music Festival Tampa 2026
  Raymond James Stadium , 4201 N Dale Mabry Hwy , Tampa
  12:00 pm
• DIY: Duct Tape Rose
  78th Street Community Library , 7625 Palm River Rd , Tampa
  3:00 pm
• Family Game Night
  Colson Seffner, FL 33584
  5:00 pm
• Parent's Night Out - Gibsonton, FL 2026
  Spurlino Family YMCA at Big Bend Road , 9650 Old Big Bend Rd , Riverview
  6:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Sunday Service
  Unity of Tampa , 2610 Silver Lake Ave , Tampa
  11:00 am

Tuesday April 21

• Spirit Night @ The Daily Spot
  Summerfield Crossings , 13206 Boyette Rd , Riverview
  8:00 am
• Making Budgets Work
  78th Street Community Library , 7625 Palm River Rd , Tampa
  4:30 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Autism Family Support Group
  Doby Apollo Beach, FL 33572
  7:15 am

Thursday April 23

• Weekly Networking Lunch @ Beef O' Brady's Apollo Beach
  Beef 'O' Brady's , 205 Apollo Beach Blvd , Apollo Beach
  11:30 am

Friday April 24

• Ink Mania Fest
  Special Events Center
  12:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• 2026 Take Kids Fishing Suncoast
  Suncoast Youth Conservation Center , 6650 Dickman Rd , Apollo Beach
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

South Tampa

• Tampa Bay's two new state lawmakers prepare for Tallahassee (wfla.com)
• U.S. Summit: Trump Calls Israeli And Lebanese Leaders To D.C. After Brokering Ceasefire (tampafp.com)
• New Felony Charges Filed Against Suspect In Deadly Hillsborough County Motorcycle Crash (tampafp.com)

Brandon

• Infant organ donor honored in butterfly release at Brandon hospital (wfla.com)

Tampa

• FL Housing Market Shows Shift Toward Buyers (patch.com)
• Boy, 3, Shot Self In Arm After Unsecured Gun Was Left On Bed: Tampa Police (patch.com)
• Wrong-Way DUI Driver Hands Over Gift Card Instead Of License, FL Cops Say (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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