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    <title>Newcomers Club of Greater Seattle upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:22:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Living on the Hedge | The Rose Garden at the Woodland Park Zoo (Tuesday, June 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Living on the Hedge |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Rose Garden at the Woodland Park Zoo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Woodland Park Rose Garden offers a wonderful setting for flower lovers. Stroll through 2.5 acres of formal landscape and enjoy nearly 3000 roses representing over 200 different varieties. The large variety of roses blend elegantly with the garden’s formal architectural design to create a memorable showcase landscape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;We'll meet at the entrance to the Rose Garden at 10:00. Lunch after at Tutta Bella, 4411 Stone Way N, Seattle, 98103.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;No entrance Fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;members and guests are invited&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Several lots within 4 minute walk. See https://www.spotangels.com/seattle/rose-garden-at-woodland-park-zoo-parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:karen@tandmservices.com" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Karen Malcolm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6577252</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Morning at Edmonds Waterfront (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Morning at Edmonds Waterfront&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your own morning beverage or buy a coffee at EWC’s Common Grounds coffee bar. Let’s meet in the Banquet Room where we can get to know one another while enjoying the magnificent waterfront view.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After coffee, you’re on your own to have lunch in the Banquet Room (you can sign up for the lunch program), buy a snack at Common Grounds, and/or take a walk along the waterfront. Seals and sea lions have been spotted recently! You may even want to take a ferry ride to Kingston on a nice day. Walk on fees are $5.10 for seniors (65 &amp;amp; over), $10.25 for younger folks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, June 3rd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parking at EWC can be limited, but there is plenty of parking 1/2 block south of EWC at the fishing pier lot.&amp;nbsp; EWC parking lot has a 4 hour limit, the fishing pier is 3 hours.&amp;nbsp; Both are free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathygschoen@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathy Schoenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432315</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Curious Minds | Chittenden Locks Tour (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Curious Minds | Chittenden Locks Tour&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Ballard Locks are the nation’s busiest locks system, connecting the salt water of Puget Sound with the fresh waters of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. It is fascinating to watch boats of all sizes raised or lowered to match the water levels. We can see the Locks in action during our guided tour. The tour will also include the 21-step fish ladder, which helps. migrating salmon navigate upstream. An underwater viewing gallery allows you to watch the fish swim. In June the primary salmon returning through the Locks is Sockeye.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;There is a short optional film run on request in the theater next to the visitors center. You can choose to see this before or after the tour. We will meet at the Visitors Center a little before 1 pm for the tour.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Members only&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Paid parking in lot adjacent to Locks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Where to gather for the tour:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;We will meet at the Visitors Center a little before 1 pm for the tour. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathy.schoenbaum@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathy Schoenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; &lt;a href="mailto:nwever56@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Nancy Wever&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6701966</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6467865</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ladies Time Out - Food &amp; Drink (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Ladies Time Out!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span is="" data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Join us on the third Wednesday of the month for a small(er) gathering of Newcomer Members. Ladies Time Out! is a great way to unwind during the week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Get ready for the weekend with an early evening out with the girls from 4 to 6 pm. Happy hour prices last until 5 pm with small bites and Happy Hour drinks, but after 5 the prices are still reasonable. We hope to see you there.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;Lake Forest Bar &amp;amp; Grill takes separate checks. They have a large free parking area.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, May 21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Separate checks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, 2 days prior to event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6427031</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Get Fit &amp; Hike | Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park (Thursday, June 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get Fit &amp;amp; Hike |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join your fellow Newcomer hikers on June 18 as we venture over to the Kitsap Peninsula for a hike in the woods at Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park. Port Gamble is one of Washington’s oldest non-Native settlements and it appears that you might just be in New England! The town was settled by two Maine lumbermen, Andrew Pope and William Talbot, who, with partners Josiah Keller and Charles Foster, formed the Puget Mill Company. Due to a shortage of lumber workers in the area, they recruited mill workers from Maine, and constructed buildings in the New England style of the time to help ward off homesickness. Eventually, the mill recruited workers from the local S’Klallam tribe, and became a source of lumber worldwide. This mill became the longest continuously working lumber mill in North America. When it closed in 1995, it had been in operation for 142 years. In 1966, Port Gamble was declared a National Historical Landmark.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park is located just outside of the historic village, 15 minutes from the Kingston Ferry terminal, and has an extensive network of multi-use trails. There are over 60 miles of trails and forest roads in the woods traversing ~3900 acres. The singletrack and dirt paths travel through the dense Pacific Northwest forest. We'll walk Secret Squirrel and Beaver Trail loops, a total of approximately 5.25 miles, which should take approximately 2 hours to complete. For anyone who wants a shorter walk, there is a simple "bail out option" down a main forest road back to the car park, making a 2.5 mile loop. Hopefully the foxglove and other wildflowers will be blooming in profusion at this time; if so, we have an option to take a trail through a former clear-cut area to make the most of the show, which would extend the distance to 5.4 miles. Elevation gain is approximately 500 feet; most of the trail is gentle, with one short section of switchbacks going up and a short steep downhill section. Some hikers may want to use poles for these brief sections. Boots are not essential, but trail shoes with a good sole are strongly recommended, particularly if it has been wet.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After the hike, we have the option to have lunch at &lt;a href="http://butcherandbakerprovisions.com" target="_blank"&gt;Butcher and Baker Provisions&lt;/a&gt; in town. They serve coffees, delicious homemade cakes/cookies/pastries, breakfasts salads, sandwiches, and entrees, and have indoor and covered outdoor seating. The portions can be large, but everything is delicious.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The town of Port Gamble is very quaint with some lovely gift and art shops, a small museum, theater, wedding venue and cemetery. There are also incredible views across Gamble Bay and Hood Canal, where the occasional Navy ship/sub or whale can be spotted. A walk around the town from the Butcher and Baker parking lot is approximately 0.5 miles.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Note: A ferry is required for this event! Preferred option is Washington State Ferries Edmonds-to-Kingston departing at 8:50 am, arriving at approximately 9:20. This should get walkers to the trailhead around 9:45.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Ferry fare and lunch to be paid individually&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, June 13&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Park in the car park. If the car park is full, just across the road is another parking area called Bayview Trailhead Shore, Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park. Carpooling is strongly recommended. There is a porta-loo at the trailhead but hikers may want to use the restrooms on the ferry.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kcolepit@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathleen Cole&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6668032</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, June 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, June 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Patti Zelikoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436001</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Crossroads Mall Community Room (Friday, June 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, June 6th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432889</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Around the Sound | Elliott Bay Cruise #1 (Friday, June 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Around the Sound | Elliott Bay Cruise #1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please join Tracy and her husband for an Elliott Bay cruise across the Sound to Poulsbo. After docking, enjoy a seafood lunch and explore charming boutiques and shops, taking in this picturesque, historic town. The cruise back to Seattle may include motoring around some of the islands and maybe if lucky, a whale sighting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;What to bring:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Sunglasses&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Hat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Layers,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;it can be cold when cruising across the sound&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Sunscreen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;S&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ensible shoes for a boat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Snacks/drinks and only what you can carry. Travel cups only, no glass. Drinks, including wine should be stored in a metal or plastic travel container with a top that screws shut.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;There is no bathroom on the boat. Bathrooms are located at the marina and docks at Poulsbo. Boat cruising time is about 1 1/2 hours each way.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The boat has life vests but members are welcome to bring their own.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: Members must be able to navigate a steep dock ramp and be able to step from the dock over the side of the boat. Both the ramp and boat may gently rock as you walk on the ramp or board the boat. There will be no one to assist with getting on and off the boat.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members are asked to be at the marina by 10:45 am so the boat can leave promptly at 11:00 am. World Cup matches are scheduled at noon so it is strongly encouraged to take traffic into account.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members will meet at the Freedom Boat Club located at Dock 1 (EAST 412). This is the southern most dock closest to city. Members may call Tracy Varley at (505) 400-3889 if they cannot locate Dock 1.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Two dates for this trip are offered. Due to limited capacity, members may only sign up for one date.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This event is weather dependent. If a small craft marine warning is issued, the event may be cancelled.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; $25.00 fee per person for gas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Members will Venmo Tracy Varley at https://venmo.com/u/Tracy-Nymeyer (@Tracy-Nymeyer). Due to fluctuating gas prices, Tracy will confirm any changes in payment at the end of the trip when final gas bill is calculated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;There is free street parking across from the Elliott Bay Marina. Members may find parking in the marina but generally recommend using street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:tracy@fitmedicalweightloss.com" target="_blank"&gt;Tracy Varley&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;amp; husband, Hugh Nymeyer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6714046</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ballard Lunch Bunch | Un Bien, Seaview location (Friday, June 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ballard Lunch Bunch |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Un Bien, Seaview location&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Savvy locals gather here for the legendary, messy, and so flavorful Caribbean style sandwiches once voted the best in the state. This breezy pink shack is the stuff beach day memories are made of—Wear your old clothes, grab lots of napkins, and perch on a bench with the lunch bunch this month! &lt;a href="https://www.unbienseattle.com/" target="_blank" style=""&gt;https://www.unbienseattle.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005826"&gt;Please note: This is the *Seaview* location of Un Bien. No reservations allowed here, so come early to guarantee a spot!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Members will receive separate checks for their meals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, June 18&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Street parking along Seaview Ave NW.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:debokbecker16@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Deb Becker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6710263</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Westside (Monday, June 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coffee on the Hill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee with friends, old and new.&amp;nbsp;We usually meet on the 4th Monday of the month at Coffeemind. There is generally plenty of street parking available and the coffee is great!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register online if you plan to attend. Margaret will get an automatic notice of your "yes" RSVP and you will get an&amp;nbsp;email reminder 2 days before the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;On street&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:MGraham696@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Margaret Graham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436708</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436708</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | South/West Seattle (Monday, June 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gather for Coffee in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to join this coffee gathering at 10:30 am on 4th Mondays every month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C &amp;amp; P Coffee Company is in a Craftsman house on the east side of California Avenue SW.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have reserved a table inside.&amp;nbsp;Parking is available in the back or on the street.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, June 15th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Purchase own refreshments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free but hard-to-find street parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15"&gt;Sandra Perkowitz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437185</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437185</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Eastside Lunch (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eastside Lunch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let's get together for lunch, laughter, and lively conversation with new and old friends. We will meet here on the fourth Tuesday of each month on the outdoor, covered, heated patio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday, May 27&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, June 21&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free parking across the street at the Kirkland Library. Free valet service also available at the restaurant (please be prepared to tip.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:joanne.guilmette@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Joanne Guilmette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6701427</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6701427</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Storytelling Salon (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Storytelling Salon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF8357"&gt;Our optional theme for the month: Lost and Found!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Storytelling Salon is an interest group for members to socialize and share stories with one another. We start with a happy hour with hors d’oeuvres and beverages (bring your favorite to share), and then we move into our stories. Whether you prefer to read your story or present it without notes, you’ll have an opportunity to share whatever your heart desires, including tales of lost love, wild times, and strange people! We offer optional writing prompts each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Fashioned after The Moth events, speakers have just five minutes to present. But instead of voting for winners (which happens at The Moth events), listeners just offer up their compliments about content, craft, and delivery. This is not about critique or competition; rather, our group thrives on respect, support and encouragement, and having a safe space. We are genuinely interested in strengthening friendships and hearing each other. And having fun!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These events are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6pm. We generally meet in person from May through October and on Zoom from November through April. &lt;u&gt;Unless otherwise noted&lt;/u&gt;, we meet in the private dining room of Bellevue Towers. Participants gather outside the building at 505 106th Avenue NE, at the red art sculpture, for access to the building at 6:00 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members are encouraged to attend in person during the summer season because that’s the best way to build a sense of camaraderie. But if health, travel, or work obligations preclude in-person attendance, arrangements can be made for you to call in on Zoom. Please notify Gail Kretchmer at least 24 hours in advance if you need to access Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Ellen Dodson's cell is (617) 901-2037.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;One day prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:gekretchmer@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gail Kretchmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439148</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6467873</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Book Group | Forever Zoom Book Group (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forever Zoom Book Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Friendly online discussion of group-chosen books. New members welcome!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets via Zoom every month on the 4th Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. through Oct. 28, 2026.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87039996782?pwd=YLINpvko69FzyYnsTZgbrPJ8PP4LAF.1" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(0, 191, 243);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No registration required&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members, partners &amp;amp; guests welcome&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:debokbecker16@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Deborah Becker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432988</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Comms Team Meeting (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comms Team Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;The Communications Team generally meets&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;on the last Wednesday of each month.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;See each month's Agenda for the Zoom link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426178</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee: Eastside (Kirkland) (Thursday, June 25, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Coffee: Eastside | Gather for Coffee in Kirkland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Look for Newcomers in Caffe Ladro's&amp;nbsp;umbrella-covered courtyard or indoors in the large covered amphitheater. This group meets at 10 am on 4th Thursdays January-October, and 3rd Thursdays in November and December.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, May 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free parking is available on the street for 2 hours or in the library garage at 308 Kirkland Avenue for 4 hours. Also 4 hour parking in Kirkland Urban garage, free with validation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susan@sbernstein.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Susan Bernstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:judyms2b@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Judy Thorsen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the hosts an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431629</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | North (Edmonds) (Thursday, June 25, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Gather for Coffee in Edmonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation at Café Louvre, a family-run neighborhood café. It serves Umbria coffee and pastries delivered daily from Macrina Bakery. This group meets at 10 am on the 4th Thursdays of January through October and the 3rd Thursdays of November and December.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;DROP INS WELCOME - even without a reservation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;If you didn't register but find yourself available to attend, just show up.&amp;nbsp; We would love to have you join us!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, May 29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free street parking is available on 5th Avenue and nearby side streets.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathleen@AmericanCollegeStrategies.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kate Griffin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439123</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Fourth Thursday (Thursday, June 25, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every 4 games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at Greenlake Library. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Library parking lot North of the building on Greenlake Dr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ginidold@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gini Dold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439341</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Engage for Change | Volunteer Event at Kubota Garden (Friday, June 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteer Event at Kubota Garden&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Come join us for some gardening as we work with a staff gardener to preserve and beautify this gem in southern Seattle. We will have a short private tour in advance of the work event to learn about the history of the Garden (or other topics of interest) and provide context for the volunteer effort. All equipment, tools and gloves will be provided, and no prior experience is necessary. Exact tasks will be determined by the gardener but could be a range of garden maintenance projects, likely weeding or mulching garden beds. If you like, bring a sack lunch and we can have lunch together in the garden after the event. There are several picnic tables.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, May 15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Free parking is available in the visitor parking lot or volunteer parking lot.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:gmh020920@gmail.com" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Gina Hadly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6540872</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Around the Sound | Elliott Bay Cruise #2 (Friday, June 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Around the Sound | Elliott Bay Cruise #2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please join Tracy and her husband for an Elliott Bay cruise across the Sound to Poulsbo. After docking, enjoy a seafood lunch and explore charming boutiques and shops, taking in this picturesque, historic town. The cruise back to Seattle may include motoring around some of the islands and maybe if lucky, a whale sighting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;What to bring:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Sunglasses&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Hat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Layers,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;it can be cold when cruising across the sound&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Sunscreen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;S&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ensible shoes for a boat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Snacks/drinks and only what you can carry. Travel cups only, no glass. Drinks, including wine should be stored in a metal or plastic travel container with a top that screws shut.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;There is no bathroom on the boat. Bathrooms are located at the marina and docks at Poulsbo. Boat cruising time is about 1 1/2 hours each way.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The boat has life vests but members are welcome to bring their own.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: Members must be able to navigate a steep dock ramp and be able to step from the dock over the side of the boat. Both the ramp and boat may gently rock as you walk on the ramp or board the boat. There will be no one to assist with getting on and off the boat.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members are asked to be at the marina by 10:45 am so the boat can leave promptly at 11:00 am. World Cup matches are scheduled at noon so it is strongly encouraged to take traffic into account.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members will meet at the Freedom Boat Club located at Dock 1 (EAST 412). This is the southern most dock closest to city. Members may call Tracy Varley at (505) 400-3889 if they cannot locate Dock 1.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Two dates for this trip are offered. Due to limited capacity, members may only sign up for one date.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This event is weather dependent. If a small craft marine warning is issued, the event may be cancelled.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; $25.00 fee per person for gas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Members will Venmo Tracy Varley at https://venmo.com/u/Tracy-Nymeyer (@Tracy-Nymeyer). Due to fluctuating gas prices, Tracy will confirm any changes in payment at the end of the trip when final gas bill is calculated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;There is free street parking across from the Elliott Bay Marina. Members may find parking in the marina but generally recommend using street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:tracy@fitmedicalweightloss.com" target="_blank"&gt;Tracy Varley&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;amp; husband, Hugh Nymeyer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6714083</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Euchre (Saturday, June 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euchre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Euchre is an excellent and simple social card game.&amp;nbsp; It's a great time for small talk, sharing delicious food and drinks, and a fantastic way for many people to get acquainted, and have a fun night of laughs while rotating tables and partners.&amp;nbsp; The location rotates among members' homes each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please contact &lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt; if you are interested in joining us; fun is guaranteed!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Helena will send a separate email invitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458871</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458871</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Drop-In Knitting | 4th Monday via Zoom (Monday, June 29, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This group knits together while chatting over Zoom starting at 2pm every 4th Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86995438350?pwd=DclDvrb8dHmdU0ozaqg6bCPEk5DT2f.1" target="_blank"&gt;ZOOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jo.dorsch@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Jo Dorsch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426262</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour Encore (Monday, June 29, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle Happy Hour Encore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;The Seattle Happy Hour Encore group enjoys a Members-only Happy Hour at a local favorite,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;a classic&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;American steakhouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Stanford's is a local favorite where you can enjoy grill favorites, good drinks and where great company awaits!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Large, no-fee parking lot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6435992</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Out &amp; About | Inaugural Art Exhibit (Wednesday, July 01, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Inaugural Art Exhibit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 19px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody"&gt;“&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;It’s a Small World After All”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_1991.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Join Newcomers friends and guests to enjoy art created by two of our own, Helena Puche and Carolyn McConnell with Sofia Grajal-Puche. &lt;u&gt;Helena&lt;/u&gt; has been working on a series of Children of the World painted with bold acrylics, that capture the universal joy, innocence, and shared bonds of children across different cultures, conveying a profound hope for our collective future. Added textured paper on the canvas represents a physical element that acts as her artistic signature.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Carolyn&lt;/u&gt; balances this human presence with quiet, grounding force of nature&amp;nbsp; in fluid watercolor. Her paintings of trees capture the delicate, organic structures of our shared environment. "I love painting trees. They are living and breathing thereby connecting with all of us around the globe," she said. Conversely, &lt;u&gt;Sofia’s acrylic&lt;/u&gt; landscapes channel the raw, pulsing life force of the earth, using dynamic textures to convey kinetic energy.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Together, these collections reflect a world where quiet moments in nature exist in perfect balance with dynamic, living energy and the hopeful spirit of the next generation.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
The Art Show is at the Edmonds Waterfront Centre (EWC). If you have time, stay for coffee and a sweet or ice cream after you view the exhibit, in the comfortable EWC setting where drinks and treats are available from Common Grounds.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We will be at the center for any questions between 1-3 pm&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;, July 1.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;June 3 so host has an accurate count&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exhibit Cost&lt;/strong&gt; is free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;Edmonds Waterfront Center (EWC free)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and surrounding area, or street parking near Arnie's Restaurant (free)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Helena Puche - &lt;a href="mailto:helena.puche123@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;helena.puche123@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6717950</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, July 01, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607733</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, July 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, June 19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:Eloiselfp@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436006</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Bellevue Public Library (Friday, July 03, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, June 20th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432753</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Around the Sound | Seattle Ice Cream Cruise (Sunday, July 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Around the Sound&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(255, 131, 87); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Seattle Ice Cream Cruise&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Seattle’s sweetest trip. Climb aboard the &lt;em style=""&gt;Fremont Avenue&lt;/em&gt; at Fishermen’s Terminal for the Ice Cream Cruise with &lt;a href="https://www.seattlewatertours.com/ice-cream-cruise" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Seattle Water Tours&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We set out on a 45-minute trip along the Lake Washington Ship Canal to Lake Union, for a narrated tour of this unique and vibrant waterway. For over 20 years the Ice Cream Cruise has been a family favorite for area residents and visitors alike and we hope you will join us.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bonus: Well behaved, leashed dogs are invited to join you at no additional cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Upper Deck Access: $24 pp | Lower Deck Only: $20 pp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Buy your ticket directly @ &lt;a href="https://www.seattlewatertours.com/ice-cream-cruise" target="_blank"&gt;Seattle Water Tours&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="list-style: none"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;They use a military (24 hour) clock, so be sure to choose the "14:00" option.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a private event, so it is only limited by ticket availability.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;There is ample free parking at Fishermen’s Terminal in areas designated for long-term parking. You can park in the spaces right in front of Dock 9, marked Zone D. If those spaces are full, you should park in the large lot at the Emerson Street entrance to Fishermen’s Terminal, on the right, marked Zone I. Please do not park in the 2-hour lot in front of the restaurant and retail area marked Zone F.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Anjanette.grossman@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Anjanette Grossman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6718087</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Eastside Happy Hour | Hearth Restaurant &amp; Bar (Monday, July 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Happy Hour Specials at the Heathman Hotel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for happy hour at the Hearth Restaurant, part of the Heathman Hotel. We will be seated inside or outside (the patio has heaters) depending on the weather and restaurant staffing. Happy hour specials for food and drinks will be available.&amp;nbsp;Please do not be put off by the "Happy Hour" monicker; many members drink only water or tea.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This group usually meets on the first Monday of the month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, June 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks will be provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, July 5 (contact the host if you want to attend after registration is closed).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;There is free valet parking (please be prepared to tip) or many people park at the Kirkland Library across the street&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:californiamom78@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Susan Handley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431683</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Curious Minds | The Museum of Flight (Docent-Led Tour) (Wednesday, July 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Curious Minds | The Museum of Flight (Docent-Led Tour)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The centerpiece of this experience is a docent-led tour of The Museum of Flight, which will feature museum highlights and a few stories about some of the women and men who have contributed to the progress of aviation and astronomy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;After the tour is completed,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.museumofflight.org/exhibits-and-events/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;explore the museum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;further on your own, enjoy some food in the cafeteria, or meet up for lunch offsite in Georgetown. A reminder that your ticket is valid for same-day Museum reentry, even if you depart the campus for a break. . . but remember to leave your ticket wristlet on!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Note:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The t&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;our will traverse the breadth of the museum, with a combination of standing and walking (on stairs and ramps) over the duration of an hour; the Museum does offer elevators and wheelchair lifts as needed.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Museum&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Museum of Flight is the largest independent, non-profit air and space museum in the world! With over 130 aircraft and spacecraft, tens of thousands of artifacts, millions of rare photographs, dozens of exhibits and experiences and a world-class library, the Museum and its people bring humankind's incredible history of flight to life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1"&gt;Parking:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A large, free parking lot is located by the main entrance and includes accessible parking spots. &lt;strong&gt;If members are interested in carpooling&lt;/strong&gt; (either as a driver or rider), please contact &lt;a href="mailto:cathleenjbonner@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Cathleen Bonner&lt;/a&gt;, who will help connect members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, June 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, July 6&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Members &amp;amp; guests are welcome&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;General Admission and Member tickets can be acquired &lt;a href="https://www.museumofflight.org/visit/hours-and-admission" target="_blank"&gt;online&lt;/a&gt; or onsite (the ticket office opens at 10am). &lt;strong&gt;P&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;lease&lt;/span&gt; i&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;nclude extra time&lt;/span&gt; to complete your ticket transaction&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the tour starts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;General admission prices: Adult (18+): $29, Senior (65+): $25, Youth (5-17): $21, Child (0-4): free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Where to gather for the tour:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Docent Desk next to the entrance of the Great Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cathleenjbonner@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Cathleen Bonner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1"&gt;If You Need to Cancel Your Registration:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;lease do cancel&amp;nbsp;your registration online ASAP. This allows others to take your place and gives the host an accurate count.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Go to the event listed in the online Calendar.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Click on &lt;strong&gt;Already Registered&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;on the left side of the screen.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Cancel Registration&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;link.&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;em&gt;(Ignore the line at the top: "Registration confirmed. To change, contact administrator.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Cancel Registration&lt;/strong&gt; to confirm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Waitlists Work:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If a registrant cancels, the first person on the list will be automatically registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;She will receive an email with the subject line&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#1F1F1F" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Event Registration Confirmed.&lt;/em&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please check daily – it could arrive anytime up to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;. The host gets a copy too.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If you are waitlisted and cannot attend, &lt;span&gt;please remove yourself from the waitlist&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;so the next person on the list can move up. To remove yourself from the waitlist, o&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;pen your profile and view My Event Registrations. Waitlist events display with a 'Remove' link under the Status column. After removing yourself from the waitlist, you and the event host will receive cancellation notices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;We recommend you text the people who move up from the waitlist to be sure they've seen the notice and can still attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

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&lt;h4 style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;ABOUT THE GROUP:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;This group is made up of women dedicated to lifelong learning. Group members brainstorm ideas for outings then sign up to plan events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6641280</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, July 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607107</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607107</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Curious Minds and History Walks | Encore Event: Smith Tower Tour and Happy Hour (Wednesday, July 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#2C86B4" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ENCORE EVENT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FC6D46" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Smith Tower Tour &amp;amp; Happy Hour&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Back by popular demand, we are offering another opportunity to explore the historic Smith Tower, Seattle's first “skyscraper”, followed by happy hour and exceptional views of the city in the Observatory Bar.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The classic architecture of this century old building evokes an opulent era. Rum runners, romantic superstitions, and ties to royalty are woven into the historical fabric of this icon, which presents a window into the Emerald City’s colorful past. Our group of 12 will receive discounted tickets, paid for in advance by the host, reimbursed by each guest.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After taking in the view and enjoying a delicious beverage in the bar, those of us who are hungry can&amp;nbsp; carry on at Collins Pub - 526 2nd Ave. or Shawn O’Donnells Grill - 508 2nd Ave. Both of these pubs are located in or adjacent to the Smith Tower building.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;$15.75 per person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Venmo Hilary Holden when you register&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;@Hilary-Holden-2&amp;nbsp; |&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;(925) 899-3466&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome. If you attended last time please sit this one out.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Transportation: Light rail station is right there!&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Street parking is available. For more parking options &amp;amp; details follow this link:&lt;font color="#181D20"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://smithtower.com/faq" target="_blank"&gt;Smithtower.com/faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:hilhoden783@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hilary Holden&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:petravankeppel@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Petra VanKeppel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26" style=""&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6721952</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>West Seattle Happy Hour (Thursday, July 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raise a Glass in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Let's raise a glass to toast one another, share some stories, and enjoy a laugh or two! This West Seattle group meets at 4:30pm on second Thursdays, and is always open to partners and guests.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, June 18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;First Thursday, one week prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Whiskey West has free parking behind the building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:kathirichter1@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathi Richter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436128</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bellevue Coffee with Friends (Friday, July 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bellevue Coffee with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;You are invited for coffee and conversation at Starbucks Coffee in the Lakemont neighborhood in Bellevue.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The coffee shop is located in the Lakemont Village Shopping Center, near I-90 (between Bellevue and Issaquah). It serves coffee and fresh pastries and is situated next to the Lakemont Community Park and a grocery store, making it an easy stop for coffee, a walk, and some shopping!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can't make this specific date but want to attend others? They are scheduled on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;second Friday of each month&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;throughout 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Members pay for their own drinks and food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Plenty of free parking in the shared parking lot in front of Starbucks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:petravankeppel@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Petra Vankeppel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:karen@tandmservices.com" target="_blank"&gt;Karen Malcolm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6506058</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour (Monday, July 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This robust group shares Happy Hour at &lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" target="_blank"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/a&gt;, a classic American Steakhouse. Since 2019, it has been part of a Black- and female-led restaurant group based in Bellevue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, June 9th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, July 10th&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Free parking in adjacent lot, short walk from Northgate Light Rail Station&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ann.bourey@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Ann and Jim Bourey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431903</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Second Tuesday (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every four games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at a location in Seattle. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Street parking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#467886" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sandy Perkowitz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;404-277-7599&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439204</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>All Things French | Bastille Day Celebration (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Things French | Bastille Day Celebration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Calling all Francophiles! Join us on Tuesday, July 14, for a Bastille Day celebration that includes a luncheon of bouillabaisse (a French seafood soup) made by host Vicky Nann, and the French-inspired sides brought by attendees. Special guest is Margaret, sister of ATF group leader Katharine Crick. Margaret, who is visiting from Paris, will tell us a bit about Bastille Day and its importance to French culture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, June 14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, July 10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;13&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Park at 148 or, if it's full, up at 158 and walk down the driveway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:vicky@vickynann.com" target="_blank"&gt;Vicky Nann&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6708785</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Morning at Edmonds Waterfront (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Morning at Edmonds Waterfront&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your own morning beverage or buy a coffee at EWC’s Common Grounds coffee bar. Let’s meet in the Banquet Room where we can get to know one another while enjoying the magnificent waterfront view.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After coffee, you’re on your own to have lunch in the Banquet Room (you can sign up for the lunch program), buy a snack at Common Grounds, and/or take a walk along the waterfront. Seals and sea lions have been spotted recently! You may even want to take a ferry ride to Kingston on a nice day. Walk on fees are $5.10 for seniors (65 &amp;amp; over), $10.25 for younger folks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, July 1st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parking at EWC can be limited, but there is plenty of parking 1/2 block south of EWC at the fishing pier lot.&amp;nbsp; EWC parking lot has a 4 hour limit, the fishing pier is 3 hours.&amp;nbsp; Both are free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathygschoen@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathy Schoenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432317</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607137</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ladies Time Out - Food &amp; Drink (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Ladies Time Out!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span is="" data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Join us on the third Wednesday of the month for a small(er) gathering of Newcomer Members. Ladies Time Out! is a great way to unwind during the week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Get ready for the weekend with an early evening out with the girls from 4 to 6 pm. Happy hour prices last until 5 pm with small bites and Happy Hour drinks, but after 5 the prices are still reasonable. We hope to see you there.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;Lake Forest Bar &amp;amp; Grill takes separate checks. They have a large free parking area.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, June 18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Separate checks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, 2 days prior to event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6427034</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, July 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, July 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:Eloiselfp@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436023</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Crossroads Mall Community Room (Friday, July 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, July 4th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432895</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Euchre (Saturday, July 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euchre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Euchre is an excellent and simple social card game.&amp;nbsp; It's a great time for small talk, sharing delicious food and drinks, and a fantastic way for many people to get acquainted, and have a fun night of laughs while rotating tables and partners.&amp;nbsp; The location rotates among members' homes each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please contact &lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt; if you are interested in joining us; fun is guaranteed!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Helena will send a separate email invitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458876</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Around the Sound | Chamber Music at Volunteer Park (Saturday, July 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chamber Music at Volunteer Park&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;The Seattle Chamber Music Society is a local gem, providing year-round concerts that bring world class musicians from around the world to Seattle to create music together. Besides their year-round concerts, they sponsor a chamber group in residence, an academy for talented students, bring music programs into the schools, and have a concert truck that goes to schools and neighborhoods across the county and state.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;Information about the music for Volunteer Park performance and the performers can be found here: &lt;a href="https://www.seattlechambermusic.org/events/chamber-music-in-the-park/" target="_blank"&gt;Chamber Music in the Park&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;Please feel free to bring a picnic supper and the drink of your choice, noting that alcohol cannot be on display at a public park. There will be a food truck if you prefer.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;Dress comfortably, remembering it gets chilly when the sun goes down.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;We will be sitting on the lawn. It is “byo” chair, and/or blankets unless you wish to sit on the grass! Bring low backed outdoor seats to avoid blocking sightlines. We’ll try to have some blankets spread out.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;There is free parking in the park and in the surrounding neighborhood.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ngs@mgit.com" target="_blank"&gt;Nancy Shumate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Confirm&amp;nbsp;if you plan to attend by registering on the website. If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6731410</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6731410</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Artisan Corner | Barnes &amp; Noble, Woodinville (Monday, July 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artisan Corner |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Noble, Woodinville&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;A gathering for creatives where we'll bring our portable art projects—knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, watercolor, scrapbooking, journaling and more. All skill levels welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday, June 16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, July 19&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:leighbrown0310@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Leigh Brown&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6581004</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, July 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607157</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Book Group | Forever Zoom Book Group (Wednesday, July 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forever Zoom Book Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Friendly online discussion of group-chosen books. New members welcome!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets via Zoom every month on the 4th Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. through Oct. 28, 2026.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87039996782?pwd=YLINpvko69FzyYnsTZgbrPJ8PP4LAF.1" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(0, 191, 243);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No registration required&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members, partners &amp;amp; guests welcome&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:debokbecker16@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Deborah Becker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432988</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee: Eastside (Kirkland) (Thursday, July 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Coffee: Eastside | Gather for Coffee in Kirkland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Look for Newcomers in Caffe Ladro's&amp;nbsp;umbrella-covered courtyard or indoors in the large covered amphitheater. This group meets at 10 am on 4th Thursdays January-October, and 3rd Thursdays in November and December.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, June 26, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free parking is available on the street for 2 hours or in the library garage at 308 Kirkland Avenue for 4 hours. Also 4 hour parking in Kirkland Urban garage, free with validation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susan@sbernstein.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Susan Bernstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:judyms2b@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Judy Thorsen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the hosts an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431630</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | North (Edmonds) (Thursday, July 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Gather for Coffee in Edmonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation at Café Louvre, a family-run neighborhood café. It serves Umbria coffee and pastries delivered daily from Macrina Bakery. This group meets at 10 am on the 4th Thursdays of January through October and the 3rd Thursdays of November and December.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;DROP INS WELCOME - even without a reservation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;If you didn't register but find yourself available to attend, just show up.&amp;nbsp; We would love to have you join us!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, June 26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free street parking is available on 5th Avenue and nearby side streets.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathleen@AmericanCollegeStrategies.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kate Griffin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439127</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Fourth Thursday (Thursday, July 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every 4 games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at Greenlake Library. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Library parking lot North of the building on Greenlake Dr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ginidold@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gini Dold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439342</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Epicureans | Lunch at Gao Lhao Bangkok Noodle Shop (Friday, July 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Epicureans | Lunch at Gao Lhao Bangkok Noodle Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Come join us for good conversation over lunch at this Thai restaurant next to Green Lake. &lt;a href="https://gaolhao.com/" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Gao Lhao&lt;/a&gt; is built on the soul of Yaowarat—Bangkok’s Chinatown. Bringing bold, electrifying flavors straight from Yaowarat, where Thai-Chinese cuisine gets its fierce, time-honored spin. After lunch, if anyone's interested we can take a walk around Green Lake.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1"&gt;Parking:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Car pooling is recommended. Pay street parking is available. If you park in the PCC garage and buy something in the store they will validate for up to 90 minutes. You could also use &lt;a href="https://spothero.com/" target="_blank"&gt;SpotHero&lt;/a&gt; to find other nearby options.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, June 24, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Based on each person's meal order.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please bring cash if possible. We will need to have 4 individuals charge and then work out payment via cash, Zelle or Venmo to those who charge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Members only&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:gmh020920@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gina Hadly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1"&gt;If You Need to Cancel Your Registration:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;lease do cancel&amp;nbsp;your registration online ASAP. This allows others to take your place and gives the host an accurate count.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Go to the event listed in the online Calendar.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Click on &lt;strong&gt;Already Registered&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;on the left side of the screen.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Cancel Registration&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;link.&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;em&gt;(Ignore the line at the top: "Registration confirmed. To change, contact administrator.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Cancel Registration&lt;/strong&gt; to confirm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Waitlists Work:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If a registrant cancels, the first person on the list will be automatically registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;She will receive an email with the subject line&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#1F1F1F" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Event Registration Confirmed.&lt;/em&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please check daily – it could arrive anytime up to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;. The host gets a copy too.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If you are waitlisted and cannot attend, &lt;span&gt;please remove yourself from the waitlist&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;so the next person on the list can move up. To remove yourself from the waitlist, o&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;pen your profile and view My Event Registrations. Waitlist events display with a 'Remove' link under the Status column. After removing yourself from the waitlist, you and the event host will receive cancellation notices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;We recommend you text the people who move up from the waitlist to be sure they've seen the notice and can still attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6685620</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Westside (Monday, July 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coffee on the Hill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee with friends, old and new.&amp;nbsp;We usually meet on the 4th Monday of the month at Coffeemind. There is generally plenty of street parking available and the coffee is great!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register online if you plan to attend. Margaret will get an automatic notice of your "yes" RSVP and you will get an&amp;nbsp;email reminder 2 days before the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;On street&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:MGraham696@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Margaret Graham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436709</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436709</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | South/West Seattle (Monday, July 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gather for Coffee in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to join this coffee gathering at 10:30 am on 4th Mondays every month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C &amp;amp; P Coffee Company is in a Craftsman house on the east side of California Avenue SW.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have reserved a table inside.&amp;nbsp;Parking is available in the back or on the street.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, July 20th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Purchase own refreshments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free but hard-to-find street parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15"&gt;Sandra Perkowitz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437188</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437188</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Drop-In Knitting | 4th Monday via Zoom (Monday, July 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This group knits together while chatting over Zoom starting at 2pm every 4th Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86995438350?pwd=DclDvrb8dHmdU0ozaqg6bCPEk5DT2f.1" target="_blank"&gt;ZOOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jo.dorsch@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Jo Dorsch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426266</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426266</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour Encore (Monday, July 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle Happy Hour Encore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;The Seattle Happy Hour Encore group enjoys a Members-only Happy Hour at a local favorite,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;a classic&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;American steakhouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Stanford's is a local favorite where you can enjoy grill favorites, good drinks and where great company awaits!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Large, no-fee parking lot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436002</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436002</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Engage for Change | WestSide Baby Sorting Squad (Tuesday, July 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WestSide Baby Sorting Squad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;WestSide Baby meets the basic needs of children to promote safety, security &amp;amp; healthy development. They provide essential items to keep children safe, warm and dry by collecting and distributing diapers, clothing, and equipment throughout western King County. Engage for Changers will be sorting and organizing the items that have been donated. In addition to registering with Newcomers, all volunteers must register at WestSide Baby at this link: https://vhub.at/nogsc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, June 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, July 21&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;There is free parking in their lot in front of their building.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Sandy.dupas@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Sandy Dupas&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6550022</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Storytelling Salon (Tuesday, July 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Storytelling Salon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Storytelling Salon is an interest group for members to socialize and share stories with one another. We start with a happy hour with hors d’oeuvres and beverages (bring your favorite to share), and then we move into our stories. Whether you prefer to read your story or present it without notes, you’ll have an opportunity to share whatever your heart desires, including tales of lost love, wild times, and strange people! We offer optional writing prompts each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Fashioned after The Moth events, speakers have just five minutes to present. But instead of voting for winners (which happens at The Moth events), listeners just offer up their compliments about content, craft, and delivery. This is not about critique or competition; rather, our group thrives on respect, support and encouragement, and having a safe space. We are genuinely interested in strengthening friendships and hearing each other. And having fun!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These events are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6pm. We generally meet in person from May through October and on Zoom from November through April. &lt;u&gt;Unless otherwise noted&lt;/u&gt;, we meet in the private dining room of Bellevue Towers. Participants gather outside the building at 505 106th Avenue NE, at the red art sculpture, for access to the building at 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members are encouraged to attend in person during the summer season because that’s the best way to build a sense of camaraderie. But if health, travel, or work obligations preclude in-person attendance, arrangements can be made for you to call in on Zoom. Please notify Gail Kretchmer at least 24 hours in advance if you need to access Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Building Access:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter Bellevue Towers at Retail Parking/Residential Amenities entrance on 106th NE behind the red art sculpture. Please arrive promptly at 6:00 pm and you will be met there and escorted to the private Community Dining room on the 5th floor. If you are late, text Gail Kretchmer at 425-495-3724.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking Options:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bellevue Park Plaza (outdoors): 560 106th Ave NE, across from Bellevue Towers entrance, Evening rate $5.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Lincoln Square South: 405 105th Ave NE, two blocks from Bellevue Towers entrance. Free if departing after 8pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bellevue Square Mall: Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Limited street parking is available. Note that retail parking is also available at Bellevue Towers but it’s expensive ($20 for 2-6 hours).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Carpooling is recommended.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, June 24&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;One day prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:gekretchmer@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gail Kretchmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439156</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, July 29, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607164</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Around the Sound /Wine'd Down Wednesday at Novelty Hill - Januik Winery (Wednesday, July 29, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id="eventDetailsHeader_eventTitle"&gt;Wine'd Down Wednesday at Novelty Hill - Januik Winery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;This annual fun Around the Sound Summer event is a perfect way to share wine and a light meal outdoors with live musical entertainment at a prime Woodinville winery. Enjoy wine by the glass or bottle (no tastings). With appreciation to Kathi Richter, Joan Stuteville, Ginny Daily, Judy Thorsen and Petra Vankeppel for making this event possible.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Arrive between 5:15 and 5:30pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Newcomers will be sitting outside under cover or umbrellas at five outdoor tables of six.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Entertainer is singer and songwriter &lt;a href="https://www.josiahbogle.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Josiah Bogle&lt;/a&gt;:&amp;nbsp; A vocal&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;guitarist providing vintage pop, rock, and soul infused with a fresh &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;modern twist ~ blending timeless melodies with irresistible grooves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Event fee of $15 per person plus any food and wine you choose to purchase.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; $15 per person by July 22nd&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;By Venmo (@petra-vankeppel)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;By check to Petra Vankeppel,&amp;nbsp;6213 139th Place SE, Bellevue, WA 98006.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Confirm via email Petravankeppel@comcast.net or text 425-802-1688 that your check is in the mail&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;No refunds will be issued for cancellations after noon on Wednesday, July 22, &lt;font&gt;unless someone from the waitlist fills your place.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Noon on Wednesday, July 22 (See below: How to Register)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Free.&amp;nbsp; Carpooling is recommended&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:petravankeppel@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Petra vanKeppel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Register:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you would like to join us, pay by Venmo or send a check as directed above. Once your payment has been received, you will be manually registered for the event and we will send a confirmation email. If your payment arrives after the event is filled, Petra will let you know that you are on the waitlist. If a spot opens up, we will manually register the first person on the waitlist and a confirmation email will be sent.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If You Need to Cancel Your Registration:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration, please contact Petra via text or phone at 425-802-1688 immediately. This allows others to take your place and gives the host an accurate count. You and the host will receive a cancellation notice via email. Refunds will not be issued after noon, Wednesday, July 22nd, unless someone from the waitlist fills your space.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Thanks for registering and we look forward to seeing you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6724399</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6724399</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Eastside Happy Hour | Hearth Restaurant &amp; Bar (Monday, August 03, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Happy Hour Specials at the Heathman Hotel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for happy hour at the Hearth Restaurant, part of the Heathman Hotel. We will be seated inside or outside (the patio has heaters) depending on the weather and restaurant staffing. Happy hour specials for food and drinks will be available.&amp;nbsp;Please do not be put off by the "Happy Hour" monicker; many members drink only water or tea.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This group usually meets on the first Monday of the month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, July 7, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks will be provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, August 2 (contact the host if you want to attend after registration is closed).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;There is free valet parking (please be prepared to tip) or many people park at the Kirkland Library across the street&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:californiamom78@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Susan Handley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431688</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431688</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, August 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607172</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607172</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, August 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, July 17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436242</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Bellevue Public Library (Friday, August 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, July 18th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432786</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Engage for Change | White Center Food Bank (Monday, August 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;White Center Food Bank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;Volunteers will be assisting the White Center Food bank, working in the warehouse or supporting customers in the grocery store. On average, the food bank serves 350 families daily. Support in the warehouse may include restocking as customers shop, sorting donated food, or other tasks to keep the warehouse clean and well organized. Volunteers in the grocery store will support customers directly by helping with courtesy bagging and carry out, helping hand out produce, or keeping the grocery store well stocked! Volunteers can expect to spend about 2 hours on their feet. Closed toed shoes are required and layered clothing as it can be cold in the warehouse. Opportunities for volunteers who have physical limitations will be provided, and don’t hesitate to ask about that in advance by emailing with your group lead Peggy or Heather at WCFB (heather@whitecenterfoodbank.org).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2 step process to register:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;Volunteers must also register with the &lt;a href="https://volunteer.whitecenterfoodbank.org/acts/console.php?console_id=0074&amp;amp;console_type=event_list&amp;amp;res_code=6YzTm7&amp;amp;ht=1" target="_blank"&gt;White Center Food Bank&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;Volunteers will receive a confirmation email from the food bank, including parking information as well as some background material on the food bank.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, June 28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, July 31&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;
    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Free parking is on the street. A parking map of street parking nearby is attached and you will receive a link to it again after registering. Please do not park in front of the food bank on 16th Ave SW. Please carpool or commute alternatively as able!

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The volunteer entrance is behind the building off of the alley. Enter from the alley at the back of the building, between 16th Ave SW and 15th Ave SW. Enter from SW 100th St between AutoZone and Patrick's Cafe. Enter from SW 102nd next to Wendys.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/10016+16th+Ave+SW,+Seattle,+WA+98146/@47.5131743,-122.3574024,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x549043ddf8591041:0xe9f2d9c96278ecd7!8m2!3d47.5131743!4d-122.3548275!16s%252Fg%252F11c29f04sb?entry=ttu&amp;amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Link for parking map&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:margaret.kaczmarek@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Peggy Kaczmarek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6731426</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6731426</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour (Monday, August 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This robust group shares Happy Hour at &lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" target="_blank"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/a&gt;, a classic American Steakhouse. Since 2019, it has been part of a Black- and female-led restaurant group based in Bellevue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, July 14th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, August 7th&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Free parking in adjacent lot, short walk from Northgate Light Rail Station&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ann.bourey@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Ann and Jim Bourey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431908</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Second Tuesday (Tuesday, August 11, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every four games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at a location in Seattle. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Street parking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#467886" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sandy Perkowitz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;404-277-7599&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439210</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, August 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607739</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>West Seattle Happy Hour (Thursday, August 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raise a Glass in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Let's raise a glass to toast one another, share some stories, and enjoy a laugh or two! This West Seattle group meets at 4:30pm on second Thursdays, and is always open to partners and guests.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, July 16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;First Thursday, one week prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Whiskey West has free parking behind the building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:kathirichter1@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathi Richter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436140</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bellevue Coffee with Friends (Friday, August 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bellevue Coffee with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;You are invited for coffee and conversation at Starbucks Coffee in the Lakemont neighborhood in Bellevue.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The coffee shop is located in the Lakemont Village Shopping Center, near I-90 (between Bellevue and Issaquah). It serves coffee and fresh pastries and is situated next to the Lakemont Community Park and a grocery store, making it an easy stop for coffee, a walk, and some shopping!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can't make this specific date but want to attend others? They are scheduled on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;second Friday of each month&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;throughout 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Members pay for their own drinks and food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Plenty of free parking in the shared parking lot in front of Starbucks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:petravankeppel@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Petra Vankeppel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:karen@tandmservices.com" target="_blank"&gt;Karen Malcolm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6506068</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Euchre (Saturday, August 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euchre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Euchre is an excellent and simple social card game.&amp;nbsp; It's a great time for small talk, sharing delicious food and drinks, and a fantastic way for many people to get acquainted, and have a fun night of laughs while rotating tables and partners.&amp;nbsp; The location rotates among members' homes each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please contact &lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt; if you are interested in joining us; fun is guaranteed!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Helena will send a separate email invitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458878</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Artisan Corner | Barnes &amp; Noble, Woodinville (Monday, August 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artisan Corner |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Noble, Woodinville&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;A gathering for creatives where we'll bring our portable art projects—knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, watercolor, scrapbooking, journaling and more. All skill levels welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday, July 21&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, August 16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free parking&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:leighbrown0310@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Leigh Brown&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6581018</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Morning at Edmonds Waterfront (Wednesday, August 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Morning at Edmonds Waterfront&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your own morning beverage or buy a coffee at EWC’s Common Grounds coffee bar. Let’s meet in the Banquet Room where we can get to know one another while enjoying the magnificent waterfront view.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After coffee, you’re on your own to have lunch in the Banquet Room (you can sign up for the lunch program), buy a snack at Common Grounds, and/or take a walk along the waterfront. Seals and sea lions have been spotted recently! You may even want to take a ferry ride to Kingston on a nice day. Walk on fees are $5.10 for seniors (65 &amp;amp; over), $10.25 for younger folks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, August 5th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parking at EWC can be limited, but there is plenty of parking 1/2 block south of EWC at the fishing pier lot.&amp;nbsp; EWC parking lot has a 4 hour limit, the fishing pier is 3 hours.&amp;nbsp; Both are free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathygschoen@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathy Schoenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432320</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, August 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607751</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ladies Time Out - Food &amp; Drink (Wednesday, August 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Ladies Time Out!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span is="" data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Join us on the third Wednesday of the month for a small(er) gathering of Newcomer Members. Ladies Time Out! is a great way to unwind during the week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Get ready for the weekend with an early evening out with the girls from 4 to 6 pm. Happy hour prices last until 5 pm with small bites and Happy Hour drinks, but after 5 the prices are still reasonable. We hope to see you there.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;Lake Forest Bar &amp;amp; Grill takes separate checks. They have a large free parking area.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, July 16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Separate checks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, 2 days prior to event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6427038</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, August 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, August 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436247</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Crossroads Mall Community Room (Friday, August 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, August 8th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432900</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Westside (Monday, August 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coffee on the Hill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee with friends, old and new.&amp;nbsp;We usually meet on the 4th Monday of the month at Coffeemind. There is generally plenty of street parking available and the coffee is great!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register online if you plan to attend. Margaret will get an automatic notice of your "yes" RSVP and you will get an&amp;nbsp;email reminder 2 days before the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;On street&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:MGraham696@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Margaret Graham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436710</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436710</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | South/West Seattle (Monday, August 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gather for Coffee in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to join this coffee gathering at 10:30 am on 4th Mondays every month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C &amp;amp; P Coffee Company is in a Craftsman house on the east side of California Avenue SW.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have reserved a table inside.&amp;nbsp;Parking is available in the back or on the street.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, August 17th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Purchase own refreshments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free but hard-to-find street parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15"&gt;Sandra Perkowitz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437190</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437190</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Drop-In Knitting | 4th Monday via Zoom (Monday, August 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This group knits together while chatting over Zoom starting at 2pm every 4th Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86995438350?pwd=DclDvrb8dHmdU0ozaqg6bCPEk5DT2f.1" target="_blank"&gt;ZOOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jo.dorsch@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Jo Dorsch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426268</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426268</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Storytelling Salon (Tuesday, August 25, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Storytelling Salon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Storytelling Salon is an interest group for members to socialize and share stories with one another. We start with a happy hour with hors d’oeuvres and beverages (bring your favorite to share), and then we move into our stories. Whether you prefer to read your story or present it without notes, you’ll have an opportunity to share whatever your heart desires, including tales of lost love, wild times, and strange people! We offer optional writing prompts each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Fashioned after The Moth events, speakers have just five minutes to present. But instead of voting for winners (which happens at The Moth events), listeners just offer up their compliments about content, craft, and delivery. This is not about critique or competition; rather, our group thrives on respect, support and encouragement, and having a safe space. We are genuinely interested in strengthening friendships and hearing each other. And having fun!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These events are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6pm. We generally meet in person from May through October and on Zoom from November through April. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;Unless otherwise noted&lt;/span&gt;, we meet in the private dining room of Bellevue Towers. Participants gather outside the building at 505 106th Avenue NE, at the red art sculpture, for access to the building at 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members are encouraged to attend in person during the summer season because that’s the best way to build a sense of camaraderie. But if health, travel, or work obligations preclude in-person attendance, arrangements can be made for you to call in on Zoom. Please notify Gail Kretchmer at least 24 hours in advance if you need to access Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Building Access:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter Bellevue Towers at Retail Parking/Residential Amenities entrance on 106th NE behind the red art sculpture. Please arrive promptly at 6:00 pm and you will be met there and escorted to the private Community Dining room on the 5th floor. If you are late, text Gail Kretchmer at 425-495-3724.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking Options:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bellevue Park Plaza (outdoors): 560 106th Ave NE, across from Bellevue Towers entrance, Evening rate $5.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Lincoln Square South: 405 105th Ave NE, two blocks from Bellevue Towers entrance. Free if departing after 8pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bellevue Square Mall: Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Limited street parking is available. Note that retail parking is also available at Bellevue Towers but it’s expensive ($20 for 2-6 hours).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Carpooling is recommended.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration open:&lt;/strong&gt; Wednesday, July 29&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;One day prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:gekretchmer@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gail Kretchmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439163</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439163</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, August 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607757</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Book Group | Forever Zoom Book Group (Wednesday, August 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forever Zoom Book Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Friendly online discussion of group-chosen books. New members welcome!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets via Zoom every month on the 4th Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. through Oct. 28, 2026.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87039996782?pwd=YLINpvko69FzyYnsTZgbrPJ8PP4LAF.1" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(0, 191, 243);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No registration required&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members, partners &amp;amp; guests welcome&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:debokbecker16@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Deborah Becker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432988</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432988</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee: Eastside (Kirkland) (Thursday, August 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Coffee: Eastside | Gather for Coffee in Kirkland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Look for Newcomers in Caffe Ladro's&amp;nbsp;umbrella-covered courtyard or indoors in the large covered amphitheater. This group meets at 10 am on 4th Thursdays January-October, and 3rd Thursdays in November and December.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, July 24, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free parking is available on the street for 2 hours or in the library garage at 308 Kirkland Avenue for 4 hours. Also 4 hour parking in Kirkland Urban garage, free with validation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susan@sbernstein.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Susan Bernstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:judyms2b@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Judy Thorsen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the hosts an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431631</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431631</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | North (Edmonds) (Thursday, August 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Gather for Coffee in Edmonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation at Café Louvre, a family-run neighborhood café. It serves Umbria coffee and pastries delivered daily from Macrina Bakery. This group meets at 10 am on the 4th Thursdays of January through October and the 3rd Thursdays of November and December.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;DROP INS WELCOME - even without a reservation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;If you didn't register but find yourself available to attend, just show up.&amp;nbsp; We would love to have you join us!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, July 24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free street parking is available on 5th Avenue and nearby side streets.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathleen@AmericanCollegeStrategies.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kate Griffin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439138</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439138</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Fourth Thursday (Thursday, August 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every 4 games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at Greenlake Library. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Library parking lot North of the building on Greenlake Dr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ginidold@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gini Dold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439344</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour Encore (Monday, August 31, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle Happy Hour Encore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;The Seattle Happy Hour Encore group enjoys a Members-only Happy Hour at a local favorite,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;a classic&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;American steakhouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Stanford's is a local favorite where you can enjoy grill favorites, good drinks and where great company awaits!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Large, no-fee parking lot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436011</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436011</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (Wednesday, September 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 33px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Leadership in Action&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;All club members are invited to attend Board of Directors meetings, which are led by our club President.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;We have 9 Officers on our Board of Directors. Visit our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/leadership"&gt;Leadership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;page for more information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;Please register to send an automatic RSVP for a head count.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;You're welcome to join the meeting at 10:15 for a bit of social time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86464931773?pwd=acVII1xU9DlapJgOw5uq5Pdt8sbwkV.1" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ZOOM LINK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(246, 250, 253);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;AGENDA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437305</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437305</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, September 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607774</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, September 03, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, August 21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436249</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436249</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Bellevue Public Library (Friday, September 04, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, August 22nd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432791</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Second Tuesday (Tuesday, September 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every four games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at a location in Seattle. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Street parking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#467886" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sandy Perkowitz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;404-277-7599&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439213</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>All-Club Event (Wednesday, September 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All-Club Event&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;Save the date for this quarterly gathering of women!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6435824</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>West Seattle Happy Hour (Thursday, September 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raise a Glass in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Let's raise a glass to toast one another, share some stories, and enjoy a laugh or two! This West Seattle group meets at 4:30pm on second Thursdays, and is always open to partners and guests.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, August 20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;First Thursday, one week prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Whiskey West has free parking behind the building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:kathirichter1@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathi Richter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436151</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bellevue Coffee with Friends (Friday, September 11, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bellevue Coffee with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;You are invited for coffee and conversation at Starbucks Coffee in the Lakemont neighborhood in Bellevue.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The coffee shop is located in the Lakemont Village Shopping Center, near I-90 (between Bellevue and Issaquah). It serves coffee and fresh pastries and is situated next to the Lakemont Community Park and a grocery store, making it an easy stop for coffee, a walk, and some shopping!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can't make this specific date but want to attend others? They are scheduled on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;second Friday of each month&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;throughout 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Members pay for their own drinks and food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Plenty of free parking in the shared parking lot in front of Starbucks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:petravankeppel@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Petra Vankeppel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:karen@tandmservices.com" target="_blank"&gt;Karen Malcolm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6506074</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Eastside Happy Hour | Hearth Restaurant &amp; Bar (Monday, September 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Happy Hour Specials at the Heathman Hotel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for happy hour at the Hearth Restaurant, part of the Heathman Hotel. We will be seated inside or outside (the patio has heaters) depending on the weather and restaurant staffing. Happy hour specials for food and drinks will be available.&amp;nbsp;Please do not be put off by the "Happy Hour" monicker; many members drink only water or tea.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets 2nd Tuesday this month because of Labor Day holiday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, August 4, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks will be provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, September 13 (contact the host if you want to attend after registration is closed).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;There is free valet parking (please be prepared to tip) or many people park at the Kirkland Library across the street&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:californiamom78@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Susan Handley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431689</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour (Monday, September 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This robust group shares Happy Hour at &lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" target="_blank"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/a&gt;, a classic American Steakhouse. Since 2019, it has been part of a Black- and female-led restaurant group based in Bellevue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, August 11th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, September 11th&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Free parking in adjacent lot, short walk from Northgate Light Rail Station&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ann.bourey@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Ann and Jim Bourey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431910</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Morning at Edmonds Waterfront (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Morning at Edmonds Waterfront&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your own morning beverage or buy a coffee at EWC’s Common Grounds coffee bar. Let’s meet in the Banquet Room where we can get to know one another while enjoying the magnificent waterfront view.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After coffee, you’re on your own to have lunch in the Banquet Room (you can sign up for the lunch program), buy a snack at Common Grounds, and/or take a walk along the waterfront. Seals and sea lions have been spotted recently! You may even want to take a ferry ride to Kingston on a nice day. Walk on fees are $5.10 for seniors (65 &amp;amp; over), $10.25 for younger folks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, September 2nd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parking at EWC can be limited, but there is plenty of parking 1/2 block south of EWC at the fishing pier lot.&amp;nbsp; EWC parking lot has a 4 hour limit, the fishing pier is 3 hours.&amp;nbsp; Both are free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathygschoen@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathy Schoenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432324</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607775</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607775</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ladies Time Out - Food &amp; Drink (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Ladies Time Out!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span is="" data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Join us on the third Wednesday of the month for a small(er) gathering of Newcomer Members. Ladies Time Out! is a great way to unwind during the week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Get ready for the weekend with an early evening out with the girls from 4 to 6 pm. Happy hour prices last until 5 pm with small bites and Happy Hour drinks, but after 5 the prices are still reasonable. We hope to see you there.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;Lake Forest Bar &amp;amp; Grill takes separate checks. They have a large free parking area.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, August 20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7;"&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3;"&gt;Separate checks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, 2 days prior to event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6427041</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, September 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, September 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436255</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Crossroads Mall Community Room (Friday, September 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, September 5th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432903</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Artisan Corner | Barnes &amp; Noble, Woodinville (Monday, September 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artisan Corner |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Noble, Woodinville&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;A gathering for creatives where we'll bring our portable art projects—knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, watercolor, scrapbooking, journaling and more. All skill levels welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday, August 18&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, September 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Free parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:leighbrown0310@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Leigh Brown&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6580971</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6580971</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Storytelling Salon (Tuesday, September 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Storytelling Salon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Storytelling Salon is an interest group for members to socialize and share stories with one another. We start with a happy hour with hors d’oeuvres and beverages (bring your favorite to share), and then we move into our stories. Whether you prefer to read your story or present it without notes, you’ll have an opportunity to share whatever your heart desires, including tales of lost love, wild times, and strange people! We offer optional writing prompts each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Fashioned after The Moth events, speakers have just five minutes to present. But instead of voting for winners (which happens at The Moth events), listeners just offer up their compliments about content, craft, and delivery. This is not about critique or competition; rather, our group thrives on respect, support and encouragement, and having a safe space. We are genuinely interested in strengthening friendships and hearing each other. And having fun!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These events are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6pm. We generally meet in person from May through October and on Zoom from November through April. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;Unless otherwise noted&lt;/span&gt;, we meet in the private dining room of Bellevue Towers. Participants gather outside the building at 505 106th Avenue NE, at the red art sculpture, for access to the building at 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members are encouraged to attend in person during the summer season because that’s the best way to build a sense of camaraderie. But if health, travel, or work obligations preclude in-person attendance, arrangements can be made for you to call in on Zoom. Please notify Gail Kretchmer at least 24 hours in advance if you need to access Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Building Access:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter Bellevue Towers at Retail Parking/Residential Amenities entrance on 106th NE behind the red art sculpture. Please arrive promptly at 6:00 pm and you will be met there and escorted to the private Community Dining room on the 5th floor. If you are late, text Gail Kretchmer at 425-495-3724.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking Options:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bellevue Park Plaza (outdoors): 560 106th Ave NE, across from Bellevue Towers entrance, Evening rate $5.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Lincoln Square South: 405 105th Ave NE, two blocks from Bellevue Towers entrance. Free if departing after 8pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bellevue Square Mall: Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Limited street parking is available. Note that retail parking is also available at Bellevue Towers but it’s expensive ($20 for 2-6 hours).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Carpooling is recommended.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt; Wednesday, August 26&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;One day prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:gekretchmer@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gail Kretchmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439169</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, September 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607782</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Book Group | Forever Zoom Book Group (Wednesday, September 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forever Zoom Book Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Friendly online discussion of group-chosen books. New members welcome!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets via Zoom every month on the 4th Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. through Oct. 28, 2026.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87039996782?pwd=YLINpvko69FzyYnsTZgbrPJ8PP4LAF.1" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(0, 191, 243);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No registration required&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members, partners &amp;amp; guests welcome&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:debokbecker16@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Deborah Becker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432988</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432988</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee: Eastside (Kirkland) (Thursday, September 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Coffee: Eastside | Gather for Coffee in Kirkland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Look for Newcomers in Caffe Ladro's&amp;nbsp;umbrella-covered courtyard or indoors in the large covered amphitheater. This group meets at 10 am on 4th Thursdays January-October, and 3rd Thursdays in November and December.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, August 28, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free parking is available on the street for 2 hours or in the library garage at 308 Kirkland Avenue for 4 hours. Also 4 hour parking in Kirkland Urban garage, free with validation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susan@sbernstein.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Susan Bernstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:judyms2b@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Judy Thorsen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the hosts an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431634</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431634</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | North (Edmonds) (Thursday, September 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Gather for Coffee in Edmonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation at Café Louvre, a family-run neighborhood café. It serves Umbria coffee and pastries delivered daily from Macrina Bakery. This group meets at 10 am on the 4th Thursdays of January through October and the 3rd Thursdays of November and December.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;DROP INS WELCOME - even without a reservation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;If you didn't register but find yourself available to attend, just show up.&amp;nbsp; We would love to have you join us!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, August 28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free street parking is available on 5th Avenue and nearby side streets.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathleen@AmericanCollegeStrategies.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kate Griffin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439144</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Fourth Thursday (Thursday, September 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every 4 games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at Greenlake Library. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Library parking lot North of the building on Greenlake Dr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ginidold@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gini Dold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439349</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439349</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Euchre (Saturday, September 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euchre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Euchre is an excellent and simple social card game.&amp;nbsp; It's a great time for small talk, sharing delicious food and drinks, and a fantastic way for many people to get acquainted, and have a fun night of laughs while rotating tables and partners.&amp;nbsp; The location rotates among members' homes each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please contact &lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt; if you are interested in joining us; fun is guaranteed!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Helena will send a separate email invitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458881</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458881</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Westside (Monday, September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coffee on the Hill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee with friends, old and new.&amp;nbsp;We usually meet on the 4th Monday of the month at Coffeemind. There is generally plenty of street parking available and the coffee is great!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register online if you plan to attend. Margaret will get an automatic notice of your "yes" RSVP and you will get an&amp;nbsp;email reminder 2 days before the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;On street&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:MGraham696@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Margaret Graham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436712</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436712</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | South/West Seattle (Monday, September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gather for Coffee in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to join this coffee gathering at 10:30 am on 4th Mondays every month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C &amp;amp; P Coffee Company is in a Craftsman house on the east side of California Avenue SW.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have reserved a table inside.&amp;nbsp;Parking is available in the back or on the street.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, September 21st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Purchase own refreshments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free but hard-to-find street parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15"&gt;Sandra Perkowitz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437222</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437222</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Drop-In Knitting | 4th Monday via Zoom (Monday, September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This group knits together while chatting over Zoom starting at 2pm every 4th Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86995438350?pwd=DclDvrb8dHmdU0ozaqg6bCPEk5DT2f.1" target="_blank"&gt;ZOOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jo.dorsch@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Jo Dorsch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426271</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour Encore (Monday, September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle Happy Hour Encore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;The Seattle Happy Hour Encore group enjoys a Members-only Happy Hour at a local favorite,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;a classic&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;American steakhouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Stanford's is a local favorite where you can enjoy grill favorites, good drinks and where great company awaits!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Large, no-fee parking lot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436024</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436024</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, September 30, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607786</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, October 01, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, September 18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436263</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Bellevue Public Library (Friday, October 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, September 19th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432794</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Eastside Happy Hour | Hearth Restaurant &amp; Bar (Monday, October 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Happy Hour Specials at the Heathman Hotel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for happy hour at the Hearth Restaurant, part of the Heathman Hotel. We will be seated inside or outside (the patio has heaters) depending on the weather and restaurant staffing. Happy hour specials for food and drinks will be available.&amp;nbsp;Please do not be put off by the "Happy Hour" monicker; many members drink only water or tea.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets the 1st Monday of the month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, September 15, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks will be provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, October 4 (contact the host if you want to attend after registration is closed).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;There is free valet parking (please be prepared to tip) or many people park at the Kirkland Library across the street&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:californiamom78@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Susan Handley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431695</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431695</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (Wednesday, October 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 33px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Leadership in Action&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;All club members are invited to attend Board of Directors meetings, which are led by our club President.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;We have 9 Officers on our Board of Directors. Visit our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/leadership"&gt;Leadership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;page for more information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;Please register to send an automatic RSVP for a head count.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;You're welcome to join the meeting at 10:15 for a bit of social time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86464931773?pwd=acVII1xU9DlapJgOw5uq5Pdt8sbwkV.1" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ZOOM LINK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(246, 250, 253);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;AGENDA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437310</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437310</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, October 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607790</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>West Seattle Happy Hour (Thursday, October 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raise a Glass in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Let's raise a glass to toast one another, share some stories, and enjoy a laugh or two! This West Seattle group meets at 4:30pm on second Thursdays, and is always open to partners and guests.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, September 17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;First Thursday, one week prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Whiskey West has free parking behind the building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:kathirichter1@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathi Richter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436166</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bellevue Coffee with Friends (Friday, October 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bellevue Coffee with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;You are invited for coffee and conversation at Starbucks Coffee in the Lakemont neighborhood in Bellevue.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The coffee shop is located in the Lakemont Village Shopping Center, near I-90 (between Bellevue and Issaquah). It serves coffee and fresh pastries and is situated next to the Lakemont Community Park and a grocery store, making it an easy stop for coffee, a walk, and some shopping!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can't make this specific date but want to attend others? They are scheduled on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;second Friday of each month&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;throughout 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Members pay for their own drinks and food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Plenty of free parking in the shared parking lot in front of Starbucks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:petravankeppel@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Petra Vankeppel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:karen@tandmservices.com" target="_blank"&gt;Karen Malcolm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6506084</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Engage for Change | Backpack Brigade (Friday, October 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backpack Brigade&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Join your fellow Engage for Changers and guests as we volunteer to fill backpacks for Seattle area schoolchildren. The mission of Backpack Brigade is to end weekend hunger among children in Washington State. With the help of volunteers they deliver over 4,300 bags of food to students at 96 schools each week. For more information on Backpack Brigade, please visit &lt;a href="https://www.backpackbrigade.org/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.backpackbrigade.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Sunday, August 9&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, October 2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;25 maximum (10 minimum)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Parking is free for 2 hours along 1st Ave. Backpack Brigade is located on the West side, touching the Filson store.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:info@litvinoff.com" target="_blank"&gt;Sharon Litvinoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6568962</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour (Monday, October 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This robust group shares Happy Hour at &lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" target="_blank"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/a&gt;, a classic American Steakhouse. Since 2019, it has been part of a Black- and female-led restaurant group based in Bellevue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, September 15th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, October 9th&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Free parking in adjacent lot, short walk from Northgate Light Rail Station&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ann.bourey@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Ann and Jim Bourey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431913</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Second Tuesday (Tuesday, October 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every four games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at a location in Seattle. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Street parking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#467886" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sandy Perkowitz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;404-277-7599&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439217</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439217</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, October 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607794</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607794</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, October 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, October 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436266</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436266</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Crossroads Mall Community Room (Friday, October 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, October 3rd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432908</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Artisan Corner | Barnes &amp; Noble, Woodinville (Monday, October 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artisan Corner |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Noble, Woodinville&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;A gathering for creatives where we'll bring our portable art projects—knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, watercolor, scrapbooking, journaling and more. All skill levels welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday, September 22&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, October 18&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:leighbrown0310@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Leigh Brown&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6581006</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Morning at Edmonds Waterfront (Wednesday, October 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Morning at Edmonds Waterfront&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your own morning beverage or buy a coffee at EWC’s Common Grounds coffee bar. Let’s meet in the Banquet Room where we can get to know one another while enjoying the magnificent waterfront view.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After coffee, you’re on your own to have lunch in the Banquet Room (you can sign up for the lunch program), buy a snack at Common Grounds, and/or take a walk along the waterfront. Seals and sea lions have been spotted recently! You may even want to take a ferry ride to Kingston on a nice day. Walk on fees are $5.10 for seniors (65 &amp;amp; over), $10.25 for younger folks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, October 7th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parking at EWC can be limited, but there is plenty of parking 1/2 block south of EWC at the fishing pier lot.&amp;nbsp; EWC parking lot has a 4 hour limit, the fishing pier is 3 hours.&amp;nbsp; Both are free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathygschoen@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathy Schoenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432328</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, October 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607796</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ladies Time Out - Food &amp; Drink (Wednesday, October 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Ladies Time Out!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span is="" data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Join us on the third Wednesday of the month for a small(er) gathering of Newcomer Members. Ladies Time Out! is a great way to unwind during the week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Get ready for the weekend with an early evening out with the girls from 4 to 6 pm. Happy hour prices last until 5 pm with small bites and Happy Hour drinks, but after 5 the prices are still reasonable. We hope to see you there.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;Lake Forest Bar &amp;amp; Grill takes separate checks. They have a large free parking area.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, September 17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Separate checks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, 2 days prior to event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6427045</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee: Eastside (Kirkland) (Thursday, October 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Coffee: Eastside | Gather for Coffee in Kirkland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Look for Newcomers in Caffe Ladro's&amp;nbsp;umbrella-covered courtyard or indoors in the large covered amphitheater. This group meets at 10 am on 4th Thursdays January-October, and 3rd Thursdays in November and December.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, September 25, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free parking is available on the street for 2 hours or in the library garage at 308 Kirkland Avenue for 4 hours. Also 4 hour parking in Kirkland Urban garage, free with validation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susan@sbernstein.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Susan Bernstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:judyms2b@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Judy Thorsen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the hosts an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431636</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431636</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | North (Edmonds) (Thursday, October 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Gather for Coffee in Edmonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation at Café Louvre, a family-run neighborhood café. It serves Umbria coffee and pastries delivered daily from Macrina Bakery. This group meets at 10 am on the 4th Thursdays of January through October and the 3rd Thursdays of November and December.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;DROP INS WELCOME - even without a reservation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;If you didn't register but find yourself available to attend, just show up.&amp;nbsp; We would love to have you join us!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, September 25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free street parking is available on 5th Avenue and nearby side streets.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathleen@AmericanCollegeStrategies.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kate Griffin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439153</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439153</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Fourth Thursday (Thursday, October 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every 4 games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at Greenlake Library. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Library parking lot North of the building on Greenlake Dr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ginidold@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gini Dold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439350</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Westside (Monday, October 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coffee on the Hill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee with friends, old and new.&amp;nbsp;We usually meet on the 4th Monday of the month at Coffeemind. There is generally plenty of street parking available and the coffee is great!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register online if you plan to attend. Margaret will get an automatic notice of your "yes" RSVP and you will get an&amp;nbsp;email reminder 2 days before the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;On street&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:MGraham696@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Margaret Graham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436714</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436714</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | South/West Seattle (Monday, October 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gather for Coffee in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to join this coffee gathering at 10:30 am on 4th Mondays every month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C &amp;amp; P Coffee Company is in a Craftsman house on the east side of California Avenue SW.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have reserved a table inside.&amp;nbsp;Parking is available in the back or on the street.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, October 19th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Purchase own refreshments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free but hard-to-find street parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15"&gt;Sandra Perkowitz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437224</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437224</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Drop-In Knitting | 4th Monday via Zoom (Monday, October 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This group knits together while chatting over Zoom starting at 2pm every 4th Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86995438350?pwd=DclDvrb8dHmdU0ozaqg6bCPEk5DT2f.1" target="_blank"&gt;ZOOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jo.dorsch@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Jo Dorsch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426277</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426277</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour Encore (Monday, October 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle Happy Hour Encore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;The Seattle Happy Hour Encore group enjoys a Members-only Happy Hour at a local favorite,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;a classic&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;American steakhouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Stanford's is a local favorite where you can enjoy grill favorites, good drinks and where great company awaits!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Large, no-fee parking lot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436037</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436037</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Storytelling Salon (Tuesday, October 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Storytelling Salon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Storytelling Salon is an interest group for members to socialize and share stories with one another. We start with a happy hour with hors d’oeuvres and beverages (bring your favorite to share), and then we move into our stories. Whether you prefer to read your story or present it without notes, you’ll have an opportunity to share whatever your heart desires, including tales of lost love, wild times, and strange people! We offer optional writing prompts each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Fashioned after The Moth events, speakers have just five minutes to present. But instead of voting for winners (which happens at The Moth events), listeners just offer up their compliments about content, craft, and delivery. This is not about critique or competition; rather, our group thrives on respect, support and encouragement, and having a safe space. We are genuinely interested in strengthening friendships and hearing each other. And having fun!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These events are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6pm. We generally meet in person from May through October and on Zoom from November through April. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;Unless otherwise noted&lt;/span&gt;, we meet in the private dining room of Bellevue Towers. Participants gather outside the building at 505 106th Avenue NE, at the red art sculpture, for access to the building at 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members are encouraged to attend in person during the summer season because that’s the best way to build a sense of camaraderie. But if health, travel, or work obligations preclude in-person attendance, arrangements can be made for you to call in on Zoom. Please notify Gail Kretchmer at least 24 hours in advance if you need to access Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Building Access:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter Bellevue Towers at Retail Parking/Residential Amenities entrance on 106th NE behind the red art sculpture. Please arrive promptly at 6:00 pm and you will be met there and escorted to the private Community Dining room on the 5th floor. If you are late, text Gail Kretchmer at 425-495-3724.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking Options:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bellevue Park Plaza (outdoors): 560 106th Ave NE, across from Bellevue Towers entrance, Evening rate $5.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Lincoln Square South: 405 105th Ave NE, two blocks from Bellevue Towers entrance. Free if departing after 8pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bellevue Square Mall: Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Limited street parking is available. Note that retail parking is also available at Bellevue Towers but it’s expensive ($20 for 2-6 hours).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Carpooling is recommended.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt; Wednesday, September 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;One day prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:gekretchmer@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Gail Kretchmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439170</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, October 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607798</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607798</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Book Group | Forever Zoom Book Group (Wednesday, October 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forever Zoom Book Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Friendly online discussion of group-chosen books. New members welcome!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets via Zoom every month on the 4th Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. through Oct. 28, 2026.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87039996782?pwd=YLINpvko69FzyYnsTZgbrPJ8PP4LAF.1" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(0, 191, 243);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No registration required&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Members, partners &amp;amp; guests welcome&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:debokbecker16@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Deborah Becker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432988</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432988</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Eastside Happy Hour | Hearth Restaurant &amp; Bar (Monday, November 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Happy Hour Specials at the Heathman Hotel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for happy hour at the Hearth Restaurant, part of the Heathman Hotel. We will be seated inside or outside (the patio has heaters) depending on the weather and restaurant staffing. Happy hour specials for food and drinks will be available.&amp;nbsp;Please do not be put off by the "Happy Hour" monicker; many members drink only water or tea.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets the 1st Monday of the month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, October 6, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks will be provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 1 (contact the host if you want to attend after registration is closed).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;There is free valet parking (please be prepared to tip) or many people park at the Kirkland Library across the street&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:californiamom78@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Susan Handley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431698</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (Wednesday, November 04, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 33px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Leadership in Action&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;All club members are invited to attend Board of Directors meetings, which are led by our club President.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;We have 9 Officers on our Board of Directors. Visit our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/leadership"&gt;Leadership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;page for more information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;Please register to send an automatic RSVP for a head count.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;You're welcome to join the meeting at 10:15 for a bit of social time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86464931773?pwd=acVII1xU9DlapJgOw5uq5Pdt8sbwkV.1" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ZOOM LINK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(246, 250, 253);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;AGENDA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437311</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, November 04, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607804</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, November 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, October 16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436270</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Bellevue Public Library (Friday, November 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, October 17th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432796</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Euchre (Saturday, November 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euchre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Euchre is an excellent and simple social card game.&amp;nbsp; It's a great time for small talk, sharing delicious food and drinks, and a fantastic way for many people to get acquainted, and have a fun night of laughs while rotating tables and partners.&amp;nbsp; The location rotates among members' homes each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please contact &lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt; if you are interested in joining us; fun is guaranteed!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Helena will send a separate email invitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458888</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour (Monday, November 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This robust group shares Happy Hour at &lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" target="_blank"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/a&gt;, a classic American Steakhouse. Since 2019, it has been part of a Black- and female-led restaurant group based in Bellevue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, October 13th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, November 6th&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Free parking in adjacent lot, short walk from Northgate Light Rail Station&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ann.bourey@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Ann and Jim Bourey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431918</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431918</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Second Tuesday (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every four games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at a location in Seattle. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Street parking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#467886" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sandy Perkowitz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;404-277-7599&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439222</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439222</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, November 11, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607807</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>West Seattle Happy Hour (Thursday, November 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raise a Glass in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Let's raise a glass to toast one another, share some stories, and enjoy a laugh or two! This West Seattle group meets at 4:30pm on second Thursdays, and is always open to partners and guests.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, October 15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;First Thursday, one week prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Whiskey West has free parking behind the building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:kathirichter1@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathi Richter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436170</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bellevue Coffee with Friends (Friday, November 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bellevue Coffee with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;You are invited for coffee and conversation at Starbucks Coffee in the Lakemont neighborhood in Bellevue.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The coffee shop is located in the Lakemont Village Shopping Center, near I-90 (between Bellevue and Issaquah). It serves coffee and fresh pastries and is situated next to the Lakemont Community Park and a grocery store, making it an easy stop for coffee, a walk, and some shopping!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can't make this specific date but want to attend others? They are scheduled on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;second Friday of each month&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;throughout 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Members pay for their own drinks and food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Plenty of free parking in the shared parking lot in front of Starbucks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:petravankeppel@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Petra Vankeppel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:karen@tandmservices.com" target="_blank"&gt;Karen Malcolm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6506091</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Artisan Corner | Barnes &amp; Noble, Woodinville (Monday, November 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artisan Corner |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Noble, Woodinville&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;A gathering for creatives where we'll bring our portable art projects—knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, watercolor, scrapbooking, journaling and more. All skill levels welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday, October 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free parking&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:leighbrown0310@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Leigh Brown&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6581021</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Morning at Edmonds Waterfront (Wednesday, November 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Morning at Edmonds Waterfront&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your own morning beverage or buy a coffee at EWC’s Common Grounds coffee bar. Let’s meet in the Banquet Room where we can get to know one another while enjoying the magnificent waterfront view.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After coffee, you’re on your own to have lunch in the Banquet Room (you can sign up for the lunch program), buy a snack at Common Grounds, and/or take a walk along the waterfront. Seals and sea lions have been spotted recently! You may even want to take a ferry ride to Kingston on a nice day. Walk on fees are $5.10 for seniors (65 &amp;amp; over), $10.25 for younger folks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, November 4th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parking at EWC can be limited, but there is plenty of parking 1/2 block south of EWC at the fishing pier lot.&amp;nbsp; EWC parking lot has a 4 hour limit, the fishing pier is 3 hours.&amp;nbsp; Both are free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathygschoen@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathy Schoenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432332</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, November 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607821</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ladies Time Out - Food &amp; Drink (Wednesday, November 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Ladies Time Out!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span is="" data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Join us on the third Wednesday of the month for a small(er) gathering of Newcomer Members. Ladies Time Out! is a great way to unwind during the week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Get ready for the weekend with an early evening out with the girls from 4 to 6 pm. Happy hour prices last until 5 pm with small bites and Happy Hour drinks, but after 5 the prices are still reasonable. We hope to see you there.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;Lake Forest Bar &amp;amp; Grill takes separate checks. They have a large free parking area.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, October 22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Separate checks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, 2 days prior to event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6427047</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee: Eastside (Kirkland) (Thursday, November 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Coffee: Eastside | Gather for Coffee in Kirkland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Look for Newcomers in Caffe Ladro's&amp;nbsp;umbrella-covered courtyard or indoors in the large covered amphitheater. This group meets at 10 am on 4th Thursdays January-October, and 3rd Thursdays in November and December.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, October 23, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free parking is available on the street for 2 hours or in the library garage at 308 Kirkland Avenue for 4 hours. Also 4 hour parking in Kirkland Urban garage, free with validation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susan@sbernstein.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Susan Bernstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:judyms2b@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Judy Thorsen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the hosts an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431638</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | North (Edmonds) (Thursday, November 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Gather for Coffee in Edmonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation at Café Louvre, a family-run neighborhood café. It serves Umbria coffee and pastries delivered daily from Macrina Bakery. This group meets at 10 am on the 4th Thursdays of January through October and the 3rd Thursdays of November and December.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;DROP INS WELCOME - even without a reservation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;If you didn't register but find yourself available to attend, just show up.&amp;nbsp; We would love to have you join us!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, October 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free street parking is available on 5th Avenue and nearby side streets.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathleen@AmericanCollegeStrategies.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kate Griffin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439162</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, November 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, November 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436273</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Crossroads Mall Community Room (Friday, November 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, November 7th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432913</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Westside (Monday, November 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coffee on the Hill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee with friends, old and new.&amp;nbsp;We usually meet on the 4th Monday of the month at Coffeemind. There is generally plenty of street parking available and the coffee is great!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register online if you plan to attend. Margaret will get an automatic notice of your "yes" RSVP and you will get an&amp;nbsp;email reminder 2 days before the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;On street&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:MGraham696@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Margaret Graham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436716</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | South/West Seattle (Monday, November 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gather for Coffee in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to join this coffee gathering at 10:30 am on 4th Mondays every month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C &amp;amp; P Coffee Company is in a Craftsman house on the east side of California Avenue SW.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have reserved a table inside.&amp;nbsp;Parking is available in the back or on the street.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, November 16th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Purchase own refreshments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free but hard-to-find street parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15"&gt;Sandra Perkowitz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437227</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437227</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Drop-In Knitting | 4th Monday via Zoom (Monday, November 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This group knits together while chatting over Zoom starting at 2pm every 4th Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86995438350?pwd=DclDvrb8dHmdU0ozaqg6bCPEk5DT2f.1" target="_blank"&gt;ZOOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jo.dorsch@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Jo Dorsch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426279</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426279</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour Encore (Monday, November 30, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle Happy Hour Encore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;The Seattle Happy Hour Encore group enjoys a Members-only Happy Hour at a local favorite,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;a classic&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;American steakhouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Stanford's is a local favorite where you can enjoy grill favorites, good drinks and where great company awaits!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Large, no-fee parking lot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436040</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436040</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (Wednesday, December 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 33px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Leadership in Action&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;All club members are invited to attend Board of Directors meetings, which are led by our club President.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;We have 9 Officers on our Board of Directors. Visit our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/leadership"&gt;Leadership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;page for more information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;Please register to send an automatic RSVP for a head count.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;You're welcome to join the meeting at 10:15 for a bit of social time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86464931773?pwd=acVII1xU9DlapJgOw5uq5Pdt8sbwkV.1" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ZOOM LINK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(246, 250, 253);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;AGENDA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437312</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437312</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, December 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607824</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607824</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, December 03, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, November 20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436276</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Bellevue Public Library (Friday, December 04, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, November 21st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432799</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Euchre (Saturday, December 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euchre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Euchre is an excellent and simple social card game.&amp;nbsp; It's a great time for small talk, sharing delicious food and drinks, and a fantastic way for many people to get acquainted, and have a fun night of laughs while rotating tables and partners.&amp;nbsp; The location rotates among members' homes each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please contact &lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt; if you are interested in joining us; fun is guaranteed!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Helena will send a separate email invitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:hpuche@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;Helena Puche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458891</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6458891</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Eastside Happy Hour | Hearth Restaurant &amp; Bar (Monday, December 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Happy Hour Specials at the Heathman Hotel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for happy hour at the Hearth Restaurant, part of the Heathman Hotel. We will be seated inside or outside (the patio has heaters) depending on the weather and restaurant staffing. Happy hour specials for food and drinks will be available.&amp;nbsp;Please do not be put off by the "Happy Hour" monicker; many members drink only water or tea.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meets the 1st Monday of the month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, November 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks will be provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, December 6 (contact the host if you want to attend after registration is closed).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;There is free valet parking (please be prepared to tip) or many people park at the Kirkland Library across the street&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:californiamom78@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Susan Handley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431703</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bridge | Second Tuesday (Tuesday, December 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Bridge for players who have a little bit of knowledge of the game. We have lots of fun connecting with friends and enjoying the game. Keeping score is just to keep us on track.&amp;nbsp;If we have an odd number of players, we rotate every four games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We play the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday each month and welcome new players with some experience of the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Generally on 2nd Tuesdays the group meets at a location in West Seattle, and 4th Thursdays at a location in Seattle. Register online by two days before the game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Two days prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Street parking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#467886" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sandy Perkowitz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;404-277-7599&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439224</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>All-Club Event (Wednesday, December 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All-Club Event&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;Save the date for this quarterly gathering of women!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6435826</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6435826</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>West Seattle Happy Hour (Thursday, December 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raise a Glass in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Let's raise a glass to toast one another, share some stories, and enjoy a laugh or two! This West Seattle group meets at 4:30pm on second Thursdays, and is always open to partners and guests.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, November 19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;First Thursday, one week prior to the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Whiskey West has free parking behind the building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:kathirichter1@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathi Richter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436178</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436178</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bellevue Coffee with Friends (Friday, December 11, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bellevue Coffee with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;You are invited for coffee and conversation at Starbucks Coffee in the Lakemont neighborhood in Bellevue.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The coffee shop is located in the Lakemont Village Shopping Center, near I-90 (between Bellevue and Issaquah). It serves coffee and fresh pastries and is situated next to the Lakemont Community Park and a grocery store, making it an easy stop for coffee, a walk, and some shopping!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can't make this specific date but want to attend others? They are scheduled on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;second Friday of each month&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;throughout 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Members pay for their own drinks and food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Plenty of free parking in the shared parking lot in front of Starbucks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:petravankeppel@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Petra Vankeppel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:karen@tandmservices.com" target="_blank"&gt;Karen Malcolm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6506096</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6506096</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour (Monday, December 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This robust group shares Happy Hour at &lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" target="_blank"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/a&gt;, a classic American Steakhouse. Since 2019, it has been part of a Black- and female-led restaurant group based in Bellevue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday, November 10th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Individual checks provided&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, December 11th&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;14&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members &amp;amp; guests welcome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Free parking in adjacent lot, short walk from Northgate Light Rail Station&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ann.bourey@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Ann and Jim Bourey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431926</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Morning at Edmonds Waterfront (Wednesday, December 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Morning at Edmonds Waterfront&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your own morning beverage or buy a coffee at EWC’s Common Grounds coffee bar. Let’s meet in the Banquet Room where we can get to know one another while enjoying the magnificent waterfront view.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;After coffee, you’re on your own to have lunch in the Banquet Room (you can sign up for the lunch program), buy a snack at Common Grounds, and/or take a walk along the waterfront. Seals and sea lions have been spotted recently! You may even want to take a ferry ride to Kingston on a nice day. Walk on fees are $5.10 for seniors (65 &amp;amp; over), $10.25 for younger folks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday, December 2nd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parking at EWC can be limited, but there is plenty of parking 1/2 block south of EWC at the fishing pier lot.&amp;nbsp; EWC parking lot has a 4 hour limit, the fishing pier is 3 hours.&amp;nbsp; Both are free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathygschoen@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kathy Schoenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432337</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Queen Anne (Wednesday, December 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg - Queen Anne&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let’s meet in Queen Anne and play some Mah Jongg! All levels welcome. Please bring a set if you have one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;6 days before the event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night before the event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Street parking is free but limited on Queen Anne and side streets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Lisarpod@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Podell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6607828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ladies Time Out - Food &amp; Drink (Wednesday, December 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Ladies Time Out!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span is="" data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Join us on the third Wednesday of the month for a small(er) gathering of Newcomer Members. Ladies Time Out! is a great way to unwind during the week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B"&gt;Get ready for the weekend with an early evening out with the girls from 4 to 6 pm. Happy hour prices last until 5 pm with small bites and Happy Hour drinks, but after 5 the prices are still reasonable. We hope to see you there.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;Lake Forest Bar &amp;amp; Grill takes separate checks. They have a large free parking area.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday, November 19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;How to pay:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Separate checks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, 2 days prior to event&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6427051</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee: Eastside (Kirkland) (Thursday, December 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Coffee: Eastside | Gather for Coffee in Kirkland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Look for Newcomers in Caffe Ladro's&amp;nbsp;umbrella-covered courtyard or indoors in the large covered amphitheater. This group meets at 10 am on 4th Thursdays January-October, and 3rd Thursdays in November and December.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, November 20, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free parking is available on the street for 2 hours or in the library garage at 308 Kirkland Avenue for 4 hours. Also 4 hour parking in Kirkland Urban garage, free with validation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susan@sbernstein.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Susan Bernstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:judyms2b@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Judy Thorsen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to give the hosts an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6431641</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | North (Edmonds) (Thursday, December 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Gather for Coffee in Edmonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation at Café Louvre, a family-run neighborhood café. It serves Umbria coffee and pastries delivered daily from Macrina Bakery. This group meets at 10 am on the 4th Thursdays of January through October and the 3rd Thursdays of November and December.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;DROP INS WELCOME - even without a reservation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;If you didn't register but find yourself available to attend, just show up.&amp;nbsp; We would love to have you join us!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, November 20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Free street parking is available on 5th Avenue and nearby side streets.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:kathleen@AmericanCollegeStrategies.com" target="_blank"&gt;Kate Griffin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6439166</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Lake Forest Park (Thursday, December 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Mah Jongg group meets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;twice monthly, on 1st and 3rd Thursdays &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(except holidays)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;from10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All levels are welcome to join! We'll usually have willing teachers available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Third Place Commons is a casual public space without advance table reservations. &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We'll choose our tables and play first come, first served, with a limit of 12 players.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring your Mah Jongg set if you have one!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Food and beverages are also no-host. Bring your own or purchase from the Bakery or other restaurants located in the Commons area.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Add the group to your profile to receive event announcements. For instructions see &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ: How to join (or drop out of) Interest Groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Friday, December 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Register by the day prior to each event&lt;/u&gt; to allow hosts to know who's coming and the number of Mah Jongg sets needed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Guests are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp; Remember club policy: non-members can only attend 2 events before they must join.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Large free parking out front&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="mailto:pzelikoff@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Eloise Hoover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436280</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mah Jongg - Eastside | Crossroads Mall Community Room (Friday, December 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mah Jongg with Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Eastside MahJongg group plays American MahJongg.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We meet twice monthly, on the 1st &amp;amp; 3rd Fridays, 10am-1:30pm/2pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;1st Friday at the Bellevue Public Library in a reserved room&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;gt;3rd Friday at the Crossroads Mall in the reserved Community&amp;nbsp;Room located inside the southwest side of the mall, next door to the Mall Security Office. *the security office staff can unlock the door if necessary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Enter the mall on the South/NE 8th side by Phenix Salon Suites &amp;amp; ATI Physical Therapy or on the West/156th side near QFC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;These meets are un-hosted so BYO coffee, drinks, snacks.&amp;nbsp;*It is encouraged to purchase drinks/snacks with the Crossroads vendors as this space is reserved for us without a fee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Alternant locations will be posted as scheduled on the Newcomer calendar*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you are interested in joining this group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday, December 5th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:herogers@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;Debra Rogers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432922</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6432922</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Artisan Corner | Barnes &amp; Noble, Woodinville (Monday, December 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artisan Corner |&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Noble, Woodinville&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;A gathering for creatives where we'll bring our portable art projects—knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, watercolor, scrapbooking, journaling and more. All skill levels welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday, November 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, December 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Free parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:leighbrown0310@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Leigh Brown&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6580976</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6580976</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | Westside (Monday, December 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coffee on the Hill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee with friends, old and new.&amp;nbsp;We usually meet on the 4th Monday of the month at Coffeemind. There is generally plenty of street parking available and the coffee is great!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register online if you plan to attend. Margaret will get an automatic notice of your "yes" RSVP and you will get an&amp;nbsp;email reminder 2 days before the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;On street&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:MGraham696@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Margaret Graham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436718</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6436718</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Coffee | South/West Seattle (Monday, December 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gather for Coffee in West Seattle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All are invited to join this coffee gathering at 10:30 am on 4th Mondays every month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C &amp;amp; P Coffee Company is in a Craftsman house on the east side of California Avenue SW.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have reserved a table inside.&amp;nbsp;Parking is available in the back or on the street.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration opens on:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday, December 21st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Purchase own refreshments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt; Members only&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; Free but hard-to-find street parking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:perksand@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15"&gt;Sandra Perkowitz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437231</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6437231</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Drop-In Knitting | 4th Monday via Zoom (Monday, December 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This group knits together while chatting over Zoom starting at 2pm every 4th Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#3598C1"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86995438350?pwd=DclDvrb8dHmdU0ozaqg6bCPEk5DT2f.1" target="_blank"&gt;ZOOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jo.dorsch@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Jo Dorsch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426282</link>
      <guid>https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/event-6426282</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Seattle Happy Hour Encore (Monday, December 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF8357" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle Happy Hour Encore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;The Seattle Happy Hour Encore group enjoys a Members-only Happy Hour at a local favorite,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://stanfords.com/locations/northgate/" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Stanford's Northgate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;a classic&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style=""&gt;American steakhouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Stanford's is a local favorite where you can enjoy grill favorites, good drinks and where great company awaits!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3598C1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Register Online:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration limit:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;12&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Participants:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Members only&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Large, no-fee parking lot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event host&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for questions:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mbchatwme@msn.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bridget Shrack&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:deannamh@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;DeAnna Kreger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;If you need to cancel your registration,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;lease do so as soon as possible to allow another to take your place and give the host an accurate headcount.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3598C1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Helpful Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Our &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/FAQs"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;FAQ page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;includes cancellation instructions, information about how waitlists work, and how to add or remove subscriptions to interest group mailing lists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16.0016px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://newcomersofgreaterseattle.org/activity-grids" target="_blank"&gt;Interest Group for Members&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;webpage for information about the club's Interest Groups including descriptions of each group.&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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