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<?php
    $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
	$today = date('Ymd');
        $args = array(
        'post_type'			=> 'event',
	    'meta_query' => array(
	        array(
		        'key'		=> 'event_date',
		        'compare'	=> '>=',
		        'value'		=> $today
	        )
	    ),
        'order' 			=> 'ASC',
        'post_status' 		=> 'publish',
	    'orderby' 			=> 'meta_value',
		'posts_per_page' 	=> 6,
        'paged' 			=> $paged
        );
        $event = new WP_Query($args);
	if( $event -> have_posts() ) :
?>