🌱 Drumming Circle (Grass Valley) and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• 5th Annual Nevada City Oddities Show at Miners Foundry Cultural Center
• Drumming Circle (Grass Valley) at Chapa-De Indian Health

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Hot with plenty of sun, with a high of 94 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 91, low: 71.
• Monday: Hot with plenty of sun, with a high of 93 and low of 70 degrees.

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📸 Around Alta Sierra

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Alta Sierra

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3

• 5th Annual Nevada City Oddities Show →
  Miners Foundry Cultural Center, 325 Spring St, Nevada City
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 30

• Drumming Circle (Grass Valley) →
  Chapa-De Indian Health, 1350 E Main St, Grass Valley
  10:00 am

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📣 Alta Sierra Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Soroptimist District 4 Meeting →
  Colfax Memorial Hall, 22 Sunset Ave, Colfax
  8:30 am
• Friends of the Nevada County Libraries Used Book Sale
  Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, 132 Main St, Nevada City
  9:00 am
• Arts & Crafts Show →
  Frank Gallino Post 130 American Legion, 255 South Auburn Street, Grass Valley
  9:00 am
• STEAM Exploration Saturdays
  Kidzone Museum, 11711 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee
  9:00 am
• BRHS Music Carwash Fundraiser
  Nevada County Arts, 1833 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City
  10:00 am
• Glassblowing for Beginners – Make a Paperweight
  Nevada County Arts, 1833 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City
  10:00 am
• NorCal Resist: Monthly Free Auto Light Check and Repair →
  Sierra Gold Community Senior Center, 231 Colfax Ave, Grass Valley
  10:00 am
• Nevada City Oddities Show →
  Miners Foundry, 325 Spring Street, Nevada City
  11:00 am
• Railbus Rides
  Railroad Museum, #5 Kidder Ct, Nevada City
  11:00 am
• Glassblowing Glass Pumpkin Taster Experience
  Nevada County Arts, 1833 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City
  2:00 pm
• Grass Valley Brewing, BTR Five-0 →
  Grass Valley Brewing, 141 E. Main Street, Grass Valley
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Retail Service Specialist in Colfax. Apply here.
• U.S. Bancorp posted a job opening for Relationship Banker 2 - Colfax, CA in Colfax. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alta Sierra here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Grass Valley

• 12th Annual Howl-o-ween Dog Mob Parade returns to downtown Grass Valley on October 25 (theunion.com)
• BriarPatch to Host Read It & Eat Event Benefiting Friends of Nevada County Libraries (yubanet.com)
• Religion briefs: October 2, 2026 (theunion.com)

Nevada City

• Community Beyond Violence Celebrates New Nevada City Office with Ribbon Cutting (yubanet.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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