🌱 Sensory Friendly Concert Palo Alto and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Sensory Friendly Concert Palo Alto at Palo Alto Art Center
• Teen Dungeons & Dragons at Portola Valley Library
• Afterschool Reading Club at Portola Valley Library

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 46 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and comfortable, temps: high: 74, low: 47.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ladera

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Sensory Friendly Concert Palo Alto
  Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd, Palo Alto
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday April 19

• Teen Dungeons & Dragons
  Portola Valley Library 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028
  12:30 pm
• Afterschool Reading Club
  Portola Valley Library 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028
  2:30 pm

Monday April 20

• Make It With Magnetic Tiles
  Portola Valley Library 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028
  3:00 pm
• Mossarium Workshop
  Portola Valley Library 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028
  5:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Spanish Bilingual Storytime | Hora de Cuentos Bilingue
  Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
  10:30 am
• Computer Lab
  Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
  3:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Family Storytime
  Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Spring Open House & Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
  Duveneck Elementary Palo Alto, CA 94303
  8:00 am
• Coffee with the Principal
  Gardner Bullis Elementary Los Altos, CA 94022
  8:45 am
• New Trails at La Honda Creek
  La Honda Creek At Allen Road Permit Lot
  9:00 am
• Family Storytime
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Portola Valley

• Short on funds, Portola Valley explores how to tackle financial crisis (almanacnews.com)

Woodside

• Community briefs: Arbor Day, preschool open house and concert (almanacnews.com)
• San Mateo County local sports roundup • Wednesday, April 15, 2026 (smdailyjournal.com)
• ‘Wordside' helps creatives develop, publish their stories (paloaltoonline.com)

Atherton

• Spotted: Ribbon cutting for new solar photovoltaic system installed at Atherton Town Hall (inmenlo.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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