🌱 Earth Day Festival and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Indie Pop Star Michelle Lambert Plays Willits Community Theater and Arts Center! at Willits Community Theater and Arts Center
• Historic Petaluma Hosts 43rd Butter & Egg Days Parade & Festival at Historic Downtown Petaluma

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 69, low: 45.
• Sunday: A couple of showers possible, with a high of 63 and low of 45 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laytonville

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 17

• Indie Pop Star Michelle Lambert Plays Willits Community Theater and Arts Center!
  Willits Community Theater and Arts Center,
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Historic Petaluma Hosts 43rd Butter & Egg Days Parade & Festival
  Historic Downtown Petaluma,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Earth Day Festival
  Fort Bragg Unified Fort Bragg, CA 95437, USA
  10:00 am
• Michelle Lambert
  Willits Community Theatre & Performing Arts Center , 37 W Van Ln , Willits
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Roadshow for Democracy: Mendocino County
  Noyo Theater , 57 E Commercial St , Willits
  10:00 am
• 17th Annual Earth Day Festival 🌱
  Noyo Food Forest , 300 Dana St , Fort Bragg
  12:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Sunday Brunch at Little River Inn
  Little River Inn , 7901 N. Hwy 1 , Little River
  8:00 am
• Opus Chamber Music presents Amy Zanrosso and the Carneval of the Animals
  Preston Hall , 44831 Main St. , Mendocino
  3:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Mendocino Jazz Society
  Tall Guy Brewing , 362 N. Franklin St. , Fort Bragg
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Open Mic Night at Tall Guy
  Tall Guy Brewing , 362 N Franklin St , Fort Bragg
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Almost Fringe in Point Arena
  Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center , 217 S Main St , Fort Bragg
• Flock Together Festival
  Ridgewood Ranch , 11800 Orchard Ln , Willits
  10:00 am
• Broom Bash #2
  Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
  10:00 am

Sunday April 26

• Senegalese Animal-to-Drum Making Workshop
  Ridgewood Ranch , 11800 Orchard Ln , Willits
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Fort Bragg Unified School District posted a job opening for Substitute Grounds Keeper On Call No Benefits in Fort Bragg. Apply here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Willits

• The Mendo Cup Returns: A sun-grown cannabis competition returns (ukiahdailyjournal.com)
• Mendocino County Jail bookings: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 (ukiahdailyjournal.com)
• South Fork takes two from Ferndale in home doubleheader, bests Willits (fresnobee.com)

Fort Bragg

• Sidewalk work begins this week in Fort Bragg, Caltrans reports (ukiahdailyjournal.com)
• Behind the Bar: A Mistress Mixologist Creating Magic In Fort Bragg (advocate-news.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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