🌱 Patch AM: Why Kelce chose the Dolphins game over walking the VMAs carpet

What's up Miami! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Why Kelce chose the Dolphins game over walking the VMAs carpet
• Why Inter Miami's late collapse in Columbus should worry fans now

Also on today's calendar: Audition Announcement: Alice In Wonderland and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you know the moon is going broke? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Clouds and sun with a shower, with a high of 87 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Couple of thunderstorms, temps: high: 85, low: 77.
• Wednesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 79 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Why Travis Kelce is Skipping the 2026 VMAs with Taylor Swift (memesita.com) — Football fans near Miami should know Travis Kelce will be at Hard Rock Stadium playing the Dolphins instead of joining Taylor Swift at the 2026 MTV VMAs in Los Angeles. While he focuses on the game, Swift will attend solo, debuting a new music video and celebrating multiple nominations tied to her latest album release.
   

• Stoppage-time goal hands Crew rare win over stumbling Miami (statenews.net) — Inter Miami fell 2-1 on the road to the Columbus Crew after conceding a dramatic stoppage-time goal, despite a first-half free-kick equalizer from Lionel Messi. The loss leaves Miami third in the Eastern Conference and continues a rough stretch of just one win in ten matches, with several key players away on international duty.
   

📸 Around Miami

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Miami

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Audition Announcement: Alice In Wonderland →
  901 S. Miami Avenue, Suite 212, Second Floor Miami, FL 33130,
  12:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness →
  1245 NW 107th Ave, Miami
  10:00 am
Friday October 9
• Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness →
  Macy's, 7303 N Kendall Dr, Miami
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday September 28
• Books & Books Summer Reading Series: Meet the Author – Westofchester's ABCs of Miami →
  The Commodore, 3300 S.W. 27th Ave., Miami
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• National Coffee Day: Free Coffee at Circle K →
  Circle K - All Locations
• Watch the Puck Drop at Hooters of Weston →
  Hooters, 2282 Weston Rd, Weston
  5:00 pm
• Season Listening Party and Happy Hour at Miramar Cultural Center →
  Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Pl, Miramar
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 1
• Habitat Acres Fall Build 2026 →
  Southwest 280th Street & Southwest 150th Avenue, Leisure City
  8:30 am
• Royal Dames of Cancer Research to Kick Off 2026 Tiara Ball Season With 'Dancing Queens' →
  Lauderdale Yacht Club, 1725 SE 12th St, Fort Lauderdale
  11:00 am
• Downtown Doral Oktoberfest →
  5275 NW 85th Ave, Doral
  7:00 pm
• An Evening With Adriana De Moura & Friends at National Hotel Miami Beach on October 1 →
  National Hotel, 1677 Collins Ave, Miami Beach
  8:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Amara La Negra, Maffio and Tony Cao at City of Miramar's First Fridays: Network & Chill →
  Juana's Latin Sports Bar, 11602 City Hall Promenade, Miramar
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• URGE Miami Festival Returns for Thanksgiving Weekend —Mark Dawson Read on Patch
• A Violin, a Visit and a New Holiday Tradition —Mark Dawson Read on Patch

• 216st and 157th Ave.
  Called 311. The white one is bleeding. *UPDATE: picked up by 311. The injured puppy will be treated. Injury is treatable. They will both be up for… (Nextdoor Redland)
• Such beautiful creatures all along our lake.
  Monk Parakeets. Gray Gnatcatcher. Red-bellied woodpecker. (Nextdoor Winston Park)

• Target posted a job opening for Seasonal: 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T0968) in Miami. Apply here.
• HEICO posted a job opening for PC Assembler II in Miami. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Miami here.

🗞 Nearby News

Miami Beach

• Historic Miami Beach hotel faces demolition — and the city can't stop it (sun-sentinel.com)
• Critic's Choice: The Very Versace Retrospective (thegourmetgazette.com)
• Five from Men's Tennis Advance to Third Round at the ITA New England Championships (babsonathletics.com)

Coral Gables

• Ami Ami Coral Gables: New European Cafe on Miracle Mile (coralgableslove.com)

Ok Miami! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's down to its last quarter. (Thank you Linda H. for sending it in!)
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