🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Pinecrest-area teen leading in poetry, science and service.

Hello Pinecrest! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Pinecrest-area teen leading in poetry, science and service.
• How one local teen turned loss into a fast-growing charity.
• Inside the daring little theater hidden between Pinecrest and Palmetto Bay.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 92 and low of 78 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Humid; an a.m. shower or two, temps: high: 92, low: 79.
• Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 80 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Positive people in Pinecrest : Matthew Bartel (communitynewspapers.com) — Pinecrest readers are introduced to Gulliver Prep senior Matthew Bartel, Florida's Youth Poet Laureate and an active volunteer who's researching air quality at Miami International Airport. He also runs a nonprofit sending encouraging letters to children in war-torn countries, leads service clubs at school, and is now eyeing Ivy League options to keep pursuing writing, science, and community work.
   

• Positive people in Pinecrest : Seth Clarin (communitynewspapers.com) — Pinecrest-area readers meet Miami Palmetto High senior Seth Clarin, who channels his cousin's memory into a new pediatric brain tumor charity already raising thousands of dollars. Between monthly social justice service trips, local volunteering, and professional sports photography for the University of Miami, he's also leading student groups and planning to study sports journalism and international politics.
   

• Carrie, Rachel Corrie and the Audacity of True Mirage Theater (jitneybooks.com) — Just a short drive from Pinecrest, True Mirage Theater is transforming an unmarked Kendall strip-mall garage into one of South Florida's boldest black-box stages. The company has already staged the controversial "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" and a visceral production of "Carrie: The Musical," signaling a commitment to risky, thought-provoking work in an intimate neighborhood space.
   

📸 Around Pinecrest

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pinecrest

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Tuesday September 8
• Restorative Yoga
  Pinecrest Branch - Meeting Room
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Learning Spanish Conversation Circle
  Pinecrest Branch -
  5:00 pm
• Photography - Four for Four: Summer Reveal
  Pinecrest Branch - Pinecrest Virtual Programs Room
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Adult ESOL Classes
  Pinecrest Branch - Gallery
  10:00 am
• READy, Set, Go: Music and Movement
  Pinecrest Branch - Meeting Room
  10:00 am
• Painting Together
  Pinecrest Branch - Meeting Room
  11:30 am
Friday September 11
• Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Babies and Toddlers
  Pinecrest Branch - Meeting Room
  10:00 am
• Create a Family History Book in a Weekend!
  Pinecrest Branch - Meeting Room
  1:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Great Books Book Club
  Pinecrest Branch - Pinecrest Virtual Programs Room
  10:30 am
• History Book Club
  Pinecrest Branch -
  10:30 am
• Plastic to Purpose
  Pinecrest Branch - Gallery
  2:00 pm
• From Parrot Jungle to Pinecrest Gardens: The Avian Project
  Pinecrest Branch - Pinecrest Virtual Programs Room
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This morning a group from the Rotary Club of Pinecrest cleaned up an area in Matheson Hammock Park.
  In less than two hours we picked up over 40 lbs of plastic and other litter. (Nextdoor Pinecrest)
• This afternoon a tree from my yard fell down blocking the street.
  Thanks to Pinecrest Police and the Village Administration it was cut into pieces and removed. Thank you to Pinecrest Police and city officials. (Nextdoor Pinecrest)

🗞 Nearby News

South Miami

• Is Jason An Undercover Cop? Testing GTA 6's Biggest Story Theory Against The Evidence (svg.com)

Kendall

• Tesla Opening New Showroom and Service Center in Kendall (whatnow.com)
• Miami Police motorman hospitalized after crash on Turnpike in SW Miami-Dade (wsvn.com)
• ICE deports Cuban man accused of concealing ties to Cuban intelligence (caribbeannationalweekly.com)

Miami

• 'Utter Destruction': NTSB Chair Describes Wake Of Amazon Flight Crash That Left 5 Dead, 5 Hurt In Miami (patch.com)

Ok Pinecrest! 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: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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