🌱 Patch AM: Color Kickoff and 7 more events

Hi there, Wilmette! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Alumni Weekend Wine Tasting at Trophy Pet
• Northbrook Farmers Market Closing Day Bash at Cherry Lane & Meadow Road
• Sherlock Holmes discussion group at Highwood Public Library

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 72 and low of 64 degrees.
• Monday: Warm; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 82, low: 67.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds; warm, with a high of 74 and low of 60 degrees.

📸 Around Wilmette

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wilmette

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• Alumni Weekend Wine Tasting →
  Trophy Pet, 624 Grove St, Evanston
  3:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Northbrook Farmers Market Closing Day Bash →
  Cherry Lane & Meadow Road, Northbrook
  7:00 am
• Sherlock Holmes discussion group →
  Highwood Public Library,
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Infinite Resonance Sacred Sound Practitioner Certification →
  Heaven Meets Earth Yoga, 2746 Central St, Evanston
  10:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Admissions Open House for Junior Kindergarten - 12th Grade →
  North Shore Country Day, 310 Green Bay Rd, Winnetka
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 11
• Color Kickoff →
  CTeen Wilmette, 116 Plum Tree Ln, Wilmette
  4:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Saints JFX School Open House →
  Wilmette IL
  9:00 am
• YogiBees Preschool Class →
  Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
  2:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Village Board of Trustees →
  Wilmette, IL Calendar, 1200 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
  7:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• CCS Cataloging in Leap - Part 1 (Wilmette) →
  Wilmette Public Library District, Wilmette
  9:00 am
Sunday October 18
• FREE Artemis Chamber Orchestra concert →
  Trinity Episcopal Church, 425 Laurel Ave, Highland Park
  3:00 pm
• North Shore Chamber Orchestra Presents When in London...Compose! →
  Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2515 Central Park Ave, Evanston
  3:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Kenilworth

• 2026-2027 Education Fellows (owu.edu)

Winnetka

• Winnetka dedicates town's first public mural (therecordnorthshore.org)
• Winnetka residents demand safer Hibbard Road crossing (therecordnorthshore.org)
• Women's Swimming & Diving Beats Bentley for First Time Since 1999 in Season Opener, 172-116 (babsonathletics.com)

Evanston

• Westminster Place eyes 'several $100M' renovation (evanstonnow.com)
• Audrey Tromp Wins Schmidt Vocal Arts Illinois Regional Competition (operawire.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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