🌱 Thirty years of steelpan and community at Mount Rainier’s CAFE
Mount Rainier, Maryland Patch AM: a 4 min readWhat's up Mount Rainier! 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:
- Thirty years of steelpan and community at Mount Rainier’s CAFE
- Meet the Mount Rainier novelist behind “Clear Water”
Also on today's calendar: Shoff Promotions Frederick Maryland COMIC CON and 10 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.
- Thursday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 61, low: 44.
- Friday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 50 and low of 36 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 30 Years of Steelpan at the the Cultural Academy for Excellence in Maryland (pbs.org) — For 30 years, Mount Rainier’s Cultural Academy for Excellence has used steelpan music to help young people build confidence, friendships and academic skills. An anniversary concert in Largo brought students and alumni together to honor founder Lorna Green as she retires from running the program day to day. 
• Mount Rainier Author Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes Releases Second Novel (hyattsvillewire.com) — Mount Rainier writer Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes spent more than a decade bringing her new supernatural thriller, “Clear Water,” to publication. Released Nov. 3, her second novel follows a woman investigating mysterious girls in white and revisits the sibling dynamics that interested her in her debut.
📸 Around Mount Rainier
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Upcoming Events in
Mount Rainier
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★ Featured events ★
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Shoff Promotions Frederick Maryland COMIC CON →
Frederick MD. Clarion Inn Event Center 5400 Holiday Dr 21703,
9:30 am
Sunday November 15
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Other local events
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Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2-3
Bladensburg -
10:30 am -
Health Insurance Enrollment Clinic
Bladensburg - Study Room 3
11:00 am -
Kids Achieve Club
Bladensburg - BL Activity Room
3:00 pm -
Teen Action Group (TAG)
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2
4:30 pm -
From the Beltway to Baltimore: Investing Across Maryland with MCIC →
Joe's Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier
9:00 am -
STEM Fun: Build and Create!
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - Bladensburg Large Meeting Room
4:00 pm -
The Write to Love Experience - Community Journaling @Station 3510 →
Station 3510, 3510 Rhode Island Avenue, Mount Rainier
6:00 pm -
Beginning Blues Harmonica
Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2
10:30 am -
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg -
10:30 am -
Arts Commission Meeting →
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6:30 pm -
CERT Meeting - November 16, 2026 →
Mount Rainier, MD Calendar, 1 Municipal Pl, Mount Rainier
7:00 pm -
Work Session of The Mayor and Council →
Mount Rainier, MD Calendar, 1 Municipal Pl, Mount Rainier
7:00 pm
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Monday November 16
Tuesday November 17
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- Manny & Olga's Pizza — 2025264100
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for associate restaurant manager in Silver Spring. Apply here.
- Olive Garden posted a job opening for Busser in Capitol Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Rainier here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hyattsville
- Gilman & Edwards, LLC - Hyattsville, MD (findlaw.com)
- Jacob Saylors or Jacory Croskey-Merritt (4for4.com)
- Three Arrested After Police Find Four Handguns During Glenmont Traffic Stop (patch.com)
College Park
- College Park names new public works director (americaninfrastructuremag.com)
Silver Spring
- The Nighthawks To Headline Silver Spring Showcase At The Fillmore (patch.com)
Ok Mount Rainier! 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: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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