🌱 Bobby Jo Valentine Folk/Pop and 11 more events

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

Coming up on the calendar:

• PRIDE BLAST OFF with The Illustrious Blacks, presented by Cape Ann Pride & Magma at The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar
• Tribute to Elvis: The Legend Lives On at Larcom Theatre
• Bowl With Pride at Cape Ann Lanes

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

Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Very windy; colder with rain, with a high of 50 and low of 41 degrees.
• Sunday: A stray afternoon shower, temps: high: 64, low: 50.
• Monday: A couple of showers, with a high of 61 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Essex

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 30

• PRIDE BLAST OFF with The Illustrious Blacks, presented by Cape Ann Pride & Magma →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
• Tribute to Elvis: The Legend Lives On →
  Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St, Beverly
  8:00 pm

Sunday May 31

• Bowl With Pride →
  Cape Ann Lanes, 53 Gloucester Ave, Gloucester
  12:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• No Static Plays Steely Dan →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm

Friday June 5

• Dueling Pianos →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  9:00 am

Sunday June 14

• Cape Ann Jewish Cultural Festival →
  Stage Fort Park, 24 Hough Ave, Gloucester
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday June 6

• Bobby Jo Valentine Folk/Pop →
  West Gloucester Trinitarian, 488 Essex Ave, Gloucester
  5:00 pm
• Lez Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same - 50th Anniversary Celebration →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm

Friday June 12

• The Midtown Horns →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• 8th Annual Topsfield Auto Show →
  Meetinghouse lawn on Topsfield Common
  9:00 am
• Rebels - America's Tom Petty Tribute →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
• Studio Two - The Early Beatles Tribute →
  Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St, Beverly
  8:00 pm

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• Beverly, Salem Set Styrofoam Collection Day At Salem Community Life Center (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Big hands ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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