🌱 Patch AM: Indie Bookfest and 12 more events

Good morning Needham! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls present Floyd Mercantile at Zullo Gallery Center For the Arts
• Plugged In Fall Session Now Enrolling - Classes Start September 14th at Plugged In Band Program
• New England Fall Flower Show: Growing Together [Day 1] at Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Garden at Elm Bank

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

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 86 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 63.
• Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 63 degrees.

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 11
• Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls present Floyd Mercantile →
  Zullo Gallery Center For the Arts, 456 Main St, Medfield
  6:30 pm
Monday September 14
• Plugged In Fall Session Now Enrolling - Classes Start September 14th →
  Plugged In Band Program, 40 Freeman Pl, Needham
  9:00 am
Friday September 18
• New England Fall Flower Show: Growing Together [Day 1] →
  Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Garden at Elm Bank, 900 Washington St, Wellesley
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Monday August 31
• Preschool Palooza
  Needham Free Public Library Library Community Room , 1139 Highland
  10:00 am
• Read to Rocket, the Police Dog! →
  Needham Free Public Library Children's Room , 1139 Highland
  4:00 pm
• Needham Historical Commission - Hybrid →
  Needham Calendar, Needham Town Hall 1471 Highland Avenue, Needham
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Budding Bookworms
  Needham Free Public Library Children's Room , 1139 Highland
  10:00 am
• Student Visit Open House
  Angier Elementary School 1697 Beacon Street, Waban, MA 02468
  6:00 pm
• Planning Board - LEGAL NOTICE (HYBRID) →
  Needham Calendar, Public Services Administration Building 500 Dedham Avenue, Needham
  7:15 pm
Wednesday September 2
• PTC Coffee on the Playground & Blacktop
  Mitchell Elementary Mitchell Blacktop
  8:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Indie Bookfest →
  TLC Studios & Media Lab, 390 Washington St, Dedham
  11:00 am
Saturday September 19
• 2026 Greek Festival, Sept 18, 19, 20 →
  Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England, 162 Goddard Ave, Brookline
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Wellesley

• Wellesley Chinese American Network (WECAN) hosting end-of-summer picnic this Saturday (theswellesleyreport.com)
• Solidcore Expanding to Wellesley With Signature 'Shakes' and Strength Training (whatnow.com)
• Wellesley kids turn stray golf balls into a thriving business (theswellesleyreport.com)

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• Football Names 2026 Captains (vucommodores.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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