🌱 Patch AM: Which genres these agents want—and Watertown’s surprising role in publishing

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• Which genres these agents want—and Watertown's surprising role in publishing

Also on today's calendar: Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour - A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 76 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy with a few showers, temps: high: 69, low: 65.
• Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 10 New Agents Seeking Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story Collections, LGBT, and more (blogspot.com) — One of the featured agents previously worked at Charlesbridge, a children's book publisher based in Watertown, highlighting a local link in the wider publishing world. The piece mainly serves writers everywhere, outlining what ten different literary agents are seeking and how to query them, from literary fiction and speculative work to romance, horror, and narrative nonfiction.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Watertown

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour - A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience →
  Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square, Somerville
  8:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Lifelong Learning; An Independent Collaborative (LLAIC) →
  Zoom,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday August 21
• Watertown High Schoo Football - 3rd Annual Golf Fundraiser →
  Sandy Burr Country Club, 103 Cochituate Rd, Wayland
  8:00 am
Friday August 28
• Yoga of Energy Flow YOGA TEACHER TRAINING with Daniel Orlansky, Andrea Fotopoulos & others →
  The Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Insect Safari with Professor Bugman (for kids ages 5 to 12)
  Belmont Public Library Library Patio - 336 Concord Ave, 336 Conco
  10:00 am
• Tech Time Drop-In
  Newton Free Library Computer Lab
  10:00 am
• [CLASS FULL] ELL - Let's Talk About Food
  Newton Free Library Virtual
  10:00 am
• Concert for Littles - Matt Heaton
  Belmont Public Library Morrissey Hall - 119 - 336 Concord Ave, 33
  10:00 am
• Baby Storytime
  Waltham Public Library Lecture Hall , 735 Main Street, Waltham
  10:00 am
• All Ages Story Time (Ages 0-5)
  Boston Public Library - Central Library in Copley Square 700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, MA 02116
  10:00 am
• Music at the Blissful with Mr. Evan
  Needham Free Public Library Community Room , 1139 Highland Avenue\
  10:00 am
• Little Beats
  Newton Free Library Druker Auditorium
  10:30 am
• ESOL Conversation Group for Ukrainian Speakers
  Boston Public Library - Central Library in Copley Square 700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, MA 02116
  10:30 am
• All-Ages Story Time
  South Boston Branch Library 646 East Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Belmont

• Belmont Enjoys Porchfest (belmontvoice.org)
• State Approves Center and Gateway Overlay Districts (belmontvoice.org)
• A Personal Perspective on Ganguly Candidacy (belmontvoice.org)

Cambridge

• Principal Scientist, Spatial Omics (jnj.com)

Brookline

• Brookline Police Looking To Identify Possible Bike Thief (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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