🌱 HPHS Viking Day and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.
• Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 81, low: 63.
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 60 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20

• HPHS Viking Day
  Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave, Hazel Park, MI 48030\
  8:00 am
• HPJH Patriot Day
  Hazel Park High School Hazel Park Junior High School, 22770 Highland Ave #1803, Hazel P
  8:00 am
• Downtown Street Eats
  Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) Cadillac Square, 662 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, 48226, United
  11:00 am
• Thursday Markets at Cadillac Square
  Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) Cadillac Square, 662 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, 48226, United
  11:00 am
• Bourbon Garden at Grand Circus Park
  Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) Grand Circus Park, 101-157 Witherell St, Detroit, MI, United S
  5:00 pm
• Member Appreciation Night at SCS
  Greater Royal Oak Chamber-Commerce Centennial Commons 204 S Troy St Royal Oak, MI 48067 (behind Henry Ford Health)
  5:30 pm
• Summer Concert Series Presented by Henry Ford Health
  Greater Royal Oak Chamber-Commerce Centennial Commons Park 204 S. Troy C.C Park Royal Oak, MI 48067
  5:30 pm
• Zastava hold
  Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit, MI 48208
  6:00 pm
• Live at Longfellow : Acoustic Music and Good Vibes
  Hazel Park High School Longfellow Community Center, 24400 Battelle Ave, Hazel Park, MI
  6:30 pm

Friday August 21

• Summer Krinsky Hold
  Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit, MI 48208
• Sculpt & Glow Pilates
  Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) Capitol Park, Capitol Park Historic District, Detroit, MI, 482
  11:00 am
• Movie Nights In The D â KPop Demon Hunters
  Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) Campus Martius Park
  7:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray cat!
  FOUND on August 17, 2026 in Detroit, MI 48221 near 7 mile and Cherrylawn by UD Jesuit Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to… (Nextdoor Hawthorne Park)

• Cardinal Staffing posted a job opening for 1st shift Assembly Pool (2025) in Highland Park. Apply here.
• Aramark Corporation posted a job opening for Custodial Services Worker - University of Detroit Mercy Facilities in Detroit. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highland Park here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Detroit

• This Michigan Hotel Is Like an English Manor House 30 Minutes From Detroit (matadornetwork.com)
• Man killed, teen girl arrested following stabbing on Detroit's east side (clickondetroit.com)

Hamtramck

• DOJ Plans to Deploy About 1,000 Election Monitors for 2026 Midterms – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)

Dearborn

• Demonstrators Clash In Dearborn Amid Anti-Islam Protest Ahead Of City Council Meeting (patch.com)
• 22 Arrested As Protesters Clash During Anti-Islam Demonstration In Dearborn: Police (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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