🌱 Patch AM: See how Blake’s Hopkins Early Learning Center turns its building into curriculum.

What's up Hopkins! 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:

• See how Blake's Hopkins Early Learning Center turns its building into curriculum.

Also on today's calendar: New Families Night at Legacy Gymnastics! and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Times of clouds and sunshine, with a high of 61 and low of 50 degrees.
• Saturday: Breezy; an afternoon shower, temps: high: 67, low: 49.
• Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Video: Inside the Blake School's mass-timber Early Learning Center (asumag.com) — Families in Hopkins may be interested in how The Blake School's Early Learning Center was purpose-built to support young children's curiosity, using natural light, outdoor connections, and playful features like slides and lofted libraries. The Hopkins campus showcases sustainable mass-timber construction, geothermal systems, and LEED Gold certification while serving pre-K through first graders. Designers also integrated a storm-safe movement studio into the building.
   

📸 Around Hopkins

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkins

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• New Families Night at Legacy Gymnastics! →
  7593 Corporate Way, Eden Prairie
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• The 70's Magic Sunshine Band at Mainstreet Bar and Grill →
  Mainstreet Bar and Grill, Hopkins
  8:30 pm
• The 70's Magic Sunshine Band live at Mainstreet Bar & Grill →
  Hopkins MN
  8:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Grow Yourself Inside: Indoor Gardening Academy and Houseplant Sale →
  Eisenhower Community Center, 1001 MN-7, Hopkins
  9:00 am
• Saturday Family Storytime
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Textiles for Teens: Soft Accessory Workshop
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  2:00 pm
• HHS Homecoming Dance
  HHS
  7:30 pm
Monday October 5
• The Secret Garden →
  1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
• Connect and Play
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  9:30 am
• Unwrapping Music: Modern Protest Music
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  3:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Neurodiverse Creative Writing Workshop
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Book Club: Bring Your Own Book →
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  6:00 pm
• HHS Bands Showcase Concert
  HHS Commons and Auditorium
  6:00 pm

📣 Hopkins Shout Outs!

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• Neva Massage Center — 9529359506

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Is anyone missing a large black and white cat or have one that roams without a collar?
  My husband and I just found a cat at the corner of Timberline Road and Hopkins Crossroad who seems to be very sick or injured, are currently trying… (Nextdoor Sherwood Forest)

• Hopkins Public Schools posted a job opening for Cook - 7 hours in Hopkins. Apply here.
• Walgreen Company posted a job opening for Pharmacy Cashier in Hopkins. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopkins here.

🗞 Nearby News

Minnetonka

• LETTER: Older neighborhoods lose in new Minnetonka zoning ordinance (hometownsource.com)
• Eden Prairie, Excelsior and Minnetonka calendar Oct. 1-7 (hometownsource.com)
• Kristi Noem's Cross-Dressing Husband Makes Veiled Threat After Wife Files for Divorce (resistthemainstream.com)

Edina

• Thielen Meats Bacon From Little Falls Now At Jerry's In Eden Prairie, Woodbury, Edina, And North Branch (kfilradio.com)

Minneapolis

• How Snowy, Cold Will Winter Be In MN? New Predictions Released (patch.com)
• MN Man Already Facing Attempted Murder Charge Now Accused Of Killing At Mental Health Facility (patch.com)

Ok Hopkins! 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: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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