🌱 Patch AM: How a $10 million grant could reshape Great Neck’s arts future

What's up Great Neck! 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:

• How a $10 million grant could reshape Great Neck's arts future

Also on today's calendar: Tanker Friend & Foes: A WWII Labor Day Weekend Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid; afternoon t-storms, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
• Sunday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gold Coast Arts Center continues to inspire artists and (longislandpress.com) — Great Neck's Gold Coast Arts Center is being hailed as a key force keeping the village culturally vibrant and economically attractive, even as local retail and theaters have declined. Local leaders are eyeing a $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant that could help create a new theater and revive a broader "Great Neck the Greater" vision supporting arts, business, and community life.
   

📸 Around Great Neck

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Neck

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 6
• Tanker Friend & Foes: A WWII Labor Day Weekend Event →
  Museum of American Armor, 1303 Round Swamp Rd, Old Bethpage
  11:00 am
Thursday September 10
• 45th Annual Italian Festival →
  North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 W Shore Rd, Port Washington
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 5
• Save The Date - Charity Yard Sale - For Our Friends Animal Rescue - Sat Sept 5th @10.am →
  232-15 Seward Ave
  10:00 am
• Save The Date - New Hyde Park Street Fair - For Our Friends Animal Rescue - Sat Sept 19th @10.am →
  Jericho Turnpike, NY
  10:00 am
Thursday September 10
• Popsicles with the PTA @ DRYN
  Dryden Street School 545 Dryden Street, Westbury , NY 11590
  6:00 pm
Friday September 11
• DRXL Popsicles on the Playground
  Drexel Ave School 161 Drexel Ave, Westbury , NY 11590
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• The Baby-Sitters Club Turns 40!
  Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury, NY 11590
  11:00 am
• Rosh Hashana Community Luncheon with Humanist Jewish Cong. of Queens/LI →
  La Baraka, 255-09 Northern Blvd
  12:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Let's Fence! →
  Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Art Appreciation Class →
  Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck
  10:00 am
Sunday September 20
• Chess In The Park →
  Allenwood Park, Allenwood Rd, Great Neck
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Has anyone used a local orthopedic hand specialist locally?
  I have a ganglion cyst that needs attention in my wrist. (Nextdoor Great Neck Village)

🗞 Nearby News

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• LIVE UPDATES: Former Penn State frat members in court for alleged cocaine trafficking ring (komonews.com)
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Port Washington

• Bank of New York Mellon Corp Invests $10.51 Million in Global Industrial Company $GIC (marketbeat.com)

Garden City

• Garden City School District Welcomes New Teachers (patch.com)

Ok Great Neck! 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: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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