🌱 Handmade Holiday: Clay Gingerbread Cookie Monsters and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Handmade Holiday: Clay Gingerbread Cookie Monsters at The North Carolina Arboretum
• Naturalist Walk & Talk at The North Carolina Arboretum
• Winter Lights at The North Carolina Arboretum

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 46 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 58, low: 38.
• Friday: Brisk and cool, with a high of 45 and low of 33 degrees.

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📸 Around Bent Creek

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bent Creek

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Friday November 13

• Handmade Holiday: Clay Gingerbread Cookie Monsters →
  The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
  11:00 am
• Naturalist Walk & Talk
  The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
  1:00 pm
• Winter Lights
  The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
  6:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Birding at Lake Junaluska
  The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
  8:00 am

Tuesday November 17

• Varsity Girls Basketball vs. Asheville School (Away)
  Asheville School, 360 Asheville School Rd, Asheville
  6:00 pm

Wednesday November 18

• Blue Ridge Ecosystems – From Ice Age to the Present
  The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
  1:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Gratitude: Connecting with the Heart Through Creative Expression
  The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
  10:00 am

Friday November 20

• Beginning Botany
  The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Ralph Lees Great Smokies Veterinary Conference & Exhibition →
  1 Resort Drive, Asheville
  9:00 am
• 12 Artists x 12 Visions x 12 Artworks →
  Asheville NC
  10:00 am
• Weave Kudzu Vines Into a Basket
  The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
  10:00 am
• Nature Preserve Stewards - Mouth of Mud Creek/Mills River →
  Mouth of Mud Creek, 35.406279, -82.529429, Mills River
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Asheville

• Answer Man: UNC-Asheville looking to start a nursing program? ‘Skynet' coming to the airport? • Asheville Watchdog (avlwatchdog.org)
• Asheville restaurants open Thanksgiving Day, offering take-home meals (citizen-times.com)
• Exhibition at Folk Art Center in Asheville showcases new craft guild members (wlos.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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