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🌱 Mendiant Making Class and 10 more events
Also check out Flexibility for Everyone! Build Your Stretch Routine on the Sylva Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:
- Flexibility for Everyone! Build Your Stretch Routine at Calliope Stage
- Mendiant Making Class
- W. Jason Miller presents Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and the Birth of Black Power at City Lights Bookstore
... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 47 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 79, low: 52.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 54 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sylva
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★ Featured events ★
- Flexibility for Everyone! Build Your Stretch Routine →
Calliope Stage, 513 Mill Street, Sylva
5:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
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Other local events
- Mendiant Making Class →
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1:30 pm - W. Jason Miller presents Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and the Birth of Black Power →
City Lights Bookstore, 3 E Jackson St Ste 1, Sylva
10:00 am - Kids Chocolate Making Class →
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11:59 am - Anna Krome-Lukens presents Strong State, Weak Links: Eugenics and the Southern Politics of Welfare →
City Lights Bookstore, 3 E Jackson St Ste 1, Sylva
3:00 pm - Breaking Free From Anxiety: Practical Skills to Live Your Life More Fully →
Sylva First United Methodist Church, 77 Jackson Street, Sylva
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Saturday October 10
Wednesday October 21
Friday October 23
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Lunch & NC Regional Arts Group →
Full Spectrum Farms, 1185 Wayehutta Rd., Cullowhee
12:30 pm - Parent/Life Coaching →
Full Spectrum Farms, 1185 Wayehutta Rd., Cullowhee
8:00 am - Soccer vs. ETSU
Catamount Track and Soccer Field
7:00 pm - Sweeney Todd Performance
Fine Art - Bardo Arts Center - Open Lab - Studio Theatre
7:30 pm - Quarterly District 80 Business Meeting →
Western Carolina University, A K Hinds University Center, 245 Memorial Drive, Cullowhee - Mercer Bears at Western Carolina Soccer Women →
Catamount Athletic Complex, State Rd 1325, Cullowhee
7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Tuesday October 6
Friday October 23
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Follow Fisher the Maine Coon, and watch the video of cat Dad taking Siren paddleboarding , and at the end SHE SWIMS .
SIREN is wearing a cat life jacket . IT is the responsibility of the cat parents to outfit their cat's with life jackets before any water activity… (Nextdoor Beta) - There was a good bit of misinformation being shared in the comments section on last week's Copperhead post, so we're here to educate!
Facts or Myths: Copperhead Edition Myth: Baby copperheads are more dangerous Fact: Newborn copperheads have less venom because they're smaller… (Nextdoor )
- Jackson County Public Schools posted a job opening for Head and Assistant Mens Basketball Coach in Sylva. Apply here.
- Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Sylva. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sylva here.
🗞 Nearby News
Cullowhee
- Leatherwood throws 5 touchdown passes, rallies Tennessee Tech past Wofford 42-38 (bozemandailychronicle.com)
Cherokee
- Vote for the AdventHealth WNC high school boys Team of the Month for September (citizen-times.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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