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Cheers Irving! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • When and where to hear Irving's Lone Star Youth Orchestra live.
  • How today's soaking rain could impact Irving commutes and flooding risk
  • How Irving Hindus are adjusting Ganesh celebrations amid rising tensions.

Also on today's calendar: Built for More Dallas-Area Men's Series featuring Chris Seidman and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Humid with a shower or two, with a high of 73 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Sunday: Humid with a passing shower, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lone Star Youth Orchestra Opens 28th Season With 'Encore! Encore!' Concert in Irving (irvingweekly.com) — Irving music lovers can catch the Lone Star Youth Orchestra's new season opener, "Encore! Encore!", at Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. The tuition-free youth orchestra highlights Brahms, Ravel, Schubert, and more, with affordable tickets and open audition information for local middle and high school musicians.
   

• Heaviest Rain in Over Two Months Drenches Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano and McKinney Thursday Morning as Lightning Strikes Tarrant County and Flooding Concerns Grow Across the Metroplex (newsbreak.com) — Irving was among the North Texas communities hit by steady to heavy rain Thursday morning, bringing slick roads and a risk of localized flooding after weeks of extreme dryness. Drivers across the Metroplex, including Irving commuters, faced reduced visibility on major highways as thunderstorms and lightning swept the region, with forecasters warning that more rain and potential flooding are possible through Friday.
   

• As anti-Hindu rhetoric grows, Texas Hindus rethink public celebrations (newsbreak.com) — An Irving homeowner's long-running Ganesh Chaturthi gathering highlights how Hindu families across Dallas-Fort Worth are rethinking public celebrations amid rising anti-Hindu rhetoric and online harassment. Local residents describe balancing joyful cultural traditions with concerns about noise, permits, environmental impact, and safety as Indian American communities grow in suburbs like Frisco, Plano, and Allen.
   

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    Hi everyone, our precious Jango escaped yesterday around 11am and we have been unable to find him. He is a very friendly dog and loves everyone… (Nextdoor Cartwright)
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    Some of them were smoking & sparking!! We have already been without light for over 2 hrs & they have just now started but our neighborhood… (Nextdoor Catalina Way)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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