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🌱 Patch AM: Step inside Plano’s new year-round cryptid museum and creature workshop
And on the Plano Patch calendar - AARP meeting
Greetings Plano! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Step inside Plano's new year-round cryptid museum and creature workshop
Also on today's calendar: AARP meeting and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 98, low: 77.
- Sunday: Sunny and hot, with a high of 99 and low of 77 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Behind the scenes of Dark Hour's North American Cryptid Museum (planomagazine.com) — Plano's Dark Hour Haunted House has added a year-round North American Cryptid Museum, giving locals a new family-friendly attraction with life-size monsters, guided tours, and special events. Opened June 6, it offers $16 self-guided visits, $23 ranger-led tours, and fall haunted house dates from Sept. 19 to Nov. 13, plus extras like Cryptids and Cocktails dinners. 
📸 Around Plano
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Plano
Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!
- AARP meeting →
Sam Johnson Recreation Center for Adults 50+, 401 W 16th St, Plano
1:00 pm - Labor Day Holiday
SKAGGS EL Plano, TX 75025 - LABOR DAY-CHAMBER & BC CLOSED
Plano Chamber of Commerce 5400 Independence Pkwy #200, Plano, TX 75023 - No School - Holiday
ANDREWS EL Plano, TX 75025 - Community Connections: YPP Non-Profit Fair
Plano Chamber of Commerce First United Bank 3930 Dallas Pkwy. Plano, TX 75093
5:00 pm - JV/V Volleyball vs Lake Highlands
PLANO WEST SENIOR H S PWSH Competition Gym
5:30 pm - School Board Meeting
BARKSDALE EL Plano ISD Administration Center, Board Room, 2700 W. 15th Street
5:30 pm - Women's Division Networking
Plano Chamber of Commerce Graith Healing Spa 305 W Spring Creek Pkwy Suite 103 Plano, TX 75023
3:00 pm - Community Event: Glow and Go
Plano Chamber of Commerce 2412 Preston Rd., Suite 160 Plano, TX 75093
6:00 pm
Friday September 4
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
📣 Plano Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Good Morning Fisher
Fisher El Frisco, TX 75034
7:55 am - Bilingual Story Time
The Colony Public Library - Kids Library Multipurpose Room - 6800 Main St. The Colony TX 75056
10:15 am - CHS Varsity Tennis @ Plano West
Centennial H S Plano West Senior High, 5601 W Parker Rd, Plano, TX 75093, USA
3:30 pm - LT Varsity Tennis @ Southlake HS
Lebanon Trail H S SOUTHLAKE CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS, 2400 N Carroll Ave, Sou
4:30 pm
Friday September 4
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Plano PatchAM possible:
- Astrologer in plano — 4082340989
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Found this bird at our pool Knolls at Russell Creek.
It's not scared of people has a blue ring. Not sure if it belongs to anyone. (Nextdoor Knolls at Russell Creek)
- Whole Foods posted a job opening for Produce Team Member (Clerk, Floor Service) - Part Time in Plano. Apply here.
- Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Plano. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Plano here.
🗞 Nearby News
Allen
- Friday Night Football: Allen hosts Desoto in monster early-season tilt (wfaa.com)
- Allen ISD outpaces state, region in 2025-26 STAAR test performance (communityimpact.com)
- NJPW Talent To Make Surprising AEW TV Debut This Week (wrestlezone.com)
Murphy
- WISD honors Fuller with new CTE center (murphymonitor.com)
Ok Plano! 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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