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🌱 How a Brad Pitt film put New Smyrna Beach on Hollywood’s map
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Brad Pitt film put New Smyrna Beach on Hollywood’s map
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 84, low: 66.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 87 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Paul Rudd, Brad Pitt, 'R,J. Decker.' Is Florida's film industry back? (news-journalonline.com) — A major Brad Pitt racing movie recently filmed scenes at a New Smyrna Beach restaurant, tying the city directly into Florida’s film revival. The piece explains how new local incentives and marketing are luring big productions back statewide, from Disney World holiday shoots to star-studded dramas on the coasts, even without a statewide tax credit program. 
📸 Around New Smyrna Beach
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Upcoming Events in
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Farmers Market
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Volusia County Select Show and Reception
Atlantic Center for the Arts , 1414 Art Center Ave. , New Smyrna Beach
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Open Mic Poetry Night
The Hub on Canal , 132 Canal St , New Smyrna Beach
5:30 pm -
Food Trucks @ Venetian Bay
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4:00 pm -
NSB Garden Club- Garden Tour 2026
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9:00 am -
Growing Together
Yurick Studios , 123 Douglas Street , New Smyrna Beach
10:00 am -
Job Fair - For High School Students & The Public
The REC , 4655 City Center Circle , Port Orange
4:00 pm -
The Unsearchable Self: Writing Poetry in a World of Artificial Intelligence
Yurick Studios , 123 Douglas Street , New Smyrna Beach
4:15 pm
Saturday April 18
Monday April 20
Wednesday April 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
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The Hub on Canal and Patrick Walsh present: “The Vast Picture Show”
The Hub on Canal , 132 Canal St , New Smyrna Beach
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Ponce Preserves the Planet
Ponce Inlet Preserve
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Volusia County Select Show and Reception
Atlantic Center for the Arts- Harris Theater , 1414 Art Center Ave , New Smyrna Beach
4:00 pm -
Open Mic Poetry Night
The Hub on Canal , 132 Canal St , New Smyrna Beach
5:30 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Resort Travel & Xchange posted a job opening for Houseperson in New Smyrna Beach. Apply here.
- Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in New Smyrna Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Smyrna Beach here.
🗞 Nearby News
Edgewater
- Edgewater High School E-Boutique Accepting Formal Attire Donations (nationaltoday.com)
- Douglas Eugene Crank (orlando-news.com)
- 18-year-old charged in armed gold necklace robbery, shooting (orlando-news.com)
Port Orange
- DOH-Volusia Lifts Water Quality Health Advisory (floridahealth.gov)
- Coast Guard shuts down illegal charter operation at Ponce Inlet (actionnewsjax.com)
- Sand Fencing Project Completed in Ponce Inlet (newsdaytonabeach.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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