🌱 Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 12 more events

Good day Bagtown! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Frederick Welcome Spring on the Creek Art & Crafts Show at Carroll Creek Park
• Hagerstown Homesteaders at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
• National Library Week at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 57 degrees.
• Saturday: Near-record temperatures, temps: high: 89, low: 46. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 59 and low of 37 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bagtown

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Frederick Welcome Spring on the Creek Art & Crafts Show
  Carroll Creek Park, Carroll Creek Linear Park, Frederick
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Hagerstown Homesteaders
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
  11:00 am

Sunday April 19

• National Library Week
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown

Monday April 20

• Take N Make: Quill Pen & Ink
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
  9:00 am
• Silent Book Club
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
  6:00 pm
• Therapy Rabbit Visit
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
  6:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• National Library Week
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
• Stop The Bleed
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
  1:00 pm
• Build a Marshmallow Peep House!
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
  250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Knitting, Crocheting, and Craft Group (SMI)
  Smithsburg Library , 66 W Water St , Smithsburg
  10:30 am
• Infant Lapsit Storytime
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  11:00 am
• Infant Lapsit Storytime (BNS)
  Boonsboro Free Library, a branch of the Washington County Free Library , 401 Potomac St , Boonsboro
  11:00 am
• Pre-School Story Time (SMI)
  Smithsburg Library , 66 W Water St , Smithsburg
  11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Smithsburg

• HARC Hike fundraiser returns with canal and Appalachian Trail options (heraldmailmedia.com)
• People Live Their Whole Lives In Maryland And Somehow Miss These 8 Enchanting Places (familydestinationsguide.com)
• These 9 Towns In Maryland Are So Picture-Perfect, You'll Think They Were Made For Television (familydestinationsguide.com)

Boonsboro

• Wawa offers free hot coffee to Rewards members April 16 (heraldmailmedia.com)
• Mountaineers Return Home for Series Against Houston (on3.com)
• Federal Judge Blocks ICE Plan for Hagerstown Detention Center (92q.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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