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🌱 Patch AM: What Ladue students learned from Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan’s visit
And check out Garage Sale on the Ladue Patch calendar
Good morning Ladue! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Ladue students learned from Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan's visit
- How a Ladue seventh-grader is celebrating faith, sports and service
Also on today's calendar: Garage Sale and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 70 and low of 50 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 73, low: 51.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan inspires MICDS students with story of perseverance (firstalert4.com) — Students at MICDS in Ladue heard Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan share his story of perseverance, from refugee to acclaimed actor, during a campus visit Thursday. His talk, tied to his memoir tour and hosted with The Very Asian Foundation, emphasized resilience, representation, and not fearing failure, leaving many local students feeling inspired. 
• Bar mitzvah: Reid Mandel Swillinger (stljewishlight.org) — A Ladue Middle School seventh-grader, Reid Mandel Swillinger, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on October 10 and is active on several local sports teams, including the Ladue Jr. Rams and Ladue Middle School hockey. He also recently began volunteering with Special Blues Hockey, helping athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities enjoy adaptive hockey and raise funds for equipment and ice time.
📸 Around Ladue
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ladue
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★ Featured events ★
- Garage Sale →
218 Glen Rd, St. Louis
8:00 am - Saint Louis Chamber Chorus "Choral Elements Fire" →
Second Baptist Church, 9030 Clayton Rd, St. Louis
3:00 pm
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
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Other local events
- MS Home Volleyball Games
Ladue Middle Saint Louis, MO 63124
4:15 pm - MS Cross Country Meet
Ladue Middle Saint Louis, MO 63124
4:15 pm - MS Away Volleyball Games
Ladue Middle Saint Louis, MO 63124
4:15 pm - HS: Chamber Orchestra Concert
Ladue Performing Arts Center - main theater stage
7:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
📣 Ladue Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Comm & Media Day
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center
9:30 am - 20th Anniversary LIVE @ the MSC Patio: College Radio Day Celebratio
Millennium Student Center and Student Services (MSC), Patio
12:00 pm - SOD PM - Kaiya →
City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
1:00 pm - The Birthday of the World: An Interactive Children's Theatre Experience
The J – Staenberg Family Complex (Arts & Education Building), 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis
5:00 pm - "Sky Hopinka: Languages" Photography, Poetry and Film Exhibit & Reception →
Kooyumjian Gallery at Webster University, 8300 Big Bend Boulevard, Webster Groves
5:30 pm - Hannibal at Webster Groves →
Webster Groves MO
5:30 pm - Spottswoode Wine Dinner →
9200 Olive Blvd Suite 126, Olivette
5:45 pm - Small Works XXIV Opening Reception →
Webster Groves Public Library, 301 E Lockwood Ave, Webster Groves
6:00 pm
Friday October 2
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🗞 Nearby News
Clayton
- Former 7UP headquarters in Clayton to be revived as apartments (fox2now.com)
- Page's proposed St. Louis County budget includes cuts and pushes dire need for new revenue (stlpr.org)
- Brinton Vision Addresses LASIK Credential Verification in St Louis as WCRS Directory Lists Dr. Jason P. Brinton (commercialappeal.com)
University City
- Media Coverage: September 2026 (umsl.edu)
Ok Ladue! 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: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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