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🌱 Placitas: Violin Wizardry! Free Youth and Family Program — Opus OP Arts and Education Projects and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

  • New Mexico Philharmonic: The Three Sopranos at Popejoy Hall
  • Violin Wizardry, featuring Violin Wizard, Carmelo de los Santos and hosted by Oliver Prezant at Placitas Community Library
  • Placitas: Violin Wizardry! Free Youth and Family Program — Opus OP Arts and Education Projects at Placitas Community Library

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

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

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Very windy; partly sunny, with a high of 70 and low of 29 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly to mostly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 34.
  • Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 73 and low of 42 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday April 17
  • SLA Family Movie Night in the Field
    Spartan Learning Academy Field , 485 Camino Don Tomas , Bernalillo
    5:00 pm
  • MTF Biologics STAR Symposium - April 2026
    Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa , 1300 Tuyuna Trail , Santa Ana Pueblo
    6:00 pm
    • Saturday April 18
  • BHS 2026 Prom
    Balloon Fiesta Park Event Center
    7:00 pm
    • Sunday April 19
  • 2026 Senior Tournament
    Starlight Bowling Center , 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd , Bernalillo
    12:30 pm
  • Violin Wizardry, featuring Violin Wizard, Carmelo de los Santos and hosted by Oliver Prezant
    Placitas Community Library , 453 HWY 165 , Placitas
    2:00 pm
    • Tuesday April 21
  • Scholars Banquet
    Prairie Star Restaurant & Wine Bar , 288 Prairie Star Rd , Santa A
    6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Does anyone need large, sturdy boxes, good for moving or storage.
    We have accumulated about twenty of them. We live near Tecolote and Rosa Castillo and are free to whoever wants them, you just have to pick them up. (Nextdoor Mustang Mesa)
  • We are looking for a reasonable architect who can draw up submittable plans for an ADU.
    We are converting an existing 3 car garage into a 1 bedroom dwelling. (Nextdoor Placitas Heights)
  • Hyatt Hotels Corp. posted a job opening for Empleado de apoyo (Houseperson) al Departamento de Servicios de Convenciones in Bernalillo. Apply here.
  • American Gypsum posted a job opening for Dunnage Machine Operator- Entry Level in Bernalillo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Placitas here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bernalillo

  • Man charged in shootout with authorities in Bernalillo (abqjournal.com)
  • Local teams hold weight at Powerlifting State Championship (rrobserver.com)
  • Settlement reached in Bernalillo Public Schools teacher abuse lawsuit (abqjournal.com)

Corrales

  • Corrales volunteers needed to mud and clean historic church April 25 (corralescomment.com)
  • Letter to the editor: Ezee Fiber commits to communication, accountability in Corrales (corralescomment.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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