🌱 How a new campus hub is reshaping gender studies in Middletown
Morning Middletown! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new campus hub is reshaping gender studies in Middletown
Also on today's calendar: Collectors Online Auction | '57 Corvette | '57 Messerschmitt | Art | Antiques and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.
- Saturday: Warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 85, low: 48.
- Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 58 and low of 39 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Harrisburg faculty member builds bridges through gender studies (psu.edu) — Middletown residents connected to Penn State Harrisburg may notice a growing hub for gender, sexuality and women’s studies on campus, launched with support from the chancellor. Associate professor Mary Zaborskis is using the new collaborative space to host talks, film series, research colloquia and micro-grant projects that bring together students, faculty and staff from across disciplines. 
📸 Around Middletown
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★ Featured events ★
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Collectors Online Auction | '57 Corvette | '57 Messerschmitt | Art | Antiques
Online Auction,
10:00 am
Thursday April 23
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Other local events
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The Art of Scoring & Design - Sourdough Class
Soil & Soul Farm Market , Soil & Soul Farm , 2405 Colebrook Rd , Middletown
11:00 am -
Tiny Tots Storytime
Middletown Public Library , 20 North Catherine Street , Middletown
10:30 am -
Wee Readers Storytime
Middletown Public Library , 20 North Catherine Street , Middletown
1:00 pm -
Sensory Story Time
Middletown Public Library , 20 North Catherine Street , Middletown
5:30 pm -
SHARP Dance Company: Stories
Olmsted Building , 777 W Harrisburg Pike , Middletown
7:30 pm -
Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
12:00 pm -
Rest and Renew Sound Immersion
Soil & Soul Farm Market , Soil & Soul Farm , 2405 Colebrook Rd , Middletown
6:00 pm -
Tiny Tots Storytime
Middletown Public Library , 20 North Catherine Street , Middletown
10:30 am -
Wee Readers Storytime
Middletown Public Library , 20 North Catherine Street , Middletown
1:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Tuesday April 21
Thursday April 23
Saturday April 25
Tuesday April 28
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Preschool Pals Story Time
Red Land Community Library , 70 Newberry Commons , Etters
10:30 am -
Grown Up & Me with ages 2 – 4 | Next Generation Yoga with Cindy Lesher
Brownstone Station Wellness Center , 320 E 2nd St Suite B , Hummelstown
10:00 am -
Dramapalooza
Lower Dauphin High School
2:00 pm -
Library Closed
Middletown Public Library , 20 North Catherine Street , Middletown
8:00 am
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
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💬 Chatter
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Probably needs done weekly. Please message me or comment with your recommendations. (Nextdoor Middletown) - I’m looking to hire a new hardworking assistant to help me in support of my work .
I’m a realtor and my current assistant just gave birth a week ago and hence I will be needing some who can help me in posting house for rental and… (Nextdoor Pineford)
- ABM posted a job opening for Janitorial Cleaner in Middletown. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Hummelstown
- Maryann Grove (thesunontheweb.com)
- Jean L. Janssen (thesunontheweb.com)
- Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday (marketbeat.com)
Elizabethtown
- Solanco softball team rallies late to extend win streak over Elizabethtown to 10 straight (lancasteronline.com)
- Mount Joy Twp. industrial plan faces neighbor scrutiny at packed hearing (lancasteronline.com)
- 2026 Spring Orchard Meetings Dates and Times (morningagclips.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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