🌱 Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Hewitt Lecture 2026: Dr. Nicole A. Cooke at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland)
• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 68 and low of 50 degrees.
• Saturday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 75, low: 41.
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 46 and low of 28 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oakland

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday April 21

• Hewitt Lecture 2026: Dr. Nicole A. Cooke
  Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland), Carnegie Museum & Library, 4400 Forbes Ave Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 25

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

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📣 Oakland Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Chenango Forks Varsity Softball @ Windsor Central
  
  5:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Spring Garden Day
  Montrose Bible Conference , 218 Locust St , Montrose
  9:00 am
• Mark Miklos concert
  Forest City Area Historical Society , 633 Main St , Forest City
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Blue Ridge Varsity Softball @ Elk Lake
  Elk Lake School District , 2380 Elk Lake School Rd , Springville
  4:30 pm

Friday April 24

• Lonnie Griffiths Music: Canary Circus at Country Trails Brewing Co. in Montrose, PA
  Country Trails Brewing Co. , 19815 PA-706 , Montrose
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Spring Clean Up Day 🌿
  Salt Springs State Park , 2305 Salt Springs Rd , Montrose
  9:00 am

Tuesday April 28

• Waverly Varsity Softball @ Windsor Central
  
  5:00 pm

Monday May 4

• Dallas Boys Varsity Volleyball @ Blue Ridge
  Blue Ridge High School , 5150 School Rd , New Milford
  5:00 pm

Tuesday May 5

• Elk Lake JV Baseball @ Blue Ridge
  Blue Ridge High School , 5150 School Rd , New Milford
  4:30 pm

Saturday May 9

• Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser
  Penn State Extension , 88 Chenango St , Montrose
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Montrose

• Jackie Baker runs for PA-20 (riverreporter.com)
• HS TRACK AND FIELD: 2026 Lackawanna Track Conference Division III-IV Honor Roll (Week 4) (thetimes-tribune.com)

Carbondale

• Community Calendar 4/16/26 (thetimes-tribune.com)
• Pocono Mountain East baseball hosts West in early-season rivalry (tricountyindependent.com)
• A year of twirling: Lynnette's Twirlerettes to present annual recital (thetimes-tribune.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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