🌱 Free Community Event: Summer Slugfest at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park and 11 more events

Hello Franklin Farm! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Purcellville Wine and Food Festival at Fireman's Field Complex, 250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville, VA, 20132
• Free Community Event: Summer Slugfest at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park

Today's riddle: What do you get when you mix a broccoli and a melon? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 82 and low of 66 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 85, low: 65.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 90 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Franklin Farm

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday July 18

• Purcellville Wine and Food Festival →
  Fireman's Field Complex, 250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville, VA, 20132,
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday July 25

• Free Community Event: Summer Slugfest at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park →
  5000 Stonecroft Blvd, Chantilly
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday July 12

• Open Mic StandUp Comedy at Library →
  Chantilly Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Rd, Chantilly
  11:00 am
• Storytelling Workshop - Chantilly Regional Library, Chantilly, VA →
  Chantilly Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Rd, Chantilly
  11:00 am
• Flare: Finding a Sense of Place in the Chronically Ill Body Art
  De Laski Performing Arts Off Campus Location
  11:00 am
• Improv workshop - Chantilly Regional Library, Chantilly, VA →
  Chantilly Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Rd, Chantilly
  12:00 pm
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  De Laski Performing Arts Hylton Performing Arts Center, Gregory Family Theater
  2:00 pm

Wednesday July 15

• Sterling ASL social
  Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons Starbucks, 46900 Community Plaza, Sterling, VA 20164, USA
  9:00 am
• Lilo Gonzalez →
  Frying Pan Farm Park Visitor Center, 2739 West Ox Rd, Herndon
  10:00 am
• Inova Fair Oaks →
  Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, 3600 Joseph Siewick Dr, Fairfax
  12:00 pm

Thursday July 16

• Jon z en Herndon va Ibiza →
  IBIZA BAR & GRILL, 150 Elden St, Herndon
  10:00 pm

Friday July 17

• 60th Anniversary of Cued Speech Event
  Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza, 1 Veterans Pl, S
• Sips of Summer - Morton's Reston →
  Morton's The Steakhouse, 11956 Market St, Reston
  6:30 pm

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• TradeWorx Academy — (571) 350-0041
  Hands-On Home Improvement Workshops - Fair Oaks Mall

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🗞 Nearby News

Chantilly

• Experienced Software Engineer at Boeing (boeing.com)
• Va. budget creates state climate office at George Mason University (ffxnow.com)
• Rabid Cat That Didn't Look Sick May Have Exposed People In Chantilly: Health Officials (dailyvoice.com)

Reston

• Public Art Reston Kicks Off Communitywide Scavenger Hunt (therestonletter.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The saddest vegetable known to man: a melonccoli. (Thank you Francie H. for sending it in!)
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