🌱 Patch AM: Hoelly Jolly Drag Brunch and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• United in Prevention: Human Trafficking Current Trends and Prevention Strategies Conference 2026 at Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor
• Hoelly Jolly Drag Brunch at A.T. O'Keeffe's
• CENTER CLOSED for the Holiday at Fenway Community Center

... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Snow early in the morning, with a high of 24 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Sunday: Partly sunny and not as cold, temps: high: 36, low: 27.
• Monday: Periods of rain, with a high of 48 and low of 28 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Back Bay

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday April 15

• United in Prevention: Human Trafficking Current Trends and Prevention Strategies Conference 2026
  Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor, 101 Harborside Dr, Boston
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 28

• Hoelly Jolly Drag Brunch
  A.T. O'Keeffe's , 911 Boylston St , Boston
  12:00 pm

Monday December 29

• CENTER CLOSED for the Holiday
  Fenway Community Center , 1282 Boylston Street , Boston

Wednesday December 31

• The Resolution Ball
  The Westin Copley Place, Boston , 10 Huntington Ave , Boston
  7:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• CLOSED for New Years Day
  Fenway Community Center , 1282 Boylston Street , Boston

Saturday January 3

• Junk Journaling
  Egleston Square Branch Library , 2044 Columbus Avenue , Roxbury
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 27

• Michael's Beginner English Class
  Watertown Free Public Library Raya Stern Trustees Room (2nd floor) , 123 Main St, Watertown, MA, 02472
  9:30 am
• Fiber Arts Club
  Jamaica Plain Branch Library , 12 Sedgwick Street , Jamaica Plain
  10:00 am
• Vacation Week Palooza: Sleeping Beauty by Tanglewood Marionettes — Puppet Showplace Theater
  Puppet Showplace Theater , 32 Station St , Brookline
  10:30 am
• Paper Snow Globes (6 - 12)
  The Green Room The Revere Public Library , 179 Beach Street , Revere
  12:00 pm
• Boston Cars & Coffee
  15 Newton St , Brookline
  1:30 pm
• showing of the movie Age of Disclosure promoted by the all-volunteer political nonprofit, Citizens f
  Watertown Free Public Library Lucia Mastrangelo Room (2nd floor) , 123 Main St, Watertown, MA, 02472
  2:00 pm
• 2025 Fenway Bowl
  Fenway Park , 4 Jersey St , Boston
  2:15 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Boston

• Another airline just added service from Boston to this Midwestern city (boston.com)
• Boston named top destination for 2026: Why US News says it's worth visiting (masslive.com)
• How two Boston teens are fighting the food waste crisis (bostonglobe.com)

Cambridge

• 2 Hospitalized After Shooting Incident At Cambridge Residence (patch.com)

Brookline

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I have no idea. I didn’t even know sheep could knit.
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