🌱 Patch AM: Elf The Musical JR and 11 more events

Good morning Hopkins! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Pet Mondays – Photos with Santa at Eden Prairie Center, 8251 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie, MN, 55344
• Elf The Musical JR at Stages Theatre Company
• Perler Palooza at Hopkins Library

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Last night I had a dream. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 27 and low of 0 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 26, low: 17.
• Monday: Periods of sun, with a high of 39 and low of 25 degrees.

📸 Around Hopkins

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkins

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★ Featured events ★

Monday December 22

• Pet Mondays – Photos with Santa
  Eden Prairie Center, 8251 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie, MN, 55344,
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• Elf The Musical JR
  Stages Theatre Company , 1111 Mainstreet , Hopkins
  1:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Perler Palooza
  Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
  3:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Crafternoon
  Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
  1:00 pm
• The Real Deal's 5th Annual Christmas Concert @ Tuttles
  Tuttle's Eat Bowl Play , 107 Shady Oak Rd , Hopkins
  7:30 pm

Friday December 26

• Dan Israel plays solo at LTD Brewing in downtown Hopkins from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
  LTD Brewing Co. , 8 8th Ave N , Hopkins
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 27

• Baby Storytime
  Ridgedale Library , 12601 Ridgedale Drive , Minnetonka
  10:00 am

Tuesday December 30

• Crafternoon
  Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
  1:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve Celebration
  Ridgedale Library , 12601 Ridgedale Drive , Minnetonka
  11:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 20

• December Walk With the Mayor
  Edina, MN Calendar , Galleria Edina , Edina
  9:00 am
• Free Family Films: The Polar Express at Edina Theatre
  Edina Mann Theatre , 3911 W 50th St , Edina
  10:00 am
• Family Storytime
  Webber Park Community Library , 4310 Webber Parkway , Minneapolis
  10:30 am
• English Conversation Circle
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  11:00 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Hopkins PatchAM possible:

• AnnapurnaBlue Heath and Wellness — (952) 405-0342
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CDS (Club Demonstration Services) posted a job opening for Part Time Product Demonstrator in Costco in Hopkins. Apply here.
• ABM Industries posted a job opening for Janitorial Cleaner - Part-time in Minnetonka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopkins here.

🗞 Nearby News

Minnetonka

• Ice Fishing Warriors prepare for battle on frozen Lake Minnetonka (hometownsource.com)
• Readers Write: Yet more fraud, public officials' safety, history (startribune.com)
• Shorewood, Deephaven approve 2026 budgets, property tax levies (hometownsource.com)

Edina

• The CT Scan That Changed Everything — A 40 Percent Miracle (cottagegrovejournal.news)

Minneapolis

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I dreamed I was swimming in a pool of orange soda, but it was just a Fanta-sea.
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