🌱 Patch AM: When the St. Olaf Band brings its national tour to Kirkwood

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• When the St. Olaf Band brings its national tour to Kirkwood

Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and warm, with a high of 69 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and warm, temps: high: 63, low: 56.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 70 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• St. Olaf Band to tour the Midwest and South (stolaf.edu) — Kirkwood music lovers can catch the renowned St. Olaf Band at Kirkwood High School on Thursday, February 5, with a 7 p.m. concert featuring the Kirkwood High School Wind Ensemble. The national tour program, built around an “American Graffiti” theme, includes a major new work exploring the Black experience and offers free admission for students of all ages.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 24

• Yoga Flow
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  9:00 am
• Christmas Eve
  Crestwood, MO Calendar Crestwood, MO 63126
  12:00 pm
• CANCELED - Audit and Finance Committee Meeting
  City of Des Peres Calendar , City Hall 12325 Manchester Road , Des Peres
  4:30 pm
• Arts Committee
  Creve Coeur Government Center - Council Chamber , 300 N. New Ballas Rd. , Creve Coeur
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 25

• Winter Holidays
  Center for Creative Learning (CCL) , 265 Old State Rd , Ellisville
• HOLIDAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
• Christmas Day - City Hall, Service Center, Rec Closed
  City of Webster Groves Calendar Webster Groves, MO 63119
• SOD AM - Christmas CLOSED
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  5:00 am
• Free Christmas Day Movie with the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival: Rebel with a Cause
  The J, Staenberg Family Complex, Mirowitz Performing Arts & Banquet Center , 2 Millstone Campus Drive , St. Louis
  11:00 am
• Board of Adjustment
  Brentwood Calendar , 2348 S. Brentwood Blvd City Hall Council Chambers , Brentwood
  6:30 pm

Friday December 26

• SOD AM - Kayla
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  6:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Young Kirkwood Skater Named to the 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships Sweeper Team —Courtney Megliola Read on Patch

• A vehicle accident on eastbound I-270 at New Florissant Rd in Florissant, MO, has closed all lanes and shoulders, with an expected end time of 10:45 PM.
  10:02PM on Dec 22: All lanes on I-270 East at New Florissant Road are open, with the right shoulder closed. 9:50PM on Dec 22: All lanes on I-270… (Nextdoor )
• Crash reported on I-55 Northbound in Missouri at the interchange with I-270 Northbound.
  1:25PM on Dec 22: I-55 Northbound at I-270 Northbound has left lane, left exit, and left shoulder closed, with one lane open. (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Webster Groves

• Opera Theatre buys former Caleres headquarters for more than $15M (stlpr.org)
• Living His Best Life With Metastatic Cancer (timesnewspapers.com)
• Naughty Or Nice (timesnewspapers.com)

Fenton

• Beckwood Press Expands Fenton, Missouri, Headquarters Operations (areadevelopment.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I got tired of the hole business.
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