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Get Out! Weekend Planner

It's Thursday, and you have no idea what you'll do for the weekend. Patch is coming to the rescue. We've got the best bets for your done-work,-outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities to hit and new bars/restaurants/shops to explore.

1. Napa Valley 360 Online Auction

Where/When: Your home, the , … wherever there is WiFi!
Friday, all day.
www.napavalley360.org

Why Go: It’s a Napa-centric online auction offering one-of-a-kind trips and activities in our County. Plus, all proceeds go toward , Calistoga Family Center, St. Helena Family Center and .

Pricing: Auction items range from $200 - $2,000

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2. First Friday Art Scavenger Hunt

Where/When: Downtown Napa (First Street, between Main and Randolph Streets) 5 – 8 p.m.
Reception at 6 – 8 pm
www.napaartonfirst.com
Also: Search “Napa Downtown” on Facebook and Twitter

Why Go: This is the kick-off art scavenger hunt of the season, and is also the beginning to Napa’s first “” celebration. will release scavenger hunt clues via Facebook and Twitter with participants encouraged to follow the clues (there will be 6 to 10), leading to the prize of an original piece of art created by this month’s featured artist, Ann Trinca.

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Pricing: Free

3. “The Dandelion Speakeasy” Festival, Calistoga

Where/When: 1201 Tucker Summit Road, Calistoga
Friday, Saturday 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 3 p.m.
bzimmerbird@gmail.com

Why Go: A weekend festival in Calistoga bound to be entertaining. It’s been promised that there will be gangsters, singers, burlesque dancers, and Dr. Love's Traveling Medicine Show in attendance.

Pricing: $18 Adults/$15 Seniors/$10 Children 12 and under
www.brownpapertickets.com

4.  Will Durst at the Napa Valley Opera House

Where/When: , 1030 Main Street, Friday 8 – 10 p.m.
www.nvoh.org
(707) 226-7372

Why Go: It’s Will Durst! Here’s a snippet from his bio-- This is bound to be enough to encourage your attendance: “Outraged and outrageous, Durst is as current as today's headlines, as accurate as a sniper, and universally acknowledged by even his peers as the nation's foremost political comic.”

Pricing: $35 - $40

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