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Monday morning, probably:

Wait, there was a strawberry festival?

Twenty miles away. Saturday. Shortcake, a bluegrass band, a pie table that sold out by noon. You heard about it the week after, the way you hear about everything.

Tell me before, not after Un-miss last weekend

An idea, not an app (yet)

What you missed last weekend, turned into what you could catch next weekend.

  • Example · what you missed

    Strawberry Festival

    Last Saturday · 20 mi

    Heard about it Monday, from a photo of somebody else’s shortcake.

    Example · what’s coming

    Sweet Corn Festival

    Next Saturday · 11 mi

    Heard about it Wednesday. Time enough to find the stretchy pants.

  • Example · what you missed

    Firehouse Pancake Breakfast

    Last Sunday · 4 mi

    All you can eat. You ate cereal.

    Example · what’s coming

    Friday Fish Fry at the Legion Hall

    Next Friday · 6 mi

    Tartar sauce situation: promising.

  • Example · what you missed

    Band Shell Concert in the Park

    Last Friday · 3 mi

    They played till the fireflies came out. Allegedly.

    Example · what’s coming

    Hot Air Balloon Glow

    Next Saturday, dusk · 17 mi

    Bring a lawn chair. Look up.

  • Example · what you missed

    Library Used-Book Sale

    Last Saturday · 2 mi

    $5 a bag. The bags were enormous. You found out from the empty shelves.

    Example · what’s coming

    Antique Tractor Show

    Next Sunday · 9 mi

    Loud, slow, wonderful. Kids lose their minds.

Made-up examples, not real listings. Happens Near Me doesn’t exist yet. That’s what the list is for.

The whole idea fits on an index card.

You hear about it while there’s still time to go.

  1. one.

    Before, not after.

    You find out on Wednesday, while there’s still a Saturday to plan around. Not on Monday, from somebody else’s photos.

  2. two.

    Near means near.

    The things within a drive you’d actually make. Not the big city’s list with your town’s name pasted on top.

  3. three.

    Small counts.

    The pancake breakfast is news. The fish fry is news. Somebody’s cousin’s bluegrass band in the park is definitely news.

Small towns are full of things to do. They just announce them on the sign by the bank, a flyer at the hardware store, and a post that reaches eleven people. Happens Near Me is the idea that you shouldn’t have to be one of the eleven.

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Wanted: People who keep finding out on Monday.

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