The Thursday email
A four-minute email that handles your weekend in the Valley.
A hand-picked Thursday-morning email. Every item tagged by neighborhood, scan to your block fast.
Why four minutes
Eight to fifteen items, day by day.
A typical Thursday issue runs eight to fifteen items, day-by-day from Friday through Sunday, plus a short "new this week" recap. Each item carries the facts (what, when, where) and a one-line frame on why it's worth your weekend. Most readers will be done in three to four minutes. That's the design.
What's in every issue
Four sections, in this order.
A hand-picked Friday through Sunday.
Eight to fifteen items: festivals, concerts, openings, markets, kid-friendly weekends, the Sunday afternoon worth keeping on your radar.
Anything from earlier in the week.
Recent openings, neighborhood notes, and a few items from Monday through Wednesday worth knowing about before the weekend starts.
Tagged by neighborhood.
Every item carries its neighborhood tag, so you can scan to your block fast. Your edition will lead with your neighborhoods starting in v1.5, preferences collected at signup carry over.
A warm sign-off, and one click out.
The last line thanks you for reading and asks you to share if it was useful. The unsubscribe link lives one tap from the top of every email.
Honest about how we run
AI does the combing. A human approves every item.
AI helps us comb through press releases, calendars, and city updates. A human editor approves every item before it sends. We say so on the corrections page and at the foot of any post composed largely from a single source.
Frequently asked
How often will I hear from you?
One email a week, Thursday morning. That's it.
Will you sell my email?
No. See the privacy policy for the full statement.
Can I unsubscribe?
One click, every email. No friction.
Does it cover Spanish-language events?
Yes, when we find them. The newsletter is in English, but events themselves run in whatever language they run in; we tag those clearly so you can plan around them.
What if I want to suggest something?
Use the submit page. We read every one.
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Free. Thursday mornings. Built for the people who live here.