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+/* Project overrides, appended after PaperMod's core CSS by the theme's
+   head.html. Keep customisations here rather than editing files inside the
+   themes/PaperMod submodule — those never get committed, and CI checks the
+   submodule out fresh, so they would be missing from the deployed site. */
+
+/* Shorter hero block: PaperMod reserves 320px / 260px for a lead image we
+   don't use, which pushed the venue tables below the fold. */
+.first-entry {
+    min-height: 180px;
+}
+
+@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
+    .first-entry {
+        min-height: 180px;
+    }
+}