5 Things: Read Your Favorite Mags for Free, Sing-along 'en español' at Paprika Kids

1. Do you love magazines? What if I told you that you could read up to 75 magazines, including Us Weekly, National Geographic Interactive, O the Oprah Magazine, The Economist, Vanity Fair, and Newsweek for the price of a Belmont Public Library card? Learn more by signing up for a half-hour appointment today from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a librarian to set up a free Zinio account through the library web site and download the Zinio app, if appropriate, to your Apple or Android device. You can then select the online magazines you want to read from the library's Zinio collection. All for free!

2. Jacie Feinberg, education director from Pine Village, is coming to Paprika Kids, at 404 Trapelo Rd. at 10:30 a.m. to sing along her songs from her new CD. Juntos Cantamos (Together We Sing) is a compilation of 13 original and traditional songs designed to get you and your child moving and singing en español. ίVengan a cantar con nosotros! Come and sing with us. This is a free event but registration is required so call 617-993-3431 or go to www.paprikakids.com to register.

3. Insituform Technologies will be performing sewer and drain work along Trapelo Road and Flett roads.

4. Just because it's summer recess doesn't mean your student doesn't have school work to do: the summer reading list for all grades and where to find them is available at the Belmont School Department redesigned Webpage.

5. On this day in 1880, Helen Keller, the American blind and deaf author and educator long associated with the Perkins School and the Boston area, was born. She would die in 1968.