1) Today will be sunny, fairly warm, and very windy. A high wind watch is in effect all day, with winds blowing from the west at 25-30 miles per hour, and gusting to 50 mph. Watch out for downed limbs or even whole trees, as well as power lines. It won't calm down until later tonight.
2) hosts a unique presentation on and Sons, Saturday at 10 a.m.. Artist Robert Wyatt will use lecture, live performance, and film footage to recount the rise of the famous piano manufacturer from humble beginnings, to become the most successful company of its kind in the country. Tickets are $25 at the door. For more information, call (508) 495-1878, extension 303, or visit www.highfieldhall.org.
3) Not one but two Saturday farmers' markets cater to those who can't wait for spring. runs from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in Mahoney's tropical greenhouse, offering winter vegetables, grass-fed pork, lamb, and beef, homemade honey, cheese, jam, and artisan bread, plus gourmet desserts, nuts, chocolate, granola, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar. Meanwhile, the at the runs from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., offering its own locally grown produce and handmade food, plus cooking demonstrations, a thrift store, and used books.
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4) Local musical jack of all trades Brian Sances brings his latest project, , to . The show begins at 10 p.m. No cover.
5) This day in history: Samuel Colt patents his soon-to-be-iconic revolver (1836); Hiram Rhoades Revels, the first African-American congressman, is sworn into the U.S. Senate (1870); and Cassius Clay—soon to be known as Muhammad Ali—fells Sonny Liston to claim the world heavyweight championship (1964).
