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5 Things You Need to Know Today, 2/26

A good day for food and dance

1) Be ready for another windy day, with speeds of 20 to 25 miles per hour, and gusts up to 40. Skies will be clear all day, and temperatures will hover in the mid to high 30s, possibly climbing to 40 in the early afternoon.

2) presents the latest entry in its series, beginning at 1 p.m. Gert Rausch, chef and owner of the Aqua Grille, will share his decades of experience in the culinary arts, and the multicultural cuisines that have shaped his unique cooking style. With influences ranging from German, Swiss, and Italian staples, to Thai food, to Caribbean fare, Rausch uses his years of traveling and cooking to produce his own version of global food fusion. Tickets are $39, and are available online or by calling (508) 495-1878, extension 303.

3) The hosts its monthly , from 2-4 p.m. Family-friendly music and events. Admission is $2 per person, or $10 for the whole family.

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4) The invites anyone with a bottomless stomach or a love of gastronomic competition to the at 2 p.m.. The contest will be followed by live music from Commonwealth, and raffles. $5 at the door, $10 to enter the contest. For more information, call (508) 564-5029, or visit the Headway Skate Shop online.

5) This day in history: deposed emperor Napoleon Bonaparte escapes his first island imprisonment, on Elba (1815); Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto (1848); and the Grand Canyon (1919) and Grand Tetons (1929) national parks are established.

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