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5 Things You Need to Know Today, 7/17

Beat the heat with art, science, and film.

1) Mostly sunny today, with temperatures climbing into the mid or high 80s. Patches of morning fog will burn off before long, and a bit of a breeze will spring up to cool things off in the afternoon. Clouds coming in after sundown, with overnight temperatures in the mid 70s.

2) The returns to , today and every Tuesday throughout the summer. Featuring handmade arts and crafts ranging from paintings, to quilts, to jewelry, to glassware, to wampum, and much more, the market also offers live music and food. It's free to browse, beginning at 2 p.m. For more, visit http://www.falmouthartmarket.com/.

3) hosts a lecture on this afternoon at 2:30, in its . Dennis McGillicuddy, senior scientist in the Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department, will speak about the annual algae blooms which sometimes wreck the region's shellfishing harvest. To learn more, call (508) 289-2700, email kpatterson@whoi.edu, or visit http://www.whoi.edu/main/smp-2012-talks.

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4) The presents the first screening in its summer film series, a presentation of , between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. The film, which was nominated for six Israeli Ophir awards, and won for best supporting actor (Michael Moshonov), follows the struggles of 13-year-old Yoni, whose upcoming bar mitzvah is complicated by tensions within his family, and the return of his autistic brother from an institution. The screening is $7 for members, and $10 for nonmembers; a season pass for all six screenings is available for $36 for members, $50 for nonmembers. To learn more, call (508) 540-0602, email fjcoffice@comcast.net, or visit http://www.falmouthjewish.org.

5) This day in history: Joe Dimaggio's 56-game hitting streak comes to an end, when the Yankee Clipper goes 0-3 with a walk against Cleveland (1941); Ally leaders meet for the final time during World War II, with Harry Truman joining Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam, Germany (1945); and Disneyland opens, in Anaheim, California (1955).

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