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5 Things You Need to Know Today, 7/18
Stay out of the sun, and the rain, with fiction, history, and baseball.
1) Hot and humid again today, with scattered showers expected in the afternoon. The rain won't cut the heat much, with temperatures remaining in the low 80s until evening. More showers, and possible thunderstorms, overnight.
2) Stop by the between 2 and 4 p.m. for , an event featuring three authors. Cynthia Riggs (The Bee Balm Murders) and Susan Wilson (The Dog Who Danced) represent Martha's Vineyard, and Kathryn Kay (The Gilder) is in from Nantucket. The program is free, and includes refreshments. For more information, call (508) 457-2555, extension 6, email info@falmouthpubliclibrary.org, or visit http://www.falmouthpubliclibrary.org.
3) The presents , at the . Historian David Kuhn will chronicle the early career of Babe Ruth, and examine the real motivations behind Red Sox owner Harry Frazee's disastrous decision to sell the future Sultan of Swat to the New York Yankees. The talk is $4 for members, and $5 for nonmembers, and begins at 7 p.m. For more, call (508) 548-4857, email fhs@cape.com, or visit http://www.falmouthhistoricalsociety.org.
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4) The hosts a lecture on , examining the region's opposition to the conflict, and the toll the war took on maritime interests. Historian James H. Ellis will discuss his book, A Ruinous and Unhappy War. The talk is free, and begins at 7:30 p.m. To learn more, call (508) 548-8961, email whpl_mail@clamsnet.org, or visit http://www.woodsholepubliclibrary.org.
5) This day in history: Rome burns, while, according to legend, Emperor Nero fiddles (54 AD); gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson is born (1929); and Franklin Roosevelt is nominated for his third term as president (1940).
