1) Clouds will be coming going all day, bringing intermittent showers, and possibly thunderstorms. It'll be humid, with temperatures in the mid 80s. Temperatures should drop into the high 60s overnight, with the threat if rain continuing.
2) The offers a workshop in , today and tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The two-day class will give you the chance to create art with molten beeswax, fuse with torches, glaze, carve, layer, and make collages and photo transfers. Ginnie Peterson will teach you anything you want to know about the encaustic arts. The class is $125 for members, $140 for nonmembers, plus a $20 materials fee. To learn more, call (508) 540-3304, email director@falmouthart.org, or visit http://www.falmouthart.org.
3) WHOI presents a lecture on , today at 2:30 p.m., in its . Larissa Willams, postdoctoral fellow in the Biology Department, will detail the historic harbor's long history of receiving waste products from the inhabitants of the surrounding lands, and the story of one mild-mannered minnow species which has managed to survive and thrive despite its largely altered environment. The talk is free, and open to all. 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 's Summer Film Series continues with , an acclaimed documentary about the Yiddish writer's life and work. Learn how one rebellious genius shaped a new literature, through faithful observation of his world and irreverent humor. Tickets are $7 for members, $10 for nonmembers. To learn more, call (508) 540-0602, email fjcoffice@comcast.net, or visit http://www.falmouthjewish.org.
5) This day in history: Detroit is founded, by a French fur trader (1701); the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu is discovered (1911); and the Apollo 11 astronauts return to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean (1969).
