Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 20

1. Special electronics drop-off. Once a month, the city recycling depot off Rumford Avenue holds special Friday and Saturday drop-off days for electronics. Today from 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. you can drop off any electronic items at the depot. There will be a $12 charge for any TV or computer monitors, but all other items are free. The city website has more info here.

2. Urban Tree Commission. The Newton Urban Tree Commission will meet this morning at 7:45 a.m. in room 203 at . For more information on the meeting, see the attached .pdf to the right.

3. From Russia, with Arts. A Russian art and culture festival will be held this weekend at the and will include classical and jazz musicians, authors, dancers, a fashion show and artwork. An opening reception will be held tonight at 5 p.m. complete with music and food from and . The event is free and open to the public. 

4. Benefit concert. SteveSongs, an award-winning children's musician and PBS co-host, will give a concert at tonight to benefit the Claudia Adams Barr Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. starts at 10:30 a.m. and tickets are $12. 

5. Last chance to vote! Our closes this morning at 9 a.m. It's still a pretty tight race between and and your vote could make the difference. REMEMBER, if you leave a positive review in our Patch Directory for one of the businesses, it will count toward the final poll tally. Please, one vote per person.