Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 27

1. Make a difference: The American Red Cross is scheduled to have a blood drive from 1-7 p.m. at , 1155 Main St., Wakefield, in the Parish Hall. Double red cell donations will be available and donors will receive a free Burger King Whopper Value Meal coupon.ce:

2. Game for some blogging? We're looking for some unpaid bloggers who either live or work in Stoneham to contribute blogs to our new "Local Voices" section which launched today. We'd love to have folks passionate about writing on various localized topics such as cooking, fashion, fitness, high school sports and the outdoors. We'd prefer bloggers who can contribute one blog with photo(s) per week. If interested, email Stoneham Patch Editor Mark Ouellette at mark.ouellette@patch.com and provide previous blog experience or writing samples and a resume (optional).

3. Tell the community: Got a press release or announcement you'd like to share with our readers? Post it to the announcements section!

4. Show time!  is scheduled to be performed at 8 p.m. at the . The play is about Peggy Sawyer, a small town chorus girl who gets the opportunity to show what she can do on stage after the star of the show breaks an ankle. 

5. Looking to adopt a cat? Check back with Stoneham Patch Saturday at 10 a.m. when we feature the latest . 

For more activities, check out our events calendar.