5 Things You Should Know Today – July 6, 2011

Wednesday will offer several outdoor activities, but keep an eye out for rain clouds. Here's what you should know today:

1. The weather

The National Weather Service warns that a weak cold front moving through the area may bring showers and thunderstorms with it. The chance of rain is 50 percent, and it's most likely to fall this afternoon. Keep that umbrella handy.

2.

As happens each Wednesday this summer, the Governor Warner Mansion is open from 1-5 p.m. today. Be sure to ask the docents what's going on there during Founders Festival, July 15-17.

3.

You can bring the whole family to enjoy a cornucopia of magic and illusions this evening during Family Fun in . The Amazing Clark's show starts at 7 p.m.; if it rains, the show goes on at across the street. Visit the website for more information.

4.

Have you been eyeing social media sites Facebook and Twitter — but don't know how to get started? You can learn at 7 p.m. today at the . This class is free, but you need to register on the library's website. And don't forget to "like" Farmington Patch on Facebook and follow @FFHMiPatch on Twitter.

5.

free summer concert series continues at 7 tonight with world-renowned ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist Bob Milne. Milne has performed throughout the country and overseas, and his work has been recorded and documented for the Library of Congress.