5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: April 29

1. Framingham Town Meeting continues tonight at 7;30 p.m. in Nevins Hall at the Memorial Building. Framingham Patch will be live blogging.

Framingham Patch live blogged during opening night. Click here to see what you missed. The biggest vote was a tax break for Jack’s Abby Brewing, for 7 years, which was approved by a vote of 139-2-2.

2. Also in downtown Framingham tonight is the final round of its 12th Annual Senior Class Poetry Slam at Amazing Things Arts Center at 7:30.

The “slam” is a competition between teams of poets who perform their own original work, bringing poetry off the page and onto the stage in a gloves-off, no-holds-barred verbal boxing match with judges chosen randomly from the audience, explained organizer and Framingham High teacher Alison Courchesne.

Admission is $5, or free with a Framingham High ID.

3. Flyers in action today:

• Framingham High boys tennis team will host Braintree at 3:45 p.m.
• Framingham High boys volleyball team will host Norwood at 5:15 p.m.
• Framingham High boys baseball will host Brookline at 3:45 p.m.
• The girls tennis team, girls softball team, and both the boys and girls track teams are on the road today.
  

Marian Mustangs in action today:

• The boys lacrosse team is home today and the girls are on the road. The boys game is at Keefe Tech field at 4 p.m.
  
• The girls softball team will host AMSA at 4 p.m. at Butterworth Park.
• The tennis team has a match at 4 p.m. at Butterworth Park
  

4. The main Framingham Library will host a free story and song program for children ages 2-5, and their families today at 1:15 p.m.

5. Congresswoman Katherine Clark has extended the deadline of her art competition for high school students to May 1 at 5:30 p.m. Click here for more details.