5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 1

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. Free ice cream for seniors today, courtesy of State Sen. Michael Moore, D-Millbury, at 12:30 p.m. at the r, 30 Providence Road.

2. Learn about manga comic and art at a workshop at 4 p.m. at , 33 Grafton Common.

3. School Committee meets at 7 p.m. at , 30 Providence Road.

4. Aug. 1 signals a new workweek, a new month and the chance to listen to a Carole King favorite, “The First Day in August.’’ Boomers base their calendars, it seems, on 1970s favorites.

5. Today’s forecast: Thunderstorms possible, high 90, low 66.