5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 13

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. Escape the heat and watch “Gnomeo and Juliet’’ at 3 p.m. at the , 33 Grafton Common.

2. A new organization in town, Grafton Business Networking, will host Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m at , 25 Grafton Common.

3. The Guild Classic Rock 80s will perform at the Concerts on the Common at 6 p.m. at the Grafton Common.

4. On this day in 1994, two infamous sports-related cases took center stage. Jeff Gillooly, ex-husband of Tonya Harding, was sentenced for two years on the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. And O.J. Simpson gave hair samples in his trial for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

5. Today’s forecast: Possible thunderstorms, high 82, low 58.