5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 29

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. Rio in the reading room: The , 33 Grafton Common, celebrates Brazilia! all day. Visitors can learn a Brazilian song, play a game and hear some everyday phrases.

2. Play whist at 1 p.m. at the r, 30 Providence Road.

3. Learn about the Native American heritage of Grafton at The Native American Fair. The fair will be held at 10 a.m. through late afternoon Sunday, July 31, at the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Reservation, 80 Brigham Hill Road.

4. Ah, what could have been. This would have been the 30^th wedding anniversary of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales. They married on this day in 1981 with a worldwide television audience of over 700 million people. Over 700 million people now know that fairy tales may exist, but this wasn’t one of them.

5. Today’s forecast: Thunderstorms possible, high 81, low 67.