5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 27

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. Go line dancing at 6:30 p.m. at the , 30 Providence Road.

2. Perform or just be entertained at open mike night at 7 p.m. at the American Legion, 67 Worcester St.

3. Seven years ago today, the Red Sox broke the curse and won the World Series. So we can die in peace. Or live to see a lot of changes in the team, most recently of the ugly kind.

4. Do you feel a little tired? Well, you made it through 300 days. Only 65 left until a new year.

5. Today’s forecast features a four-letter word: Snow. Rain and snow showers likely, high 44, low 29. Brrrr….