Five Things You Need To Know About Today, Thursday, August 9

1. Possible Storms: The National Weather Service is predicting an ugly weekend, starting Thursday at after 1 p.m. Thursday morning should be partly sunny with a high of 88 but the afternoon and the evening have showers with a chance of thunderstorms. The temperature should drop to about 70 degrees.

2. NEMPAC Summer Concert Series: Each week, a new group performs on the Prado for free. Come listen to the rock band with Jeremy Sarzana, Brian Berhard, Morgan Berhard.

 3. Neighborhood Nights: Magical Journey:  invites you to come and explore art from Egypt, China, Japan and Spain in a scavenger hunt to discover fascinating stories and art from around the world for free at 5 p.m.

4. Writers Express Group: Meet with other authors hoping to have their works published at the PBL from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This free workshop is open to all.

5. Tito Puentes Summer Series “Marcus Santos and Mike Ringquist, AfroBrazilian Ensemble”:Come down to the O’Day Playground, 8 W Newton St, South End for the seventh annual Latin concert series. This is high-energy music for the dancing and celebrating crowd. The show is free and starts at 7 p.m.