5 Things: Get a Haircut at Supercuts for Charity

1. FORECAST:

Monday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 60s.

Tuesday: Sunshine. Low 60s.

Wednesday: Sun and clouds, mid to upper 60s.

2. JOIN SUPERCUTS FOR CELESTE-A-THON: Supercuts at 293 Main St., in Acton, and 519 Boston Post Road in Sudbury, is joining 200 salons and spas in the Boston/Greater New England area to raise money for hairstylist Celeste Corcoran and her daughter, Sydney, two survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings.  

During the one-day event, Supercuts is donating a percentage of proceeds from all salon services to help cover Celeste's and Sydney's medical needs. 

3. PIANO STUDIO REGISTRATION: Note-worthy Experiences is a private piano studio located at 75 Witherell Drive in Sudbury.

Students ages from preschool to senior citizen are welcome.  Gifted and special needs students are welcome. Students who are schooled at home are welcome.

All lessons are taught in the studio or via Skype.

Students have the opportunity to participate in local nursing home recitals, formal recitals, National Piano Guild Auditions, competitions and festivals.

All lessons are taught by Renee Bordner; B. Ed., M. Ed. a member of the National Piano Guild, Music Teacher National Association, Concord Area Music School Association and Sudbury Commission on Disabilities.

For more information, call 978-443-0480, or email renee­_bordner@­yahoo.­com.

4. ODD HOLIDAYS HELD TODAY: Today is Frog Jumping Day. The roots of Frog Jumping Day go back to Mark Twain's first short story. It was first published in 1865 as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog." Later, he published it as "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." It is also known under a third title, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

5. THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

• 1568 — Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England.
• 1846 — The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.
• 1938 — Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans's jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records.
• 1940 — Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
• 1973 — Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide television audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year.
• 1981 — Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.