March 21: Salsa Night, Book Talk, Report Card Conferences

Visit Patch each weekday morning to find out five things you need to know about Long Beach for the day. Whether there’s an important school board meeting, a fundraiser walk on the boardwalk, or you just want to find out what stories are coming up, we’ll make sure you stay informed about what’s shaping your city. Here are five things you need to know for Monday:

1. Bookworms may want get in on the Great Books Discussion series at Long Beach Library starting at 2:30 p.m., when the talk will center on The Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller’s infamous work that was originally banned in France on grounds that it was obscene.

2. The Long Beach Catholic Regional School will hold report card conferences with teachers in attendance from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m.

3. If Latin dancing is in your blood, why not head over to the Allegria Hotel each Monday for Salsa Night from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.? Both the music and complimentary dance instruction start at 7:30 p.m.

4. Later on Long Beach Patch: The City Council approved the construction and lease of a sports facility at the Ice Arena, but not before there was considerable debate over the issue. Return later for the story.

5. So you need to catch up on your Patch reading? We posted stories in recent days about the status of Island Park students at Long Beach High School, local organizations that lobbied the City Council for Community Development funds, and a legendary LBFD fire chief who is featured in an HBO documentary tonight.