5 Things to Know About Today

Here are five things you should know about today in Barrington:

1. Mostly sunny and hot with a temperature near 90 degrees.
2. Play badminton every Thursday night in May and June at the Barrington Middle School; the cost is $5 per night and no pre-registration required.
3. View “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” at 6:30 pm in the Barrington library auditorium; this epic is the first of a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
4. Barrington Christian Academy’s annual spring show opens at 6:30 pm with grades K-2 and the BCA Believers choral group presenting musical selections, and the eighth grade presenting the play, "Rescue in the Night”; the school is located at 9 Old County Road.
5. Barrington Books, 184 County Road, hosts a story hour for children every Thursday at 10 am.