Tunnel Vision Arts and Crafts, Author Reads Outloud, Line Dancing and More.

1. Tunnel Vision Arts and Crafts. Children can really dig into Arts and Crafts at this workshop.  There will be many crafts for children, aged 4 and up to make and to take home.  There will be groundhog hats, pyramids, terra-cotta Chinese warrior puppets, and Egyptian pharaoh headdresses to make. Children can make their own cave paintings and more! Just drop in! Today at the Rogers Free Library 9:30 a.m.

2. Author Read aloud! Bears hibernate.  Groundhogs hibernate. Skunks hibernate. Would you like to meet a house that hibernates? Welcome to "The Hibernating House," by Sandy Leahy and Kathy Tarentino.
Come to the book reading by the authors, at 10:30 Friday, August 9 in the Herreshoff Community Room at the Rogers Free Library. The authors will have a craft to make, too.  

3. Line Dancing Party: Join Bristol and Warren residents in the Community Hall at the Benjamin Church Manor, 1014 Hope St., Bristol, on Friday, Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m for a morning of line dancing and fun.

4. Free Fun Fridays at Battleship Cove: The annual summer program that opens the doors to some of Massachusetts’ best cultural venues at no cost to visitors. Head to Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA  today, located at  5 Water St.

5. There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms today in Bristol and Warren, mostly before 9 a.m. Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. After 1 p.m., there will be solated thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.