Five Things: Art, Music And Football (Grrrr!)

Concert @ Westminster: The Westminster Unitarian Church hosts a concert by Community MusicWorks this afternoon at 4 p.m., in the church sanctuary, 119 Kenyon Ave. Pianist Eliko Akahori and double bass player Justin McCarty will be joined by three Community MusicWork musicians for two special quintet pieces:  John Harbison’s 1981 Piano Quintet and Franz Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 “Trout.” Founded in 1997, CMW is a nationally recognized community-based organization that uses music education and performance as a vehicle to build lasting and meaningful relationships between children, families, and professional musicians in urban neighborhoods of Providence, R.I. Donations will be gratefully received. For more information about the program and performers, please visit the church website.

All Media I art show: The Wickford Art Association’s latest exhibit features artwork in a variety of different media (photography, painting, sculpture, etc.) by local artists. The opening reception takes place this afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m.; the show will be up through Feb. 17. The gallery is located at 36 Beach St. in Wickford.

Girl Scout Cookie booth: Girl Scout Cookies will be for sale at a booth outside of West Marine next to Dave’s at East Greenwich Square from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Come and get ‘em! $4 a box. (You can also go to www.gsri.org and click on the "Find Cookies" link for more local booth locations.)

oh, and there’s some football game on tonight …

On Monday …

Town Council meeting: The meeting that was cancelled last Monday because of bad weather is taking place tonight at Swift Community Center at 6 p.m. On the agenda is a vote on a tax appeal settlement with Bostitch.

Joint Town Council-EG Fire District meeting: A continuation of discussions about merging the Fire District with the town. At Swift Community Center at 7 p.m. (following the TC meeting listed above).