5 THINGS: My Mom's Birthday and Fireworks!

Here are the (more than) Five Things for Tuesday, July 3, 2012:

As a wise man once said, “Party all the time, party all the time, party all the time.” There is an Independence Day Beach Party at Narragansett Town Beach from noon to 9 p.m. The 88^th Army Band will play at 5 p.m. at the North Beach Clubhouse, followed by fireworks at 9 p.m. Good times, good times! For more info, click .

Fireworks Katy Perry could be proud of. We will have a full list of firework spots later today, but there are two good sites today outside of the town beach ones above. Block Island will have with Narragansett at 9 p.m. at Crescent Beach, and if you want to visit the granddaddy of them all, Bristol has a at 9:30 p.m.

Cruising USA! (Not to be confused with that horrible video game of the same name, of course.) It's at the South County Commons. Check out the classic cars at 5 p.m., and enjoy the food and DJs.

BOCCE! The bocce club of the South Kingstown Senior Center meets today, at 10 a.m. For more info, click .

Objection, your honor! There is a legal clinic at the South Kingstown Senior Center from 9 a.m. to noon. For more info, click . Free 30-minute consultations are available. If you can't make it today, the lawyers come back in two weeks, on July 17.

Click, click, click! There is a digital photography club at the South Kingstown Senior Center from 10 a.m. to noon today. For more info, click . (And hey, once you're happy with your shots, submit them to the .)

Fresh produce! The Marina Park runs from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. today.

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Happy birthday mom! It's my mom's birthday today, so if you see her, say happy birthday.

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