5 THINGS: Rollercoasters, Books and Town Council

Here are the (more than) Five Things for Monday, May 21, 2012:

Coffee and books, what could be better? a BookTalk at 10:30 a.m. Drink some coffee, and chat about what you’re reading with others.

The business of government business. The Narragansett Town Council 7:30 p.m. at town hall.

Insert vampire-related pun here. The Rhode Island Blood Center is hosting at in Peace Dale from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Help save a life!

Register for Narragansett or South Kingstown summer camp! Narragansett Parks and Recreation is now taking registrations for , which begins June 25. The cost is $135, and the camp typically runs into late August. South Kingstown is also , and to see their summer camp guide, go here.

Check out some wonderful photography. Downstairs in the Courthouse Center for the Arts, that is. The of Howard Rubenstein is free to view. The galleries are open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Blog blog blog blog blogggggg. At Narragansett-South Kingstown Patch, we’re always looking for new bloggers, despite our obnoxiously long name. If you’d like free exposure for your existing blog, or simply want to start writing, feel free to shoot an email to Stephen.greenwell@patch.com to get the process started. You can write about WHATEVER you’d like!

I have ridden this, and it is scary as hell. On this day in 2005, the Kingda Ka rollercoaster at Six Flags in New Jersey opened up. It goes up 456 feet in the air, reaches a top speed of 128 miles per hour and frequently has to be taken offline for minor safety issues. Outside of that though, it’s pretty tame.

Happy birthday, Andrew Miller! You’re 27 today, and while you might only be pitching mop-up relief for the Red Sox, heck, I’d do that for $500,000 a year as well.

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