5 THINGS: Sports, Music and Fitness

Here are the (more than) Five Things for Thursday, August 30, 2012:

Sports is back! The high school sports season starts this week! Games today and results:

• Narragansett girls’ soccer was scheduled to host Middletown on Wednesday night. Results weren’t posted to the RIIL website or The Providence Journal.
• Narragansett boys’ soccer plays South Kingstown in an Injury Fund game. East Greenwich hosts the slate of games, which starts at 4 p.m., and also features EWG vs. Chariho, North Providence vs. Westerly and East Greenwich vs. North Kingstown.
• The Prout School hosts a slate of girls’ volleyball Injury Fund games, starting at 4:15 p.m. Prout plays Narragansett, followed by Narragansett vs. Mount St. Charles, and then Prout vs. Mount to close the night out.

Get fit! (If you’re a woman.) There is a for women 6:30 a.m. each Thursday at Curtis Corner Middle School. The admission cost is $10.

Not about telephones, so don’t bother Beyonce. The Rotary Club of Wakefield at Liliana’s Italian Restaurant at 12:15 p.m. They meet every week, you know, so swing by for fellowship, lunch and a guest speaker.

0101010110101010010101010101001001011. A will be held at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library in Narragansett at 2 p.m.

Dancing and music! There are multiple opportunities for dancing and music tonight:

• The free concert series at the South County Commons continues at 6 p.m. Abbeyrhode plays.
• There is at the Towers at 7 p.m. The cost is $20. Playing tonight will be the Pine Leaf Boys, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys.

A gallery benefit show! There is a gallery show of Stephanie Parker’s work to benefit the Courthouse Center for the Arts. The exhibit is on display until Sept. 9, and open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.

DANGER WILL ROBINSON! Starting in early September, we’re going to be phasing out the adding of new calendar events by our staff. This means that if you’re from a group or organization, you’ll have to start doing them yourself. It’s pretty simple, though! While logged into your Patch account, just go here. Adding your event ensures it’ll show up in searches, and be eligible for me to give it shout-outs in Five Things.

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A good day. On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.

Even without more Grand Slam titles, I imagine you sleep well at night… Happy 30^th birthday to Andy Roddick, who is married to Brooklyn Decker and apparently also plays tennis every once in a while.

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