5 Things: Whooping Cough Clinics, Monsters & More

1.  Following the a, the Department of Health will open a at the tomorrow and Monday from 4 to 7 p.m.

2.  The kids will get a "hoot" out of today's library program – "Dreaming About Owls." (Yes, I'm aware that's a very cheesy play on words, but I have no regrets.) The Born to be Wild Nature Center will be at the this afternoon, educating kids on these nocturnal raptors (and how they live right under our noses). For ages 4 and up. Please call 401-294-3306 ext. 5 to register. Starts at 3 p.m.

3.  Monsters in Rhode Island? Come learn about Rhody's weird creatures and ghostly haunts rooted in forgotten chapters of our state's history at From the ghastly moaning bones of Mount Tom to Judge William Potter's petulant antics at the library, RI's apparitions have been causing trouble for centuries. Learn all a . Starts at 6:30 p.m. today. Register online here.

4.  Bring the family down to the tomorrow for . Tomorrow night, Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys are set to perform at 6:30 p.m. A donation of $3 per family is suggested. Feel free to bring seating and food.

5.  Today: showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon with otherwise partly sunny skies and highs near 94. Tonight: showers and thunderstorms likely with lows around 70. Tomorrow: partly sunny with highs near 86.