1) It looks like rain today, with cloudy skies throughout the day, and showers and thunderstorms expected. Temperatures in the high 70s, with the customary humidity. The rain will likely continue through the evening and overnight, when temperatures will drop into the mid 60s.
2) M.R. Soares Flower Garden Nursery hosts a free Stone Wall Building Workshop, between 9 a.m. and noon. Reggie Soares will instruct visitors in the subtle art of constructing a wall from native fieldstones. Be sure to register before heading over. To do so, or for more information, call (508) 548-5288, or email soaresfgn@gmail.com.
3) Stop by Alchemy Farm, at 233 Hatchville Road, for an Eco-Toilet Demonstration Project Informational Workshop, where experts on the environmentally friendly technology will be on hand to explain the various models and their advantages, and help you decide which, if any, is right for your home. Learn how eco-toilets can drastically reduce the amount of nitrogen released into local groundwater, and how to take advantage of the possible incentive program the town may be instituting in the near future. The workshop is free, and begins at 10 a.m. For more, call (508) 563-3101, or email capecodalchemists@gmail.com.
4) The Woods Hole Theater Company presents “Rose,” a play by Martin Sherman, beginning at 8 p.m. at the Woods Hole Community Hall. Historical events from the 20th century are filtered through the eyes and experiences of the play's main character, a Jewish woman who lived through many of them. Tickets are $15. For more information, call (508) 540-6525.
5) This day in history: Genghis Khan dies (1227); Tennessee ratifies the 19th Amendment, giving it the necessary two-thirds majority and granting women nationwide the right to vote (1920); and an unsuccessful coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev begins (1991).