1) Today will start out sunny, but clouds will roll in in the early afternoon, and showers are expected. Temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s. The rain will likely continue overnight, and hang around for tomorrow morning.
2) The Falmouth Arts Center hosts a Reception for its latest lobby exhibit, featuring the artists themselves. Enjoy some refreshments and chat with the artists as you take in their work. The event is free and open to the public, and begins at 2 p.m. To learn more, call (508) 540-3304, email director@falmouthart.org, or visit http://www.falmouthart.org.
3) Today is your last chance to enter the Crazy Container Contest at M.R. Soares Flower Garden Nursery. Get your gussied-up pots in by 5 p.m. If you need inspiration for a last-minute creation, stop by the nursery and check out the containers created by the staff. The contest is free to enter and the best containers will win their creators $50 gift certificates or other prizes, to be announced on July 21st. For more, call (508) 548-5288, or email soaresfgn@gmail.com.
4) The MBL's Lillie Auditorium hosts an Illustrated Talk by Benjamin Mendlowitz, whose nautical photography, especially as presented in his annual Calendar of Wooden Boats, has gained him international notice. Besides the Calendar, which has been published for 30 years, Mendlowitz's work has appeared in Nautical Quarterly, Sail, Yachting, Cruising World, and Professional Boatbuilder. The event is presented by the Woods Hole Library, and runs between 7:30 and 9 p.m. Tickets are $25, and available at the library, the Bank of Woods Hole, and Eight Cousins. To learn more, call (508) 548-8961, email whpl_mail@clamsnet.org, or visit http://www.woodsholepubliclibrary.org.
5) This day in history: Rembrandt is born (1606); Georgia is officially readmitted to the Union, the last of the Confederate states to rejoin (1870); and the Mariner 4 spacecraft captures the first up-close images of Mars (1965).