Five Things You Need to Know Today: January 31

1. There may be some snow showers before noon, and rain showers between noon and 1 p.m. There could be less than an inch of snow on the ground in all. The evening will be mostly cloudy, and the highs and lows will range between 42ºF and 37ºF. This from the National Weather Service report for Brookline.
2. While you're out and about, you may catch something interesting or amusing--for example, the video Newton Patch editor Melanie Graham caught (see right)--snap photos or shoot a video. Upload them to the Neighborhood Gallery, and share them with the town! 
3. It's a new semester of starting today. They are offering a number of programs, including Suzuki method, intermediate and beginning piano, and flute choire--to name a few. Contact the  for more information about the various programs, or to sign up for iPad Band. 
4. Have an interview coming up? They can be nerve-wracking, so it may help to practice with someone who doesn't hold your job in their hands. Say, sign up for a , for example. Sign up on their website before the 10 a.m. session, and head over to 29 Winter St. in Boston with $15 for just such a clinic.
5. For $35,  you can make two different rings in 's 6:30 p.m.  tonight. One will be a modern-style ring using a button or bead as a focal point, the other will have a flat stone.