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Five Things You Need to Know Today: March 15

Five Brookline things today: local artists, feeling the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, fresh writers, and classic samurai flicks.

1. Chance of thunder storms or showers throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service--a 70 percent of showers between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., with a chance of thunderstorms before and after that (dropping to 20 percent in the evening). They expect less than a tenth of an inch, unless the thunderstorms all hit. Highs of 50ºF, lows of 42ºF. 

2. For folks feeling they need a touch of  that  is hosting at 1:30 p.m., free show, but RSVP with Julie Bolt at 617-879-2589 to guarantee a spot. At 5 p.m., come back to .

3. Four local artists are gracing 's walls with their works. There is also an  show, which kicks off at 5 p.m. tonight. Ruth Ginsberg-Place, Virginia Jacobs, Tucker Mitchel, and Kristin Selesnick will be there.

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4. hosts the Breakwater Reading Series, a night of new fiction, poetry, and essays from the MFA candidates from Emerson, UMASS Boston, and Boston University, which kicks off at 7 p.m. at the store.

5. If you're feeling up to a late night, then check out the Cooldige Corner Theatre's offering: Shogun Assassin Both tonight and tomorrow night, starting at 11:59 p.m., they're showing the greatest team in the history of mass slaughter: Lone Wolf and Cub as the titular assassin relieves his enemies of their heads. 

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