5 Things To Know Today: Thursday, August 11

• Head to for Open Mic Night with Artie Tobia. The music begins at 8:30 p.m.

• Weston's Board of Finance will hold a meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at .

• Would you like to ? (Or, would you like to just find out what that is exactly?) If so, head to the tonight at 7:45 p.m. for a class. The fee is $95 for members and $15 for non-members.

• The Deer Alliance will meet today at Redding Town Hall at 2 p.m. A rep for Sen. Blumenthal will be in attendance.

• On this day in 1929, Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs.