Big Weekend Ahead; Send Us Your Events

Memorial Day weekend is upon us. Many local churches, synagogues and civic groups have special events planned. The has a classic car show Monday and, of course, there's the big parade Monday in Plainview.

It's not too late to get your event special attention in Plainview Patch. Email me, Joe.Dowd@patch.com and I'll get your public event prominent display this weekend.

Each day the "5 Things" column will tell you five essential pieces of information you need to know today, like events happening or community topics being covered on the site later on in the day. Have an event or topic that should appear in this column? Add it to the calendar or send us a news tip.

Thursday's options:

1. Send us your announcement of local events for Memorial Day weekend. We'll get them in. Email me: Joe.Dowd@patch.com. I'll get the events listed, so long as they are open to the public.

2. The  has a variety of offerings Thursday: At 10:30 a.m. it's Seniorobics; at 7 p.m. there's a meeting for local artists. For more library events, check out our "events" listings or the library's web site.

3. A new exhibit at the features more than 50 photos of photographer The event runs daily through Sept. 4 from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

4. Check out the latest blogs from local writers. We're adding many more local bloggers over the next weeks.

5. Did you read about the performed by the students of Mattlin Middle School? Did you take part in the Tuesday night at HANC? Did you read about our latest  Let us know your ideas for other family-friendly features and news stories for, or browse our "events" calendar for other happenings around town.