'Steel Magnolias,' 'Darling Companion,' Helping After Sandy

Five Things you Need to Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

Today is Friday, November 2. Here are five things you need to know.

1. Cloudy Friday: Today’s high will be around 52 with cloudy skies, according to the National Weather Service.

2. Opening weekend: The Milton Players’ season opens tonight with Steel Magnolias. The show will run This weekend and next. For more information, visit http://miltonplayers.org/steel.html

3. Movie for seniors: Today’s Council on Aging movie will be Darling Companion, starring Diane Keaton. The film will start at noon.

4. Library happenings: There are no events scheduled today at the Milton Public Library. Just stop by and grab a book.

5. How to help: If you’d like to help the victims hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy, whether that’s with time or money, there are several organizations making that possible. Click here to help.