5 Things To Know Today: March 10

Mohr Programs: Marian J. Mohr Library has a busy schedule today, including:

• Story hour for 2- and 3-year-olds starting at 10:30 a.m.
• Advisory Club meeting at 3:30 p.m. Students in grades 6 to 12 are welcome to join the MAC (Mohr Advisory Club) and share their ideas for library events and programs.
• Reader's Lair book club starting at 6:30. A program for children in kindergarten through second grade, tonight's discussion will focus on Dr. Seuss.

Play And Learn: You mean kids can do both? Providence Children's Museum thinks so; that must be the thinking behind their drop-in Play and Learn program, from 10 a.m. to noon today.

Hockey In Smithfield: The Smithfield Municipal Ice Rink opens the frozen surface to public hockey today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $5 per player; goalies play free, and full equipment is required.

Pennies For Patients: If you haven't yet, find a kid you know and give them your spare change — it's for a good cause, namely the Rhode Island chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Hello? Can You Hear Me Now? On this date in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell uses a telephone for the first time to call Thomas Watson — call him what? Ha! (From brainyhistory.com)