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5 Things To Know Today: Nov. 18

Art Smart at Mohr; collages at Children's Museum; RISD Museum hosts family art; fundraiser for local dad; and today in history: a phone breakthrough.

Follow The Masters: Today at Mohr Library, Ms. Melyssa hosts Art Smart for grades 3 to 6 at 4 p.m. Each session focuses on one of the masters of art. Call (401) 231-4980 for more information.

Make A Collage: From 10 a.m. to noon today, Providence Children's Museum gives kids a chance to make their own collages in the Discovery Zone.

Help A Dad: You may have seen our feature on a yard sale held in September to help Peter Fontana, a Johnston dad who's battling AML, or Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Tonight is another chance to pitch in for "Petey," as Cranston Country Club hosts a fundraiser dinner tonight at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25; reach the organizers via the fundraiser Facebook page (FB account required to access page).

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Have Family Time: Here's a cool way to spend time as a family with the kids (it's ages 6 and older) — Rhode Island School of Design hosts Family See + Sketch: Bodhisattva or Buddha tonight at 6 p.m.

No More Rotary: On this date in 1963, Bell Telephone introduced the push-button telephone — no kids, phones didn't always have tiny buttons that you can't read.

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