How to Have a Birthday Twice a Year? Become Cookie Monster

Fine weather is predicted Wednesday, with sunshine, a slight breeze and a high of 81. So, naturally, the schools have all scheduled indoor events. To find out more, check out the Five Things You Need to Know Today:

1. You need to know about Chatham High School: Open campus is closed at today due to the Lafayette Head Show.
2. You need to know about art: Students at can show off their artwork to their adoring parents … erm, public … in the Student Art Exhibit Opening from 5 to 7 p.m.
3. You need to know about the Lafayette Head Show: You can se e the fourth and fifth graders perform “The Wizard of Oz” at 9:30 a.m. or 7 p.m. at the auditorium at .
4. You need to know about meetings: The Colony Pool committee meets at the pool at 7:30 p.m. to go over the opening this weekend, and the Zoning Board of the borough meets at the at 7:30 p.m.
5. You need to know about today’s unusual holidays: May 25 has a cornucopia of holidays to choose from! For the serious-minded individual, May 25 is World Multiple Sclerosis Day, National Missing Children’s Day and National Senior Health and Fitness Day.

If you seek a little gaity out of these odd holidays, May 25 is also National Tap Dance Day, Towel Day (in which one carries a towel around everywhere, per the instructions of Douglas Adams in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”); Nerd or Geek Pride Day (celebrated because this is the anniversary of when the original Star Wars film was released in theaters); and Frank Oz’s birthday. Mr. Oz, no relation to the Wizard of, is a puppeteer who gave life to Cookie Monster,  whose birthday is celebrated twice a year, once on May 25 and once on November 2.

For other information worth knowing, see the Chatham Patch events calendar and announcements section—and if you've got something the community should know, don't forget to make a post of your own in one or both of those site sections.