5 Things You Need To Know Today—Wednesday, Feb. 9

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 9 and here are today's five fast facts:

I can't wait to see snowmen prophets of doom: I thought Phil saw his shadow? Shouldn't things be warming up by now? Today is mostly sunny with a high near 28, but wind chill values as low as -2. Brr. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 13, with wind gusts as high as 28 miles per hour.

Happy little trees: Budding artists and art lovers in general take note: (formerly MACA) returns tonight to the Milano Senior Center at 7 p.m. Tonight's artist is Susanne Meterko, a Resident Artist at The Emerson Umbrella in Concord. from a previous MelroseArts painting demonstration in October.

It's bigger than hip hop: If you've got 10 bucks—and maybe a resolution to exercise more this year—you can put it to use tonight at the Franklin Early Childhood Center, which is holding a . Leslie Breen, teacher of The Hip-Hop Exercise Class, will help you sweat the night away and learn some cool moves while raising funds for enrichment activities at the ECC. "Would you rather have a Lexus, or justice, a dream or some substance?"

Bam! Kick it up another notch: Thinking about what to do for lunch or dinner? Here are daily specials around Melrose:

• : Soup—Chicken Barley; Lunch—Pulled Pork with Cole Slaw; Dinner—Chicken Piccata with Linguine
• Do you own a Melrose eatery? E-mail your daily specials to danield@patch.com by 6 p.m. the day before and we'll include them in the next 5 Things. (Does Emeril owe Hanna-Barbera royalties or anything?

Hey, this is a family show: Our weekly family-friendly features return today. Some quick highlights:

• This week's topic on : Should hospitals be allowed to ban photos and videos of births? Join in the conversation at 1 p.m.
• Half off Melrose Symphony Orchestra tickets for Melrose Patch readers in our .
• Escape to an indoor winter beach party in our .
• Where you can learn in an hour how to cook Indian cuisine—and get an hour to yourself—in our .

*muah* Goodnight everybody!

As always, check our calendar for the full slate of events (and add your own).