Five Things to Know About in the North End

Learn to Use Your Computer: The North End Library on Parmenter will be offering lesson called "into to Laptop" at 1:30 p.m. For additional information about events taking place at the library, visit www.bpl.org and click on “Neighborhood branches” at the top of the website.

Sports: European Football is back on today. Café Paradiso and Caffe Dello Sports -- both on Hanover Street -- will air the matches live: Arsenal versus Coventry City, Manchester United versus Newcastle United, Serie A's Milan versus Cagliari and Lazio versus Napoli at 2:45 p.m.; Real Madrid versus Millonarios at 4 p.m.

Find it in the North End: Improv Asylum, located at 215 Hanover Street, is a comedy theater that features improvisation and sketch comedy. It also offers unique corporate training, hilarious customized corporate shows and a student training center. For show information or to order tickets, call the Improv Asylum box office at (617) 263-6887. 

Italian Delicacies: Olive oil is healthier for cooking, not to mention its delicious taste, so buy the best right sold right here in the North End at a number of places including Salumeria Italiana. 

This Day in History: On Sept. 26, 1960, for the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates was shown on television. John F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon, the vice president of the country, met in a Chicago studio to discuss domestic issues facing the U.S.