Five Things You Need to Know Today: March 8

1)   The funeral for Rev. Peter Gomes will be held at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church on Westerly Road.

2)   Play Wicked Trivia with DJ Dave 7:30-9:30 p.m. at British Beer Company, Cedarville. Visit www.britishbeer.com for details.

3)   Drop-in Story Time will be a fun half hour of clever children's favorites, both old and new at the Plymouth Public Library at 10:30am.

4)   KKatie’s Burger Bar features live music at 9 p.m. with Ian Richardson.

5)   On this day in 1917, the February Revolution (so-called because Russia used the Julian calendar) began when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupted in Petrograd. One week later, centuries of czarist rule in Russia ended as Nicholas II abdicated and a Russia took a another step closer toward communism.