• Forecast: Much warmer than yesterday; it'll reach 21 degrees at 2 p.m.! At least it will be sunny but there will be a steady breeze of around 10 to 15 mph all day.
• In celebration of the New Year, Whole Foods Market at 51 Austin St. is starting with a new program called Health Starts Here to educate customers about the benefits (long and short-term) eating well can have for overall health. It all begins with a crash-course tour: the Basics of Health Starts Here today from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Participants must sign up in advance at the Customer Service desk in the store or visit the store's web site to sign up. Email Hannah.Grenier@WholeFoods.com with any questions.
• The Charlestown branch of the Belmont Public Library, 179 Main St., offers free drop-in homework help, academic support and mentoring available in all subject areas to students in grades K to 8 beginning at 3:30 p.m.
• Physicist and character on sitcoms ("Big Bang Theory") and cartoons ("The Simpsons" and "Futurama") Stephen Hawking turns 72 years old today. Also, David Bowie turns 67.
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