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Daily Five: Hempstead Cooking, Origin Of Species, Small Business Saturday

Five things to know for November 24

1. Partly cloudy with some gusting winds today. Overnight frost is likely as the low gets down to 29 degrees, while the high is at 46 degrees. Sunrise is 6:48 a.m., sunset is 4:22 p.m.

2. It’s Small Business Saturday! Check out this article for the promotions that local shops are putting on.

3. The Hempsted Houses are closed for the season, but they’re open today for a special event. Thanksgiving with the Hempsteads takes a look at how a holiday meal would be prepared over the open hearth in 18th century New London. This runs at the historic site from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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4. Expressiones debuts an art exhibit tonight. Gabriela Gamboa and Ulises Urra Hernández, of Venezuela and Cuba, discuss their works from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight.

5. Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species on this day in 1859. Darwin introduced the theories of evolution and natural selection with this work.

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