5 Things

Good morning, Douglaston.

Councilmen Dan Halloran, R-Whitestone, and Mark Weprin, D-Oakland Gardens, held a rally earlier this week during which they called on the city's Board of Standards and Appeals to reform its variance process. Click on the link to our story below to read more.

Today, Douglaston Patch will post a preview of Queensborough Community College's weekend performances of "Little Shop of Horrors."

Also, keep an eye out for our weekly columns - Get Out: Weekend Planner, House Hunt and Day Tripper, which profiles one of the city's unique neighborhoods.

Here are 5 Things You Need to Know Today:

1. Read our story on that would reform the BSA.

2. Drop back by the site for our preview of "Little Shop of Horrors."

3. At 10 a.m., stop by for Get Out: Weekend Planner and then return at 10:30 a.m. for Day Tripper and at noon for House Hunt.

4. The Bayside Public Library is hosting a at 3 p.m. today as well as a at 6 p.m.

5. Tomorrow, swing by at 8:30 a.m. for Carol Brock's Notes from a Food Diva. This week's topic is French chef Jacques Pepin.