Five Things You Need to Know Today: Jan. 25

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 25. Here are five things you need to know:

1. Cooler: After amazingly beautiful temperatures well above 50 degrees on Tuesday, we’ll be back to “normal” on Wednesday. Sunny skies are forecasted with a high temperature into the low 40s.

2. MBTA: Do you have something to say about the ? There’s a public hearing planned for Wednesday night in Salem – the closest public hearing to Hamilton and Wenham in the process to balance the T’s 2013 budget. The hearing runs 6-8 p.m. at the Annex at 120 Washington St. in Salem.

3. Name Calling: Wednesday has been declared “No Name Calling Day” by Gov. Deval Patrick. Students have been encouraged statewide to wear black clothes to support “Black Out Bullying.” And Patrick is planning to come to the North Shore on Wednesday as part of his public campaign to support the state’s new anti-bullying law with an appearance at Collins Middle School in Salem.

4. Peter Gray: A with Interim Superintendent Peter Gray continues on Wednesday. Gray is of the . The public is invited to interview Gray, and and at .

5. In C: musicians will perform “In C” on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the Ferrini Dramatics Center at the high school. Terry Riley’s “In C” is a landmark of minimalist music with 53 melodic fragments that each musician repeats until they decide to move onto the next one, according to an announcement by Eric Fecke, who leads the district band program.

To find out what is going on today in Hamilton and Wenham, check out our events listings.