Five Things You Need to Know Today: Scarsdale Library Rewards Readers, Kids Eat Free at Chilis and the Robert Purdy House Conversation Continues

1. It seems like yesterday that Scarsdale rung in 2011... so it might boggle your mind that today is the 200th day of the year! Since summer's half over — and 2011 draws more quickly towards a close with every day — what are those that have yet to be completed? Will swimming a few extra laps at the Scarsdale pool help you lose those last five pounds? Will you satiate your thirst to learn more about pre-Raphaelite art by visiting more art galleries in the city or signing up for a course at the Scarsdale Adult School? One thing's for sure... there's still lots of time to achieve your goals. So get out there and make it happen!

2. Tonight’s Committee for Historic Preservation meeting will evaluate the historical merits of four properties – a house on 9 Seneca Road dating back to 1964, two structures on 146 Griffen Ave. and most notably, the 1922-era home on 140 Saxon Woods Road built on property purchased by runaway Louisiana slave Robert Purdy. While the property has been subdivided over 155 years, it remained in the hands of Purdy’s direct descendants until the property was sold to an incorporated construction company earlier this year. Find out what the Committee has in store for the property when they meet tonight at 8 p.m. in Village Hall, or read Scarsdale Patch's coverage of last month's Commitee for Historic Preservation meeting and original account of the Purdy estate's history to brush up on the land’s storied past – and decide where you stand on the issue's future.

3. If you'd like your child's nose to be buried in a book, try appealing to another part of his or her body — the sweet tooth — to persuade them to pick up that copy of "The Hunger Games" that's been collecting dust on the coffee table all summer long. Scarsdale Haagen Dazs owner Steven Mandani has donated 100 $5 gift cards to the Scarsdale Public Library to reward eager readers for their participation in the . Every time a child enrolled in the Summer Reading Game reports a book they've read, they will receive a raffle card for the chance to win cool, tasty treats. 10 gift cards will be raffled off each week of the program, so make sure to turn those pages! Sure, reading is its own reward - but prizes are nice too, huh?

4. Another Earth, another love, another you... Physicists' speculations about alternate realities aside, that's the plot — and the dilemma — of "Another Earth." Featuring actors Brit Marling and Willim Mapother, this film chronicles the story of an MIT student and a composer who find a duplicate of our planet... along with a fledgeling romance. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the in Pleasantville will hold a screening of "Another Earth," followed by a Q&A with Marling, Mapother, filmmaker Mike Cahill and New York Times critic Janet Maslin. Although you'll have to travel to — ahem — "another town" to participate in this event, you can't beat a cool movie theater on a hot summer night... or the cinematic insights of a New York Times film critic to help you delve deeper into the subtext and themes of this Sundance Film Festival prize winning flick. For more information, visit the Jacob Burns Film Center's website.

5. Since the weather's making you sweat, you might as well eat spicy food that'll make a few beads of perspiration pop across your browline before you can say "Ole!" Visit Chili's restaurant tonight for some tamales smothered in salsa, and you'll score a free child's meal by presenting this coupon to your server. This deal expires today, so make sure to act fast! To avoid a severe case of indigestion and heart burn, however, try to eat slowly... okay?