Five Things: Nominate Somerville's Best, and Spark Your Artistic Side

1) Nominate businesses for readers choice
Here are some categories that still need nominations for the best-of-Somerville contest we'll be running later this summer.

Click on the links above and leave comments to nominate your favorites.

2)
Sustain your artistic impulses with a workshop series called "Finding Your Artistic Process." It takes place at in Union Square beginning on July 12. If you want to sign up, .

3) Sample different wines and beers at starting at 4:30 p.m.

4)
Head to , which also has an outdoor patio, for some music and libations. Every Friday is DJ night at Orleans.

5) Weather and Red Sox
The Red Sox, tied for last place in the American League East, at 7.5 games back, begin a four-game series against the first-place Yankees at Fenway Park tonight. It's the last series before the All-Star break. The game begins at 7:10 p.m. Today will be sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.