It's Friday, Sept. 18, National Cheeseburger Day. Today's birthday: U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson (1951). Today in 1970, Seattle guitar legend Jimi Hendrix died in a London hospital. He was 27. Friday's weather should include more wildfire smoke, rain showers and a high in the upper 60s.







• Explore wonders of the world at the Beaverton City Library's online Little Scientists Storytime, 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. Online at www.wccls.org/libraries/beaverton

• Hear author Tiffany D. Cross ("Say it Louder!") talk with Elie Mystal at the Powell's City of Books' online conversation, 5 p.m. Online at zoom.us/webinar/register/1815984724813/WN_nSPc8rz3T-KjFQtQvgVCmQ

• Grab a cold one at OMSI After Dark's online Brewfest (a 21-and-older event), 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 to $45. www.omsi.edu/brewfest