Stuart the Schnauzer, Comedy Night and the Number of the Day

It’s Friday, Aug. 9. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

1. Today: It’s comedy night at the Workhouse Arts Center! The show starts at 7:00 p.m.

2. You Said It: "The place is really decrepit and needs it (renovation) badly," said Richard Wolff, president and CEO of University Mall owner George H. Rucker Realty Corporation. "Every single thing that you could look at today at the shopping center, if you come back next year - the trees, the courtyard, the buildings themselves - every aspect will be completely different. It's going to be really exciting."

3. ICYMI: Have you heard about Stuart the Schnauzer ? He needs a new home. 

4. Number of the Day: 1,500. That’s the number of cigarette cartons recently seized by Virginia State Police. The smokes did not have tax stamps, and the driver, who lives in Lorton, was arrested.

5. The weather today will be partly sunny with a 70 percent chance of thunderstorms.