Today Mars is as close as its been in recorded history, the closest opposition in something like 80,000 years.
If you try to go to a local observatory, you likely will just stand in long lines, so I thought I’d give you a few Mars related llinks to sate your Mars craving.

A bit of literature never hurts, and you could do worse that reading the classic
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, courtesy of Project Gutenberg. If you’re not up for a book, you could try listening to Mercury Theater production of War of the Worlds by Orson Wells.
If you are feeling a bit more musical, perhaps you can try Holst’s Mars, the Bringer of War

If you’d like to keep up on what Mars looks like, try the
International
Mars Watch website, and in particular its most recent pictures.