5 Things You Need to Know Today, 5/3

1) Today we'll have a slight chance of showers after 11am. It will be cloudy, with a high near 54. Tonight we'll have a chance of showers, mainly after 4am. It will e mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

2) Margie Yamamoto, who was three months  old when her parents were wrested from their home in California and sent off to an internment camp during World War II, will give an illustrated talk at noon today at the . Archival photographs from the Library of Congress and National Archives will be shown. This talk is being hosted by the Woods Hole Historical Museum to mark Asian American Friendship month.

3) A weekly afternoon parent chat with Carol DiFalco, MS, LMHC will be held each Thursday from 1-2pm at the . This is a drop-in parenting group for caregivers with children 1-5 years. Limited childcare will be available. This group is for anyone who has a young child and could use some support. For more information, please call 508-548-0151 x 172.

4) The NAMI Connection Peer Support Group will meet today at 1:30pm at the . The group is for for individuals who have a mental illness. Meet others who understand and share your experiences; all are welcome free of charge.

5) This day in history: Machiavelli is born (1469); the Japanese war crimes trial begins (1946); and soul legend James Brown is born (1933).