5 Things You Need to Know Today, 5/5

1) Today we'll have a chance of showers before noon, then areas of drizzle after noon. Otherwise, it will be cloudy, with a high near 58. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. 

2) There's a vintage couture fashion show and luncheon today at 11:30am at the . Enjoy lunch, view beautiful outfits from the 20's to the 80's provided by Hott Couture Vintage in Cotuit, adore new designs by Lawrence School student fashion designers, delight in the jewelry at the bling table, and participate in fun raffles. The price is $40 per person. Reservations, with payment, may be made at the Falmouth Art Center, by telephone at 508-540-3304, or online. If reserving online, indicate in the box the number of people for whom you are making and paying for reservation.

3) Today from 1-6pm, Academy Lane off Main Street will be open to pedestrians only to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a street festival. The street will be decorated for the fiesta,  will provide refreshments, and the Daniel Byrnes Band will perform live. Kevin Matthews of WCOD/106.1 will broadcast live from the event from 3:00 to 6:00 pm. The Festival is free, and all food and drink items on the street will be only $5, in honor of Cinco de Mayo.

4) Come on out to the  at 4pm today for "Fairy Tales, Farce, and Flinging Fun," a unique family show to celebrate spring and raise money for the arts. The show will feature a special collaboration of puppetry, slapstick, juggling and song showcasing the skills and materials of Jacek Zuzinski, Lee Drescher and Al Moniz. Mr. Zuzinski and his Dreamtime Puppets will be performing a production of Jack and the Beanstalk that combines puppetry with mime. Keeping with the theme, Ms. Drescher, in the character of Mrs. Treasure, will sing songs of planting, growing and harvesting. Mr. Moniz, of The Suspenders, will string the show together with his own brand of antics. A $5 donation is suggested.

5) This day in history: Napoleon dies in exile (1821); Cinco de Mayo is first celebrated in Mexico (1862); and Alan Shepard, Jr. becomes the first American in space (1961).