5 Things You Need to Know Today — May 6, 2012

Local trivia: Which local establishment played a role in the comedic film 'Cedar Rapids'?

The answer to Saturday's trivia was the lot adjacent to the Box Bar & Grill

5. Find the best detourts for I-275/M-14 traffic

Commuters have been flabbergasted while traversing on Interstate 275 from Northville through Canton as the Michigan Department of Transportation continues work on 34 bridges and overpasses along 13 miles of expressway. If you're trying to time your commute right or explore detours, check the Canton Patch "Commute" page (check here for Plymouth) for live traffic. We also have current gas prices listed, so you can fill up before you head out! Oh, and remember to !

Check here on Patch.

4. Contest: What makes the mom in your life special?

We invite you to share the story of the mom in your life on Patch. Just upload a photo of your mom or other mother figure in your life – grandma, foster mother, mother-in-law – and tell us in the caption of the photo why the mom in your life rocks. Be sure to tell us what community you and your mom live in, too. You just might win dinner at in White Lake – the – or a $50 gift card at in Royal Oak that we're giving away to moms who touch the lives of readers in our 29 Michigan Patch communities. Check here for more details. You have until Thursday, May 10, to share her photo and story on Patch. Three prize winners will be selected at random.

3. One Love reggae band plays Green Street Fair today

The Green Street Fair in downtown Plymouth wraps up today. for all the details and check out highlights from Day 2, which will be posted at 6 a.m. today. Today you can see the One Love reggae band headline the third and final day of the festival. Here's the day's musical lineup:

• The Appleseed Collective: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
• The Kids Who Cried Wolf: 2-2:45 p.m.
• One Love Reggae Band: 3:15-4:15 p.m.

2. Submit your Green Street Fair photos to Patch

Whether you came to see the Verve Pipe perform "The Freshman" or to give your kids a chance to visit the petting zoo in , be sure to post your photos !

1. Super Jess 5K is today at P-CEP

The Plymouth-Canton Educational Park’s National Honor Society will host its second Super Jess 5K at 8 a.m. today at the park. This event was created in honor of 16-year-old P-CEP student, Jesse Lindlbauer, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a sinus infection turned into an abscess, which ruptured. The Super Jess 5K run was created in order to bring the community support to the family and raise money to help defray medical expenses.