Where to park.

Don't let a little construction, metal fencing and parking lot paving get between you and Taco Farm or White Rabbit. (Okay, a LOT of all of that.)

The City of Waterloo has got you covered with additional parking options as the north parking lot at Waterloo Town Square gets all prettied up with some new pavement.

What to buy local.

In a slight break from normal content, check out these two products that your neighbours have designed, built and launched to the world.

Alert Labs launched their home water sensors late last year. Their system is best described as a Fitbit for your home water system. They have two products available now - Flowie, which monitors for leaks abnormal usage and Floodie, a reusable puck that you can place in your basement to detect flooding. Their whole system is battery powered and works using low-power cellular connections - so if the power goes out, you're still protected.

Last week, Waterloo-based Cognitive Systems shipped their Aura Home Security system. Aura is a camera-less security system that detects movement inside and outside your home by detecting when physical objects interrupt the movement of wireless signals. They've got an awesome explainer video that shows you how they do it.

What to do.

KW Little Theatre presents Deep Fried Curried Perogies from May 4 to 7. In this feisty, comedic memoir, Michelle Todd shares the past of her Filipino mother and Jamaican father who left their tropical homelands behind to spice up the wonderful not-so-tropical world of Edmonton, Alberta.

In need of some latin sounds over lunch on Cinco de Mayo? Downtown Kitchener has you covered with live music and and Mexican inspired food from Gastro Grub Food Truck at City Hall between 11:30 and 2:30pm.

Saturday, May 6 is the annual Jane's Walk. Take a walk around downtown Kitchener and learn about the obvious, the subtle, the hidden, the guerrilla and even some soon to be art that you may have not seen before. Meet at the Kitchener Market at 11:30am.

Besides beer, summer calls for ice cream. Kitchener is getting its own ice cream factory with the opening of Four All Ice Cream at 141 Whitney Place. Grand opening is this Saturday, May 6.

Break out the Santana DVX! Rhapsody Barrel Bar presents Supernatural Tributo Santana this Saturday, May 6 at 9pm. Tickets available at Rhapsody Barrel Bar or online at ticketscene.ca. $15 advance or $20 @ the door.

Also on Saturday and oddly, another tribute band -> the world's only Metallica sanctioned tribute band, Sandman, plays Maxwell's Music House at 7:30pm.

Where to be for...

...Music

Teenage Head (feat. Dave Rave)
Sat, May 6 | 7pm
Starlight Social Club

...Trivia

Trivia Night in support of Heart & Stroke Foundation
Thurs, May 4 | 7pm
Abe Erb Tannery

...Movie

May the 4th Be With You
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Thurs, May 4 | 6:45pm
Apollo Cinema