Wake Forest artist M. Theresa Brown is known for her portraits, but she is also a skilled fiber artist, hand-drawing designs or carving blocks to print on the silk. She will be displaying and selling her creations Friday night, May 8, at Wake Forest Art & Frame Shop during the monthly downtown art stroll, Art After Hours. There will be refreshments in the shop as there will be in other stores and studios along South White Street and nearby streets from 5 to 9 p.m. Wake Forest Downtown will provide free horse and carriage rides, and usually some enterprising musicians provide free music. Upstairs over Wake Forest Coffee Company, the artists in the Artists Loft & Gallery are celebrating their first anniversary. Join them for some cake  and see their featured artist, Marcia Streithorst. There are new classes available; see them on the new web site, www.wfartistsloft.com. Linda Burrell at

The Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra will hold its spring concert Saturday, May 16, beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the Alston-Massenburg Center at 416 North Taylor Street. The orchestra is led by LaSaundra Booth and Tonya Suggs. The members are young musicians at all stages of their musical education, from beginning students who have just recently begun playing in an orchestra through intermediate and advanced students who have previous orchestral experience. The Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization which provides orchestral instruction and access to instruments for you in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The concert is free and everyone in the community is invited to attend.

Cancer survivors and their caregivers are the guests of honor during Relay For Life on Saturday, May 16, at Richland Creek Community Church in Wake Forest. During the annual American Cancer Society event, survivors can start their day with a free pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Plates include three hotcakes, two sausage patties and coffee or juice. After breakfast, survivors are celebrated during Relay’s opening ceremony at 11 a.m. Survivors take the celebratory first lap. As survivors walk, event participants cheer them on in a demonstration of support and celebration. From noon to 6 p.m., the Survivor/Caregiver Tent remains open for snacks, relaxation, etc. Then at 6:30 p.m., cancer survivors are the guests of honor for a barbecue dinner. To RSVP for either meal, register online at www.relayforlife.org/NorthernWakeNC.  For more details, contact Michelle Tyson at 919-426-7733 or tysonfour@ymail.com, or email Melissa Kobelinski at kobelinski@cancer.org. At 8:30 p.m., a

A regional analysis of impediments to fair housing choices is underway in Wake County, and meetings for public comment have already been held in Cary, Fuquay-Varina, and Zebulon. There will be a meeting Thursday, May 7, in Wake Forest and one that night in Raleigh. The Wake Forest meeting will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. this Thursday, May 7, in Room 163 at the Northern Regional Center at 350 East Holding Avenue, and the Raleigh meeting will be held that night from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Halifax Community Center, 1023 Halifax Street. The analysis is to gather data and input from the public and experts to see whether there are any impediments to fair housing choice, to take appropriate actions to overcome the effects of the impediments identified and to maintain records about the analysis and the actions. Wake County, the City of Raleigh, the Town

Are you ready to get moving but need a little motivation? If the answer is “yes,” then the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department can help. Beginning Wednesday, May 6, the PRCR will team with Wake County Human Services’ Health Promotion Chronic Disease Prevention and 4-H Youth Development to offer a free “Movin’ & Groovin’ Walking Series” at E. Carroll Joyner Park. Each Wednesday, from May 6 through June 3, from noon to 1 p.m., children and adults in our area are invited to walk the trails and enjoy the outdoors at Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. The “Movin’ & Groovin’ Walking Series” is designed to encourage area families and individuals to increase their physical activity in a free, fun and safe environment. The program also strives to raise public awareness about the importance of exercise and combat obesity. To register, visit www.wakeforestnc.gov/parks-recreation-cultural-resources.aspx and click on the link