Music at Midday, a lunchtime performance series, concludes this week on Thursday, June 1, with a concert by the jazz ensemble Capital Transit. The series will resume in September. Co-sponsored by the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and Wake Forest ARTS, Music at Midday features a variety of local acts performing from noon to 1 p.m. in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street. Area residents are encouraged to bring lunch – from home or a local restaurant – relax, and enjoy the entertainment. Assorted dessert trucks are on site during each concert selling desserts and sweet treats.

The Town of Wake Forest will celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday, June 3, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. The free event will include an Environmental Education Expo featuring interactive environmental education stations. Set up throughout the park, the stations will offer both children and adults a unique opportunity to experience the wonders of nature while learning about the environment. As part of the expo, attendees will have the opportunity to get an up-close look at a variety of living things they might encounter on the trails: Examine reptiles and amphibians and learn about their tracks and signs at an exhibit from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences; Learn how to identify song birds; Learn how to identify and reduce stormwater pollutants; Learn all about bees; Hear animal night calls; See camping exhibits, reptiles and more! Several local organizations and businesses are scheduled to participate in the

Suicide Blonde, an ‘80’s cover band, will play for a concert to benefit the nonprofit CHERUBS-CDH on Friday, June 9, from 9 p.m. to midnight at the Renaissance Centre for the Arts on Brooks Street Tickets are $10 before the event, available through EventBrite, and $15 at the door. CHERUBS-CDH is based in Wake Forest and was formed in 1995 by two parents to make the public aware of the prevalence of CDH, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, in babies – one in every 2,500 births – and support research in the treatment of the lung condition. There are 1,600 cases in the U.S. every year, and the cause is currently unknown. The diaphragm is formed in the first trimester of pregnancy and controls the lungs’ ability to inhale and exhale. CDH occurs when the diaphragm fails to form or to close totally and an opening allows abdominal organs into the chest

The Northeast Community Coalition will host a Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 17, beginning at 10 a.m. Juneteenth? It is the oldest known celebration marking the end of slavery in the United States. Although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on Jan. 1, 1863, affecting all slaves in the Confederate States of America, it was not until June of 1865 that word reached Galveston Island, Texas, and U.S. General Gordon Granger read aloud General Order No. 3, announcing total emancipation of slaves, leading to a celebration. Today Juneteenth celebrates African American freedom and achievement while encouraging continuous self-development and respect for all cultures. Wake Forest’s celebration will begin at 10 a.m. in the Taylor Street Park with a meet-and-greet event followed by a Freedom Parade that will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Olive Branch Baptist Church and end at the Taylor Street Park. There will be events throughout the

Teens and children 18 and younger can get free lunches two day a week this summer from June 20 through Aug. 10 at the Wake County Northern Regional Center on East Holding Avenue, thanks to Wake County’s Summer Food Service Program. The lunches will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Families or the teens and children to not have to apply or show proof of income to take part in the program. For more information call 919-562-6384. Nearly 56,000 youth in Wake County are eligible for free or reduced-price meals at school, according to county data. The federally-funded Summer Food Service Program helps fill a need during the summer when traditional-calendar schools are on break.