The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts will offer a free Make-N-Take Scrap Exchange on Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. until noon as part of its grand re-opening weekend. Scrap Exchange is a free, eco-friendly creative arts activity for people of all ages. The Make-N-Take program offers an endless array of fascinating and unusual reclaimed materials, including cones and tubes from textile mills, fabric samples from decorators, vinyl sticker paper from sign shops, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to build whatever they can imagine out of the provided materials. On top of that, everyone will leave with a fantastic project of his or her own invention. The Renaissance Centre is located at 405 Brooks Street in downtown Wake Forest. For more information, visitwww.wakeforestrencen.org/event/make-n-take or call the Renaissance Centre Box Office at 919-435-9458.

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will host a free Family Fitness Fair on Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m.-noon at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. The Family Fitness Fair is a fun, family-friendly event offered in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park Association’s “Family Health & Fitness Day” initiative celebrated every year on the second Saturday in June. Free and open to the public, the PRCR Department’s June 9 Family Fitness Fair will feature Zumba, Yoga, Fitness classes, local health and fitness vendors and tons of family fun. Participating local businesses and organizations will include Camp Gladiator, Z Fitness with Jacque Inc., A.E. Finley YMCA, Polar Ice House, Orange Theory, Nutrishop Wake Forest, Physicians Weight Loss Centers, British Swim School, Vision Martial Arts and O2 Fitness The Factory. For more information, contact PRCR Events Coordinator Suja Jacob at 919-556-7063 orsjacob@wakeforestnc.gov.

George C. Waller, who served our nation in the U.S. Army, will be honored during the 26th Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday, June 4, in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall. Members of Waller’s family will participate in the ceremony, which will include patriotic songs, special remarks, a memorial wreath laying and the ceremonial flag-raising. After raising the American flag, the Wake Forest Fire Department Honor Guard will raise the U.S. Army service flag in recognition of the military branch in which Waller served. Both flags will fly in Centennial Plaza throughout June. Photographs and other remembrances of Waller will also be displayed in Centennial Plaza during the ceremony, then in the Town Hall lobby through the end of the month. Presented by several local veterans’ organizations to honor the sacrifices of deceased Wake Forest veterans and their families, memorial flag-raising ceremonies

The cars at the 2018 Wake Forest Charity Car Show on Saturday, June 16, will make car lovers mouths drool. There will be muscle cars, sports cars, pony cars, classic cars and antique autos as well as street rods and trucks. The event, sponsored by Wake Forest Downtown Inc., will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. along historic South White Street. The grand sponsor is  Auction Direct USA. Though it features cars, the event is designed to raise money for several area charities. Admission is free. There will be food trucks on site.  

One of the more delightful programs in Wake Forest is Music at Midday, a short concert series during May in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street. Unfortunately, it has to come to an end this week. Aptly enough, Big Bang Boom is the closing act for the concert Thursday, May 31, from noon to 1 p.m. in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall. Dessert trucks will be parked nearby and people are encouraged to bring a bag lunch from home or from a nearby restaurant. The free series is cosponsored by the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and Wake Forest ARTS.