ArtsPower National Touring Theatre will offer two performances of “Your Alien” on Friday, April 26, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 Brooks Street. Geared for audiences ages 12 and under, the shows are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ArtsPower’s newest musical touches down with a stranded alien who strikes up a fabulous friendship with a boy who finds him. They go to school and have loads of fun together. As evening approaches, the alien grows homesick. Will the boy be able to figure out how to help his new friend? This funny and uplifting new musical shows how the power of true friendship can last a lifetime. Advance tickets are on sale for $15 (plus tax) and can be purchased online with a Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover credit card at www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events<http://www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events>. Advance tickets may also be purchased with cash, check or credit card at the Renaissance

NC Attorney General Josh Stein and NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall will headline a distinguished panel of presenters at the Seniors at Risk: 21st Century Scam Threats, Preventions and Solutions seminar – also known as Senior Scam Jam – on Tuesday, April 30, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre. The event is free, but pre-registration is required at www.tfsnc.org/events no later than Tuesday, April 23. Senior Scam Jam will feature several prominent experts discussing useful ways attendees can protect themselves, clients, and loved ones from financial, technological and other types of fraud that typically impact senior adults. Other featured speakers will include Wake Forest Mayor Vivian Jones; Stephanie Bias, NC Department of Insurance; John Maron, NC Department of the Secretary of State; and Hugh Harris, NC Department of Justice. Among the topics they will discuss are Medicare and healthcare fraud, counterfeit prescription drugs, and

ARTS Wake Forest and the Wake Forest Optimist Club invite area youth and family teams to participate in the Draw on the Street Chalk Art Contest on April 6 during the annual Dirt Day Festival in Downtown Wake Forest from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Registration is FREE and must be complete by March 29 by emailing team member names to Tanya at TanyaYvonne@Live.com. Upon registration, teams will receive contest rules and other details.  Family and Youth teams are comprised of two to four individuals. Youth team members are students 18 and under accompanied by an adult teacher or parent chaperone. Chaperones are encouraged to participate with their team. Family team members may be of any age, but must include at least one adult. Each registered team will be assigned a 4’ X 4’ space on South White Street and given a large box of chalk pastels to create an artwork

The Wake Forest Inspections Department issued permits for 63 new homes during February – 51 for single-family homes and 12 for townhouses. Inspectors also provided inspections for fit-ups and pre-occupancy for seven new business: Animal Eye Care at 1608 Heritage Commerce Court, Suite 160; South Forest Service Center at 5105 Unicon Drive at Suites 105 and 108; Verison Wireless at 11710 Retail Drive; Creating Better Days at 121 South White Street; Touchstone Bank at 1776 Heritage Center Drive at Suite 101; Your CBD Store at 706 North Main Street; and My Custom Timber at 2016 South Main Street. Five of the townhouses are being built by D R Horton Inc. on Country Downs Road in the Traditions subdivision, and seven will be built by Lennar Carolinas along the Austin Ridge Parkway in the Austin Creek subdivision. Together the builders paid $12,325.54 in fees for the construction estimated to add $1,672,100

The Wake Forest Public Art Commission has issued a Call to Artists for its third annual Wake Forest Sculpture Exhibit and Spotlight on Wake Forest Artists Exhibit. These exhibits will provide for the display of public art sculptures and murals throughout Wake Forest from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Local, state, national and international artists are invited to submit their sculptures for consideration for the outdoor sculpture exhibit, while Wake Forest Guild Artists, Wake Forest-area high school students, and artists residing in Wake Forest and its ETJ are invited to submit one piece of original art for consideration for the Spotlight on Wake Forest Artists Exhibit. The Call to Artists is open at https://www.publicartist.org/index.cfm through Tuesday, April 9. An artist selection c comprised of arts professionals and representatives of the Town of Wake Forest, the public art commission and Wake Forest Downtown will select the works of art for each