Hope House in Wake Forest now serving free meals Food insecurity – not knowing if you and your family will have enough to eat – is a heavy burden some people bear, but in Wake Forest now there is a simple solution: Provide meals for those families. Hope House at 334 North Allen Road now serves free, nutritious dinners to families and individuals at 6:30 p.m. every day except Saturday. The meals are prepared by The Forks Cafeteria and families and individuals can either eat at Hope House or take the meals home. The meals are made possible by a private donor. Hope House was founded by Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Church pastor, the Rev. Enoch Holloway, and his wife, the Rev. Marion Holloway, to serve the youth and community in Wake Forest’s East End. Norma Bennekin and Pastor Holloway are the leaders in arranging the dinners. Andrew Brown Jr.,

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host a Father-Daughter Dance on Friday, Sept. 20, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fathers and daughters throughout Wake Forest are invited to celebrate their special bond during an unforgettable evening at the Wake Forest Community House at 133 West Owen Avenue. Featuring music, dancing and refreshments, this event is sure to create memories that will last a lifetime. The cost is $25 per couple (Wake Forest residents) and $35/couple (non-Wake Forest residents), plus $5 for each additional daughter. To register, visit http://wakeforestnc.recdesk.com/recdeskportal/.

Enjoy the fine autumn weather during September and listen to music while you eat lunch outdoors with the town’s Music at Midday weekly concert series. Co-sponsored by the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and ARTS Wake Forest, the free music series begins Thursday, Sept. 5, and continues every Thursday through Sept. 26. Scheduled from noon to 1 p.m., Music at Midday will feature a variety of local performers and take place in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall at 301 South Brooks Street. This year’s fall concert lineup includes Lydia Salett Dudley and Lou Padro (jazz and soul) on Sept. 5; Blue Cactus (cosmic country/Americana) on Sept. 12; M.S.G. Acoustic Blues Trio (blues, gospel and ragtime) on Sept. 19; and DryBread Road (bluegrass, popular, folk, rock, blues, country and Cajun) on Sept. 26. For information about each performer, visit http://bit.ly/WFMusicMidday. Area residents are encouraged

The Senior Lifestyle Expo presented by Atlantic Tire & Service will be held Monday, Sept. 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Richland Creek Community Church. This annual event provides seniors and their adult children or caregivers with information, resources and wellness screenings to improve and enrich their quality of life. It will also reduce the stress of not knowing what is available in our community. You can stop by one or both days to browse through the booths and take part in free wellness screenings which include hearing tests, balance and gait analysis and mental health screenings.

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts is inviting area residents to celebrate the diversity of our community by participating in the second annual Trung Thu Moon Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 plus tax for adults and $6 plus tax for seniors and children under 12 and can be purchased online at www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events<http://www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events> or at the Renaissance Centre Box Office, 405 S. Brooks St. Steeped in tradition, Tet Trung Thu, as it is known in Vietnam, or the Mid-Autumn Moon festival as we refer to it in America, typically occurs on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. As one of the two most important festivals in the Vietnamese culture, this ancient celebration revolves around children. It was thought to be a time when parents had the opportunity to catch up with their loved ones after the busy summer harvest was