The Wake Forest Technology Advisory Board (TAB) is inviting area elementary, middle, and high school students and their families to the 2023 Wake Forest STEM Saturday on Saturday, April 29. Presented by the Wireless Research Center, this free family networking event is scheduled from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road. Celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, STEM Saturday will expose students in grades K-12 to a variety of STEM career options, while featuring STEM-related exhibits, demonstrations, and hands-on learning activities. STEM Saturday will also include several interactive booths where representatives from a variety of local businesses, schools, and organizations will engage with parents and students, share professional insights and experiences, and offer an array of interesting demonstrations. Throughout STEM Saturday, youth can experience the wonders of STEM hands-on, ask questions, and be inspired to pursue a degree or occupation in a related field. A special

The Town of Wake Forest and several local veterans’ organizations will continue their monthly flag-raising ceremonies on Monday, May 1, at 11 a.m., in Town Hall’s Centennial Plaza, 301 S. Brooks St. The 46th Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony will honor Delmas Hudson who served our nation in the U.S. Army. Members of Hudson’s family have been invited to participate in the ceremony, which will include patriotic songs, special remarks, a memorial wreath laying, and the ceremonial flag-raising. During the service, the Wake Forest Fire Department Honor Guard will raise both the American flag and the U.S. Army service flag in recognition of the military branch in which Hudson served. Both flags will fly in Centennial Plaza throughout May. Photographs and other remembrances of Hudson will also be displayed in Centennial Plaza during the ceremony, then in the Town Hall lobby through the end of the month. Presented by the

Taylor Street Park Sprayground, 416 N. Taylor St., will open for the 2023 season on Saturday, April 22, at 10 a.m. Free and open to the public, the sprayground will operate according to the following schedule through Friday, June 9: • Sundays, 1-8 p.m. • Monday-Friday, 4-8 p.m. • Saturdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Please Note: The sprayground will be open Memorial Day (Monday, May 29) from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. The facility will offer extended hours beginning Saturday, June 10. To view the 2023 operating schedule, visit https://bit.ly/TaylorStParkSprayground. Taylor Street Park Sprayground is a dynamic, zero-depth aquatic play area designed to provide endless hours of fun for the entire family. The sprayground combines the sensations of different water movements – flowing, misting, and jetting – with several diverse features for an unequaled aquatic play adventure. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/TaylorStParkSprayground or contact Athletics & Aquatics Superintendent Edward Austin at 919-435-9562 or

The 2023 Juneteenth in Wake Forest will be a two-day event featuring the Alston-Massenburg Center, 416 North Taylor Street, on Friday, June 16, and the DuBois Center, 518 North Franklin Street, on Saturday, June 17. Friday’s event will run from 4 to 6:30 p.m. and will feature giveaways, Jay’s Italian Ice, and more fun before the crowd walks to the soon-to-open Wake Forest Food Hall at 303 East Roosevelt Avenue to purchase dinner from the various food trucks there. On Saturday the activities run from late morning to late evening. It all begins aat 11:45 a.m. when participants will assemble for a recreation of the historic Freedom Walk. Then from noon until 3:30 p.m. there will be a festival with booths, fun and food. From 4 to 8 p.m. the scene shifts to the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts at 508 South Brooks Street where Eugene Brown, a

The Wake Forest Public Art Commission (PAC) is commemorating the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre’s 10-year anniversary by issuing a “Call for Artists” at https://bit.ly/WFPAC_CallforArtists for a permanent public art installation inside the Renaissance Centre lobby. The theme of the piece is open to the artist’s discretion, but artists are encouraged to use the Renaissance Centre’s 10-year anniversary logo as inspiration and incorporate the 10-year anniversary color palette. The piece must be free-standing or displayed on an independent stand. In addition, all standing/sculptural art must either have its own sturdy pedestal, provided by the selected artist, or be able to be safely displayed directly and free-standing on the floor in a public space. To be eligible, artists must reside in in one of the following counties: Granville, Franklin, Nash, Johnston, Harnett, Chatham, Durham, or Wake. As part of this initiative, qualified applicants are invited to submit five to 10 images of