On the heels of two new shoe stores at Crabtree Valley Mall, a third one is preparing to open. Coming soon will be a location of Track n' Trail, a footware retailer with a selection of hiking and casual shoes. Brands include Caterpillar, Harley Davidson, Timberland, Hush Puppies and Montrail.

The Crabtree location will be the second in North Carolina for the footware store, following a location in Charlotte.

For more information visit: www.trackntrail.com.

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This summer, The Factory in Wake Forest will be sending in the clowns.

The Flow Circus Camp will be holding three sessions of their half-day summer camp.

Billed as the "Triangle's premiere juggling, magic and balloon sculpting camp," the camp starts three week-long half-day sessions July 10. The camp will also have two sessions in August. Cost for campers is $175. Ages range from 6 to 9 or 9 to 14.

For more information on the camp visit: www.flowcircus.com/ the_factory.htm.

Also returning to The Factory in the fall is The Etiquette School of the Triangle.

The school offers classes for kids on the dos and don'ts of table manners, dress and appearance. Classes range in price from $75 to $100.

Classes start in September. For more information visit: www.triangleetiquette.com.

The Factory is located on Main Street in Wake Forest, near the U.S. 1-U.S. 1A split.

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Head out to North Hills tonight if you'd like to regret never taking music lessons.

Hyun Jae Lin, an 8-year-old violin player will be playing the works of Bach and Huber from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on The Commons.

The Chapel Hill native studies with Duke professor Hsiao-mei Ku.

North Hills is at the intersection of Lassiter Mill and Six Forks roads.