Fiesta Latina Saturday, Aug. 1, at Durham Central Park downtown celebrates Latino culture, food, entertainment from 12 noon to 4. Free.
PGA golf returns to N.C. Aug. 6-9 for the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield CC, Greensboro. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com.
Chapel Hill’s Soap Box Derby is Sep. 19 at Homestead Park. Entry fee is $20. Build your own car Aug. 29, 12 noon at the Community Center. Register in advance on rec dept. website.
The NHL champion Carolina Hurricanes will play four pre-season games: Sep. 20 at Florida, Sep. 22, Florida in Raleigh, Sep. 24, Nashville in Greensboro and Sep. 26 at Nashville, before starting the new season (84 games, up two from past years).
Paperhand Puppet Show, 26th edition, is “The Wisdom of the World” and will be presented Aug. 7-Sep. 27 at Forest Theatre, UNC. Shows are Friday-Sunday at 7 with some 3 p.m. matinees in September. Order tickets online at paperhandpuppet.org. Musical acts precede each evening show at 6:20.
North Carolina ranks fifth for the highest state taxes on distilled spirits ($18.23/gallon) and sixth for beer (62 cents/gallon), according to a June report from the Tax Foundation.