The Town of Wake Forest has just released the names of the bands for the summer street concert series, Friday Night on White The Magic Pipers will kick off the series on April 28, followed by Smile on May 12, Bull City Syndicate on June 9, Big Love on July 14, Love Tribe on Aug. 11, and Crush on Sept. 8. For more information about each band, including videos of band performances, visit www.wakeforestnc.gov/band-line-up.aspx. Presented by White Street Brewing Co., Friday Night on White takes place along South White Street – usually on the second Friday night of each month from April through September. Due to Good Friday falling this year on the second Friday in April, the 2017 series will get underway on April 28. The remaining concerts will take place on the second Friday of each month from May through September. Each concert begins at 6 p.m. and

Mayor Vivian Jones will deliver her 2017 State of the Town Address on Monday, Feb. 20, at 6 p.m., during the ninth annual State of the Town Address and Dinner. Presented by the Wake Forest Rotary Club, the event will be at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts on South Brooks Street. During her remarks, Mayor Jones will highlight the town’s key accomplishments in 2016 and outline the goals Wake Forest will strive towards in 2017. All area residents are invited to attend this special event. Tickets are $15 per person in advance and $20 on the day of the event and include a catered meal. Dress for the event is business casual. Tickets can be purchased online with a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit card at www.wakeforestnc.gov/state-of-the-town.aspx. Tickets may also be purchased at the Renaissance Centre Box Office with cash, check or credit card. A

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host two public meetings in January to solicit input from area residents concerning the future Joyner Park Community Center. The first session will coincide with the regularly scheduled Youth in Government Advisory Board meeting on Saturday, Jan. 21. The meeting will get underway at 9 a.m. in the ground floor meeting room of the Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street. This session is specifically targeted to young people but anyone may attend. The second meeting is Thursday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. It will also take place in town hall’s ground floor meeting room. This room is most easily accessed by the Taylor Street entrance. Representatives from Clark Nexsen, the facility designer, and the PRCR Department will be on hand at each session to answer questions and gather public input. The interactive meetings will include a brief presentation, followed

Barbara Massenburg has loaned her 1960s Madame Alexander dolls to the Wake Forest Historical Museum for an exhibit in the main room that will last through the end of January. Many of the 8-inch dolls are dressed in costumes from different countries – Scotland, France, Spain, India for example – while the cast of the movie “Little Women” are dressed with petticoats and pantaloons. Assistant Director Jennifer Smart even found an old playbill from the first movie that starred Katherine Hepburn. It was a job assembling the exhibit because most of the arms and legs had to be reattached. The elastic bands holding them had disintegrated through the years. Also the clothes had to be washed and pressed. Massenburg, who lives in an historic home, is a museum supporter and longtime supporter, board member and chairman of the Wake County Historical Society and the Wake Forest Historical Association. The museum

Are you interested in raising a few chickens in your backyard but not quite sure how to go about it? There are lots of reasons for raising backyard chickens. Some people simply enjoy watching and caring for them. Parents like for their children to learn the responsibilities and joys and sorrows of caring for animals. Often people just want to have fresh eggs. Some people want to raise show poultry. Granville Cluckers 4-H Club will host a public meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 at the Expo Center, 4185 U.S. Highway 15 south of Oxford, at which they will answer questions about town ordinances concerning poultry, raising chickens in the backyard and what is required, where chicks can be purchased, what feed is needed, types of coops needed for this area, and other questions that come up. Bette Laursen, the 4-H club leader, said there will be information about