Auditions for “The Diary of Anne Frank” The play will be presented by Forest Moon Theater, and the auditions are set for Jan. 18 and 19 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre. Roles are available for actors ages 14 and older, regardless of race or gender. Details are available at https://forestmoontheater.org/auditions/ Shades of Gospel, Saturday, Feb. 5, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m Join us for a celebration of Gospel music that connects community members of all cultures, ages, and backgrounds! Gospel singer and pastor John P. Kee will bring his soulful husky voice, a six-piece band and back-up singers to the Renaissance Centre stage as a part of the Shades of Gospel series. Kee is the pastor of New Life Fellowship Center in Charlotte. He grew up in church music, playing both jazz and gospel on piano in his early teens in Durham. After high school at the North

The monthly American Legion Post 187 famous Pancake Breakfast will be served on Sunday, January 9, 2022 from 8 to 12 a.m. The breakfast is presented every second Sunday of every month at the American Legion Hall, 225 East Holding Avenue, Wake Forest, NC., (Across the street from the Wake Forest Post Office). The breakfast offers a menu of pancakes, several types of sausage (mild and spicy), coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and orange juice. The aspect that has made the offering unique is that customers can eat as much as they care to for one low price. Adults eat for $6.00 per person – Children under 12 for $1.00 and children under 7 eat free. The proceeds from the breakfast are used to assist rehabilitating veterans. #

Several local churches and community organizations will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a free, public celebration on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church, 237 Friendship Chapel Road. The evening’s theme will center around one of Dr. King’s messages: “I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.” In the spirit of the event theme, the Wake Forest MLK Committee will offer creative performance, writing and art competitions for students in Wake Forest and Rolesville-area schools. The competition winners will be recognized during the January 20 program. In the meantime, the Wake Forest MLK Committee is accepting monetary donations from the community to help fund the monetary prizes and scholarships awarded to the competition winners. The MLK Committee hopes to raise $10,000 by January 31, 2022. Area residents can support this worthy cause

Updated December 15, 2021 Plans under review at the Wake Forest Planning Department The November Monthly Report from the Wake Forest is listed below. *White Street Townhomes is a plan for 79 townhouses on two lots owned by David Smoot at the intersection of South White Street and East Holding Avenue. *Hawthorne Wake Forest Phase 2 will be an apartment building(s) with 48 units on the east side of Star Road. *Averette Road Assemblage is the new name for Rosedale Subdivision (formerly Averette Road Subdivision) Phase 2, a plan for 66 single-family lots. It is associated with Tryon subdivision. Former Pearce family land, Priest Craven & Associates is the engineer for this. *Star Road PUD will be off the list in January because the planning board unanimously voted against recommending it to the town board. *Gateway Commons Lot 10 is a plan for a 9,500-square-foot office building. *Mason Oaks Parcel

The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that Meet in the Street, its premiere arts and crafts festival, will be back on South White Street in downtown Wake Forest on Saturday, May 7. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. people can enjoy browsing more than 100 arts and crafts booths, listening to live music, tasting their way through the newest food trucks and enjoying activities with your children or grandchildren. Applications are now available but space is limited. To be a part of the festival, go to the chamber’s web page and look for the Meet in the Street Festival page. * * * * Oh, and by the way, 2022 is the chamber’s 40th anniversary! It is sure to be a special year filled with surprises you will like. * * * * Join the Wake Forest Area Chamber and the Wake Forest Business & Industry Partnership as we co-host the 2022