*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Aug. 17, in the employee parking lot along South Taylor Street behind Wake Forest Town Hall.
Local farmers and artisans will have meats, seasonal vegetables, bread, baked good and other local wares for sale. See the market’s Facebook page for information about the vendors and sign up for a weekly notice about the offerings that Saturday. Remember the Wake Forest Farmers Market is unusual in that it is owned by the farmers who sell their wares there.
*Monday Night Bingo at The Factory is hosted by the Wake Forest Kiwanis Club in the Mill Room from 7 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday night. All profits support the club’s projects for children. Visit www.wakeforestbingo.com for more information.
*Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry at 149 East Holding Avenue is now open from 9 to 11 a.m. every third Saturday along with its regular hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for food distribution. It serves about 700 families in Wake Forest, Youngsville, Rolesville and their surrounding areas. Call 919-556-7144 for information about receiving food, volunteering and donations. You can send donations to Tri-Area at PO Box 1394, Wake Forest NC 27588.
*Hope House Weekly Food Pantry distributes food at 1 p.m. every Thursday. Hope House volunteers pick up the food from the Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina and the house typically has vegetables, fruits, salad packages and breads but sometimes does have meat, eggs, fruit juice and milk. Hope House is at 334 North Allen Road. For more information, call Norma Bennekin at 919-263-1007.
*The Wake Forest Home & Garden Show will return to the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24 and 25. Come find out what is new for your home and garden.
*Share Night at Culver’s on Tuesday, Aug. 27, part of the outreach and fund-raising for the Wake Forest CROP Walk on Sept. 22, will have the restaurant dedicate part of their sales between 5 and 8 p.m. to CROP. See article in this issue for details.
*The Fall Crafts Market and Kid’s Market, hosted by the Wake Forest Farmers Market will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, from 8 a.m. to noon in the employee parking lot on South Taylor Street behind the Wake Forest Town Hall. See article in this issue to learn how to apply.
*The Senior Lifestyle Expo planned by the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Atlantic Tire & Service will be held at Richland Creek Community Church on Monday, Sept. 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration is now open and booths are going fast.
*The Trung Thu Moon Festival will return to the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Saturday, Sept. 14, and tickets are now available.
*The 40th annual Wake Forest CROP Walk will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22. For more information, go to https://www.crophungerwalk.org/wakeforestnc/
*Forest Moon Theater will present “Steel Magnolias” over two weekends in September, and tickets are available at the Renaissance Centre box office. The play will be staged Friday through Sunday on Sept. 20 to 23 and Sept. 27 to 29.
*The 2019 Irish Fest will be back in Wake Forest on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 3 to 10 p.m. on South Taylor Street between Wait and Elm Avenues.
*The 2019 Good Neighbor Day in Wake Forest will be held between 1 and 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, at E. Carroll Joyner Park on Harris Road. Everyone is invited to share good food, fun, music and fellowship.
*The third Wake Forest Dance Festival will be held in E. Carroll Joyner Park on Saturday, Oct. 5.
*A Light in the Forest, the second annual Wake Forest Film Festival, will be held Friday and Saturday on March 13 and 14, and tickets will go on sale Nov. 1. See article in this issue about submitting films.
