*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be held in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street Saturday, July 29, from 8 a.m. to noon. See the market’s Facebook page for vendors.
*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.
*Overeaters Anonymous meets on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest United Methodist Church, 905 South Main Street. Enter through the back by the office. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Everyone welcome! Contact Jennifer at 928-225-5236.
*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.
*SING-WF, the Senior Information & Network Group of Wake Forest, will hold a community-wide meeting Friday, July 28, from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Wake Electric Community Room at 100 South Franklin Street. Breakfast and networking begins at 8:30. See article in this issue for more information.
*The Wake Forest Public Art Commission will host a reception Saturday, July 29, to formally open the Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit and Spotlight on Wake Forest Artists Exhibit. The event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre for the Arts Annex on Brooks Street. Light refreshments will be served.
*The first of two free Concerts in the Park will be Sunday, August 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. featuring Diali Cissokho and Austin McCall. The second will be at the same time on Sunday, Sept. 3 featuring The Piney Woods Boys with a tribute to Doc Watson. Both are in the amphitheater at E. Carroll Joyner Park. See article in this issue for more details.
*The second annual Wake Forest Home Garden Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 12 and 13, at the Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street featuring over 40 local experts in home improvement projects, services and features. Visitors will also be able to purchase local art, handmade décor and various home products.
*There will be an Expansion Celebration from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Wake Forest Public Library on East Holding Avenue and everyone is invited to have some refreshments and say good-by to the small library that opened in 1996. Construction of the expanded library will begin this fall.
*Good Neighbor Day, sponsored by the Wake Forest Human Relations Council, will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m. at E. Carroll Joyner Park. The event features fun, food and fellowship, and all town residents are invited.
*Wake Forest Dance Festival, the Triangle’s first outdoor dance festival, is planned for Sept. 30, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at E. Carroll Joyner Park on Harris Road. Free and family-friendly, the inaugural event will feature national and regional professional dancers, as well as local rising advanced performers.
