*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open in Renaissance Plaza on Saturday, July 2, with its regular spring, summer and fall hours, 8 a.m. to noon.
*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. All profits support the club’s projects for children. Visit www.wakeforestbingo.com for more information.
*Wake Forest’s Fourth of July Celebration is three events over two days. It will begin Sunday, July 3, with the stadium show and fireworks spectacular in Trentini Stadium at Wake Forest High School. Then on Monday, July 4, there is the children’s parade on North Main Street at 10:30 a.m. followed immediately by art and games in Holding Park. See the article in this week’s edition for more details.
*The Forest of Wake StoryFest with storytelling workshops and open mic will take place Saturday, Aug. 6, from noon to 9 p.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts on Brooks Street. Daniel M. Blaisdell, Lona Bartlett and Donna Washington will be featured.
*The Wake Forest Purple Heart Dinner will be held Saturday, Aug. 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in a new location, the Richland Creek Community Church on Burlington Mills Road. Go to www.WakeForestPurpleHeartFoundation.org for information about the group.
*The first Wake Forest Home & Garden Show hosted by the Renaissance Centre will take place Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14. The hours will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. A variety of exhibits and workshops will be offered. Contact Anna Bolton – abolton@wakeforestnc.gov – to reserve a booth.
*This is definitely a ways away, but dog and pet lovers will want to mark their calendars for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24 and 25, when the fourth annual Dirty Dogs Pet Extravaganza will take place in E. Carroll Joyner Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. One of the events will be the Ultimate Air Dogs competition and show. More later.
