*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open in Renaissance Plaza on Saturday, July 9, 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.
*The 13th Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony will be held in Centennial Plaza in front of town hall on Brooks Street at 11 a.m. Monday, July 11. It will honor Dalton Bailey. See this week’s issue for details.
*Neck of the Woods will be back at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street on Friday, July 15, for a variety performance. See this week’s issues for all details.
*The Summer Wake Forest Food Truck Rodeo will roll into town and set up in the Renaissance Plaza parking lot on Brooks Street Sunday, July 17, and will welcome visitors and eaters from noon to 4 p.m.
*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.
