*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be held in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street Saturday, April 29, with its summer hours, 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 open Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for food distribution and 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.
*HerbFest will continue Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 28-30, at Festival Park on South White Street.
*The first Friday Night on White this year will be Friday, April 28, from 6 to 9 p.m. The rest of the series will be on May 12, June 9, July 14, Aug. 11 and Sept. 8. Last year Friday Night on White drew between 5,000 and 10,000 people to downtown.
*Marcus Anderson will headline the first of Six Sundays in Spring on Sunday, April 30, in the amphitheater at E. Carroll Joyner Park on Harris Road. The free concert series which has delighted Wake Forest audiences for decades will run through June 4. Bring the kids, some chairs or blankets and enjoy the music in a relaxed setting.
*The 18th Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, May 1, and will honor Thomas Walters.
*The Wake Forest Children’s Choir will hold its spring concert, O, Colored Earth, Tuesday, May 2, at 6 .m. in the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts at 405 Brooks Street. The concert is free and open to the public
*Meet in the Street sponsored by the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce will take place Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. along South White Street. Chris Leith Automotive is the presenting sponsor. It is a full day of art, food and music. And it is free.
*The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics of North Carolina is planned for Saturday, May 13, and the event is open to the first 100 people who register from 8 to 8:45 a.m. at Walmart, 2114 South Main Street. See article in this issue for race and registration details.
*The annual Wake Forest Historical Cemetery Tour will take place Saturday, May 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This free self-guided tour of the town’s cemetery dating from the early days of Wake Forest College until today includes a number of family members and interested docents who will relate the lives of the people in selected graves. Parking is available at the cemetery on North White Street and in nearby parking lots.
*The Wake Forest Garden Club’s Mad Hatter Tea Party and Garden Tour will be held Saturday, May 13, at the Wake Forest Historical Museum. The always popular tea party will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the garden and art tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets for the tea are $20 and for the garden and art tour $15. Both are available from Brown Paper Tickets at http:’’www.brownpapertickets.com/.
*The Senior Scam Jam or Seniors at Risk: 21st Century Scam Threats, Preventions and Solutions seminar will be held Thursday, May 18, from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. Find out how to attend the free event in the article in this issue.
*A meeting about specialized recreation programming will be held Thursday, May 18, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Wake Forest Town Hall ground-floor meeting room. See article in this issue for details.
*A forum about the Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, the one dating back into the mid-1800s and through the early 20th century, will be presented by the Wake Forest Historical Association on Sunday, May 21, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Wake Forest Historical Museum at 441 North Main Street. The forum is free and refreshments will be served.
*Suicide Blonde, an ‘80’s cover band, will play for a concert to benefit the nonprofit CHERUBS-CDH on Friday, June 9, from 9 p.m. to midnight at the Renaissance Centre for the Arts on Brooks Street. Tickets are $10 before the event, available through EventBrite, and $15 at the door.
