*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be held in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street Saturday, May 6, but because of Meet in the Street on many downtown streets the hours will be from 9 a.m. to noon for this week only. 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.
*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 second Friday Night on White for 2017 will feature the band called Smile on Friday, May 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. along South White Street in Wake Forest’s historic downtown area. The featured performers for the rest of the series are Bull City Syndicate on June 12, Big Love on July 14, Love Tribe on Aug. 11, and Crush on Sept. 8.
*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 Wake Forest Historical Museum will host a program about Wake Forest native Wilson Montague and his part in World War II. The program will be at 2:30 pm. Sunday, May 14, and will feature a German scholar who has written a book on the subject and is visiting in the area.
*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.
*R.I.S.E. (Rise, Inspire, Succeed, Empower), a free workshop for young women ages 11 to 18 will be held Saturday, May 20, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Alston-Massenburg Center. Preregistration is required, http://wakeforestnc.recdesk.com/recdeskportal/.
*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.
