*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Jan. 18, in the employee parking lot along South Taylor Street behind Wake Forest Town Hall.
Local farmers and artisans will have meats, seasonal vegetables, bread, baked good and other local wares for sale. See the market’s Facebook page for information about the vendors and sign up for a weekly notice about the offerings that Saturday. Remember the Wake Forest Farmers Market is unusual in that it is owned by the farmers who sell their wares there.
*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.
*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.
*Hope House serves a free nutritious filling dinner to everyone who needs one at 6:30 p.m. every day except Saturday. Hope House is at 334 North Allen Road.
*Shades of Gospel will return to the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 5 p.m. See the article in this issue for information about the performers and tickets.
*The Wake Forest Historical Association will hold its annual membership meeting between 3 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Wake Forest Historical Museum. There will be a short business meeting followed by a social event including tours of the next-door Dr. Calvin Jones House, wine and cheese and live music. Prospective and current members are invited. Annual dues are $10.
*Bright Star Theater will present George Washington Carver & Friends as part of Black History Month on Saturday, Feb. 8. The morning show at 11 a.m. will be held at the Alston-Massenburg Center, and the evening show will be at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
*Funko Bunko, the newest fundraiser by the Wake Forest Optimist Club, will be at The Forks Cafeteria from 6 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11. See article in this issue about how you can play too.
* Forest Moon Theater will present “Prelude to a Kiss” Friday through Sunday, Feb. 14-16 and Feb. 21-23, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 South Brooks Street. More details available in article in this issue.
*The State of the Town Dinner and address by Mayor Vivian Jones will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, in the Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. Please see article in this issue about tickets and other information.
*The Wake Forest Mardi Gras Street Festival will take place along South White Street from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22.
*Rockin’ the Forest will continue on Feb. 28 at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre with Jim Quick & Coastline. See article in this issue for ticket and other information.
*Meet in the Street, sponsored by the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held Saturday, May 2, in downtown Wake Forest. This will be the 40th year of the popular street festival.
*Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser for the Wake Forest Lions Club will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at the American Legion building on East Holding Avenue.
*National Trails Day will be celebrated in Wake Forest on Saturday, June 6, when the Greenways Advisory Board will host a family-friendly and a children’s race at E. Carroll Joyner Park on Harris Road. See article in this issue for details.
*A Light in the Forest, the second annual Wake Forest Film Festival, will be held Friday and Saturday on March 13 and 14, and tickets will go on sale Nov. 1.
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