*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 18, in the Renaissance Plaza in front of the Renaissance Centre. Food, music and farm-fresh meats, vegetables and fruit, all raised within 75 miles.
*A public reception for new Town Manager Kip Padgett hosted by Mayor Vivian Jones and the Board of Commissioners will be held Tuesday, July 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the second floor lobby at Wake Forest Town Hall. Light refreshments will be served. After the event Padgett and the town board will hold their regular monthly meeting.
*The seventh annual Wake Forest Purple Heart Dinner will be held Saturday, Aug. 8, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Presbyterian Church. A few tickets are still available.
*Growing Pains, a community discussion about the impacts of the rapid growth in the county and focused on northern Wake, Wake Forest, and Rolesville, will be held Thursday, Aug. 13, in Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street from 7 to 8:30 p.m. See details in this week’s issue.
*The Forest of Wake Storytelling Festival will be held Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street beginning at 9:30 a.m. and continuing all day. See article in this issue for ticket details.
*The 20th Annual Tour of Artists is planned for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19 and 20, in galleries in Wake Forest and artists’ studios in the area. The self-guided tour is sponsored by the Wake Forest Guild of Artists. For further information now about the artists and tour, go to http://wakeforestguild.com/tour-2015/.
