*Art After Hours, the monthly art stroll along South White Street, means studios and shops will be open until 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, and there will be music and free carriage rides.
*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 15, in the Renaissance Plaza in front of the Renaissance Centre. Food, music and farm-fresh meats, vegetables and fruit, all raised within 75 miles.
*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 Wake Forest Board of Commissioners will hold its monthly business meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18, beginning at 7 p.m. in the second-floor meeting room in the Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street.
*Wake Forest Downtown will present Beach Night on White, a free family-friendly event featuring Tar Heel beaches and beach music from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 . Jim Quick and the Coastline Band will play, there will be food trucks, shag dancing demonstrations, and stores open late.
*Good Neighbor Day will take place Sunday, Sept. 20, beginning at 1 p.m. in Holding Park on South Main and West Owen Avenue. The free event for all area residents is sponsored by the Wake Forest Human Relations Council and features food, fun, and family-friendly entertainment.
*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/.
