*Make or buy masks for yourself and the children and be sure to be in downtown Wake Forest Saturday, Feb. 6, for town’s Mardi Gras. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the free event will feature a people’s parade, contests, food and fun. See article in this week’s issue for more details.
*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open in Renaissance Plaza on Saturday, Feb. 6, with its usual winter hours, 10 a.m. to noon.
*The annual Koinonia Foundation banquet and auction will take place Saturday, Feb. 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at The Forks Cafeteria. See article in this issue for details.
*A Special Needs Valentine Party will be hosted by the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. See article in this week’s issue for details.
*Heritage High School will host an Indoor Percussion and Winter Guard Competition Saturday, Feb. 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thirty teams will perform; proceeds will benefit the school’s band programs. Tickets are $10 for adults, children 5 and younger are free.
*Creation Care: A Bird’s Perspective will be the topic when a National Audubon Society leader leads a community workshop Saturday, Feb. 13, from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the fellowship hall at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Durham Road. See article in this issue for more details.
*The Wendell Wake County NAACP will hold its monthly meeting Sunday, Feb. 14, at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church at 152 Morphus Bridge Road in Wendell. The youth meet at 2 p.m.
*The State of the Town Dinner will be held Monday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts. See the article in this issue to purchase tickets.
*A Night of Comedy will be presented by the Wake Forest Rotary Club and the Wake Forest High School Band Boosters on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre. See information about tickets and attractions in this week’s issue.
*Want to try for $10,000? Buy tickets to the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Reverse Raffle on Thursday, March 17, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre. The $125 tickets to admit two people are on sale now and include heavy hors d’oeuvres and dessert, beer and wine. See a chamber member or call 919-556-1519 to buy a ticket. Act fast because only 300 tickets will be sold.
*The annual Wake Forest Cemetery Tour will take place Saturday, May 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is free to all comers interested in the history and the people in the town cemetery on North White Street.
*The Mad Hatters Tea Party & Art Market, the Wake Forest Garden Club’s major fundraising activity, will be held Saturday, May 14, at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 North Main Street. Shop the market or buy tickets for the tea and garden seminars. See more information in this week’s issue.
