This week you have the last chance at two events: the traveling Smithsonian exhibit at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, Hometown Teams and How They Shape America, and the last 2015 Six Sundays in Spring concert.
Museum Director Ed Morris and volunteers will start packing up the exhibit on Monday, June 1, but you can see it this week through Sunday afternoon. The exhibit is free, open to everyone, and the museum hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The museum is behind the Calvin Jones House at 414 North Main Street, and there is parking on the street, both side streets and in the rear of the museum.
Did you know that entire block where the Jones house and the museum stand were once the Wake Forest College baseball field and tennis courts? Ask Morris to point out where home plate was.
The Gravy Boys will bring their mix of country, rock, honky-tonk, bluegrass and folk to the last of the Six Sundays in Spring concerts in the amphitheatre at E. Carroll Joyner Park. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and prepare to enjoy a spring afternoon.
The concert runs from 5 to 7 p.m. with the winners of the Wake Forest Has Talent competition performing at intermission. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase, but concert goers may also bring a picnic. Alcoholic beverages, along with gas and charcoal grills are not allowed. Park visitors are reminded that firearms and unleashed pets are also prohibited.
In case of rain, the event will be moved to the Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. . Updated concert information will be available by 3 p.m. on the day of the concert on Wake Forest TV 10 and the town’s Facebook page and by calling the Wake Forest Weather Line at 919-435-9569. Smart phone users who have downloaded the town’s app will receive a push notification message informing them of any schedule changes.
The Six Sundays in Spring concert series is co-sponsored by the Town of Wake Forest and United Arts of Raleigh and Wake County.
