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The
Wake Forest Farmers Market has begun its
fifth year, selling a variety of
home-grown, home-made, organic and fresh
vegetables, meats, eggs, garlic, breads
and other good things like flowers and
pottery. The sponsors expect as many as
22 vendors to crowd into the parking lot
this spring and summer.
The market is open from 8
a.m. to noon.
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The sixth annual Wake Forest
HerbFest is planned for the weekend of
April 21-23 in the gazebo parking lot
and is sponsored by The Cotton Company
and the Downtown Revitalization
Corporation.
Herb lovers and gardeners
will be able to choose from more than
10,000 herbs and 5,000 perennial plants.
This year the founders, Bob
and Elizabeth Johnson, will honor the
memory of their son, Graham, by donating
a portion of the proceeds to the Graham
Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund at
Franklin Academy. Many of Graham’s
classmates at the school will help with
the duck walk and other aspects of the
three-day show.
Local vendors and those from
around the South will sell garden art in
clay, metal and mixed media as well as
herbal-based products: soaps, lotions
and herb-based foods. Joe Dumas from
Alabama will sell his original art.
The show will be open Friday
and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To learn
more, go to
http://www.thecottoncompany.net.
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During April the featured
artist at the Cotton Company is
Louisburg artist Jerry Fox Law, and an
artist reception and wine-tasting will
be held Friday, April 14, from 6 to 9
p.m. That evening is also Second
Friday/Art After Hours, and several
studios and shops will be open until 9.
Jerry Law is an
award-winning interior designer and has
enjoyed painting as a relaxing pastime
for the last 20 years. She attended the
University of Virginia Commonwealth,
which has named her one of the 100 Most
Notable Alumni in the School of Art.
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One of Wake Forest’s more
enjoyable events, Six Sundays in Spring,
will kick off Sunday, April 23, at 5
p.m. on the lawn at the Wake Forest
College Birthplace on North Main Street
and continue through May 28. Once again
everyone is invited to bring a blanket
or lawn chairs, a picnic, Frisbees and
balloons to enjoy the music and meet
friends. The roster of musicians will be
announced soon.
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The Male Chorale at
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary and the Northeast Piedmont
Chorale will present Felix Mendelssohn’s
“St. Paul” Friday, May 5, at 8 p.m. in
Binkley Chapel on the seminary campus.
Dr. John Davis will conduct.
A full orchestra will
accompany the singers at the free
concert. The orchestra will be made up
of professional orchestra musicians from
the area and amateur musicians from the
seminary.
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Meet in the Street, Wake
Forest’s outdoor crafts festival, is
planned for Saturday, May 6, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. along two blocks of White
Street.
Paul Miller’s Flow Circus
leads the roster of performances backed
by several local performing groups. The
deadline to apply as a performing group
is March 31, and you can find the
application online at
www.wakeforestchamber.org. The
deadline for vendor was March 20.
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The Friends of Wake Forest
Public Library will hold their annual
used-book sale Saturday, May 6, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. in the former Winn-Dixie
in Wake Forest Plaza.
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An arts and crafts show is
planned at The Factory on South Main
Street the weekend of April 22 and 23.
Call Antoinette at 570-1510 to rent a
spot at $30 for one day, $50 for two.
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