Calendar 2017

2017

WAKE FOREST 14-month Calendar of Events © Nov 2016-Dec 2017 Nov 2015 - Dec 2016 presented by the Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina

Broadway Ball – Annual Fundraiser for the Arts

November 2016 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

1

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

2

F RIDAY

3

4 Big Screen Classics Movie Marathon Weekend

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6

7

Daylight Saving Time Ends

WF Guild of Artists Art Exhibition

8

ELECTION DAY

10

9

11

5

R.I.S.E. Women’s Empowerment Workshop

Big Screen Classics Movie Marathon Weekend

12

VETERAN’S DAY

Broadway Ball

Town Offices Closed

Rogers Road Bridge Re-Opening Celebration

Bright Star Theatre Show Art After Hours

DMV Mobile Unit

13

14

15

17

16

flix4kidz Free at 3

20

S AT U RDAY

18 Special Needs Movie Night

21

22

23

29

30

24

THANKSGIVING Town Offices Closed

Princess & Pirates Party

19 Rockin’ the Forest: Johnny Folsom 4

25

26

Town Offices Closed

DMV Mobile Unit Police Department’s Annual Turkey Giveaway

27

28

Wake Forest Christmas Parade

December 2016 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

1

2

S AT U RDAY

3

Historic Home Tour

WF Holiday Artisans Market Lighting of Wake Forest

4 WF Children’s Choir Holiday Concert

5 DMV Mobile Unit

11

6

13

flix4kidz Free at 3

8 Calls From Santa

Wake Up Wake Forest

12

18

7

14

10

Art After Hours

Christmas Jubilee Concert: Fabulous Equinox Orchestra

First Friday Flix

WF Christmas Parade

15

16

17

Arts for All: Pajama Night with Rags to Riches Theatre

Shop With A Cop

19

9

Downtown Holiday Open House

20

21

22

27

28

29

23

Town Offices Closed

24

DMV Mobile Unit

25

CHRISTMAS DAY

26

Town Offices Closed

Town Offices Closed

30

31

NEW YEAR’S EVE

MLK, Jr. Community Celebration

January 2017 S UNDAY

1

NEW YEAR’S DAY

MO N DAY

8

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

10

11

12

13

14

Town Offices Closed

Art After Hours

15

16

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR DAY Town Offices Closed

17

18

19

20

21

27

28

MLK, Jr. Community Celebration

22

23

24

25

26

Special Needs Family Game Night

29

30

31

February 2017 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

Wake Forest Mardi Gras

Register this month for:

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

1

Summer Camp Registration Begins

n

Youth Baseball, Softball, T-Ball and Dream League

n

Adult Men’s Softball

n

Adult Pickleball

n

Summer Camps T H U R S DAY

2

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

3

4

First Friday Flix

5

6

7

8

9

14

15

16

DMV Mobile Unit

12

13

VALENTINE’S DAY

19

10

11

17

18

Forest Moon Theater presents Agnes of God Agnes of God Special Needs Valentine Party Art After Hours

Wake Forest ARTS presents Neck of the Woods

flix4kidz Free at 3

Agnes of God

20

PRESIDENTS DAY

21

22

23

Arts For All: Tired Souls

24

Agnes of God

25

DMV Mobile Unit Rockin’ the Forest: Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

State of the Town Address & Dinner

Agnes of God

26

27

28

Wake Forest Mardi Gras

Register this month for:

March 2017

n

MO N DAY

5

Adult Church Men’s Softball

6

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

PAPERHAND PUPPET INTERVENTION

S UNDAY

Carolina Puppet Theatre

7

1

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

2

3

8

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9

12

13

Daylight Saving Time Begins

Anne of Green Gables

19 Anne of Green Gables

26

10

Loose leaf collection ends

14

15

16

flix4kidz Free at 3

Art After Hours

17 Anne of Green Gables

20

21

22

23

DMV Mobile Unit

27

11

Forest Moon Theater presents Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables

DMV Mobile Unit

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4 Arts for All: Paperhand Puppet Intervention

First Friday Flix

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S AT U RDAY

Anne of Green Gables

24 Rockin’ the Forest

28

29

30

18

31

25

Easter Egg Hunt

Register this month for:

April 2017

n

Youth Girls Volleyball

n

Church Co-Rec Softball

Deadline this month to submit an application for:

n

Seat on Youth in Government Advisory Board

S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

1 Blackpack Comedy Night Dirt Day

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

DMV Mobile Unit Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

9

Wake Up Wake Forest

First Friday Flix

10

11

12

13

17

18

19

20

14

GOOD FRIDAY

Town Offices Closed

Easter Egg Hunt

15

flix4kidz Free at 3

16

DMV Mobile Unit

23/30

24

25

26

27

21

22

EARTH DAY

Friday Night on White

Mike Farris & the Roseland Rhythm Revue Concert

Arbor Day & Tree Seedling Giveaway

28

29 Building Safety Month Kick-Off

Six Sundays in Spring

Wake Forest Art Showcase

Wake Forest Art Showcase

May 2017

Six Sundays in Spring

Register this month for n

Adult Church Co-Rec Softball

BUILDING SAFETY MONTH

S UNDAY

MO N DAY

1

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

2

3

DMV Mobile Unit Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

7

8

T H U R S DAY

4

F RIDAY

5

National Day of Prayer

Wake Forest Childrens Choir Concert

Music at Midday

9

10

11

S AT U RDAY

6 Meet in the Street

First Friday Flix

12

Bicycle Safety Fair

13 Cemetery Walking Tour

Six Sundays in Spring

14

MOTHERS DAY

Six Sundays in Spring

21

flix4kidz Free at 3

15

16

Six Sundays in Spring

17

22

23

24

29

Town Offices Closed

30

25

Friday Night on White

19 Special Needs Movie Night

Arts for All: Scrap Exchange presents Junk Jams

20 Movie Nights at Joyner Park

26

27

Music at Midday

MEMORIAL DAY

18 Music at Midday

DMV Mobile Unit

Six Sundays in Spring

28

Music at Midday

31

June 2017 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

Friday Night on White

Register this month for:

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

n

Youth Fall Baseball & Softball

n

Adult Co-Rec Kickball

n

Swim Lessons

T H U R S DAY

1

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

2 First Friday Flix

4

5

6

7

8

3 National Trails Day

9

10

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony Six Sundays in Spring

Friday Night on White

DMV Mobile Unit

11

12

13

14

15

18

The Curious Savage

25 The Curious Savage

17

WF Charity Car Show Forest Moon Theater presents The Curious Savage The Curious Savage

flix4kidz Free at 3 FATHERS DAY

16

19

20

21

22

DMV Mobile Unit

26

23

Movie Nights at Joyner Park

The Curious Savage

The Curious Savage

27

28

29

24

30

July 2017 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

2

3

Wake Forest Fireworks Spectacular

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony DMV Mobile Unit

9

10

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

n

Adult Pickleball

n

Adult Men’s Softball

n

Adult Co-Rec Softball T H U R S DAY

4

5

6

INDEPENDENCE DAY Town Offices Closed

Children’s Parade Art & Games in the Park

11

12

13

S AT U RDAY

1

7

8

14

15

Friday Night on White

17

18

19

20

24/31

21 Wake Forest ARTS presents Neck of the Woods

DMV Mobile Unit

23/30

F RIDAY

First Friday Flix

flix4kidz Free at 3

16

Fourth of July Celebration

Register this month for:

25

26

27

28 Special Needs Movie Night

22 Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

29 Movie Nights at Joyner Park

August 2017 S UNDAY

n

Adult Kickball

n

Adult Flag Football

MO N DAY

Concert in the Park

Register this month for:

TU E S DAY

1

Registration opens for 2018 facility rentals

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

2

3

F RIDAY

4

S AT U RDAY

5

First Friday Flix

6

7

8

10

9

11

12

DMV Mobile Unit Concert in the Park

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

13

14

Friday Night on White

15

17

16

flix4kidz Free at 3

20

18

Movie Nights at Joyner Park

19

Special Needs Movie Night

21

22

23

29

30

24

25

26

31

DMV Mobile Unit

27

28

Deadline to nominate a Good Neighbor

Wake Forest Unplugged

September 2017 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

Register this month for: n

Youth Basketball

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

1

2

First Friday Flix

3

4

LABOR DAY

Town Offices Closed

5

6

7

8

9

Wake Forest Unplugged Music at Midday

Concert in the Park

10

11

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony flix4kidz Free at 3

17 Good Neighbor Day

24

12

13

Wake Up Wake Forest

18

19

15

16

22

23

Music at Midday

20

21 Music at Midday

DMV Mobile Unit

25

14

Friday Night on White

26

27

28 Music at Midday

29

30

National Public Lands Day

Halloween Spooktacular

October 2017 S UNDAY

1

Deadline this month to submit an application for:

MO N DAY

2 Memorial Flag Raising

National Night Out

TU E S DAY

3

WE D NE S DAY

9

Entry in Wake Forest Christmas Parade

T H U R S DAY

5 Energy Expo

Public Power Week COLUMBUS DAY

Seat on advisory board

n

4

DMV Mobile Unit

8

n

15

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10

11

7

12

13

14

Special Needs Family Bingo Night Art After Hours

16

Loose leaf collection begins

17

18

19

23

30

20 Wake Forest ARTS presents Neck of the Woods

24

25 Fall Foliage Tours

29

6 ➤

DMV Mobile Unit

22

S AT U RDAY

First Friday Flix

flix4kidz Free at 3

∂

F RIDAY

31

HALLOWEEN

26

27

Tip a Cop for Special Olympics at Red Robin

28 Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

Halloween Spooktacular

21

Police Department’s Annual Turkey Giveaway

November 2017 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

1

T H U R S DAY

2

F RIDAY

3

S AT U RDAY

4

First Friday Flix



5

6

Daylight Saving Time Ends

7

ELECTION DAY

8

9

DMV Mobile Unit

12

13

Town Offices Closed

Art After Hours

14

15

16

flix4kidz Free at 3

19

10

VETERANS DAY

17

11 Broadway Ball: Annual Fundraiser for the Arts

18

Special Needs Movie Night

20

21

22

28

29

23

THANKSGIVING Town Offices Closed

24

25

Town Offices Closed

Police Department’s Annual Turkey Giveaway DMV Mobile Unit

26

27

30

Wake Forest Christmas Parade

December 2017 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

1 Lighting of Wake Forest

3

4

5

6

Calls From Santa

DMV Mobile Unit

10

7

8 Art After Hours

S AT U RDAY

2 Downtown Holiday Open House

9 Wake Forest Christmas Parade

11

12

13

14

15

16

18

19

20

21

22

23

27

28

29

flix4kidz Free at 3

17

DMV Mobile Unit

24/31

25

CHRISTMAS

Town Offices Closed

26

Town Offices Closed

Town Offices Closed

30

Holiday Operations Schedule

Board of Commissioners Meetings

Planning Board Meetings

7 p.m. | Town Hall

7:30 p.m. | Town Hall

2016

2016

2017

2017

Nov. 15 Dec. 20 Jan. 17 Feb. 21 March 21 April 18 May 16 June 20 July 18 Aug. 15 Sept. 19 Oct. 17 Nov. 21 Dec. 19

The meeting agenda is posted at wakeforestnc. gov, search “board of commissioners.”

Work Session: The board of commissioners monthly work session is held at town hall on the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.

In July and November, the work session is held on the second Tuesday.

Nov. 1 Dec. 6 Jan. 3 Feb. 7 March 7 April 4 May 2 June 6 July 11 Aug. 1 Sept. 5 Oct. 3 Nov. 7 Dec. 5

The planning board meeting agenda is posted at wakeforestnc.gov, search “planning board.”

Town Hall

Garbage & Recycling Pick-Up

Wake Forest Bus Loop Service

Wake ForestRaleigh Express Bus Service

2016 Veterans Day

Nov. 11

closed

yes

yes

yes

Thanksgiving

Nov. 24 Nov. 25

closed closed

no* yes

no yes

no no

Christmas

Dec. 23 Dec. 26 Dec. 27

closed closed closed

yes yes no*

yes yes no

yes no no

New Year’s Day

Jan. 2

closed

no*

no

no

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Jan. 16

closed

yes

no

no

Good Friday

April 14

closed

yes

no

no

Memorial Day

May 29

closed

no*

yes

no

Independence Day

July 4

closed

no*

no

no

Labor Day

Sept. 4

closed

no*

no

no

Veterans Day

Nov. 10

closed

yes

yes

yes

Thanksgiving

Nov. 23 Nov. 24

closed closed

no* yes

no yes

no no

Christmas

Dec. 25 Dec. 26 Dec. 27

closed closed closed

yes yes yes

yes yes yes

yes yes yes

2017

* garbage & recycling service will run one day behind schedule for all customers serviced on or after the holiday Visit wakeforestnc.gov and search “holiday schedule” for updates and detailed information about the holiday schedule.

Find even more events on the Community Calendar! The Wake Forest Community Calendar is a comprehensive online listing of upcoming local events submitted by non-profit groups and organizations in the area. View the calendar at wakeforestnc.gov.

Wake Forest Advisory Boards ➤ Board of Adjustment

Meets as needed at town hall

➤ Recreation Advisory

Board

➤ Cemetery Advisory

Board

Fourth Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. at town hall

➤ Cultural Resources

Advisory Board

➤ Senior Center

Advisory Board

First Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre Arts Annex

➤ Design Review Board

Meets as needed on the second Thursday of each month, 4 p.m. at town hall

Board

Meets quarterly on the second Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. at town hall; work sessions scheduled as needed

First Tuesday of each odd-numbered month at the Northern Wake Senior Center: November at 6 p.m., January at 3 p.m., March at 6 p.m., May at 3 p.m., July at 6 p.m.

➤ Human Relations

Council

Fourth Thursday of each month, 6 p.m. at town hall

➤ Planning Board

First Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at town hall

➤ Public Art

Commission

Fourth Thursday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre Arts Annex

Week Ahead

➤ Upcoming

Events at the Renaissance Centre

News and much more!

For information about advertising and event sponsorship, visit wakeforestnc.gov and search “advertising” or contact Marketing & Business Relations Specialist Anna Bolton at 919-435-9422 or abolton@wakeforestnc.gov.

Fourth Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at town hall

➤ The

Visit wakeforestnc.gov/enotifier.aspx and check the lists to which you wish to subscribe.

➤ Urban Forestry Board

The Town of Wake Forest’s free email notification system allows you to subscribe to one or more information categories and receive an email whenever we distribute alerts or updates related to your topics of interest.

➤

Fourth Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at town hall

➤ Youth in Government

Second Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. at town hall.

E-Notifier

Board

➤ Historic Preservation

Commission

Sign Up For

➤ Technology Advisory

➤ Greenways Advisory

Fourth Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at the Flaherty Park Community Center

Advisory Board

Third Saturday of each month (August-May), 9 a.m. at town hall

The Town of Wake Forest encourages residents to apply for one of the advisory boards. By serving on a board, you will have a direct impact on the quality of life in Wake Forest.

Applications are available at wakeforestnc.gov, search “advisory boards.”

Please check the town’s online calendar at wakeforestnc.gov for updates and meeting cancellations.

Notes and Other Special Events

301 S. Brooks St. Wake Forest, NC 27587 919.435.9400 | wakeforestnc.gov

Published by the Town of Wake Forest Communications Department Special thanks to Joe Martinson, Photographer