Clam Festival next week
The Yarmouth Clam Festival, July 17-19, marks its 50th anniversary. To honor this, there will be a special $500 cash prize for the most creative, Flashback Friday-themed parade float. The winner will be selected by the parade director. The parade is Friday, July 17, at 6 p.m.
This year the Portland Symphony Orchestra will be on hand to perform Saturday of the festival, July 18, at 7 p.m., at NYA Soccer Field behind Craft Show. Special guest artist David Mallet and his sons, The Mallett Brothers Band, will join the symphony for the show, culminating in the largest festival fireworks show ever.
Other festival music includes The Not Dead Yet Band, Friday at noon at Memorial Green Tent; Pete Kilpatrick Band, Friday at 7:30 p.m. at NYA Tent; The Joint Chiefs, Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at NYA Tent; Gunther Brown, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Green Tent; Sorcha, Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Memorial Green Tent; The Gather Rounders, Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at NYA Tent; and Jerks of Grass, Sunday at 4 p.m. at Memorial Green Tent.
The Yarmouth Recycling Committee this year will have a larger clam festival recycling/compost collection site inside the food circle opposite the food booths. This site will be staffed with four sorters that will separate returnables, recyclables, and food waste for compost. The committee is seeking volunteers for two-hour shifts on Friday, July 17, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, July 18, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Sunday, July 9, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sign up at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EfR-FVFoQvllZbMRVpfkvAMkQpN7N0PnmdJjFUVPj5o/edit?usp=sharing.
Because of the festival, the Town Hall will be closing at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and will be closed Friday.
Farmers market
The new Mill Street Market is now open Thursdays from about 3-6 p.m., through Sept. 24, outside 317 Main Community Music Center on the corner of Mill and Main streets. The farmers market will offer fresh produce, local seafood, Maple’s Gelato, cut flowers, pies and more, as well as to live acoustic music. There also will be arts and crafts for kids. For more information, call Market Coordinator Amy Sinclair at 329-7735.
New art exhibit at library
The nine members of the Artisans Collective are exhibiting their art at the Merrill Memorial Library Art Gallery, 215 Main St., through Sept. 12, during library hours.
The exhibit, called “Artistic Meanderings,” includes oil, watercolor, acrylic, encaustic, photographs, ceramics, and floorcloths. The artists participating are Marilyn Bickford, Bob Delaney, Mary Lynn Engel, Amy Handy, Ginny Keegan, Gayl McNally, Maria Reuillard, Eleanor Brown Steele and William Steele.
Artisans Collective, founded in 2011, exhibits throughout the area rather than having a permanent gallery. Artisans Collective meets four times per year.
“We keep it simple, keep the group small, educate one another,” say Keegan and Eleanor Steele, two of the founding members.
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