Art festival

underway

The annual Yarmouth Art Festival, featuring 169 works of art by Maine artists, starts Wednesday, Oct. 19, and runs through Saturday, Oct. 22, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, Yarmouth.

The show is open Wednesday, Oct. 19, through Friday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. An artists’ reception, including music and refreshments, will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, from 5:30-8 p.m. Admission is free for both the festival and the reception, with donations accepted.

The event, created in 2009 as a new venue for Maine artists, features painting, drawing, sculpture and photography. Entry fees and sale commissions support St. Bart’s programs.

An online show catalog displays all the pieces in the 2016 show, along with information about each artist. It can be seen at http://yarmouthartfestival.com/catalog.

Free disposal

this week

Free disposal week at the transfer station and recycling center runs through Sunday, Oct. 23, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. There will be no fees for residents to dispose of TVs, monitors, keyboards, laptops, printers, scanners, old appliances, building materials from home projects and miscellaneous items. Hazardous waste material is not permitted. A 2016 car window sticker is required. They can be purchased at the Town Hall. For more information, see www.yarmouth.me.us.

Drug disposal

event Oct. 22

The Yarmouth Police Department and Town Recycling Committee, in collaboration

with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, are hosting a drug disposal event, Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Yarmouth Town Hall. Residents can bring in unused and expired medications for safe disposal.

Films, book talk

set at library

Merrill Memorial Library’s Merrill Film Society will screen the movie “Election,” starring Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick and Chris Cline, Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m., at the library, 215 Main St. The film is based on the novel by Tom Perrotta.

The Monday Matinee film on Oct. 31, at 1 p.m., is Mel Brooks’ comedy, “Young Frankenstein,” with Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn and Marty Feldman.

“Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand,” by Helen Simonson, will be discussed at the next meeting of Merrill Memorial Library’s Readers Circle, Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m.

The annual Yarmouth Art Festival, featuring 169 works of art by Maine artists, runs through Saturday, Oct. 22, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, Yarmouth.