Art festival

plans under way

The eighth annual Yarmouth Art Festival will be held Oct. 19-22, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, Yarmouth. Artists will be notified of jurors’ selections by Oct. 3.

Show jurors for 2016 are Peg Golden, owner of Greenhut Galleries in Portland; artist Suzanne Harden; and Chris Thompson, associate professor at Maine College of Art and principal in the Thompson’s Point development.

Those who have questions or want more information can email info@yarmouthartfestival.com.

‘The Sympathizer’

book group choice

Merrill Memorial Library’s Readers Circle members will discuss the novel, “The Sympathizer,” by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m., at the library, 215 Main St. The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other awards, “The Sympathizer” is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator is a communist double agent who arranges to come to America after the fall of Saigon.

Flu shot clinics

A free flu vaccine clinic, organized by the Yarmouth Health Council, will be held Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 8 a.m.-noon, and Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 4-6 p.m., at the AMVETS Post 2, 148 North Road, Yarmouth. No appointment is necessary. Those who attend should bring their insurance ID card.

Chaplin film screening

The Merrill Film Society is hosting an informal gathering to view the film, “The Great Dictator” (1940), on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Showtime is 7 p.m., at Lewis Hall on Merrill Memorial Library’s third floor. The film is free and popcorn will be served. “The Great Dictator” is a political satire written, directed, produced and starring Charlie Chaplin.

Farmers market

season ending

The Yarmouth Farmers Market, which has operated in front of 317 Main on Thursdays from 3-6 p.m., ends Sept. 29.