The first-ever first annual
Watertown Arts Market is being held Saturday, August 21st from noon to
5 PM at Arsenal Park, located behind the new refurbished Arsenal Yards, in Watertown,
MA.
https://www.watertownartsmarket.com/
Over 70 artists will be displaying
and offering their goods for sale: paintings, sketches, photographs, quilts, sculpture,
jewelry, poetry, pottery, and books, including live demonstrations, poetry readings,
and book talks (including one about how The
Happy Clam came to be), plus live music and dancing performances. And food trucks.
There is a vibrant artist
community in Watertown, that has been quietly humming away this past year, processing
all the stress and turmoil, suffering and isolation, and moments of joy and beauty,
into their work. Come check it out!
For a full listing of artists
participating:
https://www.watertownartsmarket.com/participants
BOOK
NEWS:
Please do stop by my table
for a book talk about how The Happy Clam came to be at 3 PM. Look
for the blue umbrella.
Books will be for sale, both
The
Happy Clam & Go Forward, Support!
Accepting cash and Venmo
for payment; working on getting the credit card payment working!
Price Drop! The Kindle version
is now marked down to $4.99 while we still have a few beach reading days left in
summer.
Cover re-boot, updated this
summer:
Parking is available at the
park and at Arsenal Yards; suggest the Purple Garage behind Chipotle. Can also walk
in from the gate at the corner of Greenough and North Beacon.
Food: In addition to food
trucks, plenty of food options to explore at the Yards: Shake Shack, Chipotle, Garbanzo,
City Streets, Ben & Jerry’s, and MORE to come.
COVID protocols will be in place consistent w/ all current regulations and guidance. I’ll have hand sanitizer at my table. While the event is outdoors, we are anticipating a sizable crowd, and so some artists and attendees may opt to wear masks. And it’s also possible that the event could be canceled depending on conditions.
THANKS to the Watertown Business
Coalition and the Watertown Public Library for spearheading this initiative to highlight
the artists in our community.
RAIN DATE: 28 August 2021
CALENDAR:
Sep 25 Faire on the Square
Oct 11 National Coming Out
Day
Oct 16 Boston Book Fest –
Copley Square
Oct 23 Boston Book Fest –
Nubian Square
2021 Readers Choice
Awards – Don’t forget to vote!
The Happy Clam has been nominated for the 2021
Readers Choice Awards. Voting is open through Nov 13, 2021.
Please
vote for it at https://www.tckpublishing.com/2021-readers-choice-voting-page/
Category:
General Non-Fiction (page 5)
Good Reads
Read
more about the book here on Good Reads and see who else is reading it now:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54740921-the-happy-clam
Author’s
web page:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/254930.Rosemary_A_Schmidt
Soundtrack:
Don’t
forget to go back to the July 2020 blog for the book’s soundtrack!
http://www.gainline.com/2020/07/the-happy-clam.html
The Happy Clam is out and available at:
-
Belmont
Books
-
Brookline
Booksmith
-
Concord
Bookshop
-
Bookshop.org
- Amazon.com
POST SCRIPT
A
couple of songs to capture the feel these days:
Lost
in My Mind, by The Head and The Heart
Catch
and Release, by Matt Simons
Lastly, stay safe, stay well, everyone. I can’t tell anyone to get vaccinated, but I can tell you that you’d be missed if you’re gone. It’s all up to you.
© 2021 Rosemary A. Schmidt
Rose
Schmidt is the author of The Happy Clam
(Gainline Press, 2020), and Go Forward,
Support! The Rugby of Life (Gainline Press, 2004). The views expressed
herein are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the views of any other
agency or organization. Use of individual quotes with proper citation and
attribution, within the limits of fair use, is permitted. If you would like to
request permission to use or reprint any of the content on the site, please
contact me. Twitter: Rosebud@GainlineRS
