The first Norfolk Family Festival will be held on Sunday, July 8, from noon to 5 PM at Station Place and throughout the village. Join ArtsWave! for live acoustic music, free horse-drawn carriage rides, live rock music, and a free concert at Yale Music School. Thirty artists and craftspeople will display their works. For children there will be games available and free balloons courtesy of Salisbury Bank & Trust. Visit www.norfolkartswave.org for more information.

Hotchkiss Summer Portals Chamber Music Series continues its 2012 season on Friday, July 13, in the Esther Eastman Music Center's Katherine M. Elfers Hall with a performance by the Miro Quartet at 7:30 PM. A $20 donation is requested. On Saturday, July 14, at 7:30 PM, the Miro Quartet will perform again. More concerts follow through July 16. For more information, go to www.hotchkissportals.org., call 860-435-3775 or email summerconcerts@hotchkiss.org.

The Gallery Arts Guild invites you for the opening of the TriState region's newest arts center, featuring 'Artists and Artisans in our Midst' - an array of talented artists from the Berkshire, Litchfield and Catskill regions! July 13 - September 9. Opening artists reception Saturday, July 14, 4 - 7 pm. There will be food, art, music. Gallery Arts Guild, 342 Main Street in Lakeville, open Thursday - Monday, 11 AM - 4 PM. John Brett & Jane Strong, directors.

Beginning Saturday, July 14, three PG 13 movies are scheduled to run at The Grove in Lakeville at 9 PM rain or shine (gates open at 8:30 PM). Admission is $2 each. If it rains, movies will be shown indoors in the Town Grove building. Movie projection is being provided by HandyBoys (www.handyboysent.com).

The 7th annual Jane Lloyd Fund Clam Bake returns to Satre Hill Saturday, July 28, from 2 to 8 PM. SWSA's winter wonderland will be transformed into a summer fun-filled family day. The traditional kiln will be built to cook the lobsters, clams, potatoes and corn. Hamburgers, hot dogs, clam chowder, beer and wine for purchase. Live music and dancing finish out the evening. All proceeds help families battling cancer with their day-to-day financial needs. Clam bake meal tickets are advance sale only. For tickets, call Tanya Tedder 860-435-9661 or Donna Lloyd 860-824-5493.