Cocktails at the Castle
The Mercer's big annual fundraiser: tasting tables from area restaurants, caterers and bakeries, crafted cocktails, live music and dancing among the tools. Twenty-one and up, and tickets run steep.
More at Mercer Museum
The Craftery Market at Mercer Museum
Eighty plus artisans, vintage dealers, food trucks and live music spread across the Mercer Museum grounds for a day. Free to walk in, leashed dogs welcome, and parking is in the town lots.
Around the same time
The Lifespan of a Fact
A magazine fact checker takes apart a celebrated essay line by line and the author fights back. Act II runs the three hander for five weeks in its small room on Butler Avenue.
Rice's Market (Tuesdays)
Thirty acres of flea market, farm stands and antique dealers going since the 1870s. Gates at 7am and it thins out by midday, so come early and bring cash.
Executive Scramble
Nine simulated holes before work with a rotating cast of local business people. Ninety minutes, no handicap required, and the point is the conversation between shots as much as the golf.
