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Monday, Aug. 11
Here’s a chance to explore local shops and snag a bargain or two while doing it. Today marks the start of a weeklong sidewalk sale downtown and on the waterfront, sponsored by the newly revived Downtown Waterfront District group. “In addition to great retail deals, local restaurants will be offering summer specials during the week as well,” the group says. Sounds like a great way to save money, and to better connect Main and Court street shops and restaurants with the waterfront. The disconnect is an endemic issue that the downtown/waterfront organization is working to solve – after all, it’s one big, beautiful district, right? The sidewalk sale will continue through Aug. 17.
Tuesday, Aug. 12
Continuing its Historic Clothing Parlor Talks, the Plymouth Antiquarian Society will hold a talk titled “Military Uniforms Across Time,” from 2 to 3 p.m. at Hedge House, 126 Water St. The talk will include examples of military uniforms from the early 19th century to more modern times, exploring how changes in warfare and culture influenced soldiers’ attire. The cost is $10, or $5 for members. You can get tickets here, or pay by check – payable to Plymouth Antiquarian Society (or PAS) – mailed to the Plymouth Antiquarian Society, P.O. Box 3773, Plymouth, MA, 02361. Members who order tickets online should contact info@plymouthantiquarian.org to get their member discount code.
Teens and tweens ages 12 and older can register for a Tie Dye event from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St., in the Dr. Shiff Garden. The attendees must bring their own clothing item to be tie dyed. Otherwise, all the supplies will be provided. (Clothes should be 100 percent cotton for best results.) If it rains, this event will be rescheduled. You can register here.
Jackie Millar and Lori Walsh, from Thyme for Wellness, will discuss how creating herbal blends with medicinal and culinary herbs can benefit your health, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Fehlow Meeting Room at the Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St. Attendees will explore the community garden to touch, taste, and smell the herbs growing there. There will be a demonstration on how to create herbal teas and make a solar tea. Registration is required, and you can do so here.
Here’s a way to keep the kids entertained on a long road trip without resorting to screens – have them make their own travel games at the Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St. This event is for children ages 6 and up. Registration is required – you can do so here. The session starts at 2 p.m. in the Fehlow Meeting Room.
Wednesday, Aug. 13
The Project Arts free summer concert series continues at Pilgrim Memorial State Park on the waterfront, featuring local bands 3rd Left and the Fey Band, playing rock and classic rock, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Come early to get a good spot on the lawn, and get dinner from one of the food trucks.
The “World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra” will perform its greatest hits at the Spire at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. today and Aug 14. Songs will include “In the Mood,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “American Patrol,” “A String of Pearls,” “Little Brown Jug,” “Pennsylvania 6-5000,” Tuxedo Junction,” and the band’s theme song, “Moonlight Serenade.” The 15-member orchestra, its lead singers, and a vocal group will perform those big band classics like it was 80 years ago. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $62.50 and $69 and you can buy them here.
Thursday, Aug. 14
The weekly Plymouth Farmers Market goes on, “rain or shine,” from 2:30 to 6 p.m. in the parking lot at West Plymouth Square, 101 Carver Road.
The “World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra” will perform again at the Spire at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for this performance are available here.
Make your own slushies and stay cool at the Manomet Branch of the library, from 2 to 2:30 p.m. “The only work we need to do is to shake – and what better way to do that than with a game of freeze dance?” says the library. The event is for children ages 5-plus. Registration is required and you can do so here.
Join fellow (adult) readers at the Manomet Vintage Reads Book Group at the Plymouth Public Library’s Manomet Branch, 12 Strand Ave., from 7 to 8 p.m. The book that will be discussed is “The House on Mango Street,” by Sandra Cisneros. Copies of the book are available at the Manomet branch a month in advance.
Book Love, 7 Village Green South in the Pinehills, will present a talk by bestselling historical fiction author Jane Healey, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. She’ll discuss the history behind her newly released novel, “The Women of Arlington Hall,” in which a “female codebreaker puts her future and heart on the line in a stirring novel about love, loyalty, betrayal, and Cold War spy games.” The book is based on the stories of female codebreakers in Washington, D.C., at the onset of the Cold War.
Friday, Aug. 15
Boston-based blues guitarist “Monster” Mike Welch comes to the Spire. Welch has recorded with Shemekia Copeland, Ronnie Earl, Danielle Nicole, Duke Robillard, Johnny Winter, Victor Wainwright, Nick Moss, the Mannish Boys and Sugaray Rayford, among others. He has received three consecutive Blues Music Award nominations by the Blues Foundation for Instrumentalist-Guitar beginning in 2016, a Boston Music Award for Best Blues Act, and is an inductee of the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. In 2023, he released the Blues Music Award-nominated album “Nothing but Time.” Tickets are $29.20 and $32 and can be purchased here.
Pilgrim Progress reenactors will continue their weekly August Pilgrims’ Sabbath procession, starting at 6 p.m. at the Mayflower Society House, 4 Winslow St., proceeding to the top of Burial Hill for a brief service, and then back to the Mayflower Society House.
Saturday, Aug. 16
Drink your big Black Cow and take in the music of Steely Dan tribute band Hey Nineteen at the Spire. The band will perform two shows, at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 and $44 and you can buy them here.
Sunday, Aug. 17
Troy Ramey will perform at the Spire at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Ramey is a folk/Americana/heartland country artist, who performs with his band in an intimate, storytelling-style show. Promoters advise that this show may sell out quickly. For questions about tickets, attendees should contact info@troyramey.com. Tickets are $50 and available here.
August 20
The Spire will be the scene of a free exhibition titled “We Need More Art!” featuring the work of local artist Scotty Hokanson, from 4 to 8 p.m. Hokanson’s paintings, signed by him, will be available for purchase. There will be appetizers and a cash bar, too.
August 22
Folk legend Judy Collins returns to Memorial Hall for a 7:30 p.m. performance. At 85, Collins continues to write and tour extensively. Tickets are $55 to $89 and can be purchased here.
Mark Pothier of the Independent staff contributed to this column.