The boom of the summer months continues as tourists and second homeowners flock to our area. But it isn’t all about the tourists, there is plenty to do for all. Sunday, July 23 is the date for the annual Riverfest street fair. Vendors will line both sides of Main Street offering their handmade goods, while live music serves as the background as you stroll from booth to booth. Although the deck is not available, the Riverfest poster auction, the highlight of the day, will continue at 12:30 p.m. in front of the post office. Riverfest posters are now available for viewing in the window of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) or on its website, delawarevalleyartsalliance.org. Every year the posters delight and surprise us, confirming the talents of our many local artists.

The summer events continue as we move to the next weekend of July 28, when the Delaware Valley Opera will open the season at the Tusten Theater with Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti,” to be followed by Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” in August. Tickets are available online at delawarevalletopera.com.

As we begin the month of August, a triple opening will occur at the DVAA on August 4, with Barbara Zweig’s mixed media paintings in the first floor gallery, Dorian Yurchuk’s paintings in the Loft Gallery and the sixth annual Art in Bloom exhibit on the second floor. This year, two works of art will be included from those created by Tusten Youth Commission members at a spring art workshop. All the work created during this workshop will be available for view on a video slide presentation.

So the summer continues. As the temperatures and population rise, we have much to keep us entertained. Also as population rises, more litter on our roadways begins to appear. Thank you to all those who keep the litter off our roads and continue to “litter pluck” throughout the year.