Aw, shucks

If you’ve been hiding out all summer, it’s time to get out of your shell for the 37th annual Yarmouth Clam Festival, which opens at 10 a.m. Friday and runs through 6 p.m. Sunday on Main Street in Yarmouth. This year’s fair will feature a shucking contest at 11 a.m. Saturday and a firefighters’ muster at 1 p.m. Saturday, along with a block party Saturday night. For information, call 846-3984.

Life in the slow lane

If you’re a member of Slow Food who summers in Maine, the local convivium would love to hear from you. Slow Food is an international group that promotes ecologically sound food production and a revival of the kitchen and table of centers of pleasure, culture and community. For information or to find out about Slow Food events, call Kristina King at 596-0248 or e-mail her at onemorninginmaine@yahoo.com.

A cause for cheers

An evening of wine tasting is fun enough, but it’s even sweeter when it benefits a worthy cause. Advance tickets are now on sale for the Mount Desert Island Wine Classic, to be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. The event includes a wine tasting, silent auction, wine education seminars, live music by the Downeast Swing Band, hors d’oeuvres and a buffet catered by Sawyer’s Catering. Tickets cost $45 per person before July 21, $50 per person afterward. Funds raised from the event will be donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hancock and Washington counties. For information or reservations, call 667-5304 or (800) 492-5550.