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Lakeside Artisans, 191 W. First St., will host a variety of creative visual artists to demonstrate their materials, techniques, and processes from 5-7 p.m. on Thursdays during the farmers’ market.

Judy Pratt and Donna Nichols, Oswego Harborfest volunteers, fold the newly arrived Oswego Harborfest T-shirts. The shirts are a collector’s item for many festival attendees.

The show is based on the 1956 novel by Dodie Smith, which tells the tale of a pair of Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita, who have just produced a litter of 15 puppies. Then the monstrous Cruella DeVille plots to steal the puppies to make a spotted, dog skin coat.

After a sensational reception at the Fourth of July Parade, Downbeat Percussion returns to Oswego for an afternoon performance on July 25 at Harborfest. The “Official Drum Line of the Buffalo Bills”will be at the NRG Lakeview Stage in Breitbeck Park beginning at 2:30 p.m.

The Minetto United Methodist Church will host a free dinner on July 26, serving from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The menu will be hot dogs, hamburgers, rolls, macaroni salad, tossed salad, potato chips, and dessert.

Air Force Guard Airman 1st Class Jessica Locci graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified home health care, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.

There will be a chicken barbecue on July 25 from noon until sold out. It will benefit the Women of Faith bus trip to Hartford, Conn.

Action will take place in the harbor off Breitbeck Park with admission free shows on July 25 at 1, 3 and 5 p.m. and July 26 at noon, 2:15 and 4:15 p.m.