The Second Saturday event kicked off Saturday, May 10, at the Kent Barns. The event featured exhibit openings, music, sales, and other shopping- and dining-related activities. It will be held monthly on the second Saturday of each month through October.

A lone stuffed animal waits for its owner to retrieve it. Photo by Deborah Rose
Musician Bruce T. Carroll performs outside the shops Saturday. Photo by Deborah Rose
Abella Bruno, 4, left, and friend Florence Pye, 6, take advantage of the sunshine and spacious courtyard to burn off some energy. Photo by Deborah Rose
Will Round of New York and his canine friend, Crosby, take a break from shopping Saturday. Photo by Deborah Rose
Abella Bruno, left, and friend Florence Pye have a serious conversation about lunch while waiting for their mothers to bring it to the table. Photo by Deborah Rose
Gaylordsville residents Ali and Alan O’Keeffe and their daughter, Isla, 14 months, share a lighthearted conversation with John Cross, right. Photo by Deborah Rose
Peggy Mercury co-owner James Boehmer shares a lively conversation with patrons Jenny Raymond, left, and Carolyn LaMargo, both of New York. Peggy Mercury, also co-owned by Greg Fricke, celebrated its first anniversary the day before, on May 9. Photo by Deborah Rose
The event featured exhibit openings, music, sales, and other shopping- and dining-related activities. Photo by Deborah Rose
Robert Tutiven and Maya Solo of New York peruse a gardening book during their visit to the shops. Photo by Deborah Rose
Art exhibits, a farmers market, and an assortment of other activities comprise the monthly Second Saturday event. Photo by Deborah Rose
The event features exhibit openings, music, sales, and other shopping- and dining-related activities. Photo by Deborah Rose

Deborah Rose is a lifelong writer, photographer, poet and award-winning journalist. As assistant editor of the Kent Dispatch, she brings us more than 25 years in community journalism and, as a lifelong...

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