• Fresh fruits from Rittman Orchard
• Delectable produce from Mapleside Farms.
• Fresh breads from the Bakery at West Point and much more!

Featured This Week at the Farmer’s Market:

The woman with the "jams that defy imagination" including jalapeno peach jam,   sweet red pepper jam, and garlic and onion jam will do cooking demonstrations beginning at 10 a.m.

Gourmet Indulgences owner Debbi Smith-Moore began baking at the age of eight and has made handcrafted jams, jellies and sauces for more than 10 years. Owning her own business is her life-long dream, and many of her recipes have been passed down through generations. Others have been created by Debbi, especially for the enjoyment of her customers.

Gourmet Indulgences specializes in gourmet jams, jellies and preserves at the Beacon Farmers Market, including her "Over 21" line of jellies that feature wine and cocktail jellies, and jams infused with wine and liqueurs!

Debbi will be preparing Sloppy Joe’s (with garlic and onion jam or sweet bell pepper jam) and Aian Slaw (with lemon ginger jelly).

At the Akron History Exhibit at Lock 3 This Saturday:
Make Your Own Toy Marbles

Michael Cohill, Akron’s "Marble Man" featured in the New York Times and on National Public Radio, will work with children to make toy marbles the way they used to make ‘em - -  out of clay.

In 1884, Sam Dyke of Akron started the first marble factory in the USA, today the site of Lock 3 Park. Sam’s marbles were the first mass-produced toys and they called them "commies," short for ‘common clay marbles.’

The process is so simple that a 12 year old could make 800 commies an hour (and prior to child labor laws, they did.)

The American Toy Marble Museum now sits on the old factory site at Lock 3 Park, and you can make your own commies using the same patented process Sam Dyke invented 123 years ago. Free and open to the public from between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. .

Also at the Akron History Exhibit at Lock 3 This Saturday:
A Show of Marble Board Games by Artist Robert Merchant.

FREE. Friday, August 31^st from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Robert Merchant's unique and beautifully handcrafted marble game boards reflect his life-long interest in baseball. Using levers and clever devices to propel and roll marbles, players hope to score a home-run instead of striking out on a fast pitch.

Merchant, 80, now of Akron, grew up in New York City where worked there as a studio artist for 60 years. His baseball game boards are made from reclaimed wood, vintage Akron toy marbles, assorted hardware and paints, all acquired from estate and yard sales.

This is a hands-on exhibition where the public is invited and encouraged to play Merchant's fanciful marble game boards. Also on display and ready for play are his chess and checker boards, all beautifully painted and decorated in a folk art fashion.