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WINTERSVILLE -- A popular street festival will return, with a few changes but the same mix of fun, food and merchandise, on Wednesday.
Organizers of Wednesdays in Wintersville have announced most elements of the monthly festival will be found in the parking lot of the Village Building on Grove Street from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
As a result, patrons will find a variety of food trucks, dealers of crafts and assorted other items and live music in that vicinity.
An exception will be Wintersville United Methodist Church, which has made plans to continue to offer activities for children outside its Center for Hope on Main Street. There also will be some booths at that site.
Led by Joel John and Mary Decker, the volunteer committee behind Wednesdays in Wintersville has devised a variety of themes for the event, which will continue on the first Wednesday of each month.
This week's theme is the Mardi Gras, with attendees encouraged to don masks and other costumes reminiscent of the New Orleans celebration.
Area residents also are invited to dress their pets in any fun costume for a parade that will proceed from Exquisite Creations by Joel to the Village Building. Participants are asked to gather in the store's parking lot at 5:45 p.m.
Attendees also will have a chance at winning a prize by solving a mystery, with the first clue to be found at Exquisite Creations by Joel.
From 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the works of local artist Thomas Ott will be displayed at the Valley Wine Cellar. A Follansbee native, Orr has created art using various media, from glass to dried botanicals.
Local residents with a talent for tickling the ivories are invited to play the piano at Exquisite Creations by Joel from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m., when jazz band Matt Hill and Friends performs outside the Village Building.
Hill has performed at venues ranging from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland to the White House.
Members of the Jefferson County Humane Society will be on hand with animals available for adoption. They also will accept donations of pet food and toys.
This week's edition of Wednesdays in Wintersville has been sponsored by Tom and Sara Gentile of Valvoline Express Care.
It will continue on June 7 with Summer Love and a retro band, July 5 with a Hoedown and a bluegrass band, Aug. 2 with Carnival and the Two Friends Trio providing music, and Sept. 6 with Homecoming and local marching bands performing.