Quick Take: Ripple Effect, a new, creative arts festival covering the entire county, officially launches on Thursday. It will feature a wide range of activities involving visual and performing arts, film, photography, and much more. So, what exactly is this “Ripple Effect” thing we keep hearing about? Is it some faddish new surfing-adjacent watersport? Or, the hip resurgence of a long-extinct rotgut wine product? Or, maybe the latest Dead cover band? None of the above, it turns out.