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Event listings for Friday, August , 2012

Performing arts

Staged Reading: "Time of my Life": It's well known that family celebrations often bring out the worst in people. Welcome to Alan Ayckbourn's "Time of my Life," a play that peels back the layers of painful family dynamics with devastating wit and insightful compassion. 7:30 p.m. $6. .

GUILFORD Organ Concert: Solo and chamber works by Handel will be performed with an assist by strings and winds from the Guilford Chamber Players. See the Friends of Music at Guilford website for further details and directions to the Barn. 7:30 p.m. Free. Organ Barn at Tree Frog Farm, 158 Kopkind Rd. Information: 802-254-3600.

Visual arts and shows

NEWFANE Lynn Hoeft's watercolors : The work of Lynn Hoeft, who works in both transparent watercolor and colored pencil, will be on display during the month of September. An artist's reception and opening on Sept. 1, 1-3 p.m. Through Saturday, September 29, 2012. Free. Moore Free Library, 23 West St. Information: 802-365-7948; Click for more info on Web in new window.

Celebrations, festivals, community meals

GUILFORD Guilford Fair: The Guilford Fair is an old-time agricultural fair that features horse pulling, a cattle show, live musical entertainment, a horse show, carnival rides, crafts, children's events and agricultural demonstrations. Varies. Through Monday, September 03, 2012. Guilford Fair, Guilford Fairgrounds.

Music

BELLOWS FALLS Quartet Riffs on Orchestral Roots: Lovers of chamber music and Celtic fiddling are in for a treat when The Fretless performs. Combining Celtic, folk and chamber music into a unique sound it likes to call "rad trad," the young quartet aims to create its own unique path in the music world. 7:30 p.m. $17, $13 for seniors and children under 12, in advance; and $20,$15 at the door. Stone Church Arts/Immanuel Episcopal Church, 14-20 Church Street. Information: 802-463-3100; Click for more info on Web in new window.

Fundraising and awareness events

GRAFTON Book Sale: Hundreds of books both culled from the library shelves and donated by friends of the library will be on sale on the library green in historic Grafton. The latest fiction, classics, children's favorites, non-fiction, and biographies are will be on sale, plus CDs and DVDs. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $2 for hardbacks, $1 for paperbacks, and $1 for audio-visual. Grafton Public Library, 35 Grafton Cmn. Information: 802-843-2404; Click to e-mail for more information.

Farmers’ markets

Brattleboro Farmers' Market: Local chefs and bakers, potters, jewelers, metalsmiths, soapmakers and herbalists vend side-by-side with farmers selling fresh local berries, veggies, plants, meats, cheeses, preserves, and much more. 9 a.m. .

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