Please join the Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association at an Estate Sale of English & Early American Antiques, Friday, June 29, from 5 to 8 PM at 141 Main Street, Sharon. There will be wine, cheese & early buying for $15 per person to benefit the Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association. The sale continues Saturday, and Sunday, June 30-July 1. Sale items include furniture, quilts & samplers, mirrors, candlesticks & sconces as well as art. Cash & checks only. For more information, visit www.soundadvisors.com & opendoorestatesales.net.

There is another Tag Sale & Silent Auction called The Great Attic Classic, taking place at Sharon Historical Society at 18 Main Street in Sharon, starting with an early buying party & silent auction on Friday, June 29, at 6 to 8 PM ($40 in advance, $50 at the door). Sale continues Saturday, June 30 with early admission at 9 AM for $10; general admission from 10 AM to 4 PM - free, and Sunday, July 1st, from 10 AM to 1 PM, again free.

With the Fourth of July hitting on a Wednesday this year, the Salisbury Rotary Club Foundation and Lime Rock Park have decided to put on their annual fireworks extravaganza at Lime Rock park on Saturday, June 30 (rain date Sunday July 1). The park will open at 6 PM. Refreshment stands will be open on the grounds, and people are invited to bring their own picnic supplies. The fireworks light the night skies over the park at about 9 PM. Admission is $15 per vehicle, except buses. Walk-ins are $5 each. A family of five saves $10 driving in rather than walking onto the grounds. No pets are allowed. Proceeds from the event will go to local scholarships, community gifts to the Northwest Corner area and international service projects.

Everyone is welcome to Lake Wononscopomuc Association's Independence Boat Parade & Picnic on Sunday, July 1, at 12 Noon at the Town Grove in Lakeville. Decorate a boat, join the parade! There will be prizes by Peter Beck's Village Store, music by The Resilience Brass Band, face painting, and a petting zoo. There will be prizes for 3 categories: children, family, business. Boats (sail, paddle or motor up to 10 hp) up to 20 feet in length. All boaters must wear life jackets.

The season has started for The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival - Yale School of Music. For tickets and information, go to Norfolkmusic.org or call 860-542-3000.

Hotchkiss Summer Portals Chamber Music Series opens its ninth season on Monday, July 2, in the Esther Eastman Music Center's Katherine M. Elfers Hall. Pianist and Portals Chamber Music Program Artistic Diretor Melvin Chen will perform at 7:30 PM with the 2012 Portals resident quartet, including violinists Hye-Jin Kim an Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violist Peter Barsony and cellist Nicholas Canellakis. Admission is free. For more information on Portals' summer season, go to www.hotchkissportals.org., call 860-435-3775 or email summerconcerts@hotchkiss.org.

Scoville Memorial Library in Salisbury invites you to join their first Summer Reading Program for Grownups, "Between the Covers". Share books, meet fellow readers and sign up at the Book Schmooze on Thursday, July 5, from 6 to 7 PM. There will be wine, cheese and books. Every book read is an entry for prizes, courtesy of Friends of the Library. For more information, call 860-435-2838.

Don't miss the Noble Horizons 40th Anniversary Invitational Sculpture show, open daily from 11 AM to 4 PM through October 14. Pick a comfortably sunny day to visit, and be sure to pick up a guide to the show at the main desk before starting on what will be a pleasant art walk. Call 860-435-9851 or go to www.noblehorizons.org if you need more information.