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Agenda is Salon's weekly look at what's going on around the province.

Pick of the week: Hot Toddy and Isaac and Blewett team up for The Great Harvey Hall gig, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Reservations recommended. Tickets $12. Call Jim at 887-2314 or e-mail him at jim@isaacandblewett.com Directions to the Harvey Hall: http://www.isaacandblewett.com/harveyHall.htm

Saturday: One of New Brunswick's most controversial pieces of history will be re-enacted Saturday and Sunday at Kings Landing Historical Settlement. A re-enactment of a public pauper auction is set to take place 1:30-3 p.m.

The Lintuhtine Youth Choir's select group, The Melodies, will be in concert at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, St. Martins, at 7 p.m. Admission is free. A voluntary offering will be received. For more information call 833-4401.

Nimbus Publishing's 30th anniversary party. Meet in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Saint John at 5 p.m. for a walking tour with David Goss, author of the upcoming book 'Saint John Curiosities.' The walking tour will wind up at Happinez Bar at 42 Princess St. at 5:30. Catering provided by Lemon Grass Thai Restaurant. Beer generously donated by Moosehead Breweries

Annual book fair, St. Martins. July 19-26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Osborne Hall, Main Street, St. Martins. Presented by the St. Martins Booktown Initiative. Used books, new books, and daily door prize draws. 833-9899. www.stmartinsbooktown.org

Monday: The Early Music Studio of Saint John's Monday Music Series in historic Saint John's (Stone) Church, 87 Carleton Street, Saint John presents organist Michael Molloy in a program of works by Bach, Pachelbel and Böhm. 12:15-12:50 p.m. A free will offering to help defray costs will be accepted. For more information please visit www.earlymusicstudio.ca or call 634-8442.

Tim Isaac's summer auction. Viewing, 3-5 p.m. Auction begins at 5 p.m. Saint John Trade and Convention Centre, One Market Square. Featuring contents from the residence of Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Freedman, Saint John; the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation; the Mitchell Franklin residence, Bains Corner; the Estate of Mary C. Higgins, St. Stephen; and a Shediac estate. 652-3222. For auction photos and catalogues visit: www.timisaac.com

In conjunction with the edVentures Fredericton learning vacation program is a free public lecture series. The lectures will be held Monday evenings at 7 p.m. in the gallery at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. The series runs until Aug. 11. This week's lecture is titled 'From Trinket to Treasure: Understanding Canadian Fine Craft' by Meagan Black, administrative director of the Canadian Crafts Federation.

Edith Piaf, the much loved French singer and cultural icon, comes to life in the 'La Vie En Rose,' the next offering of the St. Andrews Film Society. At the W. C. O'Neill Arena Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Marion Cotillard won six Best Actress awards, including an Oscar, for her portrayal of Piaf. A donation of $3 for members ($4 non-members) is suggested. For more information, call 529-4982 or 529-3067 or see www.standrewsartscentre.org/events.htm.

Tuesday: Meet the artist series. Noon, Saint John Arts Centre, 20 Hazen Avenue. Please join us in welcoming the artists contributing to the extraordinary exhibit, 'Beyond Words'. Today's talk features George Fry. For information, please call 633-4870.

Outdoor summer concert series in Officers' Square, Fredericton. Free entertainment every Tuesday and Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday: Society of St. Andrews Pipe Band, rain date July 23, 7:30 p.m. Thursday: Brollachan (Celtic), rain date July 28, 7:30 p.m.

The 2008 NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival opens July 22 and runs through Aug. 2 at four venues in Fredericton. Features 13 new plays by New Brunswick dramatists, including three main stage productions, free daytime street theatre, and free public readings of new works in development. Tickets for main stage shows are $15, $10 for students. For full schedule and ticket information, visit www.nbacts.com or call 458-7406.

Wednesday: Galerie Sans Nom, in collaboration with Film Zone Inc, will host Acadie Underground. Interested individuals are invited to register before July 23 to participate in a workshop covering the basics of Super 8 cameras and film production. The $40 registration fee includes the workshop, the use of a camera for 48 hours, a film cartridge, and processing. The films will be screened at the International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie in the fall. Participants can register by contacting Galerie Sans Nom at 854-5381 or by e-mail: nisk@galeriesansnom.org

Summer noon concert series, 12:15-12:50 p.m. Church of St. Andrew & St. David, 164 Germain St., Saint John. Featuring Meghan Thompson, soprano. Free-will offering. Wheelchair accessible. 634-3092.

Outdoor summer concert series at the Main Street Nashwaaksis Commons Amphitheatre. Every Wednesday night. Mike Bezanson with guest Kathy Hutch. Come out and enjoy their Country style at 7 p.m. Rain date is July 28, 7 p.m. Free admission. 459-8689.

Thursday: Meet the artist series, noon, Saint John Arts Centre, 20 Hazen Avenue. Please join us in welcoming the artists contributing to the extraordinary exhibit, 'Beyond Words'. Today's talk features Jim Boyd, Darren Byers, and Fred Harrison. For information, please call 633-4870.

Archaeology expert visits New Brunswick Museum, 7 p.m. In conjunction with the travelling exhibition Defiant Beauty, Kevin McAleese, curator of archaeology and ethnology at The Rooms, the provincial museum of Newfoundland, will outline the 19th-century travels of William Hind among Labrador/Quebec Innu. Free. 643-2300.

UNBSJ summer film series, 7 p.m. Every Thursday until Aug. 28. Mary H. Oland Theatre, New Brunswick Museum, One Market Square. This Thursday: 'Soylent Green,' a 1973 dystopian science fiction classic in which Charlton Heston plays a cynical detective thrust into a homicide investigation that leads him to uncover a perverse conspiracy at the heart of his society. Free. 643-2300. 1-888-268-9595 www.nbm-mnb.ca

The NB Fiddle Camp holds a free public concert, 7 p.m. Features instructors and students. Memorial Hall (9 Bailey Dr.) on the UNB Campus in Fredericton.

Friday: People's Choice Seventh Annual Photo Exhibit, July 25-27. Part of the 2008 Sandpiper Festival. View more than 100 images created by amateur and professional photographers. St. Ed's Hall, 4955 Main St., Village of Dorchester.

Award-winning children's author Sheree Fitch is on tour to promote her first adult novel 'Kiss the Joy as it Flies.' At 10 a.m., children's event (with Books Inn), Newcastle Public Library, 100 Fountain Head Lane, Miramichi. At 6 p.m., adult wine and cheese, Books Inn, 144 Newcastle Blvd., Miramichi, 622-1185.

Music at the Cathedral Recital Series. Enjoy a noon-hour musical interlude of a variety of musical instruments, from piano and organ to flute, guitar and saxophone. July and August at Christ Church Cathedral, a national historic site in Fredericton. Fridays, 12:10-12:50 p.m. Freewill offering.

Join David Goss, author of 'It Happened in New Brunswick' for a signing at Coles Brunswick Square Mall in Saint John, 12-2 p.m.; then at Coles McAllister Place Mall in Saint John, 7-9 p.m.

Ongoing: Kingsbrae Horticultural Garden in St. Andrews announces the first in an annual series of competitions for sculptors. First prize is $10,000. The second-place winner will receive $5,000. The contest is open to all artists living and working in Canada. Entrants' submissions are requested by mid-October. Visit www.kingsbraegarden.com/sculptures.

SilverFish Photography Exhibiton. Opening was Friday and it remains up till Aug. 30 at Old Government House, Fredericton.

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