Don’t forget to take advantage of the Tennessee Tax-Free Weekend, which runs from midnight through midnight Sunday.

School supplies, art supplies, clothing and computers are tax-free this weekend. For a full list of eligible items and price restrictions, visit www.Tennessee.gov/revenue.

Local farmers will also invade Cannonsburgh from 6-11 a.m. Friday.

The Rutherford County Agricultural Extension Service sponsors the Farmers’ Market every Tuesday and Friday morning through the last Friday in October.

All events are taken from the Murfreesboro Post Community Calendar, which can be found at www.murfreesboropost.com/mod/comcal.

Rockvale Middle School ribbon cutting
Rutherford County Schools officially opens the new Rockvale Middle School with and ribbon cutting and dedication from 2-3:30 Sunday afternoon.

The dedication will be held in the auditorium. An open house and refreshments will follow. 

Stones River National Battlefield
Stones River National Battlefield will present a series of living history programs highlighting the bloody fighting in the Slaughter Pen on the hour from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., excluding noon Saturday and Sunday at Tour Stop No. 2 on the self-guided tour.

The programs at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. feature demonstrations of weapons used by the Union infantry.

The programs at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. include cannon firing demonstrations.

The 3 p.m. program is a demonstration that includes both infantry and artillery.

For two crucial hours during the late morning of Dec. 31, 1862, the Union divisions of Generals James Negley and Phillip Sheridan delayed the Confederate tide and allowed their army to regroup in new positions along the Nashville Pike. The cost of this fight was high for both sides, and soldiers later called the area the Slaughter Pen.

Park rangers will conduct “Hallowed Ground: A Lantern Tour of Stones River National Cemetery” from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

The program is meant to impress visitors with the cost of warfare by profiling both soldiers and civilians who lost their lives during the Civil War.

Volunteers reenact stories from letters and diaries of the period at designated gravesites while visitors walk a lantern-lit path through the cemetery.

Reservations are necessary to attend.

Stones River National Battlefield is located on the Old Nashville Highway, northwest of Murfreesboro. For reservations or additional information visit the visitor center, by calling 615-893-9501 or at the park’s Web site.

International Grand Championship Pleasure & Colt Walking Horse Show
International Grand Championship Pleasure & Colt Walking Horse Show continues at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at MTSU’s Miller Coliseum on Thompson Lane.

The weeklong event concludes Saturday, Aug. 2, with the naming of the International Lite Shod Grand Champion and Park Pleasure Grand Champion. Numerous amateur divisions are also held throughout the day.

The first International was held in 1979 and has since grown to be the second largest horse show in the nation, according to show sponsor Walking Horse Owners Association’s Web site.

Art exhibits
The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County presents an exhibit of the top photographs submitted to a historic preservation contest.

Photos include a black and white close-up of an 18th century water wheel, to an art deco advertisement from the 1950s, scenes from the Smokies to the Mississippi River.

For more information, contact the Heritage Center at 615-217-8013.

“Through My Eyes,” a photographic exhibit by David Doughty, runs in the gallery at the Center for the Arts through Aug. 15.

Doughty’s photographs include supernatural photos from the Crescent City Cemetery, landscapes, fountains and even Elvis memorabilia.

Doughty's life and photos include New Orleans, Southern California, Seattle and Tennessee.

Admission is free. The Center for the Arts gallery is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday , and also during theatrical performances. For more information, call 904-ARTS (2787).

Concerts and theater
For those in the mood for a little music, Friday Night Live features Dove Award-winner Jamie Harvill and the World Outreach Church Celebration Team from 6:30- 9:30 p.m.
Friday night.

The free concert is held on the east side of the Square. For more information, call Main Street at 895-1887.

Relay for Life stages a gospel concert from 5-10 p.m. Friday at the Celebration Grounds Farmer’s Market in Shelbyville.

The concert features southern, country and contemporary gospel, along with praise and worship by The Challengers, The Hamiltons and the Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church Praise Band.

Admission is free and donations will be accepted to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Concessions will be available.

For more information, call 931-639-7434.

Lamplighter Theatre presents The Imaginary Invalid at 7:30 Friday and Saturday night and 4 p.m. Sunday in the Smyrna Assembly of God Church, 14119 Old Nashville Hwy.

The Imaginary Invalid is a play about a hypochondriac miser.

For more information, call 615-531-0148 or visit www.lamplightertheatre.net.

Beesley Foundation Luncheon & Fashion Show
Beesley Foundation Luncheon & Fashion Show features fashions Elrod & Company at 11:30 Saturday morning at Maple Street Grill, 109 N. Maple St.

Tickets are a $22 donation to the programs of the Beesley Animal Humane Foundation.

Please call Kim or Amanda at 217-1030 for tickets or information.

40th annual Family Day in Old Fort Park
Minister Carl Marable will feed hundreds of families and give out school supplies during Family Day in Old Fort Park from 4:30-8 p.m. Saturday.

In addition, persons will be there to pray for others.

For more information call, 220-9130, 896-2182 or 890-5693.

Donations can be dropped off at Keller Williams Realty, 450 Saint Andrews Dr., or call 895-8000.

If you have an event you’d like included, contact Michelle Willard at 615-869-0816 or mwillard@murfreesboropost.com.