As usual, there is plenty to do in Middlesex County this week.

“Julie and Julia” will be shown at 6 p.m. at Brainerd Library Thursday. I’ve been dying to see this movie, but I’ve never found the time to see it. My mother-in-law and my work buddy Lauren both swear by it, so it must be great.

In Middletown Friday, at the Green Street Arts Center, 51 Green St., you can see “To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey,” the documentary that won filmmaker Reaghan Tarbell the Best Feature Documentary in 2008 at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival. A $5 donation is suggested for the event where Tarbell will be introducing the documentary.

You’ll find in our community calendar that there are events for children and grown-ups alike. This Saturday, there is a great event for the kiddies to attend, but something going on later that parents will enjoy. The Moody Elementary School PTA will sponsor Touch a Truck at Van Buren Moody Elementary School, 300 Country Club Road, Middletown, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $3. Children will be allowed to touch, climb on and ask questions about their favorite trucks. Also, the Middletown Spartans Football club will be on hand to catch and throw footballs with the children, and Rocky, the mascot of the New Britain Rock Cats, will sign autographs. What a great time for kids! For adults, however, the Connecticut Lyric Opera and Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra are double billed at the Middletown High School Performing Arts Center, 200 LaRosa Drive, Middletown. They will be performing both the two-act opera “I Pagliacci” and the one-act opera “Gianni Schicchi” starting at 7:30 p.m. Single adult tickets are $25 each. Student and group prices are available. Checks should be made out and sent to the Greater Middletown Concert Association, P.O.Box 2622, Middletown, CT 06457, and tickets will be mailed or held at the door for purchasers. Reservations for tickets by credit cards or checks will also be taken at www.greatermiddletownconcerts.org, by phone at (860) 347-4887 or (860) 346-3369 or by e-mail at bmwa@aol.com.

While some events in the calendar do cost a bit of money, here’s an event that will be totally free and totally fun: A family music festival will be offered at The Parklands at Wadsworth Mansion, 421 Wadsworth St., Middletown, at 1 p.m. Sunday. The event is being sponsored as part of National Foster Care Month. Rumor has it that New Haven’s famous Cupcake Truck will be there!

So what are you doing this week?