Saturday, March 19

Parent University 2011, 8 am–1:45 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, $5, workshops (one morning, one afternoon session) presented by experts for parents offering positive parenting strategies for children of all ages, breakfast and lunch included, keynote by Heidi Rankin & The Act Out Troupe, registration requested (NewtownParentConnection.org, full workshop details also available), walk-ins accommodated as space allows.

Christine Lavin at Flagpole Radio Café, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall theater, 45 Main Street, $18, $15 students and senior citizens, singer, songwriter, and raconteur will headline evening of live music and radio-style comedy sketches to also feature Jim Allyn & The Radio Café Orchestra and Flagpole Shakespeare Repertory Theatre, hosted by Chris Teskey, also knitting circle with Ms Lavin to begin at 6 pm (in Alexandria Room at ETH, open to all ticket holders); 203-364-0898.

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, curtain 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, see March 18 details.

Sunday, March 20

FIRST DAY OF SPRING

Annual Purim Carnival, 11:30 am–2 pm, Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Road, $10/child, $15/two children, $25/family max, Purim carnival games and activities including bowling, basketball, fishing, car racing, bean bag toss, dinosaur operation and more, also face painting ($2), refreshments, children’s costumes encouraged, all welcome; 203-426-5188

Open House & Spinning Wheel Demonstrations, 12–4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free tours of Newtown Historical Society’s headquarters led by docents, also ongoing demonstrations by Fiona Fine of using a spinning wheel; 203-426-5937.

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, curtain 2:30 pm, Newtown High School, see March 18 details.

Hugo Wolf Quartett in concert, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall theater, 45 Main Street, $20, students K–12 free with ticket-holding adult, program to include works of Haydn, Wolf and Beethoven, informal reception to follow, sponsored by Newtown Friends of Music; 203-426-6470.

Auditions for Cash On Delivery!, 7:30–9 pm, The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road, director Gene Golaszewski has openings for six men and four women for Town Players’s season opening production of Eric Swan’s British farce, visit NewtownPlayers.org for character breakdowns, auditions continue March 21; 203-270-9144.

Monday, March 21

Commission on Aging, 5 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road. 

Auditions for Cash On Delivery!, 7–9 pm, The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road, see March 20 details.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Legislative Council, Education Committee, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Pension Committee, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Tuesday, March 22

“Hello, My Garden,” 1 pm, C.H. Booth Library meeting room, 25 Main Street, free program by gardener and author Colleen Plimpton hosted by The Garden Club of Newtown; 203-512-7320.

Conservation Commission, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Design Advisory Board, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Public Building and Site Commission, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane.

Wednesday, March 23

Watercolor painting demonstration by Lou Bonamarte, 1:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free program hosted by the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN); 203-426-6654.

Fairfield Hills Master Plan Review Committee, 6:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Legislative Council, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street, public hearing on the proposed 2011-12 budget.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Tick-Borne Disease Action Committee, 8 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

Thursday, March 24

Cultural Arts Commission, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Friday, March 25

Friday Fish Fry, 5–8 pm, St Rose of Lima Gathering Hall, 42 Church Hill Road, $8, $5 child ($30 max/family), Lenten meal of fresh fish and french fries prepared by Knights of Columbus, also April 1; 203-426-1014.

Saturday, March 26

Special hours for absentee voting, 9 am to noon, town clerk’s office, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street, special hours concerning upcoming referendum on the town charter revisions; 203-270-4210.

Spring Into Auction, 7–11 pm, Edmond Town Hall’s Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $45 (includes hors d’oeuvres, drinks and desserts), largest annual fundraiser by Head O’ Meadow School PTA will offer approx 100 items including gift certificates for goods & services, unique items created for the event & more; 203-426-6590, 203-426-7743.

Sunday, March 27

Newtown Spring Welcome Craft Fair, 11 am–5 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, free admission, fine area crafters; 203-261-2414.

Tom Chapin & Friends, 3 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, family friendly concert by multi-Grammy Award-winning folk singer-songwriter will also include performances by Daria Musk, Sam Weiser, Katie McMorran, Yossi Kohrman-Glaser, The XY Chromatones, Korey Brodsky, Jake Tolson and Alex Lampel; 203-426-5188.