Friday, April 8

Newtown Republican Town Committee Fine Art & Memorabilia Auction, preview 7 pm, auction starts at 8, Fireside Inn, 123 South Main Street, tickets $10/person, $15/couple, prints of works by artists represented in public and private collections around the world, also sports memorabilia and Newtown Tercentennial collectibles; 270-7703.

Show Boat, curtain 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, call for ticket details; 426-7983.

Saturday, April 9

Annual SNAN Spring Bake Sale, 10 am–2 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, annual sale helps Spay and Neuter Association of Newtown defray costs of spaying and neutering for those in need.

Show Boat, curtain 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, call for ticket details, see April 8 details; 426-7983.

Auditions for Annual NYS Talent Show, 9–11 am, Edmond Town Hall’s Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $5 registration fee, performers sought for show to be presented in May at Newtown Middle School, sponsored by Newtown Youth Services, acts must be no longer than 2½ minutes; 270-4335.

Sunday, April 10

16th Annual Lose The Litter Day, 9 am–1 pm (rain date April 17), pick up bags, gloves, and road assignments at Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, volunteers welcome to select a particular road or receive a random assignment, litter to be dropped off a town’s highway department, those who find gold-painted cans will receive movie tickets to Edmond Town Hall; 426-4547.

Groundbreaking for new Congregation Adath Israel synagogue and Hebrew School building, 12:30 pm, 111 Huntingtown Road, rain or shine, public is invited; 426-2932.

Open House & Living History Demonstration, 1–4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free and suitable for all ages, Robert Young will describe remedies and advice an apothecary would have provided to Colonial families, also display of tools and supplies, costumed docents will offer guided tours of house-museum; 426-5937.

Opening reception for “New York Moments,” 1–4 pm, River Glen Fine Arts Gallery, 3 Washington Avenue, public invited to meet artist and view works being presented in exhibition that will remain on view until May 8; 270-1199.

Antiques & Collectibles Open House, 1–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, public invited to visit Third Floor Collections Room and view library’s permanent collection of antiques and collectibles; 426-4533.

Seventh Annual Antiques Appraisals Day, 2–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, verbal appraisals $5/item (limit three items per turn in line), panelists to include Turkey Frey, Wayne Mattox, Steve Stieglitz, and Jack DeStories, proceeds will benefit event sponsor Newtown Historical Society; 426-5937.

Final performance Show Boat, curtain 2:30 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, call for ticket details, see April 8 details; 426-7983.

La Fenice in concert, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall auditorium, 45 Main Street, tickets $15, free for ages 5–14 with ticket-holding adult, program to include works of Mozart, Schumann, Harbinson, Heiss & Child, Brahms and Bach, postperformance reception with musicians, sponsored by Newtown Friends of Music; 426-6470.

Judging of Tercentennial “Beard-Growing” contest, 4 pm, Naser’s salon, West Street, sponsored by Men’s Fellowship of Newtown Congregational Church..

Monday, April 11

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

“Base Ball The Old-Fashioned Way,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by baseball memorabilia collector Ray Shaw will include presentation of pieces from Mr Shaw’s personal collection, also talk of the evolution of baseball in America, its lasting effect, and how volunteers can register to participate in Tercentennial Base Ball game in planning stages; 426-5937.

Tuesday, April 12

Open Space Committee, 4:30 pm, town offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Public Safety Committee for Garner Correctional Institution, 5 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Reed Intermediate School at Fairfield Hills.

Booth Library Trustees, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Borough Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Police Commission, 7:30 pm, Town hall South, 3 Main Street.

 

Wednesday, April 13

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials (HVCEO), Water Supply Committee, 10 am, HVCEO offices, Brookfield.

Citizens For Newtown meeting, 6:30 pm, Reed Intermediate School, Trades Lane; 364-1988, 426-1035.

Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Widow & Widowers Group, 7 pm, 38 Church Hill Road, nondenominational, first meeting of newly forming social group; 426-5513.

Parent Connecticut Forum: “How Drugs Change Your Brain — What Happens To Behavior, Learning & Happiness?” 7–9 pm, Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, free presentation by clinical neuropsychologist Dr Jonathan Michaelis will be final PC forum of the season.

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, town offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free demonstration of painting flowers with oils by guest artist Carol Reeves; 426-6654.

Thursday, April 14

“The History and Evolution of Horticulture in the Newtown Area,” 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free lecture by garden designer and horticulturist Jane Brook Barba, sponsored by Horticulture Club of Newtown in honor of Newtown’s Tercentennial; 426-3170.

Water and Sewer Authority, 7:30 pm, sewage treatment plant offices, Commerce Road.

 

Friday, April 15

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials (HVCEO), 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall. 

Citizens For Newtown meeting, 7 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street; 364-1988, 426-1035.

Saturday, April 16

Lions Club & Leo Club Pancake Breakfast, 7:30 am–noon, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $6 adults, $4 seniors, $2 ages 6-12, free ages 5 and under, proceeds will help support clubs’ commitment to tercentennial restoration of Edmond Town Hall.

ShoreGrass concert, 4 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 30 Main Street, freewill donations, concert by Connecticut-based band will include “old-timey,” early country, traditional bluegrass, folk, gospel and original music, postperformance reception with musicians, concert continues church’s Music at Trinity concert series; 426-9070.