Sunday, April 18

Active Singles hike, 9:30 am, meet at boat launch off Hanover Road, hike in Upper Paugussett State Forest, free, four skill levels available, singles ages 30s to 50s welcome (no dogs or children), bring water, group regularly offers hikes for singles each first and third Sunday/month around Connecticut; 860-489-9611.

Open House & Living History Demonstration, 1-4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free, public invited to tour headquarters of Newtown Historical Society, guest James Cook will display examples and explain how he has built historical muzzle loaders; 426-5937.

Monday, April 19

Commission on Aging, 5 pm, Multipurpose Building, Riverside Road.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street

 

Tuesday, April 20

“Lunch & Learn: Cataracts and Mascular Degeneration,” lunch at 12, presentation 12:30 pm, Lockwood Lodge at Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Rd, Newtown, pre-registration required, program by Ashlar’s consultant optometrist Dr Thomas A. Margius, PC; 364-3179 (Charron Cote)

“Look Years Younger, With Or Without Surgery,” 1:30 pm, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, free program by Dr Ari Namon; 426-8118.

Economic Development Commission, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Building, Riverside Road.

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

Wednesday, April 21

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

St Rose Divorce Support Group meeting, 7 pm, St Rose School, 38 Church Hill Road, open to anyone in process, contemplating or recently divorced; 270-1930.

Housatonic Valley Paddlers Club meeting, 7 pm, CL&P Service Center, Barnabas Rd, Newtown, free and open to nonmembers, program about Stevenson Dam, preview of upcoming paddling trips; 203-263-3281.

Thursday, April 22

EARTH DAY

“The Container Garden: A moveable feast,” 11 am, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free slide show & discussion by gardener & author Sydney Eddison is open to anyone interested in floral container gardening; 270-1108.

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

Friday, April 23

Spring Dance at The Homesteads at Newtown, 2:30 pm, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, free, guest pianist Robert Fuller, refreshments and socializing in Two Bears Pub (within Homesteads), reservations requested; 426-8118.

Saturday, April 24

Annual Flagpole Photography Show, 10 am-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free exhibition of works by members of local photography club will be open during library hours, show continues April 25; 426-4533.

Sunday, April 25

15th Annual Newtown Lose the Litter Day, 9 am-1 pm, pickup bags and gloves at Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, volunteers can receive street assignments or sign up for their own streets for annual Lions Club event that cleans up town’s roadsides, rain date May 2; 426-4547.

Flagpole Photography Show continues, 1-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free (see details April 24); 426-4533.

Cavani String Quartet in concert, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall auditorium, 45 Main Street, tickets $15, children ages 5-14 free when attending with ticket-holding adult, Works of Beethoven (Quartet in B-flat Major, “La Malinconia”), Brouwer (Demeter Prelude) & Dvorak (Quartet in F Major, “The American”); 426-6470.

Thursday, April 29

Registration for 2004-05 Education Connection, Newtown Middle School Adventure Program, 6-7:30 pm, NMS cafeteria, Queen Street, for information call School Age Programs at Education Connection, 1-800-852-4314.