Saturday, April 25

3rd Annual Newtown Woman’s Club Food Collection Day, 9 am–3 pm, Super Stop & Stop, 228 Main Street South, collections of nonperishable food will be divided between FAITH Food Pantry and Salvation Army Food Pantry in Newtown.

39th SCAN Annual Spring Juried Art Show opens, 9:30 am–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, show and sale of works by Society of Creative Arts of Newtown members in myriad mediums continues daily until May 3, opening reception and awards ceremony Sunday; 798-7439.

Newtown’s 2nd Annual Earth Day Festival, 10 am–4 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, townwide trash pickup, environmental forums, dance performances and live music, contests, bicycle safety inspections, family yoga, ecology walk, vendors and more.

Team Up For Women fundraiser, 10 am–2 pm, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, free admission, chair massages, crafts from Stamping On Up, Pampered Chef goodies, Mary Kay makeovers and more, proceeds to benefit The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation and Women’s Center of Greater Danbury; 426-8118.

Antique Appraisal Day, 12–4 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, $10 per item, photos of large items accepted, appraisals by Tucker Frey, Jack DeStories, and Lincoln Sander, presented by and fundraiser for Newtown Historical Society; 426-5937.

CT Film Festival-Newtown, screenings begin 1 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $7 per film, screenings of  The Flyboys (1 pm), four shorts (3:15), Monsters from The Id (4:45), Dislecksia: The Movie (6:30, then discussion & premiere party; separate tickets for party) and Brave New West (9:15); 426-9299.

Sunday, April 26

Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony for 39th Annual Spring Juried Art Show, show hours 12–5 pm, awards and reception 2–4 pm, C.H. Booth Library, see April 25 details.

Monday, April 27

Volunteer Open Forum, 3-5:30 pm, Starbucks, 34 Church Hill Road, representatives from Newtown Youth & Family Services, Newtown Parks & Rec, Hook & Ladder Fire Dept. and Relay For Life will have info about their groups and volunteer opportunities; 364-1423.

Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) board of directors, 6:30 pm, NYFS offices, 17 Church Hill Road.

Board of Fire Commissioners, 7:30 pm, Hawleyville Firehouse, 34 Hawleyville Road.

Tuesday, April 28

Referendum on the proposed 2009-2010 town budget, 6 am to 8 pm, Newtown Middle School gymnasium, 11 Queen Street.

“In Praise of Nature,” 1 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, public invited to join Garden Club of Newtown members for free program by poet, writer, biologist and field ornithologist Polly Brody; 270-1108.

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane. 

Design Advisory Board, 7 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

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

Wednesday, April 29

Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART), board of directors, 4 pm, HART offices, 62 Federal Road, Danbury.

NMS Celebration of the Arts, 6 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, schoolwide presentation of art including live music and other entertainment.

Reed School Spring Chamber Concert, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane; 270-4880.

Friday, May 1

Volunteer Open House, 9 am-noon, Starbucks, 34 Church Hill Road, representatives from FISH, Newtown Ambulance, Golden Opportunities, Newtown Cultural Art and Masonicare Home Health & Hospice will have info about their groups and volunteer opportunities; 364-1423.

Opening night of Caught in the Net by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $18, performances Friday and Saturday evenings, also Sunday afternoons, to May 17; 270-9144.

 

Saturday, May 2

Church Women United May Friendship Day celebration, breakfast 9 am, service at 9:30, St Rose Church, 46 Church Hill Road, CWU-Newtown will present service celebrating “Building on Our Stories,” all welcome, freewill offering; 426-5192.

39th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show, 9:30 am–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, show and sale of works by members of Society of Creative Arts of Newtown in myriad mediums continues until May 3; 798-7439.

Nettleton Preserve Restoration, 9:30 am, Castle Hill Road at Old Castle Drive, volunteers needed to help Newtown Forest Association members clean property, bring hand and yard tools, no power tools; 270-3650.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $4 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing above), $5 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments; 426-9998.

Caught in the Net by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $18, performances Friday and Saturday evenings, also Sunday afternoons, to May 17; 270-9144.

Cinco de Mayo Comedy Celebration, 8:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall theater, 45 Main Street, $17.50–$30, comedy performances by Andres Fernandez, Rich Ramirez, and Mark DeMayo, sponsored by Treehouse Comedy; 268-5857.

Sunday, May 3

Final day 39th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show, 12–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, see May 2 details.

Spring Book Donation Day, 12–5 pm rain or shine, C.H. Booth Library parking lot, 25 Main Street, Friends of Booth Library will collect used books, CDs, VHS tapes, LPs & DVDs for annual book sale in July, tax receipts available; 270-4537.