Friday, May 28

Public hearing on town project to remove 91 trees from alongside Taunton Lane, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Don’t Dress for Dinner by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $15, final weekend of Marc Camoletti’s comedy continues to May 29; 270-9144.

 

Saturday, May 29

Annual Great Pootatuck Duck Race & Festival, 10 am–3 pm, Sandy Hook Center, duck race tickets $5, ducks dropped into Pootatuck at 2 pm, all-day festival (free admission to festival) will feature music, face painters, magicians, moon walk, silent auction, refreshments and more, event sponsored by Lions Club.

Newtown Craft Fair, 10 am–5 pm rain or shine, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills, fine arts and crafts by artisans from throughout the New England area, proceeds will help offset NHS Marching Band and Color Guard uniforms, props, and travel expenses.

Final performance of Don’t Dress for Dinner by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $15; 270-9144.

Monday, May 31

MEMORIAL DAY

Tuesday, June 1

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

“Black Bears and Coyotes in Connecticut,” 7:30 pm, Newtown Congregational Church House, 41-A Main Street, free, monthly meeting of Housatonic Valley group/The Sierra Club will feature guest speaker Henry Woods (CT DEP) with illustrated lecture on animals that are being seen more frequently in state’s towns, nonmembers welcome; 775-9644.

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

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

Lake Lillinonah Authority, 7:30 pm, Bridgewater Town Hall.

Lake Zoar Authority, 7:30 pm, Southbury Town Hall.

Wednesday, June 2

Newtown Tercentennial Committee, 3:45 pm, Newtown Savings Bank, 39 Main Street.

Borough Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7:30 pm, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

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

 

Thursday, June 3

Hattertown Historic District Commission, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

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

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

 

Saturday, June 5

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner includes salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds each month for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-0617.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see above listing), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-0617.

 

Tuesday, June 8

The Berkshire Big Band in concert, 7 pm, Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free performance of music from 1930s through 50s opens 18th Annual Summer Sounds concert series, all welcome, bring blankets/seating; 426-5847.