Friday, June 6

Annual Sandy Hook Lobster Fest, 5-9 pm, Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, tickets $22/advance, $24/door, dinner of steak or lobster (ticket-holders can purchase additional steak or lobster) plus corn, chowder, potato salad, roll and drink, also available raw bar, beer, wine and soda, live music and game wheel, also runs on Saturday (begins early); 270-4370.

 

Saturday, June 7

“Tracing Your Family History in Eastern Europe,” 10 am, Newtown Family History Center, at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 16 Saw Mill Road, free presentation by genealogist Matthew Bielawa, library will be open before and after his lecture; 426-1752.

Opening day for 38th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale, 9:30 am-5:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free, original works by artists from The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will be on view daily until June 15; 426-6848 (show chair Andrea Zimmermann), 426-4533 (library).

Rabies Clinic, 10 am-noon, Edmond Town Hall gym, 45 Main Street, $15 (cash only), residents should bring written proof of prior vaccination or current dog license to receive three-year certificate, all others will receive one-year certificate; 426-8585.

Annual Art Show & Sale, 2-4 pm, Lakeside Gallery, 49 Taunton Lake Road, free admission, show and sale of original works by Patricia Barkman, continues June 8; 426-8949.

Annual Sandy Hook Lobster Fest, 3-9 pm, Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, see June 6 details.

2008 Relay For Life, 3 pm-5 am, Newtown High School track, 12 Berkshire Road, annual major fundraiser for American Cancer Society offers ongoing events for all ages until Saturday morning, spectators invited, event celebrates survivors, offers hope for those with cancer, and raises research and prevention funds.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner with salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing above), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-9998.

Fanfare Consort in concert, 8 pm, Edmond Town Hall’s Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, suggested donation $15 (free ages 14 and under), performance on historically accurate instruments by early music ensemble dedicated to research, publication, performance and recording of literature composed prior to 19th Century;  203-258-9103.

Sunday, June 8

Annual Art Show & Sale, 2-4 pm, Lakeside Gallery, 49 Taunton Lake Road, see June 7 details; 426-8949.

Opening reception for 38th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale, 2-4 pm (show open 12-5 pm), C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, light refreshments and awards ceremony, public invited, many artists in attendance; 426-6848 (show chair Andrea Zimmermann), 426-4533 (library).

Sandy Hook Village Farmers Market, 9 am-1 pm, 3-5 Glen Road, Sandy Hook, flowers, fruits and vegetables from local farmers, baked goods, nutritional seminars, monthly family activities, runs weekly until October 26; 426-2427.

Monday, June 9

SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale continues, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, see June 7 details.

 

Tuesday, June 10

SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale continues, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, see June 7 details.

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

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

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

Board of Education, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane.

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

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

Wednesday, June 11

SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale continues, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, see June 7 details.

Newtown Build-Out Committee, 5:15 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 6:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Genealogy Club of Newtown Round Table Discussion, 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, final meeting of club’s year will feature members discussing their research successes and disappointments, also election of officers for 2008-09, all welcome; 426-1840.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free presentation on painting a landscape in oil by guest artist Carol Reeves; 798-0560.

Borough Zoning Commission, 7:15 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Thursday, June 12

SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale continues, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, see June 7 details.

Water & Sewer Authority, 7 pm, sewage treatment plant office building, Commerce Road.

Borough of Newtown Historic District Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Friday, June 13

SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale continues, 11 am-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, final weekend of annual event by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, presentation of original works by artists representing western Connecticut; 426-6848 (show chair Andrea Zimmermann), 426-4533 (library).

Saturday, June 14

FLAG DAY

SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale continues, 9:30 am-5:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, see June 13 details.

Newtown Historical Society Open House, 12-4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free, public invited to visit house, take guided tours and view collection of prehistoric Indian artifacts on view for the first time, part of statewide CT Open House Day 2008; 426-5937.

Walking Tour of Newtown Street, 1 pm, starts at and returns to Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free tour led by Town Historian Dan Cruson will last approximately 45 minutes and include history of historic section of town, plus “some scandal and at least one ghost story,” also discussion of historical society’s collection of prehistoric Indian artifacts; 426-5937.

Performance of Noye’s Fludde, 7:30 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, free (donations accepted), fully staged performance of Britten’s opera about Noah and the ark to the final rainbow will include full orchestra, reception to follow performance; 426-9024.

Sunday, June 15

FATHER’S DAY

Sandy Hook Village Farmers Market, 9 am-1 pm, 3-5 Glen Road, Sandy Hook, flowers, fruits and vegetables from local farmers, baked goods, nutritional seminars, monthly family activities, runs weekly until October 26; 426-2427.

Final day 38th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale, 12-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, see June 13 details.

 

Saturday, June 14

FLAG DAY

Sunday, June 15

FATHER’S DAY