Friday, September 21

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, Pocono Road, Brookfield.

2001 Country Jamboree, 6:30-10:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, 45 Main Street, admission $5 (includes refreshments), dancing to two-steps, polkas, waltzes, contras, Eastern & Western square dancing, performances of bluegrass, western, country & folk music, all levels of dancers (including first-timers) welcome, soft-soled shoes required, musicians invited to join (set-up begins 5 pm), hosted by Rocking Roosters Square Dance Club of Newtown; 426-4817, 264-6855.

Performance of The Weir by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theater, Orchard Hill Road, all seats $10; performances of Conor McPherson’s award-winning drama of ghost stories and haunted lives set in a rural Irish pub continue Friday and Saturday evenings through September 29; 270-9144.

Saturday, September 22

Autumnal Equinox, Autumn Begins 7:05 pm

Bottle Collection for Survivors/American Red Cross, 8:30 am-3 pm, parking lot near Yankee Discount Liquors and Big Y, Queen Street, middle school students Ashlee Ross and Christie Fogelstrom will collect bottles and cans, with proceeds to be donated to American Red Cross for survivors of September 11.

Newtown Health District Health & Safety Fair, 10 am-2 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, free admission, also free health screenings, exhibits, giveaways, raffles, demonstrations, contests, tours of fire trucks and an ambulance, visit by the Life Star helicopter, also visits with Candy (a Jersey heifer from the Paproski farm); 270-4291, 426-6264.

Magic Key and Etudes by Malenkee Ballet Repertoire Company, 3:30 pm, The Homesteads of Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, free public performance will be company’s debut under its new director, seating limited so reservations suggested; 426-8118.

Sunday, September 23

Newtown Meeting House Organ Dedication Recital, 2 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free performance to celebrate the restoration of the building’s 1924 pipe organ after September 1999’s Hurricane Floyd caused major damage to the instrument; 426-1767.

Matinee of The Weir by Town Players, 2 pm, The Little Theater, Orchard Hill Road, all seats $10; 270-9144.

Concert by The Greenleaf Chamber Ensemble, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall auditorium, 45 Main Street, tickets $14 adults, $12 seniors, children between ages 5-12 with ticket-holding adult admitted free, works of J.S. Bach, Haydn, Brahms, also premiere of new work by Martin Brody, season-opening concert of performances sponsored by Newtown Friends of Music; 426-6654.

CT_Master Chorale “Ecumenical Concert in Remembrance,”_rehearsals 2:30-5:30 pm, performance 7 pm, St Rose of Lima, 46 Church Hill Road, all singers invited to rehearse with CMC (sheet music provided), then public invited to attend concert of works by Faure, Benjamin Harlan, and Thomas Mathews, freewill offering will be taken; 775-2602.

 

Monday, September 24

Newtown Pension Committee, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Board of Fire Commissioners, 7:30 pm, Dodgingtown Firehouse, Route 302, Dodgingtown.

Youth Services, 7 pm, Youth Services Office, 41-A Main Street

 

Tuesday, September 25

Public Building and Site Commission, 6:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street

 

Wednesday, September 26

YOM KIPPUR

BEGINS AT SUNDOWN

Blood Pressure Screenings, 10 am-noon, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free screenings conducted by licensed nurses, also free info concerning high blood pressure, no appointments necessary, sponsored by Ashlar of Newtown.

Housatonic Area Regional Transit, 4 pm, 62 Federal Road, Danbury.

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) meeting, 1:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House (lower meeting room), 31 Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, guest artist Marija Pavlovich McCarthy will offer constructive critique of members’ works, public invited to hear discussion; 426-6654.

Thursday, September 27

Water Pollution Control Authority, 7:30 pm, sewage treatment plant, Commerce Road.

Friday, September 28

Final weekend The Weir by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theater, Orchard Hill Road, all seats $10, performances of Conor McPherson’s award-winning drama of ghost stories and haunted lives set in a rural Irish pub, Friday and Saturday evenings through September 29; 270-9144.

Saturday, September 29

Daffodil Bulb Sale, 10 am-2 pm, St Rose Church, 46 Church Hill Road, $5 per dozen, sale presented by NHS Freshman Cheerleading Squad to benefit Coins for the Cure.

NUMC Family Fun & Crafts Fair, 10 am-4 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, free admission, refreshments, balloon sculpture by Jacqueline Goncalves, games and crafts for children, silent auction, crafts sale, baked goods sale, proceeds benefit the church; 426-0522.

Sunday, September 30

Open mic poetry performances, 2 pm, C.H. Booth Library meeting room, 25 Main Street, all high school students and adult writers welcome to perform original or favorite poems, all ages welcome to enjoy readings; 426-4533.