Sunday, October 10

Family Bikes, Boards, and Blades Day, noon to 3 pm, Fairfield Hills near Shelton House, sponsored by Newtown Youth Services; four bike routes; area for rollerblading and skateboarding; $5 for youths to age 13; $7 for 14 up; prizes, raffle; helmets required; 270-4335.

Newtown Youth Services’ Annual Bikes, Boards & Blades Day, 12-3 pm (rain date Oct 17), Fairfield Hills campus (starting point at former library building), $7 adults, $5 age 13 and under, four bike routes set up (helmets mandatory for age 18 and under), areas set up for blading and skateboarding, prizes, food, raffles, etc; 270-4335.

The Elm City Ensemble in concert, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, tickets $14, $12 seniors, free age 12 & under with adult, opening concert for Newtown Friends of Music season, works of Hindemuth, Schiff, Mozart and Schubert (with guest soprano Sarah Wolfson); 426-6470.

Monday, October 11

COLUMBUS DAY OBSERVED

Tuesday, October 12

TRADITIONAL COLUMBUS DAY

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, school board conference room, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 7:30 pm, Mary Hawley Room, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

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

Borough of Newtown Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South.

Newtown Jobseekers Support Group meeting, 7:30 pm, St Rose School (Monsignor Conroy Room), Church Hill Road, free, program on “How To Get The Most Out Of Working With Recruiters; 270-9885.

Town and Country Garden Club meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Senior Center, Riverside Road, free (non-members welcome), program by master gardener and columnist Carol King on “Redesigning Your Garden”; 426-3469.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free (non-members welcome), watercolor demonstration by Peter Spataro; 426-6654.

Wednesday, October 13

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, town land use office, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills. Public hearing on proposed 304-unit Avalon at Newtown rental apartment complex .

Parks and Recreation Commission, 7:30 pm, town offices, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Hattertown Historic District Commission, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Thursday, October 14

Newtown Woman’s Club Dessert Card Party, 1-4 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church (lower hall), 92 Church Hill Road, admission $5, non-members welcome, bring your own cards; 426-4760.

Friday, October 15

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

4th Annual Joseph P. Grasso Marching Band Festival, 6 pm, Newtown High School Bruce Jenner Stadium, 12 Berkshire Road, admission $7, $5 students and seniors, competition features seven area high school marching bands, performance (non-competitive) by NHS Band; 426-1341.