Friday, November 16

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

Performances continue of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, Town Players is presenting Paul Zindel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Friday and Saturday evenings (plus Sunday afternoon, November 18) through November 24; 270-9144.

The Diary of Anne Frank by Newtown High School Drama Club, 7:30 pm, NHS auditorium, Berkshire Road, tickets $11 for adults, $7 for students and seniors, performances continue November 17.

Saturday, November 17

Pancake Breakfast, 8 am-1 pm, United Methodist Church, Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook, sponsored by Newtown Lions Club to benefit victims of World Trade Center disaster; pancakes, sausage, applesauce, juice, coffee, tea, hot cocoa; $5 for adults; $2 for children 4-12.

CPR Saturday, 9 am to noon, Newtown Ambulance garage and firehouses in Dodgingtown and Hawleyville, training in lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation by ambulance corps, $15 fee; to sign up 888-CPR-6121.

11th Annual Elves’ Fair, 10 am-3 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 25 Main Street, free admission, Elves’ Workshop, Papa Elves’ Wooden Toys, The Pocket Man, children’s gifts, natural materials handcrafts, live music, gourmet natural foods luncheon, presented by and fundraiser for Housatonic Valley Waldorf School; 364-1113.

The Diary of Anne Frank by Newtown High School Drama Club, performances 2 and 8 pm, NHS auditorium, Berkshire Road, tickets $11 for adults, $7 for students and seniors.

15th annual “Getting Ready For The Holidays” multigenerational show, 2:30 pm, Newtown Middle School, sponsored by Ashlar of Newtown with performances by bell choirs, dancers, chanters, and others; free admission but bring an unwrapped toy for distribution to local charities.

“An American Picnic,” 6-10 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, admission $20 adults, $10 children, family rates available, pack a picnic supper and enjoy live music in variety of forms (dance, vocals, instrumentals), also silent auction of photographs, prints, quilts, wreaths, more, all by professional and semiprofessional musicians and artists, light refreshments, benefit for children and families of Cantor Fitzgerald; 270-8915.

Sunday, November 18

Screening of Harry, un Ami quo Vous Veut Bien (Harry, A Friend Who Wishes You Well), 2 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free screening of film in French with English subtitles will be hosted by Alliance Française of Northwestern CT; 860-868-7776.

Matinee of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, curtain 2 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, Town Players is also presenting Paul Zindel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Friday and Saturday evenings through November 24; 270-9144.

Monday, November 19

Commission on Aging, 5:30 pm, multipurpose center, Riverside Road, Sandy Hook.

Tuesday, November 20

Newtown District Department of Health, 8:30 am, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

La Leche League of Newtown meeting, 10 am, Newtown Congregational Church House (Parlor Room, main floor), 41-A Main Street, free and open to mothers and mothers-to-be (babies and toddlers also welcome), program on “The Art of Breastfeeding and Avoiding Difficulties”; 364-1617, 426-6242.

“The Impact of ADD/ADHD,” 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free workshop will teach how to recognize symptoms of ADD and ADHD and explain treatments available, sponsored by Family Counseling Center; 426-8103.

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

Wednesday, November 21

Legislative Council, 8 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, November 22

THANKSGIVING

Friday, November 23

Final weekend of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, Town Players is presenting Paul Zindel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Friday and Saturday evenings through November 24; 270-9144.