Antiques Shows______

Saturdays (through mid-Dec): 39th Season Woodbury’s Famous Antiques & Flea Market, 787 Main St South (Rte 6, near Rte 64), Woodbury, 7 am-1 pm, 150+ vendors each week; 203-263-2841.

Sundays (through Dec): Elephant’s Trunk Country Flea Market, Rte 7, New Milford, 7 am-2:30 pm (early buying 5:45 am, $20), adm $1; 508-896-1975.

Sundays (through fall): 8th season Clinton Village Antiques & Collectibles Flea Market, 327 East Main St/Rte 1, Clinton; 860-669-3839.

Sept 29: 41st Annual Outdoor Antiques Show, Lebanon Green, Rte 207 at 87, Lebanon, 9 am-3 pm rain or shine, adm $4, 100 dealers, refreshments, sponsored by Lebanon Historical Society.

Oct 6-7: 21st Annual Washington Antiques Show, Bryan Memorial Town Hall, Rte 47, Washington Depot, show hours Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 11 am-5 pm (benefit gala Sat 6:30-9 pm, tickets $125 & up; reservations recommended), adm $10, 23 dealers from up & down East Coast; 860-868-7586.

Art Exhibits, Museums Historic Places__ _____

Booth Library, 25 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Hours: Mon-Thurs 10 am-8 pm, Fri 12-5 pm, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 1-5 pm. Call 426-4533.

In Olga Knoepke Meeting Room (lower meeting room) — Through Sept 28: “On the Road: A Photographic Exhibit by Faith & Peter Vicinanza,” gallery quality digital images shot by the Newtown couple during their 3-month bicycle trek up the East Coast during 2006, also print images from past 15 years of photographic work by the couple & new images done during past 2 years.

On library’s main floor — Through Oct 5: “Creative Expressions Through Stone Sculpture: A Woman’s Journey To The Self,” stone sculpture by local artist Debby Tendler, reflecting more than a decade of work guiding Ms Tendler’s transformation from being “a good girl of the 50s to being a powerful woman in the new millennium.”

Brookfield Craft Center, 286 Whisconier Rd (Rte 25), Brookfield. Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm. Call 775-4526.

Through Sept 30: “Connecticut Collects Connecticut,” handmade fine craftwork made by CT artists from several private collections.

Bruce Museum of Arts & Sciences, One Museum Dr, Greenwich. Call 203-869-0376.

*(new show) Sept 29-Jan 6: “Contemporary and Cutting Edge: Pleasures of Collecting, Part III,” work from 1960 to present offers approx 40 works by major artists of late 20th & 21st centuries, each representative of & important to the artist’s oeuvre incl Twombly, Ruscha, Dine, Beecroft, Day, Mueck, et al.

Fenn Gallery of Contemporary Art, 345 Main Street/Rte 6, Woodbury. Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5 pm. Call 203-263-2821.

*(new show) Through Oct 28: works by New Orleans landscape artist Melissa Bonin & cityscapes by Kevin Conklin, also works on paper from the estate of Gertrude Barrer; Sept 22, opening reception, 4-6 pm.

Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart Univ, 5151 Park Ave, Fairfield. Call 203-365-7650.

*(new show) Through Nov 4: “The Elements: Air,” third in a series about the elements focuses on air as depicted by 16 artists who depict it in its varied movement, use it to animate their works, propoe a way to harness it or depict creatures who have the gift of flight, featuring pcs by June Ahrens, Susan Goethal Campbell, Elijah Gowin, Kysa Johnson, Jned Kahn, Mary Magsmen & Stephen Hillerbrand, David Maxim, Gina Miccinilli, Tomomi Ono, Jaanika Peerna, Tim Prentice, Lucy Sander Sceery, Joseph Smolinski, Charlie Varley & Paul Villinski; Sept 25, “The Impact of Air Pollution in the US,” 7 pm, free lecture by Robert O. Mendelsohn, PhD.

Gunn Memorial Library & Museum, 5 Wykeham Rd, Washington Green. Hours: Thurs-Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sun 12-4 pm. Call 860-868-7756.

*(new show) Sept 23-Jan 1: “55 Years of Washington Art Association,” photos, documents, words, memories & art examine the history of Washington Art Assn; Sept 23, opening reception, 3-5 pm.

Hodge Memorial Library, North St, Roxbury. Hours: Sun 1-4 pm. Call 860-350-2181 (Minor Memorial Library).

Through Sept 23: “Roxbury Unearthed,” artifacts from sev eras of Roxbury’s past found in fields, streams & even walls of old homes in town incl concealed shoes that reveal past residents as superstitious, also native artifacts dating back 3,000+ years unearthed by CT State Archaeologist Dr Nicholas Bellantoni & associates during survey done near town’s center, plus artifacts from North St found by student archaeologist Ashley Dirienzo; Sept 23, lecture by Dr Lucianne Lavin (director of research, Institute of American Indian Studies), 1 pm, free, brief lecture will look at some of the items in exhibition.

Kent Art Association, 21 South Main St/Rte 7, Kent. Hours: Sat-Sun 12-4 pm. Call 860-927-3989.

*(new show) Through Oct 14: “KAA Elected Artists Art Show and Sale,” 100+ paintings & sculpture by members of Kent Art Association, all of whom have achieved Elected Artist status.

Morrison Gallery, Kent Village Barns, near Rte 7 at Rte 341, Kent. Hours: Wed-Sat 10:30 am-5:30 pm, Sun 1-4 pm. Call 860-927-4501.

Through Sept 23: recent works by painter Carroll Macdonald & sculpture by the late Paul Suttman.

*(new show) Sept 29-Oct 28: new work by conceptual artist Sandra Filippucci incl paintings, drawings, sculpture & boxes; Sept 29, opening reception, 5-7 pm.

Richter Association for the Arts, Richter House, 100 Aunt Hack Rd, Danbury. Hours: Sat-Sun 2-5 pm. Call 798-2245.

*(new show) Sept 29-Oct 7: “Richter Art Association Annual Juried Art Show,” oils, acrylics, watercolors, mixed media pcs, drawings, graphics & pastel works by regional artists; Sept 29, opening reception, 2-5 pm (awards ceremony 3 pm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St, Hartford. Hours: Sat-Sun 10 am-5 pm, Wed-Fri 11 am-5 pm (open to 8 pm first Thurs/month). Call 860-278-2670, TDD 860-278-0294.

Through Nov 18: “Picasso To Pop: Aspects of Modern Art,” approx 60 rarely-shown paintings, watercolors, drawings, collages & sculptures drawn from extensive museum holdings, charting the museum’s history of acquiring works by 20th Century innovators along w/ diversity & international reach of modern art incl pcs by Picasso, Klee, Tanguy, Galvan, Lichtenstein, Warhol, et al.

Weir Farm National Historic Site, 735 Nod Hill Rd, Wilton. Summer hours: Wed-Sun 8:30 am-5 pm. Call 203-834-1896.

Through Sept 23: “On Sight: Weir Women – Works on Paper by J. Alden Weir,” 16 works on paper by J. Alden Weir (who is best known today as oil painter of impressionist landscapes & academic portraits) who found great inspiration for his work in peaceful everyday life of his family & whose favorite models were wife Anna & their three daughters.

White Silo Farm & Winery, 32 Rte 37 East, Sherman. Hours: Fri-Sun 11 am-6 pm. Call 860-355-0271.

Through Sept 23: “A Thousand Words,” second annual collaboration of photographers & painters this year features photography by Cynthia O’Connor & Marc Isolda & paintings by Alisyn Hamilton & Walter Von Egidy, also small matted paintings by Jackie Coote.

Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd/Rte 7, Wilton. Hours: Mon & Fri 10 am-6 pm, Tues-Thurs 10 am-7 pm, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun (Sept-June only) 1-5 pm. Call 203-762-3950.

Through Sept 28: “Quiet Moments,” works by documentary photographer Daryl Hawk; Sept 9, opening reception, 11:30 am-1 pm.

Yale Center For British Art, 1080 Chapel St (at High St), New Haven. Call 203-432-2800.

*(new show) Sept 26-Dec 30: “Art & Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mandes Belisario and His Worlds,” commemoration of bicentenary of abolition of British slave trade offers works depicting life on Jamaican sugar plantations, slavery & the Jamaican landscape from start of British rule in 1655 to aftermath of emancipation in 1840s, special feature incl “Sketches of Character” lithograph series by Isaac Mendes Belisario depicting Afro-Jamaican masquerade performed by slaves during Christmas & New Year; Sept 26, opening reception, begins 4 pm (Jonkonnu dance performance 4-5 pm, lecture “Jamaican/Caribbean Collective Creative Imagination: Mask, Myth and Metaphor” by Prof Rex Nettleford at 5:30, reception to follow).

Auditions, Juried Events  _____

St Joseph School, 5 Obtuse Hill Rd, Brookfield. Call 860-355-8585.

Dec 1-2: Vendors sought for annual craft fair & bazaar, fair will run Sat 9 am-4 pm, Sun 8:30 am-2 pm, contact Nancy Guydan for details.

TheatreWorks New Milford, 5 Brookside Ave, New Milford. Call 860-350-6863.

Sept 24-25: Auditions for Philip Barry’s The Philadelphia Story, Mon 5-6 pm **for girls ages 10-15 (for role of Dinah Lord), Mon-Tues 7-9 pm **for all other roles, directors Jane Farnol & Joe Russo have roles for 7 men & 4 women for production to be staged Nov 30-Dec 31, rehearsals to begin in Oct (usu Mon-Thurs eves), full character breakdowns at TheatreWorks.us.

Concerts, Musical Events ____

Sept 23: Ives Concert Park Family Fair, Ives Concert Park, Western CT State University westside campus, off Lake Ave Extension, Danbury, free adm, gates open 2 pm, community artists begin performances at 3, featured performance by The Ives Festival Orchestra at 5:30; 837-9227.

Sept 23: Wayne Mattox at Richter House, 100 Aunt Hack Rd, Danbury, 3-5 pm, free appraisals by respected antiques appraiser, 2 per person, as time permits in Antiques Road Show-style setting; 798-2245.

Sept 25: “Songs of Laughter: Larry Ayce,” Love & Knishes Lunch Program at Walzer Family Jewish Community Campus, 444 Main St North, Southbury, $8 adults, $5.50 ages 60 & up (reservations due ASAP), lunch prepared by personal chef Heather Bingham (served at noon) will be followed by performance by Mr Ayce of fun songs from many decades featuring tunes that are comical, silly, hysterical & full of puns & jokes; 267-3177 x105.

Sept 29: Special performance of Corrie Ten Boom’s Hiding Place, at WCSU Ives Concert Hall, 181 White St/Rte 6, Danbury, 6 pm, donation $28, Ballet Magnificat performance is presented by Mercy & Truth Ministries, Inc of Brookfield; 426-4338, 845-279-9122.

Sept 29: Saturday Night Swing Dance, Norfield Grange, 12 Good Hill Rd, Weston, doors open 7 pm, free Lindy/Savoy swing dance intro lesson at 7:30, dancing 8:30-11:30 pm, adm $15 adults, $10 students w/ ID, music by Swing DJ Bill “Stretch” Gore, very beginner friendly, no partner required, air-conditioned 100+ year old hall, door prizes, smoke & alcohol free event, organic refreshments; 203-522-5341.

Sept 29: Monthly ballroom dance, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 4070 Park Ave, Bridgeport, dancing 7 pm-midnight, adm $15, dance lesson at 8 pm, performance by Argentine tango dancers Francisco Forquera & Natalia Hills at 9:30, music provided by DJ, refreshments, singles & couples welcome; 203-374-7308.

Ives Concert Hall at Western CT State University, White Hall, Fifth Ave & White St, Danbury. Call 837-8350.

Free concerts, 8 pm unless noted: Sept 29, special performance of Corrie Ten Boom’s Hiding Place, 6 pm, donation $28, Ballet Magnificat performance is presented by Mercy & Truth Ministries, Inc of Brookfield, call 426-4338, 845-279-9122; Oct 26, Annual Oktoberfest Jazz Concert, concertgoers encouraged to wear costumes.

Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies & Performing Arts, 80 East Ridge Ave, Ridgefield. Call 203-438-5795.

Performances 8 pm unless noted: Sept 25, Matt Dusk, $25; Sept 29, Sophie B. Hawkins, tickets $45, Kevin Briody opening; Oct 5, Blackmore’s Night, $40.

Films _________________

Audubon Center at Bent of the River, 185 East Flat Hill Rd, Southbury (South Britain). Call 264-5098.

Sept 27: Screening of An Inconvenient Truth, 7 pm, $3 suggested donation (reservations required), discussion to follow.

Discovery Museum, 4450 Park Ave, Bridgeport. Hours: Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm & most Monday holidays (call ahead). Call 203-372-3521.

Planetarium shows: Rock on Mars! Mon-Fri 3:30 pm, Sat-Sun 1 & 3 pm, designed for ages 8 & up; Wonderful Sky, Mon-Fri 1 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm, designed for ages 7 & under.

Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-2475.

Sept 21-27: I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (PG-13), Fri-Sat 7 & 9 pm, Sun-Thurs 7 pm only, mat Sat-Sun 1 & 4 pm, Tues 1 pm.

Fairfield University DiMenna-Nyselius Library, North Benson Rd, Fairfield. Call 203-254-4000 x2862.

“The Irish in Film,” free screenings, Thurs 7 pm: Oct 4, Some Mother’s Son (1996); Oct 11, In America (2002); Oct 18, The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006); Oct 25, Run of the Country (1995); Nov 1, My Left Foot (1989).

Maritime Aquarium, 10 North Water St, South Norwalk. Call 203-852-0700.

Through Oct 4: Greece: Secrets of the Past, Mon-Fri 11 am, noon, 1 & 3 pm (Fri also 7:30 pm); Sat-Sun 11 am, noon, 1, 3 & 4 pm.

Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St, New Haven. Call 203-432-8842.

The Harder They Come – The Modern Caribbean Experience, free screenings, 2 pm: Oct 6, The Harder They Come (1972); Oct 12, Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2001).

For Kids & Families _________

Sept 30: Family Fun Day, CityCenter Green, Ives St at Patriot Dr, Danbury, 11 am-4 pm, free adm, family event w/ food, arts & crafts, activities, games & entertainment, presented by & benefit for Families Network of Western CT; 791-8773. 

Oct 6: St Andrew’s Society of Connecticut 24th Annual Scottish Festival, Goshen Fairgrounds, Rte 63, Goshen, 9 am-5 pm rain or shine, adm $10 adults, $5 seniors & ages 6-16, free ages 5 & under, continuous music by Charlie Zahm, Hunting McLeod, RùRà, Ellen Coutts Waff, Kasha Breau, Wild Notes & and others, Scottish merchants & food vendors, athletic & piping competitions, dance exhibitions, Hartford Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, pipe bands, clan tents, children’s games, sheepherding, Scottish dog breeds & highland cattle exhibit & much more.

C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-4533 (children’s dept 426-3851).

Children’s programs, free unless specified: Sept 27, “Music For Toddlers,” 11 am for ages 1-2, 11:30 for ages 2-3, performance by singer & guitarist Francine Wheeler.

Miscellaneous ___________

Sept 21: “The Farm and The Homefront in the 1940s,” Osborne Homestead Museum, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby, 12:30-2 pm, free program will show how Frances Kellogg (namesake of adjoining Kellogg Environmental Center property) fared during WWII thanks to recently discovered letters, also artifacts & re-created items plus music of the era will create a feeling of the 1940s; 734-2513.

Sept 22: Wheels & Wings: Vintage Automobile & Airplanes Show, Candlelight Farms Airport, 5 Green Pond Rd, New Milford, adm $7, free ages 10 & under, special presentation of vintage automobiles & airplanes from regional & national private collections, also children’s activities, food, music, Q&A w/ restoration craftsmen, rides in vintage planes & more, proceeds will be donated to New Milford Police Dept & Water Witch Hose Company #2; 203-330-9604 (Black Horse Garage).

Sept 22: Flea Market, Church of the Good Shepherd, 680 Racebrook Road, Orange, 8 am-2 pm rain or shine, breakfast, tables available for rent; 203-934-4446.

Sept 22: Planetarium show & telescope viewing, Western CT State University Westside Observatory & Planetarium, off Lake Ave Extension, Danbury, free, planetarium show Late Summer Skies at 7 pm, telescope viewing follows 8-10 pm of Jupiter & waxing moon; 837-8672.

Sept 23: Fine Artist & Demonstrating Craftsmen Show, Firehouse Green, Center Rd, Easton, 10 am-5 pm, live music, early shopping from artists & skilled craftsmen, demos in silversmithing, doll making, brook making, silhouette artistry, rug weaving & more, live music all day, face painting, refreshments, raffle of items donated by artisans; 445-1953.

Sept 23: Wayne Mattox at Richter House, 100 Aunt Hack Rd, Danbury, 3-5 pm, free appraisals by respected antiques appraiser, 2 per person, as time permits in Antiques Road Show-style setting; 798-2245.

Sept 25: Garden Club of Newtown potluck luncheon & open meeting, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown, noon, free & open to anyone interested in the club, its activities & goals; 270-1108.

Sept 25: Art Slide Lecture: Adam Niklewicz, Western CT State University White Hall (midtown campus) Viewing Room 1, 181 White St/Rte 6, Danbury, 11 am, free lecture by local award-winning artist who earned bachelor of fine arts from Washington Univ & has since been published by & in Random House, HarperCollins, Time, Newsweek & many others, first of university’s 2007-08 Master of Fine Arts slide lecture series (public invited); 837-8881.

Sept 27: Planetarium show & telescope viewing, Western CT State University Westside Observatory & Planetarium, off Lake Ave Extension, Danbury, free, planetarium show Late Summer Skies at 7 pm, telescope viewing follows 8-10 pm of Jupiter & waxing moon; 837-8672.

Sept 27: “Dana Fradon: Smiles, Laughs and ‘I Don’t Get Its,’” Western CT State University Science Building (midtown campus) Room 125, 181 White St/Rte 6, Danbury, 7:30 pm, free lecture by local artist who has been under contract for The New Yorker magazine since 1950 & has had more than 1,400 of his cartoons published in that time; 837-8486.

Sept 28: “A Bountiful Fare: Kitchen Tour and Standard Flower Show,” 6 kitchens in private Wilton homes, get tour directions & program at Ambler Farm, 257 Hurlbutt St, Wilton, tickets $65, tour incl Georgian Colonial in historic district, traditional farmhouse w/ clean contemporary lines & colors, Nelson Breed-designed country manor, modern dairy barn, 1860 farmhouse & “a zingy kitchen,” also horticulture & floral presentations in each location, adv ticket purchases incl High Tea (served 12-2:30 pm), proceeds will fund garden club contributions to local organizations; 203-761-8968.

Sept 28-30: St Joseph Parish Carnival, 5 Obtuse Road (Rte 133 at 25), Brookfield, Fri 6-10 pm, Sept 1-10 pm, Sun 1-5 pm, rides, games, food, raffles, children’s area, jazz bands, radio DJs, hot air balloon lifts & more, fun for all ages; 775-2774.

Sept 29: Christ the King’s Annual Fall Fair, Christ the King Lutheran Church, 85 Mt Pleasant Rd (at Tory La), Newtown, 9 am-3 pm, handmade crafts, tag sale, cookie walk, baked goods, refreshments & much more; 426-6300.

Sept 29: Saturday Morning Bird Walk, Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby, begins 8 am (will last up to 2 hours, depending on conditions), joined volunteer Maria Stockmal for relaxing program in search of local birds in the wild, also sharpen bird identification skills; 734-2513.

Sept 29: Annual Roast Beef Dinner, Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, 25 Flat Rock Rd, Easton, 6 pm, $10 adults, $6 ages 12 & under, all-you-can-eat roast beef dinner w/ trimmings & homemade desserts, church is handicapped accessible, reservations recommended; 372-8250.

Sept 29: Benefit Wine Tasting, Ridgefield Country Club, 119 Franklin St, Danbury, 7-9:30 pm, $75/person, $120/couple, **tickets must be reserved in advance, wines from around the world, hot & cold hors d’oeuvres, live music, country club amenities & silent auction, presented by Northern Fairfield County Assn of Realtors as benefit for Housatonic Habitat for Humanity; 744-1340.

Sept 29-30: Annual Harvest Festival, Parish of Christ’s Church, 59 Church Rd, Easton, Sat 10 am-4 p, Sun 10 am-3 pm, free adm, hay rides, crafters, baked goods, pony rides, kids’ games, food tent, silent auction, tag sale & more; 268-3569.

Sept 29-30: 29th Annual CT Antique Machinery Association Fall Festival, at the museum, Rte 7, Kent, 10 am-4 pm both days, adm $7 adults, $3 ages 6-12, free ages 4 & under, live steam exhibits, internal combustion engines, oil field pumps, farm tractors & construction equipment, plenty of refreshments, festival adm also includes adm to Cream Hill Agricultural School & CT Museum of Mining & Mineral Science, 860-927-0050.

Sept 29-30: Open House at Weir House, Weir Farm National Historic Site, 735 Nod Hill Rd, Wilton, 1-4 pm, free adm, unprecedented opportunity to visit house which has been used as private residence by artists & the families, final opportunity to view home before it undergoes major renovations in 2008, will also be open Oct 6-7 & 13-14; 203-834-1896.

Oct 1: “The Battle of Chickamauga,” Brookfield Museum & Historical Society, Rte 25 at 133, Brookfield Center, 7:30 pm, free lecture by historical society member Peter Cronin will continue society’s ongoing forum on the American Civil War, light refreshments to follow; 740-8140.

C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-4533.

Programs free unless noted: Sept 25, Searching For Shakespeare: Julius Caesar Lecture, 7 pm, lecture by Dr Mark Schenker (assoc dean, Yale College) will open new series to focus on diff sonnet each month until March; Sept 27: Searching For Shakespeare: Julius Caesar Play Discussion, 7 pm, discussion led by Joyce Golden & Peg Jacques will continue new series focusing on Bard’s sonnets; Oct 2, Nonfiction Book Club meeting, 1 pm, discussion of Leigh Montville’s The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth, newcomers always welcome.

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, 1875 Noble Ave, Bridgeport. Call 203-394-6565.

Also, Farmers’ Market, Sun 10 am-3 pm (weekly through Oct 28), set up in zoo’s parking lot (so zoo adm & Beardsley Park adm not required to shop), farms from across CT will have fresh, seasonal fruits & vegetables, also homemade baked goods, pesto & pasta sauces, jellies, jams, preserves, soap, CT honey, home décor & more.

Danbury BNI Trailblazers, meetings at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, Clapboard Ridge Rd, Danbury. Call 797-1122.

Group meets Wednesdays, 8-9:30 am, members network & help build businesses, all visitors welcome, contact Mark Vendetti at above phone # for details.

Danbury Library, 170 Main St, Danbury. Call 797-4505.

Free programs unless noted, no registration needed (unless noted): Sept 23, “Selling on eBay,” 2-4 pm, free presentation by Bruce Preston (Danbury Area Computer Society) will help newcomers get over the fear of trying to sell on eBay, program will cover pricing strategies, payment options, photography, image hosting & the actual sale of an item.

Farmers’ Market, Griffin Hospital, 130 Division St, Derby. Call 203-732-1265.

Through Oct 26: Fridays 2-6 pm, locally grown seasonal vegetables, herbs, fruits & flowers, also fresh baked goods, set up in portico just outside hospital’s main entrance, plus newsletters, recipes, demos & tastings in hospital cafeteria.

Institute for American Indian Studies, 38 Curtis Rd, Washington. Call 860-868-0518.

Sept 29, Cry Wolf, 1:30 pm, tickets $10/adults avance, $6/children adv or $12/adults door, $8 children/door, live wolf presentation by The Wolf Conservation Center of South Salem, N.Y., program will incl Arctic gray wolf Atka, also informative presentation on the history of wolves, their importance for a healthy ecosystem & the efforts to save these animals.

Newtown Hikers. Call 788-1398 (Ester Nichols), 270-4340 (Newtown Parks & Rec).

Hikes leave from lower lot @Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St, Newtown, 9:30 am, free, all welcome (children must be accompanied), bring bag lunch/beverage, wear sturdy shoes, destinations & leaders (in parentheses) as follows: Sept 22, Botanical Gardens, Bronx, N.Y., all day hike, dinner out (Jack Donlon, 203-966-8421); Sept 29, Bronx Zoo, Bronx N.Y., all day hike, dinner out (Roe Sembler, 267-5567); Oct 6, Upper Paugussett, from Hanover boat launch, 6 mile hike (Carol Fullman, 270-1747).

Newtown VNA Thrift Shop, Edmond Town Hall (lower level), 45 Main Street, Newtown. Call 270-4377.

Shop is open every Wed 12-3 pm & Sat 9 am-noon, access is from town hall’s back parking lot, shop carries discounted items from local businesses & private donors incl clothing, sm home accessories & more.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, Inc. (SCAN), Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-6654.

Programs 4th Wed/month, 1:30 pm, public welcome, artist demonstrations, refreshments: Sept 26, Charles Ray, painting clouds.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown. Call 426-6224.

Non-profit weight loss support group meets every Mon 6-8 pm (weigh-ins 6-6:45, meetings 7-8), meetings $2/week, membership $24/year.

Treehouse Comedy Productions.

Shows at Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St, Fairfield (call 203-259-1036), tickets $22 ($17 FTC members) unless noted, showtime 8:30: Sept 22, Karith Foster headlining, tickets $17 & $22, also improv troupe Some Assembly Required & Lewis Ramey.

Shows at The New Sorrento, 32 Newtown Rd, Danbury (call 744-5575), shows 9:30 & tickets $15 unless noted: Sept 22, Marc Theobald headlining, opening sets by John Ivarone & Mike Siscoe, tickets $15; Sept 29, Joe Vega headlining, opening sets by Anne Kissell & Tom Van Horn, tickets $15.

Theatre ______________

Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37 Halpin La, Ridgefield. Call 203-431-9850.

Sleuth, through Sept 29, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm, tickets $22 adults, $18 students & seniors.

Shakesperience Productions, Inc., 117 Bank St, Waterbury. Call 203-574-2531.

2007 Fall Festival of Theater: The Importance of Being Earnest, through Sept 23, curtain Fri-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sun 2 pm, tickets $12 adults, $5 children & seniors.

Sherman Players, Sherman Playhouse, Rte 37 at 39 (behind firehouse), Sherman. Call 860-354-3622.

Steel Magnolias, through Oct 6, curtain Fri-Sat 8 pm, tickets $15 adults, $13 students & senior citizens; Sept 13, dress rehearsal, open to public.

TheatreWorks New Milford, 5 Brookside Ave, New Milford. Call 860-350-6863.

Molly Sweeney, Sept 21-Oct 13, curtain Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun (Oct 7 only) 2 pm, tickets $20; Sept 27, Pay What You Want Night, curtain 8 pm, name your own ticket price.

Town Players of Newtown, at The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Rd, Newtown. Call 270-9144.

Dinner With Friends, through Sept 28, curtain Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm, tickets $18 evening shows, $15 mat; note: additional performance planned for Thurs, Sept 27, 8 pm.

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