Friday, May 2

Newtown Singles Meet & Mingle event, 7–9 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street; 261-4210.

 

Saturday, May 3

AmeriCares HomeFront weekend to repair homes of those in need, teams include Knights of Columbus, Newtown Lions, Newtown Congregational Church; volunteers needed, 800-887-HOPE or 426-8064.

AAUW Spring Breakfast, 8:30 am, Fireside Inn, 123 Main Street South, $25 ($10 of which will benefit Leonette Wishard Endowed Fellowship), Bridgeport Area Branch of American Association of University Women breakfast event will include program by guest speaker Polly Brody.

Annual Donut Drive-Thru, 10 am–2 pm, St John’s Episcopal Church, Washington Avenue, homemade donuts, doughboys, and scones, also gourmet coffee; 426-3112.

2nd Annual Sandy Hook Arts & Crafts Festival, 10 am–3 pm, Sandy Hook Center, show and sale by fine artists and crafters, also farmer’s market, children’s crafts, pony rides and petting zoo, hooked rug display, more, all events within walking distance.

33rd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show opens, 10 am–5 pm (awards ceremony and opening reception 2–4 pm), C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free, works by members and nonmembers of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown in acrylic, graphics, mixed-media, printmaking, oil, sculpture and watercolor, show on view during library hours through May 11; 426-5246, 426-8849.

Annual Housatonic Valley Waldorf School May Fair, 11 am–3 pm, 40 Dodgingtown Road, celebrate spring with children’s Maypole dancing and other activities, music performance, potluck food and more; 364-1113.

Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner includes salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds each month for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-0617.

Newtown United Methodist Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see above listing), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-0617.

Sunday, May 4

Annual Newtown-Sandy Hook CROP Walk, step-off is 2 pm (last-minute registration opens 1:45), from Trinity Episcopal Church, 30 Main Street, five-mile (and under) course open to anyone who wishes to walk and raise money for local FAITH food pantry and for world hunger projects under auspices of Church World Service; 426-6300.

Monday, May 5

Annual Borough Election of Officers, 6 am–8 pm, Town Hall South lower level conference room.

Blood Drive, 1:30-6:45 pm, Sandy Hook firehouse, Riverside Road, sponsored by the American Red Cross; 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.

Auditions for All’s Well That Ends Well, 7–9:30 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, Town Players’ production set for July and August, all roles open, auditions continue May 6 during same hours; 270-9144.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, Riverside Road.

Housatonic Valley Group/Sierra Club meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Congregational Church house, 41-A Main Street, free and open to all, program by Laurie Cooper (from Alaska Rainforest Coalition) on “The Alaska Rainforest & The Arctic Wildlife Refuge”; 792-1209, 775-9644.

Tuesday, May 6

Referendum voting on the $79.7 million town budget proposed for the 2003–04 fiscal year, 6 am–8 pm, Newtown Middle School gymnasium, 11 Queen Street.

Auditions continue for All’s Well That Ends Well, 7–9:30 pm, The Little Theatre.

“Preparing for the Unexpected,” 7 pm, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, free program by the American Red Cross on skills needed to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies; reservations, Rick Davis 426-8118.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

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

Lake Lillinonah Authority, 7:30 pm, Bridgewater Town Hall, Route 133, Bridgewater.

Lake Zoar Authority, 7:30 pm, Southbury Town Hall, Main Street, Southbury.

Police Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main St.

 

Wednesday, May 7

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7:30 pm, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Thursday, May 8

“Suddenly Uninsured” workshop, 8 am–noon, at The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, program by Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging to explain Cobra benefits, private insurance, Medicaid, Social Security Disability, etc, $10 including continental breakfast; 800-994-9422.

Cholesterol screenings, 10 am–noon, Newtown Senior Center, Riverside Road, free to Newtown residents age 55 and over, registration required; 270-4310.

Housatonic Valley Waldorf School Spring Concert, 6:30 pm, at Newtown Congregational Church building, 41-A Main Street.

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

Saturday, May 10

6th Annual Town & Country Garden Club Plant Sale, 9 am–2 pm, The Inn at Newtown, 19 Main Street, member-grown perennials, flower-filled baskets, etc, rain or shine; 426-5359.

33rd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show continues, 10 am–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free, works by members and nonmembers of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown in various mediums (no photography), on view to May 11; 426-5246, 426-8849.

 “Broadway Tonight,” 7 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, tickets $7 adults, $5 seniors and ages 12 and under, spring concert by Newtown Choral Society will feature the music of Weill, Bernstein, Sondheim and others; 426-3769.

Sunday, May 11

MOTHER’S DAY