Friday, April 15

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials (HVCEO), 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall. 

Citizens For Newtown meeting, 7 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street; 364-1988, 426-1035.

Saturday, April 16

Lions Club & Leo Club Pancake Breakfast, 7:30 am–noon, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $6 adults, $4 seniors, $2 ages 6–12, free ages 5 and under, proceeds will help support clubs’ commitment to tercentennial restoration of Edmond Town Hall.

ShoreGrass concert, 4 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 30 Main Street, freewill donations, concert by Connecticut-based band will include “old-timey,” early country, traditional bluegrass, folk, gospel, and original music, postperformance reception with musicians, concert continues church’s Music at Trinity concert series; 426-9070.

Sunday, April 17

Opening reception for “Earth Fragments,” 2–4 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free and open to public, join Newtown resident and artist Virginia Zic for opening of her new exhibition featuring watercolor “portraits” of the earth’s surface, exhibition will remain on view until May 20.

C.J. Golden book celebration, 2–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, public invited to join celebration for Newtown author upon release of her book The Tao of The Defiant Woman, partial proceeds of book sales that afternoon will be donated to library; 426-4533.

Monday, April 18

Commission on Aging, 5 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

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

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

Tuesday, April 19

Lunch & Learn: “What’s New in The Treatment of Osteoporosis,” noon–1:30 pm, Lockwood Lodge at Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free program, guest speaker Thomas P. Nipper, MD, lunch included, reservations mandatory; 364-3127.

Annual Dinner & Program, 7 pm, Newtown Meeting House (lower level), 31 Main Street, free annual dinner program offered by Newtown Bridle Lanes Association (NBLA), guest speaker will be saddlemaker Bill Newman, reservations by April 17; 426-3612.

Economic Development Commission, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center,  14 Riverside Road.

Fairfield Hills Management Committee, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Wednesday, April 20

Annual Botsford Fire Department Carnival, 6–10 pm, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, open nightly until April 23 (will be open beginning at 2 pm on Saturday).

Housatonic Valley Paddling Club meeting, 7 pm, CL&P Service Center, Barnabas Road, free and open to nonmembers, “Kayak Adventuring in Connecticut” program by Dave Sinish; 203-263-3281.

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

Thursday, April 21

Botsford Fire Department Carnival, 6–10 pm, at Newtown High School.

Flagpole Photographers meeting, 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, guest speaker and program TBA, members’ monthly print competition has leaves and fall colors theme; 364-1719, 426-0558.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, town offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

 

Friday, April 22

Botsford Fire Department Carnival, 6–10 pm, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Street, carnival continues to April 23.

 

Saturday, April 23

PASSOVER BEGINS

Special town clerk’s office hours for absentee voting in the upcoming town budget referendum, 9 am to noon, Town Clerk’s Office at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street; 270-4210.

Final day of Annual Botsford Fire Department Carnival, 2–10 pm, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road.

Sunday, April 24

Actives Singles Hike in Paugussett State Forest, 9:30–11:30 am, meet at boat launch at end of Hanover Road, free hike for adult singles of all ages (no pets, no children) offered at four difficulty levels, optional lunch follows at nearby restaurant; 860-489-9611.

“The Ghosts of Versailles,” 5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free lecture by Strother Purdy on the 1901 experiences of two English ladies visiting Versailles, light refreshments will follow, presented by Alliance Française of Northwestern Connecticut; 203-263-4096, 426-4533.