Friday, April 4

Housatonic Valley Economic Development Partnership, board of directors, 8:30 am, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road, Brookfield.

Meet & Mingle: Newtown Singles event, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street/Route 25, 7-9 pm; 261-4210.

 

Saturday, April 5

Free assistance with income tax preparation, 10 am-2 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

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, April 6

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS     TIME BEGINS

Annual Ukrainian Easter Egg Demonstration-Workshop, 2-5 pm, home of Olga Paproski, 5 Hattertown Road, open to all ages, registration requested, bring two-three white whole unblemished raw eggs at room temperature, low candle holder, two short candles (six inches max), soft leaded pencil and small towel; 426-4017.

Concert by Quartetto di Venezia, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall theater, 45 Main Street, tickets $15 (children ages 5-14 free with ticket-holding adult), concert sponsored by Newtown Friends of Music will include music by Italian composers including string quartets by Boccherini, Vivaldi, Verdi and Puccini; 426-6470.

Monday, April 7

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

Sierra Club/Housatonic Valley Group meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Congregational Church House, 41-A Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, slide program on “The Alaska Rainforest & The Arctic Wildlife Refuge” by guest speaker Laure Cooper (member, Coalition in Alaska); 723-7208, 775-9644.

Tuesday, April 8

Housatonic Valley Tourism District, executive committee, 4:30 pm, 30 Main St, Danbury.

Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

Borough Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

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

Wednesday, April 9

Women’s Fellowship Potluck Supper, 6 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, bring covered dish to share or $5, reservations needed (public invited), program by Robert Dilzer on “A Crash Course on World Religions”; 426-9781, 426-8783.

Borough Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, “From Acrylic To Oil” program by Anda Styler; 426-6654.

Thursday, April 10

Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.

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

Crime prevention informational session, 7-9 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street, sponsored by Newtown Police Department.

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

Friday, April 11

“Managing Parent Stress,” 10 am, Newtown Meeting House (lower meeting room), 31 Main Street, free meeting-program sponsored by Newtown Newcomers, presentation by Judy Gibneyd, RN, will be followed by social time, refreshments, information available on Newcomers, reservations requested by April 9; 364-0597.

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road, Brookfield.