The Society of the Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will continue its summer series of one-day workshops next weekend. “Introduction to Oil Painting for Beginners” will be offered Saturday, July 27, from 10 am to 4 pm, with award-winning artist Lisa Wilvonseder-Greto leading the program.

On Friday, July 26, The Horticulture Club of Newtown will host its Sixth Annual Pick and Picnic at The Victory Garden at Fairfield Hills.

Three classic Broadway style musical productions — "A Chorus Line," "Into The Woods" and "Annie Jr" — will be presented by performing arts students from the greater Danbury area at at Western Connecticut State University’s Visual and Performing Arts Center August 1-4. The performers are students of the Sabrina’s Encore Productions, based in Newtown.

On Wednesday, July 24, at 1:30 pm, The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will host Chris Magadini to demonstrate painting a landscape in oil.

The Society of the Creative Arts of Newtown is holding another one-day Summer Art Workshop, this one in Watercolor Basics for Beginners with Katherine Adams, Saturday, July 20.

The Sherman Players takes its summer audiences to an island full of intrigue, humor, and young love with The Tempest.

The Mayflower Book Club recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.

A squalid trailer under the summer sun may not be a cooling idea, but with images of dangerous Himalayan ascents in the background, "Annapurna," opening July 19 at The Little Theatre, promises a bracing theatrical experience.

“Art the Table,” an all media exhibition featuring work by more than 50 area artists, is on view at Rowayton Arts Center through July 21. Winners in a number of categories were announced and celebrated during the exhibition’s opening reception on June 23, and one Newtown resident received Best In Show honors.

Moviegoers last weekend were treated to three screenings of The Wizard of Oz at Edmond Town Hall, where audience members of all ages filed in to the historic building's auditorium.