On Wednesday, June 12, at 7:30 pm, The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will have James Coe painting a landscape in oil. Mr Coe will be working from a photograph, and plans to quickly block-in and establish the essentials of a complete landscape painting in just about an hour.
The Stray Kats Theatre Company is planning to present the Third Annual Still Crazy After All These Years! festival at Edmond Town Hall this weekend. A collection of one-act plays will celebrate the lives of today’s senior citizens: healthier and more active and engaged than ever before.
The whimsical screwball comedy film Harvey (1950), starring James Stewart, will be shown at Edmond Town Hall Theatre, 45 Main Street, on Thursday, June 13, at 1, 4, and 7 pm.
CT Woolcrafters will host a local knit-in on Saturday, June 8, as part of an international observation planned by similar groups around the world. Weather permitting, knitters and fiber artists will be able to gather on the terrace outside C.H. Booth Library for a few hours.
EverWonder Children’s Museum, at 31 Pecks Lane, has announced its calendar for June 2019. This month the museum has added a new benefit for its members and will host a children's author-illustrator, among other events.
The Genealogy Club of Newtown will host its final program of the 2019-20 on Wednesday, June 12, at C.H. Booth Library. Past club president Toni McKeen will offer a presentation on researching ship manifests, and the details that can be gleaned from them.
Art & Frame Gallery has traditionally hosted an exhibition of works by art students completing the first year of their MFA studies at Western Connecticut State University. "First Years," on view through June 29, will celebrate its opening reception on Saturday, June 1.
LOL! You are neither silent or the majority! 80-120 taxpaying residents attended every public hearing on this over the course of a year, in person, as well as hundreds of emails and letters to the boards, commissions and to the media.....with 95%+ of them in opposition. Facts matter.
To the members of the Borough of Newtown Zoning Commission, please realize your job is to review the application and vote on its merits and not be overwhelmed by a facebook mob. Just like on our national stage, the silent majority are with you. Don't be swayed by a vocal minority mob. Stay the course.
I think you're missing the broader point. Yes, statutes should be followed, but in this case it wouldn't have altered the decision that would have been made. And, yes, 8-30G is getting rammed down our throats. But with regard to this particular application, it is not yet an 8-30G. However, I'm willing to bet that if this nimby nonsense continues it most surely will become one. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
As a former (25 year) Newtown Resident I to agree we need a return to civility. Politics has always been a lively topic and years ago there were many issues that incurred strong feelings. (Fairfield Hills, to buy or not to buy; what to do with it.) I have several good friends who disagreed with me on the most recent election and we just tacitly agreed not to discuss it. And life went on.
I am not sure what you expect the Community Center to do. As long as no one threatens you with direct violence there is not much they can do. They cannot stop your neighbor's wife from spouting off. Unpopular and even abhorrent positions are part and parcel of our free speech. As the Appeals Court said, Nazi's can march in Illinois. (And they and the Klan have demonstrated here in Connecticut.
