Friday, May 5

Newtown Singles Meet & Mingle monthly meeting, 7-9 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free admission, newcomers always welcome, special event this month will be a Penny Auction; 426-3413.

Opening night for Pygmalion (also opener for Town Players’ 65th anniversary season), curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, performances of George Bernard Shaw’s classic will continue Friday and Saturday evenings through May 27; 270-9144.

Saturday, May 6

Opening Day SCAN 30th Annual Spring Juried Art Show, show open 10 am-5 pm, opening reception and awards ceremony 2-4 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free admission, show and sale of works of art in various mediums by area artists, show continues though May 14 during regular library hours; 270-8587.

May Fair Festival, 11 am-3 pm, Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 40 Dodgingtown Road, free admission, sheep shearing, face painting, live music, flower crown making, games for all ages, potluck lunch, etc; 364-1113.

Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5-7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook, $7 for adults, $6 seniors, $3.50 children, spaghetti dinner with salads, fruit cup, bread, desserts and beverages; 426-0617.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45-10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 with spaghetti dinner (above), $4 coffee house only, live music by Roger Sprung and Hal Wylie, local musicians welcome to jam, refreshments/desserts available; 426-0617.

Pygmalion by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, season opening production continues Friday and Saturday evenings through May 27; 270-9144.

Sunday, May 7

Living history demonstrations, 1-4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free, open to all ages, presentations by folk art painter Margaret Clark and reproduction antique doll maker Vicki Richardson, hosted by Newtown Historical Society; 426-5937.

Monday, May 8

Red Cross Blood Drive, 1-6:30 pm, Sandy Hook Firehouse, Riverside Road, co-sponsored by WIN and WCFCU, dedicated for NHS student Greg Chion; for appointments call 800/GIVE-LIFE.

Auditions for The Revenge Tragedy: A New Comedy in the Old Style, 7-9:30 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, all roles, Ruth Anne Baumgartner’s new script is available for reading at C.H. Booth Library, auditions from script or Shakespearean comic monologue, production June 30-July 22; for information, 203/384-8515.

“Planning A Colonial Herb Garden,” 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, free, program by master gardener Nancy Moore of Moorefield Herb Farm, hosted by Newtown Historical Society; 426-5937.

 

Tuesday, May 9

Auditions continue for The Revenge Tragedy: A New Comedy in the Old Style, 7-9:30 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, 203/384-8515.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.

Parks and Recreation Commission, 7:30 pm, town offices, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

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

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

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

Newtown Jobseekers Support Group meeting, 7:30 pm, St Rose School Monsignor Conroy Room, 46 Church Hill Road, program “Recruiting Through the Internet”; 270-9885.

Newtown Junior Women’s Club, 7:45-9:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, all women over 18 years of age is invited; 426-6416.

 

Wednesday, May 10

Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, town land use office, Canaan House Fairfield Hills.

 

Thursday, May 11

Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority, 10 am, Brookfield Town Hall, Pocono Road, Brookfield. 

 

Friday, May 12

Annual Newtown Youth Services Talent Show, 7 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street; 270-4335.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free, non-members invited, program on oil paintings by guest artist Janine Wesselmann; 426-6654.

Pygmalion by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, season opening production continues Friday and Saturday evenings through May 27; 270-9144.

 

Saturday, May 13

Letter Carriers Food Drive, leave nonperishable food and personal care (shampoo, diapers, etc) donations next to residential mailboxes by 10 am for pickup by volunteers for delivery to emergency food pantries in Newtown; call 426-4271, 270-4330 to volunteer.

SCAN’s Annual Juried Art Show continues, 10 am-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free admission, show and sale of artwork in various mediums, continues through May 14; 270-8587.

Pizza Party and Sock Hop, 6:15-9 pm, St Rose Church Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, admission $5, $3 for those attending 5 pm Mass prior to dance, DJ will play current hits and requests, sponsored by St Rose Jr Youth Group and open to all Newtown 6th-8th graders; 426-2572.

Pygmalion by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, season opening production continues Friday and Saturday evenings through May 27; 270-9144.

 

Sunday, May 14

MOTHER’S DAY

Final day SCAN’s Annual Juried Art Show, 1-3:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free admission, show and sale of artwork in various mediums concludes today; 270-8587.