Friday, December 8

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

Sunday, December 10

Nancy White Carlstrom at C.H. Booth Library, 2 pm, 25 Main Street, free program with author of over 50 children’s books, Mrs Carlstrom will discuss writing for children, what it is like to live in Alaska with her family indoors and moose and bear outdoors, and read from her new book Where Is Christmas, Jesse Bear?; 426-3851.

Tuesday, December 12

Ad Hoc Open Space Committee, 8:30 am, town land use office, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Breakfast with Santa and an Elf, 9-11 am, My Place Restaurant, 8 Queen Street; 270-7061.

Housatonic Valley Tourism Commission, 5:30 pm, Ethan Allen Inn, 21 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury.

Board of Education, 6:30 pm, special meeting with Newtown Middle School parents on school spending for the 2001-02 school year; 7:30 pm, school board meeting; school board conference room, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.

Charter Communications Cable Advisory Council, 7 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road, Brookfield.

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

Parks and Recreation Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Borough Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, public hearing on proposed noise control ordinance, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

Wednesday, December 13

“Holiday Blues,” at Booth Library community room, 7-8:30 pm, free workshop offered by the Family Counseling Center on dealing with stress and depression during the holidays; 426-8103.

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

Thursday, December 14

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

Charter Revision Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, town land use office, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

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

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, special meeting with Middle Gate School parents on school spending in the 2001-02 school year, Middle Gate School, Cold Spring Road.

Friday, December 15

“Psalms and Carols — A Holiday Celebration,” 8 pm, St Rose of Lima Church, Church Hill Road, Newtown, tickets $15 adults in advance ($18 at door), $15 students and seniors, 100-voice Connecticut Choral Society will perform Connecticut premiere of James Bassi’s Carol Symphony, also Monteverdi’s Magnificat, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (to be sung in Hebrew), conclusion will be traditional carols with candlelight procession; 800/555-5250.

 

Sunday, December 17

“Psalms and Carols — A Holiday Celebration,” 4 pm, St Rose of Lima Church, Church Hill Road, Newtown, tickets $15 adults in advance ($18 at door), $15 students and seniors, 100-voice Connecticut Choral Society will perform Connecticut premiere of James Bassi’s Carol Symphony, also Monteverdi’s Magnificat, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (to be sung in Hebrew), conclusion will be traditional carols with candlelight procession; 800/555-5250.

“The Greatest Story Ever Told” Annual Christmas Pageant, 4 pm, Trinity Episcopal church, 36 Main Street, service with costumes, music, and the re-enactment of the Savior’s birth by fourth and fifth grade church school classes and youth choirs, all welcome.