Thursday, January 1, 2009

NEW YEAR’S DAY

Friday, January 2

Second Annual Twelfth Night Celebration, 7:30 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, free Renaissance-theme celebration will include music, dance, dramatic readings, ceremonial carrying in of boar’s head and selection of king and queen, costumes encouraged, reception to follow; 426-9024, 426-6470.

Saturday, January 3

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner with salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $4 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing above), $5 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-9998.

Monday, January 5

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

Tuesday, January 6

Lake Zoar Authority, 7 pm, Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street South.

Design Advisory Board, 7 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Police Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Wednesday, January 7

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, January 8

Regional Recycling Task Force, 10:30 am, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road

Water & Sewer Authority, 7 pm, sewage treatment plant office building, 24 Commerce Road.

Fairfield Hills Authority, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Sunday, January 11

Opening reception for “Two Generations of Artists,” 2–4 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, opening for exhibition of quilts by Mary Eddy (“The Jelly Bean Quilter”) and dry brush paintings by her father, Benjamin Palagonia; 426-4533.

Monday, January 12

RIS 5th Grade Chorus & Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane, snow date January 26; 270-4880.