Friday, February 4

Ice Skating Party, 6:30–9:30 pm, Dickinson Park Pavilion, Elm Drive, all ages invited to Parks & Rec-sponsored event with music provided by DJ Kevin Koschel, hot chocolate and coffee, small bonfire, registration requested; 203-270-4340.

Saturday, February 5

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner , 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children; 203-426-9998.

Midwinter Dance, 6–10 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, $10 ($30/family), hot dogs, popcorn and other light refreshments, 60s-era theme, costumes encouraged, silent auction, proceeds to benefit Friends of Autistic People’s Farm Project; 203-426-9024.

Bethany & Rufus at Flagpole Radio Café, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $18, $15 students and seniors, cello and voice folk-jazz duo will be guest musicians for evening of sketch comedy and other local musicians; 203-364-0898.

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, bluegrass and folk music, refreshments; 203-426-9998.

Sunday, February 6

“Abolition Day: A Campaign to End the Death Penalty,” 10 am, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, CT Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (CNADP) Executive Director Ben Jones will offer program on the history of the death penalty in Connecticut, the flaws of the system and opportunities for individuals to respond, optional film screening to continue discussion February 13; 203-426-9070.

Monday, February 7

Borough Zoning Commission special meeting, 7:15 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Tuesday, February 8

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 6 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Parks & Recreation Commission, 6 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

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

Wednesday, February 9

“How To Use Boards and Blogs for Genealogy,” 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library community room, 25 Main Street, free program by Marian Wood will cover how to search for ancestors and connect with long-lost relatives using Internet resources, hosted by the Genealogy Club of Newtown; 203-270-7887.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Tick-Borne Disease Action Committee, 8 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

Thursday, February 10

Trails Committee, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

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

Friday, February 11

St Rose Friday Night Bingo, doors open 5:45 pm, games begin at 6, St Rose School Gathering Hall, 40 Church Hill Road, $17 covers all regular and many special games, door prizes, refreshments available for purchase; 203-426-5102.

The Price, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $25, staged reading by members of The Stray Kats Theatre Company, Q&A and reception follows; 203-514-2221.

Saturday, February 12

LINCOLN’S

BIRTHDAY

Sunday, February 13

“Abolition Day: More on the Campaign to End the Death Penalty,” 10 am, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, CT Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (CNADP) Executive Director Ben Jones will show film on the death penalty in Connecticut, to be followed by discussion; 203-426-9070.