Saturday, March 6

Income Tax Assistance, 10 am–2 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free help by members of IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), program continues weekly through April 10, no appointment necessary.

Performances of The Frog Prince, 3 and 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, tickets $15, performances by The Missoula Children’s Theatre, contact Fraser-Woods School for details; 426-3390.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner includes salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds each month for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-0617.

For Whom The Tinkerbell Tolls, curtain 7 pm, Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, see details under March 5; 426-7638.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see above listing), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-0617.

 

Sunday, March 7

PURIM

19th Annual Newtown Historical Society Antiques Show, 10 am–4 pm (no early buying), Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, 45 Main Street, admission $5, proceeds benefit Matthew Curtiss House; 426-5937.

Open house at Matthew Curtiss House, 10 am–4 pm, 45 Main Street, free, costumed guides will welcome visitors into the 18th Century building that serves as headquarters of Newtown Historical Society, also demonstration of floor cloth painting by Mary Bartz; 426-5937.

Purim Carnival, 2–4 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, games, prizes, light refreshments and family fun, presented by Congregation Adath Israel; 426-5188.

Opening reception for artist Jack Hornak, 2–4 pm, C.H. Booth Library (Olga Knoepke Room), 25 Main Street, public invited to celebrate opening of portraiture and sculpture exhibition by Sandy Hook artist, light refreshments.

Matinee of For Whom The Tinkerbell Tolls, curtain 3 pm, Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, tickets $8 adults, $5 students and children, final performance by NMS Drama Club; 426-7638.

Unveiling Ceremony of Newtown Tercentennial Seal, 4 pm, Edmond Town Hall’s Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, all residents invited to short ceremony celebrating the seal to mark all documents and future tercentennial events, bagpiper, light refreshments.

Monday, March 8

Kickoff of American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, 6:30 pm, Newtown Middle School, Queen Street; 270-7541, 426-2589.

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street

Tuesday, March 9

Open Space Committee, 8:30 am, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

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

Board of Assessment Appeals, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street. 

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

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

Charter Communications Cable Television Advisory Committee, 7:30 pm, Charter Communications offices, Commerce Road.

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

Wednesday, March 10

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

Genealogy Club of Newtown meeting, 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free and open to anyone interested in genealogy, program by genealogist Jay Kemp on “Virtual Roots: Practical Resources for Family History Research on The Web.”

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, program on painting with pastels by Frank Federico; 426-6654.

 “Wildflowers of New England,” 7:30 pm, Multi-Purpose Building (in Senior Center), Riverside Road, free slide program by John Pawlowski, also stories of Native American and Colonial uses of wildflowers, sponsored by Town & Country Garden Club of Newtown; 426-5359.

Thursday, March 11

Board of Assessment Appeals, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

Friday, March 12

Shabbat Across America, Congregational Adath Israel, 111 Huntingtown Road, potluck family dinner begins at 6 followed by services and songs suitable for all ages, program will be simultaneously occurring across the country; 426-5188, 426-7801.

Saturday, March 13

Income Tax Assistance, 10 am–2 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free help by members of IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), program continues weekly through April 10, no appointment necessary.

Board of Assessment Appeals, noon, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

5th Annual Newtown Youth Services Dinner Dance & Auction, 7 pm, Fireside Inn, 123 Main Street South, tickets $40, dinner, live and silent auctions, live music by Third Shift, proceeds benefit NYS activities and programs; 270-4335, 426-9637.

Sunday, March 14

Connecticut Master Chorale concert, 3 pm, St Rose of Lima, Church Hill Road, tickets $15/advance, $20/door, performance of Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor and choruses by Verdi; 743-0473.

 

Monday, March 15

American Red Cross Blood Drive, 8:30 am–6:15 pm, Trinity Church, 36 Main Street, must be at least age 17, weight at least 117 pounds and be in generally good health, bring ID, appointments available but not necessary; 800-448-3543.