Friday, March 5

Friday Knight Fish Fry, 5–8 pm, St Rose Parish Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, $10 adults, $5 children ($30 max/family), takeout service available, fried fish dinner presented by St Rose Knights of Columbus; 203-426-1014.

The Music Man, curtain 7 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, tickets $13, $10 students, student production of Meredith Wilson’s musical continues to March 7.

Saturday, March 6

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.

The Music Man, curtain 7 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, tickets $13, $10 students, student production continues to March 7.

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, March 7

Church Women United-Newtown Human Rights Celebration, 2 pm, C.H. Booth Library community room, 25 Main Street, all invited for panel discussion with theme of “Living the Challenge — Differently Enabled, and Uniquely Called,” light refreshments; 203-426-3496, 203-426-5192.

The Music Man, curtain 2 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, tickets $13, $10 students, final performance of student production.

Monday, March 8

Board of Finance, 7 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

“The Life of Amelia Earhart,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free one-woman performance by Karen Tracy will follow the life of the famous aviator (brief business meeting to precede performance), reception follows; 203-426-5937.

Tuesday, March 9

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

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

Charter Communications Cable Television Advisory Council, 7 pm, Charter Communications, Commerce Road.

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

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

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

Wednesday, March 10

Town Employee Safety Committee, 10 am, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

“Tea & Theater: Gypsy,” 5:30 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, free event for local senior citizens, NHS PTSA will offer sandwiches, desserts, and tea prior to dress rehearsal of student production that opens to public on March 11; 203-270-9072.

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

“Finding Immigrant Ancestors Who Arrived Through New York City,” 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free presentation by professional genealogist Penny Hartzell hosted by The Genealogy Club of Newtown; 203-270-7887.

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

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free, guest artist David Dunlop will demonstrate in oil how to invest motion, space and luminance into paintings, all welcome; 203-426-6654.

Ad Hoc Tick-Borne Disease Action Committee, 8 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, March 11

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

Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission, educational workshop, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center Council Chambers, 3 Primrose Street, citizens and officials invited to learn about the Freedom of Information Act from members of FOI Commission, reservations requested; 203-270-4210.

Cultural Arts Commission, 7 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Brewer & Shipley in concert, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall theater, 45 Main Street, $35, concert by folk-rock legends will double as fundraiser for radio station WPKN; 203-426-2475.

Opening night of Gypsy, curtain 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, $10, production by NHS Drama Department continues to March 14; 203-426-0678.

Friday, March 12

Friday Knight Fish Fry, 5–8 pm, St Rose Parish Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, $10 adults, $5 children ($30 max/family), takeout service available, fried fish dinner presented by St Rose Knights of Columbus; 203-426-1014.

Gypsy, curtain 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, $10, production by NHS Drama Department continues to March 14; 203-426-0678.

Saturday, March 13

Vaneese Williams at Flagpole Radio Café, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall auditorium, 45 Main Street, $15, also music and theater by regional musicians and actors; 203-364-0898.

Third Annual International Food & Wine Tasting, 7–10 pm, Edmond Town Hall’s Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $25, international wines, food, entertainment, silent auction, cash for gold, presented by Trinity Church to benefit youth pilgrimage and Haiti earthquake relief; 203-426-9070.

Gypsy, curtain 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, see March 12 details.

St Rose Irish Cabaret, begins 7:30 pm, St Rose Gathering Hall, 42 Church Hill Road, $25, entertainment, coffee & Irish soda bread (BYOB), live music by Keltic Kick, reservations strongly suggested; 203-270-1838, 203-426-1696.

Sunday, March 14

Violist Jennifer Stumm and pianist Tom Poster in concert, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $20, ages 5–14 free with ticket-holding adult, works of Clarke, Britten, Schubert, et al, reception to follow; 203-426-6470.

Connecticut Master Chorale Winter Concert, 3 pm, St Rose of Lima Church, 46 Church Hill Road, $20/advance, $25/door, works performance by 55-voice ensemble, guest soprano Louise Fauteux, accompaniment by CT Master Chorale Orchestra and organist Joseph Jacovino, Jr; 203-743-0473.

“A Festival of Purcell and Britten,” 4 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, free, church’s Choir of Men & Women and Trinity Choristers (church’s children’s choir) with sacred and secular music, freewill offering to be collected, reception to follow; 203-426-9070 x11.

Final performance of Gypsy, curtain 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, see March 12 details.