Friday, April 2

GOOD FRIDAY

Easter Flower Sale, 9 am–6 pm, Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, potted seasonal flowers sold by volunteer fire company’s Ladies Auxiliary, sale continues April 3.

Saturday, April 3

Easter Flower Sale, 9 am–5 pm, Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, see April 2 details.

Sunday, April 4

EASTER

Monday, April 5

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

Tuesday, April 6

Passover Ends

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

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

Lake Lillinonah Authority, 7:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

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

Wednesday, April 7

Legislative Council, 7 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road.

Newtown Toastmasters meeting, 7–9 pm, Town Hall South (Parks & Rec conference room), 3 Main Street, guests welcome; 203-313-5507.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

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

Thursday, April 8

“Play With Your Food: Rites of Spring,” 12–1:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall’s Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $30, catered buffet lunch followed by staged readings of Deer Play, The Betrothal and Judgment Call; 203-364-9844.

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

Hattertown Historic District Commission, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

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

Saturday, April 10

“A Community Conversation on Underage Drinking: Creating Change,” 8:30–11 am, Reed Intermediate School library, 3 Trades Lane, free, residents invited to join school faculty, students, parents, and fellow community members to create plans to reduce underage drinking in Newtown, breakfast provided, reservations requested by April 1; 203-426-2798.

The Ancestor Road Show, 10 am–2 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free (appointments necessary), meet with members of the Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council to talk family history research and problem solving, hosted by the Genealogy Club of Newtown and the Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc; 203-426-3889.

“Lowering the Impact of Development on Your Environment,” 2–4 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street, free, spring educational program co-sponsored by Conservation Commission and Inland Wetlands Commission; 203-270-4350.

Wild Food & Ecology Tour, 2:30 pm, Sticks & Stones Farm, 201 Huntingtown Road, $25, $10 ages 12 and under, join naturalist, author, and environmental educator “Wildman” Steve Brill for 30-minute talk and 90-minute walking tour of farm with a variety of habitats, reservations requested; 914-835-2153.

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.

Yale Alley Cats concert, 7:30 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, freewill donations, performance by 14-person all-male a cappella singing group from Yale, also performance by Trinity Choristers (church’s young choir), reception to follow; 203-426-9070.

The Little House That Roared, 7:30 pm, Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntington Road, $18, $10 children and students, musical performances by young adults from across Fairfield County including rock, gypsy/jazz, bluegrass and show tunes; 203-209-4662.

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; 203-426-3112.

Sunday, April 11

Quatuor Parisii in concert, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, tickets $20, ages 5–14 free with ticket holding adult, works of Debussy, Chausson, and Franck, reception to follow, hosted by Newtown Friends of Music; 203-426-6470.