Friday, May 18

“Toys and Games” Flower Show, 12-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, floral arrangements in three divisions by Garden Club of Newtown will be presented throughout library, show continues to May 20.

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 10 Pocono Road, Brookfield.

St Rose Jr Youth Group Pizza Party, 6:30-9:30 pm, St Rose Church Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, admission $3, all 6th-8th grade students invited for pizza and soda, video clips, music; 426-2572.

Town Players performance of An Ideal Husband, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, 66th season of Newtown’s community theatre continues with Oscar Wilde’s classic, Friday and Saturday evening performances continue through May 26 (also matinee May 20); 270-9144.

Saturday, May 19

ARMED FORCES DAY

Housatonic Valley Waldorf School Open House, 9:30 am, 40 Dodgingtown Road (Route 302), free, parents invited to meet teachers, experience classroom and play materials unique to Waldorf education; 364-1113.

“Toys and Games” Flower Show, 10 am-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, floral arrangements in three divisions by Garden Club of Newtown presented throughout library, show continues to May 20.

 “Harry Potter: Millennial Child” lecture, 11 am, Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 40 Dodgingtown Road, admission $12, lecture by educator and author Eugene Schwartz; 364-1113.

Sunday, May 20

Housatonic Valley Classic runs through Newtown, approximately 10:15 am, official spectator station will be at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, 200 professional bicyclists will be racing a 140-mile course through 10-town district, race expected to reach Currituck Road 10 am, then travels onto Main Street, Route 302, Boggs Hill Road, Palestine Road, Hundred Acres Road, etc (see description on Enjoy cover page).

“Toys and Games” Flower Show, 1-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, floral arrangements in three divisions by Garden Club of Newtown.

Open House, 1-4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free admission, public invited to visit the 18th Century dwelling that serves as headquarters for Newtown Historical Society, demonstrations by a tinsmith all afternoon; 426-5937.

Matinee performance by Town Players of An Ideal Husband, 2 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, Oscar Wilde’s classic play continues community theater company’s 66th season; 270-9144.

 

Monday, May 21

Commission on Aging, 5:30 pm, multipurpose center, Riverside Road, Sandy Hook.

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

Pension Committee, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Board of Fire Commissioners, 7:30 pm, Hawleyville Firehouse, Hawleyville Road, Hawleyville.

Tuesday, May 22

Public Building and Site Commission, 6:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Wednesday, May 23

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) meeting, 1:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free and open to non-members, oil painting demonstration by Michael Graves.

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

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

Sandy Hook School Band and Orchestra Spring Concert, 7:30 pm, at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, Newtown, free concert by student music groups.

Legislative Council, 8 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

 

Thursday, May 24

Charter Revision Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

Middle Gate School Band and Orchestra Spring Concert, 7:30 pm, at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, Newtown, 7:30 pm, free concert by student music groups.

Friday, May 25

Newtown High School and Newtown Middle School Spring Jazz Concert, 7 pm, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, free concert by student music groups.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by NHS Drama Club, curtain 7 pm, Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, tickets $10 adults, $6 seniors and students, $4 ages 6 and under, performances repeated May 26 at 2 and 7 pm.

Town Players performance of An Ideal Husband, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $10, evening shows Friday and Saturday will wrap first show of community theatre’s 66th season; 270-9144.

Saturday, May 26

Memorial Service, 10 am, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Main Street at Hanover Road, program by the George A. Powell, Sr American Legion Post 202; 426-7728.

The Great Pootatuck Duck Race, begins at bridge in Sandy Hook Center, bottom of Church Hill Road, 10 am-2 pm rain or shine, tickets $5 each, numbered yellow plastic ducks (corresponding to numbered tickets) will be sent down Pootatuck River.

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown by NHS Drama Club, performances 2 and 7 pm, Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, tickets $10 adults, $6 seniors and students, $4 ages 6 and under.