Saturday, June 5
Saturday, June 5
Kids for Canines Celebration Day, 10:30 am to noon, Newtown Dog Pound, Ethan Allen Road (behind transfer station), donations welcome, face painting, snacks, meet pound dogs.
Benefit Car Wash & Auto Clinic, 10 amâ3 pm, Berkshire Motors, 25 Berkshire Road, donations accepted for car wash and/or inspection of belts, hoses, antifreeze, filters, fluids, batteries, tires and lights, proceeds to benefit Newtown Parent Connection; 203-994-5394.
Art Show at Medridge Farm, 1â6 pm, 113 Walnut Tree Hill Road, free exhibition of abstract and landscape paintings by Sandy Hook artist Glen River including Sandy Hook, Newtown, and Manhattan scenes (rain date June 6); 203-426-3553.
Relay For Life of Newtown, public events 3â11:30 pm, Fairfield Hills campus, Wasserman Way, Kids For A Cure runs 3:30â5 pm, official opening ceremony 5:30, ongoing live music and entertainment, themed laps, continued fundraising, food available, major fundraiser for American Cancer Society, full schedule available at RelayForLife.org/NewtownCT.
NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5â7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children; 203-426-9998.
NUMC Coffee House, 7:45â10:30 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.
Monday, June 7
Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.
Tuesday, June 8
Referendum on proposed 2010-11 budget, 6 am to 8 pm, Newtown Middle School gymnasium, 11 Queen Street.
Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.
Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.
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, June 9
Municipal Employee Safety Committee, 10 am, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.
Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.
âBreaking Through Genealogical Stone Walls,â 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by professional genealogist Timothy Jacobs hosted by tThe Genealogical Club of Newtown; 203-270-7887.
Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.
Society of Creative Arts of Newtown program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free demonstration of painting a landscape with oils by Andrew Lattimore; 203-426-6812.
Thursday, June 10
Cultural Arts Commission, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.
Water & Sewer Authority, 7 pm, sewage treatment plant office building, 24 Commerce Road.
âCaught Between Growing Children and Aging Parents,â 7 pm, Maplewood at Newtown (formerly The Homesteads), 166 Mt Pleasant Road, program by Senior Helpers co-owners Carolyn and Gus Thanasoulis, also participants from Western CT Primary Care, Drug Center Pharmacy, United Alarm Services Inc, Attorney Ann Fowler Cruz, and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps; 203-304-1634, 203-740-2733.
âDigital Photography Post-Production Using Elements,â 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by retired professional photographer Ken Graff will compare Elements program to Photoshop, hosted by Flagpole Photographers; 203-426-2316.
Friday, June 11
23rd Annual Sandy Hook Lobsterfest, 5â9 pm, Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, $22 advance, $24 at door, full lobster or steak dinner, also raw bar, live music, also running June 12; 203-270-4392.
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Saturday, June 12
First Annual Honor, Remember & Heal Walk, 9 amânoon, Sticks & Stones Farm, 201 Huntingtown Road, free walk for anyone who has lost a child to addiction, reservations requested; 203-650-4060.
23rd Annual Sandy Hook Lobsterfest, 3â9 pm, Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, see June 11 details; 203-270-4392.
Sunday, June 13
Family Fun Day, 12â4 pm, Santosha Center, 27 Hawleyville Road, free event hosted by CT DCF-Danbury office will include food, fire truck tours, games, raffles, face painting, petting zoo, Newtown K-9 Baro, dunk tank and more, while raising awareness of need for foster homes in greater Danbury; 203-207-5267, 203-364-0851.