Friday, November 5

World Community Day celebration, 6 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, suggested donation $5, Church Women United celebration will observe “The Beloved Community” with guest speaker Ximena A. Varas, pizza dinner to follow, all welcome; 203-426-5192, 203-426-3496.

 

Saturday, November 6

Upscale, Downscale Tag Sale, 9 am–noon (early buying 8 am, $10), Newtown VNA Shop at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street (use rear entrance), clothing and small household items from two major estates; 203-270-4377, 203-426-1035.

Food & Winter Clothing Drive, 10-11 am, Caraluzzi’s Market, 5 Queen Street, volunteer residents will collect clean winter coats, gloves, hats and other cold weather accessories, food also accepted, to be brought to Bridgeport Rescue Mission.

“Fostering Young Forests and Wildlife,” 2 pm, Newtown Municipal Center Council Chambers, 3 Primrose Street, free 90-minute workshop presented by Newtown Conservation Commission and Inland Wetlands Commission will cover identification and management of young forests, wildlife, and efforts of commissions to encourage owl habitat, Q&A to follow; 203-270-4352.

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.

2nd Annual Holiday Wine Tasting, 6:30 pm, St Rose Gathering Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, $25, selection of wines from around the world, coupled with hors d’oeuvres from local restaurants, baked goods, live jazz, presented by St Rose Knights of Columbus; 203-270-9112, 203-270-1927.

Flagpole Radio Café with Tom Chapin, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $18, $15 students and seniors, live music and radio style comedy sketches by local entertainers and featured guest; 203-364-0898.

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, November 7

DAYLIGHT SAVING

TIME ENDS

(turn clocks back

 one hour at 2 am)

Opening reception for “When Fall Comes to New England,” 2-4 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, photos by former Newtown resident Tom Kretsch that celebrate the moods and feelings of autumn’s changing colors in New England, inspired by the music of singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler, will remain on view all month; 203-426-4533.

Open Sing of Requiem, 5 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, free, singers of all ages and abilities invited to arrive before 5 to be gathered into vocal sections, nonsingers also welcome to listen, performance to begin at 5:15 of Fauré’s best known large work; 203-426-9070 x11.

Monday, November 8

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

Newtown High School PTSA meeting, 7 pm, NHS Conference Room (B141), 12 Berkshire Road, Board of Education Chairman William Hart is scheduled to speak on “Raising SAT/ACT Scores.”

“America’s Great White Fleet,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free presentation by Mark Albertson on 16-battleship fleet organized by President Roosevelt following Spanish-American War, hosted by Newtown Historical Society; 203-426-5937.

Tuesday, November 9

Destination Newtown: Spotlight Your Local Business, 4–7 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, free, venue for local businesses to highlight their products and services, presented by Newtown Chamber of Commerce; 203-426-9193.

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

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 6 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, November 10

“Tools and Tricks for Using Ancestry.com,” 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by professional genealogist Nora Galvin on using the popular website, hosted by The Genealogy Club of Newtown; 203-270-7887.

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

“Designing A Better Garden: Secrets of the Pros,” 7:30 pm, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, free slide presentation by master gardener and teacher Rita Bond (also owner, Rita Bond Landscape Design LLC) hosted by The Town & Country Garden Club of Newtown; 203-426-5359.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free demonstration by Clayton Buchanan, who will use pastels to paint a head and shoulders from a live model; 203-426-6654.

Thursday, November 11

VETERANS DAY

Friday, November 12

Fairfield Hills Master Plan Review Committee, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Saturday, November 13

“Closing The Gap: The Invitation To Intimacy with God,” 9 am–3 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, $30 (includes lunch), join the Reverend Martin Smith for a quiet day of taking lessons learned from rewards and struggles with human intimacy and use them to better understand relationships with God, registration due by November 8; 203-426-9070.

A Middle Eastern Affair, 7 pm, Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Road, $20/person, $35/couple before November 8 ($25 and $45, respectively, after that), buffet of Middle Eastern food, belly dancing by Adina & Rakshanda Rya, silent auction, casual or Middle Eastern dress encouraged; 203-459-0089, 203-426-8787.

Sunday, November 14

DCF Open House on Adoption & Foster Care, 3–5 pm, demitasse café, 3 Glen Road, informational event hosted by Danbury office of Department of Children & Families during National Adoption Month, also live entertainment, toy drive for foster children; 203-207-5267.