Friday, June 8

“What’s All The Fuss About Facebook?” 9-11 am, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free workshop for senior citizens to learn about Facebook, no account needed, program will simply show how Facebook works including how to stay in touch with family and reconnect with lost friends, reservations requested (use side/handicapped entrance to access class, library will be closed at this hour); 203-426-4533.

25th Annual Sandy Hook LobsterFest, 5-9 pm, Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue Co. main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, $24/advance, $26/door, full lobster or steak dinner (surf & turf available, additional charge), also raw bar, kids’ meals, live music, fundraiser for volunteer fire company, event continues June 9; 203-270-4392.

Saturday, June 9

Mad Dash Challenge, 8:30 am, Newtown Youth Academy, 4 Primrose Street, $25 adults, $15 children in advance (day of, $35 and $20, respectively), $150 team of 10, fitness competition for advanced athletes, beginners and families (start times 8:30, 9 and 9:30, respectively) over an obstacle course designed for participants to jump, crawl, carry and climb their way to finish line, starts from and returns to NYA but course runs across much of Fairfield Hills (visit website for map); 203-426-0088, www.newtownyouthacademy.org.

Opening day of 42nd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, exhibition of paintings, graphics, prints, sculpture and mixed media by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will be on view daily in lower meeting room until June 16; 203-270-7031, 203-264-3921.

Benefit Car Wash, 10 am-2 pm, Berkshire Motors, 25 Berkshire Road, car washes by members of Newtown High School Military Assistance Program Club in exchange for donations, proceeds to American troops stationed overseas.

Auto Clinic, 10 am-3 pm, Berkshire Motors, 25 Berkshire Road, free check of belts, hoses, antifreeze, etc, free consultations, raffle, refreshments, free tire pressure gauge, also car wash by NHS Military Assistance Program Club (10 am-2 pm, see listing above); 203-270-0660.

Newtown Republican Town Committee Tag Sale Fundraiser, 10 am-3 pm, Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, 45 Main Street; 203-364-0803.

Kids’ Craft Table, 3-5 pm, Ice Cream Heaven, 10 Glen Road, ages 5-10 invited to create a Father’s Day craft, program being offered Saturdays until June 16; 203-903-7277.

25th Annual Sandy Hook LobsterFest continues, 4-9 pm, Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue Co. main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, $24/advance, $26/door, see June 8 details.

Jazz Night at Stone River Grille, 7:30 pm, 1 Glen Road, $10, live jazz by six-member band Boplicity, reservations recommended; 203-270-1200.

Sunday, June 10

42nd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show continues and awards reception, 12-5 pm (reception 2-4 pm, awards at 3), C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, exhibition of paintings, graphics, prints, sculpture and mixed media by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown is on view daily in lower meeting room until June 16; 203-270-7031, 203-264-3921.

Sample Camp, 1-4 pm, Dickinson Park, Elm Drive, donations accepted, fundraiser for Newtown Parks & Recreation Summer Camp program will offer demonstrations, games and chance to meet Parks & Rec counselors and staff, also grilled and picnic foods, live music by Darryl Gregory, Joe Proc with Julie Ketchum and Shaun Mangold, John Voket, Brendan Walsh, et al, camp registration available, donations will help cover costs of 2012 camp season; 203-270-4340.

Open House & Garden Anniversary Celebration, 12-4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free (donations accepted for historical society), master gardener Holly Kocet will discuss plants that were included & excluded in the garden established last year behind historic building, also ongoing open house & tours of building that serves as headquarters for Newtown Historical Society; 203-426-5937.

Sandy Hook Walking Tour, 1 pm, stepping off from The Glen, Washington Avenue at Church Hill Road, free, Town Historian Dan Cruson will lead 45-minute walking tour and discuss historic events that shaped landscape of Sandy Hook Center, wear comfortable walking shoes; 203-426-5937.

Newtown Juggling & Circus Arts Club gathering, 4 pm, The Pleasance, 1 Main Street, free, residents interested in learning how to juggle or improve skills they already possess invited to join John Wisnieff, et al, for practice, call if weather is questionable; 203-511-7434.

Monday, June 11

42nd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show continues, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library, see June 9 details.

Fairfield County Deer Management Alliance meeting, 10:30 am, Wilton Town Hall, 238 Danbury Road.

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

Tuesday, June 12

42nd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show continues, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library, see June 9 details.

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

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

Community Emergency Response Team informational meeting, 7 pm, Sandy Hook Firehouse, 18-20 Riverside Road, public invited to learn more about formation efforts of local CERT, reservations requested; 203-270-4370.

Conservation Commission meeting, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

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

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

Wednesday, June 13

42nd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show continues, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library, see June 9 details.

Borough Zoning Commission meeting, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Fairfield Hills Authority meeting, 7 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Berkshire Big Band in concert, 7 pm, Masonicare at Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free, music from the 1930s-50s will open 2012 Summer Sounds Concerts, bring seating, rain date June 14; 203-364-3128.

Newtown Arts Festival Committee meeting, 7:30 pm, My Place Restaurant. 8 Queen Street.

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

Landscape painting demo by James Grabowski, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free program hosted by The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown; 203-426-6654.

Thursday, June 14

FLAG DAY

42nd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show continues, 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library, see June 9 details.

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

Friday, June 15

42nd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show continues, 11 am-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, see June 9 details.

“End-Stage Dementia and Hospice,” noon, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, lunch at noon, program at 1, free presentation by Linda Pinkney (Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western CT) on common symptoms indicative of end-stage dementia and how hospice can help patients and caregivers, reservations requested; 203-702-7400.

Saturday, June 16

38th Annual Rocking Rooster 5K Run/Walk, 8 pm, begins from and returns to Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street, $20 adults, $15 students in advance, $25 and $20 day of, 3.1 mile course goes through portion of Fairfield Hills including trials, family friendly event for all ages and abilities, hosted by Newtown Parks & Recreation, proceeds to benefit Newtown Scholarship Association; 203-270-4340.

SNAN Bake Sale & Multi-Family Tag Sale, 9 am-3 pm, Newtown Middle School front lawn, 11 Queen Street, baked goods for humans and canines, also tag sale, hosted by and benefit for The Spay & Neuter Association of Newtown; 203-426-0253, 203-263-1933.

Final day of 42nd Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show, 9:30 am-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, see June 9 details.

Open House, 10 am-1 pm, The Little Gym, 266 South Main Street (within Plaza South), games, prizes, balloons, food and drink; 203-304-9504.

Kids’ Craft Table, 3-5 pm, Ice Cream Heaven, 10 Glen Road, ages 5-10 invited to create a Father’s Day craft; 203-903-7277.

Beer & Wine Tasting, 7 pm, Stone River Grille’s Hawley Warner Room, 1 Glen Road, $30, beer and wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres, also raffles and silent auction, presented by and partial fundraiser for Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP), proceeds also benefit FAITH Food Pantry, Newtown Youth & Family Services, and Newtown Scholarship Association; 203-395-0343.

“Cool Jazz by Jade,” 8:30 pm (doors open at 7:30), Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Road, $20 (if reserved by June 11), $25 at door, ages 21 and up invited for evening of live jazz by Westchester-based jazz quartet Jade, hors d’oeuvres, desserts and coffee included, BYOB allowed; 203-459-0089, 203-426-8787.

Sunday, June 17

FATHER’S DAY

Father’s Day Pig Roast & Poker Run, registration opens 9 am, Pub 25 American Grille, 266 South Main Street (Plaza South), last bike out by 11 am, returning to restaurant by 3 pm (single $25, $15 rider donation), pig roast, raffles, 50/50, beer specials & more (pig roast only, starts 1:30, $15, $5 children), prizes for best poker hands, fundraiser for Autism Society of CT (ASCONN); 203-270-3425.