Saturday, November 1

ALL SAINTS’ DAY

Special Hours for Absentee Voting, 9 am–noon, Town Clerk’s Office, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street; 270-4210.

“A Window Into Waldorf: Education Through the Arts,” 10 am–noon, at Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, exhibition and assembly by Waldorf students in grades 1–7 will include songs, poetry, music, and exercises in current studies, all welcome; 364-1113.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner includes salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds each month for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-0617.

Dinner Dance & Silent Auction, 7 pm–midnight, The Fireside Inn, 123 Main Street South, tickets $50, performances by The Berkshire Big Band, hors d’oeuvres, full dinner, cash bar, presented by Hiram Lodge #18, proceeds to benefit CHIP Program (Child ID program); 270-7703, 264-4199.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see above listing), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-0617.

Monday, November 3

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

Holiday Festival meeting, 7:30 pm (6:30 for optional dinner), My Place Restaurant, 8 Queen Street, open to anyone interested in learning about the December 7 festival and possible volunteer work; 364-0597.

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

 

Tuesday, November 4

ELECTION DAY

Municipal Elections. Polling places are open from 6 am to 8 pm. District 1 voting is at Newtown Middle School, Queen Street; District 2 voting is at Reed Intermediate School, Trades Lane at Fairfield Hills; District 3-A voting is at Head O’ Meadow School, Boggs Hill Road; District 3-B voting is at Middle Gate School, Cold Spring Road.

Lake Lillinonah Authority, 7:30 pm, Bridgewater Town Hall.

Wednesday, November 5

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, November 6

Newtown Newcomers Club Hospitality Coffee, 9 am, Newtown Meeting House (lower meeting room), 31 Main Street, open to anyone interested in learning about programs and activities of club; 364-0597, 426-3383.

“Un Voyage en France a travers les Textiles” (“A Trip To France Through Its Textile Industry”), 6 pm (light refreshments at 5:30), C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by Marie Yolande will be followed by optional dinner at The Inn at Newtown (reservations ASAP); 263-4096.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

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

Friday, November 7

Opening night Deathtrap by The Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $12, production of Ira Levin’s thriller will continue weekends through November 29; 270-9144.

Saturday, November 8

Handmades for Habitat Craft Fair, 9 am–1 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 30 Main Street, featuring crafts donated by individuals or groups from congregations and organizations in greater Danbury area, all proceeds will benefit Housatonic Habitat for Humanity; 426-4684.

Second Annual Newtown Hooked Rug Show, 10 am–4 pm, Reed Intermediate Show, 3 Trades Lane, admission $5, large display of hooked rugs, presentations by guest speakers Dick LaBarge and George Kahnle, and Amy Oxford, also vendors, rug hooking demos, voting for Visitors’ Vote/Show Favorite, refreshments, raffle, proceeds will benefit Newtown Meeting House Music Fund; 270-8293.

Fraser-Woods Montessori School Scholastic Book & Craft Fair, 10 am–5 pm (event continues during same hours on Sunday), Main Street South, admission $3 adults, free for children, educational materials, classic and new titles for children and adults, performance by children’s entertainer Les Julian (Saturday, 11 am), artwork, clothing, home and garden crafts, more; 270-3629.

Sunday, November 9

“Jewish Music from Sinai to Broadway,” 3 pm, Congregational Adath Israel, 111 Huntingtown Road, free multimedia presentation by Barry Serota; 203-209-4662.

Fraser-Woods Montessori School Scholastic Book & Craft Fair, 10 am–5 pm, see details under November 9.

Deathtrap performance, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $12, see details under November 7; 270-9144.