Trinity Episcopal Church will host Refugee Story Night on Friday, November 9. The special event will include a light meal, movie screening, and panel discussion.

Shauna Shane will demonstrate the evolution of an oil painting from start to finish when she serves as the guest artist for The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown on Wednesday, October 24.

Joni Mitchell’s Jazz Band performed at Edmond Town Hall on October 13. The seven-member band of local musicians celebrated the jazz recordings of music legend Joni Mitchell on Saturday night, ahead of her 75th birthday.

Family secrets revealed by high profile novelists is the order of the day for the next installment of the Connecticut Authors Reading Series, scheduled for Sunday, October 21, at C.H. Booth Library.

St Rose of Lima Church will host a screening of Lessons from A School Shooting on Monday, October 22, at 7:30 pm. All are invited to attend the free event, which will also include a short program and discussion.

Newtown resident and author Harmony Verna was the guest of honor recently for the St Rose of Lima Church Women’s Book Club meeting.

The Newtown Turkey Trot 5K, an annual race to benefit C.H. Booth Library, will take place in the center of town on Thanksgiving morning, November 22, starting at 7:45 am.

UPDATE: This year's event has been canceled. || Newtown Bridle Lands Association's 40th Annual Frost On The Pumpkin Hunter Pace will be held on Mount Nebo Road on Sunday, October 28; pace start times will run from 8:30 to 11:30 am.

Newtown artist Grace Scharr McEnaney is showing her watercolors at The Barn Gallery & Frame Shop this month. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception at the gallery, 82 State Route 37 in New Fairfield, on Saturday, October 20, from 2-4 pm.