The Bethel High School Theater Department presents a play, “Tracks,” with performances at 7 p.m. November 4 and 5 in the Bethel High School auditorium.
The play tells the story of a group of strangers who meet in a subway station and is the perfect New York spooky tale for the spookiest week of the year.
Tickets are on sale at www.bhstheaterboosters.com and can also be purchased at the door. Bethel High School Theater Boosters is a parent-run nonprofit organization that supports the Bethel High School Theater Department.
General admission is $12. Students are $10.
Danbury
50/50 raffle for the benefit of PAL
The Danbury Police Activities League is drawing its 50/50 raffle at 6 p.m. on November 7 live on Instagram.
To raise funds for PAL, 150 tickets will be sold at $100 each. There will be one $5,000 grand prize winner and five $500 winners.
All proceeds will go to PAL programs. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.danburypal.org.
Danbury
Artist from Brooklyn to perform
Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Pat Wictor will perform at 4 p.m. on November 6 for a new live acoustic music series The Ridge launched in September.
The series airs on select Sunday afternoons in Danbury and began with a concert on October 2 to an audience that filled the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury.
Concerts are at 4 p.m., usually the first Sunday of each month from October through June. The January concert takes place on the second Sunday of the month. The concerts feature contemporary singers and songwriters, folk rock bands, and artists who span multiple genres of music. Tickets can be purchased in advance at eventbrite.com.
More information is also available at www.musicattheridge.org.
Danbury
Retired judge wins Heart of Woman award
The Women’s Business Council of the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce has named Judge Dianne Yamin the winner of the 2022 Annual Heart of Woman Award.
A dinner in honor of Yamin will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on November 3 at the Colonnade in the Amber Room. Yamin has served as a probate judge for the Judicial District of Danbury since 1990, among other community roles. She retires at the end of her term,
Tickets can be purchased by visiting: www.danburychamber.com. Tickets for chamber members are $55. Tickets for non-members are $65.
Danbury
Housatonic Habitat for Humanity to Host a Taste of Holiday Shopping
The Housatonic Habitat for Humanity is hosting a holiday shopping preview event from 5-8 p.m. on November 1 at the organization’s Danbury Fair ReStore.
There will be donated treasures, hot cider, light bites, live holiday music, raffles and a special gift for each attendee. The Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance will perform.
Proceeds will go to the A Brush With Kindness program, which provides free home repairs and safety accessibility modifications to seniors and veterans on fixed incomes.
Tickets can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com. More information is available at www.housatonichabitat.org.
New Milford
Republicans to Host Get Out the Vote Breakfast
The New Milford Republican Town Committee is hosting a Get out the Vote breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Nov. 5 at The Maxx site.
The breakfast will be prepared by New Milford Mayor Pete Bass and members of the New Milford City Council. Pancakes, scrambled eggs, pastries with bacon, coffee, tea and juice are on the menu.
The event will be bipartisan.
Adults are $17. Seniors are $13. Children 6-10 are $10. Children under 6 are free.
Payment can be made at the door or online at www.nmrepublicans.org.
New Milford
Students learn about fire safety
The Northville Volunteer Fire Department hosted an event on October 21 for Northville Elementary School students with fire trucks, ambulance, snowplow truck, tractor, bucket truck and more.
The students met firefighters and learned all about fire safety.
New Milford
Veteran to earn a quilt of bravery
The Roger Sherman Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will present veteran David Vieria with a quilt of bravery in the Brickley Room at New Milford City Hall on November 1.
Vieira served in Afghanistan and is the senior vice commander of VFW Post 149 in Danbury. He leads a group of veterans collecting donations to build a memorial for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans at Rogers Park in Danbury.
New city
Slambovian Circus of Dreams will perform
The group Slambovian Circus of Dreams will perform a mix of Slambovian deep cuts and songs from their new album, “A Very Unusual Head” at the Edmond Town Hall Theater at 8 p.m. on November 5.
Tickets are $25. Tickets are available at https://www.edmondtownhall.org.
The group is known for being a healthy dose of Woodstock-era psychedelia framed in solemn songwriting.
New city
Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce to Host Memory Cafe Event
The Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce is hosting a souvenir coffee event at 2 p.m. on November 7 at the CH Booth Library in Newtown.
The activity is an opportunity to make new friends and takes place at the library on the first of every month. Dr. Wendy Hurwitz will share tips for increasing happiness. Newtown Strong Therapy Dogs will be visiting the event.
Registration is available at www.chboothlibrary.org or by calling 203-426-4533.
The program is in partnership with the Friends of Newtown Seniors, Kristina Lubofsky of the Busy Minds Box Society and the Lutheran Home of Southbury. The Friends of the Library are funding the event.
New city
A comprehensive event on retirement planning will take place
Father-daughter duo Lou and Jessica Pelletier will host an interactive, comprehensive retirement planning workshop from 6-7:30 p.m. on November 3 in the CH Booth Library Meeting Room. The Pelletiers have 50 years of combined experience in healthcare and financial services with the Pelletier Senior Planning Academy.
Registration is available by visiting the library events calendar at www.chboothlibrary.org or by calling 203-426-4533.
Region
Americares Collects Winter Clothing Donations
Americares is collecting new hats, gloves and sweatshirts for patients at Americares free clinics in Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury and Bridgeport.
A variety of men’s, women’s and children’s sizes are needed for the clinic’s adult patients – and their children – ahead of the winter season.
Clothing donations can be made online via an Amazon Americares Wish List or dropped off in person between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 1 through Friday, November 4 at Americares World Headquarters, 88 Hamilton Ave. at Stamford.
For more information, contact Sarah Marshall at [email protected] or (203) 658-9687.
Region
The Historical Society will host a presentation on PT Barnum
The New Fairfield Historical Society is sponsoring a presentation on the “Greatest Showman” PT Barnum at 6:30 p.m. November 1 at the New Fairfield Library.
PT Barnum was born in Bethel. Attendees will learn about his early life in the city, how he built his fortune in New York, his involvement in the circus, his political and civic endeavors in Bridgeport, and his last visit to Bethel before his death.
Storyteller and former journalist Mike Allen returns to the library for the event, which is part of his history podcast, “Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut’s Beaten Path.”
Ridgefield
A doctor will run the New York Marathon for a cause
Dr. Layli Harandi, Naturopathic Physician at Peterson Chiropractic and Wellness, is running the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6 to raise money for cancer research.
She aims to raise at least $3,500 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. She is an ovarian cancer survivor and is motivated by her immediate family members who have battled lymphoma.
To donate, visit https://pages.lls.org/tnt/ctwhv/nyc22/LHarandi.
Sherman
Concert to be given at the JCC in Sherman
Deni Bonet, singer-songwriter and virtuoso violinist, and Chris Flynn, guitarist and singer, perform at the Sherman Jewish Community Center at 7 p.m. on November 5.
Tickets can be purchased at www.jccinsherman.org.
Masks are optional. Participants can bring their own drinks and food.
Sherman
A musical duo will perform at the ninth annual quince festival
The musical and instrumental band Hummingbird Duo performs at the White Silo Farm and Winery from 1-4 p.m. November 5 during the ninth annual Quince Festival.
Barbara Soares and James “Jim” Stasiak are local New Milford artists and fine art photographers. They also have a photo exhibit, Collections 2022, which starts November 4 and ends November 27 at the farm at 32 Route 37 East in Sherman. There is a closing reception on November 27. The place is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Southbury
Benefits of art therapy to discuss
Arts Escape is accepting registrations for a one-session conference, “The Benefits of Art and Art Therapy,” to be held from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on November 8 at 493 Heritage Road, Suite 4C in Southbury.
Genna Riggi, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Art Therapist, will discuss reclaiming a childlike mind through art therapy. Riggi will discuss the benefits of engagement in the arts and touch on the areas of brain health and wellness, as well as social benefits in today’s world. Riggi owns the Artlighten business in Watertown.
For more information, call 203-586-1474.
Southbury
‘Love Your Neighbor’ series of rallies features local faith leaders
Justice Southbury is organizing peaceful rallies in November that feature local faith leaders and address the importance of the imperative to ‘love your neighbour’.
Speakers include the Reverend Tony Lorenzen of the Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society, Nov. 6; Rabbi Eric Polokoff of B’nai Israel Southbury, November 13; Reverend Tuesday Rupp of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Nov. 20; and Reverend Michael Cobb of Woodbury and Watertown United Methodist Churches on Nov. 27.
Each rally takes place at the corner of Main Streets South and North in Southbury, starting at 2 p.m. All are welcome.
More information is available by emailing [email protected].
Washington
Architect to be discussed
The Gunn Historical Museum is hosting a virtual lecture at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November 7 with Ann Y. Smith, a renowned American architectural historian, curator, and author.
The presentation, held over Zoom, is titled “Ehrick Rossiter, Architect for a Golden Age in Washington and the Nation.”
During his 40-year career at the turn of the last century, Rossiter designed hundreds of homes, commercial and community projects across the country from his Manhattan-based architectural practice. Included were 25 demonstration homes and community buildings in Washington. A Washington resident and early conservationist, Rossiter donated 100 acres of nearby woods that became the Steep Rock Association.
This program is sponsored by the Frederick Gunn School. Registration is required with: https://www.gunnlibrary.org/gunn-museum/upcoming-programs/.