Monroe Weekend Planner: Oct.17-19

Looking for something to do this weekend? There’s plenty going on in town and nearby. Click on the green links for more information.

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Monroe

Friday, Oct. 18

• Two Planks Theater Company presents Tennessee Williams’ Glass Menagerie, 7:30 p.m., $20

Saturday, Oct. 19

• St. Peter Episcopal Church’s 5th annual Beer Tasting, 6-8 p.m., Purchase tickets at Glen Ro Spirit Shoppe, or at the door, $30.
• Two Planks Theater Company presents Tennessee Williams’ Glass Menagerie, 7:30 p.m., $20

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Bethel

Bethel’s Imagination Art Walk is Oct. 3-31. Win a FREE camera & more! Click here for details.

Saturday, Oct. 18

• Catch Me if You Can 5K
• Boylan Chiropractic’s Healthy New You Free Family Event, 10 a.m.
• Bethel Registrars Voter Registration session, 10a.m.-2 p.m., Bethel Municipal Center, 1 School St.

Sunday, Oct. 19

• Pizzeria Lauretano Jazz Night, 6 p.m., Arthur Lipner Quartet, $15

Brookfield

Saturday, October 18

• Yankee Fair Sale, barn at crossroads of Rte. 25 & 133
• Sullivan Farm Annual Fall Fest

Danbury

Saturday, Oct. 18

• Pumpkin Patch Trains at Danbury Railway Museum,10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $10
• Irish Cultural Center Golf Fundraiser, Richter Park, 9 a.m. register, 10 a.m. tee off, 203-947,3875 for more info.
• Wooster School Open House, 9:00 am, 91 Miry Brook Road, Danbury. For more information or to RSVP for the Open House, please call 203-830-3916 or email melissa.haas@woosterschool.org.

Sunday, Oct. 19

• Pumpkin Patch Trains at Danbury Railway Museum, 12:30-3:30 p.m., $10
• Paint a Pumpkin, Halas Farm, Danbury, Junior Diabetes Research Foundation Benefit, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Newtown

Saturday, Oct. 18

• Charlotte’s Litter Therapy Dog Walk-a-Thon
• Newtown’s 5th Annual Great Pumpkin Race
• Newtown Fall Arts & Crafts Fair
• Castle Hill Farm Corn Maze, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 8.50 per person, 3 & under free

Sunday, Oct. 19

• 1939 Films at the Edmond Town Hall: Hunchback of Notre Dame starring Charles Laughton at 1 p.m. & 4 p.m.
• 1939 Films at the Edmond Town Hall: Return of Doctor X, Humphrey Bogart and Son of Frankenstein, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, & Bela Lugosi, 7 p.m., double feature
• Castle Hill Farm Corn Maze, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 8.50 per person, 3 & under free

Ridgefield

Saturday, Oct. 18

• Woodcock Nature Center animals at Ridgefield Library, front lawn, live specimens, mounted animals, furs, feathers, and skulls for kids 3 and up, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.. No registration is required and children must be accompanied by an adult.
• Voter registration, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., town hall, 400 Main Street. Call the registrars at 203-431-2771 or 203-431-2772 for more information.

Shelton

Saturday, Oct. 18

• Shelton Boys Soccer Team fundraiser featuring comedian J.J. Ramirez, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Highland Golf Club, 261 Wooster St. Tickets are $30 with potluck dinner, raffles, door prizes and a cash bar. Call Anne Prindle at (203) 913-9778 for tickets or info.

Sunday, Oct. 19

• Sutter-Terlizzi American Legion Post 16 Flag Retirement Ceremony, 1:30 p.m. Residents with flags to be retired may drop them off at the Sutter-Terlizzi Post, 295 Bridgeport Ave.

Weston-Redding-Easton

Saturday, Oct. 18

• Second Annual Joel Barlow Car Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 100 Black Rock Tpke, Redding
• Pumpkin Patch Trains at Danbury Railway Museum,10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $10

Sunday, Oct. 19

• Pumpkin Patch Trains at Danbury Railway Museum, 12:30-3:30 p.m., $10
• Easton Historical Society Presents: Chasing the Devil in Connecticut, 2 p.m., Easton Public Library Community Room, 691 MorehouseRoad, Easton, CT. The lecture is free but donations to the Historical Society of Easton are always welcome. For more information please contact the Historical Society of Easton at 203-261-2090, by email: hseastonct@gmail.com or visit:www.historicalsocietyofeastonct.org

Wilton

Friday, Oct. 17

• American Artisan Show Preview Party, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Wilton Historical Society. $75 admission. Information: americanartisanshow.com, or email artisanshow@wiltonhistorical.org.

Saturday, Oct. 18

• Voter Registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Town Hall, 240 Danbury Road. For more Information call 203-563-0111 or registrars@wiltonct.org.
• Pickles & Preserving, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Millstone Farm, 180 Millstone Road, $30 per person. Information: jhausman@millstonefarm.org.
• American Artisan Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wilton Historical Society, $8.
• Still Motion Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m., River Road Gallery, 21 River Road. Show of photographer and filmmaker Daniel Bogaev of Weston.
• Jazz at the Wilton Library with pianist Bill Charlap, 7:30-9 p.m. Suggested donation: $10.

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