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Newtown Arts Festival Schedule 2024
Pre-Newtown Arts Festival Performances
September 17, 2024 Meeting House 7PM
Staging of "Restored to Reason"
A play written and directed by Elizabeth Young
Mary Todd Lincoln was notably quirky, but was she insane? Robert Todd Lincoln, the only remaining son of Mary and her late husband Abraham, determines that his mother is quite insane. He deems his mother a danger to herself and others. Despite the always supportive guidance provided by Mary’s friend and dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, Robert alone has the excruciating task of deciding what do with Mary.
September 18, 2024 CH Booth Library 6:00 PM
Six Ten Minute Plays
Written by the students of the CH Booth Library Theater Group
Directed by Elizabeth Young
Six students who participated in a 10-week theater class at the CH Booth Library wrote the short plays being read tonight. Five out of the six plays were developed by students who had never written a play before. The plays are distinctly different yet come together as a beautiful body of work which reveals their talent, creativity, and enthusiasm.
September 19, 2024 Meeting House 7:00 PM
Risk a Verse is returning!
Once again, it will be at the Meeting House located at the Flagpole on Route 25 in beautiful downtown Newtown, Connecticut!!! Please join us to hear local residents and public figures read, chant, perhaps even sing, one of their favorite poems (maybe even one of their own!). Libations and snacks afterward. Come share the joy of poetry!
Newtown Arts Festival Schedule 2024
saturday, September 21
MAKE AND TAKE
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Judi Simon - Tatting Demo
1:00 PM - 12:30 PM Joy of Art - Design and Tie-Dye Tshirts
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Nicole Christensen - Knitting
3:00 PM - 4:30 pm Sova Dance & Puppet Theatre - Bird Mask Making
ART OASIS
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Society of Creative Arts Newtown Demonstrations & Plein Air Painting
ART OF SCIENCE with everwonder museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Salt Painting & Paper Towel Tie-dye Fun
1:00 PM Live Large Scale Experiment
3:00 PM Live Large Scale Experiment
cARTie Museum Bus
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Pop Up Art Exhibit with various art activities
TERRIFIC TOTES TENT
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Paint and customize a Recyclable Tote Bag
sunday, September 22
MAKE AND TAKE
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Newtown Community Center - Making Pipe Cleaner Sculptures
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Community Public Art Project with Kind Works
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Robin Cahill - Make a Flying Owl Puppet
ART OASIS - FIBER ART
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Weaving Newtown presents! Tatting, Spinning & Weaving Demos, Try a Loom and Make a Potholder
ART OF SCIENCE with everwonder museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Salt Painting & Paper Towel Tie-dye Fun
1:00 PM Live Large Scale Experiment
3:00 PM Live Large Scale Experiment
TERRIFIC TOTES TENT
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Paint and customize a Recyclable Tote Bag