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Weekend Picks and Highlights!

November 11, 12, 13

By Kim McNeill November 10, 2011

Special Silhouette Portrait Event:

Silhouette Portrait Event at the Town Historian's Office at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, CT

Free:

Peter Pan at the Westover School in Middlebury, CT

Second Saturday Stars Program at the John J. McCarthy Observatory at the New Milford High School in New Milford, CT

Full Moon Hike at the Pratt Nature Center in New Milford, CT

Open House and Hearth Cooking Demonstration at Matthew Curtis's House in Newtown, CT

Jazz Combos Concert at the Ives Concert Hall of WestConn Midtown Campus in Danbury, CT

Duggan School of Waterbury Bookfair at Barnes and Noble at Brass Mill Commons in Waterbury, CT

Lowe's Build and Grow Clinic at Lowe's in Danbury and Derby, CT

Make It and Take It Event at Michael's Craft Stores

Make It and Take It Event at Michael's Craft Stores--free with purchase of a clay pot

Lakeshore Learning Store Free Craft for Kids in Hamden, CT

New Britain Museum of American Art Free Admission in New Britain, CT

Veterans Day Celebration at the Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, CT

Be an Elf or Travel in Santa's Sleigh Free Holiday E-Card at Danbury Fair Mall in Danbury, CT

Shows:

The Connecticut International Auto Show 2011 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT

The American Girl Fashion Show at Coco Key Water Resort in Waterbury, CT--Friday

The American Girl Fashion Show at Coco Key Water Resort in Waterbury, CT--Saturday

Christmas:

Santa Arrival featuring The Care Bears at the Westfield Trumbull Mall in Trumbull, CT

Santa! at Danbury Fair Mall in Danbury, CT

Be an Elf or Travel in Santa's Sleigh Free Holiday E-Card at Danbury Fair Mall in Danbury, CT--Free

Salvation Army Angels: Gifts for Children through the Salvation Army at Danbury Fair Mall in Danbury, CT

Holiday Fairs and Sales:

Holiday Sale at Brookfield Craft Center in Brookfield, CT

Holiday Bazaar at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Washington Depot, CT

Holiday Fair at the Oxford United Church of Christ Congregational in Oxford, CT

Holiday Shopping Days at Geppetto's Toys in Woodbury, CT and Toy Journey in Southbury, CT--Thursday and Friday

Art and Culture:

Peter Pan at the Westover School in Middlebury, CT--Free

Jazz Combos Concert at the Ives Concert Hall of WestConn Midtown Campus in Danbury, CT--Free

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport, CT

Eight Seasons Performed by the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra in Washington, CT, Litchfield, CT, and Waterbury, CT

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Berkshire Theatre on the Midtown Campus of WestConn in Danbury, CT--Teens

The Wiz performed by Sacred Heart University at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, CT

Rap/Rock Night at The Room in Brookfield, CT--Older teens

ALLELE at The Room in Brookfield, CT--Teens

New Britain Museum of American Art Free Admission in New Britain, CT--Free admission

Family-Friendly Hands-On Activities at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT

Dance China New York part of the Around the World Performance Series at Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, CT

La Boheme Opera at Hillhouse Opera Company in North Haven, CT

Gustav and Mozart performed by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport, CT--Saturday

Gustav and Mozart performed by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport, CT--Sunday

Sacred - Worldly - Celestial Concert by the Danbury Music Centre at the First Congregational Church in Danbury, CT

Educational:

Full Moon Hike at the Pratt Nature Center in New Milford, CT--Free

Second Saturday Stars Program at the John J. McCarthy Observatory at the New Milford High School in New Milford, CT--Free

Open House and Hearth Cooking Demonstration at Matthew Curtis's House in Newtown, CT--Free

Shark and Fish Marine Biology Programs for the Public at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT

Walk in Projects at the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden, CT

Art Explorers at the New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain, CT--$5-$7 per child, guardian free

Art Start for Preschoolers at the New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain, CT--$3 -$5 per child, guardian free

Veterans Day Celebration at the Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, CT--Free