Litchfield Community Center

Duplicate Bridge
2026-02-18 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-25 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-04 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-11 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Community Room
Cost: $6*
Bring a partner, bring a lunch!
Facilitated by David Bill.

Quilts that Care
2026-02-18 12:30 - 14:00
Quilts that Care is a dynamic group of volunteers that make and donate handmade quilts to cancer patients. These quilts are distributed by the social workers currently at 19 cancer treatment facilities in CT and growing.
You don’t have to be a quilter to join us. We need volunteers to iron, cut and organize fabric. All materials are supplied to us. We have pre-made quilt kits available for those who cannot make the meetings but would like to participate.
Subsequent meetings will be held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month.
For more info, please call Deb Van Steenberge at 860-782-1043 or email at quiltsthatcare.deb@gmail.com

Watercolors Group
2026-02-19 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-02-26 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-03-05 13:30 - 15:30
* CLASS IS FULL. MORNING SESSION AVAILABLE
This session runs 8 weeks starting from: Jan. 22, 2026 thru Mar. 12, 2026.
Watercolor is the perfect medium to lose oneself, explore color, and serendipitous occurrences, and share experiences.
Instructor: Rose Petruzzi.
Bring what materials you have to class.
Email Rose at rose4444@icloud.com for a list of suggested materials.

Bereavement Circle
2026-02-20 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-02-27 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-03-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Community Room
Finding a Path Forward After the Loss of a Spouse or Partner
Learning how to navigate through the grieving process? This peer support group will help you to understand the uncertainty, vulnerability and trauma associated with such an immeasurable loss. There is help. There is hope. You are not alone in this journey.

Preregistration required/more information: Please contact Doreen at tangohampton@gmail.com.
Together we will hold and point a compass toward comfort

CT Flower & Garden Show- Adult Day Trip
2026-02-21 09:30 - 15:30
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Shake off the winter blues and step into spring! Join us for a relaxing and inspiring day at the Connecticut Flower & Garden Show, where blooming landscapes, vibrant floral displays, and creative garden designs will transport you into a world of color and fragrance.
Stroll through beautifully curated garden exhibits, discover the latest gardening trends, and gather ideas for your own home and yard. Browse unique vendors offering plants, décor, and specialty items, and enjoy demonstrations from expert growers and designers. Whether you’re an avid gardener or simply love the beauty of nature, this trip offers something delightful for everyone.
Sit back and enjoy comfortable transportation while we take care of the details — just bring your curiosity and a touch of springtime spirit!
Trip Includes:

Round-trip transportation

Admission to the CT Flower & Garden Show

Time to explore exhibits, vendors, and demonstrations

A fun, social day with friends

Come celebrate the season of renewal and leave feeling refreshed, inspired, and ready for warmer days ahead! 🌷
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Pierogi Class
2026-02-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Kitchen
Instructor: Charlene Dutka, Ciesco Catering

Charlene Goodman Dutka lives in Goshen with her husband Ed, youngest son Matthew, and three rescue dogs. She was born and raised in Torrington in an Italian-American family. Her grandmother prepared food with love, often using ingredients from her grandfather’s garden.

Charlene started collecting cookbooks and reading them like novels at a young age. When time allowed, she continually experimented in the kitchen while pursuing her corporate career and raising four children.

Over ten years ago, Charlene took a leap of faith to open Ciesco Catering, which was named in honor of her maternal grandparents. Like her grandmother, Charlene prepares food with love.

Denise Pastore Ciesco lives in North Granby with her husband, Gary, and their two horses. She was born in Torrington and raised in an Italian-American family, relocating to Italy with her family as a teenager. Denise immersed herself in Italian culture while celebrating traditional American Holidays with family and friends. The consummate hostess, Denise’s dinners were always famous among anyone who knew her.

When Denise’s two children were grown, she and her former spouse, who was in the construction business, built and owned a resort with two restaurants. Denise would ask her world-renowned chefs for tips and ideas and continues incorporating this knowledge into her recipes.

Denise and Charlene met shortly after the catering company opened through Charlene’s cousin, Denise’s husband. They are cousins in every way possible. Together, they create unique menu items while having fun—sometimes too much fun with a dash of mischief.

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Strength Training Silver Sneakers
2026-02-23 10:15 - 11:15, 2026-03-02 10:15 - 11:15, 2026-03-09 10:15 - 11:15
Functional Strengthening will improve overall functional capacity and quality of life- improving your ability to perform daily activities such as lifting, carrying, reaching, movement, and everyday tasks.
Come and push, pull, hinge, bend, lunge, squat, rotate and lift with us! We will use dumbbells and resistance bands. Keep those muscles functioning as they were designed to.
Class is covered by Silversneakers and Renew Active insurance but anyone is
welcome to attend this class. If insurance will not be available a donation is welcomed.
The class will be 45 minutes in duration. Wear appropriate clothes for exercise, please.
Instructor
Janice Connor will be instructing the group. Janice has been a Group exercise and a Spin instructor for many years and has taught Silversneakers for over ten years. However, she finds the challenges of compound movements and using dumbbells her favorite. Janice has attended exercise classes for decades as her Mother, Ann, began teaching fitness and movement in the 1950’s in the U.K.

Chair Silver Sneakers
2026-02-23 11:30 - 12:30, 2026-03-02 11:30 - 12:30, 2026-03-09 11:30 - 12:30 | Atrium
Class Description:
60-minute chair exercise after a brief warm-up. You will use hand weights and assistance bands and incorporate moves/stretches’ ideal for those who prefer to sit during a class!
SilverSneakers can help seniors live their best lives.
Participants may experience greater energy, increased strength and improved balance and flexibility.
The benefit is included in 60+ Medicare plans.
This Modified Silver Sneakers class which includes chairs, hand weights, tubing and balls.

Instructor: Janice Connor, Certified Instructor.
Class fee is covered by most Health Plans.
If you are not covered, class is $8.00 pp.
Go to SilverSneakers to check for eligibility.

Mindfulness Meditation
2026-02-23 11:30 - 12:30 | Community Room
Instruction & Practice
Mindfulness Meditation
All levels of experience welcome
1st & 3rd Monday of the month
Monday’s: With Mindfulness Meditation Led by Sheila Klapper
$5 at the door / Walk-ins welcome
* Registration appreciated – Walk-ins welcome
Sangha:
A community of friends practicing together to maintain awareness

Free Hearing Screenings
2026-02-25 09:30 - 12:00 | Learning Center
Free Comprehensive Hearing Screening! Call 860-567-8302 to book your 20 minute appointment between 9:30-12pm.

Hearing Care Centers will be on site at Litchfield Community Center to offer free comprehensive hearing screenings, a series of tests that assess an individual’s ability to hear sounds and understand speech. The screening typically includes a range of tests such as pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, and middle ear testing. The purpose of the screening is to determine whether an individual has any hearing loss and the extent of the hearing loss.
Comprehensive hearing screening is important because hearing loss can have a significant impact on an individual’s quality of life. It can affect an individual’s ability to communicate effectively, participate in social activities, and perform daily tasks. Early detection of hearing loss can help prevent these negative impacts by allowing for prompt treatment, such as hearing aids or cochlear implants, which can improve an individual’s ability to hear and communicate. Additionally, early detection of hearing loss can help identify any underlying medical conditions that may be causing the hearing loss and allow for timely treatment of those conditions. Overall, comprehensive hearing screening is an important tool in maintaining overall health and wellbeing.

ARC Blood Drive
2026-02-25 13:00 - 18:00 | Atrium
* Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) for appointment

The Final Fifth: For Women 80+
2026-02-26 10:30 - 12:00 | Community Room
The Final Fifth is a reflective and engaging discussion group designed for women ages 80 and beyond who are interested in connection, storytelling, and continued personal growth. This intimate series invites participants to explore the later chapters of life—not only by looking back, but by honoring who we are still becoming.
Together, we’ll reflect on questions such as:

What are we learning now?
How are we continuing to evolve emotionally, spiritually, and socially?
What wisdom do we carry, and how do we want to share it?

This program offers a welcoming space for meaningful conversation, laughter, vulnerability, and inspiration, celebrating the richness and fullness of life at this stage. Guided by experienced moderators, participants will connect with peers in a supportive and thoughtful environment.
Facilitators: Rosemarie Greco, Patricia Donovan, and Tina BernackiSchedule: Thursdays, 10:30 AM–12:00 PMDates: February 12, February 26, and March 12Location: Litchfield Community CenterCapacity: Limited to 10 participantsRegistration: Pre-registration required
*Please note this program is for individuals who are 80 or older.

Friday Feast & Dancing Feet - 2/27
2026-02-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Atrium
Enjoy a tasty lunch, wonderful music and lots of dancing!
Friday, Feb 27, 2026
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Atrium
Cost: $7 at the Door
* Pre-registration REQUIRED BY Wednesday, Feb 25th!
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Alzheimer's Support Group
2026-03-02 12:30 - 13:30 | Learning Center
Build a support system with people who understand.
Alzheimer’s Association support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, are a safe place for people living with dementia and their care partners to
– Develop a support system
– Exchange practical info on challenges and possible solutions
– Talk through issues and ways of coping
– Share feelings, needs, and concerns
– Learn about community resources
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Litchfield Audubon Society Meeting
2026-03-02 18:45 - 21:00
Spring Flowers of Connecticut

March 2, 2026
Monday, 6:45 p.m.
Location: Litchfield Community Center

Join naturalists Barbara and Peter Rzasa for a presentation highlighting their photographis of native spring wildflowers. After our long, cold winter, we think you will enjoy viewing Connecticut spring beauties. These unique flowers will lift your spirits and encourage a walk through Connecticut forests. This will be a great way to review your ability to identify these spring blossoms. Stories and flower folklore of our native spring wildflowers will be shared.

The meeting and program will be available via Zoom for those unable to attend the in-person meeting at the Litchfield Community Center.

Note: To participate on Zoom, go to the Calendar section of our website, lhasct.org, to register.
The meeting times are when refreshments are available. A short business meeting begins at 7 p.m., followed by the presentation.

Abigail Adams: LIVE Portrayal by Sheryl Faye
2026-03-05 15:00 - 16:00
She is sometimes considered to have been a founder of the United States and is now designated as the first Second Lady and second First Lady of The United States.
Adams’s life is one of the most documented of the first ladies: she is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses. John frequently sought the advice of Abigail on many matters, and their letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics. In one of her more famous letters she implores her husband and his colleagues, all of whom were male, to, “…remember the ladies…If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.” Her letters also serve as eyewitness accounts of the American Revolutionary War home front.

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Parkinson's Support Group
2026-03-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Learning Center
Parkinson’s support group for those with Parkinson’s and their caregivers and family members- all are welcome.
Join us for this newly developed support group at Litchfield Community center, in collaboration with the American Parkinson’s disease association, and facilitated by Heather Pierce, CDP and SA.
Participating in a support group is a wonderful way to receive practical information and education on living with Parkinson’s disease.
More importantly, members receive the support of others who truly understand.
Beginning Monday, September 11th The group will meet monthly on the second Monday of the month from 2-3 pm at the Litchfield Community Center.
For more info or any questions about the group or Parkinson’s Disease please call Heather Pierce at 860-733-9506

Blood Pressure Clinic
2026-03-11 10:45 - 11:45 | Learning Center
Join us at the center, as a Nurse from Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Litchfield County provide free blood pressure readings to members of the community.
No need to register. Drop in for your reading.
Call the center for more information. 860-567-8302.

Culturally Curious Art Lecture Series: Fierce Females: Women in Art, Part IV
2026-03-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Atrium
Fierce Females: Women in Art, Part IV
The revolutionary spirit of women artists continues to transform our understanding of what art can be and who gets to create it, from the neoclassical elegance of Angelica Kauffman’s mythological scenes to Yayoi Kusama’s mesmerizing infinity rooms that challenge our perception of space itself. This program celebrates the fearless creativity and determination of women who refused to be confined by expectations. Through exploring the diverse voices and groundbreaking techniques of these visionary women, we witness the ongoing revolution that refuses to let talent be silenced by tradition, helping to ensure that future generations inherit a more complete and inspiring vision of artistic greatness.
About the presenter:
Jane O’Neail is a sought-after speaker, educator, and independent art historian. Jane curates and delivers engaging art appreciation programs through her company Culturally Curious, founded in 2017. Jane holds a master’s in Art History from Boston University and a master’s in Education from Harvard University. Born and raised in NH, she has worked at some of the state’s most esteemed cultural institutions, including the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, where she served as Executive Director, and the Currier Museum of Art, where she held the role of Senior Educator. Jane has also taught at the college level for more than a decade, most recently at Southern New Hampshire University.
For more information visit: iamculturallycurious.com
Donations welcome at door
* Pre-registration is advised – Click Here to Register
