Litchfield Community Center

Mystery Book Club
2025-12-16 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Learning Center
This is a book group focused on mysteries, for the most part, books that have some international flavor.
Group meets 3rd Tuesday of each month.
Group size is limited to please contact Pat at pad44ct@gmail.com for more information on how to participate.

Duplicate Bridge
2025-12-17 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-07 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Community Room
Cost: $6*
Bring a partner, bring a lunch!
Facilitated by David Bill.

Quilts that Care
2025-12-17 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

Twilight Talks & Presentations Series: Cantica Nativitatis
2025-12-17 18:00 - 19:30
Cantica Nativitatis: A Thousand Years of Christmas Music
No Tradition has yielded a greater collection of music than that of Christmas. Historian and Musician Richard Franklin Donohue explores this extraordinary repertoire from the 10th through 19th centuries. Hear carols presented in their original languages of German, Latin, Middle English, French, and Modern English, sung a cappella and with harpsichord accompaniment.
Richard Franklin Donohue is a singer, private music instructor, and historian. Vocally, he is a tenor who specializes in historic music ranging from Middle English Carols to 19th century romantic music. He has been teaching Piano, Voice, and Music Theory since 1992. Richard is the Town Historian of his hometown of Cromwell, Connecticut and has been the President and Program Director of the Cromwell Historical Society for nearly twenty years. He is the author of “Rosetown Review,” a monthly history article published in the Cromwell Life newspaper, and presents historical lectures throughout New England on various topics.
Donations will be accepted at the Door
* Pre-registration is advised – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

ARC Blood Drive
2025-12-18 13:00 - 18:00 | Atrium
* Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) for appointment

Watercolors Group
2025-12-18 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-01-08 13:30 - 15:30
* CLASS IS FULL. MORNING SESSION AVAILABLE
This session runs 8 weeks starting from: Oct. 30, 2025 thru Jan. 8, 2026. (No class Nov. 27, Dec. 25, Jan. 1)
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
2025-12-19 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.
8-week session
November 7 – January 16, 2026 (no sessions: Nov 28, Dec 26 & Jan 2)
Preregistration required/more information: Please contact Doreen at tangohampton@gmail.com.
Together we will hold and point a compass toward comfort

Bereavement Circle
2025-12-19 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-01-09 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

Bloom Where Planted: Winter Centerpiece
2025-12-19 11:30 - 12:30 | Learning Center
Bring the spirit of winter inside to your table with a beautiful holiday centerpiece incorporating greens and flowers.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Strength Training Silver Sneakers
2025-12-22 10:15 - 11:15, 2025-12-29 10:15 - 11:15, 2026-01-05 10:15 - 11:15, 2026-01-12 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
2025-12-22 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-12-29 11:30 - 12:30, 2026-01-05 11:30 - 12:30, 2026-01-12 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.

Alzheimer's Support Group
2026-01-05 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
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Litchfield Audubon Society Meeting
2026-01-05 18:45 - 21:00
Forests and Forestry in Connecticut
Jim Gillespie, a certified forester in Connecticut, will talk about the Stony Brook Forest in Sharon that
he has owned and managed for over 30 years. He will tell us about forest workers and their
machinery, forest management techniques, deer protection exclosures, young forests, tree
identification, recreational uses of the forest, bird habitat creation, and timber harvesting. He will
also touch on forest history, in particular the charcoal industry, as well as the past, present, and
future challenges to forests and specific tree species. Jim has provided consulting to private
landowners, land trusts, municipalities, and other landowners for more than 40 years.
Note: The meetings will be in person and on Zoom. To participate on Zoom, go to the Calendar section of our website, lhasct.org, to register. You will be sent the login link.
The meeting times are when refreshments are available. A short business meeting begins at 7 p.m., followed by the presentation.

Pilobolus: Connecting with Balance
2026-01-06 13:00 - 13:45, 2026-01-13 13:00 - 13:45
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Join us for 6 week series inspired by the world-renowned Pilobolus Dance Company, designed especially for older adults to explore balance, mobility, and ease of movement.
Tuesdays, 1:00 pm
January 6 – February 10th
6 sessions/$90
Litchfield Community Center
Instructor – Andrea Lake Meharg
No dance experience needed.
Limited to 10 people
Wear comfortable clothing. Bare feet, sneakers or soft shoes are all welcome. Chairs will be used for support and stability.

Monthly Grief Yoga: Jan 12th
2026-01-12 10:30 - 11:45 | Community Room
Grief Yoga
Breath ~ Movement ~ Sound

A space to feel, move and heal.
Whether it’s a loss of a loved one, a pet, a relationship, a job or a part of your own well-being, grief is a path we all travel.

Join us for a 60-75 minute Grief Yoga class where breath, movement and sound gently guide you through the pain toward a place of love and renewal.
Together, we witness our grief.
$25 per class – registration is required.
(no previous yoga experience necessary)
Click Here to Register
The next monthly Grief Yoga class will be held on February 9 from 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Classes are led by Ursula Daiber, a 500-hour trained yoga teacher who is certified in Grief Yoga.
Ursula holds monthly Grief Yoga classes in Middletown, Sandy Hook and Litchfield. She also offers two-hour workshops to dive deeper into those places that need to be released. Class sizes are limited with the intent to create a safe environment to allow participants to share.
For more information on monthly Grief Yoga classes, workshops, or private sessions, email: ursuladaiber@aol.com

Parkinson's Support Group
2026-01-12 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
2026-01-14 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.

Live,Learn,Lunch Series: The Language of Freedom
2026-01-14 12:00 - 13:30
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12:00 Light Lunch will be served
12:30 Presentation

The Language of Freedom – How Revolutionary Rhetoric Inspired a Nation
This presentation takes an exciting look at the American Colonies before and during the Revolution to understand how rhetoric inspired its people. We’ll delve into patriotic church leaders and some of their inspiring sermons from various colonies. Many sermons were reprinted and distributed across the many colonies. Sermons were not the only documents printed for widespread reuse. People had opinions and wrote motivating pamphlets, today’s blogs; most were anonymous for fear of the King’s repercussions. Newspapers reprinted excerpts from sermons and pamphlets. Other newspapers simply reprinted the articles, spreading a common message across the colonies. Broadsides, large single-page newspapers, carried graphic illustrations often designed to inspire and were often nailed to public buildings.
Most of these printed documents found their way into the lively hubs of colonial taverns. Citizens read the materials aloud so all those who could not read would hear the opinions. Initially, the language sparked long debates between loyalists and patriots, but as the options narrowed under British control, colonists came to see rebellion as their best option. See and experience some of the pressures that helped to brew a revolution.
Speaker Bio – John Cilio
John Cilio is a fascinating historical storyteller, author, and researcher who has been captivating audiences with his tales of the past for over 15 years. As a proud member of the Organization of American Historians and the Association for the Study of Connecticut History, John has shared his knowledge through numerous articles in national magazines and newspapers. Through his captivating storytelling and in-depth research, John Cilio continues to inspire and educate. Prepare to be transported through time and experience history through period stories and vintage photographs.

An Evening of Opera - The Cunning Little Vixen
2026-01-14 18:00 - 21:00
The Cunning Little Vixen on our Theater Screen
Doors Open:5:30
Join fellow opera lovers to view and discuss The Cunning Little Vixen.
Running time is approx. 2 hrs and there will be one short interval when coffee will be available.
* Pre-registration encouraged – Click Here to Register
