Litchfield Community Center

Watercolors Group
2025-10-16 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-10-23 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-10-30 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-11-06 13:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
* 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.

Medicare 2025 Informational Presentation
2025-10-16 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Atrium
MEDICARE 2025
Medicare is poorly understood and puzzling to many seniors !
The basics of Medicare will be explained, you will learn and understand the different Medicare plan choices and hear about Aetna™s new Advantage plans for 2025.
Upcoming:
Tuesday Oct. 28 / 10:00am- 11:30am
Steve Ardussi, a licensed health insurance broker who is approved to sell Medicare plans offered by all the major carriers in Connecticut, will make the presentations. He has been helping clients for more than 10 years understand their Medicare options and enroll in the plan that best suits their needs.
If you prefer not to attend a presentation, please leave your name and phone number and Mr. Ardussi will contact you to answer your Medicare questions and provide any other assistance you may need to select your Medicare plan for 2025.
* Pre registration is appreciated
Click here to register

Parkinson's Support Group
2025-10-20 08:00 - 17:00 | 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

Mindfulness Meditation
2025-10-20 10:15 - 11:15, 2025-11-03 10:15 - 11:15 | 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

Mystery Book Club
2025-10-21 16:00 - 17:00 | 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.

Investment Group
2025-10-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Learning Center
Bring your questions and concerns to the Litchfield Investing Group meeting on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:00PM.
Investing does not need to be complex or uncertain. Learn to manage your own investments whether you have $1,000 or $1,000,000 using publicly available computerized investing methods for a fraction of the cost of a professional money manager with returns consistently better than the S&P 500 or the Aggregate Bond Index. All while having a life beyond investing and sleeping soundly.
A professional money manager will charge 0.75% to 1.5% of your assets to manage a $500,000 account, but is not interested in managing lesser amounts. Robo-advisors charge 0.08% to 1.5% depending on account size and services to manage your account and can manage accounts as small as $100.
The methods discussed require only a computer, no specialized investing knowledge, average intelligence, access to the internet, and the self-discipline to follow proven methods.

Hearing Screening
2025-10-22 09:30 - 12:00
Cost: FREE, Donation Welcome*
Call 860-567-8302 to book an appointment.
Hearing Care Centers offers a comprehensive hearing screening is 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.

Duplicate Bridge
2025-10-22 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-29 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-05 10:00 - 14:00 | Community Room
Cost: $6*
Bring a partner, bring a lunch!
Facilitated by David Bill.

Write and Share- Creative Poetry Group
2025-10-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Learning Center
Calling all poems and writers!
All experience levels are welcome, come learn how to write poems or take the time to creatively
Bring your previous poems and a pen to write new ones.
Come take some time to explore your talent and share it with others.
Group meets every Friday from 10 am – 11:30 am

Beginner Argentine Tango
2025-10-28 19:15 - 21:00, 2025-10-30 19:15 - 21:00, 2025-11-04 19:15 - 21:00, 2025-11-06 19:15 - 21:00
In this fun and welcoming course, you’ll learn the essentials: the tango walk, the cross, ochos, the ocho cortado, and turns – all while dancing to the music’s phrasing.

No partner or experience needed – limited to 10 leaders & 10 followers
Open embrace, practice-friendly
Musicality focus every class
8 lessons | 1 hour 45 min each | 2x per week

End the course with a mini-milonga – your first social tango night!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Family Dinner
2025-10-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Atrium
* *Pre registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Join us for our Oct Family Dinner!
Menu: Pork Loin, Apple Sauce, Corn Bread & Veggies
Pre-registration is required by Monday, Oct 27th.

Foodies Club: Transylvania Restaurant
2025-10-31 10:30 - 14:00
Experience the true spirit of Transylvania, the land of Vlad the Impaler in an atmosphere that reflects the infamous ruler’s legacy. Come and immerse yourself in the savor of their delicious Romanian cuisine while surrounded by the haunting history of Vlad III.
Who knows, you might even catch a glimpse of him lurking in the shadows…
Cost: $10.00 + lunch on your own*
Pre-registration & Pre-payment required.
Cost includes Van transportation only.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Alzheimer's Support Group
2025-11-03 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

Movie Mondays ~ The Thursday Murder Club
2025-11-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Atrium
The Thursday Murder Club – PG-13 (1h 58m)
Four irrepressible retirees spend their time solving cold case murders for fun, but their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley
$2.00 suggested donation

Litchfield Audubon Society Meeting
2025-11-03 18:45 - 21:00 | Atrium
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.

Live, Learn & Lunch: Understanding Palliative Care and Hospice: Needs, Facts, and Myths
2025-11-04 12:00 - 14:00 | Atrium
Navigating through the third phase of our lives can sometimes be confusing and overwhelming.
Come for an overview on Palliative Care and Hospice – what’s available and what might be needed in the future as we, along with our families and friends, approach this part of our life journey.
We will share results of the recent survey about cultivating compassion in our community to allow ourselves and the people we love to choose what is right for them.
This program will allow for questions and answers regarding what and how quality of life can be maximized.
Lunch will be served.
Program Leaders:
Chaplain Rich Miller-Murphy, BS, MBA, MAC
Yale-New Haven Health System, Bridgeport Hospital
Department of Spiritual Care and Education
Jean Osuch, RN, BSN, CHPN
Hospice Program Director, Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Litchfield County
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Quilts that Care
2025-11-05 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

Beethoven's "Eroica" by David Stein
2025-11-06 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
Beethoven’s third symphony was the “Eroica,” a huge, marvelous and joyful expression of heroism and hope. It was written by the young composer during wartime as he emerged from an earlier state of despair. His Fifth Symphony is more famous perhaps, but the “Eroica” was the most groundbreaking and influential. In fact, it has been called by many conductors the greatest of all symphonies; it opened new realms of human imagination and became the foundation-stone for the Romantic century of Schumann, Brahms and Mahler. In this session we will explore the first movement, a “hero’s journey” in music, to hear how it depicts formidable obstacles bravely overcome, and how Beethoven unifies a vast range of emotion and subjective experience and draws the listener in to participate in the adventure.
FREE/donations welcome
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Bereavement Circle
2025-11-07 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
