Litchfield Community Center

Open Play
2026-04-06 15:15 - 17:00, 2026-04-13 15:15 - 17:00, 2026-04-20 15:15 - 17:00, 2026-04-27 15:15 - 17:00, 2026-05-04 15:15 - 17:00, 2026-05-11 15:15 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Atrium
Grab your friends and families and come to LCC enjoy open recreation time!
This is a time for people of all ages to join us and utilize our Pool Tables, Ping Pong tables, Foosball, Board Games and Lawn Games!
Please be respectful of our property and equipment and leave the space as you found it when you leave!
Cost: FREE

Community Artists' Group
2026-04-07 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-14 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-21 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-28 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-05-05 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-05-12 09:30 - 12:00 | Learning Center
Cost: FREE*
Open to EVERYONE
All ages and skill levels are invited each Tuesday morning to craft, create and share!
Bring your latest project to work on or start a new and share in a leisurely and social environment.
*Instruction is available upon request for beginners*
Already know the basics? Pop in and join the artists in a free space and welcoming environment to practice and share your skills while working on a new project!
All you need to bring is an open mind and your materials!

Blood Pressure Clinic
2026-04-08 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.

Table Tennis
2026-04-09 11:15 - 14:30, 2026-04-16 11:15 - 14:30, 2026-04-30 11:15 - 14:30, 2026-05-07 11:15 - 14:30, 2026-05-14 11:15 - 14:30 | Rec Area
Table Tennis is played weekly on Thursdays. Drop in. New or experienced players welcome! Paddles available.
Cost: Free

Evening Glow - Apr 9th
2026-04-09 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
Evening Glow Music Series
April 9th- 3:30PM
Alyce Cognetta Bertz, Violin
Meg Cognetta Heaton, Piano

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Donations Welcome!
Performances are followed by a reception with refreshments.
ALYCE COGNETTA BERTZ & MEG COGNETTA HEATON are sisters who play violin and piano respectively and have played together professionally since they were very young.
There’s a special magic and sometimes madness to playing music with your sister. For decades, Meg and Alyce have been navigating the intricate dance of chamber music side by side, their shared history echoing in every phrase they play. Their mother Mary instilled in them her own deep love for music, a gift both sisters have cherished and are now passing on to the next generation, teaching and playing alongside their own children and grandchildren. When they perform it isn’t just a concert; it’s a celebration of sisterhood and the quiet joy of two lives lived in harmony.
Alyce is the concertmaster of the Waterbury Symphony and a frequent virtuoso soloist with orchestras and chamber music ensembles. She has given concerts at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, La Philarmonica de las Americas in Mexico, The Blossom Music Festival in Ohio, and The Waterloo Music Festival with members of the New York Philharmonic. She studied chamber music with the Cleveland Quartet, the Juilliard Quartet and Joseph Gingold. Alyce has been violin soloist on WQXR in New York, and has appeared as soloist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Hartt Symphony Orchestra and on numerous occasions with the Waterbury Symphony.
Alyce performs on an exceptional Italian violin made by Desiato- Postiglione in 1869.
Meg performs and teaches in the Finger Lakes region of New York, most recently as the piano soloist in the Beethoven “Choral Fantasy.” She has performed as soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic and the Finger Lakes Symphony.
A quartet, consisting of 4 pianists at 2 pianos, has been meeting every Tuesday in Geneva N.Y. for the past 100 years, with Meg keeping a seat warm for the past 45 years.

Creative Poetry
2026-04-10 09:30 - 11:00, 2026-04-24 09:30 - 11:00, 2026-05-08 09:30 - 11:00 | Learning Center
Write & Share
Creative Poetry Group
Fridays 9:30am-11:00am
Meets the 2nd & 4th Friday of the month

Bring old poems and a pen to create new ones.
This is a time to create, share and express yourself.
All ages and Skill levels are welcome to join us.

*SOLD OUT* Waterbury Symphony Orchestra: April in Paris - Circa 1926
2026-04-12 16:00 - 17:30 | Atrium
Join us here at the Litchfield Community Center for Waterbury Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-2026 Season “Where Music Takes Us”
April in Paris – Circa 1926 “Sounds from the City of Lights”
April 12, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Step into the chic salons and sun-drenched gardens of 1920s Paris, where charm, wit, and elegance flowed as freely as champagne. In this golden age of creativity, French composers like Ravel and Poulenc infused classical tradition with the fresh rhythms of jazz, folk, and café culture, crafting chamber music that shimmered with color and clarity. This program features Martinu’s playful La revue de cuisine alongside gems by Debussy, Franck, Ravel, Poulenc, and more.
Falling in love with the sounds of the city of light.

Music Program:

Debussy – Syrinx, Solo Flute 3:21’ attacca:
Debussy – (arr. Cooper) For the Five Fingers, Serenade Interrompue, “General Lavine” Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Piano 2:45’
Franck – Sonata Movement IV. Violin and Piano 6:30’

For more information and to reserve a seat call 203-346-2000 or visit
https://www.waterburysymphony.org/box-office
Tickets are $30.00 pp.

Twilight Talks & Presentations Series: The Web They Wove
2026-04-15 18:00 - 19:30
The Web They Wove
Women & their Wardrobes during New England’s Revolution.
Underpinning the sensationalism of battle reports & broadsides is the often silent steadiness of women’s work with textiles. The choices they made every day about fashion and fabric consumption & creation drove the course of Revolution just as determinedly as any congress. As southern New England commemorates the 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial) of the War for Independence, it is these local lives dressed in fulled wool or spun silk that continue to inspire creativity, resilience, and empathy in us today.
From the mythology of homespun to legends of midnight rides in red cloaks & calashes, the Dirty Blue Shirts share stories of women who waged war on multiple fronts as well as a look at what they wore as their worlds turn’d upside down.
This program is presented by Rebecca Bayreuther Donohue & Amanda Flynn Rumney and includes reproduction clothing pieces & fabric samples as well as a PowerPoint presentation with images of extant originals.
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Donations will be accepted at the Door

Free Hearing Screenings
2026-04-22 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.

April Family Dinner
2026-04-22 17:00 - 19:00
Join us at the Litchfield Community Center for our April Family Dinner celebrating Earth Day. This free community event will take place on Wednesday, April 22nd, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM and is open to everyone.
Families and community members are invited to enjoy a relaxed evening together with a kid-friendly meal and a chance to celebrate the spirit of Earth Day. Dinner will include chicken nuggets, fries, veggie wedgies, and dirt pudding.
This event is free and open to all. Thank you to the Litchfield Community Services Fund for sponsoring the event.

*EARLY END TIME* Table Tennis
2026-04-23 11:15 - 13:15 | Rec Area
*Early end time (1:15PM): Table Tennis this week*

Table Tennis is played weekly on Thursdays. Drop in. New or experienced players welcome! Paddles available.
Cost: Free

The Poets Among Us - An Evening of Poetry and Music
2026-04-30 18:00 - 21:00
“The Poets Among Us”
An Evening of Poetry and Music

The Litchfield Arts Council is teaming up with the Litchfield Community Center to host an event celebrating National Poetry Month.
There will be a poetry showcase on Thursday, April 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Litchfield Community Center at 421 Bantam Road, Litchfield.
The event will feature four Connecticut poets: Michael Chief Peterson, poet laureate of New Britain; Nadia Sims, poet laureate of Manchester; artist and poet Steven Parlato of Middlebury; and poet and photographer Jo-Ann Iannotti of Litchfield. Margaret Hunt of Litchfield will emcee the event. Music will be presented by Lakeview High student, James Quigley, from 6-6:45 PM.
An open mic for any attendee wishing to read a poem will follow the readings of the featured poets.
The event is free and open to the public of all ages.

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Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
2026-05-05 12:00 - 14:00
LIVE Mariachi music, fun, festive food & drinks!
All Ages Welcome.
$7 per person. Option to pre-pay or pay cash at the door.
Age 5 and under are free.
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Evening Glow - May 14th
2026-05-14 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
Evening Glow Music Series
May 14th- 3:30PM

Mad River String Quartet:
Aaron Packard, Violin
Annie Trepanier, Violin
Steve Larson, Viola
Becky Patterson, Cello

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Donations Welcome!
Performances are followed by a reception with refreshments.
The Mad River String Quartet is a project from four of America’s most dynamic chamber musicians. Annie Trepanier and Steve Larson played together for two decades in Avery Ensemble (among many other projects together) and have performed alongside Aaron Packard for over ten years as members of Cuatro Puntos Ensemble and at the Loon Lake Live! festival. Several years ago they were joined by Rebecca Patterson, former cellist of the award-winning chamber music and contemporary ensemble Antares. The chemistry was immediate and undeniable! These four passionate musicians are dedicated to performing American chamber music of all genres, styles and eras, from arrangements of folk and gospel songs, early trio sonatas and romantic era string quartets, to ragtime, jazz and fiddle influenced music as well as the wonderful variety of newer thrilling voices. Their programs also include fresh looks at the rich and varied body of the standard string quartet repertoire from the classical to the contemporary.​
