Litchfield Community Center

Free Hearing Screenings
2027-03-24 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-04-28 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-05-26 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-06-23 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-07-28 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-08-25 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-09-22 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-10-27 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) and 2 more dates | 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.

Creative Poetry
2027-03-26 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-04-09 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-04-23 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-05-14 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-05-28 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-06-11 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-06-25 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-07-09 09:30 - 11:00 and 10 more dates | 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.

Evening Glow - Apr 8th
2027-04-08 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
Evening Glow Music Series
April 8th- 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.

Evening Glow - May 13th
2027-05-13 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
Evening Glow Music Series
May 13th – 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.​
