Litchfield Community Center

Table Tennis
2026-12-10 11:15 - 14:30, 2026-12-17 11:15 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Rec Area
Table Tennis is played weekly on Thursdays. Drop in. New or experienced players welcome! Paddles available.
Cost: Free

Evening Glow - Dec 10th
2026-12-10 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
Evening Glow Music Series
Dec 10th – 3:30PM
Michael Ford, Pianist
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All are welcome to join us for relaxing and reflective music to close the day.
Performances are followed by a reception with refreshments.
Starting at age 4, the piano has been Michael Ford’s voice throughout his life. He was trained classically and has been a student of all genres to this day. Michael is also a composer with many of the “greats” from all musical backgrounds, including Yo -Yo Ma, B. B. King, Alison Krauss and David Darling. When performing at the piano, his touch is both expressive, nuanced and inspiring.
Information: 267-251-3006 / mford@michaelford.cc

Creative Poetry
2026-12-11 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-01-08 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-01-22 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-02-12 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-02-26 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-03-12 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-03-26 09:30 - 11:00, 2027-04-09 09:30 - 11:00 and 4 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.

Open Play
2026-12-14 15:15 - 17:00, 2026-12-21 15:15 - 17:00 | 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
2026-12-15 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-22 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!

Free Hearing Screenings
2026-12-23 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-01-27 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-02-24 09:30 - 12:00, 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 | 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.

Evening Glow - Feb 11th
2027-02-11 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
Evening Glow Music Series
Feb 11th – 3:30PM
Harmonia V, Woodwind Ensemble
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Donations Welcome!
Performances are followed by a reception with refreshments.
​Harmonia V is an innovative professional Woodwind Quintet from Connecticut. This group of accomplished musicians is dedicated to performing the best standard literature, seldom heard treasures, and the most dynamic contemporary music available today. Each member draws upon over 20 years of chamber music experience and believes that the audience should be entertained as well as enlightened.
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The members of Harmonia V are proponents of works by living composers, and are always looking to add new music to their repertoire. Pieces have been written for the ensemble by Gwyneth Walker, Rick Sowash, Joseph Russo, Julien Monick and Jonathan Schmieding, and Harmonia V (along with a consortium of woodwind quintets) co-commissioned a piece by Daniel Baldwin.
Harmonia V has earned standing ovations throughout Connecticut and the Northeast US for their creative programming and unique rapport with audiences. Music lovers of all ages will enjoy Harmonia V’s refreshing approach to virtuosity and nuance, exposing them to a new world of sound, color, and emotion.

Evening Glow - Mar 11th
2027-03-11 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
Evening Glow Music Series
Mar 11th – 3:30PM
“Connecticut Trio” featuring:
Pianist, William Braun
Violinist, Artemis Simerson
Cellist, Julie Ribchinsky

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Donations Welcome!

Performances are followed by a reception with refreshments.
“Connecticut Trio” is passionately dedicated to presenting the best of chamber music repertoire in New England. The three Connecticut musicians had previously performed in various combinations for over 40 years.
Cellist Julie Ribchinsky teaches cello at Wesleyan University, and is a Professor Emeritus at Central Connecticut State University. A founding member of the Connecticut Trio, for many decades Ribchinsky performed with violinist Gerard Rosa and pianist Linda Laurent in yearly concerts at the New Britain Museum of American Art. Ribchinsky performs often throughout the area as a soloist and recitalist.
Violinist Artemis Simerson was the Assistant Concertmaster of the New Haven Symphony for 30 years until 2022, and she continues to teach violin at Choate Rosemary Hall. She participates in numerous musical performances in the Wall Street Chamber Players and in recordings, and she is delighted to have time to share her great love of the piano trio repertoire.
Pianist William Braun plays principal keyboards for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and is a professor at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. He has written more than 300 articles for Opera News magazine. He has made recordings for Koch Classics and the PBS TV series American Masters.

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.​
