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.

Bingo
2025-12-16 12:30 - 14:00 | Learning Center
Weekly game of Bingo played Tuesdays at 12:30pm.
Cost: Free

Community Artists' Group
2025-12-16 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*
If you are interested in FREE hour of Instruction please call (860)567-8302 for more information and to schedule an appointment.
Schedule an appointment to Learn the basics of Water Color and Acrylic Painting and gain an understanding of the materials needed to create a beautiful masterpiece! Please limit your number of appointments in order to allow availability for others!
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!

Silver Sneakers Circuit
2025-12-16 08:45 - 09:45, 2025-12-11 08:45 - 09:45 | Atrium
Cost: Bring your Member ID Number* Questions? Visit silversneakers.com or call 1-888-423-4632
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 “all skill level” class 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.

Chair Silver Sneakers
2025-12-15 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-12-11 10:00 - 11:15 | Atrium
Class Description:
30-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.
Also see Tuesdays 2:30pm
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.

Open Play
2025-12-15 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

Mah Jongg
2025-12-15 13:00 - 15:30 | Community Room
Spend the afternoon with fellow players and brush up on your skills playing the ancient, fascinating and challenging game of Mah Jongg.
**FREE**

Movie Mondays ~ About My Father
2025-12-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Atrium
About My Father – PG-13 (1h 30m)
When Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her parents.
Stars: Robert De Niro, Sebastian Maniscalco, Leslie Bibb
$2.00 suggested donation

FUNctional Strength Training Class with Janice
2025-12-15 11:15 - 12:00
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.

Stitch & Chat
2025-12-15 10:30 - 13:00 | Learning Center
Bring your own project to work on. Social group offers tips, tricks, and gossip!

Mindfulness Meditation
2025-12-15 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

Yoga for Fitness and Mindfulness with Wendy
2025-12-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Atrium
Visit Wendy @ Yoga With Wendy
Classes are Mondays and Wednesdays.
A yoga class conducted in a casual, practical, fun atmosphere. Students are encouraged to breathe and stretch to their potential that day. Modifications are always offered. Suitable for people who are beginners to experienced in a yoga practice.

Mindful Kids Program (Grades K-4)
2025-12-13 12:30 - 15:30
Mindful KidsJoin us for a relaxing afternoon designed just for kids! This three-hour mindfulness and yoga program, led by certified yoga instructor Nick Switz, will help children in grades K–4 explore calmness through games, crafts, and yoga-based activities. Participants will learn simple mindfulness and calming techniques to take home and use every day.
Date: December 13thTime: 12:30 PM – 3:30 PMCost: $35 per childSnacks provided
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Legos With Noah
2025-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Community Room
Join us for a creative and fun-filled series of LEGO-building events at the Litchfield Community Center! Our Saturday LEGOs program, led by our Program Coordinator Noah, invites children to dive into themed LEGO projects once a month on Saturdays.
Schedule:
November 15th: Village Markets
Time: 10 AM – 12 PM
These sessions provide a wonderful opportunity for kids to express their creativity, enhance their problem-solving skills, and make new friends in a supportive and engaging environment. Don’t miss out on this exciting LEGO adventure at the Litchfield Community Center!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Friday Fun Day (Grades 4-5)
2025-12-12 15:45 - 18:00 | Atrium
Friday Fun Day – December 12th
Join us at the Litchfield Community Center for another Friday Fun Day!
Kids in grades 4–5 are invited for an afternoon of games, activities, and laughter with friends. It’s the perfect way to unwind after a long week of school and kick off the weekend!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Friday Feast & Dancing Feet
2025-12-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Atrium
Enjoy a tasty lunch, wonderful music and lots of dancing!
Friday, Dec 12, 2025
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Atrium
Cost: $7 at the Door
* Pre-registration REQUIRED BY Wednesday Dec 10th!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Bereavement Circle
2025-12-12 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

Write and Share- Creative Poetry Group
2025-12-12 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

Tykes Indoor Playgroup & Social time (TIPS)
2025-12-12 09:30 - 11:30 | Atrium
Happy Times with TIPS
Tykes Indoor Playgroup & Social time
Every Friday, unless noted on the calendar. 9:30 am- 11:30 a.m.
No charge & open to all
Here’s a fun, safe indoor activity for your baby, toddler, or preschooler and you! A chance to meet and socialize with local parents and caregivers.
You can BRING YOUR OWN bike/trike/walker etc. Yes! There is plenty of room for your child to safely scoot around. There will also be a small collection of sanitized toys, and creative play items on hand. Packaged snacks are allowed and we will even play happy music on the stereo!
With plenty of smooth wooden floors to enjoy and explore, imagine how far your kids will go, the fun that will be had, and the special company shared!
The safety of all Community Center users and visitors is a top priority and we follow State & CDC guidelines to ensure it. Caregivers must wear a mask as well as children 3 years old and above.
INFORMATION:
860-567-8302 INFO@THECOMMUNITYCENTER.ORG

Sculpt & Tone
2025-12-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Atrium
A strength training class that includes stretching, abdominal work & muscle isolation for a full body workout. Instructor: Dean Roberts.
Cost: $8

Skill Seekers Grades 1-3
2025-12-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Atrium
Skill Seekers: Afterschool Enrichment ProgramA free afterschool program focused on fun, friendship, and personal growth! Each week features engaging games, team-building activities, and community enrichment projects. Students will develop important life skills while enjoying nutritious snacks in a supportive environment.
1st–3rd Grade: Thursdays, 4:00–6:00 PMDates: November 13 – December 18
School pickup available.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Evening Glow Music Series: Hank Milligan - Pianist
2025-12-11 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
EVENING GLOW MUSIC SERIES ~ All are welcome to join us for relaxing and reflective music to close the day.
Live Performance 3:30-4:30 P.M.
Wine & Cheese reception to follow.
Hank Milligan ~ Piano
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Watercolors Group
2025-12-11 13:30 - 15:30
* CLASS IS FULL. MORNING SESSION AVAILABLE
This session runs 8 weeks starting from: Sept 4th – Oct 23rd
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.

Table Tennis
2025-12-11 11:15 - 14:30 | Rec Area
Table Tennis is played weekly on Thursdays. Drop in. New or experienced players welcome! Paddles available.
Cost: Free

Tech Help
2025-12-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Community Room
Technology made easy!
Are you having trouble with your computer, smart phone, Firestick, or other technology??? Well look no further! FREE help with JC Tieman is available at the LCC. Help is available for all ages, and tech abilities.
Thursdays from 9-11m, call to sign up for a one hour time slot for one on one help with an experienced IT professional.
Free help is available for but not limited to:
*Tutorials
*Programming and app installation
*General Maintenance
*Minor Repairs
*Software Upgrades
*Digital Photography
*Email
*Minor Repairs
*Amazon Firesticks
Cost: FREE – CALL TO RESERVE*
CALL FOR RESERVATION: 860 567 8302

An Evening of Opera
2025-12-10 18:00 - 21:00
La Boheme on our Theater Screen
Doors Open:5:30
Join fellow opera lovers to view and discuss La Boheme.
Running time is approx. 3 hrs and there will be one short interval when coffee will be available.
* Pre-registration encouraged – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Culturally Curious Art Lecture Series: Behind the Curtain: Edgar Degas, the Ballet & Beyond
2025-12-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Atrium
Behind the Curtain: Edgar Degas, the Ballet & Beyond
Discover the captivating world of Edgar Degas, a master of Impressionism known for his intimate portrayals of ballet dancers and everyday Parisian life. Through his innovative use of pastels and unconventional compositions, Degas captured fleeting moments with remarkable clarity and emotion. His works, ranging from elegant
ballerinas to candid scenes at the racetrack, offer a unique glimpse into 19th-century French society.
About the presenter:
Jane O’Neail is a sought-after speaker, educator, and independent art historian. Jane curates and delivers engaging art appreciation programs through her company Culturally Curious, founded in 2017. Jane holds a master’s in Art History from Boston University and a master’s in Education from Harvard University. Born and raised in NH, she has worked at some of the state’s most esteemed cultural institutions, including the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, where she served as Executive Director, and the Currier Museum of Art, where she held the role of Senior Educator. Jane has also taught at the college level for more than a decade, most recently at Southern New Hampshire University.
For more information visit: iamculturallycurious.com
Donations welcome at door
* Pre-registration is advised – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Blood Pressure Clinic
2025-12-10 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.
