Chair Silver Sneakers
2025-11-13 10:00 - 11:15, 2025-11-17 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | 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.

Watercolors Group
2025-11-13 13:30 - 15:30
* 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.

Evening Glow Series: Wendy Kerner, Harp
2025-11-13 15:30 - 16:30 | Atrium
All are welcome to join us for relaxing and reflective music to close the day.
Performances are followed by a reception with refreshments.
Wendy Kerner, Harp
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Complete Series:
Sept 11: Michael Ford, Pianist
Oct 9: Apolline Duo Featuring Jennifer Berman, Flute and Susan Knapp, Harp
Nov 13: Wendy Kerner, Harp
Dec 11: TBD
February 12, 2026: United States Coast Guard Chamber Band
March 12, 2026: Entwyned – A Celtic Program
Note this performance will run 3:30-4:45 and include a complimentary lecture on the history and culture of Ireland’s music
April 9, 2026: Alyce Cognetta Bertz, Violin & Meg Cognetta Heator, Piano
May 14, 2026: Mad River Quartet

Skill Seekers Grades 1-3
2025-11-13 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.
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Sculpt & Tone
2025-11-13 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-18 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

Beginner Argentine Tango
2025-11-13 19:15 - 21:00, 2025-11-18 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!
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Tykes Indoor Playgroup & Social time (TIPS)
2025-11-14 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

Write and Share- Creative Poetry Group
2025-11-14 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

Bereavement Circle
2025-11-14 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

Friday Feast & Dancing Feet
2025-11-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Atrium
* Pre-registration REQUIRED BY Wednesday Nov 12th!
Enjoy a tasty lunch, wonderful music and lots of dancing!
Menu: Thanksgiving Feast-
Band: Northwest Country
Reservations are required by Wednesday Nov 12th!
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Lets Glow! Grades 4-5 Social Dance
2025-11-14 17:30 - 19:30 | Atrium
Let’s Glow Social Dance!
Presented by the Litchfield PTO & Litchfield Community Center
Friday, November 14th5:30 PM – 7:30 PMLitchfield Community Center$10 at the door
Calling all 4th & 5th graders — it’s time to shine and unwind!Join us for an evening of glow-themed dancing, fun games, snacks, and pizza generously provided by Ebner Enterprises.
This is a child drop-off event, so parents can enjoy the evening while kids have a blast with friends in a safe, supervised space.
All proceeds help fund future programs for the Litchfield Intermediate School and Litchfield Community Center.
Dress to shine — dance to unwind
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Legos With Noah
2025-11-15 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!
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Mindful Kids Program (Grades K-4)
2025-11-15 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: November 15Time: 12:30 PM – 3:30 PMCost: $35 per childSnacks provided
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Private Event
2025-11-15 14:00 - 18:00 | Atrium

Yoga for Fitness and Mindfulness with Wendy
2025-11-17 08:30 - 09:30 | 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.

$15 per class.

*NO* Mindfulness Meditation
2025-11-17 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

Stitch & Chat
2025-11-17 10:30 - 12:30 | Learning Center
Bring your own project to work on. Social group offers tips, tricks, and gossip!

Strength Training Silver Sneakers
2025-11-17 11:15 - 12:15
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.

Movie Mondays ~ Moving On
2025-11-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Atrium
Moving On – R (1h 25m)
Two old friends reconnect at a funeral and decide to get revenge on the widower who messed with them decades before.
Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm McDowell
$2.00 suggested donation

LHWR Meeting
2025-11-17 15:00 - 16:30 | Learning Center

Open Play
2025-11-17 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

Cooking with Locally Grown
2025-11-17 18:00 - 20:30 | Kitchen
Instructed by Chef Charlene Dutka of Ciesco Catering
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Silver Sneakers Circuit
2025-11-18 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.

Community Artists' Group
2025-11-18 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!

Bingo
2025-11-18 12:30 - 14:00 | Learning Center
Weekly game of Bingo played Tuesdays at 12:30pm.
Cost: $6.00

Mystery Book Club
2025-11-18 15:00 - 16:00 | 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.

Skill Seekers Grades 4-5
2025-11-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Community Room
