Litchfield Community Center

Tai Chi with Marie
2025-09-17 10:30 - 11:15 (America/New_York) | Atrium
Marie Boyens leads a light Tai Chi exercise each week focusing on reflexology and meditation.
This class is free.

Duplicate Bridge
2025-09-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Community Room
Cost: $6*
Bring a partner, bring a lunch!
Facilitated by David Bill.

Yoga for Fitness and Mindfulness with Wendy
2025-09-17 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-15 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.

$15 per class.

Investment Group
2025-09-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Learning Center
Bring your questions and concerns to the Litchfield Investing Group meeting on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:00PM.
Investing does not need to be complex or uncertain. Learn to manage your own investments whether you have $1,000 or $1,000,000 using publicly available computerized investing methods for a fraction of the cost of a professional money manager with returns consistently better than the S&P 500 or the Aggregate Bond Index. All while having a life beyond investing and sleeping soundly.
A professional money manager will charge 0.75% to 1.5% of your assets to manage a $500,000 account, but is not interested in managing lesser amounts. Robo-advisors charge 0.08% to 1.5% depending on account size and services to manage your account and can manage accounts as small as $100.
The methods discussed require only a computer, no specialized investing knowledge, average intelligence, access to the internet, and the self-discipline to follow proven methods.

Sculpt & Tone
2025-09-16 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-09-11 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 After School Program (grades 4-5)
2025-09-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Community Room
COST:Free
Time- Every Tuesday, Sept 9 – Oct 14 4:00-6:00pm
Welcome to Skill Seekers, an engaging after-school program designed for students in grades 4-5. Our mission is to help young learners develop essential life skills that complement their regular school curriculum. In Skill Seekers, students will explore and practice valuable abilities such as effective communication, teamwork, good sportsmanship, and critical thinking.
Optional school pickup is available for your convenience. Join us and watch your child grow into a confident, well-rounded individual ready to take on life’s challenges!
Click here to Register

Mystery Book Club
2025-09-16 16:00 - 17:00 | 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.

Bingo
2025-09-16 12:30 - 14:00 | Learning Center
Weekly game of Bingo played Tuesdays at 12:30pm.
Cost: $6.00

Tent Talk: PT Connect "Causes and Management through Exercise of Lower Back Pain"
2025-09-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Community Room
“Causes and management through exercise of lower back pain:one size does not fit all”
Come join Amber Hayes, DPT from Connect PT to learn about the causes and how to conservatively manage your lower back pain. Movement is medicine!
* Pre-registration is advised – Click to Register

Community Artists' Group
2025-09-16 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*
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
2025-09-16 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
2025-09-15 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-09-11 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
2025-09-15 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

Parkinson's Support Group
2025-09-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Learning Center
Parkinson’s support group for those with Parkinson’s and their caregivers and family members- all are welcome.
Join us for this newly developed support group at Litchfield Community center, in collaboration with the American Parkinson’s disease association, and facilitated by Heather Pierce, CDP and SA.
Participating in a support group is a wonderful way to receive practical information and education on living with Parkinson’s disease.
More importantly, members receive the support of others who truly understand.
Beginning Monday, September 11th The group will meet monthly on the second Monday of the month from 2-3 pm at the Litchfield Community Center.
For more info or any questions about the group or Parkinson’s Disease please call Heather Pierce at 860-733-9506

LHWR Meeting
2025-09-15 15:00 - 16:30 | Learning Center

Strength Training Silver Sneakers
2025-09-15 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.

Mindfulness Meditation
2025-09-15 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

Stitch & Chat
2025-09-15 09:30 - 11:30 | Learning Center
Bring your own project to work on. Social group offers tips, tricks, and gossip!

Waterbury Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Greatest Serenade: The Gran Partita
2025-09-14 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”
The first of WSO’s 3-Concert Litchfield Series
Mozart’s Greatest Serenade: The Gran Partita
Sep 14, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Mozart’s Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major stands as one of the most remarkable works in the wind ensemble repertoire. Commonly known as the Gran Partita— the famous third movement Adagio—perhaps best known from its poignant use in the film Amadeus—is a profound example of Mozart’s lyrical genius.
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.

Private Event
2025-09-13 14:00 - 22:00 | Atrium

Lego Saturdays With Noah
2025-09-13 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:
September 13th: Fall Landscapes & Cities
October 11th: Haunted Houses!
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!
Cost: FREE*
Online Registration Required – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Summer Sunset Concerts ~ Potter's Field
2025-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Tent
Local favorite performing cover songs & originals
with amazing harmony and vocals.
Food Truck: Meraki
BYOB & lawn chairs, blanket
Rain (Indoors) or Shine
Full Summer Sunset Concert Series:
Friday June 13: Scott Hopkins Trio
Thursday June 19: Nekita Waller & Band
Friday July 25: Caribbean Vibe Steel Drum Band
Friday August 22: Al Fenton Big Band
Friday September 12: Potter’s Field

Write and Share- Creative Poetry Group
2025-09-12 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

Bereavement Circle
2025-09-12 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
September 5 – October 31, 2025 (no session: September 26th)
Preregistration required/more information: Please contact Doreen at tangohampton@gmail.com.
Together we will hold and point a compass toward comfort

Tykes Indoor Playgroup & Social time (TIPS)
2025-09-12 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

Skill Seekers After School Program (grades 1-3)
2025-09-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Community Room
COST: Free
Time- Every Thursday, Sept 11 – Oct 16 4:00-6:00pm
Welcome to Skill Seekers, an engaging after-school program designed for students in grades 1-3. Our mission is to help young learners develop essential life skills that complement their regular school curriculum. In Skill Seekers, students will explore and practice valuable abilities such as effective communication, teamwork, good sportsmanship, and critical thinking.
Optional School Pickup from Center School is available, if you would like to participate all we ask is you provide a booster seat if needed for the Thursday Sessions. Join us and watch your child grow into a confident, well-rounded individual ready to take on life’s challenges!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Evening Glow Series: Michael Ford Pianist, Composer
2025-09-11 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.
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
“He plays with a range of dynamics and colors seldom encountered
among contemporary pianists.”
— Peter Nero
“He has a wonderful touch and gets to the heart of everything he plays.”
— Shirley Scott
“His music is very uplifting, inspiring and emotional.”
— Kathryn Keller Moss, Private Music
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
