CALENDAR
MONDAY, SEPT. 11
Chair Yoga — 10:30 a.m., Estuary Council of Seniors Inc., 220 Main St., Old Saybrook; $6; also Thursday; (860) 388-1611. Exercise Classes — Estuary Council of Seniors Inc., 220 Main St., Old Saybrook; 50 plus years of age; $5; (860) 388-1611. Sitting Tai Chi — 10 a.m., Estuary Council of Seniors, 220 Main St., Old Saybrook; $4; ages 50+; (860) 3881611.
Dancing with Parkinson’s — 1 p.m., Estuary Council of Seniors, 220 Main St., Old Saybrook; free; call to register (203) 458-6268.
Yoga — 2:30-3:30 p.m., East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; also Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 a.m. and Thursday, 9-10 a.m.; 30 classes for $60; $65 nonresidents; call to register (860) 739-5859.
Bunco — 9:30-11:30 a.m., East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; $2 per player; call to register (860) 739-5859. Senior Fitness — 10-11 a.m., East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; 30 classes for $50; $55 nonresidents; also Wed; call to register (860) 739-5859.
Strength Training — 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; 15 classes for $34; $38 nonresidents; call to register (860) 739-5859.
Heart Healthy Fitness — 4-5 p.m., Groton Senior Center, 102 Newtown Road; also Wed. and Fri.; $72/8-weeks; (860) 441-6785.
Strength Training — 5-6 p.m., Groton Senior Center, 102 Newtown Road; also Wed.; $60/8-weeks; (860) 4416785.
Uncas on Thames Farmers Market — 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 100 Campbell Building, 401 West Thames St., Norwich; also Friday.
Book-A-Tech — 2-4:30 p.m., Groton Public Library, 52 Newtown Road; through Wed.; also Saturday, 9:3011:30 a.m.; one-on-one technology help; free; (860) 441-6750.
Job Club — 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Groton Public Library, 52 Newtown Road; help with online job applications, resumes, cover letters and interview skills; free; (860) 441-6750. Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center — 27 Chase St.; 9:15-10:15 a.m., Zumba lite; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., painting class; 11:30 a.m., lunch; noon-1:30 p.m., bingo; 1:30-2:30 p.m., gentle yoga; 1:30-3:30 p.m., Wii bowling; (860) 599-3285.
Waterford Community Band — 7-8:45 p.m., Waterford Community Center, 24 Rope Ferry Road; (860) 334-2833.
TOPS Chapter CT #0018 — 9 a.m., Saye Brooke Village, 55 Sheffield St., Old Saybrook; weigh in and meeting; first meeting is free.
Christian Meditation — 5:15-6 p.m., Harkness Chapel, Connecticut College, New London; free.
Celebrate Recovery — 6:30-8:30 p.m., Groton Bible Chapel, 66 Tollgate Road; (860) 445-1760. Speculative Fiction Book Discussion
— 6:30 p.m., Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road; Ursula LeGuin’s “A Fisherman of the Inland,” led by Pam Bedore, Associate Professor at UConn; free; (860) 444-5805.
The Opioid Epidemic — 7 p.m., Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road; history, causes and how we can end it, with Dr. Michael R. Saxe; free; (860) 444-5805. Support Group for Women 60 and
Over — 1 p.m., Lymes Senior Center, 26 Town Woods Road; facilitated by Lisa Navarra from Senior Bridges; a safe and confidential place for women to discuss whatever they may be struggling with; free; (860) 434-1605.
Waterford Senior Services — 15 Rope Ferry Road; 8:30 a.m., strength III; 9 a.m., casual bridge; 10 a.m., hearty moves; 10:15 a.m., duplicate bridge; 12:30 p.m., mahjong; 1 p.m., quilting; (860) 444-5839.
Yoga for Grief and Coping with Loss — 5:30-7 p.m., Center for Hospice Care, 227 Dunham St., Norwich; 6-week support group; free; call to register (860) 848-5699.
Blood Pressure Clinic — 9-10 a.m., CVS, 106 Boston Post Road, Waterford; sponsored by the VNA of Southeastern Connecticut; open to the public; (860) 444-1111. A Century of Gender Equality Activism in Ireland — 5:45 p.m., Old Lyme Middle School, 53 Lyme St.; Irish author and independent scholar, Micheline Sheehy Skeffington; preceded by a reception at 5:15 p.m.; free for members and area college and high school students; $20 walk-in; $35 to attend dinner with reservation; (860) 912-5718.
Gamblers Anonymous — 7 p.m., Lee Memorial United Methodist Church, 294 Washington St., Norwich.
Overeaters Anonymous — 7-8 p.m., Union Baptist Church Annex, 119 High St., Mystic.
Narcotics Anonymous — 7:30 p.m.,
Park Congregational Church, 283 Broadway, Norwich.
Narcotics Anonymous — 10 a.m., Huntington Street Baptist Church, 29 Washington St., New London.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 12
Weightlifting Class — 10:30-11:15 a.m., East Lyme High School, 30 Chesterfield Road; 24 classes for $24; $29 nonresidents; also Thursday; call to register (860) 739-5859.
Tai Chi — 9-10 a.m., East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; also Friday; $48; $53 nonresidents for 24 classes; call to register (860) 739-5859.
Open Art — 9:30 a.m.-noon, East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; bring supplies; free; call to register (860) 739-5859. Adult Coloring — 12:30-2:30 p.m., East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; bring colored pencils; free; stop by to register (860) 739-5859.
Chair Yoga — East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; 9:30-10:30 a.m. or 10:30-11:30 a.m.; also Friday; 24 classes for $36; $41 nonresidents; stop by to register or to try out the class; (860) 739-5859. Tap Dance Class — 1-2 p.m., East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road; 24 classes for $24; $29 nonresidents; call to register (860) 739-5859. Guitar and Ukulele Lessons with Jesse
— 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Groton Senior Center, 102 Newtown Road; (860) 3269773. TOPS Chapter CT #0034 — 5:30 p.m., Pathways, Lower Level, 410 Salem Tpke., Rt. 82, Bozrah; weigh in and meeting; first meeting is free.
Mystic Farmers Market — 2-6 p.m., Quiambaug Firehouse, 50 Old Stonington Road. Boy Scouts Troop 7 — 7 p.m., Niantic Community Church, 170 Pennsylvania Ave.; (860) 772-4827. Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center
— 27 Chase St.; 9 a.m., shopping at McQuade’s; 9:15-10:15 a.m., strength & balance; 10:15-11:15 a.m., Zumba lite; 11:30 a.m., lunch; noon-1:30 p.m., bingo; (860) 599-3285. Self-Esteem Support Group — 6-8 p.m., Safe Futures, 34 Jay St., New London; facilitated by Safe Futures staff; free; (860) 447-0366. Groton City Field of Greens — 3-6 p.m., Washington Park, Meridian Street.
Bingo — 7 p.m., RAFA, 135 Garfield Ave., New London; (860) 447-0055.
Waterford Senior Services — 15 Rope Ferry Road; 8:30 a.m., cribbage; 9 a.m., strength I; open doors; 9:30 a.m., pitch games, pickleball; 10:15 a.m., strength II; 11:30 a.m., healthy stretch; 11:45 a.m., cafe lunch with $3 donation and reservation; 12:30 p.m., pinochle, rummikub; 1 p.m., PACE; 2:15 p.m., chair yoga; 5:30 p.m., Alzheimer’s program: Keys to Consider; (860) 444-5839.
Modern Musical Films — 3 p.m., Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road; free; (860) 444-5805. New London Neighborhood Alliance
— 6:30 p.m., New London Senior Center, 120 Broad St.; (860) 608-8688. Thames River Detachment Meeting — 7 p.m., Montville VFW, 91 Raymond Hill Road, Uncasville; email jreid43@att.net or call (860) 961-0634. Beginner ASL Classes — 6-7 p.m., Disabilities Network of Easter CT, 19 Ohio Ave.; 8 weeks for $65; the basics of American Sign Language; register at www.dnec.org/class or call (860) 8231898. The Compassionate Friends — 6 p.m., Norwich Free Academy, Sydney Frank Bldg., 305 Broadway; a national organization offering family support after the death of a child; (860) 884-5667. Civil War Letters of a Union Private to His Teenage Wife — 1 p.m., Lymes Senior Center, 26 Town Woods Road; Lisa Saunders gives the audience a behindthe-scenes look into their letters and lives in her book, “Ever True: A Union Private and His Wife”; (860) 434-1605. Grieving the Loss of a Spouse/Partner
— 5:30-7 p.m., Center for Hospice Care, 227 Dunham St., Norwich; 6-week support group; free; call to register (860) 848-5699. Book Discussion Group — 7 p.m., East Lyme Public Library, 39 Society Road; Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi; free; call to register (860) 739-6926. Microsoft Word I — 3 p.m., Groton Public Library, 52 Newtown Road; bring laptop with Microsoft Word to class; free; call to register (860) 4416750 or www.grotonpl.org.