CALENDAR

Thursday, Oct. 17

SQUADRON MEETING: The Northwest Hills Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol Auxiliary of the United States Air Force meets Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. at the Torrington Armory South Main Street. For information, call Cmdr. Tim Ceritello at 860-620-3670 or email timceritello@gmail.com.

COPING WITH AN AGGRESSIVE LOVED ONE: Coping with an Aggressive Loved One: You’re Not Alone” is the “To Your Good Health” lecture series topic to be presented at the Torrington Library at 6 p.m. Oct. 17. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, call the Torrington Library at 860-489-6684 or visit www.torringtonlibrary.org.

CHESS CLUB: The Litchfield County Chess Club meets Thursdays at the Torrington Library, 12 Daycoeton Place, Torrington, from 5:30 to 7:45 p.m. on Thursdays. The informal club has held several meetings. Membership is free — just show up and play. Adults, teens and older children with an adult are welcome. There are plenty of boards and pieces, or bring your own. For information, call Alan at 850-430-9317. DUPLICATE BRIDGE: Duplicate Bridge at the Sullivan Senior Center, East Albert Street, Torrington, Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon. For information, call John Townsend at 860-567-0671. Leave a message, he will return your call. Bringing a partner is encouraged but not required. Games are now free of charge. OPERA TALKS: The Metropolitan Opera Talks, presented By Jeffrey Engel, at the Litchfield Community Center, Route 202, Litchfield, at 1 p.m. Oct. 3, Turandot, Oct. 17, Manon, Oct. 31, Madama Butterfly, Nov. 21, Akhnaten. All coincide with live Met performances. Donations are welcome. Call The Litchfield Community Center at 860-567-8302 or visit www.thecommunitycenter.org

BOOK GROUP: Afternoon Book Group, 1:30 p.m., Oct. 17, free, Harwinton Library. This month’s book is Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt. Details, go to www.harwintonlibrary.org

ESP PROGRAM: Extra Sensory Performance With Keith Zalinger, 7 p.m. Oct. 17, Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South St., Litchfield. Free, space is limited, registration required at owlibrary.org or call 860-567-8030.

DIGITAL MARKETING: Business Mastery Series: Marketing in the Digital Era: Online Visibility – Getting Found Online presented by Lance Leifert, 6 p.m. Oct. 17, free, Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury. Details at scoville.org.

CANDIDATES DEBATE: Candidates debate for the town of Woodbury, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Litchfield and Republican and Democratic town committees. 7 p.m., Oct. 17, Nonnewaug High School, 5 Minortown Road, Woodbury. Moderator is Christine Horrigan. Public welcome.

Friday, Oct. 18

DROWSY CHAPERONE: Goshen Players will stage “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Oct. 18-19, 25-26 and Nov. 1-2 at 8 p.m., and Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. Performances will be held at the Old Goshen Town Hall, 2 North Street, at the Rotary Junction of Rts 4 and 63, Goshen. Tickets are $25, visit www.goshenplayers.org or call 860-4919988.

SPOOKY LITCHFIELD: Spooky Litchfield, a tour of Litchfield’s Historic District, 6-8 p.m., Oct. 18, $15 members, $20 guests, Litchfield Historical Society. Email registration@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org or call 860-567-4501 for more information.

CARDIAC HEALTH: Noble Horizons, Cobble Road, Salisbury, welcomes cardiologist Dr. Donald Soucier from The Heart Center at Sharon Hospital, discussing women’s cardiac health, noon, Oct. 18, Guests will have a complimentary light lunch buffet at 11:45 am. Reservations are necessary and may be made at www.noblehorizons.org or 860-4359851.

BEAUTIFUL CULTURE: The “Our Culture Is Beautiful” Organization is sponsoring Multicultural Festival 2019 on October 18 at the Torrington City Hall Auditorium from 5:30 to 8 p.m. All are welcome. Artists who created the multicultural mural that has been featured on the north side of the former Libby’s furniture Store will be celebrated. There will entertainment and sharing of stories. For more information, call Kevin Johnson at 860-375-5842.

HALLOWEEN DANCE: Winsted Lions Club Halloween Dance, 7 p.m., Oct. 18, Chatterly’s Banquet Facility, Torrington. Costumes encouraged. Tickets $25, purchase in advance from Joe Zibell at 860-921-6644 or at the door. Tickets include hot hors d’oeuvres, coffeet and desserts; a cash bar is availe and multiple raffles will be held. Live music by the Night Moves Band.

SPOOKY SCIENCE: Spooky Science! With Miss Kathy, grades K - 3, 3:30 p.m,. Oct. 18, free, Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South St., Litchfield. Library events are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required unless otherwise noted and can be done by calling 860-567-8030 or visiting owlibrary.org and clicking on Events/Adult Events or Events/Children & Teen Events. PENNY AUCTION: The Holy Rosary Society of St. John Paul The Great Parish (formerly St. Peter Church) will be holding their annual Penny Auction, Oct. 18, doors open at 5:30 p.m. at St. Peter Hall, 107 East Main Street Torrington. Calling starts at 7 p.m., free refreshments at intermission, food for sale. More than 50 business gift certificates to be auctioned, also a raffle table and 50/50 drawing. HAUNTED HAYRIDE: The Woodbury Lions Club’s 28th Annual Haunted Hayride and 3D Haunted Barn, starting from Mitchell School, Woodbury, Oct. 18-19, Oct. 25-26. Tickets $12 adults, $6 under age 10, for sale each night at 6:30-9 p.m. Refreshments are available for sale at the school.

EXHIBIT OPENING: Five Points Annex Gallery, located at 17 Water St. in downtown Torrington, opens “Chains, Rain And Moments That Hold Us” with a reception Oct. 18, 5-8 p.m., free. The exhibit runs through Oct. 27. SALISBURY FORUM: Douglas Schwartz, Director of Polling for Quinnipiac University, will present “Polling and the 2020 Election” as the speaker at the Salisbury Forum, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 18, at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village. A Q&A session will follow the presentation. Admission is free and open to everyone. For more information, go to www.salisburyforum.org.

ART SHOW: Dingledodies, new paintings by Larry Louis Morse, on display at Good News Restaurant and Bar, 694 Main Street South, Woodbury, through Jan. 13. Opening reception, Oct. 29, 3-5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19

FREE TRAIN SHOW: A free model train show will be held Oct. 19-20, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St., Winsted. Train layouts, white elephant table, artists, photographs, collectibles for sale.

HAUNTED HAYRIDE: The Woodbury Lions Club’s 28th Annual Haunted Hayride and 3D Haunted Barn, starting from Mitchell School, Woodbury, Oct. 18-19, Oct. 25-26. Tickets $12 adults, $6 under age 10, for sale each night at 6:30-9 p.m. Refreshments are available for sale at the school.

DROWSY CHAPERONE: Goshen Players will stage “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Oct. 18-19, 25-26 and Nov. 1-2 at 8 p.m., and Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. Performances will be held at the Old Goshen Town Hall, 2 North Street, at the Rotary Junction of Rts 4 and 63, Goshen. Tickets are $25, visit www.goshenplayers.org or call 860-4919988. STEAM VENT: The Fall Season of Steam Vent Coffee house, 6 p.m., Oct. 19, at First Church of Winsted, 95 North Main St. Free, donations welcome. Open mic, 6-7 p.m., featured performers, 7-9 p.m., Mexican night in the cafe, $10 per person.

CEMETERY WALK: The 6th annual Cemetery Walk, sponsored by the Soldiers’ Monument Commission, noon-2 p.m.,. Oct. 19, $5 adults, free under age 16, at Center Cemetery, adjacent to the East End Park. Costumed interpreters representing residents from the past will tell about their lives and the rich history of Winsted and Winchester. Tours begin noon, last tour 2:15 p.m. Rain date Oct. 20.

BOOK SALE: Autumn Book Sale, Harwinton Public Library, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 19. Bring your own bags. For information, call 860-485-9113

GROUP READING: Group Reading of The Bat Poet by Randall Jarrell with Gerri Griswold, 6 p.m., Oct. 19, White Memorial Conservation Center, Litchfield. Meet in the A.B. Ceder Room, bring a dish to share and your own place setting, BYOB. $15 members, $30 guests. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Call 860-567-0857 or register online: www.whitememorialcc.org

DEEP TRAVELING: David K. Leff, author, poet and former deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, presents his experiences with travel, 2 p.m., Oct. 19, Flanders Those interested may register online at www.flandersnaturecenter.org or call 203-263-3711, ext. 12, for more information.

AUTHOR TALK: “Music Box,” discussion and signing, with author and composer Ron Kramer, Morris Public Library, Saturday, October 19, at 1 p.m., Morris Public Library. To register call 860-567-7440 or https://morrispubliclibrary.net.

BOOK SIGNING: House of Books hosts Alex Hitz, chef and host extraordinaire, who will sign copies of his latest book “The Art Of The Host,” 5 p.m., Oct. 19, House of Books, 4 North Main St, Kent. This event is open to the public. For more information, call the House of Books at 860-927-4104.

BOOK GROUP: Evening Book Group, Harwinton Library, 7 p.m., Oct. 21, free. “Of the Tress” by E.M. Fitch will be discussed.

REFLECTIVE JOURNEY: A Reflective Journey Through Gift from the Sea” will be offered at Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m, Oct. 19. Laura McEvoy, MS, LPC will present. Fee $60, includes lunch. Register by Oct. 15. For additional information call 860567-3163, email programs@widomhouse.org or visit www.wisdomhouse.org. If registering after the deadline please call.

WRITING WORKSHOP: Generative Writing Workshop with Virginia Watkins, 10 a.m., Oct. 19, Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury. Details, go to scoville.org. ROAST BEEF DINNER: Roast Beef Dinner, 5-7 p.m. ,Oct. 19, $12 adults, $8 children, $40 family maximum, at Church of Christ, 5 Old Middle St., Goshen. Full dinner with dessert, dine in or take out. No reservations needed. LLAMA PROGRAM: Hooked On Llamas, for all ages, 11 a.m., Oct. 19, Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South St., Litchfield, with Debbie Labbe of Country Quilt Llama Farm and her pet llama. Library events are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required unless otherwise noted and can be done by calling 860-567-8030 or visiting owlibrary.org and clicking on Events/Adult Events or Events/Children & Teen Events. CIVIL DIALOGUE: On Saturday, October 19 at 1:00 p.m. the Kent Memorial Library will host a Civil Dialogue with the Kent First Selectman candidates Jean Speck and Edward Matson at Town Hall, Kent, 1 p.m., Oct. 19. Questions may be dropped off at the Library or collected at the event. Registration required; call the Library 860-927-3761, email kmlinfo@biblio.org or kentmemoriallibrary.org.