CALENDAR

Monday, Feb. 1

MONDAY SCHOLARS: Live Zoom Event: Monday Scholars – American Military History: From Colonials to Counterinsurgents with the Oliver Wolcott Library, Litchfield, 1-2:30 p.m., weekly until March 29, no meeting Feb. 15. Information and login at www.owlibrary.org.

MISSING SNOWMEN: WMG (Warren / Morris / Goshen) Recreation presents Find the Missing Snowmen. Each town has 12 missing snowmen, hidden in various focal points in town. Visit the Facebook page of the recreation department in your town for possible daily clues; when you find one, scan the QR code on his scarf, fill out the Google form and be entered to win a prize. Find all 36 and be entered for the grand prize. Contest continues until Feb. 16.

CHRONIC PAIN: The free six-week virtual workshop, “Live Well with Chronic Pain,” will provide practical tools to help individuals to develop self-management skills and the confidence to take control of chronic pain, Mondays, 10 a.m. Feb. 1-March 18. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions.Registration is required. For more information or to register, call Amina Weiland at 860-2863236.

VFW FUNDRAISER: Online bingo fundraiser with designer bags and gift card prizes, 7 p.m. Feb. 6, on Zoom. Doors open at 6 p.m. game starts at 7 p.m. More information can be found at https:// fb.me/e/10H6Isjn5 as well as a sign up form.

DEMENTIA STRATEGIES: Virtual Class: Dementia Caregiver Series Focuses on Strategies, 1:30 pm. Mondays, Feb. 1March 1. A certified dementia specialist with Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging will lead the series. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Registration is required; call 855442-4373 or visit www.HHCHealth.org/ VirtualClasses.

DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS: Virtual Class: Dimensions of Wellness Examines All Aspects of Self, 10 a.m. Feb. 1. Provides insights into a wellness model incorporating the physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, pocational and environmental aspects of life. Registration is required; call 855-442-4373 or visit www.HHCHealth.org/VirtualClasses. After registration, participants will receive an email with easy instructions on joining the webinar.

BOCELLI, BANKERS: Minor Memorial Library in Roxbury welcomes Elaine Ruffulo as she presents “Botticelli, Bankers and The Bonfire of the Vanities” at 4 p.m. Feb. 1 on Zoom. Free, registration is required. RSVP online at www.minormemoriallibrary.org to receive the Zoom link.

FARMING FOR THE FUTURE: Farming for the Future at The Hotchkiss School, presented by Amy Sidran, education coordinator of Fairfield Farm at the school, 7 p.m. Feb. 1. Sidran will discuss the school's sustainable farming techniques; new initiatives to provide healthy, nutrient-dense food; plans to increase learning opportunities by encouraging hands-on experience in organic, sustainable agriculture and the expansion of the school's substantive farm-based leadership and community-building program. Receive a Zoom link for Sidran's free program by registering at www.noblehorizons.org.

MEDICARE OPTIONS: Virtual Classes: Understanding Your Medicare Options. Virtual classes from now through March focus on topics including: how does it work; the different parts of Medicare; when to enroll; how to choose a plan; and options including Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicare Supplement Plans and Prescription Drug Plans followed by a question and answer period. Feb. 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 22, 24 and 25; and March 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 29 and 31. For convenience, the times vary. Registration is required; call 855-442-4373 or visit

HartfordHealthCare.org/Virtual Classes.

Tuesday, Feb. 2

MOVEMENT DISORDERS: Movement Disorders Group meets bi-monthly, presented by Chase Family Movement Disorders Center and Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, offered on first and third Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Feb. 2, Feb. 16. Facilitators are Amanda Brill, LCSW, at the Chase Family Movement Disorder Center, and Jennifer McCaughey, MS, resource coordinator, Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging. For more information, call Amanda Brill, at 860-696-4653, or Jennifer McCaughey at 860-696-4623.

OPTIMUM AGING: Virtual Class: Healthy Brain Series Examines Optimum Aging, 6 p.m. Feb. 2-March 2, led by a certified dementia specialist with Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Registration is required; call 855442-4373 or visit www.HHCHealth.org/VirtualClasses

CONTEMPLATIVE YOGA: Contemplative Yoga with Judith Ehrman-Shapiro on Zoom, White Memorial Conservation Center, Ltichfield. Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m. No registration required; $10 per class on Venmo to @Judith-Ehrman-Shapiro; donate $1 by putting White Memorial in a note. Other payment arrangements can be made by calling Judith at 860-3099489.

POST IMPRESSIONISTS: Live Zoom Event: Post-Impressionism Series with Michael Norris, Ph.D., 3 p.m. Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Oliver Wolcot Library, Litchfield. For more information about these programs, go to www.owlibrary.org and click on "Programs & Events." To attend the events, click on the Zoom link provided on our website at the time of the event.

SHAKESPEARES SONNETS: Discovering Shakespeare’s Sonnets, with Hotchkiss School instructor Parker Reed, 11 a.m. Feb. 2 on Zoom. The free classes will be held on Feb. 2, 9, and 16 11 am-noon; register for a Zoom link at www.noblehorizons.org

Wednesday, Feb. 3

COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Community Connection Hour led by Dr. Kelly Kandra Hughes with Self Care Tips, 10:30 a.m,. first and third Wednesdays through March, Feb. 3, 17. Presented by the Norfolk and Scoville Memorial Library, each hour includes a 15-20 minute presentation on a self-care topic, such as stress reduction, preventing falls, and ways to stay active in winter facilitated by Dr Kelly Kandra Hughe with guest speakers. The remaining time will be for discussion and offering moral support among participants. For the zoom link, go to https://rb.gy/hwuzel

DOCS AND DIALOG: “One Earth, Our Earth Film Series” Doc’s & Dialog, a film series honoring the 50t anniversary of Earth Day, at the Litchfield Community Center. Bring a brown bag dinner; hot beverages and a snack provided. 6-8 p.m. Feb. 3, “A Time to Choose.” Free, donations welcome. Space limited. To register call 860-567-8302 or visit www.thecommunitycenter.org.

FALLING SAFELY: A free program, “How to Fall Safely,” will be held at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Techniques will be demonstrated to show how to fall the correct way whether forwards, backwards or to the side. Presenter will be Christine SoliminiSwift, exercise physiologist, with GoodLife Fitness. This program is sponsored by GoodLife Fitness and Calendar House. Registration is required; call 855-4424373 or visit www.HHCHealth.org/VirtualClasses.

STAYING ON YOUR FEET: Virtual Class: Staying on Your Feet in the Ice and Snow, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 3, free on Zoom. Evan Gross, exercise physiologist with Hartford HealthCare GoodLife Fitness, will lead the program. GoodLife Fitness is sponsoring, coordinating with West Hartford Senior Center. Registration is required; call 855-442-4373 or visit www.HHCHealth.org/VirtualClasses. HEART HEALTH: Virtual Class: Heart Healthy Behaviors, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 3, free on Zoom. This program is sponsored by Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging and Cromwell Senior Center. Registration is required; call 855-442-4373 or visit www.HartfordHealthCare.org/ VirtualClasses.

Thursday, Feb. 4

MISSING SNOWMEN: WMG (Warren / Morris / Goshen) Recreation presents Find the Missing Snowmen. Each town has 12 missing snowmen, hidden in various focal points in town. Visit the Facebook page of the recreation department in your town for possible daily clues; when you find one, scan the QR code on his scarf, fill out the Google form and be entered to win a prize. Find all 36 and be entered for the grand prize. Contest continues until Feb. 16.

VFW FUNDRAISER: Online bingo fundraiser with designer bags and gift card prizes, 7 p.m. Feb. 6, on Zoom. Doors open at 6 p.m. game starts at 7 p.m. More information can be found at https:// fb.me/e/10H6Isjn5 as well as a sign up form.

NATURE’S NURSERY: Virtual Nature’s Nursery Series with White Memorial Conservation Center, Litchfield, first Thursday, 2 p.m. on Zoom. Every session will include a story featuring wild animals and then an up-close encounter with a live animal. Pre-registration and prepayment are required; call 860-567-0857 or visit whitememorialcc.org to register. Space is limited. Before each session for which you are registered, receive an email with the Zoom link. $5 members, $8 guests, per session.

Friday, Feb. 5

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: A grief support group meets on Fridays until Feb. 26, 9:30-11 a.m. on Zoom. For more information and the Zoom link, contact the facilitator, Eileen L. Epperson, at 860-6056576.

TWEEN WRITING GROUP: T/ween Writing Group Scoville, for ages 11-16, 4 p.m. on Fridays. For writers of any genre or topic: poetry, fanfic, nonfiction, memoir. To register, email Abbey at agallagher502@gmail.com. Check out or join this supportive, long-term group of young writers.

STAR PARTY: Virtual Star Party!, 7 p.m. Feb. 5 with the Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Tonight’s talk is , “Astronomy 101” with Denis Williamson. Register at To register: https://rb.gy/nbculx

MULTICULTURAL SERIES: Multicultural Event in Torrington, presented by Our Culture is Beautiful, 6 p.m. Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, on Zoom. For information, call. 860375-5842. Each program will be on Zoom and Facebook live. Links will be posted to OCIB’s Facebook page ahead of the program. All are welcome.

Saturday, Feb. 6

VFW FUNDRAISER: Online bingo fundraiser with designer bags and gift card prizes, 7 p.m. Feb. 6, on Zoom. Doors open at 6 p.m. game starts at 7 p.m. More information can be found at https:// fb.me/e/10H6Isjn5 as well as a sign up form.

PANDEMIC PANTRY: The Pandemic Pantry ~ What a Friend We Have in Cheeses, noon, Feb. 6 with Gerri Griswold, White Memorial Conservation Center, Litchfield. The Pandemic Pantry celebrates several varieties: Broccoli Cheddar Soup, Brie Baked in Puff Pastry, A Potato Torte filled with Ham and Gruyere, Cheese Fondue, and Lemony Cheesecake. Free. Register at https://rb.gy/zkogz8