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Friday, April 24-Sunday, April 26
Come join in a weekend of reflection, connection and renewal. We will reflect together on the treasure of The Twelve Steps. “Then we can be set free to live and love; we may then be able to twelfth-step ourselves, as well as others, into emotional sobriety.”

Bill W.

$335 | *PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH

$305 | *PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH HALL BATH

$175 | **COMMUTER

*All meals are included: Dinner on Friday through Lunch on Sunday

**Breakfast and lunch on Friday and Saturday are included.

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 E Litchfield Rd
Litchfield, CT 06759

4/24/26

https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/emotional-sobriety

Friday, April 10
9:30 AM-4:00 PM

Peter Yaremko, a published author and poet, leads participants in learning how to create their own personal space for feeling better through writing. This day-long program is a stress-free space to focus on poetry and well-being – a little oasis in which to bask in the beauty of healing words and learning to tap into our own inner wellspring of creativity. Topics include: how poetry heals and empowers, de-mystifying poetry, how to write simple poems that ease stress, anxiety and trauma. Participants will write and share poems in a supportive, no-critique environment.

COST | $75, lunch included

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 E Litchfield Rd
Litchfield, CT 06759

4/10/26

https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/emotional-healing-poetry

LPA & Milton Music Present Charlie Sigler Trio an Oscar Peterson Tribute. Celebrated guitarist Charlie Sigler leads a special tribute to jazz legend Oscar Peterson. A soulful afternoon of modern jazz, rooted in tradition. With bassist Ahmed McLemore and pianist Jeb Patton. A perfect way to celebrate Mother’s Day afternoon in Litchfield.

Charlie Sigler – Bandleader, Guitar
Known for his soulful sound and deep connection to the jazz tradition, Charlie Sigler brings vibrant energy and creative possibility to every performance. Originally from the Baltimore/Washington area, he earned his degree in Jazz Performance from William Paterson University, where he studied with legendary artists including Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern, and Gene Bertoncini.

Now based in Jersey City, Charlie has become a distinctive voice on the international jazz scene, performing alongside masters such as Christian McBride, Slide Hampton, Billy Hart, Victor Lewis, Akiko Tsuruga, Lenny White, and Winard Harper. His guitar work—both lyrical and full of groove—has taken him to stages around the world, from New York’s premier jazz clubs to major festivals including the Charlie Parker Festival, Montclair Jazz Festival, and Marians Jazzroom in Switzerland.
In addition to leading his own trio and organ groups, Charlie is dedicated to jazz education, serving on the faculty at Montclair State University and mentoring young players through Jazz House Kids and Litchfield Jazz Camp.

This concert is presented by Milton Music, a partnership between Litchfield Performing Arts and Milton Congregational Church. Located at 548 Milton Road, Litchfield, CT. Concert Starts at 3:00 PM Tickets can be purchased at mmcharliesigler.eventbrite.com

Milton Congregational Church. Located at 548 Milton Road, Litchfield, CT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lpa-milton-music-present-charlie-sigler-trio-an-oscar-peterson-tribute-tickets-1986130130686?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

The Cornwall Library is excited to present author Anne Whiteside in conversation with Gregory Galloway about her new nonfiction espionage book, “The Moon in Splinters”.

This free event is Saturday, April 18 at 5 pm. In-person only (no Zoom). Registration required at the library website given below.

One moonless night in 1942, a handsome 20-year-old British SOE lieutenant, Maurice Pertschuk, rowed ashore on the Côte d’Azur with orders to report to the French resistance. Three years later he’d be hanged at Buchenwald, just 13 days before its liberation, within earshot of approaching Allied guns. Friends rescued the sheaf of poems he’d scribbled on scavenged paper and published them in 1946 as Leaves of Buchenwald.

What had happened, his young niece Anne Whiteside wondered, to her brave maternal uncle, whom she had never met? A seemingly impenetrable silence hung around the subject.

Only after her mother’s death did Anne dare look for answers. In “The Moon in Splinters” she revisits Maurice’s haunts, tracks down survivors and interviews their families. A portrait emerges of Maurice as a slight, brilliant, romantic intellectual; of gentle disposition, yet tough, full of “imaginative audacity,” who organized a vast, yet to date largely forgotten, resistance network in southern France.

After the Germans occupied the whole of France, London ordered Maurice’s team to blow up a Toulouse explosive factory, but a double agent caught wind of the plot. Maurice and 16 others were betrayed, arrested, tortured and deported to Buchenwald.

“The Moon in Splinters” follows twists and turns in the discoveries, the disappointments and the revelations—all interwoven with Maurice’s reconstructed story. It leads to a surprise ending, even more sinister than the one historians tell.

Cornwall Library
30 Pine Street
Cornwall, CT 06753

Events

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens is pleased to welcome Stephanie Lear Henderson and her exhibition, “In Color,” hosted by KMR Arts, on view at the park beginning Friday, May 1. This show features the artist’s abstract paintings using simple forms and bold colors.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Henderson’s paintings depict disciplined shapes with playful color combinations, drawing on the knowledge that color can influence human psychology, behavior, health and emotions. Her works focus on simplicity of form rendered in bold color combinations, tapping into the positive energy of those colors.

This show will remain on view through Sunday, May 31, 2026. Check our social media for weekly open hours: @judyblackpark on Instagram and Facebook.

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens
One Green Hill Road
Washington Depot, CT 06794
https://judyblackpark.org/art

Current Exhibition at the Washington Art Association & Gallery:

Alexander Purves
Sketchbooks: Travelling
March 21 – April 18, 2026

Experience the Purves journey at the Washington Art Association & Gallery, a remarkable retrospective spanning over 60 years and 15 countries, offering a rare glimpse into Purves’ artistic journey across time and place.

Entrance is free. Prints can be purchased for $60.

Introduction to Exhibition written by Alec Purves:
“This exhibition covers sixty years of traveling and sketching. The earliest sketchbooks date from 1965, the year of my graduation from the Yale School of Architecture. When I finished graduate school, I felt the urge to see the architecture that had not been included in our curriculum. I developed an itinerary that eventually included Japan, Cambodia, India, Iran, Turkey, France, Egypt and Libya – with a side excursion to Finland! The trip took nine months and was supported by the Winchester Travel Fellowship. Subsequent trips took me to Portugal, Spain and Morocco. More recently, Italy has been my focus.”

About sketching, written by Alec Purves:
“Drawing helps me to see. It forces me to look hard. It requires effort, but it also gives great pleasure, and looking back at these travel sketches brings memories to life. Some drawings are careful records, others are rapid gestures. I draw whatever catches my eye and triggers my curiosity. It could be a shape, a beam of light, a person. I typically use a ballpoint pen when I travel. It’s convenient, doesn’t smudge, and it
responds to pressure. But I also recognize that my fascination with line was cultivated during a Yale undergraduate freehand drawing course taught by Josef Albers, who only allowed us to use the point of the pencil.
Sketchbooks are visual journals. They are private and are not intended for public viewing, however others have encouraged me to show them, as they illustrate the ways I see.”
Event Location

Washington Art Association & Gallery
Memorial Plaza, 4 Bryan Hall Plaza, Washington Depot, CT 06794

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday-Saturday, 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, 12:00pm-4:00pm

Phone: 860.868.2878

Email: info@washingtonartassociation.org
Event URL

Current Exhibition

LIVE Mariachi music, fun, festive food & drinks!
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
All Ages Welcome.
$7 per person. Option to pre-pay or pay cash at the door.
Age 5 and under are free.
Event Location

Litchfield Community Center
421 Bantam Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-567-8302

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

Byrde + the b is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by the contemporary abstract artist and master colorist Steven Miller at their space on the village green in Litchfield, CT opening April 8 through June 27, 2026.

Mr. Miller works in oils on canvas in combination with images inspired by nature. He works in a series of paintings, usually working on from two to three at a time. He states that “These works still hold a strong fascination for me and continue to pro-vide me with boundless inspiration. The work I produce is all about color, form and simplicity”. Life quite simply as a force of nature captured on canvas.

Steven Miller has exhibited his work across the United States from New York to Los Angeles, and in Europe from London to Cologne. He is a Vinalhaven Fellow, a Rubenstein Scholar, and a Parsons School of Design Scholar. His work has been featured in “Sex in the City”, “Frasier”, “Billions”, “Industry” and in major Hollywood films. Miller was the 1st Place Award Winner for the Best Artist in Litchfield County in 2026.

Mr. Miller’s work is in many private and public collections in the United States, Europe and Asia. His work has been added to the permanent collections of the University of Virginia’s Bayly Art Museum, the Savannah College of Art & Design Museum in Georgia, the Chase Manhattan Bank, Google and Microsoft.
For additional information please contact Byrde + the b at 860 619 0422 .

Steven Miller “Recent Paintings”
Byrde + the b 43 West Street Litchfield, CT
Hours Wed-Sat 10:00am-6:00pm
www.byrdeandtheb.com
www.stevenwmiller.com

Byrde + the b
43 West Street
Litchfield, CT
www.byrdeandtheb.com
860 619 0422

Join us for a four-course dinner paired with wines from Obsidian Wine Co., a Napa Valley producer shaped by volcanic soil, high elevation, and a spirit of exploration.
In partnership with World of Wines, we’re bringing these distinctive pours to The Abner for a spring evening of layered flavors, thoughtful pairings, and seasonal cooking from Executive Chef John Gapasin.

$125 per person + tax & gratuity
5:30- 8:30

The Abner Hotel
15 West Street
Litchfield Connecticut
https://www.opentable.com/r/the-courtroom-at-the-abner-hotel-litchfield

Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy’s annual Duck Day is back! Enjoy live animal programs, games, crafts, amazing local organizations and the signature Duck Derby Race!

Live reptile programs by Riverside Reptiles – meet fascinating cold-blooded creatures up close (begins at 11:00 AM)
Rubber Duck Derby race – a crowd favorite you won’t want to miss (begins at 1:00 PM)
Live raptor demonstrations by Skyhunters in Flight – watch these awe-inspiring birds of prey soar and hunt in action (begins at 2:00 PM)

$10/person | kids 12 & under & members are FREE

Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
55 Duck Pond Road, Litchfield CT
https://onecau.se/_c6dt51