New Milford Chamber of Commerce

Designer Bag Bingo! St. Patrick's Day theme
2026-03-14 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | VFW, 11 Avery Road, New Milford, CT, 06776
10 rounds of bingo, with a designer bag to one winner each round. Raffle, Biker Better/Extra Bingo round with bonus designer bag!
$40/person
$55/person, including St. Patrick’s Day dinner which includes a corned beef sandwich, chips and a pickle
Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/designer-bag-bingo-31

Dirty Date Night
2026-03-14 18:30 - 21:30 | Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Dirty Date Night
Saturday: March 14th 6:30-9:30PM
Grab someone special and come get dirty….with clay!
This is a two-day course where you will throw one piece of pottery on the wheel with your significant other 💖🍷, & trim the base during the second visit. $245 per couple. This includes a visit to glaze your piece at your leisure once it’s out of the kiln.
Bring a beverage of your choice and finger food if you’d like.
You must pre-register for this event.
Needs a minimum of 4 people to run this class.
Village Center for the Arts
villagecenterarts.org
12 Main Street, New Milford, CT
(860) 354-4318

New Milford Community Breakfast
2026-03-20 08:00 - 22:00 | El Rinconcito, 43 Main Street, New Milford, 06776, United States
The New Milford Community Breakfast is an annual event that brings
neighbors together over a shared meal while supporting The Wheels Program.
Proceeds from the event help fund free, volunteer-driven transportation for seniors and
individuals with disabilities by covering essential costs such as fuel, vehicle
maintenance, and insurance. With the goal of increasing medical accessibility for those
in need, Wheels ensures reliable access to medical, dental, and physical therapy care,
enabling individuals to remain independent and age comfortably in their own homes.

Singo ~ Classic Rock Night
2026-03-20 17:00 - 22:00 | Candlewood Valley Country Club, 401 Danbury Rd, New Milford, CT, 06776
Classic Rock Night

It’s BINGO with a Beat!

Friday, March 20th

Dinner available 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm

First Round Starts at 7 pm

Second & Third Rounds Follow

Prizes for the winner after each round

401 Danbury Road

Reserve Your Table today * Call Jennifer at * 860.354.9359 x 4

Traditional Irish Music
2026-03-20 18:30 - 19:30 | New Milford Public Library, 24 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Join us for traditional Irish music from Bill Devlin and other musicians from Andy McGann’s group of Comhaltas.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is the largest group involved in the preservation and promotion of Irish traditional music. It is a non-profit cultural movement with hundreds of local branches throughout Ireland and around the world.
A community and volunteer based organization, Comhaltas has been providing opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds, but especially the young, to enjoy and participate in the traditions of Ireland since 1951. Sponsored by the Friends of New Milford Library.

Pottery talk and demonstration - New Milford Historical Society
2026-03-21 13:00 - 16:00 | New Milford Historical Society, 6 Aspetuck Ave, New Milford, CT, 06776
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Springtime Floral Workshop
2026-03-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Candlewood Valley Country Club, 401 Danbury Rd, New Milford, CT, 06776
Celebrate the vibrant arrival of Spring with Susan Spanger of Bloomful Floral Design! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll master the art of texture and symmetry as you craft a stunning seasonal arrangement inside a charming bird’s-nest basket. Featuring market-fresh ranunculus, tulips, and pussy willow accented with pheasant feathers. This all-inclusive class is designed to inspire everyone from beginners to seasoned enthusiasts.

Step away with a nature-inspired masterpiece that perfectly captures the energy of the season.

Women, Wine, & Wheel
2026-03-21 18:30 - 21:30 | Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Women, Wine, & Wheel
Saturday: March 21st 6:30-9:30PM
Ready for some serious fun with friends? Picture this: laughter, creativity, and a pottery wheel at your fingertips!
Join us for a super fun 2-day pottery adventure.
What could be more fun than a bunch of friends laughing and learning the pottery wheel?
Add a little wine or beverage of your choice – you are making memories and a functioning piece of art with your own hands!
This is a two-day course – you will throw one piece of pottery on the wheel, & trim the base during the second visit. Your third visit you can glaze your piece at your leisure once it’s out of the kiln. $129 Each.
You must pre-register for this event.
Village Center for the Arts
villagecenterarts.org
12 Main Street, New Milford, CT
(860) 354-4318

A Studio Affair
2026-03-21 18:30 - 22:00 | Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
A Studio Affair
Saturday, March 21
6:30–10:00 PM
Ages 21+
Step away from your screen and into the studio. A Studio Affair is a chance to unplug, slow down, and reconnect with yourself, with others, and with the simple joy of creating.
As a nonprofit, we’re dedicated to offering adults a relaxed, welcoming space to unwind and explore the arts with no pressure, no expectations, and no experience required.
Whether you’re meeting new people, taking time to creative , or just craving a phone-free evening, this is time well spent. Creating art has a powerful way of calming the mind, boosting well-being, and helping you feel present and this night is all about that.
This is a great time to work on your junk journal – or that craft you haven’t
had time to finish. Bring a project you’re already working on!
We’ll be spinning vinyl to set the vibe, and it’s BYOB if you’d like to sip while you create.
a Studio Affair is a free community event
Held every 3rd Saturday of the month.
Village Center for the Arts is located at 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT
(860) 354-4318. Visit our calendar page villagecenterarts.org
Invite a friend, spread the word, and give yourself a night to unplug and create.

Focaccia Baking Class with JCC Member David Schwartzbaum
2026-03-22 10:30 - 12:30 | JCC in Sherman, 9 Route 39 South, Sherman, CT
Interested in learning how to bake bread but never had the chance?
Please join David Schwartzbaum for a class on how to make bread. David will provide hands-on instructions for a no-knead focaccia that is easy to make, virtually foolproof, and absolutely delicious. No prior bread making experience is needed (or kneaded).Participants will be provided all required ingredients and kitchen tools. Space is limited, and spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Early registration is recommended to ensure your place in the class. David, a semi-retired corporate lawyer, has been baking bread and teaching bread-making for more than 10 years. During COVID, David taught on-line bread-making classes to his law firm colleagues. David and his wife Rena can be frequently found enjoying events at JCCS when they are not busy shoveling snow. David is pleased to be volunteering his time for this class to bring the joy of bread-making to the JCC in Sherman community.
JCCS Members can register NOW! Non-Member registration opens 3/01!

RVNAhealth New Milford Community Reception
2026-03-24 17:00 - 18:30 | RVNAhealth – New Milford Office, 68 Park Lane Road, New Milford, CT, 06776
We invite you to join us for a
New Milford
Community Reception
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 5:00pm
RVNAhealth New Milford Office
68 Park Lane Road | New Milford, CT
Get to know RVNAhealth and learn more
about our commitment to the health and
well-being of your community and the
continuum of services we provide for all ages.
Refreshments will be served
Please RSVP by Thursday, March 19 to
Taylor Price at 203.438.5555, x1018 or via
email at tprice@RVNAhealth.org

Lunch & Learn AI for Small Business
2026-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | The Maxx, 94 Railroad Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
RSVP at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ai-for-small-business

Red Hot Mamas Outsmarting Menopause
2026-03-25 17:30 - 19:30 | New Milford Public Library, 24 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
“Sticks and Stones Can Break Your Bones”–A guided discussion on the topic of Osteopenia and other orthopedic concerns during and following menopause.

Author Talk: Robert Hubbard
2026-03-26 18:00 - 19:00 | New Milford Public Library, 24 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
In celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the library is hosting Robert Hubbard the author of Major General Israel Putnam: Hero of the American Revolution.
A colorful figure of 18th-century America, Israel Putnam (1718–1790) played key roles in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. During the former, he barely escaped from being burned alive by Mohawk warriors and was held by the French as a prisoner of war in Canada. He later commanded a force of 500 men that was shipwrecked off the coast of Cuba. During the Revolutionary War, it was Putnam who reportedly gave the command “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The late U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who was also a historian, once stated it “could be argued that we owe our national existence to the fortifications which General Israel Putnam threw up in April 1776 on the Buttermilk Channel side [of New York’s Governors Island], which is just a baseball’s throw from Brooklyn Heights.” Robert Ernest Hubbard’s book, the first full-length biography of Putnam in more than a century, re-examines the life of a general whose seniority in the Continental Army was second only to that of George Washington. This talk will cover Putnam’s personal life and military career, including his service in eastern New York State in the French and Indian War and in Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War. Special attention will be paid to the Redding, Connecticut encampment of General Putnam’s division of the Continental Army during the winter of 1778-1779.
Robert Ernest Hubbard is a retired professor from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, and an adjunct faculty member in the college’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program. In addition to Major General Israel Putnam: Hero of the American Revolution, he is the author of eleven other books including The Last Survivors, A History of Connecticut’s Deadliest Tornadoes, and this year’s Major General Thomas Mifflin: The Army’s First Quartermaster General and the First Governor of Pennsylvania.

New Milford Myths Legends and Scams
2026-03-28 14:00 - 18:00 | New Milford Historical Society, 6 Aspetuck Ave, New Milford, CT, 06776
This program brings the past to life through larger-than-life figures who defied convention,
challenged norms, broke some laws, and left their wonderfully peculiar mark on New
Milford, proving that the past was anything but ordinary.

Taco Dinner Fundraiser
2026-03-28 17:00 - 19:30 | New Milford United Methodist Church, 68 Danbury Road, New Milford, 06776, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Tacos for a cause? Yes, please! Come pile your plate high, laugh with friends, and help support our church’s mission. Good food, good company, and a good reason to gather.

Habitat For Humanity Free Homebuyer Workshop
2026-04-01 17:30 - 18:30 | CT
Ready to take the first toward home ownership?

Join Housatonic Habitat For Humanity for a free Homebuyer Workshop
designed to turn your goals into a plan. Whether you are first starting out
or getting serious about buying, this session will give you the tools and
confidence to move forward.

Learn how to boost your credit, prepare for a mortgage, explore available
Habitat homes, and discover how we support first-time homeowners every
step of the way.

Join us Wednesday April 1st at 5:30pm at the Danbury ReStore or attend virtually
from the comfort of your home.

Take the step toward affordable homeownership today.
https://app.giveffect.com/campaigns/44550-free-habitat-homeowner-workshop-april-1-2026

Clay Play
2026-04-04 13:00 - 15:00 | Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Clay Play
Saturday: April 4th
1:00 – 3:00PM
Grab your friends and have fun with clay! This class is for all ages!
(7 and under can sit on parents lap and join the fun!)
This is your chance to try the pottery wheel and get your hands in some clay.
We show you how, then you get on the wheel right away. This class is perfect for all ages. $50 ea.
Pre-registration and payment is required.
Needs a minimum of 4 people to run this class.
Village Center for the Arts
12 Main Street, New Milford, CT
Call us for more information or to register (860) 354-4318

Gallery Opening
2026-04-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
We’re excited to invite you to our newest gallery exhibition at Village Center for the Arts.
Evoking Contrast
Ceramics by Matt Denning
Paintings by Beatrice Rossi-Landi
Gallery Opening
Friday, April 4th
6:30–8:00 PM
12 Main Street, New Milford
Free and open to the public
This two-person exhibition brings together the elemental presence of clay and the luminous quality of paint in a dynamic exploration of contrast.
Matt Denning, a Bridgewater-based ceramic artist with over 40 years of experience, presents wood-fired and salt-glazed works shaped by flame, texture, and tradition.
Beatrice Rossi-Landi, a Roxbury painter with an international background in design and fine art, draws inspiration from the landscapes of Litchfield County, capturing color, atmosphere, and subtle shifts in light.
Together, their work creates a compelling visual dialogue within our gallery space.
The exhibition will remain on view through April 26th.
We hope you’ll join us for the opening and experience this powerful pairing in person.
(860) 354-4318 for more information.
villagecenterarts.org

Dinner & Murder Mystery with Clue Dunnit?!
2026-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | CT
At this event, help to solve a dark mystery while enjoying a delicious meal by local chef Lori Hendricks Bechtold!
Menu Coming Soon!
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In the New England town of Old Darienwich, someone has been murdered. With your help, we solve the crime EVERY TIME!
Experience a unique, totally improvised story based on your suggestions. You pick the victim and find the murderer!
In this 90-minute improvised production, you will:

Meet the characters
Help interrogate the suspects
Experience key scenes leading up to the murder
Learn about their motives
Identify the clues
Find the killer

For the best experience, learn about the town of Old Darienwich and its residents here! https://www.cluedunnit.live/

Dirty Date Night
2026-04-11 18:30 - 21:30 | VCA – Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Dirty Date Night
Saturday: April 11th. 6:30-9:30PM
Grab someone special and come get dirty….with clay!
This is a two-day course where you will throw one piece of pottery on the wheel, & trim the base during the second visit. $245 per couple. This includes a visit to glaze your piece at your leisure once it’s out of the kiln.
Bring a beverage of your choice and finger food if you’d like.
Each month is a new start date.
You must pre-register for this event.
Needs a minimum of 4 people to run this class.
Village Center for the Arts
12 Main Street, New Milford, CT
(860) 354-4318
villagecenterarts.org

April Business Scene - networking
2026-04-16 17:30 - 19:30 | The Iron Rail, 10 Railroad Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Forge powerful connections and unlock opportunities to grow your business. Bring your business cards. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages provided by sponsor. Sponsored this month by the Rotary Club of New Milford at The Iron Rail.

Trivia Night
2026-04-17 17:00 - 22:00 | Candlewood Valley Country Club, 401 Danbury Rd, New Milford, CT, 06776
Reservations Required

Call Jennifer at 860-354-9359 x 4
Bar & Restaurant open at 5pm

Dinner available 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Free to Play * Teams Welcomed * Top 3 Teams Win a Prize

First Round Starts at 7 pm

East & West with Molly Picon: Silent Film Screening with Live Original Music
2026-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | JCC in Sherman, 9 Route 39 South, Sherman, CT
IMPORTANT 1924 SILENT FILM RESTORED, TOURS NORTH AMERICA WITH LIVE MUSIC BY TWO RENOWNED AND UNIQUE MUSICIANS. PERFORMANCE AT JCC IN SHERMAN ON 4/17/26.
In East and West, Molly Picon, star of 1920s Yiddish theater, plays the daughter of a rich, assimilated American who is invited to a family celebration in an Eastern European shtetl. Though her brash behavior alienates her from the locals, she is admired by a shy orthodox Talmudic scholar. Molly realizes too late that, in the course of a wedding that she thinks is a joke, she has actually been married. This entertaining comedy, which like many works of Yiddish cinema has only survived in fragmentary versions, was reconstructed by the Filmarchiv Austria. East and West was unlike any previous Jewish film. E. G. Fried, a Viennese (and presumably Jewish) newspaperman, began his favourable review by confessing the he ordinarily went out of his way to avoid those “badly costumed, ridiculously sentimental” Jewish-subject films which, most likely produced by Otto Kreisler, were “permeated with pogroms, Sabbath tales, and all manner of poorly acted nonsense.” But East and West, to which Fried was drawn solely on the basis of Picon’s reputation, was something else. This film “breathes true Jewish character,” even though “it does not satisfy – one might say, thank God – high literary expectations. (84 min.)
The film has been newly restored by Filmarchiv, Austria with an original score by master silent film pianist Donald Sosin and violinist Alicia Svigals, the world’s foremost exponent of the klezmer fiddle (klezmer is the traditional music of East European, Yiddish-speaking Jews).
The duo are now touring and performing live with the film in ‘cine-concerts’ around the world.
ARTIST BIOS:
Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin have been bringing audiences to their feet throughout the US and Europe with their unique and stirring violin and piano scores for Jewish-themed silent films. Sosin is one of the world’s top silent film musicians, and Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer violinist and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics. After meeting at a silent film festival in Italy, the two soon recorded their first original score for the 1923 German film The Ancient Law.
Violinist/composer Alicia Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer fiddler and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics. She has performed with and written for violinist Itzhak Perlman, and has worked with the the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, poet Allen Ginsburg, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Debbie Friedman and Chava Albershteyn. Svigals was awarded a Foundation for Jewish Culture commission for her original score to the 1918 film The Yellow Ticket, and is a MacDowell fellow. With jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer, she recently released Beregovski Suite , a recording of contemporary interpretations of klezmer music from a long-lost Soviet Jewish archive. Her CD Fidl (1996) reawakened klezmer fiddle tradition. Her newest CD is Beregovski Suite: Klezmer Reimagined, with jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer – an original take on long-lost Jewish music from Ukraine.
Pianist/composer Donald Sosin grew up in Rye, New York and Munich, and has performed his scores for silent films, often with his wife, singer/percussionist Joanna Seaton, at Lincoln Center, MoMA, BAM, the National Gallery; and major film festivals in New York, San Francisco, Telluride, Hollywood, Pordenone, Bologna, Shanghai, Bangkok, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, and Jecheon, South Korea. He records for Criterion, Kino, Milestone and Flicker Alley, and his scores are heard frequently on TCM. Sosin has had commissions from MoMA, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. He lives in rural Connecticut with his family.

Women, Wine, & Wheel
2026-04-18 18:30 - 21:30 | Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Women, Wine, & Wheel
Saturday: April 18th
6:30-9:30PM
Ready for some serious fun with friends? Picture this: laughter, creativity, and a pottery wheel at your fingertips!
Join us for a super fun 2-day pottery adventure.
What could be more fun than a bunch of friends laughing and learning the pottery wheel?
Add a little wine or beverage of your choice – you are making memories and a functioning piece of art with your own hands!
This is a two-day course – you will throw one piece of pottery on the wheel, & trim the base during the second visit. Your third visit you can glaze your piece at your leisure once it’s out of the kiln. $129 Each.
You must pre-register for this event.
Village Center for the Arts
12 Main Street, New Milford, CT
(860) 354-4318
villagecenterarts.org

A Studio Affair
2026-04-18 18:30 - 22:00 | Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
A Studio Affair
Saturday, April 18th
6:30–10:00 PM
Ages 21+
Step away from your screen and into the studio. A Studio Affair is a chance to unplug, slow down, and reconnect with yourself, with others, and with the simple joy of creating.
As a nonprofit, we’re dedicated to offering adults a relaxed, welcoming space to unwind and explore the arts with no pressure, no expectations, and no experience required.
Whether you’re meeting new people, taking time to creative , or just craving a phone-free evening, this is time well spent. Creating art has a powerful way of calming the mind, boosting well-being, and helping you feel present and this night is all about that.
This is a great time to work on your junk journal – or that craft you haven’t
had time to finish. Bring a project you’re already working on!
We’ll be spinning vinyl to set the vibe, and it’s BYOB if you’d like to sip while you create.
a Studio Affair is a free community event
Held every 3rd Saturday of the month.
Village Center for the Arts is located at 12 Main Street, New Milford, CT
(860) 354-4318. villagecenterarts.org

Sunday Speaker Series: Taking Better Pictures with Your iPhone With Jim Zulakis, Founder of ZULAKISCREATIVE
2026-04-19 13:00 - 14:00 | CT
FREE VIRTUAL EVENT

In this hands-on online workshop, you’ll learn how to move beyond snapshots and begin making photographs with intention. We’ll explore essential composition principles—such as the rule of thirds, framing, and visual balance—and examine how perspective shapes storytelling.

Participants will experiment with creative angles and points of view, breaking free from the standard adult standing position to discover more dynamic and expressive images. We’ll focus
on identifying a clear subject, minimizing distractions, and using light thoughtfully. While angles and approaches cover all camera-phone types, the session will focus on practical instruction for managing the iPhone camera’s shooting and editing capabilities: tapping to focus, adjusting exposure, using portrait mode, and understanding when to switch lenses.

Finally, we’ll explore editing directly in the iOS Photos app—cropping, straightening, refining
light and color—to elevate images with subtle, confident adjustments.

By the end, you’ll see your everyday world with a sharper eye and leave with tools to create
images that feel deliberate, composed, and alive.

Course Requirements:
1. One fun table-top object to shoot, eg, a flower arrangement, toy, doll, coffee mug, etc.
2. Updated iPhone iOS 26.x. (Note: If you have an Android phone, only some of this
session is applicable.)

Ukulele Club
2026-04-21 17:30 - 18:30 | New Milford Public Library, 24 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Join this club to learn the ukulele and to improve your skills. Playing the ukulele with others is loads of fun! A collaboration between NMPL and NM Senior Center. If you are over 60 and need a ride to the library, please call 860-355-6075.

Mah Jongg
2026-04-22 13:00 - 15:00 | New Milford Public Library, 24 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Come and learn how to play this fun game! Bring your friends! Beginners are welcome.
