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Love Is In the Air

Hosts: Ben & Deirdre Grosscup

Date:  Friday, February 14, 2025

5:30-7:30PM

If you believe that Valentine’s Day should be more than just an occasion for exchanging greeting cards, you’ve come to the right place. Deirdre and Ben Grosscup believe Valentine’s Day should be cause for a party! What better way to celebrate the occasion than with sparkling Champagne, live piano accompaniment, and scrumptious hors d’oeuvres? Share a heart-filled evening with old friends and make some new ones; join the Grosscups at their welcoming home and spread the love. Music, champagne, great food, this is most definitely how Valentine’s Day should be celebrated.

Travelsteads' Deep in the Heart of Texas (Hold 'em) Party!

Hosts: Jessica and Jason Travelstead Date: Saturday, March 1, 2025 6PM

Listen up all you swagglers, rancheros, barrel girls and misfits: put your best boots on for this carousing event. Jessica and Jason Travelstead are once again hosting their renowned Texas Hold ’em party to benefit OWL. Spice up your March with this poker tournament, played for the ultimate prize—bragging rights with your friends. Come for Jessica’s award-winning chili, margaritas and cocktails at 6:00 and stay for a night of hootin’ and hollerin’ around the poker table at 7 sharp. Who’s in?

An Authentic English Tea at Penny Farthing

Host: Maura Malo Date: Sunday April 6, 2025 4–6PM

Stop faffing around and put on your new spring hat; we’re having a do at Penny Farthing Tea Room!  Everything will be tickety boo as you sit down to proper English scones, clotted cream and jam, tea sandwiches, petite desserts, tea (of course), English lemonade and a glass of Prosecco to perk things up nicely. Enjoy a taste of England right here in the heart of Litchfield. Cheers!

A Host of Golden Daffodils

Hosts: Joanie and John Morosani Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025 12 Noon-3pm

What says spring better than daffodils? A million at a glance! Tour the breathtaking 15 acres of flowers, then join Joanie and John Morosani for an al fresco picnic lunch at their mid-century modern house, designed by renowned architect Edward Durrell Stone. Laurel Ridge daffodils have been a destination since the 1940s when John’s parents, Virginia and Remy Morosani, planted the first 10,000 bulbs. A fabulous introduction to Spring!

The OWL Open Mini Golf Party

Hosts: Frank Fontana & Andrew Becker, Laura Lasker & Tom Curran, Cara & Ken Blazier, Julith & Gary Sink

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025. Rain date: Sunday, June 1. 12 Noon Tee-Offs & Luncheon

Channel your inner Rory McIlroy or Scottie Scheffler and get ready for the first ever OWL Open Tournament. A private 9 Hole Mini Golf Course, professionally designed and situated on Frank and Andrew’s spectacularly beautiful estate. Come and show off your putting skills in your country club attire amongst friends and neighbors. Enjoy a “Slice” from a Gourmet Pizza truck while quenching your thirst with beer and wine. Tee times reserved for the first 60 Qualifiers. A Starter at the first tee will assign Pairings. Prizes awarded! Join us course side for OWL’s first of a kind Golf Tournament. You know this is going to be fun. FORE!

Tango in the Gardens

Host: Hugh Schoelzel Date: Saturday June 14, 2025; Rain date June 15th 4PM-7 PM

Take a dazzling trip back in time at this very special event. The setting is 1940s Buenos Aires and the dance is the passionate, sensual Tango! Live period music and light Argentine refreshments will accompany authentic dancing by the Hartford Argentine Tango Society at Hugh Schoelzel’s Litchfield home. The dance floor will stretch from the garden onto the lawn and guests will be encouraged to take a turn at the seductive dance. Get dressed for the period and trip the light fantastic! This is truly a unique and exciting experience. ¡Excepcional!

Summer Solstice Party

Hosts: Teresa & DJ Jenson Date: Friday, June 20, 2025 6:30–9:00PM

Enjoy an evening celebrating summer solstice at The Jenson Barn in Litchfield. Welcomed with joy throughout the world, summer solstice symbolizes light, bountiful harvest and of course the camaraderie and outdoor pleasures of summertime! Gather with friends in a beautiful pastoral setting and enjoy delicious cocktails and cuisine, games, and dessert. Bring friends and plan to celebrate on this magical first day of the summer.

Blue Grass and BBQ II

Hosts: Maggie and Adrian Selby Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025 6–9PM

Back from the Podunk Blue Grass Festival and in an encore performance at Selby’s—“Too Blue” will entertain you with toe tapping, banjo picking, fancy fiddling, authentic Blue Grass. This Concert/Feast will be enjoyed on the patio and hillside of the Selby’s home featuring distant panoramas of the Litchfield Hills. As Mountain Music fills the air, you will feast on delicious BBQ chicken and melt in your mouth BBQ ribs with all the fixin’s that go into a down-home cookout. Grab a local beer or wine and just sit back to enjoy a summer evening and sunset with friends old and new!

Saturday Night Fever – Take Three at the Levines

Hosts: Susan and Jedd Levine Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025 6–9PM

The ever-popular dance party of the summer! Are you a “Dancing Queen” or maybe a “Love Machine” who longs to step out to the beat of the 70’s and 80’s disco classics? AND are you looking for a fabulous “dinner night” out? Well we have the party for you!!! Plan to step out to the beat of the Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, and Gloria Gaynor, while sampling free flowing libations and mouthwatering food!! While you are out on the dance floor showing your best moves your dinner will be sizzling to perfection on the grill. Set under the charm of sparkling tent lights, this dance party has become a favorite for all. So, grab your number one dance (or listening) partner and join this fun-loving crowd for a memorable evening of friends, food and fun.

A Taste of the South

Hosts: Rosamond & Richard Quay, Susan & Jim Breece  Friday, September 12, 2025 6PM

Southern hospitality is often described as a unique mix of elegance, charm and good cooking. You’ll find all three, and more, at A Taste of the South in the Quay’s stunning location on an idyllic country road here in Litchfield. Feast on small plates of crabmeat gumbo, shrimp and grits, as well as country ham and biscuits, to name a few. If you care to partake, you can savor another form of southern comfort: a selection of hard-to-find Kentucky Bourbons! There will be music to match the mood, food and libations. You might even imagine magnolia blossoms wafting in the air. So make haste to secure your place!  Gather with old friends and meet some new at what promises to be a soul-satisfying southern celebration!

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