Avon Circle at Learning Power, the 1st Friday of the month, from 6:30 to 8:30. Learning Power is in the Riverdale Farms complex at 152 Simsbury Road, in Avon. Follow directions below to Building #9, a large white barn-like structure. Learning Power is on the second floor. Directions: From East: from W. Htfd, Rte. 44W (Albany Ave.). RIGHT at Rte. 10/202N (Simsbury Rd.). Proceed about 1/8 mile to Riverdale Farms. RIGHT into 3rd driveway (Avon Meadows). From West: from New Htfd. Rte. 44E (Albany Tnpk.). LEFT at Rte. 10/202N (Simsbury Rd.). Proceed about 1/8 mile to Riverdale Farms. RIGHT into the 3rd driveway (Avon Meadows). From North: from Simsbury, Rte. 10/202S (Hopmeadow St.) to Riverdale Farms. LEFT into 1st driveway. From South: from I-84, Exit 39 (Rte. 4). Follow Rte. 4 to intersection of Rte. 10. RIGHT onto Rte. 10N several miles. LEFT intersection onto Rte. 44W (Albany Tnpk.). Follow short distance to intersection of Rtes. 44W and 10/202N (Simsbury Rd.) Turn RIGHT. Proceed about 1/8 mile to Riverdale Farms. RIGHT into the 3rd driveway (Avon Meadows).

Ansonia Library, the second Monday of the month, from 6:30 to 7:45. Circles will be held in the Community Room. Click HERE for the web page with directions.

Casey's Image Consultants, 51 No. Main St., Southington, the second Tuesday of the month, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Directions: Off I-84-both east & west: Exit 30, West St., Plantsville. For 84W, turn LEFT off exit, head under highway onto W. Main St.; 84E, turn LEFT at stop sign, then immediate RIGHT on to W. Main St. Rte. 10 will join W. Main, which will then become Main, which will become North Main. (Road bears left.) When you see the town green on your left and an old church on your right, turn RIGHT, then immediate left into parking lot. Enter thru door under "Abbey Park" sign. Walk one flight down, turn left down hallway. Casey's will be on your left.

New Haven at Easter Seals/Goodwill Industries (ESGI) the 2nd Wednesday of the month, beginning Dec. 12th, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. ESGI is at 95 Hamilton Street, New Haven, Ct. Directions: I-91 So., xt. 2, also I-95 So, xt. 48, (stay RT): RT at end of ramp, onto Hamilton. Park on street across from bldg. I-95 No, xt. 46, LFT onto Long Wharf Dr. Follow till it becomes East St. LFT onto Ives, LFT onto Hamilton. Park on street across from building. If driving thru town, follow Chapel St. under I-91, left onto Hamilton. Park on street near building. Most visible sign indicating building is Church on the Rock.

Norwalk Public Library, Second Thursday of the month. 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. Directions: From I-95, take Exit 15 to Route 7 North, Exit 1. Right at ramp light, right at third light, Mott Ave. Library on corner of Belden and Mott. Parking, first driveway behind building. From Merritt, South on Route 7. Take Exit 1. Left onto Van Buren. Left at first light. Go under Route 7 overpass, right onto Mott Ave. Last driveway on left, behind Library (corner of Belden and Mott.) Parking: The Main Library has a small lot behind the building (first driveway on Mott, on right as you enter from corner of Belden and Mott.) Late afternoon, evenings and weekends, the bank lot (second driveway in from corner), directly behind the library lot, is available. It is restricted until about 3 p.m., weekdays only. There is a parking garage across the street and around the corner, across from the Mall, behind the post office.

Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield, the second Friday of the month, 2:00 to 3:45 pm. The library is at 160 South Street. Directions: Take Rte. 8, exit 42. Follow Rte. 118 to Torrington. At the top of the hill you'll be facing the town green; bear to the Left, which will put the green on your right. Turn Left at the stop sign onto South Street. After you pass Wolcott Street on your right, you'll see a historic-looking sign for the library, also on the right. Turn Right into the driveway marked "Enter." If you miss the driveway and arrive at a fork with Old South Street on the right, you've passed the library.

Danbury Public Library, Third Tuesday of the month, from 6:30 to 7:55. Danbury Public Library 170 Main Street, Danbury, Connecticut. Directions: Rte. 84 West, exit 4. LEFT off the exit; Rte. 84 East, exit 4. RIGHT off the exit. You're now on Lake Avenue which will become West Street. Make no turns for a couple miles. When you pass a large church on your right, you're just a block or so from Main Street, which is also Rte. 53. If you see on-street parking, within a block of the library, take it. Otherwise, bear RIGHT and then turn RIGHT onto Main Street/Rte. 53. The library will be on your right. It has a small parking lot. There's also an adjacent bank's parking lot with spaces that library-users fill after banking hours.

First Church of Christ, Farmington. Third Friday of the month from noon to 1:45. First Church of Christ; 75 Main Street, Farmington, Connecticut. Directions: Rte. 84, exit 39 from both directions. Headed east, exit 39 is a left-hand exit. Drive straight a fraction of a mile on Rte. 4 to where it intersects Rte. 10, Main Street. (A block before you reach Rte. 10 there's a blinking light and the lanes seem to fork, stay right; Rte. 10 comes up immediately after, where you'll be turning left.) Turn LEFT. The church is a few blocks up on the LEFT, across from Miss Porter's School and after a traffic light. There's on the street parking, on the streets on either side of the church. The 3rd floor classroom is in the Sarah Porter Memorial Hall building behind the old church building.

Sterling House Community Center, in Stratford the fourth Friday of the month from noon to 1:45 p.m. Directions: Sterling House Community Center; 2283 Main Street, Stratford, CT. Turnpike I-95 Southbound Exit 32: At end of ramp, turn RIGHT onto Linden Avenue. Take 1st RIGHT onto Church Street. Take next RIGHT onto Main Street. Sterling House is 2nd building on RIGHT. Turnpike I-95 Northbound Exit 32: At end of ramp, continue straight onto West Broad Street. Turn LEFT onto Main Street. Sterling House is 4th building on LEFT.