The Meetinghouse

A Time to Gather: Crafting Gratitude Shells
2025-11-22 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us in The Market at The Meetinghouse for this festive event!
A Time to Gather: Crafting Gratitude Shells
Saturday, November 22, 2025
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Start your Friendsgiving early with an evening of creativity and connection. Gather with friends to craft your own decoupage shell inspired by the spirit of gratitude— a keepsake to remind you of all there is to be thankful for. Proceeds from this workshop will benefit the Fairfield County Symphony Society.

Only 12 spots available! Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

Led by local artist and therapist Megan Yee. See more of Megan’s work on her Instagram, @craftformentalhealth.

Worship at the historic Meetinghouse
2025-11-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-11-30 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-04 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-11 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-18 10:00 - 11:00 and 2 more dates | The Historic Meetinghouse, 605 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us for worship in the historic Meetinghouse!
Sundays at 10:00 am
Ridgebury Congregational Church (RCC) is a place to come together and gather as a spiritual community. You might know us as the historic white church on the corner, but we’ve always been so much more. We are a place to reconnect with soul, that you might be restored and renewed.

Open Mic Night at The Market
2025-11-23 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-30 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-21 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-28 16:00 - 18:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us for open mic night at The Market! Perform your own music, poetry, or comedy to a welcoming and low-stress environment. Grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy the vibes!
We’ll be hosting Open Mic nights most Sundays at The Market from 4:00-6:00 pm, so mark your calendars and plan to join us!

Image Credit: Paper mache sheep statue by Anna Tolmanov.

Chair Yoga: 4-Week Session
2025-11-28 12:00 - 13:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Chair Yoga: 4-Week Session
Fridays in November, 2025 (starting 11/7)
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm in the Wellness Center
Cost: $100 for all 4 weeks

This all-levels chair yoga series supports remote workers and individuals across a spectrum of mobility. Each 45-minute session targets posture, breath, core strength, and balance/flexibility—building awareness and strength through accessible movement and mindful breathing.
Yogis are asked to sign up for all 4 weeks to ensure a core group and that all students gain a depth of practice to take with them.
Register Here

Live in Shields Hall: Matteo's 21st Birthday Show!
2025-11-29 18:00 - 22:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Coming up in Shields Hall
Matteo’s 21st Birthday Show!
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Doors open at 6 pm, with music from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

Featuring experimental hardcore by XUR, heavy rock & roll from New Milford by Sauce, and Connecticut’s finest indie rock by Radiodonta.
All ages welcome!

Tickets are $10 online and $12 at the door.

Special Writers' Open Mic with WCSU
2025-12-06 15:00 - 17:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Saturday, December 6, 2026
3:00 – 5:00 pm in The Market

Join Western Connecticut State University’s Department of Creative & Professional Writing Program for a Writers’ Open Mic with Pop-up Book Shop and Featured Reader, Lisa Acerbo!

Hosted by Poor Yorick, the MFA program’s affiliated literary journal, this event celebrates both WCSU’s lifelong community of writers and the vibrant literary voices of the Greater Danbury Area. We’re excited to share our program’s long-standing tradition of these open mics with the local community beyond the boundaries of our campus with an evening of storytelling, poetry, and prose of every kind at The Market at The Meetinghouse. This event will feature a Pop-up Book Shop hosted by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange of Bethel, CT, offering a curated selection of used books.

Featured Reader: Lisa Acerbo
Lisa Acerbo, MFA, EdD, is the Director of General Education at Post University. Her short stories and poetry appear in Scarlet, Poor Yorick Literary Journal, Ripples in Space, and Universe in a Bottle, among others. Her novel, Death and Coffee, was released on October 14, 2025, by NineStar Press. Her YA fantasy novel, The Netherworld Witch, will arrive in 2026.

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This event is open to the public! All writers are welcome to read their works* and all readers invited to sit back and enjoy!

*Please note: Current WCSU MFA students will receive priority for reading opportunities.

Live in Shields Hall: Roman's Birthday Show!
2025-12-06 18:00 - 22:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Coming up in Shields Hall
Roman’s Birthday Show!
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Doors open at 6 pm, with music from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

Featuring experimental freakcore by Mr. Beast Death 2030, grunge / alt metal by Deernest, and hardcore by Dogheaven. All ages welcome!
Tickets are $10 online and $12 at the door.

Handmade for the Holidays: Decoupage Shells
2025-12-12 16:00 - 17:30 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us in The Market at The Meetinghouse for this festive event!
Handmade for the Holidays: Decoupage Shells
Friday, December 12, 2025
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Celebrate the season of giving with an evening of creativity and connection. Come craft beautiful decoupage shells in good company, creating a meaningful handmade gift for someone special or a little treasure to keep for yourself.

Only 12 spots available! Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

Led by local artist and therapist Megan Yee. See more of Megan’s work on her Instagram, @craftformentalhealth.

Stone Soup Open Mic Night at The Market
2025-12-14 16:00 - 18:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
A collaborative open mic!
The story of stone soup is about the beauty of collaboration… everyone’s individual ingredients could taste much better when combined and cooked together in one big soup. Open mics are amazing for every artist getting their sole moment of glory, but they could become a special space of spontaneous, shared art if we mesh our art into others.
Basically, instead of everyone quietly sitting and snapping and waiting their turns, you get up and integrate your own words, sounds, movements, art, etc if you feel compelled and inspired to by the person currently performing. It is a chance within an open environment to improvise and jam with many people, to freely create with strangers.
This special Stone Soup Open Mic The Market is Sunday, December 14, from 4:00-6:00 pm, so mark your calendars and plan to join us!

Zen Meditation
2025-12-17 16:30 - 17:30 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us for a free Zen Meditation (‘Zazen’) session at The Meetinghouse:
All are welcome to join us every third Wednesday of the month from 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm.

In today’s fast-changing world, meditation offers a powerful path to balance and integration. At The Meetinghouse, we provide a variety of meditation practices throughout the year to help you reconnect with yourself.
Our Meditation sessions offer practical insights and benefits, including:

Gently shifting your focus from a restless mind to the present moment
Cultivating gratitude and compassion in daily life
Tapping into the heightened energy and focus that comes from meditating with a group

Whether you’re new to meditation or have an established practice, we invite you to join us. All levels are welcome.

Winter Solstice at The Meetinghouse
2025-12-21 13:30 - 18:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us on Sunday, December 21st to honor the Winter solstice.

At The Meetinghouse, we honor the rhythms of the seasons for care of self and community.

1:30 – 2:30 pm – Forest Bathing with Heather Cochrane, Environmentalist in Residence
Also known as shinrin-yoku in Japanese, a regenerative practice that involves using your senses to connect with nature. This practice can help reduce stress, improve mood and sleep. As this event is outside, please be sure to dress for the weather. Cost: $12. Tickets can be purchased below.
3:00 – 4:00 pm – Winter Solstice Lantern Making with Wellness Resident Kate Loewengart, RYT 200 Hour
Join us to make winter solstice lanterns – tissue paper, cut-outs and natural materials all combine to create a beautiful stained-glass-like creation to light the night. As the sun sets and we complete our projects, we will join together for a small parade on The Meetinghouse lawn to honor the shortest day and welcome the holiday week. Participants should bring their own jar, or you can purchase one for an additional cost on the day of for as long as they are available. Cost: There will be a materials fee of $5 per individual, $10 per household. Tickets can be purchased below.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Open Mic Night in The Market – FREE to the community
Join us for open mic night in The Market! Perform your own music, poetry, or comedy to a welcoming and low-stress environment. Grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy the vibes! All are welcome.

To help us plan for the event, we encourage you to register early! But tickets will be available the day of for the lantern-making portion.

A Candlelit Service of Lessons, Poems and Carols | Christmas Eve Service
2025-12-24 17:00 - 18:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 5:00 pm.
Join us in the historic Meetinghouse for a Candlelit Service of Lessons, Poems and Carols for our Christmas Eve Service. All are welcome!

"The Light of Life" - A Christmas Service
2025-12-28 10:00 - 11:00 | The Historic Meetinghouse, 605 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 10:00 am for “The Light of Life,” a Christmas service celebrating the Light of World. Come and Sing!

Whatever your spiritual background, wherever you are on your journey, however you came to be here today, you are welcome at Ridgebury Congregational Church (RCC).

Line Dancing at The Meetinghouse
2025-12-28 14:30 - 15:30 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us in Shields Hall
Sunday, December 28, 2025
2:30 PM

LINE DANCING! at The Meetinghouse
Shake off the winter chill with a 60-minute family-friendly line dancing class at The Meetinghouse! Learn fun choreography to popular songs and be ready for your next big gathering.
Bring your friends! A perfect way to move, laugh, and connect during Winter break. No experience needed.
Cost: $15/person or $50 for a family of 4. Tickets can be purchased below.

Live Music: Be Here Sound Blackout Event!
2026-01-09 18:00 - 22:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us for live Music at The Meetinghouse!

Friday, January 9, 2026
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Be Here Sound presents:
Deernest – New Milford Alt Rock / Grunge!
Car Girlfriend – Alt / Punk from Providence!
Newfare – New Rock & Roll from Danbury CT!

Blackout event: Dress the part!

Doors at 6pm, show at 7pm.
$10 online in advance or $12 at the door.

New Year Reboot
2026-01-11 16:00 - 17:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
New Year Reboot
Sunday, January 11, 2026
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm in the Wellness Center

Join Kate Loewengart for an intention setting practice, where we will journal, create vision boards for the new year, and release ourselves of expectation and judgement. This workshop will conclude with restorative poses and a brief led meditation to shed what you have brought with you into the New Year – and begin the process of leading yourself into to 2026.
Participants should bring magazines, newspapers and photographs they would like to include.
SIGN UP HERE

Zazen Sangha (Community) Meditation
2026-01-21 17:30 - 18:30 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
Join us for a free Zen Meditation (‘Zazen’) session at The Meetinghouse:
All are welcome to join us every third Wednesday of the month from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm.
Open Community Class! Join Bob Beckett for a Zazen Sangha (community). Zazen is an ancient form of meditation that includes walking & sitting, offering a number of ways to explore the practice with zen methods and guidance. Each week, the session will begin with an introduction to Zazen meditation for first timers, and a review for experienced meditators. All are welcome free of charge!

In today’s fast-changing world, meditation offers a powerful path to balance and integration. At The Meetinghouse, we provide a variety of meditation practices throughout the year to help you reconnect with yourself.
Our Meditation sessions offer practical insights and benefits, including:

Gently shifting your focus from a restless mind to the present moment
Cultivating gratitude and compassion in daily life
Tapping into the heightened energy and focus that comes from meditating with a group

Whether you’re new to meditation or have an established practice, we invite you to join us!

RSVP for Class

RSVP for the class by finding it on the schedule linked above. You are also welcome to just show up!
If you need any assistance, email wellness@meetinghouse.life. Thank you!

2026 Book Club: "Finding My Way" by Malala Yousafzai
2026-01-24 11:00 - 12:00 | The Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Rd., Ridgefield, CT, 06877, United States
2026 Meetinghouse Book Club
Small and Revolutionary: Stories about Community and Transformative Change
Read along with us!

Saturday, January 24, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
January’s book: Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai

Join us in Shield’s Hall for our monthly book club! These 60‑minute moderated discussions will happen monthly and discussion will center on the co‑leadership theme of the book, in addition to other activities and refreshments.
Tickets available below: $15 per meeting or $50 for a 4-pack (save $10!)

About this book:
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! | A USA TODAY BOOK OF 2025
“A remarkably intimate and insistently human chronicle of a moral authority’s coming of age.” —The New York Times
This is not the story you think you know. It’s the one I’ve been waiting to tell.
Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban’s brutal attack on her life, Malala Yousafzai quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. But away from the cameras and crowds, she spent years struggling to find her place in an unfamiliar world. Now, for the first time ever, Malala takes us beyond the headlines in Finding My Way—a vulnerable, surprising memoir that buzzes with authenticity, sharp humor, and tenderness.
Finding My Way is a story of friendship and first love, of anxiety and self-discovery, of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are. In it, Malala traces her path from high school loner to reckless college student to a young woman at peace with her past. Through candid, often messy moments like nearly failing exams, getting ghosted, and meeting the love of her life, Malala reminds us that real role models aren’t perfect—they’re human.
In this astonishing memoir, Malala reintroduces herself to the world, sharing how she navigated life as someone whose darkest moments threatened to define her narrative—while seeking the freedom to find out who she truly is. Finding My Way is an intimate look at the life of a young woman taking charge of her destiny—and a deeply personal testament to the strength it takes to be unapologetically yourself.
