Performances, exhibitions, recitals, and other cultural activities or those by supporters of the arts
Come listen to the incredible personal stories of LGBTQIA+ community members. Ask questions and hear honest, genuine answers. Learn how to have safe and candid conversations about LGBTQIA+ issues with your friends and family members.
Voice Students of Melissa Glaister perform for family and friends. Nichols Performance Hall.
Reference Librarian Jeff Klapes is back for another of his popular armchair travel presentations. This time we'll visit Scotland's two biggest cities, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Learn about their rich history, amazing museums and incredible architecture. Jeff is the retired Head of Reference Services at the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and an avid traveler and photographer.
Sponsored by a generous grant from The Cummings Foundation.
Love the idea of fireflies lighting up a jar, but want to let the bugs fly free? Make your own glow jar that is completely bug free, and fully customizable by you. Open to students entering grades 3-5. Registration required. Questions? Email winchild@minlib.…Learn More
We invite creators to come and explore with Polaroid Now+ and the new Polaroid Lab to see how your experiments can unlock new realms of color, vision and creativity in your work.
No two people are the same, like no two Polaroid shots are the same. In life, just like in our photography, it's our imperfections that make us unique.
Inspired by The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology, which began with a retrospective exhibit at MIT, and is currently touring the world, we want you to be motivated by the moment.
Artist and instructor, Jari Poulin, has put together
© Silke Hase, previous attendee of Member Networking DayJoin us for a morning event of conversation and critique. We are excited to provide our members an opportunity to network, grow, ask questions and get critical feedback about a body of work either in process or complete. Spend your Saturday morning with Crista Dix, Executive Director to have a conversation answering your questions about your creativity, working with institutions or other issues or ideas around photography and creativity. Join us Saturday October 26th from 9.30am-12pm for our roundtable peer-run portfolio critique group
May is Photobook Month at the Griffin Museum! To celebrate, join us for a Photobook Sale and Fair, celebrating local publishers, artists, and all things books.
From 11 AM to 2 PM, we welcome all to our book fair where artists and publishers can showcase and sell their books. Secure your table for only $75 to share and sign your photobooks with fellow enthusiasts. Not to be missed, the Griffin Museum will also offer a curated selection of photobooks for sale. At 3pm, we are joined by Henry Horenstein for a talk and signing. More info on Henry's event here.
If you purchase a table
As part of the Griffin Terrace Series, Arts Winchester presents a summer beer garden with live music performed by Glenn Dickson and the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra.
Shirim has played concerts and festivals across the United States, Canada and Europe since 1982. Nationally recognized for their traditional playing, they are also known for their pioneering crossover projects: Klezmer Nutcracker, Maurice Sendak's Pincus, and The Golden Dreydl (with Ellen Kushner). They have performed with the Philadelphia Pops Orchestra, at the Montreal Jazz Festival and at Lincoln Center!
Admission is free to all
Have you wanted to improve your ability to play solos quickly and smoothly on the guitar? In this workshop, Guitar & Contemporary Music Department Chair Aiden Schnell will teach participants the basics of playing over simple chord changes using chord shapes and the pentatonic scale.
Open to all guitar players ages 12+ with at least three years of lessons. Please bring your instrument!
Free for WCMS students; $15 for the general public. Advance registration is required.
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Have you wanted to improve your ability to play solos quickly and smoothly on the guitar? 90-minute session at Winchester Community Music School, guitar faculty member Aiden Schnell will teach participants the basics of playing over simple chord changes using chord shapes and the pentatonic scale. Open to all guitar players ages 12+ with at least three years of lessons. Free for WCMS students; $15 for the general public; advance registration required. Call 781-721-2950 or visit www.winchestermusic.org. 407 Highland Avenue, Winchester.
