Cultural

Performances, exhibitions, recitals, and other cultural activities or those by supporters of the arts

Insect Hotel

Have you ever heard of a hotel for insects?! Join us and learn how to make these backyard shelters for pollinating insects. For kids in grades 2-5. Registration required. Questions? Call 781. 721. 7171 x326, email winchild@minlib. netThis program is supported by the Friends of the Winchester Public Library.…Learn More

International Day

Start Indigenous People’s Day Weekend with a visit to Winchester Farmers Market on the Town Common on Saturday, October 12 and celebrate the Market’s annual International Day. During the Market’s regular hours, 9:30-1:30, there will be cultural music and dance entertainment by students, community groups, and professional performers, as well as displays and activities. Indian dance and music, contemporary Chinese calligraphy, Japanese drumming and folk dancing, and a performance of Chinese opera are among the offerings.

What is your cultural heritage? 

Reserve a table to display items and

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Intro to Steel Drums Workshop (Adult)

Are you interested in trying Steel Drums (also known as Steel Pans)?
Join WCMS's Laurie Russell and Sara McCabe for a fun and relaxed workshop at the Winchester Recreation Department. You'll learn about the history of these incredible instruments from Trinidad and Tobago, receive instruction on how to play, and learn a new song together each session. You can attend any workshop or join all three. No musical background is required.

Adult Workshop (ages 18+): 7:30-8:30 PM, with optional guided practice 8:30-8:50 PM

Dates: October 16 (FULL), October 30 (FULL), and November 13
Tuition: $50

Intro to Steel Drums Workshop (Adult)

Are you interested in trying Steel Drums (also known as Steel Pans)?
Join WCMS's Laurie Russell and Sara McCabe for a fun and relaxed workshop at the Winchester Recreation Department. You'll learn about the history of these incredible instruments from Trinidad and Tobago, receive instruction on how to play, and learn a new song together each session. You can attend any workshop or join all three. No musical background is required.

Youth Workshop (ages 10-17): 6:00-7:00 PM, with optional guided practice 7:00-7:20 PM
Adult Workshop (ages 18+): 7:30-8:30 PM, with optional guided practice 8

Intro to Steel Drums Workshop (Adult)

Are you interested in trying Steel Drums (also known as Steel Pans)?
Join WCMS's Laurie Russell and Sara McCabe for a fun and relaxed workshop at the Winchester Recreation Department. You'll learn about the history of these incredible instruments from Trinidad and Tobago, receive instruction on how to play, and learn a new song together each session. You can attend any workshop or join all three. No musical background is required.

Youth Workshop (ages 10-17): 6:00-7:00 PM, with optional guided practice 7:00-7:20 PM
Adult Workshop (ages 18+): 7:30-8:30 PM, with optional guided practice 8

Intro to Steel Drums Workshop (Youth)

Are you interested in trying Steel Drums (also known as Steel Pans)?
Join WCMS's Laurie Russell and Sara McCabe for a fun and relaxed workshop at the Winchester Recreation Department. You'll learn about the history of these incredible instruments from Trinidad and Tobago, receive instruction on how to play, and learn a new song together each session. You can attend any workshop or join all three. No musical background is required.

Youth Workshop (ages 10-17): 6:00-7:00 PM, with optional guided practice 7:00-7:20 PM
Adult Workshop (ages 18+): 7:30-8:30 PM, with optional guided practice 8

Intro to Steel Drums Workshop (Youth)

Are you interested in trying Steel Drums (also known as Steel Pans)?
Join WCMS's Laurie Russell and Sara McCabe for a fun and relaxed workshop at the Winchester Recreation Department. You'll learn about the history of these incredible instruments from Trinidad and Tobago, receive instruction on how to play, and learn a new song together each session. You can attend any workshop or join all three. No musical background is required.

Youth Workshop (ages 10-17): 6:00-7:00 PM, with optional guided practice 7:00-7:20 PM
Adult Workshop (ages 18+): 7:30-8:30 PM, with optional guided practice 8

Introduction to Handmade Photobook Binding with Eliot Dudik

Join us July 22nd - July 26th, from 10am - 4pm for Introduction to Handmade Photobook Binding with Eliot Dudik. In this 5-day intensive course, we will begin with editing and sequencing techniques for the photographs you have brought with you to the Griffin Museum that represent a project you have been toying with or deeply engaged in. We will discuss strategies for approaching an edit and sequence for differing types of work that tease out meaning and/or narrative. Once we are settled on our edits and sequences, we will then discuss some basic strategies in photobook layout and design. We

Introduction to SoulCollage® Workshop

Live in-person from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Jane Ring Frank, certified SoulCollage® facilitator, will guide a morning of creative, spiritual practice.

SoulCollage® is a collage process for accessing your intuitive wisdom. Even though this is an art project, it is accessible, and anyone can do it. You don't need to be an artist to create beautiful SoulCollage® cards with rich meaning and messages for your life.

All materials and direction are included to inspire your creative journey. Using scissors, glue, images, photos, and 8 X 5 mat board

Invoking the Infinite Possibility of Tiny Planets with Matt Hill (Online)

Are you ready to fit the whole world into a single photo?

Spherical Panoramas (a.k.a tiny planets or photospheres) are part of our everyday life, including street view in Google Maps, online realty listings and most recently the advent of Apple's Vision Pro virtual reality computer headset. Yet one application of this practice has proven to be especially attractive to artistic photographers around the world, the 2D stereographic projection commonly known as Tiny Planets.

When applied as an art form the 360º x 180º view of a location becomes a 2D square, circular or rectangular frame

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