Community

Join us on a crisp fall Sunday for live music, local craft beer, and snacks. This family-friendly event is a community favorite! Arlington Brewing Company will be at the Farm with their beer on tap. This is the best time of year at the farm!

Our home-made apple pies will fill the freezer. Our crafters have been knitting, crocheting, and sewing handmade treasures all year and this is your chance to scoop them up! Our bakers and soup makers are getting ready to fill our baked goods table and snack bar, so you’ll have plenty of tasty options if you get hungry while shopping. Our White Elephant and Book Sale tables will soon be groaning with treasures. Plus the jewelry table, Christmas Room, and cookie bar! We hope you’ll join us in kicking off the holiday season at this beloved community event.

This year, get ready to rewind the clock and relive the rad vibes of the 1990’s at our semi-formal homecoming dance!  Slip on your DocMarten’s, dust off the scrunchies, and join us for a night filled with nostalgic fun and great music, all the while supporting our mission of enriching educational opportunities within Winchester Public Schools!  We have decided to change it up this year, hosting our event in the Winchester Town Hall, the original location of semi-formal dances back in WFEE’s earliest days, and can’t wait to share in this special evening with you all.

This year, we will again

Join us Saturday April 20th at 6pm for the celebration of the artists of our new exhibition, Huellas de Existencia | Traces of Existence, featuring Alejandro Cartegena, Muriel Hasbun, Ilena Doble Hernandez, Rodrigo Valenzuela, and Alejandro Morales. These artists speak to ideas of migration, history, reminiscence, family, and existence through their experimental photography, such as collage, visual juxtapositions, and physical manipulations. These multi-layered photographs reflect artist's exploration of identity, their relationship with their homeland, social and political issues of Latin

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

Sunday, October 20, 2024, 10 AM, Town Common
Rain Location: Chidley Hall

Please join us on the Town Common where we will swing, celebrate and give thanks for all of God's creatures, blessing our animal companions. We welcome all pets--furry, scaly, hairy, feathery and even plush! Photos of beloved pet companions are welcome in place of those who can't be there. And a special seating section will be set aside for those who are more comfortable sitting away from the animals.

To serenade both congregation and pets, FCCW's own house band will offer jazz music before, during and after the

Winchester officials will dedicate a memorial to former Select Board member and Town Moderator John Sullivan in an area behind Town Hall, close to the Mt. Vernon Street bridge. The memorial includes a bench and plaque.

Sullivan served three terms on the Select Board in the 1970s-1980s before being named Citizen of the Year in 1985. He served as town moderator or an unprecedented 37 years before retiring in the spring of 2014. All are welcome to attend the ceremony.

Do you like coffee? Do you like convening and chatting with your fellow community members?

Please join us on Wednesday, October 23, at 9:45 AM in the Large Meeting Room at the Winchester Public Library for coffee and conversation about our recent Community Survey. We'll share some observations and are curious to hear your thoughts and ways you might like to be involved.

Any questions, email office@nfsj.org.

Get into the spooky Halloween spirit at this family friendly event! This event is FREE and open to the public.

Bring in food items listed below/cash donation to support the Council of Social Concern‘s Thanksgiving baskets. Items must be new AND NOT PAST EXPIRATION!

items need: boxed instant mashed potatoes, cake mixes, penne/ziti/rigatoni, jars of sauce, knorr rice,cookies/crackers, hot chocolate mix, jelly,cold cereal, beef stew, pancake mix.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us for a FREE spooky evening of fun at our annual Haunted House to benefit the Council of Social Concern!

Bring in food items listed below/cash donation to support the Council of Social Concern's Thanksgiving baskets. Items must be new AND NOT PAST EXPIRATION!
Items needed are: boxed instant mashed potatoes, cake mixes, penne/ziti/rigatoni, jars of sauce, knorr rice,cookies/crackers, hot chocolate mix, jelly, cold cereal, beef stew, pancake mix.

We look forward to seeing you there! ??