Cultural

Ripley Presents is pleased to welcome back Hank Wonder--a dynamic trio of musicians who return to Ripley Chapel with their special blend of songcraft and music making.

Somewhere on the musical map, where the twang of Classic Country meets the grit of Southern Soul, Hank Wonder marks a detour down a sonic stretch of unpaved road. The Boston-based trio of Annie Bartlett (fiddle and viola), Darren Buck (vocals), and Michael Loria (guitar) first came together in 2013 and have since crafted their very own soulful blend of Americana: equal parts down home and gussied up.

From Renaissance motets to vocal jazz harmony, four of Boston’s best vocalists celebrate the season with compelling duos, trios, and quartets.

Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Dedicated to the immigrant experience, please join us for Syldason, a duo concert featuring Sylvie Zakarian, marimba and Daniela Tosic, voice.

Taking inspiration from their shared cultural heritage, Syldason strives to honor a long tradition of movement of people in search of a safer and more prosperous life.

Sylvie and Daniela grew up on the Balkan Peninsula in an era of relative political stability yet overshadowed by the heavy cloud of the Cold War. With this program, Syldason

Hailing from Vermont and Québec, Triton offer music rooted in the traditional dance repertoire of Northwestern Europe. The three are masters of the piano accordion, the quieter, bellows-blown bagpipes, and fiddle and nyckelharpa, together creating a beguiling and orchestral blend which utterly subverts the common stereotypes of their Old World instruments. Their repertoire includes bourrées from central France, triple-time hornpipes from the Scottish Borders, the Swedish slängpolska, the Breton hanter dro, and compelling originals reflecting these influences. Unified by their zeal and musical

Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for a genre-bending sound tempered with the grooves of Motown, Memphis, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and New Orleans - in essence, the Willie J. Laws Band.

The Band is one of the most notable Blues acts with a modern funky style that's uniquely its own. The band's sound includes deep Texas roots music, add some funk, and jazz influenced bass patterns, and the influence of various Afro-Caribbean drum beats. This isn't strictly Blues, much of it is original music with its

A genre-bending sound tempered with the grooves of Motown, Memphis, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and New Orleans. Willie J. Laws: a Texas guitar “gun slinger,” vocalist, and song writer following in the footsteps of T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, Albert King and many others. This music is the kind of real Texas soul, all mixed up with classic R&B, country, blues/funk that grows from the Texas soil. Willie has performed nationally and internationally, including two tours of Russia at the invite of the US Consulate in St Petersburg.

Tickets are $20, General Admission (live or live streamed); $5

Kids age 6 and under sign up to rock the ABCs and 123s with Rockabye Beats! We'll have Spanish and English songs, instrument show and tell, and much, much more!! Registration Required. Questions? Email winchild@minlib. net, call (781) 721-7171 x326, or visit the Children's Room for more information.…Learn More

What can you make with an empty toilet paper roll and some random craft supplies? Whatever you can imagine! Come and get creative turning everyday objects into something special. Open to kids in grades 1-5. Registration required. Questions? Email winchild@minlib.

A holiday reception in Lucia Rubini's art studio and school. Refreshments served, all are welcome! 15% of all sales will benefit children of Ukraine.

Want to do more with coding? Kids in grades 1-5 sign up to play around with Scratch and other block coding programs-open to all levels of programming experience. Registration required. This program is supported by the Friends of the Winchester Public Library.