Cultural

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

Ripley Presents: Boston Saxophone Quartet

Music from Swing, Ragtime, Jazz back to the Renaissance and....more! Live in-person and livestreamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for the Boston Saxophone Quartet (BSQ), a unique blend of musicians with an impressive range of repertoire on saxophone, flute, clarinet, and bassoon.

Distinguished members of the BSQ - Jim Repa, Lou Stamas, Peter Cokkinias, Bob Chadwick - have performed with the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra and leading Broadway theaters throughout New England. The BSQ offers a wide repertoire: Swing

Ripley Presents: Late NighT Thoughts

Live in-person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. Please join us for an inventive and dynamic evening of indie-pop, singer-songwriter stylings featuring Late Night Thoughts, an exciting, collaborative duo.

Late Night Thoughts is the folk-pop duo of Brian Rauch (vocals, writer) and Michael Harlow (vocals, guitar, writer). Together, the young, grounded artists share their musically intuitive minds to create an emotional ride characterized by earnest lyrics and intricate harmonies/vocal textures.

The duo like to describe their

Ripley Presents: Syldason - You Are Welcome Here

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

Ripley Presents: Willie J. Laws Band

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

Ripley Presents: Willie J. Laws Band

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

Rockabye Beats

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

Rockabye Beats

Kids of all ages join us on the library lawn to rock out with Rockabye Beats Questions? Email winchild@minlib. net, call (781) 721-7171 x326, or visit the Children's Room for more information. This program is supported by the John and Mary Murphy Educational Foundation.…Learn More

Roll with It!

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.