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The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to have photographer and printmaker Vaune Trachtman for an in-person artist talk and book signing. Join us on Saturday, May 2, at 2 pm in our Main Gallery to learn about Trachtman's recently released photo book, NOW IS ALWAYS, published by Tusen Takk Press. Signed copies will be available for purchase.

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About NOW IS ALWAYS

My parents died when I was young -- my father when I was

Adult violin and viola students of Alex Vavilov perform for family and friends. Nichols Hall.

Viola and violin students of Alex Vavilov perform for family and friends. Nichols Hall.

Adult violin and viola students perform for family and friends. Nichols Performance Hall.

Students of Alex Vavilov perform for family and friends. Nichols Hall

Follow a pattern or create your own design in an afternoon of fuse bead fun. For children rising into 2nd-5th grades, registration is required. Questions? Call (781) 721-7171 x326, or email winchild@minlib. netThis program is supported by the Friends of the Winchester Public Library.

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an online conversation with artist, photographer, researcher, and former environmental lawyer Virginia McGee Richards, joined by James Estrin, staff photographer and writer at The New York Times, to discuss Richards' recently published book The Inner Passage: An Untold Story of Black Resistance Along a Southern Waterway.

The Inner Passage will be published by MIT Press in April 2026. The work uncovers a little-known chapter of American history: a 300-mile network of colonial-era canals carved by enslaved people along the Atlantic coast from

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of the most storied events of the Holocaust, yet previous accounts of which have almost entirely focused on its male participants. In The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising, Holocaust historian Elizabeth Hyman introduces five young, courageous Polish Jewish women--known as the girls by the leadership of the resistance and bandits by their Nazi oppressors--who were central to the Jewish resistance as fighters, commanders, couriers, and smugglers.

Join Heather Wolf, author of Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are and Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront, as she discusses the many fascinating functions of bird feathers--they're not just for flight and warmth! Heather will share beautiful photos and leave plenty of time for Q&A.

Author Matthew Algeo will discuss his latest book New York's Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit. The book provides historical context for today's clashes between public interests and powerful business and political groups.