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Authorfest Author Visit!

Preschool friends and their grown-ups are invited to join us and an Authorfest author to learn all about how authors and illustrators create their stories, and hear a few too!Questions? Email winchild@minlib. net, call (781) 721-7171 x326, or visit the Children's Room for more information.

Back to The Future: The Avant-Garde is An Address. An Artist Talk by Ellen Carey (Online)

Crush & Pull with Flare, 2019. Courtesy Ellen Carey Collection, Jayne H. Baum Gallery (NYC, NY) and Galerie Miranda (Paris, FR)

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an online artist talk with Ellen Carey -- an acclaimed lens-based artist, photographer, educator, independent scholar, and guest curator, as well as a participating artist in A Yellow Rose Project.

In this talk, Carey will explore photography as a visual art form at the forefront of the avant-garde, highlighting its capacity for disruption, experimentation, and transformation. With a career spanning over four decades, Carey

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Beat of Life: A Percussion Concert

Please join us for an exciting evening of music performed by the members of the WCMS Percussion Ensemble. This lively concert will feature works by Mozart, Strauss, Albeniz, Grimo, and Tillapaugh. The eclectic program brings you favorite works from the Classical period, transcribed for the sound of a modern percussion ensemble.
The concert will be presented live in Nichols Performance Hall.
Hosted by Sylvie Zakarian, chair of the Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion department.

Black History Project: Call for Entries — Win $250!

As part of the Black History Project, the Black Student Union (BSU) at Winchester High School is calling on all WHS students to submit original work that highlights specific events, significant figures, or cultural shifts within Black history. To encourage broad participation, the contest accepts a wide array of media, including:

  • Visual Arts: 2D and 3D art, posters, and photography.
  • Digital & Multimedia: Documentaries, short films, websites, and music.
  • Literary Works: Poetry, essays, and research papers.

Cash prizes (awarded via Amazon gift cards) will be presented to the top three winners: $250

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Blooms & Bulbs: Think Spring this Fall!

Join Dawn Burau from Wild Indigo Gardening for a hands-on workshop. You'll take home some Paperwhite Bulbs and learn how to grow and care for them for winter blooms! Additionally, Dawn will present information on planting outdoor bulbs, such as daffodils and tulips, for spring flowers: tips, tricks, design ideas and more! Now is the time for planting spring flowering bulbs so join us to learn more.