Cultural

Violin and viola students perform for family and friends. Nichols Hall

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

The Griffin Museum is excited to partner with the Vermont Center for Photography for a member meetup!

Join Executive Director Crista Dix in Vermont for an afternoon of art, conversation and a nosh. This is a chance for members of both organizations to see what they have to offer, in terms of member benefits and opportunities for creativity.

About Vermont Center for Photography -

VISIONVermont Center for Photography strives to create a vibrant community hub where photography inspires creativity, fosters connection, and empowers individuals of all backgrounds to share their

Winchester Jumelage will be hosting an evening with Isabelle Slotine, MFA guide and French Library lecturer, who will present "Glory and Passion: Creating the Palace and Gardens of Versailles" on November 12, 2026, at the Griffin museum. Entry fee is $25 (at the door, cash or check only.) Kindly reserve your place by emailing John McConnell at mcwinchest@verizon.net.

 "Jumelage," the French word for "twinning," is a Winchester association that administers its Twin City relationship with Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just to the west of Paris.

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

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email. ** Get ready for the holidays with chef, Heidi McIndoo! In this special presentation, Heidi will walk us through how to make homemade spice blends, soup mixes, hot choc mix, brownie mix, etc.

Join us on Zoom and learn how to make fall decluttering super simple. Author and organizer Jamie Novak will show you what goes in each of the ten bags to make a big impact in a short amount of time. If you are wondering what to do first, where to begin and how to ensure lasting results, this program is for you.

Join us for a talk with one of our favorite speakers, David Kruh, on his new book Little Mister Victory: A Daughter's Search for the Woman Who Abandoned Her Father on VJ Day, co-written by Tina Drzal. Little Mister Victory is the story of Tina's decades-long search for the woman who abandoned her father as an infant on VJ Day.

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.