Public meetings, parades, and other community-oriented activities and events of general interest
Join Swim Winchester for the second annual Swim Winchester Polar Plunge. Jump in the Mystic lake to raise awareness that Winchester needs an indoor pool accessible to all. Spectators are welcome!
Join Swim Winchester on Sunday, April 13th for a refreshing dip in the Mystic Lake. There will be hot chocolate, prizes & bragging rights.
This event is free, and anyone can join. We encourage swimmers to REGISTER in advance so we have a sense of numbers and enough hot chocolate on hand! Registrants can also take advantage of fundraising-related prizes that will be given out on "Plunge Day".
Join us for a free community event, full of festive performances all around Winchester. Music of all kinds, Poetry, Dance, Story telling, and more! Porchfest is a Friends of Music initiative, organized and run by local volunteers, and funded in part by a grant from the Winchester Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council. Rain date is Sunday, June 9.
Join us for a free community event, full of festive performances all around Winchester. Music of all kinds, Poetry, Dance, Story telling, and more! Porchfest is a Friends of Music initiative, organized and run by local volunteers, and funded in part by a grant from the Winchester Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council. Rain date is Sunday, June 15.
Join us for a free community event, full of festive performances all around Winchester. Music of all kinds, Poetry, Dance, Story telling, and more! Porchfest is a Friends of Music initiative, organized and run by local volunteers, and funded in part by a grant from the Winchester Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council. Rain date is Sunday, June 14.
Winchester’s 5th annual PRIDEfest will take place on the Winchester Town Common June 12th, 4:30-6:30pm. Please join us to celebrate, honor, support and uplift our LGBTQ+ friends, family members and neighbors.
We are creating an outdoor, community-centered Winchester-based event featuring multiple ways for attendees to educate themselves about LGBTQIA+ rights and issues and engage around Pride-related themes as it is celebrated in the US and internationally. This FREE event is ALL AGES. We hope you’ll join us as we celebrate Pride Month!
Join us for the celebration at our Third Annual Pride Party for Adults -- the theme is PRIDEtoberfest! -- and enjoy a funfilled evening of dancing, laughing, being in community and supporting our LGBTQ selves, friends, family and neighbors! We'll convene at the lovely Griffin Museum of Photography, 67 Shore Road, Winchester, from 7:30 - 10:30 PM.
Although it's PRIDE all year round, we're honoring National Coming Out Day a week early, on Saturday, October 4th!
This event is a fundraiser for the Network for Social Justice. Tickets are $100 each, in advance, or $125 at the door, night of the
Project 351 is partnering with Cradles to Crayons® to collect clothing across Massachusetts--March 31 through April 11!
Project 351 is a student-led and community-powered service movement, and each year, their organization includes one eighth-grader from each of the Commonwealth's 351 cities and towns. As part of their Spring Service campaign, over 230 eighth-grade students--known as Ambassadors--are conducting clothing drives in their communities to benefit Cradles to Crayons and the children we serve.
15 Years in the Making
Spring Service is the largest youth-led service campaign in
The MBTA and the Winchester Station Project Team would like to invite you to a virtual public meeting where the project team will give an update on the completed construction activities to date, the partial station reopening, and what work is anticipated in the upcoming months.
After registering, you'll receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.
The project website is at https://www.mbta.com/projects/winchester-center-station-accessibility-improvements.
We cordially invite you to The Griffin @ Lafayette City Center Place to celebrate the exhibition People of Chelsea, and the artists Darlene DeVita and Sarah Putnam.
We look forward to seeing you in Downtown Crossing on Sunday September 21st at 2pm to meet the artists and see the stories of the community represented in words and photos.
About the People of Chelsea project -
The People of Chelsea Project was born from a deep love of the city of Chelsea, for its rich culture, vibrant beauty, and resilient community. Just across the harbor and only a bridge away from Boston, yet